Not going to happen anytime soon in the US. The kind of feverish demand that Disney commands is beneficial for them and it isn't wise to expand to meet it, as it allows them to continue increasing prices on their existing properties, retain the special feeling of their parks' unique qualities, and keep operating costs low. They learned a little too well what happens when you expand too quickly in the Eisner era.
Found Michael Eisner's Era account.
They just started making money in the last year, immediately before they start investing 2.5 billion bucks in it. It's going to continue to be a bottomless pit Disney throws money into for at least another decade before it starts making any significant profit.
There was a short line for Dok Ondar's (the store where you can buy most of the coolest/more premium items, like legacy lightsabers) but the other stores you can just walk up to/in. There's also a line to build a Droid at the depot, but you can walk in and browse/purchase the other goods without waiting in a line.
That's definitely a worry for me when I go. On one hand having some of the lagacy sabers sold out would help make my decision easier, but on the other hand if they're sold out of one that I REALLY want it would suck to have to wait months or a year and pay for tickets to go again and hope1 its there again.
It'll ramp up. Disney scared off people with the reservation period. Now people are being careful because of the "first day"/week of true opening. But it WILL get busy as summer progresses. Especially with 4th of July around the corner. Also let's see what happens when we actually get to the weekend.
The bolded is definitely wrong. Star Wars' popularity isn't "niche". The people who are going to come build $200 lightsabers in droves -may- be niche, but the overall popularity far surpasses something like Harry Potter. It's one of the biggest franchises on the planet.
If they were going to have a reservation system for Hollywood Studios, I imagine they would have announced it by now.
If Star Wars is niche then what is Avatar with it's 2+ hour wait times.
This is what the article says:
Hopefully this is still a thing (and confirmed by more people) when I go in a few months.
Are you able to contact Disney customer support?
They have. Disney's America in Virginia, Disney Sea in Long Beach, Calif., And Riverfront Square in St. Louis. Let's not also forget that Disney Quest was originally imagined as a chain of Disney VR parks for major cities.
I saw a pic online of another person who was able to buy "spare parts" for their lightsaber and it looked really good. I'll see if I can find the Twitter or youtube post.
