Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[GoofGoof]

Its going to be "crazy crowded" for a couple years, during the time you visit its going to be a madhouse of complete bedlam.

I meant all of DLR. I know SW Land itself will be jammed for a long while after it opens but I don’t think the whole resort will be crazy crowded for years.

 

[jaxonp]

I meant all of DLR. I know SW Land itself will be jammed for a long while after it opens but I don’t think the whole resort will be crazy crowded for years.

What ? It's already crowded...

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

I meant all of DLR. I know SW Land itself will be jammed for a long while after it opens but I don’t think the whole resort will be crazy crowded for years.

The crowds will spill into the rest of the park.

 

[AEfx]

I meant all of DLR. I know SW Land itself will be jammed for a long while after it opens but I don’t think the whole resort will be crazy crowded for years.

Its not even just the parks, literally the Anaheim area surrounding Disneyland (which you constantly have to deal with to get in and out of the parks, unless you are staying at one of the few, very expensive "on site" hotels) is already one of the most well-known traffic nightmares in the nation. Some would claim it already is at crisis level - and SWL is going to just obliterate any sense of normalcy.

Then you factor in that Anaheim isn't "isolated" like Orlando, and millions and millions of people come to the greater Los Angeles area every day for reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with theme parks or even a vacation, who will be buying one-day tickets just to go see this new Star Wars land. Assuredly, though, for various reasons, it will spill out - people like "I'm not waiting six hours to do a ride, let's go to the rest of Disneyland..." or those that can't ride/have little ones who will just come to walk around and then spend the day at Disneyland.

I honestly don't think people are being crazy when they say how unprecedented this is going to be. Not just in terms of theme park demand, but overall demand for just access to a particular public place. I think it is even possible Disneyland will be going 24/7, one way or another (hard ticket all night multiple events every night, or just staying open) quite beyond their historical norms.

At least WDW has somewhat of a self-controlling entity - hotels book up, virtually everyone who is coming is coming for an actual block of time, but Disneyland? I mean, they undoubtedly are going to close to capacity daily for the foreseeable future after SWL opens. Estimates are, Disneyland has about a max capacity of 80,000 - and it's gonna be a new level of public demand for any attraction anywhere, and I won't be surprised if on any given day you have 200,000 people trying to get into that area, and it's going to go on for a very long time, at least until Orlando opens, and probably long after.

 

[Mike S]

Its not even just the parks, literally the Anaheim area surrounding Disneyland (which you constantly have to deal with to get in and out of the parks, unless you are staying at one of the few, very expensive "on site" hotels) is already one of the most well-known traffic nightmares in the nation. Some would claim it already is at crisis level - and SWL is going to just obliterate any sense of normalcy.

Then you factor in that Anaheim isn't "isolated" like Orlando, and millions and millions of people come to the greater Los Angeles area every day for reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with theme parks or even a vacation, who will be buying one-day tickets just to go see this new Star Wars land. Assuredly, though, for various reasons, it will spill out - people like "I'm not waiting six hours to do a ride, let's go to the rest of Disneyland..." or those that can't ride/have little ones who will just come to walk around and then spend the day at Disneyland.

I honestly don't think people are being crazy when they say how unprecedented this is going to be. Not just in terms of theme park demand, but overall demand for just access to a particular public place. I think it is even possible Disneyland will be going 24/7, one way or another (hard ticket all night multiple events every night, or just staying open) quite beyond their historical norms.

At least WDW has somewhat of a self-controlling entity - hotels book up, virtually everyone who is coming is coming for an actual block of time, but Disneyland? I mean, they undoubtedly are going to close to capacity daily for the foreseeable future after SWL opens. Estimates are, Disneyland has about a max capacity of 80,000 - and it's gonna be a new level of public demand for any attraction anywhere, and I won't be surprised if on any given day you have 200,000 people trying to get into that area, and it's going to go on for a very long time, at least until Orlando opens, and probably long after.

I read somewhere Disneyland has already been open a few days straight when Star Tours first opened.

STAR TOURS

 

[Rodan75]

I waited 45 minutes when the line said 105. And then I've seen the line say 150 when the line of people stretched almost to africa!! I find with most popular queues ya gotta eyeball it!

Sometimes they minimize the indoor queue and hold folks down to Africa with the 135+ wait. We did standby last week and it said 135 and took 150ish.

 

[TP2000]

I am potentially planning an August 2019 trip out to CA. I don’t want to get caught in the crowds during the opening weeks of SWL. Do you think by the end of August it will still be crazy crowded? I haven’t been to DLR since before my kids were born and I’m so excited for them to see it for the first time.

Don't do late August, at least if they stick with their traditional AP blockout dates that lift the third week of August. The first and second week of August are delightfully less crowded. Then the AP blockouts life the third week of August and the parks are slammed again. Although Labor Day weekend goes very quiet because AP blockouts kick in Friday through Sunday that weekend.

Study the AP blockout calendar and plan your visit when the most AP's are blocked out. This has been the trick to planning a Disneyland visit for about a decade, although most tourist planning books and websites are way behind the curve on that one. But ask any local and they'll tell you; Saturday is less busy than Sunday because most AP's are blocked out on Saturday and unblocked on Sunday.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

6/7/2018 - over by Toy Story Mania

 

[mikejs78]

It's kind of weird that LMA was only around for a decade, which is nothing compared to the other shows at DHS. In the grand scheme of things it was a pretty short lived attraction.

It was a pretty Meh attraction.

 

[GoofGoof]

Its not even just the parks, literally the Anaheim area surrounding Disneyland (which you constantly have to deal with to get in and out of the parks, unless you are staying at one of the few, very expensive "on site" hotels) is already one of the most well-known traffic nightmares in the nation. Some would claim it already is at crisis level - and SWL is going to just obliterate any sense of normalcy.

Then you factor in that Anaheim isn't "isolated" like Orlando, and millions and millions of people come to the greater Los Angeles area every day for reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with theme parks or even a vacation, who will be buying one-day tickets just to go see this new Star Wars land. Assuredly, though, for various reasons, it will spill out - people like "I'm not waiting six hours to do a ride, let's go to the rest of Disneyland..." or those that can't ride/have little ones who will just come to walk around and then spend the day at Disneyland.

I honestly don't think people are being crazy when they say how unprecedented this is going to be. Not just in terms of theme park demand, but overall demand for just access to a particular public place. I think it is even possible Disneyland will be going 24/7, one way or another (hard ticket all night multiple events every night, or just staying open) quite beyond their historical norms.

At least WDW has somewhat of a self-controlling entity - hotels book up, virtually everyone who is coming is coming for an actual block of time, but Disneyland? I mean, they undoubtedly are going to close to capacity daily for the foreseeable future after SWL opens. Estimates are, Disneyland has about a max capacity of 80,000 - and it's gonna be a new level of public demand for any attraction anywhere, and I won't be surprised if on any given day you have 200,000 people trying to get into that area, and it's going to go on for a very long time, at least until Orlando opens, and probably long after.

So what you are saying is in your opinion DLR is a lost cause and should be avoided going forward.

Don't do late August, at least if they stick with their traditional AP blockout dates that lift the third week of August. The first and second week of August are delightfully less crowded. Then the AP blockouts life the third week of August and the parks are slammed again. Although Labor Day weekend goes very quiet because AP blockouts kick in Friday through Sunday that weekend.

Study the AP blockout calendar and plan your visit when the most AP's are blocked out. This has been the trick to planning a Disneyland visit for about a decade, although most tourist planning books and websites are way behind the curve on that one. But ask any local and they'll tell you; Saturday is less busy than Sunday because most AP's are blocked out on Saturday and unblocked on Sunday.

Thanks. That’s very helpful. I am planning doing a bunch of other things in CA but I’ll definitley look at the AP blackouts before scheduling what to do when.

 

[matt9112]

Yes. What kinds to you have?

I just spent 5 days in NYC and went to Magnolia Bakery twice, so you’re going to have to step up your game.

$$$$$ on these boards.

 

[matt9112]

Exactly. People with degrees in literature writing for a national news organization can't hold a candle to an uber-fan ranting in a YouTube video for 20 minutes dropping F-bombs every other sentence. If there's no spittle, it ain't worth it.

to be fair its easy to get your head lost in the clouds. theres a balance.

 

[matt9112]

I agree 100% with this. I think Disney is going to have to come up with a reservation system just to get into the park. This is going to bring more non-traditional Disney Park goers than anything they have ever placed in a park.

sadly.....im a parks fan first but the parks have to. be sacrified for the greater profit potential.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

4/7/2018 - over by Muppets

 

[the.dreamfinder]

From Bioreconstruct

 

[nickys]

Wondering what they're going to do about the boundary when TSL opens?

As it stands, there's not much of a fence or anything. Hard to tell how high it is admittedly, but where there's just a gate through to backstage, (bottom right of last photo) will they be making it less visible? Blocking the pathway at the corner?

 

[Rteetz]

Wondering what they're going to do about the boundary when TSL opens?

As it stands, there's not much of a fence or anything. Hard to tell how high it is admittedly, but where there's just a gate through to backstage, (bottom right of last photo) will they be making it less visible? Blocking the pathway at the corner?

I am sure they will put up walls of course and there does seem to be a gate currently un-themed and silver just next to the Aliens entrance marquee.

 

[nickys]

I am sure they will put up walls of course and there does seem to be a gate currently un-themed and silver just next to the Aliens entrance marquee.

They don't have a lot of time left to be putting up walls! But yes, I'm sure they will be. At this rate, they'll still be doing that as guests start coming in.

 

[Rteetz]

They don't have a lot of time left to be putting up walls! But yes, I'm sure they will be. At this rate, they'll still be doing that as guests start coming in.

I expect temporary walls at least at first which can be put up over night.

 

[Disnutz311]

What happens to the road in between TSL and SWL? Surely we won’t just walk across it with industrial gates on the sides hearding us like cattle. Oh wait... lol