DHS Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance

[SWGalaxysEdge]

Getting close to December 5th. Who is live streaming?

..every social media blogger who shows up, most likely. Of course, the media event the day before will be filled with (non streaming) video and images that'll be out at 12:01am an on 12/5

 

[SWGalaxysEdge]

If Kylo Ren breaks down... they bring out the strobe lights.

..and a ramp...

 

[SWGalaxysEdge]

Let's do a AA count for RotR...please add/delete/correct me

Preshow #1 (caves queue)
BB8 (x2) in the briefing room, PLUS one on Poe's X-Wing
Poe (in X-Wing) - is he an AA or just a "dummy" in the cockpit?

Preshow #2 (ITS shuttle)
Nien Numb (pilot)

Star Destroyer Hangar
50 Stormtroopers
1 R5 droid in a ride car (for show)

Loading area (disco room)
R5 unit in each ride car (x38)

AT-AT room
AT-AT walkers (x2) - do these count as AAs?
Finn (x2) at elevators

2nd floor (bridge scene)
Kylo Ren
Hux

2nd Floor (lightsaber through floor)
Kylo Ren (x2) 2 separate shows, 1 for each car

2nd floor (gun room)
Firing and recoiling guns (x3) - are these considered AAs?

2nd floor (Final Kylo encounter)
Kylo Ren

 

[Rich Brownn]

I get what you mean, same genre and potential fanbase.

In Pandora, I've never felt like CM's are anything other than that, certainly not locals.
Oh! And people didn't complain about droids and/or aliens not roaming in Pandora either.

The lack of aliens is actually explained in Pandora.. the large plant your can rub (and it reacts by spewing water) is providing oxygen in the valley, so humans can breathe. It is, however, toxic for the natives.

 

[swge]

To help answer animatronic malfunctions.. I made a comment on the complexity of these scenes and was *hinted* that a lot of these scenes have B-roll alternatives in case of animation failures.. wasn’t explained how or what.. but just that they’ve factored animatronic malfunctions and have alternatives to keep the ride going.

 

[Disneyson]

The lack of aliens is actually explained in Pandora.. the large plant your can rub (and it reacts by spewing water) is providing oxygen in the valley, so humans can breathe. It is, however, toxic for the natives.

There’s also a lot of oxygen coming in from the magical “transference bridge” from Discovery Island. Do the Na’vi find oxygen toxic? I thought that they just mainly aren’t interested in humans and have better things to do.

 

[wityblack]

Let's do a AA count for RotR...please add/delete/correct me

Preshow #1 (caves queue)
BB8 (x2) in the briefing room, PLUS one on Poe's X-Wing
Poe (in X-Wing) - is he an AA or just a "dummy" in the cockpit?

Preshow #2 (ITS shuttle)
Nien Numb (pilot)

Star Destroyer Hangar
50 Stormtroopers
1 R5 droid in a ride car (for show)

Loading area (disco room)
R5 unit in each ride car (x38)

AT-AT room
AT-AT walkers (x2) - do these count as AAs?
Finn (x2) at elevators

2nd floor (bridge scene)
Kylo Ren
Hux

2nd Floor (lightsaber through floor)
Kylo Ren (x2) 2 separate shows, 1 for each car

2nd floor (gun room)
Firing and recoiling guns (x3) - are these considered AAs?

2nd floor (Final Kylo encounter)
Kylo Ren

I remember seeing a picture of a Mon Calamari (Admiral Ackbar's species) in the ride. I would imagine they'd be an animatronic, but I could be wrong.

 

[hyro0o0]

Let's do a AA count for RotR...please add/delete/correct me

Preshow #1 (caves queue)
BB8 (x2) in the briefing room, PLUS one on Poe's X-Wing
Poe (in X-Wing) - is he an AA or just a "dummy" in the cockpit?

Preshow #2 (ITS shuttle)
Nien Numb (pilot)

Star Destroyer Hangar
50 Stormtroopers
1 R5 droid in a ride car (for show)

Loading area (disco room)
R5 unit in each ride car (x38)

AT-AT room
AT-AT walkers (x2) - do these count as AAs?
Finn (x2) at elevators

2nd floor (bridge scene)
Kylo Ren
Hux

2nd Floor (lightsaber through floor)
Kylo Ren (x2) 2 separate shows, 1 for each car

2nd floor (gun room)
Firing and recoiling guns (x3) - are these considered AAs?

2nd floor (Final Kylo encounter)
Kylo Ren

Please tell me this is just based on public knowledge and does not mean that the animatronic storm troopers in the hangar bay are the only ones in the entire ride...

 

[OSX]

Why can’t he hold the opinion that NRJ is both too short and also aesthetically pleasing? Or is even the faintest praise of Imagineering’s latest work #BlindBrandLoyalty?

Just because it’s their latest work doesn’t mean it’s their greatest.

 

[Disneyson]

Falcon is ada compliant. Unless I am missing what you're saying.

There’s a strange obsession/very specific dream on this site of being able to walk up a Star Wars-style drop ramp that deploys from one of the iconic ships - which usually don’t have handrails, or for some other reason, aren’t ADA compliant.

I personally think that the fact that this land doesn’t have any lightsaber battles or any aliens or creatures to meet is a little more problematic, at least IMHO.

 

[Rich Brownn]

There’s also a lot of oxygen coming in from the magical “transference bridge” from Discovery Island. Do the Na’vi find oxygen toxic? I thought that they just mainly aren’t interested in humans and have better things to do.

The natural atmosphere on Pandora is toxic to humans and ok or natives. Oxygen is vice-versa. (Its the whole reason why the Avatar program exists)

 

[RobotWolf]

Preshow #2 (ITS shuttle)
Nien Numb (pilot)

Wouldn't there be three of them?

 

[Bender123]

There’s a strange obsession/very specific dream on this site of being able to walk up a Star Wars-style drop ramp that deploys from one of the iconic ships - which usually don’t have handrails, or for some other reason, aren’t ADA compliant.

I personally think that the fact that this land doesn’t have any lightsaber battles or any aliens or creatures to meet is a little more problematic, at least IMHO.

Well...the maximum rise per ADA compliant ramp is 30 inches at a rise over run of 1:12 ratio. The falcon would need to get its suspension lowered to Snoop Dogg Hooptie levels to make that one work.

 

[LittleGiants'16]

Just because it’s their latest work doesn’t mean it’s their greatest.

Okay. We can all agree, as I suspect many of us do, that NRJ is not the high water mark of Imagineering’s work.

But we can also think that it’s visually appealing. Or that it’s a fine ride for what it is: a C-ticket boat ride that has interesting combinations of screens and physical sets.

Though I suppose this is more of that nuance of opinion we try to avoid around these parts.

 

[RobWDW1971]

Okay. We can all agree, as I suspect many of us do, that NRJ is not the high water mark of Imagineering’s work.

But we can also think that it’s visually appealing. Or that it’s a fine ride for what it is: a C-ticket boat ride that has interesting combinations of screens and physical sets.

Though I suppose this is more of that nuance of opinion we try to avoid around these parts.

Or as the confused guests at the exit put it, “That’s it?”

 

[Bender123]

Or as the confused guests at the exit put it, “That’s it?”

I always describe it this way...

Its like watching Star Wars and the movie just ends as the Death Star arrives at Yavin. The ride is a great buildup for an epic ending that never happens. You get this gorgeous story of the Navi coming together for a great musical celebration. The forest begins to come alive with movement and music, you turn a corner and see the Shaman singing and inviting you to join the celebration, you then enter...a virtually empty room, then you get off the ride.

Honestly, if they had that stupid last room filled with AAs, screens, movement and music, it would be a classic. As it stands, it feels like a story that that rises to nothing and is actually more disappointing than if they just didn't have a story.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Or as the confused guests at the exit put it, “That’s it?”

For some reason they don’t say that in the Peter Pan’s Flight exit.

Full disclosure: I’d never wait more than 20 minutes for either ride.

 

[LittleGiants'16]

Or as the confused guests at the exit put it, “That’s it?”

It is too short. Agreed.

Now, can we move past your overweening expectations for C-ticket attractions?

 

[ajbidwell]

@SWGalaxysEdge (Or anyone else in the know), with just over two weeks till the big day are the powers that be just planning to stand pat with the current 9-9 schedule? Seems crazy that we had over two months of (lightly attended) 6 AM openings and now would be the time to decide to be conservative with hours.

 

[RobWDW1971]

I always describe it this way...

Its like watching Star Wars and the movie just ends as the Death Star arrives at Yavin. The ride is a great buildup for an epic ending that never happens. You get this gorgeous story of the Navi coming together for a great musical celebration. The forest begins to come alive with movement and music, you turn a corner and see the Shaman singing and inviting you to join the celebration, you then enter...a virtually empty room, then you get off the ride.

Honestly, if they had that stupid last room filled with AAs, screens, movement and music, it would be a classic. As it stands, it feels like a story that that rises to nothing and is actually more disappointing than if they just didn't have a story.

Excellent post - if only WDI put the thought into the arc of the attraction that you did. Minimizing the criticism to “it’s just too short” misses the entire point of WDI not understanding the concept of a cohesive, meaningful experience.

It’s just one of the many reasons MFSR is such a disappointing creative failure. You have this incredible build up of the Falcon, entering the cockpit, etc. and the “adventure” is picking up some cans in the dark for some dude named Hondo. The whole is very much less than the sum of its parts.

And that is not budget cuts, Chapek, or Hurricane Dorian - that is just terrible storytelling.