Star Tours – Inside Jokes, Tributes, Remnants, Homages

Part of what makes the new Star Tours so awesome, for me at least, is the incredible level of inside jokes, easter eggs, cookies, remnants, and homages. Probably this is because I publish a book of such tributes ( Walt Disney World Hidden History: Remnants of Former Attractions and Other Tributes ).

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Star Tours – Inside Jokes, Tributes, Remnants, Homages

Cast Member Injured in Fall at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Local news is reporting that a cast member at Disney’s Animal Kingdom was injured this morning in a fall at the park.

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Cast Member Injured in Fall at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue – my review

Bob Iger, George Lucas, and Anthony Daniels enjoy a first ride on Star Tours after the dedication ceremony When Star Wars Episode One was under production 14 years ago, word leaked out from George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic that they were working on a segment, based on the pod-racing segment, that they wanted to use to update Star Tours at Disneyland. At the time I remember thinking that, it was nice to know that someone remembered how Star Tours was designed to be easily updated with new destinations all the time. Alas, nothing happened at the attraction, but there was a new hope in the air.

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Star Tours – The Adventures Continue – my review

Disney/Pixar Toy Recall Alert

Toy importer G.A. Gertmenian and Sons is recalling a Pixar Toy Story 3 Bowling Game licensed by Disney due to violation of the lead paint standard. The U.S.

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Disney/Pixar Toy Recall Alert

Missing Cruise Worker Story Takes an Odd Turn

Some late news on the sad tale of the missing Disney Cruise Line crew member from the Disney Wonder.

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Missing Cruise Worker Story Takes an Odd Turn

Disneyland Paris Accident – Big Thunder Mountain Faux Rock Fall Injures 5

Around 2:50 pm today, pieces of decorative faux rock at Disneyland Paris’ Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster attraction fell and struck guests riding the attraction. Five guests were hurt

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Run for Dawn’s Dream on April 16th

Today most of the major news channels covered the story of Tilikum’s return to live performances at SeaWorld Orlando. Tilikum was involved in the tragic death of a trainer just over a year ago. That tragedy resulted in huge changes for the Shamu show at all SeaWorld locations, including the removal of trainers from being in the water at the same time as the Killer Whales

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Run for Dawn’s Dream on April 16th

Local Newspaper interviews lost Disney Cruise Line crew members family

The UK’s Chester Chronicle interviewed the family of the crew member missing from the Disney Wonder ship.

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Local Newspaper interviews lost Disney Cruise Line crew members family

Tokyo Disneyland Update: Entertainment Cast Can Go Home

As I fell asleep last night, word from Japan was that the nuclear power plant had experienced further problems with possibility of a larger leak of radiation. To make it worse, winds were shifting driving any radio active particles in the air back toward land

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Tokyo Disneyland Update: Entertainment Cast Can Go Home

As I fell asleep last night, word from Japan was that the nuclear power plant had experienced further problems with possibility of a larger leak of radiation. To make it worse, winds were shifting driving any radio active particles in the air back toward land. This morning I awoke to news that radiation levels in Tokyo were 10 times higher than normal, which is still a ‘safe’ level but not good obviously, and the situation at the nuclear plant was now ‘catastrophic’

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Tokyo Disneyland Update: Entertainment Cast Can Go Home

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