Are you sure that was Superstar TV? That sounds more like something that my sister and I did when we were young. My dad used to work for Superstar TV and that was more of a full blown show/attarction ,with scenes even from Howdy Doody, than what this was. This took place inside a store of some sort. My sister and I did not do the "spaceship" theme but some "Hollywood" theme (I was a director of some sort and my sister was an actress trying to make it big); they gave us costumes, props, and we had to read lines from cue cards. My dad did get the tape (but I am not sure if he paid for it, because he knew the peeps who ran the equipment there, LOL). I have not watched that tape in a few years, because my VCR is in the attic, but maybe if I drag it out it will say the name of this smaller attraction.
I remember I got picked for the Superstar TV Show once. I got to play Gilligan from Gilligan's Island.
I Also remember YEARS ago doing something similar to what you were mentioning about the paid video "experience" thingy.... only at Universal. They had a Paramount store next to the King Kong attraction and my dad, brother, and I did a cute little Star Trek video. I got to be the captain.
I still remember my brother being the helmsman and actually pretending he had a steering wheel to "drive the ship"
The place that store was located is now part of the Mummy Queue.
I love this thread! It fun (and a bit sad) to be reminded of all of these things.
I'm particularly intrigued by the posts about Communicore. I've been trying to remember some of it but I only came up with a dull static display involving energy and there was a place to take surveys. I also remember an amusing robot that talked to people. His name was SMRT-1. Later there was also a place with video games prototypes (Sega?) that I had trouble getting DS out of.
With the old Communicore, I really remember enjoying the "make your own rollercoaster" game (with Gopher!).... and also the "steer your taxi/ambulance thru the city streets" touch-screen games. I'd kill hours on that one. Of course, I do also remember SMRT-1 and how you could ask him questions.
I think the coolest thing in the old Communicore though had to be the little backstage magic show. I almost want to say it was located around where MouseGears has expanded into beyond the old store. You would actually go upstairs, and thru a 1-way mirror be able to see down into the computer room below Future world. You then had a tour guide who was "shrunk" and would walk around on top of the computer terminals talking about them and how they controlled so many things around the park. (projected on the mirror).
Post-Innoventions, I remember the big sega play area. My first (and only) experience with the Sega Channel was there. I also remember the line of "simulator" racing games where you could line up and play the full on arcade game and race against the other machines.
There was also the Imagineering lab, where you could go in and see a presentation of a new "ride" that the Imagineers where working on within their lab there. You would sit on the floor, and all around you were the Silicon Graphic machines that they were programing the "ride" on. They would also choose like 3-4 people to demonstrate the "ride". the "Ride" BTW? It's the Aladdin's Magic Carpet game now located in DisneyQuest. (Yup, you guessed in... I also got picked for this a few times and enjoyed playing around with it. I actually got pretty good.
)
to show it's way cooler than 
