This page is to help you quickly jump through a Disneyland Update. Below you will see a listing of the pages and the captions on that page.

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  After lunch it was back to the ballroom. The opening announcements (and the clock for the speaker to help keep them on track).
  Some shots of the room as we waited for the presentation to begin
  

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  First up this afternoon, Tom Fitzgerald to talk about Star Tours.
  

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  He started off with a history lesson on how the attraction came to be.
  

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  A look at the simulator.
  Some sketches of how it could be used.
  

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  A young Tony Baxter and George Lucas, missed the year but it was early 80s.
  A possible pilot.
  

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  Filming, remember this was the 80s.. not much CG, everything was actual models and film.
  

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  The humans were ILM employees (missed the names)
  A concept for how it would blend into Tomorrowland.
  

• Page Number: 10
  

  Some great artwork of the queue area
  

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  Many know the story of how the America Sings cast was recast.. this time as droids in the queue (later other figures would go to Splash Mountain)
  

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  He told the story of how he became the voice of the droids.
  Next up how to deal with boarding the simulators.
  

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  Time to install them. They were built off site then lowered into the show building.
  

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  Proposed exterior artwork.
  

• Page Number: 18
  

  A quick side story about recording some of the queue audio and how some of it came to be, on the spot, during the recording sessions (here are some quick notes that were taken then recorded)
  Opening day.
  Then Star Tours spread.. here is the Tokyo version.
  

• Page Number: 19
  

  And Orlando
  

• Page Number: 20
  

  Orlando opening press conference
  Paris
  

• Page Number: 21
  

  And that brings us up to today. The ride is down and being upgraded for the next generation.
  He spoke a little about where the new Star Tours fits, he said about episode 3.5. So at an earlier time than the original ride and films but after the newer films.
  George Lucas has been heavily involved throughout the process.
  

• Page Number: 22
  

  A spokesbot for Star Tours. Named Aly San San, a reference to its voice, Allison Janney.
  The new pilot, Ace, wrapped up the presentation.
  

• Page Number: 23
  

  Next up was Paul Anderson with a discussion of the 1964 New York Worlds Fair and the Development of Audio-Animatronics Characters.
  Paul leisurely took the stage and prepared for his presentation (with his spear from earlier in hand again)
  

• Page Number: 24
  

  OK now he was ready to start.
  

• Page Number: 25
  

  He started off with a story of how/why Disney became interested in the fair. To test Disney entertainment on the east coast and to leverage/use the large sums of money companies were going to spend to further his Imagineers work.
  The Carousel of Progress
  

• Page Number: 26
  

  Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
  Small World
  

• Page Number: 27
  

  The Magic Skyway
  

• Page Number: 28
  

  He next walk us through the pitch and design process of the Ford Pavilion as an example.
  

• Page Number: 29
  

  Notice the dual track to double capacity.
  

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  After the storyboards came models of course.
  

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  Then time to build the sets and figures (in Burbank on the studio lot)
  

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  A photo of the attraction.
  

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  Next up a quick (only a slide or two on each) of the others.
  

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  Some Mary Blair work.
  

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  Time for the fair.
  

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  As the fair went on the characters were moved off of the ground level due to kids poking them to see if people were inside.
  As we all know the fair was temporary and Walt summed it up this way that everything had to be torn down.
  

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  AS you know much of the Disney exhibits were shipped back to California and installed at Disneyland.
  

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  Amazing this did not cause more of a traffic jam.
  Heading into the park!
  

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  A billboard along the road.
  A look at the PR campaign for the opening. They went to gather the water from around the world.
  

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  Opening day.
  

• Page Number: 58
  

  A look at all the contributions from the fair to Disney parks.
  The omnimover system
  

• Page Number: 59
  

  The PeopleMover system.
  Audioanamatronics as well as the boat ride system.
  

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  To close with some more on the Carousel of Progress
  

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  A clip from Walts progress update to GE
  Product placement.
  

• Page Number: 63
  

  Paul heading off stage to wrap up his talk.