News Round Up 2019

[Firebird060]

All in all for those who booked there trip to miss the GE stuff, you can think of it in 2 ways. 1 yes DHS will be packed and if you love DHS it might impact your park experience.In saying that think about the crowd levels at the other parks durring that time. I would expect you will see a less busy Magic Kingdom because of the drain for DHS, except for Party nights, this time between the Galaxy Edge Duel openings have the potential to pull down attendance at MK, people who want to go ASAP will go but the ones who want the full Experience will hold off, and your more likely to have less 1 day local guests at MK as soon as it opens.

 

[sherlockmiles]

Interesting bit from that article: "Guests planning to visit Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland park between May 31 and June 23, 2019 will need valid theme park admission and will be required to make a no-cost reservation, subject to availability, to access the land."

hummm....I think I kinda like that. Hopefully it'll manage crowds a little.

Any announcement on same type of deal for WDW?

 

[DarthGallifrey]

SWGE will open May 31st! WDW AUGUST 29th!

I'm a crazy person and booked my first trip ever for Disneyland in late Sept but now Im cautiously optimistic with WDW opening sooner than thought it might alleviate a mad rush to Disneyland. Either way, it is going to be a blast

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Parks blog post details the 2-phase opening a bit more. Seems like it IS for both parks.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...-studios/?CMP=SOC-DPFY19Q2wo0307190313190002C

ah, so that's it ... it's "due to guest demand" ... not at all about making more $, silly me

 

[JaxDad]

Nope.

Gracias! I notice the link @mollmoll4 provided says "later this year."

 

[rteetz]

DLR resort hotel guests get guaranteed access to SWGE from May 31st through June 23rd.

 

[dolewhipdreams]

Any announcement on same type of deal for WDW?

The article says no reservation will be needed for WDW, just valid theme park admission.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Interesting bit from that article: "Guests planning to visit Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland park between May 31 and June 23, 2019 will need valid theme park admission and will be required to make a no-cost reservation, subject to availability, to access the land."

ETA: also this- "Now, if you’re as excited as we are about experiencing Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, we have important information you should know before you go and begin your own Star Wars adventure in a galaxy far, far away. Please check this post later today for details."

I like that aspect - hopefully will reduce crowding inside the land ... will be interesting to see how you do that and also if there is a limit per day (I assume there must be) how upset people get if they can't get into the land

 

[fatmanatee]

Interesting bit from that article: "Guests planning to visit Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland park between May 31 and June 23, 2019 will need valid theme park admission and will be required to make a no-cost reservation, subject to availability, to access the land."

ETA: also this- "Now, if you’re as excited as we are about experiencing Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, we have important information you should know before you go and begin your own Star Wars adventure in a galaxy far, far away. Please check this post later today for details."

Smart move and the right move but again, think you'll end up with a lot of unhappy people who aren't paying attention to this (obviously not us).

 

[mcd2745]

Iger also mentioned the 3 new ships and new Caribbean island they are working on.

There was speculation the name of the first new ship may be revealed. I'm guessing that didn't happen?

 

[BigRed98]

DLR resort hotel guests get guaranteed access to SWGE from May 31st through June 23rd.

The room rate prices for those 3 resorts are going to be super high!

 

[dolewhipdreams]

Can we all just say a prayer/send good vibes to the Disney TAs out there who are probably stressed to the max and might not sleep for a few days

 

[JaxDad]

The article says no reservation will be needed for WDW, just valid theme park admission.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I think that concept is more focused to die-hard Star Wars fans who aren't necessarily Disney fans. Hypothetically they may want to be there ASAP to see what they can, then won't mind coming back to catch what wasn't open.

well, I was thinking of the Star Wars non-Disney fans who have waited 40 years to fly the Falcon who will come as soon as they can to do that, and then book a 2nd trip that they weren't necessarily planning to do for when the rest of the land opens

No I totally agree for Star Wars fans. I'm just thinking of a) cost to get down there b) vacation time available to people c) realistically what anyone is going to be able to get done with ONE ride open which includes both Star Wars fans and people down there for a Disney vacation. Admittedly this is more the case IMO with WDW because of its size. Having just visited DLR 3 days was actually too much time for us because we just found ourselves doing rides we'd already done 4 times before lol.

The reservation aspect begrudingly makes sense for DLR because of it's size, landlocked nature, and extreme AP base. Opening up 1 ride still makes it silly in my mind though lol.

 

[rteetz]

Can we all just say a prayer/send good vibes to the Disney TAs out there who are probably stressed to the max and might not sleep for a few days

There is already a wait online to book.

 

[The Pho]

DLR resort hotel guests get guaranteed access to SWGE from May 31st through June 23rd.

Damn I have a room a couple weeks later. At least I have guaranteed opening day access at World.

 

[dolewhipdreams]

How often do we get to see the videos that they share at the meetings?

 

[rteetz]

How often do we get to see the videos that they share at the meetings?

You don't

 

[rteetz]

 

[Mrs. W]

Interesting bit from that article: "Guests planning to visit Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland park between May 31 and June 23, 2019 will need valid theme park admission and will be required to make a no-cost reservation, subject to availability, to access the land."

ETA: also this- "Now, if you’re as excited as we are about experiencing Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, we have important information you should know before you go and begin your own Star Wars adventure in a galaxy far, far away. Please check this post later today for details."

I like this idea - interested to read more about it. We're going to Land in late July. I almost feel like I'd prefer if they kept the reservation system in place, unless they are that confident that the crowds will be manageable 2 months later.