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

[yookeroo]

I fail to see how SWE is anything but a stroke of his ego.
"We're putting Star Wars Lands in two parks!"
"But Bob...why?"

"Because Star Wars is extraordinarily popular and will bring in loads of guests."

 

[SSG]

FreshBaked must have been reading the comments here. They posted a construction, video,shot this morning, and Dave elected to do no commentary.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Sure. Like, if the theme of the 3rd park was sort of a semi-AK / World Showcase like "Exotic Cultures & Extreme Climates" like Tibet, Africa, Arctic, Polynesia you could segue into some Endor village, or whatever.

Not that it would be ideal, but you could.

You could have Avatar brought to the third gate. WestCOT? Something like DisneySea? Or something totally different?

 

[Phroobar]

Bob Iger is a Sith Lord.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

It seems folks are getting caught up in the number of rides. No one is going to walk away when this opens thinking Bugs Land did it better because it has 5 rides.

This is a fairly major first offering. It's much closer to Gringotts and Hogsmeade combined than either on their own.

We've come a long way when insiders are saying we are getting a land with what is currently on track for the best E-ticket Disney has ever built (preferences aside) and another that easily will make people's top 5-10. Tacked onto one of the most immersive single lands Disney has attempted... And the reaction is - "that's it?"

I'm scratching my head for a different reason. We always want more more more.

I get what you're saying...and really my only questions/concerns/comments are in light of what would happen at a speculated third park.

Surely, SWL will be a huge success both here and DHS. I love watching the construction updates (why I post here in the first place) and am content to just leave it at that.

 

[SSG]

I get what you're saying...and really my only questions/concerns/comments are in light of what would happen at a speculated third park.

Surely, SWL will be a huge success both here and DHS. I love watching the construction updates (why I post here in the first place) and am content to just leave it at that.

I totally agree that in an ideal world Disney would build a 3rd Gate with an enormous Star Wars presence. Star Wars is a big enough property to justify several lands in a park, if not an entire park of its own. That’s why I believe SWL at Disneyland is just the beginning. If and when a 3rd Gate comes, I think Star Wars plays a major part.

 

[Earl Sweatpants]

I totally agree that in an ideal world Disney would build a 3rd Gate with enormous Star Wars presence. Star Wars is a big enough property to justify several lands in a park, if not an entire park of its own. That’s why I believe SWL at Disneyland is just the beginning. If and when a 3rd Gate comes, I think Star Wars plays a major part.

I guess that's all I ever meant to convey. In an ideal world...so many things at Disney would be different.

 

[GrizzlyAdams]

A new parking structure is already being constructed along Harbor.

Right, but they're expanding DL and then DCA and parking is already a problem, so the Harbor parking lot wouldn't cover a 3rd gate; and they will lose the parking the 3rd gate would go on

 

[DznyRktekt]

On Book 3 ... either a very slow reader or, the reality, just haven't been able to make the time ... busy wasting it on things like Disney fan forums and all!

I am 3/4 through book three as well. Reading it to my kids before lights out and usually average just under two minutes a page. House rule is anyone is allowed to watch the movies up to where we end our reading. Needless to say they ask to read often.

 

[danlb_2000]

FreshBaked must have been reading the comments here. They posted a construction, video,shot this morning, and Dave elected to do no commentary.

You can see that they have started to but re-bar along the walls of the pit, you can see them just sticking up above the near wall. I assume they are going to put forms inside the pit and then pour concrete between the forms and the retaining wall to form the final walls of the pit.

 

[Pam Hates Penguins]

Believe it or not, some of us actually despise the idea of the Star Wars Experience being part of the original Disney park.

Like me. Now they can believe it.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

You can see that they have started to but re-bar along the walls of the pit, you can see them just sticking up above the near wall. I assume they are going to put forms inside the pit and then pour concrete between the forms and the retaining wall to form the final walls of the pit.

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I'm curious exactly what this attraction's ride vehicle will be and why a large underground pit is necessary. Is this a Pirate's type of situation?

 

[SSG]

I'm curious exactly what this attraction's ride vehicle will be and why a large underground pit is necessary. Is this a Pirate's type of situation?

Walt Disney's frozen corpse is going there.

 

[1023]

Call me a naive optimist, but it wouldn't surprise me if the board has looked at the company's history of 2nd / 3rd / 4th parks and it's pretty plain to see that the "studio" park concept –

Nope...at least not the current resort hotel surrounded concept they have now......

*1023*

 

[1023]

It seems folks are getting caught up in the number of rides. No one is going to walk away when this opens thinking Bugs Land did it better because it has 5 rides.

This is a fairly major first offering. It's much closer to Gringotts and Hogsmeade combined than either on their own.

We've come a long way when insiders are saying we are getting a land with what is currently on track for the best E-ticket Disney has ever built (preferences aside) and another that easily will make people's top 5-10. Tacked onto one of the most immersive single lands Disney has attempted... And the reaction is - "that's it?"

I'm scratching my head for a different reason. We always want more more more.

Perfectly classified as always. There has been nothing revealed yet that will equal the next 4 years. And yet, more is still what we will get... Provided "Uncle Bob's" successor follows through....

*1023*

 

[1023]

I'm curious exactly what this attraction's ride vehicle will be and why a large underground pit is necessary. Is this a Pirate's type of situation?

Well.... It's not anything you've ever been on before... So..... Art will be leaked this summer I'm guessing....

*1023*

 

[Phroobar]

Believe it or not, some of us actually despise the idea of the Star Wars Experience being part of the original Disney park.

Believe it or not, a huge majority of us and park visitors think it is a wonderful idea the Star Wars Experience is being part of the original Disney park.

 

[TP2000]

3rd gate... I'm pretty sure they still need to buy some property that is part/next to the planned lot. Plus, they would need another large parking structure to support it. Where...Angel Stadium area? I think it's still years and years away..

The property surrounding the 3rd theme park site is almost entirely made up of 50 year old and very downscale (trying to be polite) single-level apartment complexes.

It would be relatively easy for Disney to buy these properties and bulldoze them, but it will not be easy politically to do so since some folks will scream bloody murder about a big company removing "affordable housing" from the community.

 

[mickEblu]

And that is exactly the problem. There is nothing I can do to change it, because the damage is already done. A HUGE amount of expansion space is being wasted on an area that will only have two rides, both of which will be almost impossible to get on due to the fact that the capacity will be way too low. Look at the rest of the park. Attractions are stuffed into every nook and cranny you can imagine. This expansion space should have been used much more carefully. Let this sink in: once SWE opens there will be NO expansion space left. None. Disneyland is built out. I have no problem with Star Wars attractions and other IPs in Disneyland, but the fact that soooooo much space is being dedicated to a single IP in Walt's park is an abomination.

For the most part, the fan community has disappointed me with how this has progressed, except for a select few members such as @raven24 and @WDW1974 . Most "fans" don't seem to understand the basics anymore. Not only will this be an operational nightmare, it totally goes against what Disneyland has been all about for over six decades.

When the location for SWL was first announced, I pointed out a lot of the same reasons why it doesn't belong in DL.

1.) 14 acres is too much space devoted to one IP, especially in land locked DL.
2.) A single IP land doesn't belong in DL
3.) The shortening of the ROA.
4.) The possibilities for that land that is lost (for now at least)
5.) The loss of a couple of the last quiet areas in the park, Big Thunder Trail, lower level of Hungry Bear, thereby slowly ruining the symphony that exists in the park between action and peace.
6) I was worried about sightlines from NOS and if the river would just appear to be a short loop
7.) The dangerous precedent set for single IP lands at DL. I like variety and would hate to one day see Adventureland become Indiana Jones land, NOS become POTC land, and so on.

Anyway,I could go on in greater detail but after a while I just accepted the fact that its happening and tried to focus on the positives. For me, its better than dwelling on the negative for months and repeating myself over and over again. That's how i am though. I get it off my chest ( had an especially hard time with this stage in regards to the GOTG announcement), accept it/ move on and if possible, try to focus on some of the positives. I get that everyone deals with things different though.

Here are some of the positives of SWL for me..

1. 2 new E tickets with rumored state of the art technology and brand ride experiences ( hoping for not too much reliance on screens)
2. No E tickets were lost
3. The ROA, although shortened will be plussed (IMO) on the northern end and at the same most likely preserved for at least the next few decades. ( before i ever even heard of SWL, i worried about the fate of the ROA because of the real estate it takes) Im just happy that the ROA still exists, especially in the areas it counts most, and not just the parts you could only view by boat or TSL.
4. 14 acres are taking up mostly backstage area that we never have set foot in. We re literally getting 14 more acres of Disneyland
5. The DLRR should be a lot more exciting with all the new rock work, trestles, waterfalls and hopefully a few surprires
6. Immersive theming in the new land at a whole new level we have never experienced.

 

[truecoat]

I'm curious exactly what this attraction's ride vehicle will be and why a large underground pit is necessary. Is this a Pirate's type of situation?

I could have sworn someone said it was for an elevator of some sort.