DHS The future of Star Tours, Star Wars Launch Bay and Star Wars shows at Disney's Hollywood Studios

[plutofan15]

I’m always here to please those without a valid subjective point

Valid in your opinion….

 

[SpectreJordan]

It’s just tired

People are becoming quite tired with tired.

And there’s also the myth most travelers are “first timers”…not even close.

Which makes the customer loss in Orlando really damning. They’re beginning to lose a captive audience

Star Tours is a fine enough ride and I think TAC gave it a few more years. The 1980s version lasted 20+ years and was tired to me a few years before the makeover. I just don’t see the attraction having a lot more gas to be a positive part of the guest experience if it lasts longer than v1. The parks will be overdue for a new Star Wars ride and the tech will be 50+ years old before they actually wind it down.

I guess I can see those points. I have noticed that it's often a walk on nowadays. I think ST not being in Galaxy's Edge hurt it a lot. I think a lot of guests skip it nowadays infavor of Rise & Falcon.

If they close it down, but give us a new ride in GE then I guess I'd be fine lol

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Valid in your opinion….

…there’s always the ignore button. You have the power He-Man

 

[plutofan15]

…there’s always the ignore button. You have the power He-Man

Nah, I like getting a good laugh.

 

[doctornick]

Also will add in my experience the last few times at either of the parks in the states, it’s not like people are banging down the doors to ride it. Usually a 15 minute wait most if the day. That’s my anecdata at least.

That’s kind of a good thing for DHS. The park really needs things to do that don’t require 1+ hour waits or specific timing (live shows). And Star Tours helps that at considerably by being something to do with a modest wait. The fact that it randomizes is even more beneficial as you can ride multiple times with different experiences.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

The parks will be overdue for a new Star Wars ride and the tech will be 50+ years old before they actually wind it down.

Hong Kong DL has a new-ish terrific Iron Man attraction, using the very ST technology, updated spmewhat. 50 years is a short time in theme parks.

 

[sedati]

Made it on this six times my last visit and only had one planet repeat. Still haven't gotten Coruscant. It's a great ride and a must do for me since I first rode with Captain Rex at Disneyland. Wouldn't mind another tech upgrade, but the ride holds up just the same.

 

[Twirlnhurl]

Also will add in my experience the last few times at either of the parks in the states, it’s not like people are banging down the doors to ride it. Usually a 15 minute wait most if the day. That’s my anecdata at least.

Another reason for the reasonable wait times is the ride's extremely high capacity. Six cabins with 40 seats will do a lot for you!

 

[SpectreJordan]

Hong Kong DL has a new-ish terrific Iron Man attraction, using the very ST technology, updated spmewhat. 50 years is a short time in theme parks.

Is the Iron Man version good? It doesn't seem too impressive in videos, but I guess Star Tours wouldn't either.

I wish these Marvel rides Disney makes would use actual villains. The heroes are always fighting generic bad guys instead of characters people actually know. The Iron Man ride should have him fighting like Crimson Dynamo or Ultron or something.

 

[SaveDinosaur]

Star Tours is a fantastic ride, for me a must-ride at Hollywood Studios/Disneyland/Disneyland Paris. Star Tours is also much better than MF Smugglers Run.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Is the Iron Man version good? It doesn't seem too impressive in videos, but I guess Star Tours wouldn't either.

I wish these Marvel rides Disney makes would use actual villains. The heroes are always fighting generic bad guys instead of characters people actually know. The Iron Man ride should have him fighting like Crimson Dynamo or Ultron or something.

I would think it would have been exciting as Body Wars when it first opened....Which is saying a lot..

Imagine if Body Wars did other journeys instead of looking close to a splinter...

 

[SailorMercury]

Is the Iron Man version good? It doesn't seem too impressive in videos, but I guess Star Tours wouldn't either.

I wish these Marvel rides Disney makes would use actual villains. The heroes are always fighting generic bad guys instead of characters people actually know. The Iron Man ride should have him fighting like Crimson Dynamo or Ultron or something.

Eson from Cosmic Rewind is a redesigned version of the celestial from the Infinity Stone exposition from the first GotG movie.

That and The Collector are the closest we’re gonna ever get lmao

 

[Casper Gutman]

Getting rid of Star Tours would be nuts. It's the best Star Wars ride they have.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

Is the Iron Man version good? It doesn't seem too impressive in videos, but I guess Star Tours wouldn't either.

I wish these Marvel rides Disney makes would use actual villains. The heroes are always fighting generic bad guys instead of characters people actually know. The Iron Man ride should have him fighting like Crimson Dynamo or Ultron or something.

Yes, Iron Man is great!

I am not into Marvel, I'm afraid that whole aspect is a bit lost on me. But for a superhero experience this attraction is surprisingly good. Just plain fun. A bit like the Iron Man movies then, which after a long delay I finally watched one day and which entertained me more than I care to admit to in public.

Iron Man, just like ST, is all about the movement of the vehicle. A static video from inside the cabin doesn't capture the experience, that just make it look like a rich nerd's home cinema basement.

 

[PizzaPlanet]

I still wish they would’ve rerouted the exit into Galaxy’s Edge to make it feel more connected.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I still wish they would’ve rerouted the exit into Galaxy’s Edge to make it feel more connected.

This is the only way it would have worked and not having Mama Melrose's removed is make a tunnel on this side leading towards Batuu East and hugging the side of Muppetvision.

 

[SaveDinosaur]

Iron Man Experience IMO is painfully mediocre and awful when compared to Star Tours. HKDL would actually have been improved a lot if it was actually decent.

They should have built Star Tours instead of Iron Man, and Rise of the Resistance instead of the Avengers E-Ticket ride. That, with Hyperspace Mountain and a few tweaks in the land, would have made for a much better and cohesive area than this new Tomorrowland that they mixed with Marvel...

 

[Robbiem]

They should have built Star Tours instead of Iron Man, and Rise of the Resistance instead of the Avengers E-Ticket ride. That, with Hyperspace Mountain and a few tweaks in the land, would have made for a much better and cohesive area than this new Tomorrowland that they mixed with Marvel...

That‘s a great idea. Retheme ant man/buzz to a clone wars shooter and the spinner to x wings around a death star and go all in

 

[SaveDinosaur]

Speaking of Star Tours, does anyone know why Tokyo Disneyland never receives the new stories? It's not like OLC is not willing to invest in updates of their attractions...

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

Also will add in my experience the last few times at either of the parks in the states, it’s not like people are banging down the doors to ride it. Usually a 15 minute wait most if the day. That’s my anecdata at least.

This is interesting, as I've seen the opposite. Every time I go to Disneyland, Star Tours has a fairly long wait for most of the day (usually comparable with Big Thunder), and most notably, riders seem to be having a lot of fun (e.g., they often clap, and when I was there a few weeks ago someone commented at the end "that was a WOW ride!").

As noted, the DHS version has 33% more capacity.

But here's what's really interesting and strange to me... and I was just thinking about this a few days ago... when I ride Star Tours at DHS (rather than at DL or DLP), I'm much less satisfied/impressed - it feels much more "meh." Why would this be? I can think of two reasons: (1) The massive facade overhypes it; even for someone who has done it before, that may unconsciously "frame" my experience. (2) At the same time, the facade is also thematically weak and immersion-breaking: when it was obviously a "movie set," it made sense, but now that they've removed the "movie set" cues, it just looks like the kind of half-finished cheap decoration you'd find at a non-Disney park (and indeed, people in the queue make comments like "they didn't bother to finish the back of that?")... and now the contrast with Galaxy's Edge makes this even more noticeable. Together, I think these two things might be what make DHS's version feel like a weaker overall experience. It seems silly, but much of theme park design is about subtle cues that have a big impact...