Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[Ignohippo]

The concept art is for both DL and WDW. So if the 2nd ride is just a retheme of Star Tours are they planning to move the entire attraction at DL? It's not where the rest of SW land is going. I find it hard to believe that they would design the entire SW land for both parks just to fit a few existing buildings in DHS and save a few bucks on demo and rebuilding. I gues we'll have to wait until 2017ish at least when they break ground to find out if it's true.

I was told, without question, that the DHS and DL would be somewhat the same, but not exactly and that the concept art shown was for WDW's version, not Anaheim's. The new construction will most likely be exactly the same, as will the general layout, but they will not be exact carbon copies.

I can only speculate that their wording (if they said that, honestly, I haven't watched the announcement) is because the non-fanboi SW/Disney geek will not be able to tell much of a difference.

I have absolutely zero/nada/zilch/no idea what is going on with Star Tours or the details of the two new attractions or if they'll both be brand new or not. It's frustrating, but there was no info shared about them and I wasn't going to press.

 

[Ignohippo]

I know this has to do with reducing the CapEx money being spread out over many years, but when the CapEx expenditure is at historic lows, (back me up on this @ParentsOf4), you would think they could build a little quicker. I think this announcement was just to shut up fans who kept asking when Disney will build their Star Wars land. A 2017 start seems to indicate a 2020 opening date if there current schedule is followed. Another project that is announced 5-years before completion.

Unfortunately, from a corporate level, there's no reason to have it come out any sooner. All of these additions are paced out because they see no added benefit in opening two additions at one time.

 

[Nubs70]

I know 14 acres is the biggest ever single themed land expansion ever, but do you think if Disneyland didn't get Star Wars land we would have gotten a bigger land at DHS. Specially since Disneyland is so land restricted we could have gotten a bigger themed area of Star Wars at DHS since that is not land restricted.

I think we will all be suprised when, of the 14 acres, 13 are parking lot with themed lightpoles.

 

[cttaylor]

It's an interesting question, but 14 acres is pretty big, not sure if they would have gone even bigger. Now if that has been a 4 or 5 acre expansion then I would say they were restricting it to the space available at DL.

True if it was like 4 to 5 acres then we would definitely know if it was because of space issues. 14 acres is big, but I still wonder if they could have made it a little bigger like 20 acres if they didn't make them duplicates. I'm okay with 14 acres though.

 

[Ignohippo]

It really is ... it is only you who is stating that ... how many sources have you got ...are they Orlando based, Glendale based or Burbank based. Basically is your source Scott Towbridge ... if it ain't I ain't buying what your selling.

That's completely your prerogative, my friend. As I always have, I'm just sharing the info I was given. All of the details will come out sooner or later.

As for conferring with the other sources here, I can't and won't speak for anyone else.

 

[lazyboy97o]

But how about this?

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"A wretched hive of scum and villainy." Tattooine is a place every who comes in contact with it wants to escape. It is not supposed tone a fun place.

I should say that I'm not a big Star Wars fan and I think the concept art looks awesome. But as a Potter fan, if Universal had decided to invent a new all encompassing "magical" place, I would have been livid.

The Wizarding World is a few rather well defined locations. Star Wars is a lot of barely developed places with those revisited done so more out of cheapness and lack of creativity. People love to talk about the Mos Eisley Cantina, but without the inhabitants it is a lot of mostly blank walls. An authentic Tattooine would be a lot of bare stucco, and none of the ornament and dressing seen in the Morocco Pavilion. Star Wars features very few shots that actually shows human scale architecture and interiors, which in most cases are more rather blank walls.

 

[Hula Popper]

Yes, despite this all of this....

and this...
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/tickets/

the average WDW guest doesn't know what the Magic Kingdom is. Malarkey.

Have never spoken to a single person at WDW or who has gone to WDW who didn't know the "Magic Kingdom" referred to the original/castle park and that WDW world referred to the entirety of Disney-Orlando. To the extent there are any, those are the actual 0.01%, not the other way around.

 

[Crazydisneyfanluke]

Yes, despite this all of this....



and this...
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/tickets/

the average WDW guest doesn't know what the Magic Kingdom is. Malarkey.

Have never spoken to a single person at WDW or who has gone to WDW who didn't know the "Magic Kingdom" referred to the original/castle park and that WDW world referred to the entirety of Disney-Orlando. To the extent there are any, those are the actual 0.01%, not the other way around.

Most people i know call MK. Disney and call the other parks by their names.

 

[Cesar R M]

Set up a poll. "Tatooine or the concept art released at D23." I bet you any amount of money that the concept art wins.

This would be the worst theme park land of all time.

are you even trying??

Tatooine:

 

[ToTBellHop]

I was told, without question, that the DHS and DL would be somewhat the same, but not exactly and that the concept art shown was for WDW's version, not Anaheim's. The new construction will most likely be exactly the same, as will the general layout, but they will not be exact carbon copies.

I can only speculate that their wording (if they said that, honestly, I haven't watched the announcement) is because the non-fanboi SW/Disney geek will not be able to tell much of a difference.

I have absolutely zero/nada/zilch/no idea what is going on with Star Tours or the details of the two new attractions or if they'll both be brand new or not. It's frustrating, but there was no info shared about them and I wasn't going to press.

Well, for example, you identified the entrance to Star Tours. Presumably that wouldn't exist in the DL version. The whole building on the right wouldn't.

 

[Cesar R M]

I would say that Potter is far more linked to certain places (Hogswarts, Diagon Alley, etc.) than SW. There are certainly iconic planets and settings, but there is an entire galaxy to explore in SW!

but most planets are barely visited thoroughly.. in some we only see one city or at most a small area.
In others, just a " fly by" or a small battle.
They have not much " iconic " in them.
Hogwarts and Diagon are pivotal, same as the Weasley's house, Harry's house and the Ministry of Magic.

 

[Cesar R M]

Yes, despite this all of this....

and this...
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/tickets/

the average WDW guest doesn't know what the Magic Kingdom is. Malarkey.

Have never spoken to a single person at WDW or who has gone to WDW who didn't know the "Magic Kingdom" referred to the original/castle park and that WDW world referred to the entirety of Disney-Orlando. To the extent there are any, those are the actual 0.01%, not the other way around.

Well, to be honest, the majority also confuse Disneyland with Disneyworld, at least in my country.
Most do not know that theres more than one park.

 

[Ignohippo]

Well, for example, you identified the entrance to Star Tours. Presumably that wouldn't exist in the DL version.

I have no idea about the fate of either version of Star Tours. I only know where the current Star Tours building appears on the concept art (which is WDW's version of the expansion).

Contrary to what may or may not have been said in the presentation, they will not be identical (new construction will be, but the rest will be similar but not identical).

I agree completely that it would be ridiculous for the SW expansion to be in one area of DL and Star Tours to be in a completely area of the park, but I have no idea what they plan to do to rectify it, if anything.

It is purely speculation, but it would seem that the DL version would cease to exist, or be moved, but I have no idea.

That's a frightening preposition when you think about it. If the Anaheim version is expendable, then the WDW certainly would be as well (which lends credence to the concern that one of the new attractions may just be a re-purposed Star Tours – ouch). I can't see them spending the money to relocate the DL version to a different area of the park.

Of course it's also possible that WDW could keep it but Anaheim's would go bye-bye.

 

[planodisney]

If you've ever been to Carsland at DCA and see how huge it is, and then realize it is 12 acres, then you will understand how massive 14 acres will be. Even just an extra 2 acres would be a huge show building.

 

[odmichael]

lucas based jar jar binks on michael jackson

Actually Michael wanted to take on the role. But it wasn't based on him. Of course Michael would not have needed CGI...

 

[Bairstow]

I'm sick to absolute death of Tatooine.
I was groaning every time the dumb place kept on coming up in the prequel movies.
Can't tell you how happy I was to see that the Disney parks concept art depicts someplace interesting and different.

Here's to hoping the desert planet shown in the new movie's trailer is someplace different that just happens to look like Tunisia.

 

[SirLink]

That's completely your prerogative, my friend. As I always have, I'm just sharing the info I was given. All of the details will come out sooner or later.

As for conferring with the other sources here, I can't and won't speak for anyone else.

So what your saying is you only have one source ... they may of given you bad information to plug the leaks. You can't just put out all the info you are given either, if you can't verify if it is true or false.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I have no idea about the fate of either version of Star Tours. I only know where the current Star Tours building appears on the concept art (which is WDW's version of the expansion).

Contrary to what may or may not have been said in the presentation, they will not be identical (new construction will be, but the rest will be similar but not identical).

I agree completely that it would be ridiculous for the SW expansion to be in one area of DL and Star Tours to be in a completely area of the park, but I have no idea what they plan to do to rectify it, if anything.

It is purely speculation, but it would seem that the DL version would cease to exist, or be moved, but I have no idea.

That's a frightening preposition when you think about it. If the Anaheim version is expendable, then the WDW certainly would be as well (which lends credence to the concern that one of the new attractions may just be a re-purposed Star Tours – ouch). I can't see them spending the money to relocate the DL version to a different area of the park.

Of course it's also possible that WDW could keep it but Anaheim's would go bye-bye.

The only way that would happen in my mind is if DL's gets rethemed. And my money is on that. It seems an unnecessary expense to demo it in Tomorrowland when they already have a big project in the park and a Marvel E coming to DCA. It's not like they could rip out the Star Tours machinery and just leave that building empty in Tomorrowland.

 

[Smiddimizer]

Doesn't anyone else think they were emphasizing passenger *control* of the Milennium Falcon for this new ride? Ie technology that surpasses Star Tours?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Doesn't anyone else think they were emphasizing passenger *control* of the Milennium Falcon for this new ride? Ie technology that surpasses Star Tours?

My imagination goes to Mission Space without centrifuges.