Tag: Star Wars Weekends

  • DIS Unplugged Podcast – May 25th, 2011

    In this week’s show, the team discusses Dave Parfitt’s Power of 10 Star Wars breakfast and their impressions of the new Star Tours Ride, Kevin asks each member of the team about their favorite and least favorite things at Disney World and Kathy talks about Pixar Weekend at Epcot. All that plus news, housekeeping and…

  • Jedi 101: Build Your Own Lightsaber at Disneyland’s Star Trader

    Ah, young Padawan – the Force is strong with you.  You will need the weapon of a Jedi Knight to save the Rebel Army. So where do all the young Jedi-wannabes go for their weapon of choice?  LightsaberMart?  No, silly – they closed lightyears ago.  They head to the newly reopened Star Trader shop, next door…

  • Disney Installs New Star Tours Marquee

    Happy Star Wars Day!  May the 4th be with you. In anticipation of its newly reimagineered Star Tours 2 attraction, Disney Parks has unveiled and installed its new marquee above the attraction entrance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  The same marquee art can be seen as an attraction poster at the Star Tours 2 attraction at…

  • One Part Pixie-Dust + One Part Midi-Chlorians = Ashley Eckstein

    Interview with Star Wars: The Clone Wars actor Ashley Eckstein, celebrity co-host of 2011 Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios It’s the time of year on the Walt Disney World calendar when Storm Troopers, Jedi, Ewoks, droids, and all sorts of alien life forms make their way to Disney’s Hollywood Studios for Star Wars…

  • Star Tours 2 Florida Sneak Peek Events

    Disney is taking a special sneak peek event for the newly imagineered Star Tours 2 to four Florida locations in April and May.  This is your chance to see what exciting galactic destinations await you before the attraction officially opens on May 20th at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the beginning of Star Wars Weekends.  To learn more…

  • Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

    One of the most anticipated events at Walt Disney World opened May 21 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Star Wars Weekends will be held May 21-23, May 28-30, June 4-6, June 11-13, 2010. You can visit all of the events with just a Disney theme park ticket.

  • Star Wars Weekends: Send In The Clones!

    Interview with Star Wars: The Clone Wars voice actor Dee Bradley Baker Spring is here, Epcot’s Flower and Garden festival is ending, and it’s time for the next big event on the Disney Calendar: Star Wars Weekends.  This is an annual event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios celebrating the Star Wars movie saga as well as…