Pictures and Video of the Star Tours Grand Opening Ceremony

Tom Corless

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Pictures and Video of the Star Tours Grand Opening Ceremony

On Friday, May 20th, at 10:30 AM ET, Star Tours was officially opened at Disney’s Hollywood Studios with a huge ceremony and a few big surprises. We start this special report with photos of the festivities:

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The event began with a procession of Star Wars characters

All of the guests then filled the huge courtyard in front of the Sorcerer’s Hat stage

We watched the pre-produced portions on a large screen

“What an explosion!” More on that in a bit…

It was an amazing ceremony! You don’t have to take my word for it, you can watch it yourself… First, here is a highlight reel Disney put together:

If that’s not enough, here is the webcast of the ceremony in its entirety: