THE FORCE IS STRONG: Disney Parks boss Josh D’Amaro shows off a realistic-looking new lightsaber at the SXSW festival in Texas.
Inside look at Disney's Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience
A child launches the Halcyon starcruiser to hyperspace from the Bridge in Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.Before Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser debuts at Walt Disney World Resort on March 1, we got an inside look at the two-night voyage aboard the Chandrila Star Line and after an exhilarating 48 hours we brought the highlights, sights and sounds back to Earth.
"We are seeing people play with our characters as if they are action figures in a big Star Wars play set. They get their own personal interaction with them for extended periods of time and run around the ship with these characters leading them on missions," Finstein told"GMA.""They participate in Star Wars in a scale that they have never had a chance to do before. If you're a Star Wars fan you are going to experience Star Wars in a new way and it's very exciting.
"It's really a lot of fun," Chiang added,"anything Star Wars for me, but this level of immersion is unlike anything I've ever done."Lightsaber training was no doubt the most-buzzed-about activity and for good reason. A private reservation can be set up for Halcyon guests at the infamous Oga's Cantina, where I made friends with a chemist in order to get some pertinent information back to the ship for my own storyline's mission. The brightly colored, foaming, fizzing and bubbling beverages are a welcome libation break at this point in the planetside adventure and the perfect fuel before enjoying activities like hacking droids and running covert ops for either the dark side or the Resistance.
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