Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[JIMINYCR]

WOW... finally something to get excited about. When this gets done Iger is going on my Atta Boy list.

 

[marni1971]

Two schools of thought.

I've been told no expansion outside of the existing park footprint.

I've also been told expect a push into new areas, hence the garage.

Given the amount of dead area plus what's soon to be dead either direction is plausible.

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

Just a thought.....

 

[danlb_2000]

@marni1971 , wasn't there a rumor that echo lake would turn in to Degobah? Where do you think the land is going? I just assumed with Pixar being kind of locked, it would get LMA and BLT, that and I thought that was the rumor.

That was probably either a false rumor, or an old plan.

 

[bakntime]

wasn't there a rumor that echo lake would turn in to Degobah? Where do you think the land is going? I just assumed with Pixar being kind of locked, it would get LMA and BLT, that and I thought that was the rumor.

Seems the info floating around ever since the $2.8B was approved was that nobody knows any of these details yet. The new announcement didn't really shed light on any of that, it simply officially confirmed what was already rumored, which isn't much

 

[wdwmagic]

Beaten to it. Also 14 acres.

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I'm going with this

 

[schuelma]

Two schools of thought.

I've been told no expansion outside of the existing park footprint.

I've also been told expect a push into new areas, hence the garage.

Given the amount of dead area plus what's soon to be dead either direction is plausible.

Interesting. Would definitely give more room for Pixar and whatever else will be part of the makeover.

 

[culturenthrills]

I'm going with this

To me that would make the most sense with them building the parking garage and moving the entrance to the parking lot. And they can keep Muppets and the Osbourne lights. And it would cause the least amount of operational problems while they are building it.

 

[JEANYLASER]

awesome News and I love the concept art of the Star Wars Land!

 

[Smiddimizer]

I'd like to see that as the Millennium Falcon ride and the battle ride be the dueling Xwing/TIE fighter coaster from the plans that were posted here years ago.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that was patented by WDI.

 

[CDavid]

Pardon me if this has already been mentioned, but this news is on the CNN webpage; However, the headline reads "Disney to build Star Wars theme parks".

Does the mass media ever get a story exactly right? In my experience, no, they don't.

 

[danlb_2000]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that was patented by WDI.

It was not, it was from a third party ride designer. Doesn't mean they couldn't license it.

 

[bakntime]

I hate to say it because many here love them, but with a land this big, I can't see any way Muppets stay.

The only way would be if they started at Star Tours and expanded outward into the parking lot like has been posted above. If it's still true that they're planning a parking structure, it would definitely make sense to expand out that way (behind Indy), leaving LMA, the backlot area (Catastrophe Canyon), etc for either future expansions or part of the Pixar expansion.

 

[Mike S]

Seems the info floating around ever since the $2.8B was approved was that nobody knows any of these details yet. The new announcement didn't really shed light on any of that, it simply officially confirmed what was already rumored, which isn't much

It did confirm two E-Tickets when I would say nearly everyone expected only one.

 

[GoofGoof]

Beaten to it. Also 14 acres.

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This gets my vote. Not that my vote counts for anything. Then you have a lot of additional space in the back of the park for other stuff. Would be cool if Indy ride could be squeezed in near the Indy show too.

 

[marni1971]

I'm going with this

I really hope so.

I've heard solid news about the other way too. But we both know DHS plans have been like liquid over the last five years

 

[CDavid]

I'm going with this

Which would mean they're going to have to build and open the parking garage(s) before starting major work on this land.

 

[bakntime]

It did confirm two E-Tickets when I would say nearly everyone expected only one.

While I do tend to believe that the two attractions they mention are both e-tickets, they don't really come right out and say it, so I suppose it's still debatable whether or not they're both "legitimate" e-tickets. Of course it's also debatable what constitutes an E/D/C/etc ticket anyway, so who knows.

 

[marni1971]

@marni1971 , wasn't there a rumor that echo lake would turn in to Degobah? Where do you think the land is going? I just assumed with Pixar being kind of locked, it would get LMA and BLT, that and I thought that was the rumor.

Echo Lake was fan rumour that social media ran with so far as I know.

 

[danlb_2000]

It did confirm two E-Tickets when I would say nearly everyone expected only one.

It did not say anything about E-Tickets.