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

[Ismael Flores]

There is a little more than 2 acres of expansion space if Pooh and Pooh's corner are sacrificed. Bid that adieu if the investment cycle never moves to a third park. I'd prefer it wind up as a Critter Country extension.

For reference haunted mansion is about an acre. Battle escape is about 3 acres.

It would be great if they demolished the Pooh show building and built something that uses that area of property better and added a much more acceptable ride that would actually help with crowds. They could easily keep the gorgeous green queue area

 

[Axoman]

I'm kind of excited that the Disneyland RR will run through a section of the park instead of just around the perimeter.

I think it would have been pretty cool if the RR could have continued around the perimeter and gone through the show buildings as it does with Splash Mountain and given you an alternative view of something happening in the attraction.

 

[Phroobar]

I think it would have been pretty cool if the RR could have continued around the perimeter and gone through the show buildings as it does with Splash Mountain and given you an alternative view of something happening in the attraction.

Except we've never seen a vintage 1800 train in Star Wars. The first time we've ever seen a train was in Solo.

 

[mmelka]

Seeing the land coming closer to completion makes me excited! Especially looking at the size of those show buildings and comparing it to BTMR/SM next door, they look huge and hopefully do not disappoint!

 

[Deleted member 107043]

I think it would have been pretty cool if the RR could have continued around the perimeter and gone through the show buildings as it does with Splash Mountain and given you an alternative view of something happening in the attraction.

The experience of traveling above the Splash Mountain finale from the DLRR is unimpressive. It seems more a like an afterthought, and if you blink you'll miss it. Not saying it was a bad idea, but I think looking out at the ROA and other park vistas is far more entertaining.

As MK parks go it's notable that the DL and TDL railroads are the only two with trains routed through the parks, and only DL's features a route that circles the entire property and travels through it.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Seeing the land coming closer to completion makes me excited! Especially looking at the size of those show buildings and comparing it to BTMR/SM next door, they look huge and hopefully do not disappoint!

Keep that enthusiasm up! But just a word of caution. Our insiders have pretty much confirmed that the actual ride layout for Battle Escape only takes up a portion of the show building, not the whole thing.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Keep that enthusiasm up! But just a word of caution. Our insiders have pretty much confirmed that the actual ride layout for Battle Escape only takes up a portion of the show building, not the whole thing.

The main building is 2 acres and 2 levels, that's four acres. @marni1971 indicated half the space is backstage, so, that's only 2 acres of ride.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

The main building is 2 acres and 2 levels, that's four acres. @marni1971 indicated half the space is backstage, so, that's only 2 acres of ride.

And isn't the whole "ride" portion supposed to be something like 8 minutes?

 

[Phroobar]

And isn't the whole "ride" portion supposed to be something like 8 minutes?

But like FoP, it will hold a four hour queue so it's got that going for it.

 

[mmelka]

But like FoP, it will hold a four hour queue so it's got that going for it.

Hopefully they include a bathroom and a snack bar in the queue!

 

[Phroobar]

Hopefully they include a bathroom and a snack bar in the queue!

Well they will have self serve drinks.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Well they will have self serve drinks.

 

[Ismael Flores]

Except we've never seen a vintage 1800 train in Star Wars. The first time we've ever seen a train was in Solo.

They could have set it up like they did in Splash mountain and put it away from guest view. Guest normally are focused in ooking at the dancing animals that they don't see the train passing overhead.

 

[marni1971]

The main building is 2 acres and 2 levels, that's four acres. @marni1971 indicated half the space is backstage, so, that's only 2 acres of ride.

Backstage and queue / preshows

 

[Ismael Flores]

I think it would have been pretty cool if the RR could have continued around the perimeter and gone through the show buildings as it does with Splash Mountain and given you an alternative view of something happening in the attraction.

integrating attractions that have height limitations and or thrills should be WDI top priority. It was such a shame that they did not go with their original idea to integrate a portion of the jungle cruise and/or train with the Indiana jones ride.

My dad which is in his 90's was extremely curious about the inside of the Indiana jones ride especially since he loved the movies so he decided to ride it. He came out of it smiling like a little kid but he said he wouldn't be able to see all the fun stuff inside it again because it was too bumpy for him. Now if the train had gone through a cave like original designed then people his age or those limited by height restrictions could have enjoyed some of the visuals.

I think there are rides that could have that kind of integration and still work.

 

[dweezil78]

I hope FP line allows guests to enjoy the queue/pre-show for this stuff. I was bummed that I didn't get to experience any of it when I did FP for Flight of Passage at Pandora. You pretty much bypass the whole thing and miss out on a lot of great build up and, IMO, part of the attraction itself by just going straight to the on-ride part. These days, the queues and pre-shows are so much more than what they used to be and if they're going to put so much time and effort into making these things amazing, it's a shame to essentially punish guests and give them a lesser experience because they opted to do FP for it.

 

[Phroobar]

I think they should get rid of fast pass for Indiana Jones and make us all wait in the queue like originally intended. They could release a Mara decoder app to keep people entertained. Right now it's a great way to line jump.

 

[SSG]

Matthew Gottula, on Twitter, was totaling up the square footage of GE's build out, and it's f'ing huge.

Battle Escape (115,206 sq.ft)
Millennium Falcon attraction (165,565 sq.ft)
1 story Restaurant (15,550 sq.ft)
Merchandise (12,340 sq.ft)
Outdoor dining area (1,390 sq.ft)
1 story retail building (25,416 sq.ft)
1 story restaurant (16,535 sq.ft)
Merchandise area (720 sq.ft),
CM breakroom (2,950 sq.ft)

 

[Phroobar]

Matthew Gottula, on Twitter, was totaling up the square footage of GE's build out, and it's f'ing huge.

Battle Escape (115,206 sq.ft)
Millennium Falcon attraction (165,565 sq.ft)
1 story Restaurant (15,550 sq.ft)
Merchandise (12,340 sq.ft)
Outdoor dining area (1,390 sq.ft)
1 story retail building (25,416 sq.ft)
1 story restaurant (16,535 sq.ft)
Merchandise area (720 sq.ft),
CM breakroom (2,950 sq.ft)

Why is the CM breakroom bigger than most people's house? Are the SWL CMs going to live there?

 

[Disney Irish]

Why is the CM breakroom bigger than most people's house? Are the SWL CMs going to live there?

Well most people these days do live at their jobs 8-12 hours a day, so yeah....