The “Star Tours – The Adventures Continue” ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios last week re-opened on the 20th May with many improvements and to a large crowd of awaiting Star Wars fans, celebrities and press.  The ride has been improved with 3D animation, new destinations, characters and adventures (more than 50 story combinations are possible).

Star Tours

The ride uses flight simulator vehicles, audio animatronics, 3D video and special effectes to create a fantastic Star Wars ride.  At the re-opening fans were joined by George Lucas and many characters from the set of the popular Star Wars movies. 

Originally opened in 1989, the ride has had some major re-enhancements and adaptions that also now include characters and plot lines from the more recent ‘prequel’s’ to the original Star Wars films.

Expect to see Yoda, C-3PO, Boba Fett, Princess Leia, R2D2, Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, Admiral Ackbar and Chewbacca amongst others plus brand new Star Wars characters. If family holidays to Orlando are planned in the future, make sure you visit this ride as everyone will love it!

Star Wars Weekends
The ride re-launched just in time for the first ‘Star Wars weekend’ in May, which took place at the weekend (20-22nd May).  These weekends incorporate special Star Wars events including autograph sessions and motorcades.  This weekend saw guests Anthony Daniels (C3PO), Daniel Logan (Boba Fett) and Dave Filoni (Supervising Director Star Wars the Clone Wars) take part in the extra special events. 

Further events will be held in May and also June so if you’re thinking of visiting now’s the time to make the most of any last minute holiday deals available for Orlando!

The Best Friends Pet Resort is due to open on August 27th.

Located on Bonnet Creek Parkway within the Disney World complex, the resort will be able to accommodate 270 dogs, 30 cats and other animals including birds and small mammals.

The luxury facilities available here for dogs will include standard accommodation with bedroom area and small patio, vacation villas with a television and luxury VIP suites with a television a large private outdoor play area, all located in the Doggy Village.
For cats there will be 2 and 4 storey condos which are located in the Kitty City Pavilion.

The whole luxury resort covers an area of over 50,000 sq ft both indoors and outdoors, 17,000 sq ft of which is an air conditioned indoor area. The resort has a waterpark( just for the dogs), a 3,300 sq ft play area with artificial turf and a 4,500 sq ft play area complete with trees.

The resort even offers a ‘bedtime stories’ service where they read a story to the dog before it goes to sleep!

Owners can leave their pets here just for the day or they can be left for longer periods and they can visit whenever they wish.

There are lots of travel deals to America available throughout the internet.

When on your bargain holidays to Florida why not book your animals into this great pet resort and enjoy your day without having to worry about your loved ones, remember you can visit them whenever you like.