Well you are probably curious as to why my post says Flight 51411. Well that is to stand for 5-14-2011, as this was the date Star Tours: The Adventures Continue was supposed to open. Now early word out of Tomorrowland is that the proposed and very much publicized grand opening of the 20 year in the making re-do of the classic Tomorrowland attraction may be pushed back as much as 7 months. The only reason I post this is because the fact, as of last week, it was something I did not believe. Until management starting telling regular CM's about the change. So as of now, it looks as if the re-do of Star Tours may not officially open until first part of 2012. So Flight 51411, may now change to Flight 10612. Now this may or may not happen, but in its current state, it looks very likely.
Now from bad Star Tours news, to good. You guys are going to be amazingly surprised by how elaborate and detailed the new themeing in the BRAND NEW queue line is. WDI is really hard at work to make it feel alot like the airport of the future. And the new color scheme of the new queue line looks surprisingly like the rest of Tomorrowland. Lots of Blue and Silver. Now, I cant give away exact details about the new queue line, but all I can say is, you might see a particularly familiar pilot in the queue line as he is training to become a pilot. As you all know, this new version of Star Tours is sort of a pre-quel to the original.
Now on to some very cool info. Depending on the success of Star Tours, the clever folks up at Glendale are looking at(as you know) the Innovetions building and Peoplemover track. Now you would think this would be perfect for 2 attractions, One E-ticket and one C-Ticket. But WDI has something bigger in mind. They are going to be making the planned to be demolished Innoventions building, and the Peoplemover track, one single major E-ticket. They plan on making the Innoventions building a very detailed and immersive show building for the new E-ticket, and the finish to this amazing experience would be a high speed race around Tomorrowland. There will be a major refurb to the existing Peoplemover track, and we will be getting rid of some track as well as adding new pieces of track. On the table right now, is finally some banked turns at the newly redesigned Tomorrowland entrance. Now the theme to this attraction is obvious.......Tron. Current plan(as most of you know) is to return the Astro Orbitor back to the top of the Observatron where it belongs, and it will sport a new look, think Hong Kong Disneyland.
One last bit of info which is almost 100% happening. I dont have any details about the attraction itself but as of now Captain Eo will change the world one last time at the end of 2012. Then come late 2013, WALL-E will be embarking on another galactic adventure and this time, Tomorrowland is the destination. That is unfortunately all I know of right now on this particular attraction.
Thank you all for reading and I will have an update this Thursday about some more TRON related news, but at Disney California Adventure. This Thursday will be dedicated to new World Of Color news. Thanks again, and have a magical day.
Dlr55th
That is a shame but I am all for making it right before opening something this complicated. And with all the other stuff going on in 2011 maybe it will be best to move it down the line so it won't get overshadowed by all the "New" stuff coming to DCA.
ReplyDeleteI had not heard anything about the other stuff planned for Tomorrowland. I really hope they can do all this as Tomorrowland is once again the world of Yesterday instead of Tomorrow. Either do something with the old People Mover track or get it out of there as it makes the place very dark (Not as dark as Tomorrowland in WDW but dark none the less) and is just a waste of space if it's not going to be used. I like the idea of the two buildings becoming one though. If they can do this, then I am all for it.