Lines At Walt Disney World’s Galaxy’s Edge Reach 5 Hours
Um, so much for Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge not being a draw. Lines for this morning’s opening of the East Coast version of “Star Wars Land” at Walt Disney World reached astronomical levels.
Out Of This World Waits At Galaxy’s Edge
The Orlando Sentinel reported:
Before sunrise Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, thousands of guests arrived at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., for the grand opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. The park opened early to surprise and delight guests excited to experience the land on opening day. (David Roark, photographer)
Walt Disney World’s $1 billion attraction, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, opened early Thursday to capacity crowds and lines as long as five hours, a much busier debut compared with the California version of the land in the spring.
In Orlando, some Star Wars fans were on hand as early as 3:30 a.m. to be among the first to see Disney’s $1 billion investment.
Thousands were let into the land around 4:45 a.m., more than an hour earlier than the original 6 a.m. scheduled opening of Hollywood Studios, where the new attraction is located.
Crowds At Galaxy’s Ege: Shocking? Not Really.
Disney managed the park by using online reservations once the attraction was full, a method that will likely continue as the crowds remain high, employees said. But using the Disney app to get a virtual spot in line was confusing technology to some.(Patrick Connolly / Orlando Sentinel)
I mean, I’m not shocked. But I am happy that things calmed down later in the day.
The Sentinel explained:
Guests visiting Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland Park in California and opening Aug. 29, 2019, at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida will be able to wander the lively marketplace in Black Spire Outpost and find a robust collection of merchant shops and stalls filled with authentic Star Wars creations. (Kent Phillips, photographer)
In Orlando, some waited five hours to ride the Millennium Falcon, although the line wait time fell to 2 1/2 hours by lunch. It was only 75 minutes by early evening. Throughout the rest of the land, the main walkways were open, although lines formed to buy a $6 Coca-Cola shaped like a thermal detonator and at the more expensive shops…
The transformation of Hollywood Studios, which has lagged behind Disney’s other Orlando theme parks in attendance, is almost complete.
The second and more sophisticated Star Wars ride, Rise of the Resistance, opens Dec. 5 at Hollywood Studios.
When guests enter Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland Park in California and opening Aug. 29, 2019, at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida, they will walk the hallways and experience other memorable areas of the fastest ship in the galaxy. (Abigail Nilsson)
I am so excited to head to Galaxy’s Edge later this fall. Did you go today? Let us know what it was like by posting in the comments.
