Walt Disney will build “Star Wars”-themed lands at its original Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, and its Disney Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida, in one of the largest expansions in the company’s history”.
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“We’re bringing Star Wars to life in a big way”, Disney chairman Bob Iger said.
While we’re obviously hoping for some new, less-sucky Star Wars films starting with The Force Awakens this winter, the real reason we all got excited for Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm is finally happening: Disney is building a Star Wars theme park. There will obviously be a lot more attractions announced in the future, but CEO Bob Iger promises that everything you see will have a connection to the films, and they won’t go around creating new cute stuff just for the sake of its millions of visitors per year. It will be expanded to include elements from the new “Star Wars” movie, “The Force Awakens“.
“Everything we create will be part of our storytelling”.
And in early 2016, guests can also ride Hyperspace Mountain, which is the classic Space Mountain ride reimagined as an X-wing Starfighter in battle.
“Star Wars” theme parks are coming to each of Disney’s coastal properties, the corporate introduced, giving followers the prospect to pilot the Millennium Falcon for themselves. It’s very likely that Disney won’t release it as the official promo poster because of how much it appeals to loyal fans (and they’re looking to draw in new segments of the audience as well), so it will probably turn into a collector’s item. Director J.J. Abrams, producer Kathleen Kennedy and stars Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Lupita Nyong’o appeared on stage.
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Disney is yet to reveal the exact cost of the new parks, but the Independent points out that the Californian city of Anaheim, where Disneyland is based, gave the company a tax exemption on ticket sales providing that it invests another $1bn to expand the park. The attraction was then redesigned, emerging as “Star Tours – The Adventures Continue” in 2011 and featuring more than 50 different story outcomes and the possibility to visit five different planets. Disney World also hosts Star Wars Weekends, multiweek festivals including parades, shows and Star Wars characters.
