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cadence4u

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Meet the inhabitants of Batuu! Disneyland's $1BILLION Star Wars Galaxy's Edge attraction is pictured for the first time - as Bob Iger, Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams join forces to check it out:

* The eagerly awaited Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge attraction will open on Friday (May 31) at Disneyland, California
* The 14-acre expansion will have rides, shops selling lightsabers and 'Star Wars-appropriate food and drink'
* Disneyland is expecting massive crowds when it opens and will use 'Stormtroopers' to move people along 

It's opening in two days' time and now, finally, Disneyland has revealed a picture of its finished $1billion Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge attraction, complete with the cast that'll entertain guests during their visit.

The picture was posted to Instagram by Josh D'Amaro, the president of Disneyland Resort, with the caption: 'So proud to introduce you to the inhabitants of Batuu! I want to thank this amazing team for their incredible dedication and passion. Yesterday's Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge cast rally was unforgettable. This photo is one for the ages!'

The picture was then re-posted by John Boyega, the actor who plays Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its sequel, Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

He promised that the 'amazing cast' is 'ready to give the fans all around the world the most immersive Star Wars experience!'

And then revealed that he was not only personally involved in developing the attraction, but will be there in person for the opening.

He added on his Instagram post: 'Don’t you worry I’ll be there to help guide you through one of the most insane rides! It was a pleasure to work with the team on this. Enjoy and may the force be with you.'

Earlier in the month Robert Iger, the Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, tweeted pictures from a personal tour he gave Star Wars director JJ Abrams, Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy and director Steven Spielberg.

The snaps showed them inside and outside the Millennium Falcon along with the caption 'best way to impress your friends... give them a personal tour of @starwars Galaxy's Edge!'

The eagerly awaited 14-acre attraction will have rides, shops selling personal droids and lightsabers and 'Star Wars-appropriate food and drink'.

The California resort is expecting massive crowds when it opens and has revealed detailed plans on how it will accommodate guests.

For the first three weeks, guests must have a reservation to enter and will be limited to four hours inside the immersive new land, the largest single-themed land inside a Disney park.

A special wristband will identify a visitor's time window, and once it expires, Disney said it will shut off access to key attractions and merchandise locations.

Park employees dressed as Star Wars characters will ultimately ask visitors to make their way toward one of the three exits so a new group can enter.

Kris Theiler, vice president of Disneyland park, said: 'There might be some First Order officers out there helping us or maybe some Stormtroopers asking people to move along.

'We'll employ the First Order maybe later in the reservation period if we need to.'

The park has plenty of other, more subtle ways to manage crowd flow. Theiler said walkways were widened from three to about six feet in different areas, and stroller parking is available.

Around 7,500 new parking spaces along with new parking lot entrances and toll booths were added. A new pedestrian bridge was also built to help avoid jams.

Disneyland declined to share the capacity limit for Galaxy's Edge.

Disney has made Galaxy's Edge look and feel like part of the Star Wars universe. It's designed as a grungy outpost on a distant planet.

The marquee attraction is a massive replica of the Millennium Falcon, where guests can roam the ship's halls and engage in a dogfight with Tie Fighters. Another ride called Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is set to open later in the year.

The same Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge land will open for visitors to Florida's Disney World Resort on August 29.


View videos & photos here!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-7081513/Pictured-time-Disneylands-FINISHED-1billion-Star-Wars-Galaxys-Edge-attraction.html

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it would cost me roughly 5,000$ to go there with my kids, I don't have that kind of money

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I've never been to any of the Disney parks.  I'd dearly love to, but $$ always stands in the way.

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I would just go to sit at the Cantina bar and have a few drinks.

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Should be amazing.  I know my daughter and son in law would love to go and grandson. They'll wait a year or so they have an 7yrold  and 8mn old. They went  cou0le years ago.  My husband  would like to go to me not so much.  Very expensive not sure how much a bottle of water is maybe 3.00.

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It sounds like its going to be awesome! I hope to take my son there this summer. I know its going to be incredibly expensive but I think it will be wroth it. He has loved Star Wars since he was real small.

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Maybe someday.

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sounds fantastic, but by the time I can afford to go, i'd be just too old too jaded to go.

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I mean, I like Star Wars, but I find it ridiculous they had to take out a huge chunk of Adventureland for this. What a shame. I grew out of Disney tbh.

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