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

[NateD1226]

Do we know yet if the credits we “earn” from Smuggler’s Run will actually have any value in the land?

I just got back from the land an hour ago. No, they do not!

 

[sedati]

Where did you locate this map?

Two pages back courtesy of kevlightyear.

 

[kevlightyear]

Anyone know what this building is? There's no label. I had been guessing it was a sabre location (or are there two?)View attachment 374495

If I'm not mistaken, its counterpart in the play disney parks app is designated as "Moisture Vaporator" whatever that means.

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

Sometime after the Summer Season, maybe next year, somewhere in that range.....

So, mañana?

 

[mickEblu]

So, mañana?

Hey where’s our report!?

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

Interesting to note, while the Cedar Fair's Windseeker rides operate at a lot of its parks, the Knott's version was removed after sitting but not operating, while they tried to get a fix DOSH would approve. Cedar Fair/Mondial gave up, and just moved it to Missouri.

Thanks. I had wondered about that.

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

I'm sure the state is going to be picky, but Disney will be up to the task.

Technically, both Indy and Radiator Springs Racers work very much like trackless vehicles. The slots they follow are just to provide a connection to a power rail. They turn left/right because their programming tells them to turn left/right, not because they're hooked to a track.

(Trying to remember, was it Test Track or Indy that had a vehicle go rogue and drive into a wall before the attraction opened?)

In light of all this, I suspect it's the coordination of multiple elements that is causing the headaches. Even if the vehicles were on a track, you'd still need to make sure the elevators are in position to receive them, and the video projections of the Stormtroopers are playing at the right spot so that it squinches in believable 3D space (it can't just be a continuous "If You Had Wings" style loop), scenes need to have battle damage appear and reset at the right time, etc. etc.

Again, this is just my guess, but it has a lot more to do with this show not being a 'roll into each scene at anytime' type of attraction than some 'tell the vehicles to turn right/left safely' issue.

Huh? I've never heard any of this.

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

Anyone know what this building is? There's no label. I had been guessing it was a sabre location (or are there two?)View attachment 374495

The door was closed when I visited today. Don't know if it is anything other than service area. Or maybe the access to the Fantasmic! dock.

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

Hey where’s our report!?

To quote the British Parliament's Prime Minister's questions: "I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous answer".

 

[sedati]

If I'm not mistaken, its counterpart in the play disney parks app is designated as "Moisture Vaporator" whatever that means.

These are moisture vaporators:

The building is attached to a garage with a few speeders on display. Marni1971 had referred to it once as a substation.

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

These are moisture vaporators:
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The building is attached to a garage with a few speeders on display. Marni1971 had referred to it once as a substation.

And those vaporators looked GREAT!

May Batuu challenge and strengthen you.

 

[sedati]

The door was closed when I visited today. Don't know if it is anything other than service area. Or maybe the access to the Fantasmic! dock.

It's a good sized building with an onstage entrance. It also appears at both parks, so I don't think it has anything to do with the dock behind it. Thanks for the first-hand info either way.

 

[TROR]

Theme parks need to be about storytelling, not immersion. No, these are not the same thing.

 

[kevlightyear]

It looks like the building in this image, the filename of which is Garage(0106).jpg:

 

[darthwoody]

Theme parks need to be about storytelling, not immersion. No, these are not the same thing.

There is A LOT of storytelling in Batuu...

 

[DLR>WDW]

Don’t know if leaks are allowed but...

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

Don’t know if leaks are allowed but...

I only saw a couple of cameras phones out. If they get caught, the CM gets fired. We know this. It happened at Launch Bay and Mission Breakout.

 

[solidyne]

I only saw a couple of cameras phones out. If they get caught, the CM gets fired. We know this. It happened at Launch Bay and Mission Breakout.

Wow, even Launch Bay? Who cared about those leaks?

 

[darthwoody]

Don’t know if leaks are allowed but...

This picture is from an MMA fighter so I’m not sure what they are gonna do

 

[Old Mouseketeer]

Wow, even Launch Bay? Who cared about those leaks?

Disney did. During show installation, a security host who was posted at the back door to check ID (the special laminated credos on lanyards, not just CM ID) went in after hours, opened the gate in the railing, pulled the tarp off of Rey's speeder (now replaced with the piece of the SW:GE model), took pictures, and posted them on social media. She got caught by Disney's social media observers. She got fired.