Quality Control

As an employee of the Walt Disney Company, it's Derek's job to make sure all Disney products are of the highest quality.

So yesterday Derek and I went to Disneyland and did nothing but ride the new Star Tours ride. Field testing, for the sake of you, the consumer.

Terri had some problems with security, but we were glad to see they were on the job.

Arriving at 8:00 AM, taking a lunch break and leaving at 9:00 PM, we were able to ride Star Tours 9 times.

Elements of the ride are randomized, but we think we managed to see them all. Here is a breakdown, for our own documentation/amusement:

Ride 1: Star Tours Terminal, Hoth, Yoda, Coruscant

Ride 2: Star Tours Terminal, Kashyyyk, Admiral Ackbar, Coruscant

Ride 3: Millennium Falcon Escape, Kashyyyk, Yoda, Geonosis/Death Star

Ride 4: Star Tours Terminal, Hoth, Admiral Ackbar, Coruscant

Ride 5: Star Tours Terminal, Tatooine, Yoda, Naboo

Ride 6: Star Tours Terminal, Tatooine, Admiral Ackbar, Coruscant

Ride 7: Millennium Falcon Escape, Hoth, Princess Leia, Naboo

Ride 8: Millennium Falcon Escape, Hoth, Admiral Ackbar, Coruscant

Ride 9: Star Tours Terminal, Kashyyyk, Yoda, Coruscant

Also, Derek was selected as the Rebel Spy on Ride #5!!

It's a great ride, all elements very entertaining but in particular the Millennium Falcon Escape and the Naboo location were outstanding. We also appreciated the musical arrangements of various familiar Star Wars themes that ran under the "travel brochure" video clips while the line wound around inside the terminal.

Now that we've done this, we can go to Disneyland like "normal" people, ride Star Tours once, and not feel like we've missed out on anything.