Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[ToTBellHop]

Do you think that they'll monetize FP+ for this land or find a different way?

Different. FP+ will still be free. They just won’t get all of the pre-booked capacity. Gotta give us 99% at least a chance to ride...

 

[MisterPenguin]

I am surprised that they didn't get the hotel ready to open at the same time. Then, they could have sold the option of "private SWL previews" for guests staying at the hotel. Then, they could have made the hotel rooms a "premium booking fee" to maximize intake.

I think it's still the plan to have the SWR open at the same time as SWL. And it seems most likely that part of the two-day LARP of being at the SWR means access to SWL with either FPs or during EMHs.

 

[marni1971]

I am surprised that they didn't get the hotel ready to open at the same time. Then, they could have sold the option of "private SWL previews" for guests staying at the hotel. Then, they could have made the hotel rooms a "premium booking fee" to maximize intake.

I think it's still the plan to have the SWR open at the same time as SWL. And it seems most likely that part of the two-day LARP of being at the SWR means access to SWL with either FPs or during EMHs.

They wanted the hotel open for SWL but it couldn’t be done quick enough.

 

[mousekedoc]

Is there a priority list as to which may come first? Would the SWR need to be built before the new Epcot resort?

 

[nickys]

They wanted the hotel open for SWL but it couldn’t be done quick enough.

Do you know if that's because of the programming elements that @lentesta is talking about in the SW Resort thread, or the actual physical building of the resort? Or a bit of both?

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Do you know if that's because of the programming elements that @lentesta is talking about in the SW Resort thread, or the actual physical building of the resort? Or a bit of both?

It was a Blue Sky pitch last year that was greenlit?

 

[lentesta]

Do you know if that's because of the programming elements that @lentesta is talking about in the SW Resort thread, or the actual physical building of the resort? Or a bit of both?

There's no way they could have had all of that game play and technology in place in 2 years.

 

[lentesta]

In other news, I've heard the autonomous droids have been cut from SWGE opening day, due to time constraints.

Disney has done a ton of hiring, research, and patent work in this area. It's disappointing they couldn't get it done to schedule.

 

[marni1971]

Do you know if that's because of the programming elements that @lentesta is talking about in the SW Resort thread, or the actual physical building of the resort? Or a bit of both?

It was a Blue Sky pitch last year that was greenlit?

There's no way they could have had all of that game play and technology in place in 2 years.

 

[ToTBellHop]

In other news, I've heard the autonomous droids have been cut from SWGE opening day, due to time constraints.

Disney has done a ton of hiring, research, and patent work in this area. It's disappointing they couldn't get it done to schedule.

I only hope this doesn't become one of those "delayed" projects that never comes. If the land opens and it's a smashing success (and I'm sure it will be), it's too easy to call it a day.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

I only hope this doesn't become one of those "delayed" projects that never comes. If the land opens and it's a smashing success (and I'm sure it will be), it's too easy to call it a day.

Well PAndora opened and they just added the mech suit dude.

 

[lentesta]

There's been a lot of discussion about the rides in Galaxy's Edge, but not a lot about the interactive elements of the land. I found two videos from around 2014-2015, the first before the Star Wars lands were announced, where Scott Trowbridge talks about what WDI's been working on in an attempt to enable guests to take a more active role in Disney's parks. They state similar things, but the first video is much more in depth. The relevant material starts around 25:35 in the first video. The whole second video is pretty cool. I can't wait to see what they do with things like Story Engine in Star Wars land!

This explains a lot of the other Disney Research projects I’ve seen. Thanks!

 

[donsullivan]

I am surprised that they didn't get the hotel ready to open at the same time. Then, they could have sold the option of "private SWL previews" for guests staying at the hotel. Then, they could have made the hotel rooms a "premium booking fee" to maximize intake.

As I understood it, they can’t start major construction on the hotel until the new parking entrance is complete and they close the current entrance from World Drive & Osceola Parkway. That entrance road crosses the property where the hotel will be built. Like all big projects, certain components can’t start until others are completed.

 

[Rteetz]

Tons of new aerials from Bioreconstruct tonight.

 

[smile]

I only hope this doesn't become one of those "delayed" projects that never comes. If the land opens and it's a smashing success (and I'm sure it will be), it's too easy to call it a day.

the now firmly entrenched ever-floating conundrum

 

[smile]

They wanted the hotel open for SWL but it couldn’t be done quick enough.

Like all big projects, certain components can’t start until others are completed.

 

[Brian Swan]

Tons of new aerials from Bioreconstruct tonight.

Could you post a link?

 

[MisterPenguin]

bioreconstruct...

 

[MisterPenguin]

more bioreconstruct....

 

[MisterPenguin]

and more bioreconstruct...