New Star Wars Experience coming to Disney Parks!

[luisov]

If the falcon ride really is on a track and actually moves, I really hope that they add some real sets and props. I appreciate a good simulator, but screens are simply not the same as the real thing.

 

[Planogirl]

I'd be surprised if they go heavy simulator since they already have Star Tours. At least I assume that Star Tours will remain?

I like the look of the market and restaurant.

 

[TT77]

I'd be surprised if they go heavy simulator since they already have Star Tours. At least I assume that Star Tours will remain?

I like the look of the market and restaurant.

If Star Tours is staying in Disneyland they are going to have to move it from Tomorrowland to the North end of the park where all there other Star Wars stuff is going

 

[TT77]

I've heard more like Spider-Man than buzz.

yeah I read that too... a few posts back... then I ignored it and formed my own opinion based on what I've seen with my own eyes

 

[rteetz]

yeah I read that too... a few posts back... then I ignored it and formed my own opinion based on what I've seen with my own eyes

Because you know for sure? Even watching that with my own eyes it doesn't look like buzz.

 

[tlmadden73]

I'd be surprised if they go heavy simulator since they already have Star Tours. At least I assume that Star Tours will remain?

I like the look of the market and restaurant.

That is a good question. Could Star Tours at DisneyLand remain as is just as a Star Wars ride outside of the immersive "land"? It is just a motion simulator, so it is not like it would be hard to retheme it to anything else that would fit into Tomorrowland.

We've all been going on the assumption that Star Tours will remain in DHS since it is in the middle of where Star Wars Land will be. But will it? I mean this land will be totally new construction, not just skins thrown on top of existing buildings.

At minimum, Star Tours will get some sort of retheming/reskinning to make the exterior "fit" into the new look of the new land. And I assume the storyline will just focus on the Star Wars VII stuff (since it seems the new land is themed around the Force Awakes timeline).

And what about the Jedi Training? Will that be rethemed to have Kylo Ren as the bad guy?

A lot of fun questions that we will have to wait years to know the answers.

 

[rteetz]

Reminder Scott Trowbridge used to work for Universal and had a hand in Spider-man as well as Forbidden Journey.

 

[mcjaco]

I think they'll call the land, "A galaxy far, far, away...."

 

[lockedoutlogic]

Hmmm...really the discussion is premature. Yes - I know that's what we do here - but still.

This thread is full of comparisons to old rides...specifically midway mania and spiderman...and we're so far away from them actually building anything I think that's premature.

I hope - that we do get something innovative. Not just old rides and "really detailed rock work"

Because let's face it - they haven't even really tried to do anything interesting in Florida since Everest. They REALLY haven't. It's all copies and toned down rides to service capacity.

I hope we get something just slightly risky here...not more people movers.

Now avatar is important...because we're close (Maybe) there and I'm interested to see what they can pull off. That and uni keeps bringing the heat up the road.

The suits are going to want to sit starting in 2020 or so for a significant time and milk the cow...but by then we could see a whole new park in developement/construction up the road. And then the script is flipped again.

 

[jaxonp]

I don't know if we'll see another shooting element for Star Wars.. While it makes sense on one hand, the other hand says, park goers have two other shooting attractions.. So that's that, but it does also seem odd that we'd see two more simulators with Star Tours already there. I could definitely see a ride similar to Spiderman/Forbidden Journey because Disney hasn't done anything like that in the states and maybe the next generation of the ride is going to blow us away and make Spiderman look like Peter Pans Flight.. Time will tell, but it is interesting that the new rides being discussed draw upon things that already exists and more simulators, which is all Universals game. Will that be the road Disney chooses??

 

[Spacedog1975]

The idea of moving the Star Tours attraction seems unlikely to me. Is the cost/benefit ratio low enough just to get it connected with the rest of the land?

 

[Eoghann]

I can handle Spider-man and pretty much all other simulator rides (though I might feel a little off afterwards but it quickly fades) but it's a no way not again for simpsons ugh was sick for hours after that. Of all the simulator rides people speak of it seems simpsons comes up as the one that makes people the most sick.

I'd be very curious to know how the percentages compare between people who get motion sick from simulator rides and people who can't handle coasters.

I've never had trouble with any simulator including the Simpsons, but even 7DMT mades me queasy. I'm on the extreme end there probably as I have vertigo that kicks in at table height. But there are a lot of physical limitations for people on the bigger coasters.

 

[Eoghann]

I'd be surprised if they go heavy simulator since they already have Star Tours. At least I assume that Star Tours will remain?

I like the look of the market and restaurant.

Well Star Tours (while I love it) is pretty low tech by modern simulator standards. Even if it is a simulator, I didn't get the impression that the Falcon Ride would be Star Tours 2019. That's not how they're selling it at least.

 

[Eoghann]

That is a good question. Could Star Tours at DisneyLand remain as is just as a Star Wars ride outside of the immersive "land"? It is just a motion simulator, so it is not like it would be hard to retheme it to anything else that would fit into Tomorrowland.

We've all been going on the assumption that Star Tours will remain in DHS since it is in the middle of where Star Wars Land will be. But will it? I mean this land will be totally new construction, not just skins thrown on top of existing buildings.

At minimum, Star Tours will get some sort of retheming/reskinning to make the exterior "fit" into the new look of the new land. And I assume the storyline will just focus on the Star Wars VII stuff (since it seems the new land is themed around the Force Awakes timeline).

And what about the Jedi Training? Will that be rethemed to have Kylo Ren as the bad guy?

A lot of fun questions that we will have to wait years to know the answers.

The biggest problem with Star Tours right now is that it will blow a massive hole in their theming. The storyline of that ride basically ignores any sort of logical timeline. So if they're serious about this new area being immersive they either exclude Star Tours or redo it somehow.

 

[twebber55]

Hmmm...really the discussion is premature. Yes - I know that's what we do here - but still.

This thread is full of comparisons to old rides...specifically midway mania and spiderman...and we're so far away from them actually building anything I think that's premature.

I hope - that we do get something innovative. Not just old rides and "really detailed rock work"

Because let's face it - they haven't even really tried to do anything interesting in Florida since Everest. They REALLY haven't. It's all copies and toned down rides to service capacity.

I hope we get something just slightly risky here...not more people movers.

Now avatar is important...because we're close (Maybe) there and I'm interested to see what they can pull off. That and uni keeps bringing the heat up the road.

The suits are going to want to sit starting in 2020 or so for a significant time and milk the cow...but by then we could see a whole new park in developement/construction up the road. And then the script is flipped again.

all great points
its as if Disney has been hiding their lack of innovation with nicely themed environments, yes im looking at you NFL, and as you know im very pro avatar but this is the one thing in the back of my head i worry about, cool themed area with the land pavilion inside

 

[rteetz]

The idea of moving the Star Tours attraction seems unlikely to me. Is the cost/benefit ratio low enough just to get it connected with the rest of the land?

Star tours is staying in WDW. Now Disneyland it's likely it could eventually turn into something else.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I'd be very curious to know how the percentages compare between people who get motion sick from simulator rides and people who can't handle coasters.

I've never had trouble with any simulator including the Simpsons, but even 7DMT mades me queasy. I'm on the extreme end there probably as I have vertigo that kicks in at table height. But there are a lot of physical limitations for people on the bigger coasters.

Yeah I can't do big coasters well really it's the ones with huge drops (heck I even get nervous with Splash Mountain but it's tame enough that I can go on it), goes upside down (although The Forbidden Journey I can handle even though you get kinda close to being upside down, well more like you end up laying on your back for a split second looking up), loops, and corkscrews.

I haven't tried loops, corkscrews or being fully upside down (outside of loops and corkscrews) as I just know my limit. I have done some large drops before like the Mamba at Worlds of Fun (our local theme park) which it's highest drop is 205 feet followed by a drop of 184 feet with 5 camelback style bumps (I'd say that was the most extreme ride I have been on) and I did it a few times and didn't really enjoy myself any of those times..but I won't do it again. I've done Tower of Terror multiple times too but don't plan on doing it in the near future as I really just don't like the up and down up and down thing gets me feeling not so great.

My husband on the other hand loves the big coasters and while he'll go on the tamer rides with me it's those thrill ones he really enjoys. I do think though even with his iron stomach that the Simpsons ride got him feeling a little bit off though def.not like I was.

I also have vertigo issues but for some strange reason they don't kick in bad enough to where I won't ride it again (at least we're talking about the ones I would go on in the first place) on rides except for the Simpsons. I think it's interesting how different types of rides affect different people. I'm interested in seeing how the new Star Wars one pans out and if it will be one I can go on depending on what type of ride it ends up being.

 

[jade1]

I would guess if you picked up all the guests at MK today, and plunked them down at UNI/IOA-50% would not go on either of the new HP rides, and 75% would not touch Hulk, DC or RRR. IMO.

Way too many older folks, younger kids, parents taking kids on kid rides, and whats left many of those with Vertigo and those with motion sickness.

However, I think Star Wars is a different animal and should attract more of a thrill seeker crowd-so I hope they up the game on at least one attraction there, but I think pure coaster G Force is not gonna happen unless PH 3 or 4 includes TRON.

 

[Spacedog1975]

Star tours is staying in WDW. Now Disneyland it's likely it could eventually turn into something else.

I would definitely see repurposing that area altogether before moving the attraction. Moving the attraction in California does not seem like a viable option at all.

Given the eventual layout of (fill in name of Orlando Park here), Star Tours would just about be in Star Wars Land anyway.

 

[imaginepeace]

When I saw the Millenium Falcon clips on the Disneyland Special I immediately thought of the DisneyQuest ride, "Invasion! An ExtraTERRORestrialAlien Encounter", and Forbidden Journey. Take the individual controls for a crew, put it on a track with Hyperspace tunnels in between scenes, and Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...