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

[The Pho]

I wonder why they didn't develop an X Wing style attraction. It's the easiest solution- everyone gets their own pod, and everyone gets to both fly AND shoot. Not to mention being able to interact with an R2 style droid.

In the film, it's made abundantly clear that the X wing has auto lock tech, something they could integrate into the ride and allow riders the choice to flip on and off.

A Space Mountain/ Matterhorn style X Wing Death Star trench run Coaster would've been too obvious.

 

[Disney Irish]

I wonder why they didn't develop an X Wing style attraction. It's the easiest solution- everyone gets their own pod, and everyone gets to both fly AND shoot. Not to mention being able to interact with an R2 style droid.

In the film, it's made abundantly clear that the X wing has auto lock tech, something they could integrate into the ride and allow riders the choice to flip on and off.

I suspect its because the capacity would be extremely low. At least with this you have 6 per pod.

And I think everyone is focused too much on a single person piloting. If I recall the movies correctly, it took two to properly pilot (pilot/co-pilot) the Falcon. And I suspect the same will be done here in the attraction. You'll have someone steering and you'll have someone in-charge of thrust and hyper-drive functions. So both are going to be equally important. The gunners are obvious. And the engineers I have a feeling are going to be more important than everyone realizes. They are going to be the ones that need to make sure things like overheating (ie push a button/flip a switch, when the hyper-engines starts to overheat or some other such mechanical issue) don't happen. Point is I don't think any seat is going to be boring.

 

[SuddenStorm]

A Space Mountain/ Matterhorn style X Wing Death Star trench run Coaster would've been too obvious.

That would have been epic. Especially with the different tech available today- they could have made something great. A facade that looks like the base on Yavin? The ability to explore the rebel base, with the station looking like a hangar? An entirely enclosed dark ride that takes you through light speed, into space, and has you flying high speed through a space battle taking place at one of the most iconic scenes in American cinema?

Would have blown my mind. And the best part? I wouldn't have had to settle as an engineer.

 

[SuddenStorm]

I suspect its because the capacity would be extremely low. At least with this you have 6 per pod.

Obviously, they would have had to start with the intention of making it a high capacity attraction- and designed it from the ground up to be high capacity.

 

[Disney Irish]

A Space Mountain/ Matterhorn style X Wing Death Star trench run Coaster would've been too obvious.

That would have been epic. Especially with the different tech available today- they could have made something great. A facade that looks like the base on Yavin? The ability to explore the rebel base, with the station looking like a hangar? An entirely enclosed dark ride that takes you through light speed, into space, and has you flying high speed through a space battle taking place at one of the most iconic scenes in American cinema?

Would have blown my mind. And the best part? I wouldn't have had to settle as an engineer.

As we know they were trying to make this land and it attractions part of its own story. So having the Death Star run or anything from original trilogy, like Yavin, would go against that.

 

[Disney Irish]

Obviously, they would have had to start with the intention of making it a high capacity attraction- and designed it from the ground up to be high capacity.

I still think a single guest pod attraction would be too low of capacity. We're (not me specifically) already complaining about the attractions we're getting as being low capacity and it has multiple guests. A single guest pod would be worse.

 

[sedati]

I recently picked up a 1988 Storyboard Magazine featuring an in depth interview on Splash Mountain. Lots of talk about Bruce Gordon, Tony Baxter and crew and how their creative decisions will impact the ride, park, and surrounding area. You can tell that they knew what they were doing, and how to make the ride work within Disneyland. And most importantly- you can tell that they have a love for Disneyland and wanted their project to improve the overall product.

None of the promo material I've seen for Galaxy's Edge gives me the same vibe.

Has anything been more disruptive than Fantasmic?

 

[SuddenStorm]

Has anything been more disruptive than Fantasmic?

Not sure what Fantasmic has to do with my comment, but to answer your question- yes. The fireworks in their current incarnation block Main Street, the hub, Small World, and the Fantasmic area.

 

[The Pho]

As we know they were trying to make this land and it attractions part of its own story. So having the Death Star run or anything from original trilogy, like Yavin, would go against that.

This is Star Wars. So there's another secret bigger Death Star this time.

 

[Phroobar]

As we know they were trying to make this land and it attractions part of its own story. So having the Death Star run or anything from original trilogy, like Yavin, would go against that.

Technically that's true because the land's time frame is based in the new Disney sequels. With a minor overlay to Battle Escape and a new movie for the Falcon ride it could easily be originally trilogy.

 

[sedati]

A Space Mountain/ Matterhorn style X Wing Death Star trench run Coaster would've been too obvious.

http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_c...thought-about-building-back-in-the-1980s.aspx

 

[Ismael Flores]

Don't forget "seven pods carrying six seats each"

That's [checks calculator] 42 people. And there are four bays. That's [checks calculator] 168 people per ride. This doesn't sound like brilliant capacity.

do we know how long is the ride length and how long for load and unload?

 

[Ismael Flores]

I've been thinking that the two attractions will probably adopt a fastpass type ticket system. Otherwise the standby wait times are going to be...out of this world!...

OK...I'll show myself out.

im hoping that since they have four bays that maybe they get smart and use one bay for fastpass and leave three bays for standby. when the fastpass is available then send standby people to the fourth bay

 

[MisterPenguin]

Sure, everyone wants to pilot or gun, but just wait until the piloting and shooting controls are compromised by enemy fire and it's up to the engineers to fix them and you look back and there are two four year olds in those seats.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

Will there be a ludicrous speed? Light Speed is too darn slow.

 

[D.Silentu]

And the engineers I have a feeling are going to be more important than everyone realizes. They are going to be the ones that need to make sure things like overheating (ie push a button/flip a switch, when the hyper-engines starts to overheat or some other such mechanical issue) don't happen. Point is I don't think any seat is going to be boring.

I feel the same. Right away when I hear about engineering I think of "The Empire Strikes Back" and how the Falcon having ongoing malfunctions was a great running joke. There's a movie based precedent for the engineer being very busy and if Imagineers are paying attention to the film then there is a well of comedy to draw from in this position. At the outset it does seem less glamorous than pilot or gunner, but if fun is the end goal I'm betting the engineer won't miss out.
On another note, has there been anything mentioned about this ride having different scenarios, like the new Star Tours?

 

[nevol]

Good interior queue footage

 

[britain]

Good interior queue footage

That was first time I liked one of that guy's videos.

 

[Disney Irish]

This is Star Wars. So there's another secret bigger Death Star this time.

At some point you have to get away from using the same vehicle for destruction. This was the criticism about some of the aspects of the new films, just a rehash of the original trilogy. Also it would just be seen as a rip off of the original Star Tours.

So the new story aspect of the land is something I like.

 

[Disney Irish]

Technically that's true because the land's time frame is based in the new Disney sequels. With a minor overlay to Battle Escape and a new movie for the Falcon ride it could easily be originally trilogy.

And I don't know why they would want to do that. They've already gotten hit with criticism by fans for TFA being basically a rehash of the original trilogy, which honestly I didn't mind. They'd get hit with even more criticism for making their new SW land exactly the original trilogy. Especially if Lucas himself wasn't involved and if something wasn't exactly right.

So I'm glad they're making a new land with a new story.