Overview
- Good Morning America and a Walt Disney Imagineering video show updated scenes, including Little Green Aliens opening an airlock and Buzz joining the fight against Emperor Zurg.
- The hyperspace tunnel now features new Pixar animation with Zurg deploying space mines that riders can shoot for additional points.
- Gameplay upgrades include handheld blasters with always-on lasers plus vibration and sound, reactive targets that light up when hit, and redesigned vehicles with onboard scoring screens.
- Pixar and Imagineering detailed a new production approach for the tunnel media by animating on a flattened grid to project correctly onto the curved surface.
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin remains closed after its August 2025 shutdown and is set to reopen in spring 2026 without a firm date, with a recent signage permit and on-site testing fueling industry speculation about possible soft openings.