What happens when you plan a Star Wars art show to coincide with Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and then they move the dates on you. Well, you keep the show going any way because the name “A Disturbance on the Fourth” is… Read More »Star Wars themed art show coming to Downtown Disney
Update: Star Wars Weekends Celebrity Guests Announced. Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios are fast approaching their May and June dates and Disney has just released the names of the event celebrity hosts. 2012 sees the the return of Ashley Eckstein and James Arnold… Read More »Star Wars Weekend Hosts Revealed
There are fan tributes and there are fan tributes. This amazing video celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Star Tours better than any other tribute I’ve seen, which is saying a lot. “Star Tours Origins (ST-45 Project)” is not an exact recreation of that ride, but… Read More »Amazing Fan Tribute to Star Tours
Star Wars Weekends returns to Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from May 18-June 10, 2012, as fans gather to celebrates the Star Wars film saga and the hit animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.… Read More »Star Wars Weekends Returns for 2012 Galactic Fun
Disney theme park fans know one word when it comes to finding a piece of theme park history to take home with them. That word is MouseSurplus. With a new location in Kissimmee, MouseSurplus is full of costumes, props, signs, and attraction vehicles that will make the Disney fans heart skip a few beats.
Now they get to share that passion with the audience of A&E series “Shipping Wars” on a episode airing February 7, 2012 at 9pm ET. The show will feature a a move of a Star Wars AT-AT Walker and and X-Wing Fighter from MouseSurplus along 192 in Kissimmee all the way to Orem, Utah.
The props were originally part of the F.A.O. Schwartz store in Las Vegas that closed in 2004. I remember them fondly.
The full press release is below the jump:
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Disneyland has released a series of videos that show more of Darth Vader ‘enjoying’ his day at the theme park as part of the Viral video campaign to promote Star Tours 3D: Watch more on Youtube or LaughingPlace.com has collected them.
Miss the original Star Tours? No worries Kit Molaison has recreated it in flash animation glory for everyone to enjoy. The queue area includes pictures of the original attraction along with links to some of the source material. Then you board the Starspeeder 3000 and… Read More »Amazing Flash Animation Recreates Original Star Tours Ride
click to embiggen Looking for a way to enjoy the new Star Tours attraction but can’t make it back to Disneyland or Disney’s Hollywood Studios anytime soon? Well, faster than it takes to fly a parsec, Disney.com has whipped up a new Star Tours intergalactic… Read More »Disney.com Launches New Star Tours Mini-Website