Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

Omegadiz

Omegadiz

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This has probably been discussed before or maybe even said 2 years ago, but being that Battle Escape seems to be THE ride of SWL (sorry falcon) how much does it itself cost? I wonder this because Everest was/is the most expensive ride ever built, and its essentially a roller coaster with an uber-elaborate set piece and what was a powerful AA. That was back in 06 when Disney didn't really have competition and the Yeti didnt ever have a following. Star Wars however has a lot to live up to both for the generations of fans and its the Potter Swatter that Disney has been needing for a decade by the time it opens. Battle Escape, I would imagine, is the attraction thats supposed to give HPatFJ a run for its money, so im just wondering how much money we're talkin
 
HauntedMansionFLA

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roj2323 said:
I still find it amazing that so many on this forum forget about backstage needs of structures and the park in general. It's one of those things you really don't think about unless you have worked at a theme park.
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That's the one good thing I have learned from this site. You hear them announce 14 acres and think it will be huge but don't realize all of the backstage areas to pull the land off and the different show building will take up a big chunk of the land.
 
britain

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roj2323 said:
I still find it amazing that so many on this forum forget about backstage needs of structures and the park in general. It's one of those things you really don't think about unless you have worked at a theme park.
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Valid points, but when comparing the building to Indy or Pirates, those attractions have backstage needs too. So even though our mental map of Indy is X and the square footage of Indy is 2(X), we can still be amazed that Battle Escape's square footage is 3(2(X)) and thus expect an experience that is 3(X).
 
Incomudro

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britain said:
Valid points, but when comparing the building to Indy or Pirates, those attractions have backstage needs too. So even though our mental map of Indy is X and the square footage of Indy is 2(X), we can still be amazed that Battle Escape's square footage is 3(2(X)) and thus expect an experience that is 3(X).
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Perhaps certain rides require a proportionately larger backstage area?
 
SpoiledBlueMilk

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danlb_2000 said:
Yeah, the eye tracking thing is interesting, and it could be used for Star Wars land, but again there is no reason to believe it is absolutely for it, especially since the patent was filed in March 2013 so was probably in development before the Lucasfilm acquisition even happened.
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They already used some of the eye-tracking tech in Pandora if this is the same thing. The shaman animatronic maintains eye contact with passengers as the boats go by. Same goes for the first projected figure at the beginning of the NRJ ride.
 
danlb_2000

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SpoiledBlueMilk said:
They already used some of the eye-tracking tech in Pandora if this is the same thing. The shaman animatronic maintains eye contact with passengers as the boats go by. Same goes for the first projected figure at the beginning of the NRJ ride.
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The shaman wouldn't need this tech, there could just be sensors that tell it when the boat gets in the area, it wouldn't actually need to track the persons eyes.
 
WDWtraveler

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Photo update as of Thursday, June 15. Ground level views of the large building under construction in Star Wars Land. First photo taken from drive-up to the parking entrance booths.

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This view is at the exit from Muppet Vision 3D.

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sedati

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Omegadiz

Omegadiz

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insert name here said:
Right, but I'm wondering if the massive rockwork in SWL will be hidden from the rest of DHS.
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I'd wager that it'll be hidden from the north side of the park as well as Hollywood BLVD just based on the angle that sunset faces which skews more to Muppets and Drew Carey. GMR is a fairly large show building, so I think itll block the view from the entrance and especially by the time you get to it. Since Muppets will, i believe, no longer let you walk round the back side of it that was a part of SoA, I think the size of it when you're close to it in MC should block most of the view. The only areas that I can imagine there be sightline infractions are the east of the park (Indy, Star Tours, Echo lake) and Toy Story unless they plan on Endor-ing your way into Andy's yard. None of this was based on any real knowledge, just on what I can recall seeing from those angles of the park long before construction ever started ad trying to remember the perspective of some existing buildings. of course, I also dont know how tall exactly these show buildings are. I'd assume they'd be taller than Disneylands but I dont know that height. 80-100 feet is my guess?
 
BlindChow

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danlb_2000 said:
Yeah, the eye tracking thing is interesting, and it could be used for Star Wars land, but again there is no reason to believe it is absolutely for it, especially since the patent was filed in March 2013 so was probably in development before the Lucasfilm acquisition even happened.
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It sounds like it's more generally for animatronic heads in the Meet & Greets. Ride AA's wouldn't need any of the features listed in the wdwinfo article.

(or did the video actually suggest it was for SWL M&G's? I wasn't going to click that link to find out...)
 

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