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

[Curious Constance]

And then they need to duplicate those models and have them at DL and WDW for theme park goers to drool over, and have the WDW set up before Oct this year

I imagine after D23, these models will make their way to both Star Wars Launch Bay locations.

 

[BrianLo]

They are very predictable with doing the big announcement 2 D23's out and doing the show floor/model 1 D23 out.

Meaning expect the Marvel land and concept art now and the model etc. at the 2019 D23.

 

[Kram Sacul]

I like that guy though. Very unique voice. He's a like a Disney character come to life.

Fresh Dave- if you see this. Consider a career in voice acting.

He has a voice you want to punch.

 

[mickEblu]

He has a voice you want to punch.

Lol

 

[TP2000]

They are very predictable with doing the big announcement 2 D23's out and doing the show floor/model 1 D23 out.

Meaning expect the Marvel land and concept art now and the model etc. at the 2019 D23.

Excellent observation, and very accurate. I'd bet two churros you are right.

 

[kthomas105]

Our favorite lady blogger has more video of Star Wars construction. Judging by the June Gloom (it's a SoCal thing, you wouldn't understand) and hundreds of guys working, this looks to be taken on Tuesday morning, June 6th.

A third floor is going on top of the Alcatraz ride. That building is HUGE!

I wonder if this is a true third floor for the attraction or just a skeleton for the rock work? It seems like everything up to this point has implied only two show levels for the attraction. With the rock layering present in the concept art it would be a reasonable assumption that this could be the start of the rock work skeleton. Even the thickness of the steel and size looks slightly different. But no matter what that building is massive!

 

[Phroobar]

It's the start of the skeleton for the tall rock work spires. There is no third floor on that building.

 

[TP2000]

It's the start of the skeleton for the tall rock work spires. There is no third floor on that building.

Agreed, no third floor to be inhabited by theme park visitors. But obviously a third floor attic that looks about 15 feet tall, for mechanical equipment and access, etc. With an exterior skin of rockwork, spires, etc.

Using a six foot tall construction worker as reference, the first two floors each look to be about 25 feet tall.

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

It's Titanic's funnels.

 

[S 2]

This goofball claimed to have "cracked the code" for Battle Escape, but I hate to break it to him this is definitely not for Battle Escape. BE is going to be trackless, now it is possible that this could be for the millennium falcon or it could just be Disney filing patents because they can.

Makes more sense as millennium to me, its been confirmed as 'queue thats a little more than a queue thats more than a queue' (not an exact quote) by marni over in the WDW board... It does bug me when people speculate and call it news, but I could see how they could get to there and these guys are far from journalists, i for one could do without any commentary by them but I guess thats what the mute button is for....

 

[S 2]

Is it just me?

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LOL I see it, not just you LOL

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

Snapped this from the ramp that no one ever wants to take when the police blocked us from getting into the parking garage.

 

[SuddenStorm]

Guys! Rumor time. Looks like some of the SWL Residents are taking time away from getting ready for their new land, and have decided to spend some time in the parks. I think this confirms heavy prequel references will be abundant throughout SWL

 

[TP2000]

This info came up over in the fascinating Permit thread that @SSG maintains. But it's an interesting piece of info, so deserves to be quoted over in this thread too.

The permit for the Alcatraz (Battle Escape) E Ticket warehouse building reveals the size of this monster. 165,565 square feet!

SWL work chugs along:

Disneyland - SW - DL Frontierland Expansion - BLD 10040/ Attraction #1 - New Commercial Construction: New Commercial Construction: 165,565 sq.ft two story Amusement Building with (4) pits in basement level and (4) equipment building's roof level.

Which begs the question... how big is it? It's bigger than Indy's warehouse building, at a measly 54,000 square feet thanks to some research by @NobodyElse!

This rough estimator puts the Indy show building at a little over 54,000 square feet.
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Judging by aerial photographs and leaked maps of Star Wars Land, 165,000 square feet appears to be simply the footprint of the building on the land. The Alcatraz building footprint is roughly three times the size of the Indy warehouse footprint. In fact, you could fit both Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean inside the Alcatraz building footprint, with some room to spare!

This Alcatraz building is massive. A footprint of 165,000 square feet, plus a height much taller than Indy or any other Disneyland building except the Matterhorn. And as we can see from recent construction, Alcatraz has two 25+ foot tall floors of space for ride showrooms, plus a deep basement and at least one part of the building where the AT-AT's are that use the entire 75 foot tall space.

While we all know this is going to be huge, especially those of us who have seen it in person from the parking structure (pictures warp the scale quite a bit), I don't think it has dawned on us just how giant the scale and scope of this one ride is going to be. Indy + Pirates < Alcatraz.

This is certainly unprecedented for Disneyland, perhaps for any theme park anywhere.

 

[mickEblu]

This info came up over in the fascinating Permit thread that @SSG maintains. But it's an interesting piece of info, so deserves to be quoted over in this thread too.

The permit for the Alcatraz (Battle Escape) E Ticket warehouse building reveals the size of this monster. 165,565 square feet!



Which begs the question... how big is it? It's bigger than Indy's warehouse building, at a measly 54,000 square feet thanks to some research by @NobodyElse!



Judging by aerial photographs and leaked maps of Star Wars Land, 165,000 square feet appears to be simply the footprint of the building on the land. The Alcatraz building footprint is roughly three times the size of the Indy warehouse footprint. In fact, you could fit both Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean inside the Alcatraz building footprint, with some room to spare!

This Alcatraz building is massive. A footprint of 165,000 square feet, plus a height much taller than Indy or any other Disneyland building except the Matterhorn. And as we can see from recent construction, Alcatraz has two 25+ foot tall floors of space for ride showrooms, plus a deep basement and at least one part of the building where the AT-AT's are that use the entire 75 foot tall space.

While we all know this is going to be huge, especially those of us who have seen it in person from the parking structure (pictures warp the scale quite a bit), I don't think it has dawned on us just how giant the scale and scope of this one ride is going to be. Indy + Pirates < Alcatraz.

This is certainly unprecedented for Disneyland, perhaps for any theme park anywhere.

This is definitely exciting. I guess we should be expecting some massive sets. I'm hoping this attraction is something like Shanghais POTC meets Indy with Trackless vehicles.

 

[Curious Constance]

This is definitely exciting. I guess we should be expecting some massive sets. .

Or maybe just really big screeeeennnnnnzzzzzz.

 

[mickEblu]

Or maybe just really big screeeeennnnnnzzzzzz.

Hahah. Just a huge warehouse of IMAX screens.

Anyway, If they re used as they are in Shanghais POTC I Don't mind.

 

[TP2000]

This is definitely exciting. I guess we should be expecting some massive sets. I'm hoping this attraction is something like Shanghais POTC meets Indy with Trackless vehicles.

Agreed. Just this one ride is huge.

I'm reminded of the old 1980's SCTV skit "What Fits Into Russia?". We should start a similar game with Disneyland rides called "What Fits Into Star Wars Land?"

 

[mickEblu]

Agreed. Just this one ride is huge.

I'm reminded of the old 1980's SCTV skit "What Fits Into Russia?". We should start a similar game with Disneyland rides called "What Fits Into Star Wars Land?"

Lol

 

[Travel Junkie]

For comparison's sake Shanghai's POTC building is 175,000 square feet. I know most here haven't been on it, so I'll say the primary difference between it and any other ride Disney has done is the scale. The scale of the attraction is absolutely massive. It's got some nice technology, great animatronics, but the mind blowing part of this is how big everything is.

I bet Disney learned a few things too after doing something on this scale the first time. On repeat rides, I picked on some things that could use improvement that I hope Disney incorporates in the Battle attraction.