Last night, we got a sneak peek at the Imagineering: Horizons exhibit at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, and there was SO much to take in!
Levitating droids are here!
If you’ve been excited about the levitating droids on their way to Galaxy’s Edge, you’ll be thrilled to hear this update. We got a look at what those levitating droids may look like working behind the snack cart, and were VERY impressed!
At the Imagineering: Horizons exhibit, which officially opens to the public today on the first official day of D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, we got a look at Hugo’s Sweets & Fizz, which is the snack cart Disney has previously talked about bringing the levitating droids to. While we didn’t see droids behind it this time, we did get to see Grogu bouncing around, helping to get people’s “orders” ready to go.
Hugo’s Sweets & Fizz
From what we were able to see, Grogu would pop up and move around behind the counter. In front of him, we watched fake burgers move across the counter, as if he was controlling their movement with the Force. Three Galaxy’s Edge drinks also did the same, and even lowered below the counter on a trap door!
Grogu moving the drinks
In case you missed the announcement back in July, Bloomberg got a look at some of the new technology Disney had been working on, and one of the projects was a series of floating droids that would work alongside snack carts to add additional immersion to spaces like Galaxy’s Edge. The snack carts are inspired by ones seen in the film The Mandalorian and Grogu that released earlier this year, hence likely why we see Grogu behind the counter in this example.
Super unique!
How exactly do they work? Well, the droids hover over a stationary food truck as if it were a stage. Guests will be able to order a few different soda options from a mobile app and then pick them up at the cart. The droids also have programming to put on a little “show” depending on what you order. For example, if you only buy one drink, the droid may act lonely!
We would say this was pretty close to what we got to see here at D23, though again, it was Grogu instead of a droid.
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