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News Walt Disney World's Character meet locations to reopen along with more shows and entertainment
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Fox&Hound
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Ughhhh just bulldoze this building already. Agree with the other posters that they were foolish to make Galaxy's Edge time specific, especially when most guests don't care. I did read somewhere a genius idea, where they take Jan-April and make GE themed to the prequel trilogies, May-Sept for the original, and Oct-Dec for the new movies. It would mean swapping out some characters and changing the style of ships but if they insist on keeping it time specific (foolish), this is a good way around that.
While it seems very likely they could change Rise to the OT timeline I do not see how it could be set in the prequels (the stormtroopers, or should I say clone troopers, are the good guys, you would need to change all of them out for battle droids, there is no masked dark side user, and with the clone army and Jedi no reason civilians need to volunteer for military service.)
pantalones79
New Member
Which is a shame for the three people who would want the land to be set during the prequel trilogy.
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
There isn’t enough reason to lock in a specific timeline for galaxy’s edge. Doing so was incredibly shortsighted and completely unnecessary.
Look no further than Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. The ride is technically set after the events of the first movie, but you have full size adult Groot in the attraction because that’s what fans want.
One of the biggest issues with any theme park land anywhere, is when creators come in after the fact and add to it. It is very difficult to do without theme dilution, and further restricting a theme by setting it in a specific timeline makes it that much tougher to modify.
Look no further than Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. The ride is technically set after the events of the first movie, but you have full size adult Groot in the attraction because that’s what fans want.
One of the biggest issues with any theme park land anywhere, is when creators come in after the fact and add to it. It is very difficult to do without theme dilution, and further restricting a theme by setting it in a specific timeline makes it that much tougher to modify.
MagicHappens1971
Well-Known Member
The ride is technically not set after the first film. All Marvel theme park attractions exist outside of the MCU. Which actually in a way solves the problems you've mentioned, allowing them to do whatever they want.
Anteater
Well-Known Member
Every time I ask my oldest DS to explain the movies, this comes up.
Makes trying to follow the MCU movies frustrating for someone not in-the-know and trying to catch up. I've given up!GE looks star warsy. Kinda like waking up and mis-remembering the OG trilogy. I know I should recognize that. But, somehow, I don't. RoTR looks great and the walk through to the ride is amazing. But, too many shops and not enough experiences for me.
Only other analogy I can think of is The Moopets; they look familiar, but "off".
FutureCEO
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We did this the other week.....is this the characters or digital fill ins of characters like it was the other week?
This is the return of the real characters.
More at
Disney Visa Cardmember character meet and greet returns to EPCOT
Disney Visa cardmembers once again have access to an exclusive meet and greet at EPCOT.
www.wdwmagic.com
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Correct. That’s been the case. It’s clunky, almost as though they are trying to force lands onto Future World.
Are you typically able to bring guests with you? Say I go with my family of 8, can we all get pictures?
Yep
Patcheslee
Well-Known Member
Fine print on card benefits says maximum 6 people per card member.
RememberWhen
Well-Known Member
But they’re usually pretty reasonable if there isn’t a huge line. We’ve done groups of more than 6 without a problem. But we did one group picture and one of the characters and little kids. Not a bunch of individual pictures.
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