Star Tours – The Adventures Continue

Star Tours – The Adventures Continue: attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World — live wait times, operating status, and planning data on MouseHub.

Wait time history

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Visitor sentiment

4.7· 3,589 Google ratings

People say this amusement park ride offers a fun, randomized Star Wars adventure with varied destinations and character encounters. They highlight the immersive experience provided by the motion simulator and the excellent theming that truly places you in the Star Wars universe. They also like the short wait times and the impressive animatronics in the queue.

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The MouseHub take

Star Tours - The Adventures Continue is a 3D flight simulator in Echo Lake at Disney's Hollywood Studios. You walk through a spaceport departure hall, put on 3D glasses, and strap into a Starspeeder 1000 that C-3PO winds up flying by accident. The cabin tilts, banks, and drops in time with the screen while Imperial or First Order forces hunt for a Rebel spy. Disney counts more than 250 storyline variations, and the ride draws its destination, its transmission, and its villain at random, so two flights rarely match. Kylo Ren, Boba Fett, Poe Dameron, Princess Leia, and Yoda all turn up, and scenes built around Ahsoka, Andor, and The Mandalorian joined the rotation in April 2024.

It earns its place in the middle of a Hollywood Studios day rather than at rope drop. Standby holds steady while Rise of the Resistance and Slinky Dog Dash climb, most of the line waits in air conditioning, and the 40 inch minimum lets school age kids ride. The riders who regret it are the ones who feel the tilting. Disney calls this a highly turbulent ride with sharp turns and sudden drops, and queasiness is the complaint reviewers raise most.

At a glance

Best for
Star Wars fans who want a deep character list without a headliner wait, and families with school age kids who clear 40 inches.
Skip if
Motion sickness follows you onto simulators, or your back and neck are already having a rough trip.
Ride type
3D motion simulator flight in a Starspeeder cabin
Intensity
Highly turbulent. Sharp turns, sudden drops, loud sound, and a 40 inch minimum. Disney warns off guests with back, neck, or heart trouble, and expectant mothers.

The good

  • Two flights rarely match
    Disney counts more than 250 storyline variations, drawn at random. Ride it again later in the trip and you might land on Seatos, the planet from Ahsoka.
  • The character list runs deep
    Kylo Ren, Boba Fett, Poe Dameron, Princess Leia, and Yoda all appear, and transmissions from Ahsoka Tano, Cassian Andor, the Mandalorian, and Grogu were added in April 2024.
  • The line moves faster than the park's headliners
    Standby here tends to sit well under what Rise of the Resistance and Slinky Dog Dash are posting at the same hour, which is what makes it a dependable afternoon ride.
  • Most of the line waits in air conditioning
    The spaceport queue is indoors and cold, so it doubles as a break from a Florida afternoon before you have even boarded.
  • Flight 1401 is an Imagineering in-joke
    Your destination changes every ride, but the flight number never does. 1401 is the street address of Walt Disney Imagineering.
  • Older kids get a thrill without a coaster
    Once children clear 40 inches, the space combat and the cabin movement land as exciting rather than frightening. No inversions, no track, no lift hill.

The bad

  • Riders come off queasy
    The tilting cabin and the 3D screen disagree with each other, and dizziness that lingers into the next hour is the single most common complaint. Disney names motion sickness in its own warning.
  • The cabin throws you around
    Disney describes sharp turns and sudden drops, and warns off guests with back or neck problems, heart conditions, or high blood pressure. Expectant mothers are told not to ride.
  • The 3D looks its age
    Reviewers compare the picture unfavorably with newer simulators around the resort, and the glasses knock the brightness down further.
  • The random draw can repeat on you
    Riding twice in a row is no guarantee of a new destination. Fans hoping for one particular scene often get the one they already saw.
  • The overflow line spills into the sun
    On busy weeks the queue backs out of the building into Echo Lake with little shade, and the indoor comfort does not start until you are through the doors.

Veteran tips

  • Think twice before spending a Lightning Lane here
    Star Tours sits in the second Multi Pass group at Hollywood Studios, so it competes with Tower of Terror and Toy Story Mania for the same picks. Standby here usually runs short enough that those two win.
  • Rider Switch covers the under-40-inch crowd
    Split the party at the entrance and one group rides while the other waits. Only two people ride on the swap, and a cast member scans their tickets and gives them a return location. Service animals cannot board this one, and the same swap covers that.
  • Ask for the middle of the cabin
    Riders prone to motion sickness say the center seats ride gentler than the back rows or the outside edges. Worth asking about at the loading door, though rows fill as the cabin fills.
  • Watch the baggage scanner in the line
    The screening scene X-rays luggage stuffed with Disney references. Madame Leota's head from the Haunted Mansion turns up, along with Major and Minor Domo from Captain EO and a nod to Stormtrooper TK-421.
  • Ride it a second time later in the trip
    With more than 250 combinations in the software, a repeat flight on a different day is close to a new attraction and costs you a short standby wait.
  • ECV users make two transfers, not one
    Disney's policy here is transfer to a wheelchair first, then to the ride vehicle, and a transfer access vehicle is available. Leave a few extra minutes at boarding.
  • Take the glasses off if it turns on you
    Riders who feel it coming say pulling off the 3D glasses and looking at the cabin floor settles things down. The seat keeps moving, but the mismatch driving the nausea stops.
  • Kids under 7 need an older rider with them
    Disney requires anyone under age 7 to be accompanied by a person age 14 or older. That is separate from the 40 inch minimum, so check both before you plan who rides.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed .

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