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Star Trek The Tour I first heard
about Star Trek The Tour from my wife. She told me she had a surprise for
me and I was going to love it. I was pretty bogged down with work and
related responsibilities and wasn’t that excited about it. I was busy on
the computer when she came home and revealed the 2 tickets. I wasn’t
impressed and acted excited anyway because it was a really thoughtful
thing to do.
We arrived in
Long Beach, waited in line and entered the convention center. Immediately
we were greeting by some staff wearing what looked like Star Fleet
uniforms from the last installment of the TV series “Enterprise”. As we
walked into the main area and started to look around I began to realize
that this was no small presentation! This was an incredibly well designed
and spectacular event.
The Star Trek Tour doesn’t just have amazing Star Trek props and artifacts; there are actually 3D rides that simulate a trip in a shuttle craft and much more. You can even eat food and drinks with cool Star Trek names, served by women wearing cool sci-fi outfits. I loved the
whole feel of the show. It’s illuminated by cool blues, pinks and purple
which almost gives you the feeling of being on a Star Trek set.
The whole tour has much more content than I can cover in this short article and it’s really worth (in my opinion) more than the $35 admission. I loved it so much; I stayed 3 hours the first time. My wife even had a great time, even though she doesn't see herself as a real Star Trek fan, she loved the Voyager series and got to see the original costumes and props used by the cast (they even have Seven of Nine's costume). A week later, I came back with my brother and we stayed another 5 hours! We both had one of the greatest times ever and still talk about it.
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I’m a star trek fan and even have the first 2 seasons on DVD,
but I didn’t go to conventions and had never worn a Star Trek shirt or
even had friends that loved Star Trek. I thought to myself, how good could
it be? Was it a stage musical pathetically trying for Broadway? A couple
of weeks later it was time to go and I to be honest I didn’t even want to
go, but she did buy the tickets and she was even willing to go.
Within a few minutes I felt the semi-dormant Star
Trek fan in me rushing to the surface. This was a GREAT showing! Some of
the things immediately apparent were the original uniforms worn by the
original cast of the first Star Trek series inside acrylic tubes (almost
like they were in a stasis field) I began to realize that there were some
incredible artifacts in this show! Not just the artifacts from the first
show, but original Star Trek artifacts from all the Star Trek series and
movies. The uniforms were impressive, but to see the weapons,
communicators and other props was really cool! I was really amazed at how
well they had been preserved over the years and how they actually looked
like real working devices. I never realized that they had been that well
constructed. I was especially impressed by seeing Dr. McCoy’s medical bag
and all the medical instruments and hypo spray. 
Oh, I
almost forgot one of the coolest parts of the tour! You can actually sit,
and have your picture taken on an incredible recreation of the original
and Next Generation Star Trek bridge. This isn’t a stinky half-hearted
attempt to recreate those sets. The original series set, in particular, is
fantastic! After waiting for about 10 minutes I got to sit in the Captain
Kirk’s chair and it was an incredible experience! It all felt and looked
so real. I almost felt like I was really sitting on the bridge of a real
starship!