Wasn't the Back To The Future ride film released on the new DVD recently? Would be nice if we got a home version of Star Tours. The original ride film is 70mm, IIRC.

They will no doubt put HDTV screens in any update of the ride to avoid the hassles of the film wearing out. But that also leaves the door open to change the footage whenever they want. So they could keep the original as one of many destinations, which the pre-ride segments have been promising for two decades now!

And C3PX, they made changes to POTC long before the movies came along. Notice the women being chased by pirates are holding food now? Because it wasn't PC for them to be chasing after wenches anymore! They're after the food now! One of the other pirate's racy lament about a certain woman in red is gone too.

Adding three Jack Sparrow figures to scenes in the ride is hardly ruining it. And nobody misses the buttless pirates added in the 80's(?) in what was originally an empty spot at the end of the ride anyway.

At least these rides are still around! Some of my faves are gone forever. Journey Through Inner Space, (the first DL ride I remember going on in 1971, replaced by Star Tours) and the People Mover that once passed over the ST area, where a Stormtrooper took aim at you from the shadows. They put in a freaking pizza joint where the Moon/Mars rocket ride once was. And don't get me started on Captain Eo! :P

At least they brought the subs back, albeit with a Finding Nemo theme.