![]() –When Diagon Alley opened at Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure saw no increase the year it opened, and went up only 8% the next year –When Hogsmeade opened at Islands of Adventure, Universal Studios remained flat for two and a half years –When Disney’s Animal Kingdom opened, attendance at the other three parks remained flat for the next two and a half years. That simply has not been the case for Florida parks. And since I expect a fair proportion of the dedicated Star Wars visitors to not be interested in equal measure in the new capacity at the Toy Story Land rides or Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway ( update–this is delayed until 2020), the result will be heavy lines at the rides most popular for adults-Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror, and Star Tours.Įveryone seems to think that the opening of a major land (or ride) has immediate spillover effects on the other parks. If more than half of park visitors want to see both of them, lines will skyrocket, and some of the Star-Wars aimed folks will balk at waits for those rides and go elsewhere in the park. I get about enough capacity for every visitor to the park to see just one of the Star Wars rides on an average day. I expect longer hours, daily Extra Magic Hours, and the use of FastPass+ or some other mechanism to restrict access to the actual land, not just the rides, but there will still be more demand to visit the land than capacity to serve it. Galaxy’s Edge itself will be crushed with those interested in the Star Wars setting and its Millennium Falcon and battle rides for quite some time. Here’s some of what I said nine months ago about the full opening of Galaxy’s Edge: This post is about the implications of this early and partial open for guests before the land is fully open. The Disneyland version of Galaxy’s Edge will also open earlier than projected, also will have a partial opening with just Smuggler’s Run, and has different, more stringent operating and access restrictions than Disney World’s version has. ![]() The second ride, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, will open “later this year.” FastPass+ will be not “initially” be available for the ride, and the land will be open “during normal park operating hours… will be available during Extra Magic Hours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.” ![]() The “partial” opening means that on that date, only one of the two rides being built here-Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run-will be available. Both the August date and the partial opening were shockers. On MaDisney announced that the new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge land would partially open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on August 29th. Access to the park, land and experiences may be restricted or unavailable depending on guest demand and other factors.” - The Disney Parks Blog STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE TO OPEN AUGUST 29TH “Capacity for the parks, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and its experiences is limited.
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