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

Mar 07, 2019 in "Star Tours - The Adventures Continue"

Posted: Thursday March 7, 2019 1:21pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

With the opening of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge on August 29 2019, guests at Disney's Hollywood Studios will have a land dedicated Star Wars, but how does that leave the park's other Star Wars attractions?

The answer is, at least for the foreseeable future, that they will all remain open. 

Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular, Star Wars Launch Bay and Star Wars: A Galaxy Far, Far Away are all planned to remain open in addition to the brand new Star Wars Galaxy's Edge.

We've been told that Disney sees the existing offerings as a celebration of the Star Wars universe, including the original movies and sequels. Whereas Galaxy's Edge is an all new offering where guests get to be part of a new story.

With huge crowds expected for Galaxy's Edge, the park will certainly need every inch of available capacity.

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MatheusPG13 days ago

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...

Henry Mystic14 days ago

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.

Cmdr_Crimson24 days ago

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.

PizzaPlanet24 days ago

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

The Empress Lilly26 days ago

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.

Casper Gutman28 days ago

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

SailorMercury28 days ago

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

Cmdr_Crimson28 days ago

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...

MatheusPG28 days ago

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.

SpectreJordan28 days ago

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.

Twirlnhurl28 days ago

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!

sedati28 days ago

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.

The Empress Lilly29 days ago

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.

doctornick29 days ago

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.