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

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planodisney

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ROTR hasn’t opened yet.
It is the e-ticket of the land as you well know. Not that it matters, I’m sure it will get slammed on here and loved by the general public as most things.

Anyone else starting to think that at this point they are holding back opening ROTR because they don’t want it opening before the WDW version. I have a suspicion they will magically open on the same day.
 
Mac Tonight

Mac Tonight

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planodisney said:
ROTR hasn’t opened yet.
It is the e-ticket of the land as you well know. Not that it matters, I’m sure it will get slammed on here and loved by the general public as most things.

Anyone else starting to think that at this point they are holding back opening ROTR because they don’t want it opening before the WDW version. I have a suspicion they will magically open on the same day.
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I'm very curious to know the logic behind intentionally delaying the opening of an attraction that would more than likely greatly help the one working attraction not get swamped when the land opens to the general public, reservation free.

What advantage would it serve Disney to open them both at the same time as opposed to DL's first like they did with the rest of the land?
 
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planodisney

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Mac Tonight said:
I'm very curious to know the logic behind intentionally delaying the opening of an attraction that would more than likely greatly help the one working attraction not get swamped when the land opens to the general public, reservation free.

What advantage would it serve Disney to open them both at the same time as opposed to DL's first like they did with the rest of the land?
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I don’t think it serves ANY advantage, particularly not to DL. I just get the feeling that with this particular attraction they don’t want anything steeling the thunder from WDW. This IS the weenie
of the entire land and possibly the biggest attraction ever created. All of the national and international marketing for GE is being put into WDW, and if you read the interview with Chapek that everyone was critical of, he says that the opening of Star Wars GE in DL serves as a good test for WDW. I think they wanted to use DL to iron out the kinks before the grand reveal in Orlando.
Of course I could be way overthinking this!!
 
Mac Tonight

Mac Tonight

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planodisney said:
I don’t think it serves ANY advantage, particularly not to DL. I just get the feeling that with this particular attraction they don’t want anything steeling the thunder from WDW. This IS the weenie
of the entire land and possibly the biggest attraction ever created. All of the national and international marketing for GE is being put into WDW, and if you read the interview with Chapek that everyone was critical of, he says that the opening of Star Wars GE in DL serves as a good test for WDW. I think they wanted to use DL to iron out the kinks before the grand reveal in Orlando.
Of course I could be way overthinking this!!
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But our GE is already open... so hasn't the "thunder" already been taken a bit?
 
Disney Irish

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planodisney said:
I don’t think it serves ANY advantage, particularly not to DL. I just get the feeling that with this particular attraction they don’t want anything steeling the thunder from WDW. This IS the weenie
of the entire land and possibly the biggest attraction ever created. All of the national and international marketing for GE is being put into WDW, and if you read the interview with Chapek that everyone was critical of, he says that the opening of Star Wars GE in DL serves as a good test for WDW. I think they wanted to use DL to iron out the kinks before the grand reveal in Orlando.
Of course I could be way overthinking this!!
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No offense, but you're overthinking it.

But lets play out your logic. If DL SW:GE is really the test for WDW, then it stands to reason they'd want RotR opened at DL first in order to test it out before the big reveal at WDW. Especially since as you stated its getting all the national and international marketing.
 
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britain

britain

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planodisney said:
ROTR hasn’t opened yet.
It is the e-ticket of the land as you well know. Not that it matters, I’m sure it will get slammed on here and loved by the general public as most things.

Anyone else starting to think that at this point they are holding back opening ROTR because they don’t want it opening before the WDW version. I have a suspicion they will magically open on the same day.
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If they do magically open on the same day, it will simply be because they want a strong wave of positive Galaxy’s Edge articles posting at the same time.

Saying "GE is open at Hollywood Studios and doesn’t offer anything different than what you’ve already seen online 3 months earlier" won’t drum up as much interest as “New Ride at Disneyland (and GE has opened at WDW too)!”
 
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planodisney

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I agree with you guys. I think I’m letting my frustration with their abandonment of hotel and
DtD expansion, and the lack of motivation to go the extra mile or spend the extra dollar at DLR effect how I’m viewing their decision making.
 
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fctiger

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planodisney said:
I don’t think it serves ANY advantage, particularly not to DL. I just get the feeling that with this particular attraction they don’t want anything steeling the thunder from WDW. This IS the weenie
of the entire land and possibly the biggest attraction ever created. All of the national and international marketing for GE is being put into WDW, and if you read the interview with Chapek that everyone was critical of, he says that the opening of Star Wars GE in DL serves as a good test for WDW. I think they wanted to use DL to iron out the kinks before the grand reveal in Orlando.
Of course I could be way overthinking this!!
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The land is already opened months before WDW is, they already stole the thunder from it. If they were that concerned, they could've just delayed opening the land and just opened them the same day. I don't think keeping one ride closed is going to have that big of an effect in terms of what happens with WDW.
 
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George Lucas on a Bench

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Rise of the Skywalker was the one everyone was interested in. We all knew that the Falcon would be a flight simulator with buttons. Meanwhile massive props were being installed in the other building and provocative stories of technical issues began circulating. I do think it's pretty much of a disaster only having the obviously lesser of the two open. I'm still hoping the other one is good.
 
socalifornian

socalifornian

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fctiger said:
The land is already opened months before WDW is, they already stole the thunder from it. If they were that concerned, they could've just delayed opening the land and just opened them the same day. I don't think keeping one ride closed is going to have that big of an effect in terms of what happens with WDW.
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If they had to clone I’m glad it’s only a few months. Nothing stole the thunder like IOAs Wizarding World opening six years before USH
 
Phroobar

Phroobar

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fctiger said:
The land is already opened months before WDW is, they already stole the thunder from it. If they were that concerned, they could've just delayed opening the land and just opened them the same day. I don't think keeping one ride closed is going to have that big of an effect in terms of what happens with WDW.
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The press on the east coast will completely ignore the fact the land already opened at Disneyland. They will make it out to be the second coming just like they did here. I bet the newspaper articles will be recycled from the ones already published here but with a location change. Heck, they will probably include the word Disneyland because their editors are obvious to the fact that Disneyland and Walt Disney World are not the same thing.
 
ThistleMae

ThistleMae

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fctiger said:
The land is already opened months before WDW is, they already stole the thunder from it. If they were that concerned, they could've just delayed opening the land and just opened them the same day. I don't think keeping one ride closed is going to have that big of an effect in terms of what happens with WDW.
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I'm equally excited for the WDW SWGE opening, and I'm going to DL in November, not WDW. I'm typically a WDW frequent flyer, so I think people who tend to frequent WDW will be just as excited about their opening.
 
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fctiger

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ThistleMae said:
I'm equally excited for the WDW SWGE opening, and I'm going to DL in November, not WDW. I'm typically a WDW frequent flyer, so I think people who tend to frequent WDW will be just as excited about their opening.
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I have no doubt. I mean if you haven't been yet, you're going to be excited either way.
 

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