CanadianGordon
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I'm liking the images and love the idea of being immersed in the land. Just wonder what the food offerings will be like..
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Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios
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Dr.GrantSeeker
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How will we be transported from GE to where ever this attraction is taking place? Will the line queue tell that portion of the story?
By a simple, yet complex and clever idea. Something that's been used before but not like this.
Slowjack
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Martin, I'm not sure even you should be able to get away with calling something both simple and complex. And saying it's been used before but not really. You're like some inscrutable sage, just toying with us.
J. D.
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A Mission to Mars-esque shuttle flight to our destination?
erasure fan1
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Movielover
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The real question, is your wallet ready?
No but I got a couple organs I'm not using, and who needs food anyways...
hpyhnt 1000
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Thought it might be similar to the old Hydrolators (RIP) from The Living Seas. Scaled up a bit and made to look like a stolen First Order transport ship, perhaps?
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Atmospheric_Assault_Lander
Taking this further, since @marni1971 indicates that most of the ride will take place in the same location, lets say it will be on a star destroyer. A hydrolator-esque transition would be an ideal way to keep people divided into their "teams" for the ride. Walk through the line, move into the pre-show where you're grouped and briefed on the mission, head to the "hydrolator" transport ship to get to the star destroyer, then a quick walk from the transport to the ride vehicle.
Yes...? No...? Anyone?
RSD Part Deux
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They also said that it's due to open in Cali in 2019 and Florida later that same year.
Is that news? I always thought that the company line was that they both were opening simultaneously.
Is that news? I always thought that the company line was that they both were opening simultaneously.
Rteetz
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2019 not 2018. It was announced at D23 that DLR would open theirs in time for the next D23 Expo which would be by July 2019 and WDW's would open later that year.
HauntedMansionFLA
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any word on who is doing the rock work design?
DL was always meant to open in the first half of the year, DHS the second.
HauntedMansionFLA
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Awesome. I love his work. Thank you for the answer.
DisneyWorld30th
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There are obviously lots of posts to read but I have two comments
1. Why doesn't Disney build things quicker? Why not have three shifts to open this sooner? This will be a cash cow when it opens.
2. Why did they decide to build identical lands on each coast? Why didn't they opt to have Disneyland be one experience and at WDW a different one? If they were different, Star Wars fans would be more willing to travel a great distance to see the other one. If I lived in Florida, I wouldn't travel to CA specifically to see the exact same experience in Florida.
1. Why doesn't Disney build things quicker? Why not have three shifts to open this sooner? This will be a cash cow when it opens.
2. Why did they decide to build identical lands on each coast? Why didn't they opt to have Disneyland be one experience and at WDW a different one? If they were different, Star Wars fans would be more willing to travel a great distance to see the other one. If I lived in Florida, I wouldn't travel to CA specifically to see the exact same experience in Florida.
1. When you are using cash to build with, it looks better on the books to spread it across multiple quarters. Building fast also costs more as both second and third shifts are often paid more. Adding that second and third shift is also not always possible. Florida, along with a good bit of the rest of the country, has a serious construction labor shortage right now. I have a number of customers that have lots clear with houses sold for them and it is taking them weeks to months to get labor to put them together.
2. Only the mouse knows the real reasons, but the obvious one is building the same thing on both coasts allows them to spread design costs across 2 projects.
Amidala
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Don't know nearly enough about construction to speak to the first point, but definitely sympathize with you on the second. I know WDW and DLR will always differ b/c DLR has DCA and WDW has DAK, Epcot and DHS, but I think there's something to be said for making even "cloned" shows, attractions and lands distinct from each other based on location. Like you said, that's what will bring a WDW regular to DLR and vice versa.
Realistically, though, I'm guessing two separate lands would require double the R&D, and that might cut into some other current or upcoming projects. If anything, like I've said before, I would rather keep the two SW:GE clones in exchange for a more immersive theming and higher quality attractions at TSL.
Brian Swan
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Short answer to both: money. The length of the build time allows them to spread the cost over more years. It's much cheaper to build the same land twice than to build two separate lands.