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

[Phroobar]

John Hammond: All major theme parks have delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1955, nothing worked!
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but, John, if The Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.

Maybe they will now.

 

[mickEblu]

John Hammond: All major theme parks have delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1955, nothing worked!
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but, John, if The Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.

Maybe they will now.

Did you ever notice John Hammond actually says 1956? How did they get that wrong?

 

[Phroobar]

Did you ever notice John Hammond actually says 1956? How did they get that wrong?

Yah, I did. I fixed the quote.

 

[mickEblu]

So would Alcatraz still be 1500 riders per hour with the elevators and having people get out of ride vehicles multiple times? This is starting to sound like 500 riders per hour.

I love the ambition, but I think the idea of having riders getting out of the vehicles multiple times will get canned or maybe scaled down to one time. I really like the idea of an attraction with multiple levels. Sounds unique. Another One of those cool Disneyland things that is born out of necessity like the HM elevator or drops on pirates. Trackless vehicles unable to go uphill + Disneys ambition to make this the biggest E ticket ever without taking too much of the 14 acres = elevator ride for trackless vehicles and a multi level attraction.

 

[NobodyElse]

The latest Miceage Update just went online tonight, and it kind of blows my mind about how they are going to operate these Star Wars E Tickets.

Run, don't walk, to the Miceage Update... http://micechat.com/140271-disneyland-rumor-update-star-wars/

From that piece: "...Disneyland’s Pirates has 75 animatronic figures, but Alcatraz will have over 150 animatronic Stormtroopers alone..."

It's easier to make a convincingly realistic stormtrooper than it is a pirate (due to the helmets and armor). That's an observation, not a criticism. (Perhaps the opposite.)

 

[mickEblu]

From that piece: "...Disneyland’s Pirates has 75 animatronic figures, but Alcatraz will have over 150 animatronic Stormtroopers alone..."

It's easier to make a convincingly realistic stormtrooper than it is a pirate (due to the helmets and armor). That's an observation, not a criticism. (Perhaps the opposite.)

Good point. Regardless, it's super impressive in terms of scale/ immersion etc. 150 storm trooper AAs alone means there could easily be over 200. Not to mention the gargantuan AAs. I'm thinking AT-ATs??

 

[britain]

From that piece: "...Disneyland’s Pirates has 75 animatronic figures, but Alcatraz will have over 150 animatronic Stormtroopers alone..."

It's easier to make a convincingly realistic stormtrooper than it is a pirate (due to the helmets and armor). That's an observation, not a criticism. (Perhaps the opposite.)

Sure sure, and similarly, I won't begrudge them counting the creaky back and forth skeleton in the storm scene as an animatronic. Or chickens either.

Having said that, I wonder if they're going to blow like 145 of those stormtroopers all on 1 scene...

 

[britain]

Good point. Regardless, it's super impressive in terms of scale/ immersion etc. 150 storm trooper AAs alone means there could easily be over 200. Not to mention the gargantuan AAs. I'm thinking AT-ATs??

Maybe AT-ATs, or at least AT-STs. Plus there might be a rancor or a ranthar in there too.

 

[britain]

So was this glorious, juicy rumor dispatched to distract us from the lousy GotG paint job going on tower?

It's working.

 

[truecoat]

Did you ever notice John Hammond actually says 1956? How did they get that wrong?

It doesn't need to be accurate. It's an old man talking and people get dates wrong all the time.

 

[GrizzlyAdams]

The idea that people get off and then back on (in haste as being chased) seems ludicrous from a liability standpoint.

 

[LieutLaww]

One way i can see this to work is you get out in 1 part of the ride then there is a section that takes you away and maybe up ? then you have to get back on again ?

 

[mickEblu]

It doesn't need to be accurate. It's an old man talking and people get dates wrong all the time.

I doubt that's what they were going for

 

[truecoat]

I doubt that's what they were going for

I'm sure they were really worried about when Disneyland opened when comparing it to their imaginary dinosaur park.

 

[mickEblu]

Who said they were worried about it dude? They obviously weren't as they didnt care to do a simple fact check. Not that a big of a deal. Guess the Star Wars news isn't interesting to you? This convo has gone on like 3 posts too long.

 

[CanadianGordon]

I got real excited by that description, but then again I am a fully able bodied man of a young age. How the hell would my brother, who is disabled be able to do this? Get on and off a ride? He's in a wheel chair.
What about the elderly who love Star Wars? This seems like a bloody nightmare waiting to happen.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

How the hell would my brother, who is disabled be able to do this? Get on and off a ride? He's in a wheel chair.

Maybe there'll be an alternative, like what's offered for the Subs.

 

[mickEblu]

I got real excited by that description, but then again I am a fully able bodied man of a young age. How the hell would my brother, who is disabled be able to do this? Get on and off a ride? He's in a wheel chair.
What about the elderly who love Star Wars? This seems like a bloody nightmare waiting to happen.

Great point. Perhaps, getting off the ride vehicle is an option and not mandatory. Maybe their will be a different experience for riders who choose to stay on through the end of the ride

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

Impressive stuff for sure...but I wonder how they'll police the people who, once out of the vehicle, decide to go around exploring rather than get back in when they're supposed to.

 

[LieutLaww]

Stormtroopers will start shooting at you, explosions will go off and the only safe way will be back to the ride vehicle...