Jay Rasulo Announces Star Tours

Jay Rasulo (Chairman, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts) and Imperial Storm Troopers unveil the coming of Star Tours II to Disneyland in 2011, along with other future plans for Disney Parks & destinations, at D23 Expo in Anaheim, CA.

[@splah]

that play area is place holder until the new fantasyland comes along and is replaced by the new mermaid attraction. maybe pod racing is the only scene that they've gotten to a semi-finished state that they could show at the expo

[@DeadmanInc336]

Wait a sec! This IS Star Tours, right? Last I checked, the whole gimmick for Star Tours was that it's like a travel agency that takes you to other destinations and planets from the Star Wars universe. Not some Pod Racing bit. Hell! They even have future destinations advertised for Hoth, Endor, Courascant (sp?), and Tattoine.

[@MrMetzdorf]

The Fantasyland expansion was not in mind when the play area was built.

[@becauseyoushnoome]

wait but I thought this was going to be in california adventure meaning that there will be both?

[@splah]

have some faith will you? pod racing is just one thing involved in this attraction "the attraction will include immersive new elements that will take guests to many familiar places in the Star Wars galaxy" many places...don't knock something after just a few seconds

[@MrMetzdorf]

Why should I have faith in a company that replaced 20,000 leagues with a play area, Alien Encounter with Stitch's Great Mistake, Horizons with Mission: Waste? All I'm saying is, if there is soooo much more to it, they should have picked a better preview than pod racing.

[@MrMetzdorf]

Not fighting. Only stating my opinion and reasons I have that opinion. Maybe you are the one who needs to "calm down." I'm just hearing that the ride focuses strongly on the prequels. And, lets face it, the prequels suck.

[@MrMetzdorf]

How dare they replace it in favor of those crummy prequels!