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

[Old Mouseketeer]

I'd eat there if they served Roast Ewok.

Especially if they added a snowcone stand: Olaf's Eat and Greet! (I totally stole that from a cast member).

 

[Phroobar]

I hear one of the cuts rides was going to be called BB-8's Beach Ball Blast!

 

[Deleted member 107043]

I'd eat there if they served Roast Ewok.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

 

[TP2000]

Why you do suppose they are piling all of that dirt on the expansion pad?

It's an old construction tactic. You pile dirt onto a spot where you will be building a heavy and/or complex structure, so that the ground compacts as much as possible before construction begins. It's also a nice way to contain all the dirt you are digging up and creating in big construction.

But it's really to give a future foundation a better chance at handling a heavy load. Whatever they have planned for the Millenium Falcon ride and Frozen expansion pad, it must be big and heavy.

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

It's an old construction tactic. You pile dirt onto a spot where you will be building a heavy and/or complex structure, so that the ground compacts as much as possible before construction begins. It's also a nice way to contain all the dirt you are digging up and creating in big construction.

But it's really to give a future foundation a better chance at handling a heavy load. Whatever they have planned for the Millenium Falcon ride and Frozen expansion pad, it must be big and heavy.

But it's not on the expansion pad. That piece is being used for staging all the earthmoving equipment and two giant water tanks. The giant mound is covering the Falcon show building site. I have had several TT and FL CMs confirm this.

 

[TP2000]

But it's not on the expansion pad. That piece is being used for staging all the earthmoving equipment and two giant water tanks. The giant mound is covering the Falcon show building site. I have had several TT and FL CMs confirm this.

Ah, okay. In the photos it looks like the mound may extend into the expansion pad too.

But the Falcon ride building must be planned to be big and heavy, judging by the size of that dirt mound!

 

[Phroobar]

It only looks that way because none of us are building engineers.

 

[gorillaball]

This isn't a great pic, but again shows the massive amount of land being developed. From 6/1

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

It's like the deadly desert in the land of Oz.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

View attachment 144525 This isn't a great pic, but again shows the massive amount of land being developed. From 6/1

It's actually great in that it allows us to see that the construction zone goes right up to edge of Big Thunder, which wasn't clear from the images I've seen. You can also make out the old ROA route and what appears to be the new one..

 

[Curious Constance]

Boatload of construction photos from 5-27-16 via disneygeek

https://disneygeek.com/construction/star_wars_land/5.27.16

 

[Deleted member 107043]

He sure is thorough, isn't he?

 

[brb1006]

Boatload of construction photos from 5-27-16 via disneygeek

https://disneygeek.com/construction/star_wars_land/5.27.16

It's strange seeing behind the Toontown backdrop in one of the photos.

 

[danlb_2000]

It's an old construction tactic. You pile dirt onto a spot where you will be building a heavy and/or complex structure, so that the ground compacts as much as possible before construction begins. It's also a nice way to contain all the dirt you are digging up and creating in big construction.

But it's really to give a future foundation a better chance at handling a heavy load. Whatever they have planned for the Millenium Falcon ride and Frozen expansion pad, it must be big and heavy.

They did this with the Seven Dwarves Mine ride at MK. There was a big mountain for months at the location where the ride was eventually built.

 

[Curious Constance]

He sure is thorough, isn't he?

Yes, and I like how a lot of pics have descriptions because otherwise I'd have no idea what I'm looking at.

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

Boatload of construction photos from 5-27-16 via disneygeek

https://disneygeek.com/construction/star_wars_land/5.27.16

What he identifies in pictures as "the new pit" is likely the new Fantasmic! dock which is rumored to be enclosed and accessed behind the largest waterfall at the back of ROA.

 

[Curious Constance]

What he identifies in pictures as "the new pit" is likely the new Fantasmic! dock which is rumored to be enclosed and accessed behind the largest waterfall at the back of ROA.

Yeah, I think he also guessed that in his regular picture update.

 

[Stevek]

Mintcrocodile posted a pic last night on Twitter and is appears that the Mine Train stone arch has now been removed. Seemed they were going to save it, wonder if they could not or plans changed. Let the uproar begin <grabs popcorn>

 

[BrianLo]

The tunnel is also gone too. Wonder if the arch was unsalvageable. Seems weird they went out of their way to keep it so long.


I'd say we only have a handful of days left in the Chalet's life at this point.