Hey everyone I’ve arrived just in time to add some much needed negativity to this thread. It was getting a little too positive around here so I decided I need to rush my review of the cantina. First, I’ll start by saying I don’t have much to stay as we only stayed there for 2 minutes.
We had 6:55 pm reservations yesterday that we kind of stupidly planned our day around. Especially annoying since we had two spontaneous family members join our already party of 6. So we were navigating between getting two one day park hopper guests on their wish list of attractions, a toddler (who has a wish list of his own, a 6 month old, child switching and planning our day around the cantina reservation. Oh ya we got to the parks at 12pm. With that said we had good time even though I got home at 2am and feel as if I was by a train today.
So we get to our reservation 4 minutes late and see a huge Line running down the pathway where Ogas is located. A guy was going up and down the line to check people in. He wasn’t rude but definitely looked frazzled and like he was in over his head. He checked us in and there were so many people asking him questions that I could get an answer to my question for 10 minutes. Which was... are we waiting on this enormous line even though we have reservations? The answer was yes. As we’re waiting in the 75 person line of people who also had reservations another CM came over to us and gave us the rundown of who Oga is. She playfully tried to give us the themed rules by saying Oga is a ***** and what she’s says goes and you re only allowed to stay here 45 minutes and oh ya we don’t have any of our popular fizzy dry ice drinks. We ran out because everyone at Star Wars Land are belligerent drunks who drink before noon.
Anyway we get to the Mater Dee (don’t feel like looking it up) and he tells us that we won’t be getting a table because their are only 6 booths. 6 booths! Unless of course we want to wait longer, which could be up to another 30 minutes. Keep in mind we had already been in line 35 minutes for our 6:55 reservation. I said no we ll do the standing room only section with a toddler. So fun and relaxing!
We walk inside the cantina and over to our standing table by the entrance. I looked around and thought I counted 7 booths. Anyway what a fail! 6 booths for this place when they knew what the demand would be!? Then If you are lucky enough to get a booth and don’t have a large party you get sat with strangers. Chapek, you re a BUM. That dinner theatre can’t come fast enough.
As for the the design of the cantina, I think it’s great. One of the only places in the land that has energy and makes you really feel like you are somewhere Star Warsian outside of the Falcon exterior queue and bazaar/ Rontos. DJ Rex looks so damn cool in there! Better than I was expecting.
We STOOD at our “table” for a couple minutes and another CM reminds us they re out of all their signature drinks. We look at each other and say, (paraphrasing here), “ok we saw it, let’s get the hell out of here, I’m not giving them any of money to stand here and try one of their less popular drinks.”
We then went to ride Falcon. Of course pilot again. I don’t play around. When we exited the ride and it was dark now. The land is MUCH nicer at night. The blue lighting on the rock work outside the Falcon looks great and all of that dryness and beigness goes away. From now I’m visiting SWL at night only. Kind of like my policy with riding BTMRR.
Here’s a couple quick pics I took of the cantina and SWL at night...
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