Today in Disney History: December 15, 1989: Star Tours opens at - TopicsExpress



          

Today in Disney History: December 15, 1989: Star Tours opens at the Disney-MGM Park. It is the first attraction to open in the parks new backlot annex area. Based on the successful Star Wars franchise of movies, it is Disneys 3rd version of the attraction (Disneylands Star Tours opened in 1987 and Tokyo Disneylands in 1989.) The first Disney attraction based on a non-Disney produced film, the ride that became Star Tours first saw light as a proposal for an attraction based on the 1979 Disney live-action film The Black Hole. Star Tours puts the guest in the role of a space tourist en route to the forest moon of Endor. (Star Tours was updated in 2011 and in October 2012 the Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm - thus making them the owner of the Star Wars franchise.)
Posted on: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:45:52 +0000

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