Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run - Ride/Queue Details and Discussion

030918

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A while ago there was some fuzz about the opening hours of Efteling in the Netherlands. Not sure if it was official communication or just a rumor, but the capacity of the batteries of Symbolica's trackless vehicles was brought up in this discussion. According to the official specifications, Symbolica's vehicles can run for 14 hours a day without recharging. While this is a different trackless ride with probably a different vehicle, this might be another important element. Sure, they can have extra vehicles and improve the autonomy but this doesn't seem like something they'll risk.

Aside from technical aspects in the rides, I think this land might be too "complex" to keep it filled with visitors for such a long time. With all the details we're expecting, I guess they'll need the time to check everything before the park opens the next day.
 
The Grand Inquisitor

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So apparently in the room where Hondo gives you your mission he has an animatronic R5 to accompany him. Is this confirmed?
 
sedati

sedati

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Scrooged said:
Dang- that’s a good catch. I didn’t notice it when I watched it previously. Definitely an R5 unit- but probably not D4. But one can hope!
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Skippy the Jedi Droid

"Skippy the Jedi Droid" is an eight-page comic story featured in Star Wars Tales 1, written by Peter David. It takes place shortly before and during Episode IV, and features R5-D4 as "Skippy". Obi-Wan Kenobi leaves a cantina, sensing the Force in someone. But no matter how hard he looked, he...
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Scrooged

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sedati said:
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Skippy the Jedi Droid

"Skippy the Jedi Droid" is an eight-page comic story featured in Star Wars Tales 1, written by Peter David. It takes place shortly before and during Episode IV, and features R5-D4 as "Skippy". Obi-Wan Kenobi leaves a cantina, sensing the Force in someone. But no matter how hard he looked, he...
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Wow.....I never knew this story existed. I hail R5. So say we all.
 
sedati

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WhatJaneSays said:
It's canon in the only place that matters ... my heart! <3
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Ahem...
From the Wookieepedia article I linked above:
“In the in-universe article Droids, Technology and the Force: A Clash of Phenomena, the legend of Skippy the Jedi Droid is mentioned. This means that while this Tales story is not wholly canon, the legend of Skippy does exist.“
 
Scrooged

Scrooged

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sedati said:
Ahem...
From the Wookieepedia article I linked above:
“In the in-universe article Droids, Technology and the Force: A Clash of Phenomena, the legend of Skippy the Jedi Droid is mentioned. This means that while this Tales story is not wholly canon, the legend of Skippy does exist.“
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Ad I, for one, am all the better for knowing about this story. And that makes me super happy. Thank you for sharing it. I thought I was well versed in most of Star Wars lore....I stand happily corrected.
 
Portable Hole

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JBIRDTO said:
Would they also then need to have day and night versions of the actual experience not just the pre-show video? I agree it would keep the story legit however I don't see them going to this level of time accuracy unfortunately.
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Since the on-ride video is supposedly being rendered in real-time, it seems they could feasibly simulate any time/weather conditions to match reality.
 
PorterRedkey

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More info on MF:SR from Blooloop article. Highlights below.
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The Millennium Falcon at Disney’s new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

We take a detailed look at one of its main attractions, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. By Brady MacDonald Construction workers hustled to complete Star
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QUEUE
"Spooling up its engines, the Millennium Falcon will vent thrust gases while docked at a spaceship maintenance bay."

Up above, an animated starship engine suspended from the ceiling will glow a pulsating red.

“This is an engine that has come off of one of the ships in Hondo’s fleet,” Kalama said. “Much like pretty much every ship that he’s got, it’s riddled with blaster marks. It is also not working properly at the moment. As guests in this space, we’ll also get to hear some of Hondo’s crew trying diligently to get this engine back online. It is an animated piece, so we’ll get to see it in action.”
The Ohnaka crew can be heard throughout the queue preparing the Millennium Falcon for her next mission.
“As we know from canon, the ship is often in a state of disrepair,” Kalama said. “Today’s no different.”

'After ascending a switchback catwalk, riders will find a Falcon overlook area on the second floor. The top of the ship and the domes of Black Spire Outpost will be visible through a row of windows.

“We’ve designed the entire queue to make sure that guests get as many angles as possible of the Millennium Falcon,” Kalama said. “We know how important she is. We will make sure that whether you ride the ride or don’t ride the ride, everybody gets an opportunity to see the ship and take a photo with the ship.”

QUEUE: COMMAND CENTER
Riders will meet an audio-animatronic Hondo in the Command Center. The dreadlocked space pirate with six tusk-like chin protrusions will give riders their smuggling mission. Nearby, Hondo’s trusty droid R5P8 will keep the boss on schedule and fix failing equipment.

“This is where guests will finally have the opportunity to have their audience with Hondo Ohnaka, the boss man himself,” Kalama said. “He gives us the sales pitch about his amazing fleet of ships, his cargo that he’s got to move and how he needs flight crews to help him move it. He’s looking for pilots, he’s looking for gunners and he’s looking for flight engineers.”

On the video screen behind Hondo, the Millennium Falcon will rise up from Black Spire Outpost. It will then dock in a bay inside Ohnaka Transport Solutions.

QUEUE: BOARDING
"Riders will pass through an umbilical bridge connecting the spaceport to the Millennium Falcon.
Visitors will wait for their flight crew assignment inside the main hold of the ship. They can explore the hold, play the holographic Dejarik game and snap photos."

“Before boarding the Millennium Falcon, flight crews will be given boarding cards. These will assign them to a flight crew,” Kalama said. “When it’s your flight crew’s turn to pilot the ship, you’re called up by one of the Ohnaka Transport Solutions crew members and make your way towards the cockpit.”

Flight crews will be lead down a tube-shaped “chicklet corridor”. This is lined with white pillow-like panels that resemble the square gum with rounded corners.

Just outside the cockpit, Hondo will appear on a monitor to give pre-flight specifics of the smuggling mission.

“This is where Hondo sets up the particulars of the adventure. It is where you get to find out where we’re going, what we are smuggling, umm, delivering and what we might want to keep an eye out for if there are any potential hazards along the way,” Kalama said.

SMUGGLER"S RUN COCKPIT

"Six riders will take their seats with the pilots up front. Gunners will be in the middle and flight engineers in the rear."

The 200 buttons, switches and knobs in the cockpit will be fully functional. When activated, they will make clicking, chirping and beeping sounds. Their implementation will directly impact each mission.

“This is an experience that’s all about touching buttons, playing with buttons. It is highly, highly encouraged,” Kalama said. “Now, you need to be careful because the button’s already duct into the very systems of the Millennium Falcon. Depending on what you push it might have the desired effect or an unintended consequence.”

COCKPIT ROLES:

Pilots:
The pilot sitting in the front left seat is responsible for steering the ship left and right. The co-pilot sitting in the front right seat makes the ship go up and down.
“We have our pilots up front,” Kalama said. “It is truly up to them to pilot the ship. Depending on how they do, that will determine the overall physical health of the ship.”

Gunners:
In the middle seats, the gunners are responsible for the Millennium Falcon’s weapons systems. An array of buttons fire the weapons.
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“Because we are a smuggling operation, chances are we may come up against folks who are not too happy about what we are up to,” Kalama said. “It will be up to the gunners in the middle to provide defense for the Millennium Falcon. If they don’t line up the TIE fighters fast enough, the hull is going to get riddled and the ship is going to shake violently.”

Engineers:
In the rear seats, the flight engineers are responsible for fixing the Millennium Falcon. They get the ship back into a working order after an attack or accident.

“There are a lot of spires in Black Spire Outpost,” Kalama said. “If you run into one and the pilots don’t steer out of the way, the ship’s going to crash into them. Warning alarms are going to go off and it’ll be up to the flight engineers in the back to make sure that they keep the ship in working order.”

Additional Info:
The Smugglers Run ride experience begins and ends in the hangar bay of Ohnaka Transport Solutions. During the tour, the hangar bay was projected on a domed screen outside the cockpit windows of the flight simulator.

Concept art included in the article: (Perhaps, this is part of the pre-boarding video???)
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