Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[TP2000]

my distain for California grows....

Okay, I'll bite. Why the disdain for California?

 

[TP2000]

Toontown isn't going anywhere.

More fun with maps.... so since ToonTown at Disneyland is staying... I drew out what 14 acres could look like at Disneyland.

That changes things quite a bit for both coasts if Toontown is staying. Instead of a rectangle shaped plot of land you've got a roughly box shaped plot of land with a specific entry path on one side. And at Disneyland it uses a space far removed from the rest of the park so sightlines aren't an issue and on three sides of the 14 acres there's nothing but city streets and backstage offices.

It would seem that the DHS acreage would use the same footprint roughly. Although the repurposing of buildings around Echo Lake and such seems rather... cheap. At Disneyland they are going to have to bulldoze the few squat backstage buildings there and use the 5 acres of Circle D ranch facility that is just dusty horse paddocks now, and start from scratch.

I can't believe they won't also be starting from scratch in DHS as well.

 

[marni1971]

"The company said Saturday that groundbreaking for the “Star Wars” lands will be in 2017."

Worth repeating since it's an often asked question.

 

[twebber55]

That may be correct. As I understand it, they can't close Indy until 2017 and they want the Frozen Sing-a-Long to run at least until the area at EPCOT is live.

Once they get rolling though, it may not take them much longer than two years (since everything is pretty much already in place). That fits with the 2019-2020 timeline I heard today.

So they will have:
- Frozen in 2016
- Avatar and Soarin' 2 in 2017
- Toy Story Playland in 2018
- Star Wars in late 2019/2020

that sounds right

 

[Kman101]

So Disneyland gets new construction and a saved Toontown. We get more walls and closed down areas. *Remembers how great it will look ... remembers how great it will look*

 

[Mouse Trap]

"The company said Saturday that groundbreaking for the “Star Wars” lands will be in 2017."

Worth repeating since it's an often asked question.

Are we going to have that moment again where Darth Vader appears on screen and demands the Disney henchmen work faster and we "surprisingly" get a new, earlier opening date?

 

[LieutLaww]

You mean Darth Iger

 

[Todd H]

Are we going to have that moment again where Darth Vader appears on screen and demands the Disney henchmen work faster and we "surprisingly" get a new, earlier opening date?

 

[matt9112]

Okay, I'll bite. Why the disdain for California?

On a generic level it's the over regulation of everything you can and can't do in your daily life. Goverments job is not to tell people how to live but to be a hand maiden between various people. Disney wise? Because that coast seems to always get attention non stop.

 

[El Grupo]

Regarding timing of the SW expansion, my hope is that Disney will not want want major construction underway in one of the four parks during the WDW 50th anniversary celebration.

It wouldn't be torn down, it would just be like Star Tours v3 only with a new name.

But, the more I try to analyze the concept art, since the outside queue seems to be gone, it would seem to indicate Star Tours is staying put because they don't expect to need the extended queue any longer.

OR, if Star Tours is the Falcon ride, the Falcon walkthrough could actually be part of the queue...

Hopefully you can help with some confusion. Seems like there have been a few posts alluding to the possibility of Star Tours being one of the two signature (Falcon) rides mentioned by Iger.

If that turned out to be the case, wouldn't that mean that Disneyland would need to build their Star Wars Land in Tomorrowland or move the attraction to wherever the land is built?

 

[LieutLaww]

Star Tours is staying Star Tours just with extra scenes and characters, Falcon is a separate new ride/attraction, Iger stated that ST would be getting enhanced after he spoke of the 2 rides coming to the land.

 

[Mike S]

Star Tours is staying Star Tours just with extra scenes and characters, Falcon is a separate new ride/attraction, Iger stated that ST would be getting enhanced after he spoke of the 2 rides coming to the land.

And my guess is that it'll be further enhanced with every new movie as they're released, not just Episode 7.

 

[LieutLaww]

Yup I would guess that as well.

 

[DisneyJayL]

It's just too much! lol I really love what I am seeing with this new land. Now, the wait begins!

 

[LieutLaww]

Tbh they could make Star Tours part of the entrance to the new land, if you want to "fly" to the new land you go via Star Tours and the exit leads into the new land, otherwise have a themed walkthrough into the entrance, but hey that's just me

 

[Jimmy Thick]

Great news!!!

Jimmy Thick- Long time coming...

 

[cosmicray]

Tbh they could make Star Tours part of the entrance to the new land, if you want to "fly" to the new land you go via Star Tours and the exit leads into the new land, otherwise have a themed walkthrough into the entrance, but hey that's just me

Love this idea!

 

[El Grupo]

Star Tours is staying Star Tours just with extra scenes and characters, Falcon is a separate new ride/attraction, Iger stated that ST would be getting enhanced after he spoke of the 2 rides coming to the land.

This has been my assumption since the announcement. Just found some of the speculative posts regarding those signature SW attractions in DHS curious.

 

[LieutLaww]

God I would love to work on the Star Wars Land lol

 

[Sketch105]

Just a random observation- once construction begins in Echo Lake area, I expect we won't be seeing any more Frozen processions, Star Wars parades or anything else for awhile until opening. Although I am now hyped for a REAL Star Wars parade with AT-ATs and Banthas, etc.