Artwork for Disney's Star Wars Weekends
Mon, May 10, 2010 One of the best parts of visiting Walt Disney World in late May-early June is being there for the Star Wars Weekends at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park. Located right near the classic Star Tours ride, the event is a celebration of all things Star Wars, including parades, games, collector exclusives, meet-and-greets with various actors from the films, lightsaber lessons for the kids (which now runs year-round), and the rare opportunity to see Goofy dressed as Darth Vader.
The other fun part of Star Wars Weekends are the terrific ads they put together to advertise the event. I have a few from past years, but these are some of the funniest I've seen. Check out this year's collection by John McCall and Matt Stewart:
You can check out the rest here, where you'll find an ad of Darth Maul getting his face painted, and a wind-blown Chewie exiting the Aerosmith Rockin' Rollercoaster.
Star Wars Weekends will run every weekend starting May 21 through June 13. This is also the last year to ride the original version of Star Tours, which is scheduled to close in August for a long-overdue update and will re-open sometime next year, presumably in time for next year's Star Wars Weekends.
Reader Comments (1)
These pics are hilarious. I've never heard about this before, but this sounds very cool.