Topic: Disney Parks to get Star Wars Lands!

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Disney announces details on Star Wars Lands!

"Disney on Saturday announced expensive “Star Wars”-themed expansions at its California and Florida resorts. The pair of “Star Wars” lands, each 14 acres in size, will be built at Disneyland here and at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, a down-on-its-luck park that is part of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Hollywood Studios will also get a new “Star Wars”-themed weekend fireworks show.

Mr. Iger said the new “Star Wars” areas — designed to look like “a remote trading port and one of the last stops before wild space” — would each have two major rides, a battle experience based on elements of “The Force Awakens” and an attraction that will put patrons behind the controls of the Millennium Falcon. There will also be a version of the franchise’s famed Mos Eisley Cantina in each location.

Disney hinted that guests would be able to smell “bantha fodder,” a food eaten by tusked creatures in the “Star Wars” films, and taste “blue milk,” an intergalactic drink."

Well that sounds like a great announcement to me! The image above is an artist rendering of what "An artist’s idea of what the Star Wars Launch Bay, a new attraction, will look like." Click here to read the full article.

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More news from Disney's Blog:

http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/08/15/almost-everything-that-was-revealed-in-the-d23-expo-parks-and-resorts-presentation/?cmp=emc|omd|natural|disney-omd|2015-08-17|omd|box3



"It has been a very busy day for Disney Parks and Resorts. Earlier today, Bob Iger announced the genuinely mind-blowing news that two state-of-the-art, 14-acre Star Wars-themed lands will be constructed at both Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. And that was before the presentation exclusively devoted to Disney Parks and Resorts.

 

Here are just some of the things that were discussed in the 90-minute-long presentation:

Yes, the two Star Wars-themed lands are the biggest galactic additions to the Disney theme park, but they’re not the only interstellar adventures coming to the parks. In the next few months, a number of new Star Wars-related additions will be appearing at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. There will be a new location added to Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, based off of characters and locations from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Jedi Training Academy will allow younger fans to feel the Force, with new scenarios based on Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels. Additionally, later this year the Star Wars Launch Bay, an all-new interactive experience, will come to the Animation Courtyard at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Tomorrowland at Disneyland. There will be photo opportunities, previews of new games, artifacts from the films and testimonials from the filmmakers. (Upstairs in the same building in Disneyland will be an updated Superheroes HQ, featuring your favorite Marvel characters.) And the Season of the Force, based in part on the phenomenally successful Star Wars Weekends, will be a seasonal part of both domestic parks beginning in early 2016, with exclusive food, drinks, merchandise and entertainment. At Disneyland, Space Mountain will be transformed into Hyperspace Mountain, with new effects and music. And at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, guests will experience a nightly fireworks show set to the classic Star Wars music."