Speculation Does this Mean DisneyLand & DisneyWorld will have more Star Wars Involvement?

Disney as of now has no plans to create a new Star Wars land in the USA. That could change but as of right now on aug. 11th, Disney is supposed to announce cars land for Disney Hollywood studios and show plans for Avatar in animal kingdom.
Disney bought marvel 5 years ago and still haven't built rides in California....can't build in Orlando based on universals contract.

 

I've never wanted to work at a theme park, but if they made this, man, I don't think I'd even take lunch.

 

MGM had a flight sim ride when i went there years ago that took you through a Star Wars space battle, and the rides gift shop had all kinds of hard to find models to build of different space ships, ATAT walkers that you probably wouldnt find in a normal hobby shop. I thought that was pretty cool when i was a kid, A modern 3d ride like that could be cool with improved technology now, or maybe a wookie tree village to explore lol.

 

that sounds pretty cool

 

In the works, supposedly. They just finished completely redoing the entire front section of DCA AND Cars Land, so give them a breather before diving into their next big project.

Disneyland CA already has the Jedi Training Academy and has stormtroopers for photo ops. The one big issue with Disneyland is the lack of space. We literally can't build anything else out here because there is no where else to build. Cars Land just opened 6 months ago and that took up an entire parking lot, which Disney then had to go buy another piece of property down the road to turn into another parking lot and have shuttles running between the park and the lot constantly. It's the same reason why we won't ever get Star Wars Weekends: there is literally no place to put it. Disneyland is ridiculously crowded as it is.

 

Oh, I’d have lunch. I mean, who doesn’t want to roast hot dogs on mustafar?

 

Now THAT would be cool.

 

I was just as Disneyland last week and there is a noticeable increase in Star Wars fever there from when I last went there a few years back. I think it's a foregone conclusion that they will at least build more Star Wars attractions but like others have said a Star Wars land will bring about some logistic challenges in the Anaheim park unless they just scrap tomorrowland altogether and change it to Star Wars land.

 

But who says this has to be In Cali? Can't they do a SW theme park in Florida?

Also, I know this is a bit of a stretch, but what if they did a SW theme park all on it's own outside of Disney? What if they built in Arizona or Texas or Nevada -- someplace warm that could be open year round and would be a great tourist destination anyway . . .

 

The question/statement I was answering was directly about Disneyland, thus my response being about Disneyland and not any of the other Disney parks.

 

Fair enough.

Good answers. Thank you.

You folks will probably think I'm crazy, BUT I have a feeling the Disney people have been developing plans for a SW theme park for years. I also think money is no object to them (that's where you might think I'm crazy.) I'm serious. I think Disney sees what I see and probably most of you -- SW never dies. There's always an appeitie for it in just about any form and to be able to invite people from around the world to experience SW for themselves in a 3D environment, paying close attention to detail, and being able to charge like a 100 bucks a head makes a lot of sense.

To steal a line from Field of Dreams, "They will come, if build it will you." Guranteed! I would literally stake my life to that statement.

 

But would there be demand for a seperate Star Wars park?

 

Does a cow's have nipples chocolate on them?

 

In retrospect this was a horrendous poor joke, ruined by fat fingered texting.

In closing, I believe the popularity is there.



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A Star Wars section of an existing amusement park? Yes.

An entire amusement park? I don't think so.

Look at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The one in Florida is AMAZING and I'm dying to know how the one in Los Angeles is going to turn out. (No really, I want to know HOW, since there's like no where to put it and Universal out here is built on a cliff, though it would be AMAZING if Hogwarts was on the upper part of the cliff...) While I would love for Disney to maybe build an offshoot area for Star Wars, I doubt it would get its own park.

 

I can see them expanding upon Star Tours, bounding the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular for an actual enclosed set ride (Mine Cart in Temple of Doom?). Perhaps revamping the Muppets 3d Extravaganza, being that place is hardly packed to capacity anymore. The Honey, I Shrunk the Kid section is kinda worthless, so that would be a perfect place for some Ewok/AT-AT hangouts.

 

No. I def wouldn't get rid of Muppets, It could be downsized to something smaller though. That place is HUGE, and def doesn't pack the house like it may have in the past. That's all i was saying.

We're probably five to ten years off of any major overhauls though. Avatar first.

 

"Disney-MGM" in Florida became the generic "Disney's Hollywood Studios", and in my opinion should be "Disney-Lucasfilm theme park".

It already has the "Indiana Jones stunt spectacular" and "Star Tours" and his home to Disney's other property "The Muppets".

And the Florida parks have a ton of land, they could expand without closing any of the major attractions, in fact Disney World's Magic Kingdom just expanded their Fantasyland to include more Disney Princesses. No need to close anything.

I could see revamping the "Hollywood" theme and tying it to more Lucasfilm projects (the 1930s vibe ties in with Indy's world). SciFi stuff could tie into Star Wars more and other stuff could still be mixed in with The Great Movie Ride to tie it all together.

Edit: now that I think of it, Disney(MGM) is the only one not to have identifiable "lands" that I can think of. Magic Kingdom has them of course, Epcot has "World Showcase" and the front section so Disney Lucasfilm could have a Star Wars land an old Hollywood meets Indiana Jones section, The Muppets and other Disney properties section. I think there's a bit of a Pixar section.

 

I work for Disney part time (here in Orlando). Now, I have no idea about the inner workings or thoughts of the Imagineers, but I do know that there is a lot of room here to expand the Star Wars area in Hollywood Studios. We have the Star Tours ride, some big props (like the AT-AT), a big store and some SW characters that walk around during SW Weekends. If they can push further out, they could really have a Star Wars Universe Land in Hollywood Studios. I would love to see it.

 

I think that drawing on the firsst page illustrates perfectly what can be done with a SW theme park. I think it could be an addition to an already exsisting park but it should be its own world. Just imagine being able to walk through a life-sized replica of the Millennium Falcon. It would be epic.

??? LOL That's funny. But I'm going to say that there is a ton of interest in a SW theme park.

 

What's to stop Disney from building a new theme park in the Midwest? They have both coasts covered with Disneyland and Disneyworld but wouldn't it be kind of cool to have a Disney themepark in the center of the US too?

Just an idea...

 

I was thinking that for a while. maybe build one in Texas. However, In my opinion it would have to be built in a way as to not overshadow DisneyLand, or DisneyWorld...