Disneyland's most ambitious new land ever, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, opened on Friday. This is what it was like to visit on day one.
into the cannon. She likes it, but was more excited about Harry Potter World at Universal. J.K. Rowling is her George Lucas.David G. Allan/CNN
The"real one?" I thought about that odd question for a moment. What is the real one? The scale models used in the films? The portion that they build for a movie scene? The original 1979 Kenner toy? This is the first time a full-size, 100% complete Millennium Falcon has ever been built. So,"Yes," I replied,"The real one."David G. Allan/CNN
The big brains at Disney had a solution to long waits, though: The Disney play app has Galaxy's Edge mode that allows you to scan the QR codes on various containers to see what's inside, create your own online character and translate signs written in Arebesh, the galaxy's common language. But because we'd been using my phone at Disneyland all day for MaxPass and wait times, my phone died 20 minutes into our long stay in line. So much for that.
She and her copilot flew so poorly that they broke the hyperdrive and instead of lightspeeding out of an asteroid field as I had when I flew, they had to shoot their way out. Every trip on Smuggler's Run is slightly different, based on how well you fly and shoot, and because they broke the Falcon, our adventure was extended.
I also walked next door to Savi's Workshop where you can build your own lightsaber. But I was disappointed by a cast member that explained"Savi is no longer taking appointments for the day." Kyber crystals must be hard to come by. Meanwhile, I was geeking out on all the spare parts on display, pairing up heads and limbs to films. A red Threepio arm on the conveyer belt. A DUM-series pit droid from Watto's junk shop in"The Phantom Menace." And a model of my favorite droid of all time, K-2SO from"Rogue One."
My hope was that he would be authorized to give us more time, but when he began to reason with me that we still had time to get some food, I thanked him for nothing just as my daughter proudly held up her operational BB,. She wanted to look at accessories for it but there was no time to spend more money on that.We went into Docking Bay 7 to order food, and got in a line, of course.
When we finished, it was 30 minutes after our 4-hour window had closed but we decided to press our luck and see if we could look around before we were asked to leave. The cast members didn't seem to be looking to shoo us out though. The opposite in fact. They chatted us up about our porg and droid purchases and gossiped with us about how Chewie and the cantina owner, Oga, were an item but it ended badly. Another said there were signs of the Resistance close by ."But you didn't hear that from me," the local said, sotto voce.An hour after our allotted stay we felt we were pushing our luck and decided to leave.
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