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

CinematicFusion

CinematicFusion

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mikejs78 said:
It would ruin the thematic integrity of the land. Other missions, sure, and while I'd absolutely love to fly the Falcon in the Death Star, it would be out of place.

Maybe some other missions though with higher stakes.
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... and that’s where I think Disney made a mistake. They created a land that has been around for generations. A land Han Solo, Vader, Ren,Rey have all been to at one time or another.

Disney couldn’t design the land to time jump every other year like they do with haunted mansion during Halloween? Switch out and tweak the sets a little?
Made it to where the Falcon ride was owned by Han Solo for that year. Vader and original troopers were walking around for that time period?

Granted it would be much harder with ROTR but they could have done it and the beginning stages of production and wow that would have been epic to step into different moments of time.
Everyone is happy and Vader, Solo, Skywalker haven’t been banned from the park like they are now.

Am I way out of line to have wanted this? To see Vader march into the cantina while having a drink?

To be flying the Falcon while Han Solo is yelling at you for screwing it up? How much fun would that be?
 
CinematicFusion

CinematicFusion

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Goofy Ninja said:
I don't want to sound like a negative nancy, but Smuggler's Run sucks. It reminds me of Mission Space, which is not a good thing.
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Nothing wrong with voicing an opinion. It’s ok not to like something... and to love something at a Disney park.

I really loves Slinky Dog Dash, Toy Story Mania... they just work for me.
 
mikejs78

mikejs78

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Mickeyboof said:
You know what sounds more out of place? Calling lightsabers junk metal and CMs not saying may the force be with you.

Take me to the Death Star!
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Not out of place at all. The planet is under the control of the First Order. Light Sabers would be contraband, and greetings such as "may the force be with you" would not be accepted. Keep in mind it wasn't a mainstream greeting in the OT either.
 
CinematicFusion

CinematicFusion

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MisterPenguin said:
So, you're making the point that you'd like to have the OT characters. Noted. Good day.
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You tell me...is that such a bad thing to request?
Is it wrong to want to see Vader walk into the Cantina while drinking a Star Wars themed drink? As a Star Wars Fan in a Star Wars themed land, is that a terrible request?

Why do many of the Star Wars fans not want to see Original Characters like Vader and Fett in Galaxy’s edge?

Why am I a horrible fan for wishing this? Why do I get made fun of for requesting this?
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THE 1HAPPY HAUNT

THE 1HAPPY HAUNT

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MisterPenguin said:
I'm not entertaining this as a serious question from you who wouldn't shut up about a ramp.
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It was more of a rhetorical question to point out there are 2 sides to every coin. It was to make a point not to get a response from you even though my point is valid and my complaint about the falcon ramp is valid still.
 
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doctornick

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Casper Gutman said:
I would argue strenuously that the problem isn’t Hondo or anything cosmetic. The problem is that video games and theme park rides are fundamentally different art forms that require different forms of interaction. Rides are far more akin to film, a collective, experienced art. TSMM gets by because it is only a ride in the very loosest sense - the movement of the vehicle serves no story purpose and is completely separate from the interactivity.

I also think SR reflects a mistaken understanding of what SW fans want. I don’t think there is great fan desire to FLY the Falcon, which is explicitly clunky, oddly shaped, and unreliable. I think there is more desire to RIDE in the falcon (with Han or Lando flying) and to FLY an X-Wing. That was the experience most SW video games emphasized - I don’t recall any games centered on flying the Falcon.

Of course, the number one SW experience people want is to eat in an alien cantina, and Disney cut that, so execs may not really understand the property all that well.
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Hmmm... I get the general principle of what you are saying here (about delivering what guests want), but I'm not sure I agree with the example of flying an X-wing. Which might be the bigger point: what "people want" from Star Wars is probably a thousand different things for a thousand different people. So nothing would really satisfy everyone which might be why the land really resonates with some and is despised by others.

That being said, I'd make the argument the one thing that people would want the most from a Star Wars experience is to use the Force and be a Jedi. And I'm still bewildered how that isn't in the land in some capacity. Star Wars without the Force is generic sci-fi space fighting - well done fights of course - but the Force is the real unique thing about the franchise.

And saying that, I think the biggest thing is simply that whatever they chose to do, they needed to do the best possible version of it. So, cutting out the stuff they actually promoted and promised - droids, aliens, restaurant with entertainment (and drones - not promised, but was clearly on the table as indicated by @marni1971), plus the whole actual interactivity - is ultimately the biggest problem. For the life of me, as cheap as Disney gets in stupid ways, I didn't think they would value engineer Star Wars. If anything was going to be plussed out the wazzou modern Disney, this should have been it.
 
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doctornick

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mikejs78 said:
So you're in favor of book report rides. Got it.
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That's the thing: this is the attitude that puts more Johnny Depp in POTC. Is that a good thing for us as theme park fans?

In a sense, I actually think the WDI folks who made this land were more like Walt than people are giving them credit for. Rather than just do "what people want" they sought to give them something they "didn't know they wanted". It was actually a bold and less obvious choice to go the direction they did but you can clearly see the bones of a intriguing plan there - it just seems it has been hacked the pieces by the sharp pencil guys.
 
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doctornick

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Mickeyboof said:
(I’m just thankful at Harry Potter Diagon Alley isn’t shut up, Olivander’s isn’t closed, and people aren't cowering in fear because You Know Who has returned!)
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Meh. I think the better comparison would be what if the dragon didn't breath fire, there was no wand interaction, the store displays were all static and Olivanders cost $100 to go into. Oh and only the Hogwart's Express was running when the land opened and Gringott's didn't show up for half a year.

Would the land have been as popular at opening?
 

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