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

[Sharon&Susan]

I’ve hear talk from my sources that you shall be able to meet Jedi Chezendcrakers
Picture of the Legend:

 

[Snow Queen]

I’ve hear talk from my sources that you shall be able to meet Jedi Chezendcrakers
Picture of the Legend:
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Honestly? Still a better name from some of the actual canon ones out there.

 

[The Pho]

I keep thinking about the people in California who are going to just show up during the May 31 - June 23 "reservation" window and have no clue about getting an entrance reservation. That's going to be ugly, unless there's a chunk of those reservations set aside for "walk-up" guests throughout the day.

Ya for a place used to Fastpass and not Fastpass+, it’ll be interesting. A lot of people will see the date and go uninformed.

 

[Phroobar]

Ya for a place used to Fastpass and not Fastpass+, it’ll be interesting. A lot of people will see the date and go uninformed.

Yeah, people are stupid and don't read signs or research the place they are going. Everyone lives in a vacuum. Talk about entitled statement. If you insist on being uninformed then don't complain when the stormtrooper at the entrance tells you to move along.

 

[mickEblu]

Westsider at Rat Chat is saying ROTR is way behind schedule. Dinner Theatre that was cut may open in 2021...

SW:GE Problems - It's Bad - MiceChat

Announcement today about SW:GE phased opening had a bunch of Testing CM's talking. The problems are real, the panic is real. ROTR is months and months behind schedule, and it's not getting better. Earlier this year I talked about how ROTR was only running for 10 minutes at a time. It hasn't...

discuss.micechat.com

On the bright side more good news for the Mickey ride coming to Toontown.

 

[TROR]

Westsider at Rat Chat is saying ROTR is way behind schedule....

SW:GE Problems - It's Bad - MiceChat

Announcement today about SW:GE phased opening had a bunch of Testing CM's talking. The problems are real, the panic is real. ROTR is months and months behind schedule, and it's not getting better. Earlier this year I talked about how ROTR was only running for 10 minutes at a time. It hasn't...

discuss.micechat.com

They're going to have to fire the head Imagineers and redo 90% of the ride

 

[mickEblu]

They're going to have to fire the head Imagineers and redo 90% of the ride

Hahah it sure doesn’t sound like these are simple problems to fix.

 

[Disney Irish]

Westsider at Rat Chat is saying ROTR is way behind schedule. Dinner Theatre that was cut may open in 2021...

SW:GE Problems - It's Bad - MiceChat

Announcement today about SW:GE phased opening had a bunch of Testing CM's talking. The problems are real, the panic is real. ROTR is months and months behind schedule, and it's not getting better. Earlier this year I talked about how ROTR was only running for 10 minutes at a time. It hasn't...

discuss.micechat.com

On the bright side more good news for the Mickey ride coming to Toontown.

Well one has to hope that the issues with RotR is short lived and resolved prior to land opening. So that testing can begin and be up and running in mid-June or early July.

 

[Rich T]

Westsider at Rat Chat is saying ROTR is way behind schedule. Dinner Theatre that was cut may open in 2021...

SW:GE Problems - It's Bad - MiceChat

Announcement today about SW:GE phased opening had a bunch of Testing CM's talking. The problems are real, the panic is real. ROTR is months and months behind schedule, and it's not getting better. Earlier this year I talked about how ROTR was only running for 10 minutes at a time. It hasn't...

discuss.micechat.com

On the bright side more good news for the Mickey ride coming to Toontown.

"...Most of the land will be filled with queue." Now, that's what I call an immersive experience! It'll be just like actually standing in a mobbed Disneyland!

 

[mickEblu]

"...Most of the land will be filled with queue." Now, that's what I call an immersive experience! It'll be just like actually standing in a mobbed Disneyland!

Hahah That was interesting. I took that to mean even shops and eateries will have queues. That definitely doesn’t sound fun but it’s the nature of the beast we re dealing with

 

[Rich T]

Disney's PR (as read by a fawning, gushing local news crew last night) refers to the full scale park MF as a "replica" of the Falcon. I'm hoping they mean replica of a movie prop. When I hear adults babbling about getting a chance to see the "actual" Falcon--as if Star Wars was real history--I want to do a Ron Swanson growl/scream. On a side note, everyone on the news crew seemed to believe that GE will let them climb into the full-scale Falcon on display.

 

[MouseMelly]

I am going in July too.

Same. Not sure if it’s good or bad? Just hoping to have an enjoyable time. Trying to keep low expectations, but it’s so hard!

 

[JediMasterMatt]

Calling @JediMasterMatt!

Are we talking like a month or 6 months later?

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I'm trying to confirm; but, best I can tell - the news from yesterday isn't really a delay as much as it is an acceleration for part of the plan. Granted, my sources are primarily in the Lucasfilm side of the project and at this point the project is mostly in the Parks side of the house.

If I had to bet before yesterday, I wouldn't have put money on Alcatraz making a 5/31 opening. A 6/31 opening would've been a different discussion because the planned opening for DL was what all of the preemptive work for shifting blackout dates around was being done for.

There have been some odd things blowing in the wind since the end of January. I heard something that had me cross check with sources and I wonder if part of what I heard (which as a significant delay for DHS) was really some internal discussions on how to handle the news from yesterday.

I'm hopeful, that yesterday's news is simply an attempt to steer crowds around. This is the same company after all that invested billons into crowd steering in the form of wrist bands. Bleed off some of the initial demand by getting passholders in before the blackout to try to keep them away, for "free" at least, once the real opening occurs. An advertised soft opening with limited expectations.

Just a reminder that when Potter began previews Forbidden Journey wasn't operational at the beginning either.

 

[Rich T]

I'm starting to get feelings of claustrophobia when I think about SWGE now... stuck in a crowd, in the heat, between tall spires of fake rock, behind a river, as far from the main gate as it gets...

 

[Stevek]

"...Most of the land will be filled with queue." Now, that's what I call an immersive experience! It'll be just like actually standing in a mobbed Disneyland!

"....Most of Disneyland will be filled with queue."

 

[SWGalaxysEdge]

I'm going to take a stab in the dark and probably be wrong, but I'll guess that rumour of ROTR falling behind was accurate to an extent, requiring it to be pushed back to June. Rather than open the land in June, Disney decided to push on for May, but now they need to avoid everyone who won't be on/in line for ROTR crowding the area and causing a 10 hour wait for the Falcon, so they have the reservation system set up to mitigate crowds until they can get it open. I'm probably wrong. I'm just taking a stab at it.

I was told by my DL contact that the animatronic stormtroopers have not even arrived to the building yet.

 

[SSG]

California's Great America takes a shot:

CA Great America ‏ Verified account @CAGreatAmerica

Great America opens March 23… no reservations required.

 

[SWGalaxysEdge]

I see a few problems with all this:


2. How many people are going to visit the land unaware RotR is not open yet and be really upset; storming city hall?

...reservations required so you can not just "visit" the land. People may get upset that they didn't reserve, but you have your reservation, what do you care?

 

[britain]

I'm trying to confirm; but, best I can tell - the news from yesterday isn't really a delay as much as it is an acceleration for part of the plan. Granted, my sources are primarily in the Lucasfilm side of the project and at this point the project is mostly in the Parks side of the house.

If I had to bet before yesterday, I wouldn't have put money on Alcatraz making a 5/31 opening. A 6/31 opening would've been a different discussion because the planned opening for DL was what all of the preemptive work for shifting blackout dates around was being done for.

There have been some odd things blowing in the wind since the end of January. I heard something that had me cross check with sources and I wonder if part of what I heard (which as a significant delay for DHS) was really some internal discussions on how to handle the news from yesterday.

I'm hopeful, that yesterday's news is simply an attempt to steer crowds around. This is the same company after all that invested billons into crowd steering in the form of wrist bands. Bleed off some of the initial demand by getting passholders in before the blackout to try to keep them away, for "free" at least, once the real opening occurs. An advertised soft opening with limited expectations.

Just a reminder that when Potter began previews Forbidden Journey wasn't operational at the beginning either.

Thanks!

 

[Bostb71]

Just how many bloggers do you think there are?

Apparently enough that every time I go on YouTube there's someone I don't recognize telling me how to pack, telling me what to eat, giving a room tour, or live-streaming from one of the parks. Which I really don't understand how they do that when I can barely get a signal at the parks.