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News Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Historical Construction/Impressions
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As long as its a Blue Tarp!
When you go on the Canoes, you can't see a thing of Star Wars Land; no rocks, no spires, no buildings, no nothing.
Because you are down at ground level on the Canoes, not 30 feet above ground like the top deck of the Mark Twain. Even though you are mere feet from the place, you can't see a bit of Batuu. Because they aren't going to let you climb 30 feet up onto the rooftops.
Using that as a guide, you probably won't be able to see a thing of Frontierland or Fantasyland when you are in Star Wars Land.
Heck, even now when you are standing a few dozen feet away from the entry tunnels into Star Wars Land, you can't even see anything peeking over the top, so I would expect it to be the exact same experience in reverse when you are standing on the other side of this berm...
Any Star Wars Land from this middle entrance area? Nope.
How about the far eastern entrance looking northwest into the land? Walking in from Fantasyland and going right up to the eastern entrance that's still walled shut? Nope.
Okay, maybe if I move way south to the Big Thunder exit and look directly north at Star Wars Land. Here's what this view looked like in 2016 as they cleared land, rerouted the River, and realigned the Railroad. Surely you will see Star Wars from here....
Fast forward to 2018 with Batuu mountains finished and massive ride buildings all built. Here's the same view...
There's just gotta be a place in Frontierland or Critter Country I could see Star Wars from. Yes! The top of the second lift hill of Big Thunder Mountain! Look fast!
Angles and math blah blah... I'm completely guessing but I still side with you'll catch the peak of Big Thunder (the peak not the train). Somewhere. Obviously without us taking a photo from the actual peak its hard to say...
Big Thunder kind of looks like it belongs anyways.
SWGalaxysEdge
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What will they do about the Mark Twain and the train exchanging air horns? Will they keep it?
That's just sounds of Batuu's indigenous species calling out to each other.
lifeisgoodboy
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No I don't know any. I won't ask them.
lifeisgoodboy
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I know there is already a post for the permits, but I was looking at the Anaheim permits and saw this:
http://permits.anaheim.net/tm_bin/tmw_cmd.pl?tmw_cmd=statusviewcaseBLD&shl_caseno=BLD2018-04326
http://permits.anaheim.net/tm_bin/tmw_cmd.pl?tmw_cmd=statusviewcaseBLD&shl_caseno=BLD2018-04326
lifeisgoodboy
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I have a question I have a book called smuggler's guide. In it says Batuu is a shadowport. What are shadowports?
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Old Mouseketeer
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Mike Quinn is going to be doing some sequence for rise of resistance attraction for Star Wars galaxy’s edge
SWGalaxysEdge
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..yep. He joined my SWGE facebook group today and was telling me about that. Obviously he could not say what it was about (NDA) but he also said Disney went back to Kenya to have Kipsang record more stuff too. He was the original voice of Nien Nunb, FYI (image attached of Mike's post about this on my group's page
lifeisgoodboy
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Did you get this info about Nein Nunb in Star Wars Galatic Phase Book and Travel Guide book on pg 155.
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SWGalaxysEdge
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Interesting information from Barron's. Thanks to Ken Coates for pointing this out! - By Jack Hough (Barron's)
* This is talking about the Disneyland version
Barron’s recently spent an afternoon touring Galaxy’s Edge—a first for the press this late in construction—with executives from construction, operations, and “imagineering,” or creative design, along with a Star Wars expert in a holiday R2-D2 sweater. Here are some scattered notes from that visit, including previously unreported details, some of which might be subject to change.
(1) Visitors will enter Galaxy’s Edge through one of three entrances near the park’s Fantasyland, Frontierland, and Critter Country themed areas, with the expansion turning what are now dead ends into a circuitous route.
(2) Building exteriors in Galaxy’s Edge are designed to look weathered from the first day of completion
(3) Galaxy’s Edge will open in Disneyland this summer, perhaps by early June. (not confirmed!)
(4) At the Disneyland site, there are about 600 workers now, down from a peak of 1,000 to 1,100. During our visit, one team was preparing to weld joints and seams to cover screw heads on the Millennium Falcon, which was recently assembled from the contents of 93 crates. Another was lifting an ornamental radar dish to a control tower. Another was attending to the ceiling in Oga’s.
(5) Access to the construction site is strictly controlled; some key executives say their family members haven’t been able to visit. Laborers are told background stories of the areas they build to help instill pride in the work.
(6) For real trees, a team of horticulturalists has taken pains to choose and obtain—and protect—particular species. One sign for the crew on a potted tree awaiting transplanting read, “The cost to replace this tree is $9,000. Please respect all trees and keep this area clean.”
Millennium Falcon : Smuggler's Run
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(1) The attraction entrance will be subtly marked, so as not to disrupt the look of the land.
(2) Visitors will fly the ship in groups of six, and see the real-time results of their actions, such as knocking over a spire during takeoff. The flight will be different each visit.
Rise of the Resistance (ROTR)
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(1) Visitors waiting in line for this attraction will wind through highly themed interiors that evoke rundown rooms the Resistance has repurposed as a base for operations against the First Order.
(2) Groups of guests might be “captured” at one point and ordered along by the enemy, before making their escape aboard a trackless troop transport.
Oga's Cantina
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(1) Oga’s is relatively small for aesthetic reasons, and is likely to be popular. To maximize capacity and keep visits from becoming all-afternoon affairs, most guests will stand.
(2) There will be a handful of booths with seating around the outer edge of the restaurant; no decision has been made yet on whether or how these can be reserved.
(3) We heard a mention of a "Fuzzy Tauntaun", named for the furry snow lizards ridden in Empire Strikes Back, although it’s unclear if that’s a hypothetical drink or a planned one, and the menu is still being decided.
Other Retail
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(1) Shops will be supplied from a common stockroom, and restaurants from a common kitchen, to increase efficiency.
(2) One shop will feature droids that visitors can customize through an interactive experience. A droid that is made to be, say, afraid of stormtroopers might signal its fear when one comes close. Droids owned by members of the same group might recognize each other when they meet. Prices have not been set. The shop might also sell a full-size R2-D2 for well-heeled fans, perhaps costing thousands.
(3) There will be another shop presided over by Dok-Ondar, a collector who is briefly mentioned in Solo. This character, likely animatronic.
Full article source -> https://www.barrons.com/articles/he...kYveSBHo9W8bamRChDMQ3i_HYkqdAB-2Qai75wqDQFsnA
* This is talking about the Disneyland version
Barron’s recently spent an afternoon touring Galaxy’s Edge—a first for the press this late in construction—with executives from construction, operations, and “imagineering,” or creative design, along with a Star Wars expert in a holiday R2-D2 sweater. Here are some scattered notes from that visit, including previously unreported details, some of which might be subject to change.
(1) Visitors will enter Galaxy’s Edge through one of three entrances near the park’s Fantasyland, Frontierland, and Critter Country themed areas, with the expansion turning what are now dead ends into a circuitous route.
(2) Building exteriors in Galaxy’s Edge are designed to look weathered from the first day of completion
(3) Galaxy’s Edge will open in Disneyland this summer, perhaps by early June. (not confirmed!)
(4) At the Disneyland site, there are about 600 workers now, down from a peak of 1,000 to 1,100. During our visit, one team was preparing to weld joints and seams to cover screw heads on the Millennium Falcon, which was recently assembled from the contents of 93 crates. Another was lifting an ornamental radar dish to a control tower. Another was attending to the ceiling in Oga’s.
(5) Access to the construction site is strictly controlled; some key executives say their family members haven’t been able to visit. Laborers are told background stories of the areas they build to help instill pride in the work.
(6) For real trees, a team of horticulturalists has taken pains to choose and obtain—and protect—particular species. One sign for the crew on a potted tree awaiting transplanting read, “The cost to replace this tree is $9,000. Please respect all trees and keep this area clean.”
Millennium Falcon : Smuggler's Run
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(1) The attraction entrance will be subtly marked, so as not to disrupt the look of the land.
(2) Visitors will fly the ship in groups of six, and see the real-time results of their actions, such as knocking over a spire during takeoff. The flight will be different each visit.
Rise of the Resistance (ROTR)
-----------------------------------------
(1) Visitors waiting in line for this attraction will wind through highly themed interiors that evoke rundown rooms the Resistance has repurposed as a base for operations against the First Order.
(2) Groups of guests might be “captured” at one point and ordered along by the enemy, before making their escape aboard a trackless troop transport.
Oga's Cantina
-------------------
(1) Oga’s is relatively small for aesthetic reasons, and is likely to be popular. To maximize capacity and keep visits from becoming all-afternoon affairs, most guests will stand.
(2) There will be a handful of booths with seating around the outer edge of the restaurant; no decision has been made yet on whether or how these can be reserved.
(3) We heard a mention of a "Fuzzy Tauntaun", named for the furry snow lizards ridden in Empire Strikes Back, although it’s unclear if that’s a hypothetical drink or a planned one, and the menu is still being decided.
Other Retail
-----------------
(1) Shops will be supplied from a common stockroom, and restaurants from a common kitchen, to increase efficiency.
(2) One shop will feature droids that visitors can customize through an interactive experience. A droid that is made to be, say, afraid of stormtroopers might signal its fear when one comes close. Droids owned by members of the same group might recognize each other when they meet. Prices have not been set. The shop might also sell a full-size R2-D2 for well-heeled fans, perhaps costing thousands.
(3) There will be another shop presided over by Dok-Ondar, a collector who is briefly mentioned in Solo. This character, likely animatronic.
Full article source -> https://www.barrons.com/articles/he...kYveSBHo9W8bamRChDMQ3i_HYkqdAB-2Qai75wqDQFsnA