Check Out These Two Star Wars Attractions Coming to Disney

Image: Rendering of the Star Wars-inspired hotel at the Galaxy Edge attraction. (Photo via Walt Disney World Resorts)

by Alex Temblador
Last updated: 11:30 AM ET, Sat November 17, 2018

Star Wars fans will be delighted to hear what Disney has in store for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.

This morning, Disney Parks Experiences and Consumer Products Chairman Bob Chapek shared two videos featuring two major attractions that will be a part of Star Wars: Galaxy Edge at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios.

One video shows the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, an attraction where visitors man the fastest ship in the galaxy in one of three unique flight crew roles.

The other attraction will be called Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. The video shows scenes from the actual attraction, where guests will be placed right in the middle of a battle between the Resistance and the First Order.

Chapek also announced that Oscar-winning composer John Williams will be creating new Star Wars-themed music exclusively for the Star Wars attractions. A preview of this score is featured in the new video and was recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.

Lastly, new details of the Star Wars-themed resort at Walt Disney World was also shared today. Guests will have a fully immersive multi-day Star Wars experience which includes everything from a launch pod to a luxury starship with high-end dining and space-view cabins.

Star Wars: Galaxy Edge is set to open at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort in the summer and fall of 2019.

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Alex Temblador

Alex Temblador is an award-winning travel writer and the award-winning author of Secrets of the Casa Rosada, Half Outlaw, andWriting An Identity Not Your Own. This Mixed Latine writer is based in Dallas, Texas, and has had publications in Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet, Outside, among many others. She's best known for her articles on diversity, inclusion, and equity in travel. You can reach her at [email protected].