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If you’re a Disney World fan — there are a few dates in 2021 you need to know…
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…And one of those dates is October 1st, 2021. On that day, Walt Disney World is celebrating a BIG anniversary — its 50th!!
We’ve been doing a bit of a construction round-up as we’ve looked at EPCOT’s Harmonious, the possible “La Gelateria” in the Italy Pavilion, and the expansion of the France Pavilion.
Millennium Falcon
Buuut, we’re hopping over to a galaxy far, far away to take a look at everything happening over at the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser near Disney’s Hollywood Studios!
It seems like we’re not getting a lot of updates on Disney World’s upcoming Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Hotel, although construction is still moving along.
Star Wars Hotel cabin
Disney recently revealed that the hotel’s completion is still a priority for the company. And new aerial photos have just been posted that show work continues on the ambitious project.
One major Disney project that we’ve got our eye on is the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser hotel.
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Concept Art
We keep our eye out for Disney permits to make sure that we don’t miss any exciting developments on projects like Galactic Starcruiser. We know that work continues to be underway thanks to recent patents and overhead photos, but now it looks like some set elements and theming are being incorporated at the site!
Projects like TRON Lightcycle Run, Harmonious, the PLAY! Pavilion, and more have officially been in the works at Walt Disney World, after being halted during the closure.
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Concept Art
But those aren’t the only major projects Disney is working on again. Disney has also been moving ahead with their plans for the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser hotel.
Of all the upcoming Disney World updates, we’re pretty excited to see what Disney does with the Star Wars Hotel.
Star Wars Lightsaber Experience
The Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is set to be a 2-night ultra-immersive experience that opens in 2021. Aboard, you’ll be able to look out windows into space, operate the ship’s defense systems, and offer guests the chance to wield their own lightsaber. Woah! That lightsaber experience sounds pretty cool and, before today, we weren’t sure how we could ACTUALLY wield a lightsaber. Now though, Disney might have developed some tech that could help!
George Lucas sold the rights to Star Wars to Disney in 2012, and boy, has Disney put their purchase to WORK.
Galaxy’s Edge
It seems like everywhere we turn there’s new Star Wars content popping out left and right. There are hundreds of merch items, TV shows, films, an entire theme park land on EACH COAST, and a completely immersive new hotel experience — seriously, what haven’t they done? Honestly, though, it can sometimes seem like a bit much. Which got us wondering…has Disney “jumped the shark” with Star Wars? Let’s take a look.
Disney World and Disneyland have just debuted new Stars Wars: Galaxy Edge lands which are nearly identical and have the same rides, including Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and Rise of the Resistance.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
Not only that, but Disneyland recently received its own version of Mickey’s Philharmagic. And soon, Disneyland will also be getting its own version of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway. That got us thinking, what else could — and should — Disneyland borrow from Disney World?
With the Disney parks closed and construction halted right now, there are a lot of what-ifs about the near future of Disney. Luckily, when things calm down and the parks reopen, construction will pick back up again! That’s good to hear because we are SUPER excited about some upcoming projects.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
You know we love to keep an eye out for construction in the park, but since we’re not getting the chance to hang out with Mickey and pals right now, we’re looking into a bunch of building permits instead! Oh, boy, did we dig up some great peeks at behind the scenes work in Disney World! Check it out!
Now that Rise of the Resistance is finally open, we’re looking to the stars for our next adventure in the Star Wars universe: a little project called the Galactic Starcruiser!
Model of the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Halcyon
If you know us, you know we’re following any information about this new hotel/cruise-like experience like a hawk and we’ve got some exciting new details to share since our last update, because Disney is now hiring for positions aboard the Galactic Starcruiser!
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