Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge News - Updated 2/28/19

[Twilight Sparkle]

I am so ready for this to open! Thanks for all the photos and videos.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

First takes:

Doesn't it look "jumbled"? Like too much going on in the space?

...that's Disneyland...I think they might have erred with the shoehorn.

It looks "prequel Esque"...does it not? The architecture...

The battle cars look a tad too much like star tours...but they have to be easy and serviceable...the problem with trackless. The actual stuff going on outside the car will make or break that ride.

Need a gravity ride...more sure of it now than ever...

How about tron with a Wookiee painted on it?

 

[rteetz]

The actually stuff going on outside the car will make or break that ride.

That is the truth.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

The more I look at the model the more I think that is a lot of work for 2 years since DHS went vertical not that long ago. A real lot of work at WDW's typical pace. Even worse, a real lot of rock work.

Thought the same thing...way more to be constructed than I thought...

I don't see the target date. They don't go into these wholeheartedly...

To be fair...Disneyland 9 months ago was way ahead of the curve form what I can tell...they stuck it in full view next to overpasses

 

[Redo Epcot]

I think they will make the timeframe. Both attractions have gone vertical and it seems like they have done other stuff offsite like ride vehicles and other things since they have those models at D23. Most of the buildings seen in the model are either shops or restaurants so those shouldn't take too long to build the only thing I see them struggling with in regards to the timeframe are rockwork and tech for what should be WDW first trackless ride and a new simulator

 

[rteetz]

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Upon further review...it's all force awakens and Star Wars rebels references...with some pretty veiled ties to the originals...

It's all the "disney" Star Wars stuff...
...who says Bob doesn't have an ego, eh?

 

[rteetz]

I think they will make the timeframe. Both attractions have gone vertical and it seems like they have done other stuff offsite like ride vehicles and other things since they have those models at D23. Most of the buildings seen in the model are either shops or restaurants so those shouldn't take too long to build the only thing I see them struggling with in regards to the timeframe are rockwork and tech for what should be WDW first trackless ride and a new simulator

In WDW, only the battle ride is vertical ride now. Both are vertical in DL.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I think they will make the timeframe. Both attractions have gone vertical and it seems like they have done other stuff offsite like ride vehicles and other things since they have those models at D23. Most of the buildings seen in the model are either shops or restaurants so those shouldn't take too long to build the only thing I see them struggling with in regards to the timeframe are rockwork and tech for what should be WDW first trackless ride and a new simulator

The rides aren't gonna be a problem...trackless has been well established (and paid for) in the Asian parks...the sim is gonna be
Very similar to Harry Potter, avatar, Spider-Man...established tech.

It's the rock work that's gonna be the problem...they might have to scale it down to get it in 2 years.

 

[rteetz]

It's the rock work that's gonna be the problem...they might have to scale it down to get it in 2 years.

I don't think so. They did it well with pandora and carsland.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

I don't think so. They did it well with pandora and carsland.

In about double the time...this doesn't appear to even get rolling till January or so in Orlando.

 

[Redo Epcot]

In WDW, only the battle ride is vertical ride now. Both are vertical in DL.

I thought I saw a picture yesterday that the falcon ride had begun vertical construction I knew the foundation and everything was poured I guess I was looking at something else then

 

[rteetz]

 

[rteetz]

I thought I saw a picture yesterday that the falcon ride had begun vertical construction I knew the foundation and everything was poured I guess I was looking at something else then

The foundation isn't done yet. It is very a sophisticated foundation. There is a utility structure going behind the falcon ride that you might have mistaken for vertical construction of falcon.

 

[rteetz]

In about double the time...this doesn't appear to even get rolling till January or so in Orlando.

Not really. We are looking at April 2016 to late 2019. Roughly 40 months. Pandora was Jan 2014 - May 2017. Roughly the same.

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

What will happen to all the SW areas that are already at DHS? Will these be rebuilt or relocated in the new land or will they remain where they are? I'm bad at visual spatial thinking, so I can't picture in my head how close all of the existing stuff is to the new land.

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Not really. We are looking at April 2016 to late 2019. Roughly 40 months. Pandora was Jan 2014 - May 2017. Roughly the same.

I meant the rock work...

The floating mountains were hard in DAK...but the tight quarters in mgm are gonna make this hard to build.

RSR has a lot of Rock work...but it's kinda out in the open.

 

[Redo Epcot]

What will happen to all the SW areas that are already at DHS? Will these be rebuilt or relocated in the new land or will they remain where they are? I'm bad at visual spatial thinking, so I can't picture in my head how close all of the existing stuff is to the new land.

Most of it will probably get rethemed or completely redone after SWL opens as they won't need everything else and to keep the land a fully emersive experience they can't relocate anything

 

[lockedoutlogic]

What will happen to all the SW areas that are already at DHS? Will these be rebuilt or relocated in the new land or will they remain where they are? I'm bad at visual spatial thinking, so I can't picture in my head how close all of the existing stuff is to the new land.

Nobody knows...I hope they are phased out or replaced by another theme/attraction...

And I really hope they follow the Potter mode and build a phase 2

 

[Twilight Sparkle]

Nobody knows...I hope they are phased out or replaced by another theme/attraction...

And I really hope they follow the Potter mode and build a phase 2

Phase 2 would be fabulous! I can see boarding a "spaceship" and then hyperdriving over to the other land. That would be the best!

As much as I would hate to lose Star Tours, I agree with phasing them out just because it would seem weird to have this beautiful, all-inclusive land and then have bits and pieces of other SW stuff scattered around the old part of the park. I like things to make sense.