Sunday 7 February 2010

Entering The Endor Express

Several posts ago here at DF'82 we mentioned the Star Tours attraction in Tokyo Disneyland. But I thought that today we could take a brief look at the Star Tours attraction in Disneyland Paris.

Situated in Discoveryland, the entrance to the Endor Express is behind Star Tours, close to the 'secret walkway' to Fantasyland (and next to Cherie, J'ai Retrici Les Public!). During the busy periods there is a Fastpass option for this ride.
For those of you who haven't experienced this attraction before, it is a collaboration between Disney and George Lucas, allowing you to experience a trip to Endor on a Starspeeder 3000. The ride itself is in French, but it is relatively easy to understand - it is all about the experience and the journey!
The attraction does not get as busy as in earlier years, but if you really want to make sure you experience it, I would recommend heading straight to Discoveryland on entering the park, perhaps to ride Space Mountain: Mission 2. Once you've riden that attraction, head over to Star Tours, as the entrance to it is right around the corner from Space Mountain.

But the best part of this attraction is perhaps the queue area. Where you will be able to meet R2-D2 and C-3PO getting your Starspeeder ready for your Express journey to the Moon of Endor!
Bonjour A Star Tours

2 comments:

Gator Chris said...

OMG.
I love, Love, LOVE that X-wing out front!

Do you know if the "2.0" upgrade is rumored to come to DLP as well?

Princess Fee said...

I do think the X-Wing is a great addition to the theming of the attraction! I haven't heard anything about the upgrade coming to DLP...I would think it would eventually, but the Star Tours is still popular enough that they can leave it for a year or two (unfortunately!). Once I hear anything, I will let you all know!