Details On The Millennium Falcon Ride For Galaxy’s Edge

With Disney set to open what is basically a Star Wars world at both their Anaheim and Orlando parks sometime next year in Galaxy’s Edge, details of the Millennium Falcon ride have emerged. According to Jim Hill (who is said to be very reliable when it comes to theme park information) of the Disney Dish Podcast, this is what fans can expect.

“There are six seats inside of the pilot compartment. In order to ensure that this thing has decent capacity, there are seven pods in operation at any one time. So that’s 42 people who are piloting the Millennium Falcon at any one time. I’m hearing a three and a half minute ride cycle. Again, you’re seated inside the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon, but you’re looking out from that window array that we’ve all seen from the film. In order to pull off that effect – again, the capsule moves in conjunction with the imagery – you’re looking out, basically, into a circular space, sort of a half dome.”

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Though this information doesn’t come from the House of Mouse, this information matches up with previous reports. Hill also claims that the original idea for the ride was that each of the six people would be responsible for a duty while in flight, and failure to perform those duties, would end the ride.

“Initially…they wanted real interaction. They wanted, depending on which of the six seats you’re occupying inside the Millennium Falcon, your actions directly impact what happens. To the point where if you don’t do your job and the Millennium Falcon crashes, the ride is over.”

However, it was confirmed at Celebration 2017 that this idea was scrapped, and while it sounds really cool, that was probably for the best. This ride sounds like a lot of fun, not that I, or most Star Wars fans needed any convincing to check out the ride. If you think Disney has made a lot of money by making Star Wars films, just what until they invite nerds into a physical Star Wars experience.

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Source: Disney Dish podcast  via (Slashfilm)

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