Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

[MisterPenguin]

They already seem to be a few pages back.

Maybe SWL phase two will balance things out.

 

[marni1971]

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Not for quite a while.

 

[Little Green Men]

Not for quite a while.

@TP2000 says it won't happen

 

[TP2000]

@TP2000 says it won't happen

Not quite. I said it won’t happen in the berm between Star Wars Land and Midway Mania. If that small area of berm is for Phase Two, then Phase Two will be a tiny spinner and a churro cart,

Where a real Phase Two would be much more likely to happen is the much larger space beyond the Falcon ride, where there are cheap back of house support buildings on both coasts. That’s also where Miceage said the expansion pad is back in 2015.

 

[marni1971]

Not quite. I said it won’t happen in the berm between Star Wars Land and Midway Mania. If that small area of berm is for Phase Two, then Phase Two will be a tiny spinner and a churro cart,

Where a real Phase Two would be much more likely to happen is the much larger space beyond the Falcon ride, where there are cheap back of house support buildings on both coasts. That’s also where Miceage said the expansion pad is back in 2015.

That berm is a lot bigger than it seems. When phase one is complete the berm area will still be greater than the space Alcatraz uses. For example.

 

[Little Green Men]

Welp, Martin has spoken!

 

[GoofGoof]

Not quite. I said it won’t happen in the berm between Star Wars Land and Midway Mania. If that small area of berm is for Phase Two, then Phase Two will be a tiny spinner and a churro cart,

Where a real Phase Two would be much more likely to happen is the much larger space beyond the Falcon ride, where there are cheap back of house support buildings on both coasts. That’s also where Miceage said the expansion pad is back in 2015.

That berm is a lot bigger than it seems. When phase one is complete the berm area will still be greater than the space Alcatraz uses. For example.

So what I’m hearing is enough room for phase 2 and phase 3 I just have to hope to live that long

 

[bclane]

I’m still holding out hope that they skip those expansion pads and build a whole differnt planet based land in a different park.

 

[GoofGoof]

I’m still holding out hope that they skip those expansion pads and build a whole differnt planet based land in a different park.

Maybe as one of the anchor lands of a 5th gate

I also think repurposing blizzard beach to Hoth is a no brainer

 

[bclane]

Maybe as one of the anchor lands of a 5th gate

I also think repurposing blizzard beach to Hoth is a no brainer

I like the way you think!

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Actually I think BB is fine as it is. But I still think the possibility of an entire park based off of SW is possible. They could just be using SWGE to test the waters.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Maybe as one of the anchor lands of a 5th gate

I also think repurposing blizzard beach to Hoth is a no brainer

I kept waiting for the Frozen overlay but thumbs up for Hoth.

 

[Mike S]

WDI’s goal here seems to be going far above and beyond what they’ve done before in terms of immersion. I’d like to see how far they take it. There’s nothing stating classic Star Wars characters that wouldn’t fit in the land’s canon of taking place in the new trilogy absolutely won’t appear anywhere else. I bet they’ll appear somewhere in the park. No way Disney stops using Darth Vader completely.

After being disappointed by TLJ though I do wish this was based on the original trilogy instead. It’s not like the rides currently being built would’ve needed drastic changes anyway. Swap the First Order and Resistance for the Rebels and Empire in Alcatraz and include Han Solo somehow in the Falcon maybe yelling at you for taking the ship or something. There, done. Also, how cool would have been to have a Darth Vader AA in Alcatraz pulling you towards him with the force and igniting his lightsaber? Ooooooooooooh man...

 

[TiggerDad]

I don't know about at the moment, but they definitely did for Star Wars Weekends in the past. I just can't imagine them not continuing them as they will be such people-eaters.

I didn't realize Zac Efron was in Star Wars.

 

[AEfx]

I didn't realize Zac Efron was in Star Wars.

You just simultaneously made me cringe, laugh, and throw up at the thought, LOL.

All joking aside - Disney casting did a pretty good job there, he looks like he is Luke Skywalker's older, slightly better looking brother.

 

[jbolen2]

That berm is a lot bigger than it seems. When phase one is complete the berm area will still be greater than the space Alcatraz uses. For example.

With the wait times Pandora is pulling in, I just don’t see how twdc can’t see that 2 rides is not gonna be enough to offset the demand that will come with this. It just seems they are cutting themselves short on a franchise that has a huge following\potential if they went above and beyond.

 

[GladToBeHear]

With the wait times Pandora is pulling in, I just don’t see how twdc can’t see that 2 rides is not gonna be enough to offset the demand that will come with this. It just seems they are cutting themselves short on a franchise that has a huge following\potential if they went above and beyond.

I've thought about this a good bit as well. It's simply not going to be enough. This place is going to be CRAZY popular. And it's going to be miserable to get into -- let alone move around and see things, ride rides, eat, shop, etc. Are there plans to hold guests at the two entrances in a long queue? Surely, TWDC understands how popular this is going to be. And I keep thinking about how many years I'm going to need to wait to actually make a trip down there so I can enjoy it.

 

[danlb_2000]

WDI’s goal here seems to be going far above and beyond what they’ve done before in terms of immersion. I’d like to see how far they take it. There’s nothing stating classic Star Wars characters that wouldn’t fit in the land’s canon of taking place in the new trilogy absolutely won’t appear anywhere else. I bet they’ll appear somewhere in the park. No way Disney stops using Darth Vader completely.

After being disappointed by TLJ though I do wish this was based on the original trilogy instead. It’s not like the rides currently being built would’ve needed drastic changes anyway. Swap the First Order and Resistance for the Rebels and Empire in Alcatraz and include Han Solo somehow in the Falcon maybe yelling at you for taking the ship or something. There, done. Also, how cool would have been to have a Darth Vader AA in Alcatraz pulling you towards him with the force and igniting his lightsaber? Ooooooooooooh man...

I think the immersion will end up being much less then it starts out as.

 

[twebber55]

I've thought about this a good bit as well. It's simply not going to be enough. This place is going to be CRAZY popular. And it's going to be miserable to get into -- let alone move around and see things, ride rides, eat, shop, etc. Are there plans to hold guests at the two entrances in a long queue? Surely, TWDC understands how popular this is going to be. And I keep thinking about how many years I'm going to need to wait to actually make a trip down there so I can enjoy it.

not that this solves the problem but im sure you ll have to choose 1 FP of the Star wars rides and then two for the rest of the park just like at DAK with Pandora

 

[EricsBiscuit]

I'm starting to realize that total immersion is impossible without one of two things: incredible imagination by the person visiting the park, or total control of the situation by the theme park operator (I.e. Currency, food, phone usage etc.).