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

[lifeisgoodboy]

It's too late. Mr. Spielberg at 72 is like a wimpy little Freshman compared to me as the BMOC.

Except he has a lot more money than I do.

All of us on this forum combined.

 

[TROR]

I don't think it's nice tàlking bad about old people. Just remember you are going to get that old too.

I won't let it happen.

 

[lifeisgoodboy]

I wonder if restrooms are going to be called freshers in Batuu.

 

[Practical Pig]

I wonder if restrooms are going to be called freshers in Batuu.

"Refreshers."

 

[Disney Irish]

I wonder if restrooms are going to be called freshers in Batuu.

Nope they are called "Refreshers"....

 

[lifeisgoodboy]

"Refreshers."

Oh yeah thanks

 

[lifeisgoodboy]

Nope they are called "Refreshers"....

thanks

 

[TROR]

They’ll be called flushers

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

Think there's any chance the musical acts come back on the next fiscal year's budget?

There's always a chance. My guess is that they have a number of options and are waiting to see how it all goes. I believe right now they're focused on surviving the summer at DL, getting RotR finished, and opening at WDW.

Sorry--did you mean the ones they just cut from the parks (I think they're gone for good) or the acts cut from SW:GE?

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

aw, i love the bootstrappers..

Bootstrappers are still there--they just cut the non-instrumental singing role..

 

[CydonPrax]

Sorry--did you mean the ones they just cut from the parks (I think they're gone for good) or the acts cut from SW:GE?

yeah meant Hook & Ladder Co. and music acts. That's a bummer, that stuff sets the mood of park so I hate to see it go. Jedi Training I assumed would bite the dust anyways with SWGE opening anyway

 

[flynnibus]

Who’s obsessing?

This is a pattern....

 

[flynnibus]

With all the amazing things people like Spielberg have done.... the absolute last thing I’m going to criticize the man over is how he chooses to dress himself. It’s like talking Einstein and saying... relativity was neat... but man that guy had hygiene issues...what a bafooon. Unless you were impacted by it.... so effing what.

It puts trivial things on a pedestal as if everyone values it the same about it as you do. Some people want to look dapper and value it... many don’t. But when you start being a snob because people don’t follow your priorities, it reflects back on you.

People aging and not spending energy on how to keep fashionable is normal. Mocking them over it is childish and snobbish. When I’m 70... I’ll try to focus on appreciating the time I’ve had and the things people have done to bring happiness to me and others.... if you nasty things to say because I don’t bother wasting my limited time on fashion sense... I’ll happily smash you with my cane.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Less than two weeks from opening and the thread has evolved into critique of successful senior citizens with more money than most (or all) of us choosing to wear comfortable shoes in a theme park.

FTFY

 

[Bleed0range]

I don’t think any of them are all that badly dressed and I think you guys are hilarious for carrying on about it for several pages.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I don’t think any of them are all that badly dressed and I think you guys are hilarious for carrying on about it for several pages.

Oh, dear.

When was the last time you wore a color that wasn't a faded or muted blue?

And khaki doesn't count.

 

[TP2000]

I don’t think any of them are all that badly dressed and I think you guys are hilarious for carrying on about it for several pages.

We're a group of people who have been chatting together for years and years here, a ragtag group of friends, and we are all now in countdown mode on the biggest thing to happen to Disneyland since New Orleans Square. The land is done, the construction is over.

What else is there to talk about but executive footwear while we wait the last two weeks until opening???

 

[Darkbeer1]

I came up with the answer of who currently come to Disneyland wearing high heels.

Club 33 guests, Dapper Dan folks, etc.

 

[Stripes]

Is that the actual view from Big Thunder or is the camera raised?

Hopefully those trees will grow in and hide the rockwork supports if it is the former.

Otherwise beautiful!

 

[TP2000]

What I have gleaned over the past decade is that there is actually a fairly strong commitment high up at the resort. I have heard of days when live performers and M&Gs were cut because of rain, wind, or fire and there was great concern at the very top and thatTDA and WDPR still see live entertainment as a critical component of the Disney Parks experience. That's why on a given day at DL you could have over 300 performers and over 700 personnel combined, including shows, bands, parades, and characters (but not including guest groups).

For SW:GE I don't think it's mainly a budget issue--I think it's mainly related to crowding and safety and the unpredictability thereof. Major infrastructure requires at least a five-year lead time with around three years alone for construction. Below the top tier of Entertainment offerings (new parade/fireworks/theatrical) that may be reduced to less than a year, especially when a lot of the preplanning is already done. I don't really know what the scope of their original vision was. There was talk of a live show in the (cancelled/postponed?) table-service restaurant adjoining the Cantina. There were online rumors of articulated (moving head) aliens, although I never picked up anything from my Bothans. There were permits for practical bridges and a prefab spaceship for stunt performers.

Thank you, that seems to put that Micechat rumor about entertainment cuts into a more understandable light.

It also reminds me of the Al Lutz story arc from years ago, that many mid-level executives/managers in TDA knew to do the right thing, but that higher ups in Burbank could often screw that up for them. And/or when Jay Rasulo was in charge and installed that failed One Disney system where Orlando called the shots for Anaheim for several years, it was the swamp creatures who made some bad decisions for Anaheim.

When they first announced Star Wars Land, they made quite a big deal about the supper club restaurant, and how interactive the droids and characters would be in the land. Three years ago Disney released several official pieces of concept art just for the supper club. Interesting to see that all cancelled or cut, at least for the opening year. And since they turned the supper club into a parking lot, it will be at least 2022 until we see a fancy restaurant open there.