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More images of the Star Tours Starspeeder 1000 vehicle – playset courtesy of Disney.

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Disney Parks Blog has posted a ton of images and information on the Starspeeder 1000 vehicle/playset scheduled to be released this month.

Some of the details:

• Sold only at Disney Parks (NOT on the online store)
• retail of $54.95
• comes with R2-D2 and the IC-360 camera droid.
• The R2 unit is removable and can be replaced with a different Astromech droid.
• dialogue and sound effects directly from the attraction
• boarding chimes play when the doors are opened or closed
• Scaled with 3 & 3/4 inch Hasbro/Kenner action figures

Thanks to the Disney Theme Park Merchandise team that put this exclusive together!

Read all the details and see all the images on the Disney Parks Blog!

Image © Disney/Lucasfilm

Disney Parks Blog has announced the dates for Star Wars Weekends 2012.

• May 18-20
• May 25-27
• June 1-3
• June 8-10

Please visit Disney Parks Blog…

Image © Disney/Lucasfilm

D23 is the world’s only official Disney fan club!

D23 encompasses tens of thousands of members in the U.S. and around the globe who are passionate about the remarkable past, present and future of all things Disney.

 FOR DISNEY FANS AND THOSE WHO LOVE THEM,

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Orlando Attractions Magazine – The Show has posted episode 51. The episode includes a interview with Disney’s Steven Miller who provides a preview of the upcoming Muppets/Star Wars action figures and the 3 & 3/4 inch (Hasbro/Kenner) scaled Starspeeder 1000 vehicle – playset.

The Starspeeder 1000 is previewed about 16 minutes into the video.

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We have the press release that confirms the original version of Star Tours is scheduled to close April 2, 2012. Star Tours: The Adventures Continue has a scheduled opening in the Spring 2013 at Tokyo Disney Resort.

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Disney Parks Blog posted a report about Muppets merchandise coming soon to Disney Theme Parks. Carded images of The Muppets as Star Wars characters were shown in the post.

This set of Muppets figures was first announced in 2010 at Star Wars Celebration.

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On Tuesday Disney Parks Blog posted that Star Tours – The Adventures Continue was one of the winners of the 18th Annual Thea Awards.

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue was honored with the award for Outstanding Achievement – Attraction Refresh.

Congratulations!

Starting November 18th, Just down the road from Disneyland. The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana will be hosting the exhibit Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination. For all the details on this exhibit we have posted the Press Release.

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Disney Twenty-Three Magazine goes behind the scenes with stars of the Muppets

D23: The Official Disney Fan Club Celebrates 25 Years
 of Ground breaking Animation with the Creative Minds at Pixar

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