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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge (Disneyland)
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- Feb 15, 2012
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Supposedly, one of the restaurants will not be fully operational (see what I did there), and entertainment, shows, streetmosphere will be slim to none. I've been told there are big entertainment plans coming but resources are currently being used to develop Marvel Land's entertainment for 2020.
Well, I always said everyone expecting this awesome cosplay where bounty hunters would be after you because you did SO WELL on the Falcon ride was rubbish. Looks like Disney has bailed on that too. Big surprise.
If they don't have entertainment & streetsmosphere when it opens, that will be a big miss, like it was, and still is, with Pandora. That's the product that separates very good lands from great lands. They need that stuff to be all that it can be.
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I was told no streetmosphere or shows. Pandora does have that drumming show and now a walk around.
Big miss then. That's one of the reasons Pandora fall short of Diagon, since it's entertainment & streetsmosphere is sparse & lackluster.
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I hope storm trooper squads that patrol the area are the actual enforcers to make sure you leave when your times up and what not :grin:
Talk about immersive security haha
Talk about immersive security haha
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First impressions are already out from cast members who’ve tested the past couple weeks (check Magic), but hopefully we get some CMs sharing photos online.
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Stunning. Wow.
Lets say one doesn't want to go to WDWM, what's the Reader's Digest of it?
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Here’s what bshah365 had to say about Smugglers Run on the WDWM Galaxy’s Edge @ DL thread:
I've had two friends go on the falcon separately and report their entire experience back. Their opinions were surprisingly almost identical so I'm confident in their explanations.
**Please note that these are not my reportings. Spoilers ahead**
LAND/QUEUE:
-The Falcon outside is MASSIVE. The scale of everything is so large it will make you feel like an ant.
-The queue is very impressive. Multi leveled, tons of props to look at.. but isn't physically interactive at all. I'm guessing the Play Disney Parks app will be heavily relied on.
-There is only 1 Hondo preshow room (this seems so cost effective and inefficient to me personally). For efficiency, the room is divided into 2. This 1 room holds a large amount of people and feeds two separate falcon interiors. When the preshow ends, both sides dump out into 2 separate chess rooms.
(this seems interesting... you being in a room full of guests and only seeing your half of the room in the actual falcon... where did the others go?)
-Grouping happens before you enter the chess room
-Every single person is assigned a colored card with a number and a cockpit position on it.
-The chess room is free roam and you will see other groups waiting as well.
RIDE:
-The ride is actually pretty long.. about 5 min is what the cm felt like it was.
-Everyone starts out with $3000. Every time you fire or bang into something, it costs money. At the end, Hondo will tally your score and let you know how much money you have left/if you did good/bad. This group had $300 left and Hondo was not happy.
-PILOT: This position is reported to be the most fun and the most challenging. One pilot controls left/right movement while the other controls up/down. Up/Down is harder and has more game play. There were some small moments with little to do for the left/right pilot. Not only is this position the hardest but you get perfect viewing (front row seats) to the entire show. Adults felt stressed and challenged by this position, can't wait to see how little Timmy handles the attraction.
GUNNER: None of my friends have yet to experience this position but they said the individuals in those seats were having a blast!
ENGINEER: Ok.... where do I begin... So this position will actually be the least favored of the three, but not for the reasons we think. The tasks are actually cool and a lot of fun BUT its very difficult to see the screen/understand what is going on. I don't think the seats are elevated, therefore, you're basically getting the worst seat in the house. I also heard that the projection is not very bright which really did not help the back row at all. The Falcon window is already hard to see out of normally, so sitting in the back wasn't too fulfilling.
DOWNTIMES: The ride actually has a tech difficulty during a friends preview.. the cockpit screen shuts off and turns blank, motion stops, and you just sit and wait for a CM to open your door. They got to re-ride.
EMPTY SEATS: If your cockpit has empty seats, the ride system will know and disregard them.
EXIT: You exit out a different hallway than what you entered but it looks identical.
CMs did not notice any hallway changes as they exited like stated at the Chicago convention.
