Staying in a Star Wars hotel connected to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is the ultimate “Take my money, Disney!” concept. And that’s without even knowing much about it. According to Disney, “This groundbreaking experience is unlike any resort experience you’ve ever seen. From the moment you board your launch pod, it’s a fully-immersive, multi-day Star Wars adventure … Read more
Disney has announced that young baseball players (ages 6-18) can come to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex next year to compete in high-level youth baseball tournaments with the all-new Ripken Experience youth baseball academy, hosted by baseball champion Cal Ripken, Jr. In addition to being on their field of dreams at Disney, these young … Read more
Sure, Disneyland had a lot of cool merch when Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened over on the West Coast, but since then, we’ve gotten our own collection of “Landing 2019” merchandise, and we have something they’ll never have: MagicBands. We got a look at one of the Limited Edition ones earlier, but here’s the Passholder … Read more
Star Wars will make its prescence felt at this years D23 Expo in a big way! There will be various panels and pavillions that will provide content for all of the current and upcoming Star Wars movies, TV shows, Galaxy’s Edge information and merchandise coming to a galaxy near you and not to far away! … Read more
Since being announced right here on WDWNT.com (and Disney confirming it a few months later), there has been a lot of discussion among Disney fans trying to figure out just how Disney will transport guests from the upcoming Star Wars Hotel to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge inside Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The immersive hotel experience (with … 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 August 12-18! Walt Disney World Overnight closures have been scheduled for the Osceola Parkway … Read more
Rising moons, Travelers! Today was the first Annual Passholder preview for the Walt Disney World’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge! And there’s several new types of merchandise available for sale at Stage One Company Store and Once Upon a Time to commemorate the passholder preview and the landing of Batuu! Millennium Falcon Light-up Lanyard – $15.96 … Read more
Bright suns from Batuu! Now open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The sun is shining, the bloggers and Passholders are out en masse, and Black Spire Outpost East looks like a toasty, vibrant version of its West Coast component. While the menus here remain mostly the same as at Disneyland, we’ve noticed a few small differences … Read more
“I didn’t know there was this much green in the whole galaxy…” Rey might have been talking about the planet Takodana that Maz Kanata’s base of operations was on, but it also applies to this new drink that has appeared on Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo’s menu at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, appropriately titled the … Read more
Good Journey, friends! We made another trip to Galaxy’s Edge today to try one of the new menu items unique to Batuu on the East Coast, the Coruscant Cooler at Ronto Roasters. We’ve already tried and reviewed every other menu item at the almost identical Ronto Roaster’s at Disneyland, but with Disney’s Hollywood Studios having … Read more
Bright suns, travelers! We’re back at Black Spire Outpost on Batuu in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, so of course we had to make a stop in Oga’s Cantina for some refreshments after piloting the Falcon. Most of the menu is identical to Oga’s Cantina in Disneyland (which we’ve already tried and reviewed, check it out here), with … Read more
The historic August 29 grand opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is right around the corner and while many Travelers have already experienced the land through a series of ongoing previews, Disney has just released amazing new aerial images of the brand-new land. The video, which includes new music from Oscar-winning composer John Williams, features … Read more
After Bob Iger recently discussed that Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge may have caused lower than normal crowds this summer, we decided a trip to Disneyland Park was in order. While overall, the Park is far less crowded than past summers, the crowds are bound to pick up once Annual Passholder blockout dates are lifted at … Read more
When J. Daniel Jenkins was a kid, he would make sand castles but never play with them. It was the building part he liked best. Years later, Daniel would be helping to build dreams into reality as Senior Project Design Manager for Imagineering. Daniel sits down with Nathan to discuss how to tell stories with … Read more
Despite constant merchandise supply shortages plaguing the specialty shop in Galaxy’s Edge, it appears that with waves of re-stocking come price increases, as well. We recently saw a slew of prices go up over at Dok-Ondar’s, who thought to start charging a bit extra for the fancy legacy lightsabers. Across the Black Spire Marketplace, it’s … Read more
Whether you love or hate Blue or Green Milk (or love to hate it), Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is offering Travelers to Batuu an all-new way to enjoy the divisive dairy-free beverage in the form of alcoholic versions of the two frozen drinks, called “Coolers”. A friendly Traveler to Batuu invited us to the land … Read more
