Old Mouseketeer
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No, no, NOOOOO!!! How many times do we have to tell you--it's the one and only real Falcon cockpit! Oh, why do you have to spoil the magic....
I bet you hate Santa Claus, too!
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No, no, NOOOOO!!! How many times do we have to tell you--it's the one and only real Falcon cockpit! Oh, why do you have to spoil the magic....
I bet you hate Santa Claus, too!
Rich T
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I’ve got my microwave popcorn ready...
180º
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I don’t know where everyone’s been getting that impression from. This has always been the “other” ride. For several years now @marni1971 has been telling us Falcon is comparable to Universal’s Hogwarts Express, and I think that’s absolutely accurate.
Have I ?
Big bird will be an E. It’d only be an E minus to differentiate between it and Alcatraz.
180º
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Forgive me, it might have been one of our other insiders. I went back and searched your Big Bird posts and found that you were expecting to be more impressed by Falcon than Flight of Passage. I would certainly differ with you on that, but I know you’re a bit colder on FoP in the first place than I am. And I absolutely think it would be ridiculous to classify Falcon as less than an E. It’s very elaborate and I never expected it to be on ROTR’s level. For some reason people are reading into the existing reviews on this site as a big disappointment, but it’s pretty much what I was expecting.
Rich T
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Some people are bound to be disappointed, because they're expecting "OH MY GOSH, I FEEL LIKE I'M ACTUALLY IN STAR WARS WITH NOTHING TO BREAK THE ILLUSION", and they're receiving a nicely done theme park area designed for the masses. And we can't really let Disney off the hook on this, either. They're the ones who'll be hawking this land without making it clear that its star attraction is still off-line.
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And no matter how great the RotR ride turns out to be, a lot of people are going to be disappointed in it. Can't please everyone.
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And no matter how great the RotR ride turns out to be, a lot of people are going to be disappointed in it. Can't please everyone.
George Lucas on a Bench
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How's the Falcon waiting line compared to Avatar flight line? I thought that was an exceptional line.
Disney Analyst
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CM land previews today.
BrianLo
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The biggest comparable being the real magic is in the build up and exploration. But the ride itself will certainly be more E-tickety than Hogwarts Express.
What Smuggler's Run was NOT meant to do was carry a land on its own.
Surferboy567
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Any one able to secure entry into galaxy’s edge today? Dying to get more details (particularly on Savi’s and other merch)
Old Mouseketeer
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Indeed, not. SW:GE should be like NOS+. Two attractions, shops, multiple dining experiences, live street entertainment--PLUS A CANTINA!!!
The land--all of the land synergistically--should carry itself. Hopefully they have learned a few things in 50 years since NOS.
Rteetz
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CM previews have been going on for a bit now.
Disney Analyst
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Well there were people invited in through backstage to ride Falcon, but this is (as far as I know) first scheduled preview with time periods; shops and restaurants open.
Old Mouseketeer
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CM Previews began today. Over the past couple of weeks CMs were allowed to ride the Falcon as part of Testing, but that's different than the actual Previews. They couldn't wander around the rest of the land, or go into the shops or eat in the food places. We have had scattered reports of getting to build a light saber, but that's much more limited.
Old Mouseketeer
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I'm going in the morning. I look forward to comparing experiences. I hope I can sleep!
sponono88
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Just left the CM preview. My quick thoughts are.. smugglers run is so much fun! Rode two times as a pilot and once as an engineer. Both were fun but I preferred the pilot experience. It’s a bit distracting to keep looking away to find the light up buttons to push when you’re the engineer. You do get blasts of air whenever a button lights up in order to get your attention.
Didn’t get into the Cantina because I ran out of time and lines hovered between 1 to 1.5 hours.
The green milk was good but was small for the 8$ price tag. It wasn’t too sweet and kind of tasted like matcha ?! The marketplace shops are small but cute and full of details (creatures, lights, sounds everywhere). The setup to pay is strange and I can’t imagine how it’ll work once the huge crowds take over. The creature shop reminds me of a wizarding world store, including a caged creature that is akin to the monster book thing in hogsmeade.
And yes the sounds throughout the land add so much to the experience ! It’s like a crisp surround sound of ships flying over the buildings , animal sounds , the clinks and clanks and hissing of steam - it’s all so well done and so richly detailed. I’ll post more later when I get home and in the meantime let me know if you have questions ☺
Didn’t get into the Cantina because I ran out of time and lines hovered between 1 to 1.5 hours.
The green milk was good but was small for the 8$ price tag. It wasn’t too sweet and kind of tasted like matcha ?! The marketplace shops are small but cute and full of details (creatures, lights, sounds everywhere). The setup to pay is strange and I can’t imagine how it’ll work once the huge crowds take over. The creature shop reminds me of a wizarding world store, including a caged creature that is akin to the monster book thing in hogsmeade.
And yes the sounds throughout the land add so much to the experience ! It’s like a crisp surround sound of ships flying over the buildings , animal sounds , the clinks and clanks and hissing of steam - it’s all so well done and so richly detailed. I’ll post more later when I get home and in the meantime let me know if you have questions ☺
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TP2000
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Sounds like fun! Could you see Disneyland from inside Star Wars Land?
sponono88
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Nope, it feels like you’re so far away from the rest of the park because of how tucked away it is behind the trees and rocks. You can’t see outside at all except for the second floor of the smugglers run queue - the highest peak of bttmr is visible. Then nice thing is it actually blends in with the Batuu environment - it doesn’t break the theme.
RedGinger
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Do you recall in what ways the John Williams Galaxy's Edge theme was used? Is it heard anywhere as area music? I think somebody posted a few weeks ago that it plays at the end of Smuggler's Run. Just interested in any reports of music usage in the land.