# first pics of "star wars land" at disneyland ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 31, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808 "2019-05-31T06:23:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/1 "2019-05-31T06:23:51Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/32-photos-inside-disneylands-astonishing-new-star-wars-galaxys-edge-land/ss-AAC6L6W?li=BBnb4R7](https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/32-photos-inside-disneylands-astonishing-new-star-wars-galaxys-edge-land/ss-AAC6L6W?li=BBnb4R7) the ride sounds like the ultimate cross of video game/theme park ride but this thing screams “spend ya money here suckers” if they don’t make their ney back in a year or two somethings wrong somewhere … I’ve never seen anything well so commercial at a theme park… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/2 "2019-05-31T06:58:26Z")
It’s really just a variation on _Wizarding World of Harry Potter_ at Universal. So if you like that, you’ll like this, assuming you’re a fan of the franchises in question. There are more features to come that aren’t ready yet. I’m not a theme park person, I’ve never been to one due to lack of proximity, so though it looks cool in many ways, I don’t know if I’d enjoy it much. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/3 "2019-05-31T14:03:37Z")
I hear it’s quite cool, especially if you’re a Star Wars geek. (I have a friend who was there last weekend as part of the Lucasfilm/Skywalker Sound early preview, and that was his assessment) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/4 "2019-05-31T14:09:31Z")
I _so_ want to build my own lightsaber. We’ll be there when they offer a night-time special. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/5 "2019-05-31T14:11:24Z")
Looks like 2 of the “experiences” are a droid building factory (build your own 12” remote control R2), and a lightsaber building shop. The droid will set you back $100. The lightsaber $200. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/6 "2019-05-31T14:12:13Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > [MSN](https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/32-photos-inside-disneylands-astonishing-new-star-wars-galaxys-edge-land/ss-AAC6L6W?li=BBnb4R7) > > the ride sounds like the ultimate cross of video game/theme park ride but this thing screams “spend ya money here suckers” if they don’t make their ney back in a year or two somethings wrong somewhere … I’ve never seen anything well so commercial at a theme park… It’s actually called “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge” and not “Star Wars Land”. Pedantic I know, but as a theme park enthusiast, it drives me nuts when people don’t call the lands by their proper names. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/7 "2019-05-31T14:23:56Z")
I’m pretty sure it will be “Horrifying Crush of Humanity Land” for about the next five years. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/8 "2019-05-31T14:24:55Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I _so_ want to build my own lightsaber. We’ll be there when they offer a night-time special. FYI, you actually get a kyber crystal (with a LED light) to put into the lightsaber. They also have some kind of droid-building kits where you can get different personality chips to put into them. (buddy bought a bunch of this stuff to make with his daughter and showed us pictures of it) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/9 "2019-05-31T14:25:47Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > I’ve never seen anything well so commercial at a theme park… …It’s **Disney** land. What else would it be? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/10 "2019-05-31T14:37:23Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > I’m pretty sure it will be “Horrifying Crush of Humanity Land” for about the next five years. Yeah. I’m right in the “Star Wars nerd” target for this (see my user name 🙂 ), but I’m not a fan of big crowds. While I’d like to go to this (or the one at Disney World), I won’t go any time soon. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/11 "2019-05-31T15:30:06Z")
There were 6+ hour waits just to get into World of Avatar when it came out here. Six hours. FOR AVATAR. I absolutely cannot imagine what it’s going to be like when it opens down here. I would LOVE to go, but I’m not planning on walking in there for a good 6 months after it opens. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/12 "2019-05-31T15:35:32Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > There were 6+ hour waits just to get into World of Avatar when it came out here. Six hours. FOR AVATAR. > > I absolutely cannot imagine what it’s going to be like when it opens down here. I would LOVE to go, but I’m not planning on walking in there for a good 6 months after it opens. Hell, two years later and Flights of Passage still has regular 3 hour lines. I just got back from Disney World and the Pandora section of Animal Kingdom is so well done! If Galaxy’s Edge is anywhere close (and I’m sure it will be) then I can see it being years before it is died down enough to make it doable. My family is not really interested in Star Wars so maybe I can sneak in a visit to the park by myself for 2 or 3 days. That way it will only cost an arm instead of an arm and a leg.😛 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/13 "2019-05-31T15:59:25Z")
[L.A. Times story.](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-star-wars-galaxys-edge-disneyland-review-20190531-story.html) Includes a full walk-through of the light-saber build. Now I _really_ want one! ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/14 "2019-05-31T16:10:36Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > … I’ve never seen anything well so commercial at a theme park… What do you think a theme park _ **IS** _? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/15 "2019-06-01T11:13:24Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > Hell, two years later and Flights of Passage still has regular 3 hour lines. > > I just got back from Disney World and the Pandora section of Animal Kingdom is so well done! If Galaxy’s Edge is anywhere close (and I’m sure it will be) then I can see it being years before it is died down enough to make it doable. My family is not really interested in Star Wars so maybe I can sneak in a visit to the park by myself for 2 or 3 days. That way it will only cost an arm instead of an arm and a leg.😛 Flights of Passage is an amazing ride. The best one in all of Disney in my opinion > [@GuanoLad](#): > > It’s really just a variation on _Wizarding World of Harry Potter_ at Universal. So if you like that, you’ll like this, assuming you’re a fan of the franchises in question. > > There are more features to come that aren’t ready yet. > > I’m not a theme park person, I’ve never been to one due to lack of proximity, so though it looks cool in many ways, I don’t know if I’d enjoy it much. Universal is worth it just for Harry Potter. Very well done. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/16 "2019-06-01T12:08:21Z")
I’d love to have the Kashyyyk Fried Porg concession for that. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/17 "2019-06-01T13:31:01Z")
I dont know. Maybe it will be big for awhile. But the last few Star Wars movies have tanked and the new one has fans yawning, I wonder how long Star Wars will remain popular in the face of new franchises like Marvel Universe? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/18 "2019-06-01T13:50:17Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > I dont know. Maybe it will be big for awhile. But the last few Star Wars movies have tanked and the new one has fans yawning, I wonder how long Star Wars will remain popular in the face of new franchises like Marvel Universe? One movie, just one, did slightly less well than anticipated. There have not been enough releases yet to pass judgement on Star Wars’s future. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/19 "2019-06-01T13:50:29Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > I dont know. Maybe it will be big for awhile. But the last few Star Wars movies have tanked Did they now? The last few you say? Meaning more than just one? “Solo” underperformed but all the others made over $1 Billion. Which are these films that you say “tanked”? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808/20 "2019-06-01T13:55:14Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > I dont know. Maybe it will be big for awhile. But the **last few Star Wars movies have tanked** and the new one has fans yawning, I wonder how long Star Wars will remain popular in the face of new franchises like Marvel Universe? Excuse me? Last Jedi made 1.3 BILLION at the box office. That’s a huge success, not ‘tanked’. Solo made $392 million and because of excessive production and marketing costs, actually lost money. But that kind of box office is hardly ‘tanked’. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-pics-of-star-wars-land-at-disneyland/834808.md?page=2)