Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[MisterPenguin]

Now, if they would have added the rumored "Bantha Peoplemover" concept.
Peoplemover moves about 3,600 pph. Assuming this lower ticket level only have a 2 hour wait, that gives us a line of 7,200 people. If there is fast pass, about 3,800. On top of that, people mover holds ~600 people on ride for a total of 4,400 people on ride or in line for Banthamover.

Banthas are slow. They're elephants in costume. People keep mentioning the cut Bantha ride, but they haven't, AFAIK, said what the mechanics of that ride was except a vague "Bantha's pulling carts" IIRC. That would have been an incredibly slow ride with an incredibly low PPH. I've never seen anyone compare the cut Bantha ride to MK's People Mover.

Now, I'm not saying they shouldn't have added more ride capacity in SWL and in DHS, just that the Bantha ride was probably cut for good reasons. Now, a *landspeeder* people mover... that would've been nice.

 

[Purduevian]

Banthas are slow. They're elephants in costume. People keep mentioning the cut Bantha ride, but they haven't, AFAIK, said what the mechanics of that ride was except a vague "Bantha's pulling carts" IIRC. That would have been an incredibly slow ride with an incredibly low PPH. I've never seen anyone compare the cut Bantha ride to MK's People Mover.

Now, I'm not saying they shouldn't have added more ride capacity in SWL and in DHS, just that the Bantha ride was probably cut for good reasons. Now, a *landspeeder* people mover... that would've been nice.

Bigger than a wombat and not an A.

More like a Peoplemover with Bantha styled ride vehicles.

People mover capacity might be out of the question, but I did not come up with the comparison .

 

[LieutLaww]

The Banthas were supposed to be streetmosphere taking people around Batuu, that at least was the original proposal.

 

[Timothy_Q]

The Banthas were supposed to be streetmosphere taking people around Batuu, that at least was the original proposal.

Were they on a track?

Or was it more like the Main Street cars?

 

[RSoxNo1]

Banthas are slow. They're elephants in costume. People keep mentioning the cut Bantha ride, but they haven't, AFAIK, said what the mechanics of that ride was except a vague "Bantha's pulling carts" IIRC. That would have been an incredibly slow ride with an incredibly low PPH. I've never seen anyone compare the cut Bantha ride to MK's People Mover.

Now, I'm not saying they shouldn't have added more ride capacity in SWL and in DHS, just that the Bantha ride was probably cut for good reasons. Now, a *landspeeder* people mover... that would've been nice.

I feel someone (perhaps @marni1971 or @WDW1974) described the bantha ride as the TTA, presumably as a kinetic thing.

Edit: Yep, it was Martin...

Bigger than a wombat and not an A.

More like a Peoplemover with Bantha styled ride vehicles.

 

[TP2000]

Unfortunately, most of last week included extreme days. My family and I were at Disneyland Monday - Friday for the first time since 2015. My wife has visited the SoCal parks 50+ times (LA native and former Disney/ABC employee). She was quite surprised by the crowd sizes throughout each day.

No one goes to Disneyland any more, it's too crowded.

 

[marni1971]

No one goes to Disneyland any more, it's too crowded.

We’re going

 

[LieutLaww]

I want to visit DL

 

[shortstop]

We’re going

I assume so that you can experience SW:GE the way it was meant to be experienced, complete with three entrances?

 

[MisterPenguin]

I'd go to DL, too, but I don't want to have to squeeze through all the Pixar Pier and Mission Breakout protesters.

 

[marni1971]

I assume so that you can experience SW:GE the way it was meant to be experienced, complete with three entrances?

 

[RSoxNo1]

I'd go to DL, too, but I don't want to have to squeeze through all the Pixar Pier and Mission Breakout protesters.

Mission Breakout is a better ride than DCA's Tower and the old building was disruptive to that skyline just as much as the Hollywood Tower Hotel was. The greater issue is that in a park called Disney California Adventure they took away an attraction tied to California in favor of kicking off a land that has very little tie to California.

 

[ParksAndPixels]

Mission Breakout is a better ride than DCA's Tower and the old building was disruptive to that skyline just as much as the Hollywood Tower Hotel was. The greater issue is that in a park called Disney California Adventure they took away an attraction tied to California in favor of kicking off a land that has very little tie to California.

You must have missed the explanation. Most of the production work for GOTG was done in California!

 

[danlb_2000]

Two permits for sign installation this week..

10/18/2018 - Disney Hollywood Studio - Sign Producers Inc
375 Cypress Dr - Project D - Building 1000 Area Development Fabricate and Op Sign

10/18/2018 - Disney Hollywood Studio - Sign Producers Inc
390 Cypress Dr (Galaxy's Edge) - Project D - Building 1003 Fabricate and Op Sign

 

[MisterPenguin]

Two permits for sign installation this week..

10/18/2018 - Disney Hollywood Studio - Sign Producers Inc
375 Cypress Dr - Project D - Building 1000 Area Development Fabricate and Op Sign

10/18/2018 - Disney Hollywood Studio - Sign Producers Inc
390 Cypress Dr (Galaxy's Edge) - Project D - Building 1003 Fabricate and Op Sign

Hope that company knows Aurebesh.

 

[Rteetz]

From Bioreconstruct

 

[Rteetz]

 

[SpoiledBlueMilk]

Mission Breakout is a better ride than DCA's Tower and the old building was disruptive to that skyline just as much as the Hollywood Tower Hotel was. The greater issue is that in a park called Disney California Adventure they took away an attraction tied to California in favor of kicking off a land that has very little tie to California.

Well they do still have the rapids ride which is Northern California themed, right? And that really nice section that looks all national park-ish...

 

[Brummyboy92]

Asked on a previous topic about oepning date, which has of course not been confirmed yet. Better question would be, do we know when we will get an official opening date? Not looking to book until March 2019, and want my trip to coinside with the opening of SWL, surely something official would have been released by then?

 

[LieutLaww]

The way its looking I would say around the middle of Dec, perhaps even the same day as when Ep IX comes out.