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News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions
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danlb_2000
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Really big crane on site now. Wonder if they are going to start setting the steel for the show building soon.
danlb_2000
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Earl Sweatpants
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Less chaotic on the weekend...but this feels like a calm before the storm. I do believe I see some steel on site! Going vertical soon????
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TP2000
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A few dozen trees have now been planted on the new railroad berm separating Frontierland from Star Wars. Hundreds more are on the way for that area, and I imagine we'll be seeing a brand new forest get planted there over the next few weeks.
Disney has announced that there will be 1,000 trees planted for the Star Wars project at Disneyland. One thousand trees! Some of those thousand trees were saved from the original area, and will be replanted. But the majority of that new forest is coming from nurseries and tree farms from throughout California and Oregon. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/trees-702945-tree-land.html
This project is truly massive and unprecedented for Disneyland.
PB Watermelon
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1959 expansion was pretty massive...Matterhorn, Monorail, Subs, etc.
Phroobar
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I think this outdoes that.
TP2000
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True. I think that's about the only comparison from an attraction perspective that holds up. But the '59 expansion added nothing to the stores/dining/entertainment roster for the park, it only added Matterhorn Bobsleds and replaced two rides (Futureliner, Phantom Boats) with two vastly better versions (Monorail, Submarines). Plus Autopia capacity expansion.
But that's the difference between 1950's Disneyland and 2010's Disneyland; now they really go in big on the entire package of shops, dining, entertainment, visuals and eye candy.
In 2017 they are planting 1,000 trees for Star Wars Land. In 1959 it looks like Walt planted two dozen trees (maybe) for the Monorail/Sumbarine/Autopia expansion.
Figments Friend
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Glad to hear about the return of the greenery.
Hoping for a lush look in the landscaping department....lots of nice trees.
The next time i have the opportunity to ride Big Thunder Mountain in July, I wanna see a vista of green from that 2nd lift hill and not the barren wastelands of Jakku!
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Hoping for a lush look in the landscaping department....lots of nice trees.
The next time i have the opportunity to ride Big Thunder Mountain in July, I wanna see a vista of green from that 2nd lift hill and not the barren wastelands of Jakku!
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For sure. 1959 added a slew of classic attractions, but that project didn't encompass as much land, and acreage wasn't added. In contrast DL Park will be bigger when SW Land is done.
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PB Watermelon
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Friends, if we want to get technical, putting California Adventure in Disneyland's parking lot exceeds Star Wars Land, but I see what you're saying. Looking forward to it.
Phroobar
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That wasn't your comparison.
PB Watermelon
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Yeah, I made a second one.
Geez, I'm new to this place. I'm not looking for another Disney argument site, there's far too many of those as it is.
britain
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I'm starting to think that the narrower portion of the big hole (the Salt Lake City part of the reverse Utah shape) might simply be stairwell area for access down to the larger space. Now that they've added thick cement walls, it doesn't look wide enough to be used for ride maneuvering.
Travel Junkie
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I haven't been playing a lot of attention recently so some of this may not be new. A new Mint Crocodile post is out with lots of great pics.
full post is here:
http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com/2017/02/structure-signs-and-star-wars-land.html
full post is here:
http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com/2017/02/structure-signs-and-star-wars-land.html
rle4lunch
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Good stuff!I haven't been playing a lot of attention recently so some of this may not be new. A new Mint Crocodile post is out with lots of great pics.
full post is here:
http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.com/2017/02/structure-signs-and-star-wars-land.html
We'll be heading west in April with a couple day stop at DL. Looking forward to seeing some of it first hand.
Earl Sweatpants
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As both an avid watcher of the videos and a frequent DL visitor, its always more impressive seeing it in person...just maybe bring a pair of binoculars.
VJ
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Honestly, if I were ever to work for Disney I'd want to do stuff like that. I "participated" (from home) in The Optimist and saw what WDI R&D did with the Ghost Post boxes and that's what Disney as a whole should be doing. Innovating and giving people cool experiences. I love it.