Even More Star Tours and Little Mermaid Attraction Details

WDWNT on June 14, 2010

From an article about “What’s Next?” at Disneyland Resort on Disney’s D23 website, here’s more on Star Tours II and Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid:

The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure
A couple sen-sea-tional reveals were made about this mega-attraction sprouting up now along the side of Paradise Bay.

  • As guests descend into the water, a cool blast of air will give them the sensation of headed under the sea.
  • Scuttle the seagull will be the first character guests will meet once they have loaded into their “clam-mobiles.” And there will be several places you will see him along you way as he helps weave Ariel’s story together.

Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
While it may not open until the fall of 2011, a few exciting elements of the reimagined Star Tours were announced.

  • The enhanced attraction — featuring multiple destinations — takes place in between the two Star Wars trilogies, which will enable Imagineers to utilize characters from both sets of films.
  • While the planet of Tatooine was unveiled as a destination at last year’s D23 Expo, Walt Disney Imagineering Senior Show Producer Kathy Rogers announced that the bustling urban environment of Coruscant will be another.
  • There will be several points during each journey where the audience will be able to change where the story is going. “There’s an incredible number of different variations,” explains Al Weiss, president, Worldwide Operations, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. “You will rarely, if ever, see the same show twice. And it’s all in 3D.

Looks like we may be waiting until Fall 2011 for Star Tours at Disneyland Resort and we imagine it will be a similar wait for the Disney’s Hollywood Studios version. Stay tuned to WDW News Today for more details on these two upcoming attractions as they become available.

New Star Tours and Little Mermaid Attraction Details

WDWNT on June 14, 2010

At the media festivities last week at Disneyland Resort, we got a closer look and a few more details about both “Under The Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid” and “Star Tours II” (note that Disney has dropped the II from the name, but we’ll be using it just to differentiate it from the current version of the attraction). While the previews are meant for Disneyland, both attractions will be almost identical at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort.

First looking at the Little Mermaid dark ride, the clam vehicles are actually different from the Seas with Nemo and Friends

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“What’s Next?” at The Disneyland Resort

WDWNT on June 14, 2010

“What’s Next?” for the Disneyland Resort after the debut of World of Color? Find out more details about The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure, Star Tours 2, Carsland, and much more!

Chris Lastrapes 6/11/10 What’s Next Photo Report

WDWNT on June 13, 2010

Chris Lastrapes and Tom Corless both attended the What’s Next Presentation where not much was announced. The new Blue Sky Cellar exhibit however has a lot of new information, concepts, and renderings of the Little Mermaid Attraction, Cars Land, Buena Vista Street, and much more.

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Stay Tuned to DLNT for a video of the What’s Next Presentation

World Of Color Blue Carpet 6/10/10 Photo Report

WDWNT on June 13, 2010

WDWNT’s own Tom Corless and Chris Lastrapes both attended the World of Color media event which included a Blue Carpet event, a exclusive showing of World of Color, and Paradise Pier to their Leisure.

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New Blue Sky Cellar Film

WDWNT on June 13, 2010

Check out the new film added to the Blue Sky Cellar located at Disney California Adventure which includes footage from World of Color, Silly Symphony Swings, The Little Mermaid Ariel’s Undersea Adventure, Buena Vista Street, The Red Car Trolley,  Cars Land, and more.

World of Color’s World Premiere

WDWNT on June 13, 2010

I know that this is WDW News Today and that we are supposed to focus on just Walt Disney World, but I thought it would be a shame if I didn’t share this video with as many of our followers as possible. As many of you are aware, I traveled to the Disneyland Resort to cover the media event for the debut of the new nighttime spectacular at Disney California Adventure, “World of Color”. In case you were wondering what to expect from this high-tech, emotional joyride, just watch the video of the full show below. Further coverage of the media event is being added to Disneyland News Today as we speak and this week’s upcoming WDW News Today and Disneyland News Today Podcasts will feature interviews, reviews, audio, and more from Summer Nightastic on both coasts. While we’re waiting for that coverage, enjoy the absolutely wonderful “World of Color”:

Robert Ashburn’s Summer Nightastic Photo Report

WDWNT on June 12, 2010

While Tom is off on his Summer Nightastic “research” trip, we thought we would bring you a short preview of Summer Nightastic with photos from our good friend Robert Asburn of FloridaThrills.net:

Robert visited with some of the WDWNT Crew at our WDWNT Fan Meet held at the Magic Kingdom on June 6th for the offical start of Summer Nightastic

Tinker Bell Starts off the Main Street Electrical Parade and Summer Nightastic!

It’s been a while since Main Street USA has seen these sights

The Chesire Cat has been updated since he last visited WDW.

Is it time for Spectromagic?

SNFS is based on the great fireworks show Magic, Music and Mayhem held during the Pirate and Pricess Parties.

We will end this short taste of summer nightastic with a salute to all nations but mostly America. Tom will be back soon with full coverage of all the Summer Nightastic offerings from both coasts soon including Disney’s Electrical Parade, the Summer Nightastic Fireworks Spectacular and World of Color from the Disneyland Resort as well. Stay Tuned here and to Disneyland News Today as well for full coverage!