Ah, Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I loved you as MGM Studios, I loved you through the Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun! Parade, and I still love you now, even as you’re going through an identity crisis and you don’t really know what kind of park you want to be. But when Galaxy’s Edge opens and suddenly … Read more
It looks as if the long-promised reputation system promised for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is starting to come to fruition. According to Twitter user @nickytea, Bluetooth reputation scanners have been added to checkout terminals at Galaxy’s Edge. To enable your interactive "reputation" across #GalaxysEdge, certain shop checkout terminals have a dedicated Bluetooth profile reader and … Read more
With Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opening in Hollywood Studios at the end of the Summer, work is proceeding to make sure that guests don’t see any part of the outside world while visiting the faraway planet of Batuu. To those ends, workers recently started the process of painting the back side of the show building … Read more
Thanks to our friends at Nearmap, we have some recent aerial imagery from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This is the same land and layout (for the most part) of the version that just opened at Disneyland Park on May 31st. These images were taken mid-May 2019. Here we have an overall … Read more
Welcome to the Hollywood That Never Was and Always Will Be, Disney’s Hollywood Studios! We’re back for another walk around the park, let’s see what’s new. When I walked into the park, the first thing I noticed was the new scrim up around the exterior of Mickey’s of Hollywood. It joins Keystone Clothiers and Legends … Read more
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge has finally opened to the masses at Disneyland today and to celebrate, they’ve released a special set of commemorative opening day merchandise that’s available throughout the park. This merchandise is available for those without a Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge reservation. Check out all the locations for this merchandise here. We found these pins and … Read more
Galaxy’s Edge connection established… downloading WDWNTunes protocol… begin welcoming procedures! Hi, there! This is DJ R-3X! You might remember me from my time as a Star Tours captain, but ever since Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened, I’ve been spinning tracks over at Oga’s Cantina as the galaxy’s greatest DJ! My skills were so great that I impressed this alien called … Read more
The opening of Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge is almost here at Disneyland Resort, and more news continues to come out. Today, we learned that Oga’s Cantina in Galaxy’s Edge will feature beverages by big-name craft brewers and cider-makers, as well as a small-name Sonoma wineries. They will make the beer, wine and cider that comes … Read more
Here at WDWNT, we’re already making plans to make a beeline over to Droid Depot at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge to get our hands on a DJ R3X as soon as it opens, but new interactive elements revealed for the shop have me thinking we’ll be spending far more time in there than we think. … Read more
We’ve known for a while now that guests will be able to build and customize their very own droids when they visit the Droid Depot on the planet Batuu, but thanks to a recent article from Polygon, we now have loads of new details and images to provide you with further details. Guests will be … Read more
Check out the first cover (above) for the upcoming Marvel Comics series based on “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge”. This series reunites us with Han and Chewie, from their early years, as they visit the planet Batuu, which is the planet and location that the upcoming Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is based on. From StarWars.com: In … Read more
Disney has released cover art for the upcoming “Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire” novel to be released on August 27th, two days ahead of the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland Resort. In “Galaxy’s Edge: Black Spire,” the story begins with General Leia Organa and her top spy, Vi Moradi. After devastating losses at … Read more
Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all of the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from March 18-24! Walt Disney World New offerings have been announced for the 2019 Walt Disney World … Read more
With the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland Park edging ever closer, lots of news is brewing. We now know specifics about ride details, merchandise, and food and beverage offerings in the new land. Disneyland Park Cast Members recently got a unique preview of what the costumes across Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will look like, … Read more
Cast Members at Disneyland got a sneak peek at what the costumes across Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will look like, and they have taken to the internet to share these details! It looks like Cast Members will have over 20 different costume looks, and have the option to mix and match pieces as they like … Read more
With the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge just a few months away, we decided to share some updated photos of the construction. It is really starting to take shape and is visible from many locations in the park. The first spot is Mickey & Friends Parking Structure. This has long been the place to … Read more