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"Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge" opened in Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando

  • "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge" opened in Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando
    Galaxy's Edge is an interactive adventure through the grungy planet Batuu, a remote world in the "Star Wars" movies, that explores the fight between the Resistance and the evil First Order. Familiar characters from the new movies include Rey, Finn, Kylo Ren and longtime fan favorite Chewbacca. "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge" opened in Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando
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The 14-acre attraction opens just three months after the first Galaxy's Edge attraction, the Anaheim, California-based Disneyland, became public. At the time, it was the largest single-themed land created in a Disney park.

The wait was finally over for fans of that galaxy far, far away who love going to Disney World. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, the first-ever park dedicated to the "Star Wars" saga, had its grand opening at Disney's amusement park in Florida.

Three months prior, Galaxy's Edge opened at Disneyland in California and now east coast Disney/"Star Wars" fans finally got the chance to become immersed in the beloved franchise like never before. All Galaxy's Edge attractions, stores, and restaurants are the same at both parks, but there was a change in how Disney World got guests into Galaxy's Edge versus at Disneyland.

Galaxy's Edge is an interactive adventure through the grungy planet Batuu, a remote world in the "Star Wars" movies, that explores the fight between the Resistance and the evil First Order. Familiar characters from the new movies include Rey, Finn, Kylo Ren and longtime fan favorite Chewbacca.

Guests can take a four-minute ride in the cockpit of the "Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run," the fictional starship commandeered by smuggler Han Solo. The interactive experience allows a team of six people to operate the rumbling spacecraft.

Visitors to the Hollywood Studios resort can also build their own lightsabers and droids, or swing by the watering hole Oga's Cantina. The cantina's menu include the same kind of blue milk that Luke Skywalker imbibed in "Star Wars: A New Hope." The dairy-free milk is a citrusy frozen blend.

The attractions took more than five years to develop, according to Disney officials.

Another interactive attraction, "Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance," is slated to open in Disney World in December and in Disneyland in January. 

Disney World in Florida is the most popular theme park in the world, attracting 20.9 million visitors in 2018, according to industry estimates. Disneyland is the second, bringing in 18.7 million visitors last year.