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

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TP2000 said:
This was my fault. It usually is. In happier news, I scored a 65 inch UHD curved TV and a 4K blu-ray player for the den at Best Buy for an amazing price. What did you get? :)



You've mentioned that before, but it always confuses me. How could they have moved the Stormtrooper Battle ride? They are hemmed in rather tightly by World Drive and the soon-to-be-closed parking lot toll booths.
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It seems to me that they had no choice but to smoosh the Stormtrooper ride right up next to MuppetVision and cut out most of the forested glade area shown in the Disneyland model at D23.

An earlier and different angle shows the logistical hurdles they faced in getting Star Wars Land to fit into DHS. They've got six lanes of World Drive on the west side, a swampy canal on the south side, and future parking lots on the east side. Where do they go for more room? Something had to give, and it appears they trimmed off the edges from the Disneyland version.
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So is that enormous construction area opposite the parking lot entrance for the new Star Wars Hotel?
 
sedati

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egg said:
I also buy things in bulk that I think I can resell for more. I know, people despise that kind of thing, but is it any worse than the stock market?
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I think it's much worse. I don't blame people for doing it as the practice is allowed, but something needs to be done. I work for one of the world's most beloved brands and I can say this has been incredibly damaging. A lot of work goes into hitting a manageable price-point and establishing manufacturing goals. All this goes out the window because of resellers. New/popular items have gone from hard to obtain to nearly impossible. Customers now have to go through far more runaround and in the end, either spend far more on an item than intended or have to wait months until production can catch up. Customers become frustrated at the hassle and begin to feel they are all being scammed into paying more. Employees now have to enact tactics of distrust in their customers in an effort to stop resellers, which again, damages the brand. Reselling also hurts our ability to properly gauge popularity. An item may sell like crazy at launch due to people buying them all up with the intention of reselling. This sends a signal to increase production. But over time it will become clear if the actual target audience holds interest in that item. If they don't, then our company ends up sitting on an over-produced failure, and resellers lose out on their sales as well.
IMHO
 
TP2000

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GrandCanyonConcourse said:
At the end of the day the land fits DHS- a celebration of Hollywood and movies, far more than Disneyland- celebration of various non specific Americana not devoted solely to one franchise.
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Hmm... Come visit Walt Disney's Disneyland - A celebration of various non specific Americana not devoted solely to one franchise!

It doesn't quite flow off the tongue. I'm glad they didn't go with that for the marketing slogan, and instead came up with The Happiest Place On Earth. :D

The thing is, Disneyland has never been just about Americana. When it opened in 1955 half the park was dedicated to America's past (Main Street USA and Frontierland) or America's future (Tomorrowland), and the other half was dedicated to random things that were not American but were fun and exotic (Fantasyland, Adventureland). Then as Walt added to it, he balanced those two camps with additions like Tom Sawyer Island and the Sailing Ship Columbia (pure Americana!) with Matterhorn Bobsleds and the Enchanted Tiki Room (A salute to neutral Switzerland and singing parrots!).

Which is why I've always thought Star Wars Land fits in great at Disneyland thematically. And will not harm the original designer's intent for the park anymore than Swiss bobsleds or funny jungle parrots have.

But then, I think you could put Star Wars in almost any Disney park really without it being awkward, except DisneySea or Epcot.
 
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TP2000

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That’s going to be the new Cast parking lot.
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And more customer parking too, right? Plus a spot for the Star Wars boutique hotel, which we haven't really heard much about.

Bob Chapek announced it at D23, and he and the Parks Blog said there would be more details "in the coming months" and then... radio silence on that one thus far. https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...-inspired-themed-resort-at-walt-disney-world/

Star Wars boutique hotel at WDW and Marvel Land at DCA; two D23 announcements that probably weren't ready for prime time yet.
 
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Phroobar

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TP2000 said:
That one looks like Tokyo Disneyland. The slurried pavement, the thin and well dressed people, the complete lack of strollers and ECV's.

I was just there last month, and their Peter Pan still looks exactly like this photo.
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If you zoom in, you will see it is Tokyo Disneyland. If is not, than it is a Chinese tour group waiting outside.
 
EricsBiscuit

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TP2000 said:
That looks like Tokyo Disneyland. The slurried pavement, the thin and well dressed people, the complete lack of strollers and ECV's.

I was just there last month, and their Peter Pan still looks exactly like this photo.
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It is. At MK there are figures of Peter Pan and the kids flying above the attraction marquee
 
TP2000

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Dr. Hans Reinhardt said:
Ok, so where does the SW Hotel go?
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No one really knows. Chapek announced it vaguely, and left out details like its location and its opening date. We were supposed to get more information "in the months ahead" per the Parks Blog post the day it was announced at D23, but then there's just been total silence about it ever since. Which is more than a little odd. o_O

The easiest conjecture is that it goes in the cleared land directly behind Star Wars Land at DHS, in the bottom right corner of this aerial.
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It won't need a huge footprint. I'm just wildly guessing here, but I think the hotel would need about 100 or fewer rooms. Maybe only 75? Plus some common areas and a dining facility. It could just be a big cement monolith from the exterior, with the exception of an entry portal of some sort for arriving/departing customers.
 
Little Green Men

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alias8703 said:
Or is that the point exactly? that you don't have it and DL does.
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I'M not WDW, I'm a person not a vacation destination. I enjoy both for various reasons. Neither are "my park" I just visit one more often due to proximity. The whole point is, you can find photos of wonderful unique areas, and crappy generic amusement park areas on both coasts.
 

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