I posted this over on the Disneyland thread,but wanted to crosspost it here and see what you guys think. Apparently the recent Star Wars Nite at Disneyland was a disaster. People were complaining of LONG lines,sold out merch,cast members who had no idea what was supposed to be going on or where,and apparently some of the guests were even made fun of by CM's for showing up in costumes. I feel like these events and the May the 4th events are the parks way of having "trial runs" before GALAXIES EDGE opens to see how and what they need to do to manage the fans...so far its sounding like they are woefully unprepared(at least on the West Coast). If they cant even pull off something like a Star Wars Nite without complaints,whats gonna happen when 10x the number of guests show up?
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Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios
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GlacierGlacier
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There's a difference between a one-night event in a traditionally 'locals' park and a brand new permanent (as permanent as Disney attractions can be) addition to a park on each coast (with a mini one in Paris). Operations will learn from this.
TJJohn12
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OK, here's where I start to become dubious. Can you link off to the tweets that claimed this? It sounds *VERY* outside of CM training.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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How does that compare to the boat ride at Pandora? Because that let me down quite a bit.
It only took a whole year. I expected them to have Na'vi people meet and greet, "grassy" look on the asphalt when you walk around, and more "Avatar" noise and theme sounds in the land. Maybe a light and magic with animatronic show on that floating thing where you can see animals and blue avatars jumping around and whatnot.
Maybe they'll add those along with a new store, restaurant, and ride for Phase 2, but it has brought my hype to SWGE down a bit. I honestly - naively - expected to have droids walking/rolling around. Especially after some of the videos that I saw online with Disney having some droids around Disneyland. I expected R2D2, C3PO, K2SO, BB8, etc along with drones flying around. Projections with AT AT and x-wing fighters. We are getting none of that. Maybe in 2020 we'll have a dude walking around as C3PO. I think the land is gonna be as dead as Avatar and maybe it'll mature into something very immersive in 5 or so years like Avatar probably will. I honestly don't remember how Potter was when it opened, except every CM was dressed as wizards already.
The 'battle escape' ride in SWL will be an LPS (Local Positioning System). Look for YouTube videos of Mystic Manor or Ratatouille for the system. The SW version will be plussed by huge sets (full size AT-ATs, dozens and dozens of Storm Troopers and going to a second level) as well as top notch pre-shows.
While on YouTube, look up the Shanghai PotC for the system used. The boats are literally pulled around on tracks, which is why they can maneuver so adeptly. Na'vi River Journey is just a floaty boat propelled by the current and constrained by guide rails.
NRJ is indeed underwhelming for any wait more then 20 minutes, let alone over an hour. If it only had a 10 minute wait or less, it'd be a fun lark to hop onto.
roj2323
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I'd love to see more DL verses DHS comparisons like this. This is helpful and oddly satisfying.
Sped2424
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Location baffles me given the year one would think they would want to be in Anaheim or Orlando.
britain
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They came to their senses. You do NOT want thousands of cosplayers trying to ‘bounce’ over to Galaxy’s Edge around the Celebration events.
Sped2424
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Disney has no senses when money is involved.
Rteetz
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I thought it would be in Anaheim but they must think that since it won't be open in April it doesn't matter.
britain
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Ah - it could also be that having it in Anaheim or Orlando might have inadvertently implied a “SW:GE will be open / will offer sneak peeks” message to attendees who would be surely disappointed.
durangojim
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Wow! looks like a lot has been accomplished. So excited!
rocketraccoon
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The transition tunnel looks pretty nice!
drod1985
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That initial link adds the "forums." prefix to the URL for me, so here's one without it.
I've seen a few people reference a plot of land that could be used for a third attraction in the future. Is that in reference to the area currently housing the green buildings or somewhere else?
I've seen a few people reference a plot of land that could be used for a third attraction in the future. Is that in reference to the area currently housing the green buildings or somewhere else?
drod1985
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As a greedy Star Wars fan I'd love a way to connect Star Tours to Galaxy's Edge as was discussed a few pages back. Retool each ride to end with the Batuu segment and let the attraction's exit serve as an alternate entrance to GE. But, I also recognize that presents other problems for theming/logistics, and that's a lot of space dedicated to Star Wars in a single park.
Once Star Tours reaches its inevitable end it'd be cool if the Marvel rights got sorted out and they could re-theme it as the Iron Man Experience from from HKDL. I could see that blending into Grand Avenue well.
Once Star Tours reaches its inevitable end it'd be cool if the Marvel rights got sorted out and they could re-theme it as the Iron Man Experience from from HKDL. I could see that blending into Grand Avenue well.