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Josh D’Amaro to become next Disney CEO
The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors just announced that Josh D’Amaro will become its next Chief Executive Officer taking over from Bob Iger on March 18. D’Amaro has been a long time Disney executive, working for the company for the past twenty-eight years. Since 2020 he has been chairman of the Disney Experiences (formerly Parks & Resorts). Dana Walden will become President and Chief Creative Officer. She currently is co-chairman of Disney Entertainment.
Disneyland Paris gets ready to rebrand Studios
It’s been nearly eight years since Disney announced their 1.5 billion dollar upgrade for the Walt Disney Studios Park. The announcement concept art then teased worlds of the Avengers, the Frozen world of Arendelle and a smaller Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Some things shifted with several variants of that art being changed over time. With the next goal in the crosshairs of time let’s take a fresh look at the current state of Disneyland Paris and what’s coming in the next year and beyond.
Disneyland Paris looks ahead!
On the 32nd birthday of the opening of Disneyland Park, Disneyland Paris offered fans and media a glimpse of what’s to come in the coming years to the French resort. First up: the rebranding of the Walt Disney Studios Park to Disney Adventure World! A brand new name for the resort that will launch with the opening of the World of Frozen. An exact opening date has not been released yet. A quick primer on the second gate in Disneyland Paris. By many it is seen as the worst park that Disney ever built.
Electrical Parade Takes to the Skies
Disneyland Paris earlier teased a new drone show replacing the instant fan-favourite D-Light 30th anniversary show. Today they revealed a look behind the scenes with Dronisos, the technology provider for all drone shows for the resort. The Disney Electrical Sky Parade evokes the iconic nighttime parade, recreated with drones in the sky. Even more impressive is that they are adding pyro effects on drones for an additional sparkle.
Quatorze-Juillet breaks Drone records
While the whole of the USA goes crazy the 4th, the French celebrate their own freedom ten days later. Bastille Day, as the celebration is also called, is the prime reason to celebrate with fireworks. Disneyland Paris usually takes this opportunity to create phenomenal fireworks display. But this time they put it to eleven. For the past four months the Entertainment teams, together with drone company Dronisos have been working to create a fireworks display with a whopping 1,495 drones.
Disneyland Paris struggles to keep it TOGETHER
This past weekend a brand new show premiered at Disneyland Paris called TOGETHER: A Pixar Musical Adventure. This premiere took place among struggling times for the French resort, but not the tale as old as time that you know. Financially the once shunned black sheep of the family seems to be thriving in the extended finale of its 30th birthday as the global Parks and Resorts numbers have been strongly in the black thanks to the French resort.
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DLP COO gets window on Main Street
DLP COO gets window on Main Street Daniel Delcourt spent 27 years with TWDC. April 25, 2023 Today marks the last working day of Disneyland Paris’ Chief Operating Officer Daniel Delcourt. For this long service he was rewarded a brand new window on the French resort’s Main Street, U.S.A.. He starting his long career of 27 year with Disney as an Operations Manager for the hotels and Disney Village in 1996, four year after the opening.
Disney Shopping in London
Disney Shopping in London Dashing through the merch. December 21, 2022 Christmas Shopping in London. Already images are forming in your head! Red busses, phone boxes and letterboxes (They do like their red). Snow gently falling over Westminster’s Elizabeth Tower housing Big Ben, twinkling lights, and thousands of people descending on on Regent and Oxford Street to get their last minute Christmas presents.
Vic! A Mai Tai! : EndorExpress
Vic! A Mai Tai! London’s iconic Tiki location closes. Article December 29, 2022 These words have probably been uttered thousands of times all over the world in the icon that is Trader Vic’s. For those unaware, it’s one of the most well known tiki-themed restaurant and bar all over the world. As legend has it, its owner Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. even invented the Mai Tai.
Twenty Years
Twenty Years Looking back. August 31, 2022 Today, EndorExpress turns 20 years. A fifth of a century we have been covering Star Tours and all possible related themed entertainment. Starting on Geocities on my parents computer, then becoming part of Belgian Star Wars site BeJedi, followed by rebranding to SWStarTours.net when I joined as a reporter for EuroRebelscum. We picked up editors and contributors, and in 2008 we rebranded to EndorExpress.net. And today, we celebrate two decades.
Avengers Campus Comes To Paris
With a brand new land and two new attractions, there’s something to look forward to at Disneyland Paris’ Walt Disney Studios Park in Avengers Campus. While Disneyland Paris has received some updates over the years, it’s been awhile since they’ve received anything completely new.
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Still Worthy! Review July 6, 2022 Thor is back on the big screen and it feels like it has been a while since we’ve spent time with the Asgardian God of Thunder. His last solo effort was 2017’s Thor Ragnarok but we last saw Thor in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. His latest outing, Thor: Love and Thunder, once again directed by Taika Waititi is in theaters this week. In the entirety of the MCU it might be Thor which has seen the biggest change in tone over their movies.
Disneyland Paris celebrate its 30th
Disneyland Paris celebrate its 30th January 25, 2022 April 12, 2022 will be the 30th anniversary of Michael Eisner trying to speak French, and the opening of Disneyland Paris. Today, the resort announced their plans for the celebration. It only seems very recently that Disneyland Paris celebrated its 25th birthday in 2017. With the past two years of COVID and new Disney leadership a lot of things have changed in the world of leisure.
Star Tours: Last Launch
It’s been nearly five years since the last original Star Tours ride closed down in Disneyland Paris, and yet it keeps inspiring creative people to create tributes. We at EndorExpress created a full captation of the original experience as Star Tours: Before The Adventures Continue, while others have created excellent 3D recreations and more.
Lightspeed to Mandalore? One could hope!
David G. Lightspeed to Mandalore? One could hope! How two icons could meet. December 9, 2020 With the original Star Tours happening in around the same time frame as the current events in The Mandalorian, it’s easy to hope for a crossover event. Thanks to the imagination of David, we can now all enjoy how a meeting between our favourite baby and favourite droid would look! David G. Captain RX-24 with Grogu on board the Starspeeder 3000 David G.
Rise with brand new Star Tours destination today!
Today, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue will see another update with a brand new scene inspired by Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise Of Skywalker, as happened before with The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. Previously the ocean moon of Kef Bir was announced as the brand destination, but the brand new released attraction poster below hints at even more exiting destinations. We’ll update this article when our staff has the chance to ride it later today.
Disney's Star Tours Ride Adds The Rise of Skywalker Locations
Disney’s Star Tours Ride Adds The Rise of Skywalker Locations Warning: There are spoilers ahead for The Rise of Skywalker! Star Wars fans headed to Disneyland or other Disney theme parks in the near future might want to stop by the Star Tours ride. That’s because Disney recently updated Star Tours with new locations based on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Disney’s park blog page recently provided details on the new planets featured in Star Tours.
Disney's Star Tours Getting Rise of Skywalker Upgrades
Disney’s Star Tours Getting Rise of Skywalker Upgrades While Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is Disney’s huge attraction at the moment, motion-simulator ride Star Tours continues to do well at its theme parks. And now it’s set to receive an overhaul that will provide fans a closer look at a location from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Over on the Disney Parks blog, Tom Fitzgerald confirmed that Star Tours will get a new scenario featuring a familiar location.
Disneyland Paris teases updates at event
This morning press was invited to the French capital to learn all about what Disneyland Paris has in store for its guests for the coming years. Focussed mostly on the Walt Disney Studios Park, many rumours are flying around on the future of the Disneyland Park. Actual details on the future expansions were scarce, we got a whole lot of new visuals.
The day the music dies: Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster in Paris closes this Sunday
This Sunday will see the end of an icon: the first rollercoaster in Disneyland Paris’ Walt Disney Studio Park will close. Just like the demolition of Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux a few months back Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Avec Aerosmith will close to make way for the Avengers Campus, a Marvel themed land that takes over the current Backlot. Guests saying goodbye to the attraction this Sunday can get a special 40 page Tour de Force magazine filled with the history and facts about the attraction.
Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin (2019)
As is the case with any of the Disney live-action remakes like Jungle Book, Beauty & The Beast and Dumbo, it’s hard to separate the classic from the animation. For once I did not re-watch the original. It might be a few years since I last saw the movie, which I figured would give this movie the chance to stand on its own. That was until the singing started.
TIE Fighter
TIE Fighter Feature films Star Wars: A New Hope Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Rogue One Solo Ralph Breaks the Internet (cameo) Television programs Star Wars Rebels Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Video games Disney INFINITY: 3.0 Edition Star Wars Battlefront Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions Star Wars Battlefront II Model Twin Ion Engine Starfighter Type Starfighter Weapons Laser cannons (2) Source The TIE Fighter (also known as the...
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
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Disneyland Paris says goodbye to Hotel New York (for now).
This week Hotel New York, the second most luxurious hotel after the Disneyland Hotel, had their final guest check-in. In a ceremony Sunday morning, the hotel was closed, with the help of some super-heroes. The epitome of 90’s design, for better or worse, will see a complete retheming to Disney’s Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel. A stay in one of the Disney Hotels at Disneyland Paris is a chance to take the magic of the parks with us into our dreams.
Exclusive: No more time travel in Star Tours!
Exclusive: No more time travel in Star Tours! Article By Kris Van de Sande and David Yeh January 24, 2018 With the recent release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi now behind us, Star Tours, will return to a more normalized randomization, but with one slight change. Last month Star Tours added Crait (and Batuu) to the ride, and guests were locked into traveling to Jakku as well, along with characters and ships from the current sequel trilogy (The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi).
Inside Paris’ Season Of The Force Update
In 2017, Season of The Force was introduced to Disneyland Paris, turning the otherwise slow winter season into quite the crowd pleaser. While it remains to be known if the event will return to Anaheim’s Disneyland, it returns once again to Disneyland Paris in full force. Apart from the the park’s 25th anniversary and the Walt Disney Company taking back full ownership of the resort, there are a lot of things happening throughout the French resort.
Opinion: How Crait made me love Star Tours in Paris again
When Star Tours: L’Aventures Continue finally debuted in Disneyland Paris on March 26th I wasn’t exactly impressed with the French copy of Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. My exact words were that it lacked soul, and felt like a cold airport, without any of the run-down charm we loved from the original Star Tours.
And The Newest Star Tours Destination With Crait Is…
And The Newest Star Tours Destination With Crait Is… By Kris Van de Sande and David Yeh November 17, 2017 Star Tours: The Adventures Continue lives up to its name as a brand new destination opens at both Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disneyland today officially today, with Paris soft opening today as well and Tokyo coming soon.
There Will Be Another…. Destination
The Disney Parks Blog teased yet another destination coming to Star Tours in addition to the previously announced Crait, from Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Disney has been mum on the new location, preferring to let guests be surprised when they experience the updated attraction at both Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disneyland Park this Friday, in Disneyland Paris November 22 and Tokyo Disneyland on December 15.
Star Wars TV Shows in the works
Star Wars TV Shows in the works November 9, 2017 Apart from the news of a brand new Star Wars movie trilogy by The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, Disney today announced a new live-action Star Wars TV show during it’s quarterly earnings call. Coming to its new Streaming Service that is launching in 2019, CEO Bob Iger announced TV shows based on Star Wars, Monsters Inc. and High School Musical, and an unnamed Marvel series. More news as it is announced.
Hyperspace Mountain opens in Disneyland Paris
Space Mountain in Disneyland Paris is one of those breathtaking buildings. If Discoveryland was the centrepiece of the park, it’d be the Disney Castle for sure. Gorgeous golden and blue design, it can be seen as the epitome of Steampunk and retro-future. Jules Verne would be proud. Despite it becoming a massive fan favourite, after ten years of operating the classic From the Earth to the Moon theming became Mission 2, with many of controversial choices being made.
Geonosis
Sand planet A Starspeeder 1000 with C-3PO piloting a Geonesis astroid field.
Hyperspace Mountain blasts off at Soirée Star Wars
Hyperspace Mountain blasts off at Soirée Star Wars April 27, 2017 Friday 5 and Saturday 6 May 2017 will be a night long remembered, with a brand new iteration of Star Wars Nights back at Disneyland Paris. The first time such party happened at the French resort was in December 2015 for the release of The Force Awakens. This time it continues the intergalactic celebration of the 40th anniversary of .
The Last Jedi planet Crait to be featured in Star Tours 2
The Last Jedi planet Crait to be featured in Star Tours 2 By Kris Van de Sande and Nathaniel Maloney April 15, 2017 Tom Fitzgerald just revealed at the Star Wars at the Disney Parks Panels at Star Wars Celebration Orlando that Star Tours: The Adventures Continue will be seeing a brand new destination: Crait. If that name doesn’t ring a direct bell, it’s because it’s the mineral planet that was shown yesterday in the brand new The Last Jedi teaser trailer.
Discoveryland Theatre being updated to Path Of The Jedi
Just as in the Magic Eye Theater in Tomorrowland, Discoveryland Theatre, the original home of Captain EO in Disneyland Paris will reportedly be updated to show Star Wars: Path of the Jedi. With the area being closed starting today for repaving, it gives plenty of time to transform the Pixar Short Film Festival to the third Star Wars experience in Discoveryland, with Star Tours: L’Aventure Continue and the opening of May 7. https://twitter.com/DisneylandBerry/status/851136116086501376
Review: Star Tours: l’Aventure Continue
Review: Star Tours: l’Aventure Continue Article Review April 4, 2017 With the launch of its 25th anniversary celebration, Disneyland Paris launched Star Tours: l’Aventure Continue. The French version of Star Tours: The Adventures Continue. For some reason I have yet to visit the Stateside parks, so my only actual experience riding Star Tours has been the original in Paris. So when the gates opened for the public the 26th of March, I slowly let everything sink in, until now.
It’s time to sparkle: Disneyland Paris turns 25
There are celebrations, and then there are Disney celebrations. From having a star-studded event with stars like Teri Hatcher and John Legend who performed live in front of Sleeping Beauty’s castle to a brand new show, parade and attractions, you can’t deny that Disney knows how to build a party. But let’s take a deeper look how the resort is evolving.
First look inside Star Tours : l’Aventure Continue
First look inside Star Tours : l’Aventure Continue March 19, 2017 With the official opening approaching very soon, Star Tours : l’Aventure Continue went in full soft openings. So here is your first great look at the inside of the new Starport. According to our reports, the show isn’t 100% finished yet, with several temporary graphics and some issues left to be fixed in the queue areas. So it’s going to be an exciting time for the Imagineering teams to finish this before Sunday.
Star Tours 2 soft-opens to Cast Members in Paris
Today, Star Tours : l’Aventure Continue went into Cast Member previews at Disneyland Paris. We now can reveal some interesting changes to the version you would find in Florida. The antechamber where there used to be a map of the galaxy, is updated now with a digital departure board. This room does not exists in Florida C-3PO now has an extended platform and a massive guardrail placed around him.
Be Our Guest: Beauty And The Beast Review
Disney’s updated Beauty and the Beast is coming to theaters and is sure to become a global hit – that’s why EndorExpress has two reviews from different part of the world. One is from site founder, Kris in Belgium, and the second is from staff reporter David in Los Angeles. Find out if a tale as old as time can reach as wide a net as Disney hopes for their latest animated live-action adaptation. It really doesn’t feel like 1991 was that long ago.
Inside Disneyland Paris’ Season of the Force : EndorExpress
On Tuesday night we got a very exclusive look at the brand new Season of the Force in Disneyland Paris! The French resort is the latest Disney location to gain the Star Wars-themed season that debuted last year in Disneyland, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Tokyo Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland. In Paris, it will fill the traditionally ‘empty’ winter-moment between Christmas and the “Swing Into Spring” season.
Doctor Strange (2016)
Marvel comic books have a very rich and diverse history of superheroes. A whole lot of mysticism appears, like Power of gods, super strength, and of course, money. But one of their more stranger paths is magic. After thirteen movies, it was time to include Doctor Stephen Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Star Tours: l’Aventure Continue to helm DLP’s 25th
Star Tours: l’Aventure Continueas Star Tours: The Adventures Continue will be named in Disneyland Paris will open the same day as the kick-off date for Disneyland Paris’ 25th anniversary on March 26th 2017. Not just that, coming Spring, Space Mountain will be joining the fate of its brethren and assimilate into Hyperspace Mountain. However, it doesn’t seem that this is a temporary overlay, and may become a permanent addition to the Disneyland Park.
Finding Dory (2016)
(This review is spoiler free) Finding Nemo might be one of the most beloved Pixar movies out there. Every time I visited an aquarium, wherever in the world, they all created tanks with clownfish and blue thang fishes together, with almost everyone pointing to them and yelling ‘I found Nemo’. Or who can look at a seagull and not hear that almost iconic ‘Mine’ yell. Creating a sequel is not an easy task, with most movies either fail to capture the magic or tell an interesting story.
Before The Adventures Continue: The finale
Before The Adventures Continue: The finale April 8, 2016 This week in Before The Adventures Continue, we do not have one, not two, but three complete videos for your viewing enjoyment and thus, concluding our Journey to Endor! #4 Boarding Area As soon as you exit Sector Two, you are assigned a gate, row and seat for that special trip! Presented in its entirety is the complete pre-boarding sequence, including those amazing sounds of Starspeeders that take off around the airport .. .
Before The Adventures Continue: Part 3
Before The Adventures Continue: Part 3 April 5, 2016 This week in Before The Adventures Continue, we take a look at Sector 2. Delving between the piles of trash and artifacts are G2-9T and G2-4T and a bunch of Astromech droids. There is another repair droid, WEG-1618 working on another of those R5 units. Bad motivators ‘eh.
Disney’s NEW Jungle Book (2016) : EndorExpress
The 1967 animated film, The Jungle Book might be one of the most beloved tales ever to be drawn on the screen, with its songs being stuck in our collective minds. While it was never a true adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling novel, very few audiences know much of the original tale. What you call the new Live-Action version of The Jungle Book is an adaptation of the animated adaptation of the book.
Before The Adventures Continue: Part 2
Before The Adventures Continue: Part 2 March 22, 2016 As a Belgian, I was not sure if I should post this video today, after the events this morning in Brussels. But I believe that now, more than ever, everyone can use a bit of Disney Magic. Life has to go on, and so shall we. – Kris So with great pride, I unveil part two of Star Tours: Before The Adventures Continue: Maintenance Hangar. C-3PO and R2-D2 are working on Flight 1-24.
Final boarding call for the Endor Express
I still remember the buzz back in 2009 at the D23 Expo. There was a big announcement concerning Star Wars rumored, but what could it be? Would the Star Wars weekends come to the west coast, or was it some sort of new project? No, it was none of those. It was better: Star Tours would finally get a new ride film. But not just a new film, a complete renovation. Gone was the feeling of the used galaxy of the eighties. Instead, a shiny new space port would replace our beloved rag-tag travel company.
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