A sneak peek of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge has been provided by Barron’s who spent some time touring the construction site for the upcoming land in Disneyland accompanied by executives from construction, operations, and Disney Imagineering. And they have shared some details from their visit!
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To begin, Barron’s shared that guests will enter Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland through one of three entrance points near Fantasyland, Frontierland, and Critter Country. “Short, enclosed passageways between lands are designed to compress and then expand the view of visitors, like a movie fading out and then back in, to ensure that the first sight of Galaxy’s Edge is a carefully framed, cinematic view.”
Inspiration for the design of Black Spire Outpost on the planet of Batuu comes from Imagineers’ trips to Morocco and Instanbul, and “building exteriors in Galaxy’s Edge are designed to look weathered from the first day of completion.”
Black Spires Outpost on Batuu ©Disney/Lucasfilm
In that same vein, “Visitors will see distant, petrified tree forms that were designed using trees in Southern California for inspiration.” Barron’s also shared that Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland will open “perhaps by early June,” and that all major structures are in place in Disneyland.
Oga’s Cantina
We’re all excited to have a drink in the Cantina! And Barron’s has shared that because Oga’s Cantina is a small location in keeping with theme and story, most guests will be standing to take in the atmosphere of what has previously been confirmed as the first restaurant to serve alcohol in Disneyland (though there will be a few booths).
Oga’s Cantina Concept Art ©Disney
In regards to beverages, Barron’s states: “We heard a mention of a Fuzzy Tauntaun, named for the furry snow lizards ridden in Empire Strikes Back, although it’s unclear if that’s a hypothetical drink or a planned one, and the menu is still being decided.”
Blue Milk
Blue Milk will be available to order somewhere in Galaxy’s Edge (perhaps in the marketplace or in Oga’s Cantina); and, in fact, Barron’s has shared that it will be nondairy. “It’s possible it will be sold by or near a bantha farmer, suggesting the marketplace.”
Attractions
Additional details shared regarding the attraction Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run include the story that ” Hondo Ohnaka, a pirate, has cut a deal with Chewbacca for the use of the Millennium Falcon.”
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Flights for each visit will differ, and guests will see “real-time results of their actions, such as knocking over a spire during takeoff. The flight will be different each visit. After a ride, the visitor might, say, stop at Oga’s for a drink and be told something like, ‘The boss isn’t happy about how you brought the ship back.’ “
And here’s something super cool that Barron’s shared about the second attraction, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.
Star Wars Rise of the Resistance
In regards to the AT-AT Walkers guests will see in line, they report that “Up close, these towering metal beasts do not disappoint.” The queue will include interiors of room that “the Resistance has repurposed as a base for operations against the First Order. Groups of guests might be “captured” at one point and ordered along by the enemy, before making their escape aboard a trackless troop transport.”
Merchandise Locations
Barron’s also shared information regarding merchandise locations which will include a shop presided over by Dok-Ondar, whom Cast Members may be able to interact with. The outdoor market will also resemble an bazaar, and a “pod-racing engine, perhaps at the market, will be used to roast meat.” And one shop will feature customizable droids.
Dok-Ondar
The piece by Barron’s also states that “For Galaxy’s Edge, Imagineers have worked with filmmakers, chefs, and merchandise executives to take adherence to storytelling to new levels for a Disney park attraction.”
And let’s face it: THAT’S saying something! The year Disney fans and Star Wars fans have been waiting for is HERE… Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens this summer in Disneyland, and this fall in Disney’s Hollywood Studios!
Source: Barron’s
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Every time I read about how your experience on the Millennium Falcon ride will affect how characters interact with you in the park, I get more anxious than excited. If my wife and I are going to be seated with four strangers, then am I going to be stuck having characters give me a hard time the rest of the day because we got saddled with a bunch of guys who don’t care about playing the game? For that matter, I don’t want to be the guy who messes things up for someone else. I don’t even want to get excited about going on the ride, only to be saddled with a family who promised one kid they could be the pilot and another they could be the gunner. The rest of the park seems pretty exciting, but this aspect of Smuggler’s Run just makes this introvert anxious.
Hey Andrew I’m anxious too, not because I’m not a trained pilot, but because I want to experience this attraction but get motion sick fairly easily. I can barely get through Avatar Flight of Passage.
Will the Star Wars Hotel have villas or just guest rooms?
Darcy, we haven’t heard those details yet!
Andrew, when things open next fall, you can bet we’ll try everything and give some feedback and reviews on DFB. Hopefully it won’t be as anxiety-producing as it seems!.
I hope they have some decent food at Disneyland’s Galaxy Edge. A nice counter service place with a lot of seating would be nice.
Time will tell, but smugglers run ride vehicle, as pitchured, does not have much of a forward view, unlike FOP! It appears to be more in kind to the current star tours ride………..Hmmmmmm.
I am horrified that they are breaking Walt Disney’s cardinal rule of NO ALCOHOL SERVED AT DISNEYLAND!!! It is bad enough that they have it at California Adventure and Disney World… We do not need people drinking at Disneyland… can’t they spend one day enjoying the park without alcohol. Don’t Do It!!!
Hasn’t alcohol always been served at Club 33? So it’s OK to let the “privileged” enjoy a drink but not the “common people” who are only shelling out $100-plus per day to enter the park? Times change. And at the price Disney charges for alcohol, I don’t see roving bands of drunk people marauding through the park after spending a booze-soaked day at the cantina. The over-reaction to alcohol always amuses me. I’m looking forward to visiting the new land and enjoying a frosty adult beverage at Oga’s. Those who don’t wish to partake don’t have to order a drink. Just please don’t lecture those of us who do. Cheers!
I think the impact of the alcohol served will be pretty minimal. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought I had remembered reading that any alcohol purchased at the Cantina will need to be consumed within the Cantina, and will not be allowed to be brought outside of it. Not a super big deal. Magic Kingdom has instituted the beer and wine at sit-down restaurants and there’s been no adverse effect from it.
We have attended the Food & Wine Fest at Epcot in Florida for many years and have yet to see anyone drunk. The drinks are too expensive to buy a lot of them. So, alcohol in the parks is really ok.