Monday, November 2, 2015

Rumor: 'Star Wars Land' to Open in Late 2018

By: Dominic Jones

We may now know when the recently announced Star Wars Land theme parks will open.  According to a new report from Inside the Magic, permit maps for the Star Wars and Toy Story expansions at Disney World in Orlando, Florida have leaked revealing that construction will begin in January 2016 and the parks would open in October 2018.

Star Wars Land was first announced back in August at the D23 Expo by Disney CEO Bob Iger.  The park is 14-acre expansion of the Disney World and Disney Land Parks in Florida and California respectively.  The park will exists "in-universe" with cast members portraying actual citizens of the galaxy.  The setting is planet on the outer rim and attractions will include a Millennium Falcon ride that takes visitors into the middle of a battle between the First Order and the Resistance. 

Hopefully this information turns out to be accurate and the park does indeed open by 2018.  That being said I could also see Disney trying to align the opening of the park and the release of Star Wars Episode IX in theaters in May 2019 to maximizes cross-over publicity.

As always, this is just a rumor until confirmed or denied by Lucasfilm or Disney.

 
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9 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 2, 2015 at 8:39 PM

    Disneyland's is supposed to open in 2020

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  2. UnknownNovember 2, 2015 at 8:39 PM

    Disneyland's is supposed to open in 2020

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  3. Mark HazlittNovember 2, 2015 at 10:03 PM

    Disneyland's is supposed to open in 2020

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  4. Mark HazlittNovember 2, 2015 at 10:03 PM

    Disneyland's is supposed to open in 2020

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  5. UnknownNovember 2, 2015 at 10:24 PM

    2020! That sucks! I'm I the only one who is wondering why they don't use the force and speed things up? At least use Jedi mind powers to make the construction crew work 24/7.

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  6. UnknownNovember 3, 2015 at 2:11 AM

    They need to double their efforts.

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  7. UnknownNovember 3, 2015 at 3:58 AM

    A jaws and ewok work force would speed upbthis project.

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  8. UnknownNovember 3, 2015 at 9:58 PM

    Disneyland always changes their reopening dates. If they aren't satisfied they will push it back up a few months or they will have it go really smooth and surprise people that it will come out 2 years early. There's no way to know the exact date this far out unless they have a specific deadline that lines up with an event or movie release or any other significant date.

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  9. UnknownJanuary 26, 2017 at 3:25 PM

    According to Wikipedia they started construction March 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Land

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