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

[marni1971]

I hated Falcon after my first ride, but like Gringotts it grew on me after a few more rides.

Sadly I’m in no rush to ride it again. That surprised me.

 

[ProjectXBlog]

I'm not sure where you're getting "bombed out" from....It's also grossly dismissive to suggest that people don't care about the "war" element of Star Wars.

you can’t be serious. you don’t know where i’m getting “bombed out” from? maybe from the bombed-out looking land? also my “grossly dismissive” suggestion wasn’t implying people don’t want the excitement and intrigue that go along with these movies, but the opposite; i feel that the designers went in a lazy art direction to elicit pathos, when all they had to do was look at the attraction built thirty years ago that still nails the “feel” of the franchise. that said, i understand that a lot of the art direction is curbed from disney’s take on the property, not Lucas’, but my point still stands.

 

[Tom Morrow]

you can’t be serious. you don’t know where i’m getting “bombed out” from? maybe from the bombed-out looking land? also my “grossly dismissive” suggestion wasn’t implying people don’t want the excitement and intrigue that go along with these movies, but the opposite; i feel that the designers went in a lazy art direction to elicit pathos, when all they had to do was look at the attraction built thirty years ago that still nails the “feel” of the franchise. that said, i understand that a lot of the art direction is curbed from disney’s take on the property, not Lucas’, but my point still stands.

Where are the bombed out buildings? Where is the evidence of a major battle? The architecture of the land is similar to Tattooine but with different building materials and color palate. It falls very much in line with every "rough" area we see in the Star Wars films.

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

Where are the bombed out buildings? Where is the evidence of a major battle? The architecture of the land is similar to Tattooine but with different building materials and color palate.

Does he mean because the buildings look worn down? They look worn down because Black Spire has been hardly visited due to the space routes being different. It's basically the Route 66 of space.

 

[Steph15251]

Okay. I feel for you. Having ridden Falcon I know what severely let down feels like.

I like falcon but ,it clearly is not a fav ,but I never expected me to like it that much since it is not really my type of ride.

 

[RobWDW1971]

Does he mean because the buildings look worn down? They look worn down because Black Spire has been hardly visited due to the space routes being different. It's basically the Route 66 of space.

Well, we can all certainly agree on the “hardly visited” part

 

[The Grand Inquisitor]

Well, we can all certainly agree on the “hardly visited” part

 

[Kram Sacul]

I hated Falcon after my first ride, but like Gringotts it grew on me after a few more rides.

Loved it from the start but then again I really like simulator rides that throw you around. Star Tours seems tame and low tech now.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Many would disagree. I personally prefer FJ.

By all intents and purposes FJ is the better attraction. There's nothing wrong with Gringotts, but logically I think people would assume that Gringotts opened first and Forbidden Journey was the follow up.

 

[ProjectXBlog]

Where are the bombed out buildings? Where is the evidence of a major battle? The architecture of the land is similar to Tattooine but with different building materials and color palate. It falls very much in line with every "rough" area we see in the Star Wars films.

Does he mean because the buildings look worn down? They look worn down because Black Spire has been hardly visited due to the space routes being different. It's basically the Route 66 of space.

i’m talking about how nearly every building has a crater blast in one of its walls from a gunfight. i don’t mind the patina the buildings, etc. have, but i do mind the inherent shadow of shallow conflict the land constantly presents through details like these. cars land is supposed to be recently-revived from a state of abandon as well, but there’s an air of excitement to have visitors for the first time in ages. baatu almost feels like i’m visiting a graveyard.

 

[Mickeyboof]

i’m talking about how nearly every building has a crater blast in one of its walls from a gunfight. i don’t mind the patina the buildings, etc. have, but i do mind the inherent shadow of shallow conflict the land constantly presents through details like these. cars land is supposed to be recently-revived from a state of abandon as well, but there’s an air of excitement to have visitors for the first time in ages. baatu almost feels like i’m visiting a graveyard.

I would have loved to visit Batuu in it’s heyday!

The bombed out look is pretty Star Wars. Would be funny to see a little alien spending their day patching up the endless holes. Would be the “hat balancing pirate” of the land.

 

[drizgirl]

i’m talking about how nearly every building has a crater blast in one of its walls from a gunfight. i don’t mind the patina the buildings, etc. have, but i do mind the inherent shadow of shallow conflict the land constantly presents through details like these. cars land is supposed to be recently-revived from a state of abandon as well, but there’s an air of excitement to have visitors for the first time in ages. baatu almost feels like i’m visiting a graveyard.

I've heard it described as "War Torn Beirut Land".

 

[Bocabear]

I've heard it described as "War Torn Beirut Land".

As a follow up to Batuu, I am expecting Disney's next attraction to be set in a hyper realistic representation of Mogadishu...

 

[ProjectXBlog]

I would have loved to visit Batuu in it’s heyday!

The bombed out look is pretty Star Wars. Would be funny to see a little alien spending their day patching up the endless holes. Would be the “hat balancing pirate” of the land.

i would love to see something like that - something to bring a little more levity to an otherwise dour/somber environment. i don’t really mind the smuggler’s queue because it has just that (albeit a little too much). i heard similar radio chatter coming from the rise queue the other day as well.

 

[Mickeyboof]

i would love to see something like that - something to bring a little more levity to an otherwise dour/somber environment. i don’t really mind the smuggler’s queue because it has just that (albeit a little too much). i heard similar radio chatter coming from the rise queue the other day as well.

Eh, the sassy disembodied voice actors are way too cheesy. Way too theme park.

But a little critter who is just trying their best would be hilarious. Especially if during the (lost and fabled) stunt show, the patched up blast hole is shot at again!

 

[ProjectXBlog]

Eh, the sassy disembodied voice actors are way too cheesy. Way too theme park.

But a little critter who is just trying their best would be hilarious. Especially if during the (lost and fabled) stunt show, the patched up blast hole is shot at again!

agreed. the voice work is too cartoonish (i’m 99% sure JP Manoux is one of the chatterboxes) but the droids in the ST queue are cartoonish too — they’re just cuter (and physically there; seriously, what is up with the empty red window in the smuggler’s queue???)

 

[Mickeyboof]

agreed. the voice work is too cartoonish (i’m 99% sure JP Manoux is one of the chatterboxes) but the droids in the ST queue are cartoonish too — they’re just cuter (and physically there; seriously, what is up with the empty red window in the smuggler’s queue???)

I have no idea!! I wish someone knew.

 

[Tom Morrow]

Eh, the sassy disembodied voice actors are way too cheesy. Way too theme park.

But a little critter who is just trying their best would be hilarious. Especially if during the (lost and fabled) stunt show, the patched up blast hole is shot at again!

I really hate the sassy radio chatter in Smuggler's Run. It's fine as the guy tries to get the engine working in the maintenance bay, but the rest of it is way too cheesy, too frequent, and yes, too "theme park", it really seems at odds with the tone of the land. It seems like a low effort way to get exposition across as well. There are occasional normal PA announcements which are fine, but the conversations are not. Why are they having private conversations over the PA system anyway?

 

[Kram Sacul]

i’m talking about how nearly every building has a crater blast in one of its walls from a gunfight. i don’t mind the patina the buildings, etc. have, but i do mind the inherent shadow of shallow conflict the land constantly presents through details like these. cars land is supposed to be recently-revived from a state of abandon as well, but there’s an air of excitement to have visitors for the first time in ages. baatu almost feels like i’m visiting a graveyard.

Um, Star Wars?

 

[THE 1HAPPY HAUNT]

And since we're once again (wrongly) using WWoHP as some sort of holy grail of theme park design, let's not forget that Universal made a massive misstep with Gringotts. The fun adventure that perfectly encapsulates the magical delight of the IP was right there in the material. All they had to do was make a whimsical ride through the vaults on the cart system we already knew about, yet they squandered it and made it take place during the most significant event of the bank's entire history and we spend our time shuffling from scene to scene, escaping grim death instead of just riding the rails having fun.

To be REALLY FAIR, that was not Universal's choice. The decision on when the ride took place was mandated by JK Rowling herself and they had to work with that stipulation.