News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions

rle4lunch

rle4lunch

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This is what I expect to feel like upon the first time walking into SWL.
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SSG said:
Another Freshbaked update, blessedly silent and shot today. Dave also gets some footage of the bag check construction at the M&F tram area.

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Sheesh, it seems to get more complex with every new video. Look at all those trucks and construction vehicles. This has to be one of the biggest construction projects in the state right now.
 
Ismael Flores

Ismael Flores

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BrianLo said:
It seems folks are getting caught up in the number of rides. No one is going to walk away when this opens thinking Bugs Land did it better because it has 5 rides.

This is a fairly major first offering. It's much closer to Gringotts and Hogsmeade combined than either on their own.

We've come a long way when insiders are saying we are getting a land with what is currently on track for the best E-ticket Disney has ever built (preferences aside) and another that easily will make people's top 5-10. Tacked onto one of the most immersive single lands Disney has attempted... And the reaction is - "that's it?"

I'm scratching my head for a different reason. We always want more more more.
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I'm glad you said this, I also don't understand why people keep bringing up the number of attractions being built for this land.
It's not like it is the first time this has happened. New Orleans square has two ride, frontierland also only has two ride as well unless you count each boat on the same river, adventureland has the jungle cruise and Indy and before that it was only the jungle cruise unless you count the tree house.

Gone are the days when Disney can build multiple rides within a certain amount of property like Walt did with Peter Pan, mr toad and Alice because of ADA laws and the needed space required for wheelchair access and emergency routes.

The one option is to build something big and elaborate and surpass expectations with heavy theme and multiple small interactions.

I'm sure SWE will have plenty of areas that will be worthy of photo ops, character interaction and eye candy
 
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rle4lunch

rle4lunch

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britain said:
Riiight.
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You know they'll be in there, complaining the whole time while they stand in line for the Millennium falcon. then directly afterward they'll be on their phones complaining about how it was too long/short/IP centric/cold/hot/generic/dumbed down/too many characters /not enough interaction/too much interaction, because they need their important voices to be heard and they won't stand for what they've done!

Ah, the new norm , SJW attitudes thinking everything is an atrocity that they don't like. They'll take to social media and tell us what they think! Lol
 
FerretAfros

FerretAfros

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NobodyElse said:
I had to go back and find that one (in the Permits thread). It looks like they're taking a less elegant approach than what he guessed, while ending up with about the same amount of area inside the tram loop.
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Funny you should say that. "Less elegant" was my exact thought when I saw what they were doing too; great minds think alike!

I'm surprised that they're laying concrete for the new tram path, but it appears they're keeping the asphalt on either side. At the very least, I would have assumed concrete or pavers on the 'inside' of the tram loop and some sort of landscaped buffer on the outside, but it looks like they've taken some care to protect the asphalt in place

And for reference, here's the concept I threw together. It looks like the real plan will have the trams exiting the parking garage around the same place, but head due south to just before the 2-way drive aisle in the parking lot, where they'll make a 90-degree turn and meet back up with the existing route. It should still provide the needed space for security and stuff, but it's not as clean of a layout
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Earl Sweatpants

Earl Sweatpants

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FerretAfros said:
A new aerial image has found its way to Twitter:

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The shadows of the big pit and the shadows of the east-west wall next to the Fantasmic! facility appear to be about the same height, so I think we can assume that the pit is about 12-15' deep
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I'm fairly confident that aerial is old. The area surrounding the pit is much much different now, leaving the possibility that they excavated a bit more. Of course I don't know for sure, but my guess is the pit falls more into the 20-30 foot range.
 

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