Released at Star Wars: Galactic Nights at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Guests can now find the very first items related to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Walt Disney World.
The items will be available while supplies last (provided they did not already sell out at the event).
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” took in $220 million domestically this weekend and had the second largest opening in box office history, only to be beaten by it’s predecessor, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”.
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” also pulled in $230 million from the international box office bringing it’s total global box office to $450 million.
From Variety:
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has become only the fourth movie to top $200 million domestically in its opening frame, joining 2015’s “The Force Awakens,” 2015’s “Jurassic World” with $208.8 million, and 2012’s “The Avengers” with $207.4 million. It will finish the weekend 29% above the “Star Wars” spinoff “Rogue One,” which opened with $155.1 million on the same weekend a year ago.
“Truly in a class by themselves, the movies of the “Star Wars” franchise continue to re-write the history books as to what is possible in terms of box office performance,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at comScore.
“‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ posts the second biggest preview gross, the second best single day gross ever recorded and if that were not enough, the second biggest opening weekend ever in North America, joining the elusive $200 million club with a knockout of a movie that is proving to be both catnip to the critics and moviegoers alike over what has become the strongest moviegoing weekend of 2017,” he added.
Audiences surveyed by comScore’s PostTrak gave stellar marks to the tentpole with 66% calling it “excellent” and another 23% rating it “very good.” A total of 79% said they would “definitely recommend” the movie.
Domestic tracking for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has remained in the $200 million range since Nov. 22, when first estimates emerged. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” wound up its domestic run with a record-setting $936.7 million and $2.07 billion worldwide. “Rogue One” went on to gross $532.2 million by the end of its domestic run and $1.03 billion worldwide.
Source: Variety
Check out some amazing concept art for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”. Warning: Although some of concept art was not used in the film, there are some images that contain spoilers for “The Last Jedi”.
Source: Reddit, Entertainment Weekly
Disney shared a number of new details for Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios during tonight’s Star Wars: Galactic Nights panel.
We’ve all seen the Millenium Falcon on screen, but until you climb through that hatch, walk through her hallways, sit inside the cockpit, power her up and actually FLY her yourself, it’s not quite the same. Here is a photo of the inside of the ship as Imagineers are getting her ready:
Additionally, Imagineers highlighted some other examples of the team’s progress, including building a fleet of full-size X-wing starfighters. One tap on the metal side of these ships tells you that they are real, and ready for action.
In the marketplace in the Batuu village, guests can explore a rich collection of shops and merchant stalls. Imagineers shared a great example of one overseen by a Toydarian, one of the creatures first encountered on Tatooine in “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.” So what does he sell? Toys, of course! Here is a piece of concept art for what that toy stall will look like.
Inside, you’ll be able to discover all kinds of fun and cool toys straight out of the Star Wars galaxy. Exclusive to this outpost, all these offerings look hand-crafted by local artisans. They’re going to be fun, unique, and completely in-story.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will open in 2019, first at Disneyland Park, and then at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Apparently, Disney is very big on baseball caps right now and is continuing to release new park exclusive headwear throughout the month. In the same vein as the recently released Spaceship Earth hat, there is now a FastPass one…
The hat reads “Disney FastPass+ to Friday Please”. It seems merchandising wasn’t simply allowed to put the word FastPass on the hat, so they had to put the full name of the service. Even stranger, this hat was released at Disneyland Resort where FastPass+ doesn’t exist.
The cap retails for $21.99 and can be found on either coast very soon.
Effective December 15, 2017, ticket prices for Hong Kong Disneyland have increased between 4% to 9%, according to the South China Morning Post. It’s the fifth annual price increase at the resort.
Prices for one-day admission are now HK$619 (US $79.24) for adults and HK$458 (US $58.63) for children, up from HK$589 (US $75.40) and HK$419 (US $53.64), respectively.
The regular two-day admission price has increased to HK$799/HK$589 (US $102.26/$75.38), from HK$759/HK$539 (US $97.14/$68.96). (U.S. dollar rates are based on current exchange rates.)
Guests visiting through the end of this year can take advantage of special discounts, however. The resort is currently offering a special “Play and Shop 1-Day Ticket Offer” for the old prices (HK$589/HK$419) that includes a HK$50 (US $6.40) merchandise gift voucher and a buy-one get-one popcorn voucher. According to the Hong Kong Disneyland website, tourists visiting Hong Kong, excluding residents of Mainland China and Macau, are eligible for the special offer. There’s also a special “Discounted ‘2-Day Fun’ Ticket” for HK$649/HK$461 (US $83.06/$59.00) available through Dec. 31, with no listed restrictions on guest eligibility.
Annual pass prices have increased as well. However, Hong Kong residents who purchase three or more annual passes will receive a 15% discount through April 10, 2018.
The 30% discount for Hong Kong residents with disabilities remains in place. The price for seniors (age 65 and over) remains at HK$100 (US $12.80) for one-day and HK$170 (US $21.76) for two-day admission.
The South China Morning Post also reported that annual passholders who renew early can get a 20% discount, and Hong Kong residents can continue to purchase regular one-day admissions at the previous prices through February 15, 2018. These pricing exceptions are not listed on the Hong Kong Disneyland website.
The price increase comes just two days after Hong Kong Disneyland’s major rival park, Ocean Park, announced it would increase admission by 9% effective January 1, 2018. Both Hong Kong Disneyland and Ocean Park have been operating at deficits.
It also comes just a few weeks after Hong Kong Disneyland announced it would be ending its nightly “Disney in the Stars” fireworks show as of January 1 and beginning a major renovation of its castle beginning in early January. Those changes are part of the resort’s multi-year development plan announced last November, which also includes a new Frozen-themed land and new Marvel attractions.
Shanghai Disneyland also recently announced a price increase effective June 6, 2018. Hong Kong Disneyland’s tickets are the most expensive of the three Disney resorts in Asia.
Disney has just released a new preview video featuring an in-depth look at the IncrediCoaster, opening this summer at Pixar Pier in Disney California Adventure.
Following the success of the added guest relations location in Tomorrowland at the exit of Space Mountain, the service has now moved into a permanent home in Liberty Square at the Magic Kingdom.
Located in the space formerly known as the Heritage House, the Ticket Office can help guests with ticketing questions, upgrades, and sales. They also have the ability to offer a number of other guest relations-type services upon request.
Inside is a single help desk to accommodate guests, but otherwise the space is empty.
The Liberty Square Ticket Office is now open at the Magic Kingdom.
In the wake of the immensely popular rose gold mouse ears, Disney announced that rose gold spirit jerseys will be coming later this month to select stores in Disneyland and Walt Disney World, as well as Shop Disney Parks.
Disney has been offering the spirit jersey style in a number of other colors; the new rose gold jerseys will feature a light gold glitter print. The Disney Style video below shows more of the new shirts.
https://www.facebook.com/disneystyle/videos/2005124996376289/
Based on the number of views of Disney’s video – over 1.2 million in the first 6 hours alone – it’s likely that these jerseys will be quite popular.
Will you be picking up one of these to match your rose gold mouse ears?
The LittleMissMatched store at Disney Springs will close at the end of the day on December 31st, 2017.
The store is one of the few in the Marketplace section of Disney Springs that is not owned-and-operated by Disney, so it has always been a bit of a mystery as to why it was placed there. Regardless, it will close at the end of the year to make way for a yet-to-be-named replacement. There has been no word as of yet if the store will relocate to another part of Disney Springs.
