With the everlasting closure of Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters at Tokyo Disneyland simply weeks away, the Oriental Land Company has introduced that the particular overlay of the trip will return for a restricted time. “Astro Hero Time!” is about to return from July 2 to September 18, 2024. However, there may be far more to the celebration and it’ll proceed till the official deadline.

Astro Hero Time, returning for under its second run, will encourage visitors to enhance their scores and defeat the Evil Emperor Zurg with much more targets to hit all through Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters. From our recollection of the final time this overlay was offered, it’s actually simply a possibility to trip the attraction with much less of the targets in movement, making it simpler to attain greater.

However, in traditional Disney style, it does have a particular little bit of backstory to it:

The world of toys is in a critical disaster as a result of plot of the evil emperor Zurg, who’s plotting to overcome area. Wow, Zerg is extracting a considerable amount of batteries from good toys with a purpose to activate the last word secret weapon! Now is the time to face the evil emperor Zurg and his robotic troops!

This time, Star Command secretly succeeded in enhancing the Astro Blaster mounted on the XP-38 Space Cruiser. Your mission is to recuperate the stolen battery with Buzz Lightyear and save Green Planet and Star Command from the evil emperor Zurg! Now, make full use of the Astro Blaster in power-up mode and exit with Buzz Lightyear!

“Astro Hero Time!” attraction web site

Also much like Space Mountain’s ongoing “The Final Ignition” occasion, Cast Members will distribute a particular sticker free of charge to visitors to mark the event of “Complete the Mission”. Sadly, no artwork for the merchandise, popcorn field, nor the sticker has been launched as of but, however we are going to be sure you share it as soon as it’s.

Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters is closing on the finish of October 2024 to get replaced with a Wreck-It Ralph taking pictures attraction in 2026. The adjoining Planet M retailer will even be renovated and rethemed throughout this course of.

While the constructing and monitor might be retained, the know-how within the trip will obtain a significant improve. The new blasters and trip autos resemble these in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Nano Battle at Hong Kong Disneyland, a trip that additionally changed Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters. An analogous new shooting-ride-system originated with the Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue attraction at Shanghai Disneyland in 2016.

In the brand new attraction, visitors will workforce up with Vanelope and Ralph for an journey within the online game world. Riders will assist save the digital panorama of “Sugar Rush”, which is about to be destroyed by the bugs created by King Candy. Working collectively, gamers will return the sugar bugs again to scrumptious sweets reminiscent of cookies and truffles.

The above idea artwork reveals how the constructing might be reworked on the skin to match the up to date Tomorrowland aesthetic launched with The Happy Ride with Baymax and The Big Pop. This transformation will proceed right here in 2026 and with the model new Space Mountain in 2027.

Are you excited to say goodbye to Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters at Tokyo Disneyland? Should the opposite variations of the trip world wide additionally shut? Let us know within the feedback under!

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Tom Corless