DHS Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

Oh bother!

Oh bother!

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djkidkaz said:
So I had the chance to ride the attraction, visit the land and do the light saber experience recently and I will share my thoughts for anyone who cares.



The Land



I found the land to be very well done but I can’t necessarily say it felt super “Star Warsy” to me. If you remove the millennium falcon it could basically be any generic sci-fi world. I guess if your a die hard fan and know what all these little very specific details are it will help to round out the experience and make it more Star Wars for you but I’m just not that person. I like the franchise but it’s not my end all be all. It almost felt like more Pandora to me. I think whichever land you see first, Star Wars or Pandora, will be more impressive. They use a lot of the same effects, like painting the rocks in the distance a lighter color to simulate distance. I will say Star Wars land definitely feels much more expansive than Pandora and uses elevation changes to great effect. Everything is very well done, but in my opinion the challenge is that your not visiting any place we’ve ever seen before. It’s a generic space port that doesn’t exist from the movies we all know and love.



The food we tried was ribs, a wrap and the chicken. The ribs and wrap were a hit and the chicken was just ok. We also tried the turkey jerky which was delicious but for $7 it was way overpriced for the little bit you get. The two drinks we tried was a tattooine sunset which was very refreshing and some other sour drink at the docking bay restaurant which we didn’t like at all. We also found the special popcorn to be disgusting. Didn’t get to try blue or green milk as line was too long.



Light saber experience



I did this just to say it tried it once even with the expensive price tag. I found this experience to be very enjoyable. It’s short enough to not be a long winded drawn out bore but long enough and intimate enough to make it special. The actress we had telling the story was great! There were people having issues with building the lightsabers, with some pieces not connecting and the cast member having to step in and break the “magic” of the experience to find replacement pieces. I found this really takes you out of the experience so hopefully your tray of pieces all work. I also felt like the explanation of how to build it wasn’t very clear. They are referring to the pieces by their name which is great if you know all the Star Wars terms, but for someone like me I had no clue. It would have been nice if the items in the tray were numbered so you knew in which order to choose pieces and which pieces were part of the same group. Overall, I really did like this though and would recommend it to someone who really wants to buy a lightsaber. If your going to spend $150 on a lightsaber in the shop, spend the extra $50 and customize your own and go for the experience. Lastly, the quality of the hilt is very nice. It has some very nice weight to it!



Millennium Falcon



Rode it three times with minimal wait. Two standby and a single rider. I have to say I was not overly impressed. I found the queue to be kind of bland. It has a nice moment where you are looking out over the falcon but the rest of it could be any space themed queue or something right out of Pandora. They also have the moment where you get to “walk around the ship” but this room is very small and basically is a photo op for the chess board that everyone wants to take so it’s get in, get your photo and get out of the way for the next person. One thing I liked was the speed at which the pre shows moved. They were very short and it was on to the next room. As far as the ride, it was just ok. I did not get off with that sense of wow and wonder like I did with Flight of Passage. The issue to me again falls to the idea that you aren’t visiting anything you know about Star Wars. The best part of the whole attraction is just walking into the cockpit of the falcon. But once the movie starts you aren’t flying anywhere or seeing anything that says Star Wars. Why not Hoth? Tattooine? Or even just a space battle with tie fighters??! The pilot is the one good position because you feel like your doing something by controlling the ship. But as gunner I just held my finger on the button and watched the screen because it makes no difference since I’m not steering the ship. I’m at the mercy of the pilot. It just wasn’t fun.



As a standard fan of the franchise and someone who will never read the comics or books and will only know the movies, there are only a few moments where I see those things I know and love. And that is the whole problem with the land in my opinion. I don’t care about this Hondo guy needing help. Who are these star wars rebels characters running around the land? Why are there only 4 stormtroopers roaming the land when in the films they would always be scouting the whole village? It’s cool to see Rey walking around and I like that the characters are roaming and not just standing photo ops.



To me the magic of the land happens when you see the Falcon or Chewbacca. And those moments are few and far between.
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Would you mind confirming if you still get a chance to do the chess room photo op as part of the single rider line?
 
EricsBiscuit

EricsBiscuit

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po1998 said:
For a $200 plastic sword, a $100 make pretend robot, and dixie cup sized overpriced drinks, they should roll out the red carpet, throw down roses, and then escort me into the land on one of those contraptions(I have no idea what they are called LOL) you see in movies that royalty would be carried in on.
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Sedia gestatoria
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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If this was my favorite scene in the series, will I like this land?

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ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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ParkPeeker said:
The exact same could be said about the other side. People don't like that others dislike galaxy's edge, it's evident in this forum.
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I don’t mind that people don’t like it. I just wish that a select few who everybody knows hates the land would give it a rest until the majority of us can actually go. “We get it, Felicia, now shut up!”

Don’t mistake impatience toward a broken record for hatred of the song being sung. Or the singer.
 
ParkPeeker

ParkPeeker

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MansionButler84 said:
I don’t mind that people don’t like it. I just wish that a select few who everybody knows hates the land would give it a rest until the majority of us can actually go. “We get it, Felicia, now shut up!”

Don’t mistake impatience toward a broken record for hatred of the song being sung. Or the singer.
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then why do people keep talking to them. literally just ignore and stop the conversation from going again and again. don't reply back, it's so simple. If it doesn't bother you, don't reply back. the only reason it keeps going is because people keep replying back to eachother.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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ParkPeeker said:
then why do people keep talking to them. literally just ignore and stop the conversation from going again and again. don't reply back, it's so simple. If it doesn't bother you, don't reply back. the only reason it keeps going is because people keep replying back to eachother.
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