Overview
- Buddy, a support-bot created by Walt Disney Imagineering and Pixar, greets guests at the start to calibrate blasters, check Star Cruisers and offer target practice before the mission.
- The refurbishment adds new ride vehicles with handheld blasters, interactive targets and onboard video monitors that display real-time scoring.
- The reveal aired during ABC’s Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade, presented by Imagineering producer Kimberly Alson, with further details shared by Imagineer Mike on social media.
- Physical progress is visible in Tomorrowland, with new targets installed and work observed from the PeopleMover as installation, calibration and testing continue.
- Disney has not announced an exact reopening date, framing the update as a response to guest complaints and positioning the Magic Kingdom version closer to Disneyland’s experience in reliability and gameplay.