• Disney acquires Lucasfilm
• Star Wars in Walt Disney World
• And more!

QUESTION OF THE WEEK – What do you think of the Disney/Lucasfilm deal? What future opportunities are you most excited about? – Leave your thoughts in the comments below

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Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show – Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, and this is show #224 for the week of May 29, 2011.

Last week marked the grand opening of Star Tours: The Adventures Continue at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. It launched with a very special event, celebrity guests, and a few surprises, as the first Star Wars Weekends of 2011 opened to guests young and old, eager to enjoy the joining of the Disney and Star Wars forces. This week, we’ll discuss the new attraction, the Star Wars Weekends events, and also have an interview with Kathy Rogers, Senior Show Producer and Design Administrator for Walt Disney Imagineering. She discusses the history of the attraction, working with George Lucas, some of the new technologies and much more!

Stay tuned for some information about upcoming events and more, and some of your voicemails at the end of the show. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week’s episode of the WDW Radio Show.

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  • August and September: Spinning Disney’s World by Charlie Ridgway. As we prepare to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Walt Disney World, let’s see what it was like 40 years ago with someone who was there on opening day

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Welcome to the WDW Radio Show – your Walt Disney World Information Station. Thank you for tuning in once again. I am Lou Mongello, coming to you this and every week bringing you the very best ways to enjoy and enhance your Walt Disney World vacation experience. This is show #68 for the week of May 25, 2008.

News from Walt Disney World includes some Prince Caspian sightings, a new restaurant opening at one of Disney’s Resorts, as well as a welcome new addition to another restaurant, and changes coming to the Wide World of Sports.

In the Walt Disney World Rumor Mill, I’ll have an update to the Space Mountain rumors, a sponsor that may be moving out, and no longer Living with the Land, and a few hints at some other new rumors as well.

With Star Wars Weekends rapidly approaching, and some rumors about this attraction resurfacing once again, there is no better time for Jeff and I to don our Jedi robes and do a DSI: Disney Scene Investigation of Star Tours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We’ll explore the history of the attraction, the story behind it, a exceptionally geeky look at the queue, the shop and what the future may hold. You don’t need to be a Star Wars fan to enjoy the attraction or this segment… but it might just make them a little more fun.

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet and chat with TC Newman, one of the two Walt Disney World Ambassadors about her role, what a day in her life is like, her duties and responsibilities, and so much more. It’s a look into one of the most highly-coveted roles in the grand Walt Disney World cast.

I’ll answer some more of your emails, play some voicemails, and tell you about some changes to the web site, as well as new free downloads you might enjoy. So sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s episode of the WDW Radio Show.

LINKS FROM THIS WEEK’S SHOW:

Star Wars Weekends 08 — Anyone going?? – Let us know here!

Walt Disney World Resort in 3D on Google Earth: DisneyWorld.com/3DParks or Google Earth

Kilimanjaro Safari Radio Song by African Dawn on Amazon.com :

I’m Going to Disney World – and so is David Cook! See the video here!

Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex to Get ESPN Brand

More information about the EPCOT Magazine show on the Disney Channel

STAR TOURS

Images from “A Vacation In Space” TV special starring Gil Gerard and Ernie Reyes, Jr.

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