Disney Is About to Level Up the Snack Carts. How? With HOVERING DROIDS.

Disney is working to make its parks even MORE technologically advanced in the coming years.

Galaxy’s Edge

We’ve seen groundbreaking animatronics and innovative rides, but the goal is to step up and do MORE before Disneyland Abu Dhabi opens down the line, as that park is going to be Disney’s most technologically-advanced yet. As part of that initiative, Disneyland Park will soon be getting snack carts operated by hovering droids!

A little while back, we shared that Disney was working on a project to create snack carts with hovering droids that would be used for Star Wars areas in the future. These snack carts are inspired by a similar one featured in The Mandalorian and Grogu movie that released in theaters earlier this year, and were developed in conjunction with filmmaker Jon Favreau’s production department.

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How do they work? Well, the droids hover over a stationary food truck as if it were a stage. Guests will be able to order several different soda options from a mobile app and then pick them up at the cart. Depending on what you order, the droids have programming to put on a little “show.” Bloomberg says, “If the guest only buys one drink, for example, the robot might act lonely.”

A droid-themed drink cart in Galaxy’s Edge

Disney’s team plans to showcase this new snack cart at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event on August 14th-16th, 2026. From there, they hope to potentially debut the cart in Disneyland Resort by the end of the year, likely in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

Droid on a drink cart in Galaxy’s Edge

We can’t wait to see this technology in action and report back on exactly how it operates. We have a feeling this would be a rather popular addition to Star Wars spaces in the parks!

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