Star Wars Celebration in Japan over the weekend had quite a lot of information about upcoming Star Wars motion pictures and TV sequence. Nevertheless, as CinemaBlend’s resident theme park nerd, the main points I used to be most thinking about had been these surrounding the replace already introduced for Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run that can rework the attraction with a narrative based mostly round The Mandalorian and Grogu.
The occasion didn’t disappoint. We gained quite a lot of new particulars about how the brand new attraction at Disney World and Disneyland will possible be a big improve over the unique, nevertheless it additionally has me involved a few completely different Star Wars attraction.
Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run Adjustments Will Make The Attraction Price Using Extra Typically
When Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened, it did so with just one new attraction, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run. The story noticed fan-favorite Hondo Onaka “borrow” the Falcon from Chewbacca to do some mild smuggling, and friends turned the crew of the ship, with teams of six sharing obligations for 3 crew positions: pilot, gunner and engineer.
This gave the attraction a little bit of re-rideability, however when you had manned every place, you’d executed the journey. Whereas it might be enjoyable to do the journey with a bunch of mates, doing it with random others wasn’t all the time value it.
The brand new model of the attraction will improve the variability of the journey by giving friends three completely different selections for areas to journey to: Bespin, Endor and Coruscant. This implies friends who need to expertise every thing might want to do the journey no less than 9 occasions as a way to expertise all three roles in all three areas.
Smuggler’s Run can even make the engineer position, typically thought-about the least thrilling of the three, much more enjoyable, as engineers will apparently be accountable for speaking with and caring for Grogu. It was once that utilizing the Smuggler’s Run Single Rider line all however assured one the engineer slot, however that might not be the case going ahead.
I’m Extra Fearful Than Ever About The Future Of Star Excursions
If the thought of a Star Wars attraction that may journey to a number of areas within the Star Wars universe sounds acquainted, that’s as a result of it already exists. Ever since its redesign, Star Excursions has been a randomized expertise that takes riders all around the galaxy far, distant. The variety of potential Star Excursions experiences is important, and so few rides are alike.
Ever since Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge was introduced, there have been issues that Star Excursions was on the chopping block. The attraction is all the best way over in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. It’s separated by Muppets, and shortly Monsters Inc, at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Did it make sense for the parks to have a Star Wars attraction not situated within the Star Wars land?
Fears of the journey’s departure have been unfounded. Star Excursions obtained a serious replace as just lately as final yr, including characters from varied Disney+ Star Wars reveals to the attraction.
Nevertheless, with the information that the Millennium Falcon journey goes to be simply that little bit just like Star Excursions (each had been already movement simulator flights via house, and can now have the ability to go to a number of areas), that makes Star Excursions really feel that rather more redundant. Is it on the best way out? Contemplating that Disneyland’s Tomorrowland wants an overhaul anyway, and that the Muppet Courtyard space is about to shut for a serious transformation, it wouldn’t be that surprising to see Star Excursions included in both of these initiatives.
I’ll actually be unhappy if and when Star Excursions goes away. There are quite a lot of causes to maintain the attraction round, because it’s nonetheless fairly widespread and nonetheless completely different sufficient from Smuggler’s Run that they every provide issues to friends that the opposite doesn’t. Nonetheless, I’m wondering if Star Excursions’ days are numbered. The brand new model of Smuggler’s Run will not open till The Mandalorian and Grogu film does in Could 2026, and loads can occur in that point.