Of course, it has since 1996, but the last time I wasat Disney Land the Star Tours ride was open - yes it is an all year round thing. It is very similar to what the Star Trek Experience was, although not as elaborate.
Think of the Omsi exhibit, but scaled down to the smallest of their exhibition rooms, that was the main eye candy for the crowd (that was indoors). Mind you when I was there, the line was like a 75 minute wait on the average. As you wrap around this main room that has all kinds of animatronic - like I said, it is a bunch of eye-candy. If memory serves, there is a bit of banter between R2 and C-3P0.
The line eventually wanders up and around this visual stimulus and ends up on the second floor, where you dip out in what appears to be very much like an airport terminal. There are multiple doors to enter into the ride. The first time I was there, one overhead reader said Endor, another said Dagobaugh and so forth. So, I actually convinced my family to go through the ride twice, not realizing that the ride was the same, it was the overhead signs saying something different to add to the experience of going through a spaceport.
You get in the ride vehicle, strap in and the experience plays out like an interactive ride, which is what it is. The vehicle moved up, down, left, right, side-to-side to match the visual presentation on the "view screen".
But, like I said, this is based on my experiences from 1993 (when the ride was brand new) and 1996, when I revisited DisneyLand.
But in general, what Greedo said was true. To see if it is still an active ride, a google search probably would have brought faster results. As far as individual experiences... well, I hadn't had much of an opportunity to share that about this ride. So, thanks for bringing up this thread.
- Bill
