News from D23 Expo

For those who don't know, D23 is a Disney club with the "D" standing for Disney and the "23" telling of the year Disney studios was created (1923).
They are having an expo this weekend, and they announced that the attraction Star Tours is going to be updated!! The ride was first brought to Disneyland in 1987 after Adventures thru Inner Space was closed down (you will be missed, oh ride I never got to experience!). It is based on the Star Wars movies, taking you on a flight simulator ride to the Endor moon, flown by the robot Rex*, whose first flight is the one we're taking with him.
It is a fun experience, and I enjoy going on it again and again (it actually has a relatively short wait time anyway), but a 2.0 is on the way, coming in 2011! The attraction will be closed down in the fall of 2010 to ready it for this new and exciting experience, which will also be in 3D**!
Some people are worried it will have a lot of stuff from the new movies. I don't care. I think it will be a fun new ride, though the old version will be missed.


*Rex is voiced by "PeeWee Herman"
**3D isn't cool for movies; it's only cool if you are being thrown around or having actual water sprayed at you when it looks like it is flying towards your face.