Season Of The Force - Tomorrowland Overlay Opens November 16th

[Mukta]

I went on Star Tours last night. It was cool to see the new scenes. Hopefully I can get to Space Mountain in the next couple of days.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

They made some changes to the existing scenes in Star Tours. If you get Naboo, there's now a fan service collision with Jar Jar. Yep, even Disney is partaking in the prequel-bashing trend.

 

[Phroobar]

They made some changes to the existing scenes in Star Tours. If you get Naboo, there's now a fan service collision with Jar Jar. Yep, even Disney is partaking in the prequel-bashing trend.

That isn't new. The Naboo scene has always had that.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

No, I mean you actually crash into him. It's different.

 

[dweezil78]

That was a thing? I always assumed the only thing up there back then was the Progressland model. Fascinating. Look at the hostess' spiffy white gloves! Tim Gunn would be so impressed.

That pic is from the World's Fair version which had several other exhibits within the pavilion.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

"Lines wrapped around the Tomorrowland Expo Center, with fans waiting up to two hours to meet Lord Vader and Chewie, while Spider-Man took about 45 minutes. Hyperspace Mountain and Star Tours lines were about an hour to hop on the rides. "

On a Monday in November? TL will be a madhouse during Christmas. #nope

 

[180º]

The new Naboo sequence includes the Gungan collision and the pit droid throwing paint on your star speeder's unshattered viewport. Both the old and new versions can play. When I rode yesterday I had the old version. I've heard there's also a version that has the Gungan collision but not the new finale.

 

[Phroobar]

Interesting. Does that mean there are other small alternate scene changes we haven't seen yet? Instead of 54 combinations, there could be thousands of combinations. It could be literately different every time you ride it.

 

[westie]

The wife admitted that she will miss the "kitchen of tomorrow". I enjoyed the air conditioning.

 

[Disneysea05]

We hit Jar Jar in our ride but got te original ship crashing through the viewport ending.

I think it's great that Disney added new surprises to the existing planets!

 

[flynnibus]

I know, I know. We all want some elaborate Audio-Animatronics spectacular scored by the Sherman Brothers to return to the Carousel Theater. But that type of entertainment hasn't been in that building in almost 30 years. Three decades. Half of the existence of Disneyland.

Maybe you were.. I for one was just hoping for something a bit more immersive and taking me away..

This is a very nice update and re-think of what was a temporary exhibit space upstairs. It looks much slicker, much more purposeful, much more thought out. And they spent some money on it too.

If by 'temporary' we met like what I said before.. I'd agree... but we're talking about something that will be here for years in some form or another. Heck, I think they did a nicer job of the Blue Sky Cellar.. and that was really temporary.

Or were you hoping for this upstairs space to return to its original Walt-approved and WED designed use from the 1960's; as a General Electric post-show display area where GE hostesses would thrill exiting audiences with scripted spiels about the latest in GE toaster ovens and air conditioners and hair dryers?

Well since it's no longer the 60s... sponsorship and advertising is nothing like it used to be.. nor is Disney anything like the company of the early 60s... I find none of that relevant in my expectations of an attraction Disney should build in 2015 to attract guests in 2015.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

This intrigued and disturbed me:

Season of the Force is designed as a stopgap measure to battle the boy wizard and drum up excitement for Star Wars Land. The problem for Disneyland is that some visitors may think the temporary event is actually the new land. Be prepared for a lot of confusion over the coming few years: Is Tomorrowland now Star Wars Land? Where’s the Millennium Falcon that Disney promised? Is this it?

http://www.latimes.com/travel/theme...s-season-force-disneyland-20151113-story.html

The author may be speculating, but suggests that the Star Wars stuff will be there for years until construction of the land is complete.

 

[Travel Junkie]

^^^ Yes my understanding is that Launch Bay will be around for years with exhibits changing out here and there. Throws out the excuses of this is temporary doesn't it?

And the notion this is a Potter Swatter is laughable.

 

[TP2000]

I was always under the impression that Launch Bay would be there until the actual Star Wars Land opens on the other side of the park. Once the mega-themed Star Wars Land opens, then Launch Bay, and presumably Star Tours as well, would close to be repurposed or bulldozed for something new.

Was that not what some people thought? Did some folks think Launch Bay would only be open this winter while the new movie was in theaters?

I assume Season Of The Force will go through the winter, perhaps as long as Spring Break, and then be removed until the next movie comes out next year. They ran Frozen Fun last year for four months, so I'd assumed Season Of The Force would run similarly.

 

[TP2000]

This is hysterical. Three boys are literally speechless with Darth Vader.


I love the ability for these new characters to talk and interact with the visitors. But they really need to PLUS UP that lame little Darth Vader set. It looks like it was made from plywood in someone's garage.

Chewbacca gets a much better looking set.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

My theory is that the Tomorrowland Expo Center (right?) will continue to be one of those things that we're just kinda stuck with and never really contains a worthwhile attraction. After Star Wars moves out, first floor becomes Marvel? Calling it right now.

 

[TP2000]

That was a thing? I always assumed the only thing up there back then was the Progressland model. Fascinating. Look at the hostess' spiffy white gloves! Tim Gunn would be so impressed.

The Progress City model and the PeopleMover track only took up the eastern half of the upper level. The western half was a GE display space that you had to exit through to get back outside.

In 1966 WED considered putting Progress City down below, in an open air viewing space. But instead went with a similar design from the World's Fair, with the theater on the first floor and the GE exhibits upstairs. (At the World's Fair there were actually three levels)

The Carousel Theater, now Tomorrowland Expo Center, is a heckuva massive building that must have a bomb-shelter like foundation and basement in order to support all that weight and machinery. No wonder the thing is still standing; if/when they ever demolish it they will really need to bring in the big guns.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Thanks @TP2000!

On another note I just read the SoTF review on MiceChat and they were pretty adamant that the new food offerings are a disappointment:

"I, along with a few friends, tried several of the new Star Wars menu items over the weekend. After a pretty broad sampling of the new offerings, I personally cannot recommend any of what I sampled enthusiastically and I would enthusiastically discourage anybody from eating at least three entrees I tried. It’s really too bad two of the worst restaurants in the park are what Season of the Force was stuck with when it came to special food as the result of the special offerings ranges from bad to inedible."

Apparently the menu items at Pizza Port are worse than the Galactic Grill.

http://micechat.com/115256-holidays-return-disneyland/

 

[TP2000]

There's a bunch of new lighting effects all over Tomorrowland for Season Of The Force. They really went all out, and it's a huge improvement. This is how I remember Tomorrowland feeling at night 30 years ago; electric!

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

That radar thing shoots smoke out of it? They should have just disassembled that eyesore and parked a Star Wars ship up there.