Long post incoming. I went on Thursday and enjoyed myself. I went with a group of people but I was the only real SW fan so they joined me for the cantina and then I stayed behind for shops, food, and Smuggler's Run (the wait for Smuggler's was a bit much for the little ones in our party).
General Impressions:
General Impressions:
- Galaxy's Edge was busy but not at all crazy. They didn't even implement the boarding pass system all day, as far as I seen.
- If you go, get reservations at Oga's Cantina. Apart from the Falcon this was the highlight of the trip (though I wasn't interested in Savi's so I didn't see that).
- $150 is a bit much for Disneyland admission if all you are doing is Galaxy's Edge. I liked it but would have felt like I overpaid if we didn't do other stuff in Disneyland (we actually got park hoppers which took the price up to $200 but between both parks we did a bunch of stuff). I feel that might change once Rise of the Resistance opens up. The area for it is huge and looks really cool, I really wish that would have been open.
- There are little things the actors will do that you have to be in the right time at the right place to catch. We seen Kylo Ren berating his troops for I think not finding something/someone while in line for Oga's. Stormtroopers are funny because they tend to stop and harass anyone with a lightsaber which I thought was funny.
- Apart from the area set aside for Rise it was surprisingly small. Everything in the market/hangar area is tightly laid out.
- Bring $$$. Obvious, but food/drinks/souvenirs are expensive.
- Bring more so you can buy your own life-sized R2-D2 for a few thousand bucks :p
- Drinks are strong and tasty. Alcohol beverages are all around $15 each except the souvenir mug one which is like $40. My favorite was the Bespin Fizz, which in addition to a nice taste has dry ice or something in it so it is constantly giving off vapor. If you want something real stiff, go for Jet Juice.
- We ended up trying every alcoholic drink and each provides something interesting including the quite herb-y Slug Slinger. In total our tab for about 45 minutes there was nearly $250 with tips. Yikes, but a rich friend picked up the whole tab :)
- Blue Bantha (blue milk with a cookie on top) was my favorite non-alcohol option. Milk was creamy (as opposed to the milk stand choices which are more slushie-like, more on that later) and the cookie was good.
- 2 drink maximum per person in your party for ALL drinks, not just alcohol. I was a little miffed at this because we all wanted 2 boozy drinks and a Bantha, but for us it worked out because the little ones in our party counted so we just alloted all non-booze to them. They track it with a card so there is no getting around this.
- Atmosphere is incredible, the only weird thing were the music choices. Robot DJ mainly stuck to techno and dubstep. I was expecting something more like the Mos Eisley cantina or Jabba's palace, not Skrillex clones.
- Our bartender said the 45 minute limit is only if you snag a table. We were at the bar and she said we could stay as long as we like, so there was no rush to finish the drinks.
- The snack mix is...unique. It does have the saltiness to match with the drinks, but I wouldn't munch it on my own.
- I hope at some point in the future they do away with the limits. I understand that it is more for the experience and not to just get shit faced, but for seasoned boozers like us it would have been nice to get whatever we wanted with no limits. Certianly would have spent more money there if we could.
- An absolute recommend.
- The posted wait hovered between 40-60 minutes with a squad but there is also a single-rider line. I used the single-rider line and never waited longer than 1/2 hour.
People seemed to abuse this a ton, though. There were obviously groups there that just used it as a quicker line.(edit: I was mistaken on this) - The ride was fun. It was a decent length but could have used another sequence or two to really get the blood racing.
- I did engineer once and pilot once. I actually got engineer twice but a girl on my 2nd run didn't want to be pilot and offered to switch me. They give you a card while you queue up so you can't just pick, so hopefully people are nice like this girl if you want to try all positions.
- The simulation of movement and the visuals during the ride are all spectacular. Of particular note is [SPOILERS START HERE] coming out of hyperspace right outside a planet's atmosphere and then cruising down into it. Very cool.
- Basic gist is that you are to trail some cargo transports, harpoon them, and then steal their cargo. The first time we got 1 and the second time we got 2. I'm not sure if you can get 3 or more. Pilots have to be careful to line up the ships or the engineer can't harpoon, which is the problem we ran into the first run.
- Engineer to me was the most fun, but is in the back of the cockpit so the view isn't as good. The worse the pilots are, the more work the Engineer has. Bunch of different switches and buttons to pound when things go tits-up and you also are in charge of the harpoons.
- Pilot obv has the best view so it definitely worth it once. Left pilot controls left/right and a booster and the right pilot controls up/down and gets to "punch it" to hyperspace. For that reason alone I heavily suggest the right position of you score a pilot card.
- I was the left pilot crashed the Falcon pretty much right at the beginning haha. The person who came to get us after the ride made sure to remind us to try not to crash at the very beginning lol. The controls are super sensitive but it is still a blast [END SPOILERS]
- As others have mentioned, the queue goes through the interior of the Falcon and it is very faithfully recreated.
- I got green milk from the milk stand. Not great, not terrible. I'll try blue if I go again.
- I asked an actor by the line if it is the same blue milk used in Oga's Blue Banthas and he said it's a different formula. Oga's is more...milk-y whereas the milk stands are a combination of milkshake and slushie. To me that's a little confusing, they should make the Bantha milk a different color so they don't have 2 different "Blue Milks".
- Got Tip-Yip (a block of fried chicken about the size of a stick of butter that comes with mashed vegetables) from Docking Bay restaurant. It was quite "earthy", and felt appropriate for the environment.
- Wanna try the ribs next time as those looked delicious, and also wanted to get something from the Roasters but I was so full by then. The meats there looked very good.
- Ordered a "moof juice" (basically just a blend of several fruit juices) with the food but by that time I'd had so much sugar that all the sugar in this kind of got to me. Didn't taste bad, though.
- Mugs, outfits, droids, keychains, clothes aplenty. Something for everyone. I went with a mug.
- There are several shops, so don't just go to Dok Ondor's and think you've seen everything (though that is the coolest of them).
- Didn't see Savi's, so can't offer any insight there. Seen several sabers, though, and they all looked cool. Ondor's also has
cheaper plastic ones[edit] less expensive metal ones [edit] that aren't as expensive but the blades still look cool.
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