Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[totchos]

In the pic below, where there is a bulge in the berm, there is 1.2 acres (in yellow). The section in purple could also be expansion, but it's only 90 acres.

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That area in yellow is the site of the Star Wars hotel correct? They would expand SW land into that area? I thought I read earlier in the forum there was 2 acres of expansion dedicated just to SWL?? And i'm sure they don't have any immediate plans to utilize that 90 acre expansion pad, especially considering they just added that whole section of cast parking.

 

[Bleed0range]

That area in yellow is the site of the Star Wars hotel correct? They would expand SW land into that area? I thought I read earlier in the forum there was 2 acres of expansion dedicated just to SWL?? And i'm sure they don't have any immediate plans to utilize that 90 acre expansion pad, especially considering they just added that whole section of cast parking.

The red and yellow at the bottom left is the hotel and the yellow section is just empty space where the third entrance would be in DL.

 

[totchos]

The red and yellow at the bottom left is the hotel and the yellow section is just empty space where the third entrance would be in DL.

Oh! I didn't even notice that little yellow patch at the top haha.

 

[Stripes]

So with the Blue Milk, as well as Green Milk, not exactly hitting the spot for a lot of guests, do you guys think Disney will go back to the drawing board regarding the recipe?

 

[Stripes]

Why does this question keep coming up like every 5-6 pages of this conversation? Why is there this weird universal assumption that DHS is getting a sub-par version? Literally the only thing different between the two will be the missing middle exit. EVERYTHING else is an exact square footage clone as far as our insiders have said from day one.

If anything, DHS will be the better experience. They're getting the hotel...even if most won't be staying there.

 

[flynnibus]

Exactly. I just read that Falcon ride review on Micechat, and the CM's fun comments really seemed to insult him.

For those unfamiliar with SoCal Internet culture, that person who runs Micechat is also a Club 33 member and is used to gliding around the park with his unlimited Club 33 Fastpasses, drinking in the private Club 33 speakeasy in DCA and dining at Club 33 in Disneyland, before he goes on to his roped off Club 33 seating sections for parades, fireworks and water shows in both parks. He's often spotted with a gaggle of Internet chums and various hangers-on, geeking out over the "famous" website owner and Club 33 member who deigned it appropriate to be their friend.

He is used to CM's offering him chilled (or warmed, depending on season) cucumber scented towels and his favorite cocktail as he enters Club 33. So for some cheeky ride operator to say “Left pilot, you’re going to owe us money after flying like that.” is just too much for a snowflake like that to deal with. He's clearly unable to laugh at himself.

For the other 99% of the paying customers, that type of interaction is going to be all part of the fun. Laugh at yourself! You flew the freaking Millenium Falcon, but you aren't as good at it as Chewbacca. That's funny, not insulting!

meh... having spent time with the man... I don't think this is a fair representation at all. Soft? Yes... but in the delicate sense, not in the 'spoiled brat' sense.

 

[flynnibus]

I mean is Disneyland that light this time of year on a normal day?

It's called 'blackout calendar'. Disney opened the land at this time for a reason...

 

[Princess Leia]

My bff and her husband are visiting Disneyland this weekend (she did not intentionally book the vacation to include SWGE), and I think she was pretty surprised about the lack of crowds in DL. Their reservation for SWGE is Monday, so I’m kind of curious if the park will be any busier then

 

[Stripes]

So this has probably been pointed out before, but it looks like the rooftop cast member access at Galaxy's Edge is really extensive. In this photo you can see some cast members dressed as stormtroopers on top of First Order Cargo.

How'd they get there? Stairs.

The red oval indicates where they were standing. The green line shows the stairs they took backstage. What's interesting is that there are gray paths on top of the rooftops that trace where to walk (as you can see in the below photo). Further, there is a backstage walkway (traced in blue) behind the TIE echelon that extends up the stairs, through the overpass, and above the restrooms. It's really neat how easy it is for cast members get up there, and I think it was designed this way for a reason!

 

[MotherOfBirds]

I'm sure that this has been talked about before, but I'm going to mention it again because it sticks in my craw.

I continue to marvel at some of Disney's decisions that are popping up on the tweeter. Please pay multiple hundreds of dollars for jedi robes, lightsabers, droids, etc, but you can't use any of them until you have left the area specifically designed for their use. Yes, I'm aware of the rule about costumes on adults in the parks, and the droids as potential tripping hazards, but come on. The whole point of GE is letting people pretend to be space wizards. That's what they're jumping through all these hoops for. If they had concerns about guests in robes playing with lightsabers, then they could have tried to figure that out beforehand instead of copying the WWoHP model, eliminating the main reason guests do it, and then expecting the same results as Uni.

 

[the_rich]

I'm sure that this has been talked about before, but I'm going to mention it again because it sticks in my craw.

I continue to marvel at some of Disney's decisions that are popping up on the tweeter. Please pay multiple hundreds of dollars for jedi robes, lightsabers, droids, etc, but you can't use any of them until you have left the area specifically designed for their use. Yes, I'm aware of the rule about costumes on adults in the parks, and the droids as potential tripping hazards, but come on. The whole point of GE is letting people pretend to be space wizards. That's what they're jumping through all these hoops for. If they had concerns about guests in robes playing with lightsabers, then they could have tried to figure that out beforehand instead of copying the WWoHP model, eliminating the main reason guests do it, and then expecting the same results as Uni.

You cant have people swinging lightsabers around or operating droids in a crowded park. It's a lawsuit waiting to happen. I see no problem with this policy. The not being able to wear the costumes is a legitimate gripe.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

You cant have people swinging lightsabers around or operating droids in a crowded park. It's a lawsuit waiting to happen. I see no problem with this policy. The not being able to wear the costumes is a legitimate gripe.

They’re selling the droids as being interactive in the land. Just having them in a backpack is not a lot of fun.

 

[drod1985]

I get the droid policy. The BB-units would get kicked around like soccer balls and people would be tripping over R-units left and right. There would be fights over people breaking droids and breaking hips.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

I’ve heard the costume policy is not as strict as everyone originally thought, sounds like you can wear individual pieces in the land, say a jedi robe or tunic, but you cant wear a full set, like a jedi robe with a tunic. Again, this is just what I’ve heard from people that have been there, I haven’t gone myself.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I’ve heard the costume policy is not as strict as everyone originally thought, sounds like you can wear individual pieces in the land, say a jedi robe or tunic, but you cant wear a full set, like a jedi robe with a tunic. Again, this is just what I’ve heard from people that have been there, I haven’t gone myself.

I see people wearing them on Twitter.
I think the rule should be you can’t wear them until after you’v Entered the park and gone through security.

 

[nickys]

I really hope DHS learns from Disneyland and follows in their example.

I think people will get really upset if they don’t have time to do every experience though.

DL has such a high proportion of repeat guests, with the locals making up so much of the AP holders. If they can’t get into the Cantina, or build a droid, they can return another time and do it.

At WDW, there are:
a) way more guests period
b) a lot more one-off visitors, or once-in-a-few-years visitors
c) a lot more resort rooms

I think these factors are why they’ve said there won’t be a time limit at DHS. Which also precludes reservations. A virtual queue would work better, especially with EEMH for onsite guests.

I’m not a rope drop person, at all. But I’ve got up at 2am to watch a space shuttle launch at dawn before. I can get up at that time to get to SW:GE once or twice - it’s doable if it’s important enough to people.

 

[nickys]

Don't forget there's only one reservation in the land for each resort reservation, and in WDW, there are a lot of week long resort reservations.

So, one edge case is that for the 30k rooms at WDW, everyone of those rooms has 4 occupants and is staying only one day. So, that would be for SWL, 120k people a day with SWL reservations.

The other edge case is that everyone going to WDW is going for a full week and there is just an average of two per room. That means 8.5k reservations for the land per day since the people occupying a room for seven days only gets one reservation for the land.

An average of 4-day-stays with 3 people in the room is 22.k reservations for the land per day.

I know people who booked at DL for two nights and got 2 separate reservation times. (And managed to snag one of the ones online too).

Of course, that might have been a mistake in trying to sort out the DVC reservations! Since those weren’t emailed out and people had to phone in to find out their reservation slots.

 

[matt9112]

You cant have people swinging lightsabers around or operating droids in a crowded park. It's a lawsuit waiting to happen. I see no problem with this policy. The not being able to wear the costumes is a legitimate gripe.

sabers are far larger than wands so i get it but yeah poor planning tbh buy all this fancy stuff and just....hold onto it....sort of like how we hold onto your credit card. disney gets the last laugh!

 

[Disney Analyst]

The droids were always described as interacting from their carrying cases.

 

[mergatroid]

I see people wearing them on Twitter.
I think the rule should be you can’t wear them until after you’v Entered the park and gone through security.

I don't think the rule is there for security issues. Disney pay cm's to dress as these characters and 'entertain' the guests. They want the guests to know which people are proper 'characters' that they can interact with and if guests were in full costume that could be confusing.

Take an example of a guest dressed as a Jedi going round encouraging other guests to climb onto a prop for a picture with him or her. The guest could assume they were a legit cast member in costume and do as they say putting themselves in danger.