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121. Perfect Star Wars Day · Mom Street USA

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Welcome everybody to Mom St. USA.
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My name is Jackie AKA Wishes Mama and on today's episode of
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Mom St. we are returning back to what I feel like is a Mom St.
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community favorite topic and that is Star Wars.
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So today we are talking about the perfect Star Wars day and we
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are going to talk about both Disney World and Disneyland.
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You will find that they are fairly similar, but we will
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we'll talk about maybe some of the similarities and differences
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in what you can find on both coasts.
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And I will also give you kind of like what I would do if I were
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going to plan to spend an entire day doing only Star Wars things.
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So that little mini itinerary, so to speak, is coming up soon.
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But let's go ahead and jump in because we are calling All Star
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Wars fans because this episode is for you.
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Again, I thought it would be helpful to talk about this
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because I know that it is a favorite topic of a lot of our
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community members here at Mom St.
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And I also thought it would be helpful to compile a single
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episode where you can find all of the Star Wars stuff from the
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parks in one place. We are going to do this with a
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couple other topics coming up on future episodes.
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So I know I've got it in the plans to talk about the perfect
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Princess day and also perhaps the perfect Mickey Mouse themed
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day. But if there are others you want
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to hear, please let me know either in the comments or, you
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know, reach out to me 'cause I would love to do some kind of
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character or IP focuses going forward.
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These episodes are super fun. So we are going to hit the
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Disney World and Disneyland Star Wars aspects in this episode.
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So no matter if you're looking east or West, we have got you
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covered for sure. Now, a brief disclaimer before
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we jump into all of the really good Star Wars information
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today. And that is this is just our
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best suggestions and everything that I could recall from my
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brain and look up for all of the things Star Wars.
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You can adjust your plan. You can alter this plan based on
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what your travel party needs. But also there are limited time
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things that pop up that probably are not going to be mentioned in
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this episode very much because it's not the norm, right?
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So we're looking here at what is currently the norm for the Star
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Wars areas on both coasts. So with that, we are going to be
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starting at Walt Disney World and like I mentioned, we'll jump
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to Disneyland here in a little bit and I've kind of got this
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broken down into some categories for you guys.
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So we're going to talk attractions, we're going to talk
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shows and entertainment characters, we're going to talk
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food shopping and then just like other fun things that kind of
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don't fall into any of those categories as well.
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So kind of covering all of that for each coast is the plan.
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So we're going to start at Disney World with the
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attractions because I feel like that's the first thing that
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comes to everybody's mind when they're thinking about what Star
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Wars things they want to plan to do.
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So at Disney World, currently there are three Star Wars themed
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attractions and they can all be found over at Hollywood Studios.
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Now, the majority of what we are going to talk about today for
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Star Wars at Disney World is at Hollywood Studios.
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So keep that in mind if you're thinking about like what parks
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you want to visit or how much time you want to spend in
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certain parks, like if, if Star Wars is your thing, you're going
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to want a full day, at least in Hollywood studios to kind of get
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some experiences in with this. I'm so those three attractions
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are Star Tours, Rise of the Resistance and Smugglers run.
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So a brief note about those. We've talked about these in
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several different various episodes on Mom Street, but just
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some notes about the fact that Star Tours is kind of the OG
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Star Wars ride, right? It has existed the the longest
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of those three. Now, the thing that's a little
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tricky, and we find this at both coasts, is Star Tours does not
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exist in the same realm and mindset as Rise of the
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Resistance and Smugglers Run. Star Tours is meant to feel more
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like a movie set that you're walking into.
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So it's not meant to feel like you are truly immersed in the
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story, although it does feel like that as you're writing that
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attraction. But as you approach Star Tours,
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you will see that there are big adats or ATATS depending on
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which camp you're in for that pronunciation outside.
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You know, you're going to see some some different movie props
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and you know, things like that that feel like they belong in
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the movies, but it's not truly meant to feel like you are
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immersed inside of the story, which is why it is not found
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inside of Galaxies Edge. It is found outside of that area
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of the park. That's purposeful.
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That's why they didn't move it when they created Galaxies Edge,
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right? Because it's meant to be more of
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a movie set. That's why it's so close to Back
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Lot Express. That's why it existed previously
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close to the streets of America and the Back Lot Tour.
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All those things that used to exist at Hollywood studios made
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more sense for Star Tours when that all existed.
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Well, now that a lot of that has been changed and transformed and
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and all of that and we now have Galaxy's Edge, I understand the
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confusion, but I just wanted to kind of give you that little
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Nuggets to help you kind of understand because Rise of the
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Resistance and Smugglers Run, both are inside of Galaxy's Edge
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on the planet of Batu. And they are meant to feel like
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you are inside of the movies. All of the people that are there
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are portraying characters, all of the cast members that you
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come across on those attractions are citizens of Batu, right?
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So there's, there's a little bit of, you know, the, the, the
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character in the acting that goes into it when it comes to
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things that are on planet in galaxy's Edge, which is most of
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what we're going to be talking about here.
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So just a a brief note about that and I may refer to that a
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little bit later 'cause we're going to talk about characters
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here shortly and, and some things to kind of differentiate
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between those. So just keep that in mind.
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So those are your three attractions.
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Star Tours, Rise of the Resistance, Smugglers run Star
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Tours is a simulator ride where you sit down and it's like
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you're flying with C3PO and R2D2 to various different Star Wars
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related locations. Rise of the Resistance is an
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incredible attraction that deeply immerses you into Ray's
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storyline with the Resistance and you know, Resistance camp
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and Kylo Ren and trying to escape and those types of
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things. Again, I don't want to do too
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many spoilers if you're like first time Star Wars fan
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visiting this, like don't want to do that.
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So that one's a little bit different and it's got several
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kind of pre shows that work you through the storyline.
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And then Smugglers Run is similar in some ways to Star
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Tours in that it is like a motion simulator, but it is a
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six person ride vehicle where you each have a job.
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So you've got 2 pilots that are in charge of controlling and
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flying the ship. You've got 2 Gunners and you've
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got 2 engineers that are in charge of like fixing things as
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you go through your adventure there.
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So all fabulous, fabulous attractions and all really,
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really fun to to to plan for if you we're a Star Wars fan.
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So let's move on to talk about shows.
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Now, sadly, there were some other shows that previously used
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to exist that were Star Wars themed.
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We used to have the Jedi training Academy that was over
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near Star Tours. You know, there used to be Star
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Wars weekends that they would do and things like that.
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Currently, as we are recording this podcast in March of 2026,
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none of that currently exists, but the closest thing to a show
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that you get actually features Kylo Ren and some of the
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stormtroopers, and that is the First Order search for the
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Resistance. And that show takes place
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various times throughout the day.
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And it takes place by the ship that I believe and don't come
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for me, Star Wars people, I'm doing my best is called the Thai
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Echelon. And it is the one that can be
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found closest to the milk. And if you are locating that
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area on your trip to Batu and that is a show that features
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Kylo Ren. He comes out of the ship and
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interacts with the crowd and talks about, you know, searching
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for the resistance in that. So that is a super fun little
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show that you can experience. It's a little more interactive.
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They're walking around in the in the crowds and kind of
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interacting with with guests that are there visiting.
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So that is super fun. If you are a Kylo Ren fan, that
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is something that or you're really interested in seeing that
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definitely put that on your list for sure.
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A couple other things that you can see Star Wars related at
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Hollywood studios. And again, all this we've been
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talking about so far as Hollywood studios.
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I will make sure you know, if it's not, let's talk about
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character. So circling back a little bit to
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the characters that we talked or the the way that we talked about
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Star Tours versus the other rides being off planet versus on
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planet, the characters follow a similar a similar structure in
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that currently where we're at again, March of 2026, there is
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only one Star Wars character that meets outside of Galaxy's
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Edge. So because of that, that
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character interaction is structured completely
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differently from the other character interactions on
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planet. So Darth Vader currently is the
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only character that meets outside of Galaxy's Edge.
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He was over at Star Wars Launch Bay that has been closed for
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refurb and will not be opening in the same way that we knew it.
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It's going to be a completely new experience over there.
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So Darth Vader has been relocated over to like the side
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queue area of Star Tours. So if you are already going to
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Star Tours, you can kind of piggyback that character, meet
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with that. And this is a true like standard
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structured character meet. You wait in line, there's
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somebody, there's a character handler there.
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You get to take a picture and have an interaction, all that
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kind of thing. So this is a true character meet
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with Darth Vader. He is the only one that has that
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true character meet feel. The other characters, and I'm
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about to list them all for you and tell you where you can find
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them, are all characters that exist on planet.
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So they are not standard character meet and greets.
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They are not. I wait in line, I go up, I take
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a photo, I get a signature, I move on.
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None of these are that way. These are character interactions
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that you can happen upon. You can take photos, but it's
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not like I'm going to stop and take a picture with everybody
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situation. So keep that in mind.
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These characters can all be found various times throughout
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the day. And again, always refer to your
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app, check your times, make sure you know kind of where they're
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going to be and when they're going to be so you don't miss
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them. But we talked about the
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stormtroopers. The stormtroopers also, after
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the show tend to roam for a while outside of the Thai
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Echelon ship. So that corridor that leads from
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the milk stand past Ogas, which we'll talk about all of this
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briefly, and kind of towards the Millennium Falcon, that area is
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where you're going to be most likely to run into a
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Stormtrooper and they will interact with you.
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They are fabulous to interact with.
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They do a great job, but again, not a standard character meet
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and greet. Kylo Ren, same thing, you know,
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at the at the TIE echelon near the milk stand, he does come
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down into the crowd a little bit.
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He is not as free roaming as frequently as the stormtroopers.
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So if you want to see Kylo Ren, you do need to kind of make it
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to that First Order search for the Resistance show because
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that's going to be your best bet in being able to see him.
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Chewbacca. So he is a character that did
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used to meet over with Darth Vader in the Star Wars launch
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Bay Area. Again, that area has been closed
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for a complete refurb. So he is now only found on
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planet and you typically find him near the Millennium Falcon.
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So underneath where that ship is in Galaxy's Edge, there's like a
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little fence line kind of that kind of keeps it all contained.
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So you will find him wandering in there occasionally.
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He's also over on the other side of Galaxy's Edge near the Droid
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depot where those ships are as well.
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He'll be wandering through there occasionally and sometimes you
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do find him wandering through the, you know, the pathways as
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he's moving from place to place. So lots of different places that
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you may find Chewbacca if that's somebody that you want.
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And the same thing goes with Ray.
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Ray is often found over by the Millennium Falcon.
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She can be found over by the other ships on the other side
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near the Droid depot. She can be found wandering
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through the pathways. So it's it's more of a
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happenstance when you find those two characters.
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They're not as set as far as like where and when they're
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going to appear as like the Stormtroopers and Kylo Ren are.
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So keep that in mind. You may have to do a little bit
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of hunting to find them and have that interaction that you're
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looking for with them. A couple other characters, VI
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Murati, which is a character that was created for Galaxy's
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Edge and BA2. We talked about her briefly back
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with our episode with Stevie that we talked about like how to
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read Star Wars. She is a super fun character.
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So look her up if you haven't heard about her, but she is a
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character that was created for the parks and she same way you
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can just kind of happen upon her as she is doing her missions
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across BA2. Keep an eye out for her
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definitely. And then the final character
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that I want to talk about is the Mandalorian and Krogu.
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This is by far the most popular character meet and greet, quote
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UN quote meet and greet because it's not again, the standard
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meet and greet in Galaxy's Edge. It's the newest one.
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It tends to be very chaotic if you are planning to meet the
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Mandalorian and Grogu. So definitely be patient.
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Definitely get to the time early if you can because even though
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these characters are not standard meet and greets, they
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do have times in the app. So check your My Disney
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Experience app and see what time it is that he is planning to
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come out. So that way you know when to
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kind of position yourself accordingly.
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So where he meets is at the end of the Black Spire market.
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So there's a big marketplace that connects from the one end
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of Batu through Ronto Roasters and kind of towards the Docking
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Bay 7 in the Millennium Falcon area.
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That end towards Rise of the Resistance is going to be the
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end that you are going to find The Mandalorian.
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And again, you want to get there early, you want to be prepared
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to be patient because there is no line.
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He will interact and approach people.
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Please give him space. That is one of the really hard
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things about this particular character interaction is that it
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tends to be very, very busy and people tend to get very, very
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close because they're excited and they want to meet him and
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they want to get their chance to interact and take a, a selfie or
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a photo or whatever they are looking for.
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Just be aware of the personal space and, and the personal
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bubbles, right? And wait your turn.
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That's all. That's that's all I'm going to
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say for that, but just be aware of that.
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But you can find him again near the end of Black Spire market
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kind of towards the rise of the resistance side for that.
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And that kind of wraps up our character list.
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Like I said, those are the standard characters that you
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find daily wandering through or if you're Darth Vader meeting
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outside of the attraction over there.
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There have been events where like speciality events where
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we've seen, excuse me, there have been other specialty events
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where we've seen other characters that have popped up,
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but generally speaking, those are the characters that you're
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going to find all at Hollywood Studios for your perfect Star
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Wars day. Next thing we're going to talk
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about is food options. So the first restaurant that you
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can look into whenever you are visiting Galaxy's Edge at
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Hollywood Studios is Docking Bay 7.
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This is the biggest, most popular quick service restaurant
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that can be found inside of Galaxy's Edge.
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They have a pretty wide menu, but be warned that some of the
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names on the menu are a little bit different than maybe like
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your standard options. So they have things like a
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chicken tippy up there that is super popular, which is kind of
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just like it's it's chicken, right?
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So just read those descriptions, kind of get an idea of what type
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of food it is that they serve. They serve Ronto wraps also here
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after 3:00 PM. We'll talk about the other
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location. You can get them before 3:00 PM
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here in just a moment. They have some more exploratory
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flavors, but they also have a lot of really standard options
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here as well. And the nice thing about this is
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that you can mobile order, and I do highly suggest you mobile
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order here. They have a good amount of
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seating, but seating can be tricky depending on the time of
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year, the time of day, how busy it is, all of those types of
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things. For that, the next location
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we're going to talk about is Katsaka's Kettle.
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This is a stand that is like a snack stand that is found inside
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of the marketplace and it's got primarily popcorn.
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At the Disney World location, you'll find a Disneyland that is
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actually not the case, which I thought was really interesting.
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So mostly popcorn options here. They've got a blue buttered
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greens and then they have an Outpost popcorn mix, which is
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like a sweet and spicy mix. And this is where the infamous
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cold brew black calf drink can be found.
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So this went viral, Oh gosh, I don't know, three years ago or
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so at Disneyland and then it came over to Disney World
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shortly after that. But it is Joffrey's coffee
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topped with like a sweet cream cheese foam and Cocoa Puffs.
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So it is the Super popular option over at Katsakas.
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I do recommend you mobile order because you can that will save
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you some time because that line can get long inside of that that
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marketplace because it's a very convenient location.
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If you're walking through and shopping at the little little
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stores and kiosks that are in there.
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You get to the end and you go, oh, popcorn, that sounds good,
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right? So I do highly suggest you
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mobile order and just a note, if you are someone that likes to
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partake or indulge, you can get your cold brew black calf
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spiked, which I didn't realize. So if that's your option.
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Or if that's what you like to do, you can do that there.
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And again, like I did mention, they do have mobile order
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available. The next little kiosk that we're
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going to talk about, I actually already mentioned when we were
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talking about the Thai Echelon ship and that show with Kylo Ren
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and the Stormtroopers. And that is the milk stand.
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Now don't let this confuse you or concern you.
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They are not truly serving milk as you would think.
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So they have two different colors of milk, but it is all
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coconut and rice milk based. So it is not true dairy filled
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milk. On a hot day in the Florida sun,
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it is actually very refreshing. So here they do have a blue milk
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that is coconut and rice milk with fruity characteristics.
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And then they have a green milk, which is the coconut and rice
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milk with citrus and tropical. So it's a little bit more, you
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definitely can taste the citrus in the green milk.
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I really like the blue milk. I don't like citrus as much as I
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do kind of the more fruity based.
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So I really like the blue milk there.
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They also have these Kessel Run rations, which is a pretzel
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croissant sprinkled with a smoked sea salt and serve with a
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caramel chocolate sauce. Now the food at the milk stand
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does tend to kind of rotate in and out.
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It's not always consistent. So definitely look up the menu
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if you are wanting to try that to make sure it's still there.
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The other thing that they offer there is this Tempo Swirl
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Crunchies cereal drink and it is blue milk with Raspberry Jelly.
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Kind of like you know what Starbucks when they when they
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like put the syrup on the sides of the cup for you, they do that
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with Raspberry Jelly with this drink and then they top it with
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with nerds, which is so interesting.
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So that is something to consider if that's what you want from the
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milk stand. And they do also do mobile
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order. So that is again something else
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to consider when you are looking at what you want to get.
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The milk stand is typically pretty quick because they don't
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have as many offerings and they they can get through the orders
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fairly quick. So it's not as crucial here that
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you mobile order, if that makes sense.
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Keep that in mind. Do what you will with that.
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I sometimes mobile order there, sometimes don't.
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It just really depends on the day with that one at two more
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locations that we've got to talk about this next one.
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I again, I think I've mentioned both of these actually already
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in this episode. It's hard not to when you're
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talking about 1 area of the park.
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But let's talk about Olga's Cantina.
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So Olga's Cantina is a fully immersed Star Wars bar with
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themed drinks and a few appetizers.
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This is a very popular location inside of Galaxy's Edge.
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You do need a reservation, so make sure that you do that
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because despite it not being like a full table service, they
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do require reservations. They do also have some same day
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walk up options and if they have enough staffing, they also have
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like A to go option where you can stand and wait and just the
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cast member will let you in to just go to the bar order, get
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your drinks and then walk out. So ask the cast member outside
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if you don't want to like spend time going in, but you want to
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try something from in there and see if they have like the walk
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up or the to go options available for that day.
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Because they did when we were there at the end of May last
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year. And I had never even known that
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that was an option before. So something good to keep in
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mind if you are going to be potentially visiting Galaxy's
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Edge and you want to try something from Oga's, but maybe
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you don't want to spend an hour inside there, right?
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So that is a super, super popular, really, really fun
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option in there. And despite it being a a bar,
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really, truly, it is very family friendly inside.
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The only thing I will say is that the majority of the spaces
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inside of Ogas don't have seats. So it's a lot of tabletop, like
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high top tables or a lot of the walls.
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They have like little like alcoves in a lot of the walls in
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there. And a lot of them just have like
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a like a bar top that you can put stuff on, but they don't
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have like stools. So keep that in mind because
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like I didn't take my kids in until this last time we were
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when we went and they were, let's see, 6:00 and 8:00 when we
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went inside. And even then, I think my, you
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know, my, my kiddos were like, OK, we're tired.
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We don't stand here anymore. You know, they had fun.
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They like to dance to the music. My daughter got questioned by a
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stormtrooper that walked into Olga's, which was super fun.
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So it was a great experience. And they do have non alcohol, a
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ton of non alcoholic drinks in there as well.
25:10
So it is definitely a a kid friendly space, but I wouldn't
25:15
necessarily take little little kids in there because of those
25:20
couple things. So decide accordingly.
25:23
Maybe the walk up option is great.
25:25
Maybe you do some dividing out if you've got kiddos, and maybe
25:28
the kiddos run into a Toy Story land to ride aliens swirling
25:32
saucers while you go to Olga's, you know?
25:34
So decide what works best for your group, but just keep those
25:38
things in mind about Olga's Cantina.
25:41
The last food location inside of Galaxy's Edge is Ronto Roasters.
25:46
This is a quick service, more of like a stand because it's not,
25:50
there's not a ton of seating. There's a little bit of seating
25:52
nearby, but it's not like a full quick service restaurant in the
25:56
morning. They have things like the Ronto
25:59
morning wrap, which is like eggs and sausage inside of that, like
26:03
like a pita bread, and they've like overnight oats and some
26:06
other options there as well. And then once it flips to
26:09
lunchtime, they have the traditional Ronto wrap.
26:12
They have chiral pork rinds, they have a zucchini wrap, you
26:17
know, so lots of different options.
26:18
They're not as big of a menu as docking by 7 is going to have,
26:22
but definitely a really great option if you're looking for
26:25
that. Now, Ronto Roasters at Hollywood
26:27
Studios does close fairly early. Usually around 3:00 PM is when
26:33
that location will close. So if you want to eat at Ronto
26:38
Roasters, I would plan to do it for breakfast or lunch so you
26:41
don't miss out on trying any of the food that you might want to
26:44
try inside of there. And they do mobile order as
26:48
well. That line can ebb and flow.
26:50
So I, I just pretty much always suggest mobile ordering just
26:53
because it's going to save you the time when it comes to, you
26:58
know, you're busy Disney Day. So I would mobile order there.
27:01
Not a huge deal if you don't or if you want to, you know, look
27:04
more at the menu and see kind of what they've got before you
27:07
decide. That's also definitely something
27:09
that you can do. So like I said, all of those
27:14
locations all exists inside of Galaxy's Edge.
27:17
So tons of food options inside that area, lots of places to
27:21
grab a snack or a quick drink if you choose to inside of that
27:27
area of the park. The next thing we're going to
27:29
talk about is shopping. So inside of Batu, you can find
27:34
this marketplace, they call it the Black Spire Marketplace, and
27:37
it is kind of centrally located inside of the Galaxy's Edge and
27:42
inside of the marketplace, it's kind of a partially covered area
27:46
where you've got these little tiny shops on either side as you
27:49
walk through. So in there you can find things
27:52
like the creature stall, the Toydarian toy maker, Black Spire
27:57
Outfitters, so lots of themed stuff.
28:00
Again, all of this is to be like you are living inside of their
28:07
universe. You're not going to find inside
28:11
of Batu things that say Star Wars on them because to them,
28:18
that movie franchise doesn't exist.
28:20
They are just living their lives as Batuidians on their planet.
28:25
So you will find outfits, but they're not going to be like
28:29
Star Wars merch, if that makes sense in this particular
28:32
location. So keep that in mind and I'll
28:35
talk about where you can find actual Star Wars merch here in
28:40
just a moment. So those different things are
28:43
inside of the marketplace. If you're looking for those also
28:47
in the realm kind of out the one, and as you're going towards
28:52
the Millennium Falcon, you can find Doc Ondar's Den of
28:57
Antiquities and that is where you will find the lightsabers.
29:01
So we're going to talk a little bit more about lightsabers and
29:04
building your own lightsabers actually just here in a moment.
29:08
But that is where you will find like certain character
29:11
lightsabers or certain kind of pre made lightsabers are inside
29:18
of that shop. A couple other shops that you
29:21
can find that are actually not on planet.
29:24
So these next two that I'm going to mention are ones that you
29:27
will find that do have Star Wars merchandise.
29:30
The first is tattooing Traders and this is the merchandise
29:33
location that you walk through when you exit Star Tours.
29:38
So we already talked about the Star Tours is not on planet,
29:42
right? It's outside of the realm of
29:45
that. So you will find Star Wars
29:48
spirit jerseys and lounge flies. You'll find the more plastic
29:53
lightsabers there, pins and all of those types of merch that
30:00
you're used to seeing it in Disney shops.
30:02
You're going to find that at Tattooing Traders.
30:04
So if you're in the park and you want that type of stuff,
30:07
Tattooing Traders is your location.
30:09
You're going to go to the other location that you can find Star
30:13
Wars merchandise is at Disney Springs.
30:16
So this is the one of the locations that is not at
30:21
Hollywood Studios. Remember I told you the majority
30:23
what we're talking about is at Hollywood Studios.
30:24
This is not this is at Disney Springs, which Disney Springs is
30:28
the shopping center location at Disney on property and that is
30:32
the Galactic Outpost. The best way that I can tell you
30:37
is that it is in the West side of Disney Springs.
30:41
It is actually next door to the Marvel store.
30:45
But again, that doesn't really truly help.
30:47
Depending on what you know and what you're familiar with, it is
30:54
kind of near the movie theater. So you kind of can go down past
31:02
and around the corner from the movie theater.
31:05
And it is also near the like Planet Hollywood and near the
31:13
Starbucks over on that side. So if that kind of gives you
31:16
some some different points to look for when you're trying to
31:20
find that location. But again, they're going to have
31:23
similar things to like what tattooing traders had.
31:27
They may have a few things from the Batuan Marketplace stores,
31:34
but mostly it's going to be that traditional Star Wars merch.
31:37
So those are your locations if you're looking for kind of more
31:41
standard merchandise with the Star Wars logo or the name or
31:46
characters on it, things like that.
31:48
You can find them at either tattooing traders inside of
31:50
Hollywood Studios or at the Galactic Outpost at Disney
31:53
Springs. So that brings us to my kind of
31:57
other fun category when it comes to doing our perfect Star Wars
32:03
Day. Because believe it or not,
32:05
that's only about half of the information when it comes to
32:08
Star Wars things at the park. So let's talk about what else we
32:12
can do if we are trying to plan that perfect Star Wars day.
32:16
So a couple things that you can do inside of a Galaxy's Edge
32:20
that we haven't talked about yet.
32:22
The first one is Savvy's workshop, which is where you can
32:26
custom build your own lightsaber.
32:28
So we talked a little bit about lightsabers earlier.
32:32
Doc Ondars is where you find the ones that are pre made or that
32:35
are characters or those types of things.
32:39
Tattooing traders, you can find the more plastic kid versions of
32:43
lightsabers, but Savvy's is where you will do your custom
32:48
built lightsaber. So reservations are required for
32:51
Savvy's and can be made 60 days ahead of time.
32:55
The lightsabers currently, again, prices can change, but
32:59
they currently go for two 7499 per lightsaber.
33:04
So definitely an investment, definitely not a toy.
33:10
So keep that in mind if you've got a Star Wars kiddo.
33:13
These are very expensive lightsabers.
33:18
So just just putting that out there and no discounts apply,
33:23
unfortunately. So annual pass discounts, CBC
33:25
discounts, any of that. They don't take those.
33:27
It does include a carrying case. This is recommended.
33:30
The experience is recommended for ages 5 and up.
33:33
You can have two people per reservation.
33:35
One will do the building and the other is just like there with
33:39
them to watch Hangouts, have the experience with them and one of
33:44
those two that are on there must be at least 14 years of age.
33:48
So if you've got 2 kiddos that you want to send to do it, one
33:52
of them has to be at least 14. And it's recommended that the
33:55
youngest is five if you are wanting to send your little in
33:59
to do that experience. It is a 31 inch blade if that
34:03
matters to any of you who are Star Wars lightsaber people.
34:07
And you choose your hilt theme based on the options that they
34:12
have. So it varies in what they have
34:14
in stock, but they have like 5 or 6 different options as far as
34:18
like themes on the hilt style that you can choose from.
34:22
And you select that when you go to your actual reservation.
34:26
So that's not something that you pick ahead of time.
34:28
You will do it like when you check into your reservation.
34:31
This is a really, really fun, really immersive, super cool
34:35
experience to have. I definitely agree with the five
34:39
and up because you want to make sure that your littles are
34:44
careful and can listen to what they're supposed to be doing
34:47
because it kind of they kind of walk you through the process of
34:49
how to build it and you know, putting the kyber crystals in
34:53
and all that kind of stuff. So you definitely want to have
34:55
them be able to follow those directions and kind of
34:57
understand what it is they're doing.
35:00
But a super, really, really cool experience to have.
35:04
Another really fun experience is the Droid Depot.
35:06
So this is where you do custom built droids.
35:09
So they have custom built lightsabers and also custom
35:11
built droids. You can again buy standard
35:15
droids inside of some of the shops.
35:17
I think Doc Ondar's actually, it's a shop that has the
35:20
standard droids inside of it, but this is where you go if you
35:24
want to customize your own. Again, reservations are required
35:29
for this experience and can be made 60 days out.
35:32
They do have limited same day reservations available.
35:36
You're going to want to check your My Disney Experience app
35:39
for that and then or check the website to see what's available
35:43
for that. A couple different options that
35:46
you have at the Disney World version of this because you can
35:50
do this in Disneyland, but they actually have other options out
35:52
there. So we'll talk about that here
35:53
briefly or here shortly. I should say you can do either
35:58
ABB series, think BB8, or you can do an R series, so think
36:03
R2D2, right? So those are the two different
36:05
Droid options that they have. You will choose your pieces kind
36:08
of as they pass by you on a conveyor belt.
36:11
It's a really, really cool setup that they have for this
36:14
experience and the droids are currently 1/29/99 plus tax and
36:19
again, no discount supply. They do include a carrying box
36:24
with your reservation. You can also purchase like
36:27
specialty backpacks and other things that you can use to carry
36:32
your Droid. So, but at the very minimum,
36:34
you're going to have at least a box to put it in to be able to
36:36
carry it with you. This is recommended for ages 3
36:39
and up. And I would, I would agree with
36:41
that. And same thing, you can have two
36:44
people on your reservation time, one that actually does the
36:47
building and the other one that kind of is just there with them.
36:49
And at least one of the two of those must to be at 14 years or
36:53
older. And also keep in mind with the
36:56
droids, they have recently rolled out more of these.
36:59
But there are kind of various personality affiliation chips
37:03
and other accessories that you can buy for an additional
37:05
charge. So the 1/29/99 is just like your
37:08
standard flat rate for starting. But if you want to do any
37:11
specialty personality chips or things like that, those are an
37:15
additional cost for that. So those are the two expensive
37:21
options of more fun things that you can do in the when you are
37:26
visiting to make your your day, your very perfect Star Wars day.
37:31
The next two things that I'm going to talk about actually
37:33
have to do with the Disney Play app.
37:36
So a couple different things that you can do on there while
37:40
you are inside of Galaxy's Edge and both of these are so much
37:44
fun. The first one is the Star Wars
37:47
Data Pad mode. So this is on the Disney Play
37:51
app. So you're going to want to
37:52
download that app. It is separate from my Disney
37:54
experience, but you're going to want to download that app before
37:57
your trip and have it kind of logged in and ready to go.
38:00
And you will activate it will like prompt you to activate the
38:04
Star Wars data pad like set of skills and adventures on your
38:11
app. So once you do that, you're
38:13
going to find many different tools on the phone that will let
38:18
you explore the planet. You can choose to translate a
38:23
variety of languages from across the Galaxy, including Arabesh
38:27
signs throughout the Black Spire outpost.
38:29
So anytime you see stuff written on signs or on buildings and
38:33
it's written in Star Wars language, Arabesh, it will help
38:37
you translate that. You can scan objects around the
38:41
spaceports to discover different precious cargo and kind of go on
38:44
adventures that way. You can also tune and decrypt
38:48
communications sent by the planet's many residents.
38:51
So they kind of have different things that you can interact
38:54
with with that. And then you can also use the
38:57
Star Wars data pad to kind of hack into and interact with
39:02
several different devices, control panels, androids that
39:05
are out and around for Galaxy's Edge.
39:09
So that is a super fun way if you've got a kiddo that is able
39:13
to kind of handle manipulating an app, which you know, most of
39:16
our littles can by the time they would be interested in doing
39:19
something like that. That is a super fun way to kind
39:23
of interact with the the location in the area around
39:26
them. Certain games on that play
39:28
Disney app will also interact with things in the queue and the
39:33
areas around rise of the resistance and smugglers run.
39:36
So if you are looking for more things to do while you're
39:39
waiting in line, that app may be a benefit for you to have.
39:43
The other really fun thing that it does is bounty hunting.
39:47
So over on the side of the the the planet that is kind of near
39:53
the Droid depot, there is a screen kind of located across
39:58
from the end of the marketplace and down and down from the Droid
40:02
depot area where you can use a magic band plus and you can go
40:08
bounty hunting. So you kind of join the bounty
40:12
hunters in your typical Star Wars area, and you literally
40:15
play a giant game of hot and cold across.
40:20
All of Galaxy's Edge and you're looking for different bounties
40:23
and your magic band will light up red as you get further away,
40:28
light up green as you get closer, and then it will turn
40:30
purple when you have found your bounty.
40:33
And with your play app you can scan and actually see who it was
40:36
that you were looking for. So that is a really fun game,
40:41
super fun to play. I I suggest doing that one when
40:44
it starts to get a little bit darker because it's easier to
40:46
see the like LE DS on your magic band when it's a little bit
40:50
darker outside. So I would highly suggest not
40:54
doing that like mid afternoon when the sun is really bright
40:57
and it's really hard to see. But super, super fun thing that
41:00
you can do with your play or Disney play app and your magic
41:04
band is that bounty hunting. And my kids loved it.
41:07
They thought it was so much fun. They love getting to run around
41:11
and try to to find all the things they're supposed to be
41:13
looking for. So super cool with that.
41:16
One last thing that I want to talk about before I give you my
41:19
little suggested itinerary for your perfect Star Wars day at
41:23
Disney World. And then we'll jump to
41:24
Disneyland is a couple different photo things that you can think
41:28
about when you are visiting Batu.
41:31
The first we've talked about before, which is the Capture
41:34
Your Moment session. So these are those 20 minute
41:36
private photo sessions that you can book for up to 8 guests that
41:40
cost $99.00 for the 20 minutes. And they actually have specific
41:46
ones for Galaxy's Edge. So they have one location that
41:49
you can do in front of the Millennium Falcon and then they
41:51
have another one that you can do in front of the 1st Order
41:54
shuttle in some of the ships there as well.
41:57
You can also choose to do it by the Black Spire Outpost.
42:01
So different options kind of in that marketplace and near some
42:06
of the ancient ruin spaces across all of Batu as well.
42:10
So again, it is $99.00 for up to 8 people that can be included.
42:14
Reservations are required for that and they can be made 60
42:17
days out. Now with those capture your
42:21
moment sessions, same day reservations are sometimes
42:24
available, but you have to do at least two hours ahead of time.
42:28
So like if it's 10 AM, you can't book an 11 AM time because they
42:33
just won't. They can't accommodate that.
42:35
It would have to be like noon or later.
42:36
So just keep that in mind as you're looking for any same day
42:39
availability. If you decide last minute that
42:42
you want to book that, the other thing that you can keep an eye
42:45
out for in the evening time, primarily around the Millennium
42:51
Falcon area and kind of between the Millennium Falcon and the
42:54
Thai echelon, where we've talked about that corridor before,
42:57
where like the Stormtroopers are and stuff, and that is the
43:00
lightsaber photos. These are so, so, so fun.
43:06
So most evenings starting around sunset, these, this is an
43:09
offering that you will find and it's at specific photo pass cast
43:13
members. Not every photo pass cast member
43:15
is going to be doing it. You will be able to tell which
43:18
cast member it is because they will have lightsabers that you
43:21
can borrow for these photo OPS. Now you are also welcome to use
43:27
your own absolutely for sure, but they have different ones
43:30
that you can borrow different colors and things and they've
43:33
got a couple different locations that they do these photos.
43:36
So by the Millennium Falcon is 1, there's a doorway kind of
43:41
diagonally across from the entrance to Ogas Cantina where
43:44
they do a lot of them to like really cool poses in that like
43:47
it's just like a nonchalant doorway, but it looks really,
43:50
really cool and photos so you can get photos there.
43:53
But that is a really, really fun thing to do at the end of your
43:57
Star Wars day. And you don't have to worry
44:01
about whether or not you have your own lightsaber because
44:02
they're going to have one that you can borrow.
44:04
So super, super fun thing to do. And that is kind of different
44:10
and unique and maybe people don't know about.
44:13
So that is kind of the end of my list of things for Hollywood
44:19
studios. Now with that list, let's talk
44:23
about just briefly, and this is going to be pretty quick and
44:27
simple as I go through this. I'm not going to get into too
44:29
much detail, but let's talk about my suggested itinerary for
44:36
if you want to do All Star Wars all day and do as many of these
44:45
things that I mentioned as possible on your Star Wars day.
44:50
So here's my suggestion for you, for Hollywood Studios, Again,
44:54
this is going to be Hollywood Studios.
44:56
I know we talked about there's one location at Disney Springs.
44:59
We're not going to Disney Springs.
45:00
So we're trying to get as much in as we possibly can, right?
45:03
So my suggestion for Hollywood Studios for your perfect Star
45:07
Wars day is to rope drop smugglers run.
45:09
You can check on Rise of the Resistance.
45:11
It doesn't like to open in the morning.
45:14
If it does open, go there first. If it's not opened then hit
45:18
smugglers run. You could always book a single
45:21
pass lightning lane for Rise of the resistance if that's within
45:24
your budget or something that you choose to budget for.
45:27
So that's what I would do first is head there, try to get
45:30
smugglers run and rise of the Resistance done as soon as you
45:33
possibly can because those lines get long.
45:37
I would grab something to eat for breakfast at Ronto Roasters.
45:40
They have some really great breakfast options there and it's
45:42
pretty quick and easy. And then I would do maybe a late
45:46
morning reservation for either building a Droid or a
45:49
lightsaber. Again, if that's within your
45:51
budget and something that you would like to do.
45:54
That would be when I would choose to do that.
45:56
You could do then grabbing some lunch at Ronto Roasters again,
46:01
because remember that menu switches over halfway through
46:04
the day. So you could grab the afternoon
46:07
Ronto wrap and then you could do either A to go drink from Olga's
46:11
or grab an Olga's reservation for right after lunch to go in,
46:15
get out of the heat, enjoy some drinks and some atmosphere.
46:18
Have a good time there. After that I would suggest in
46:21
the afternoon doing some of those data pad explorations on
46:25
that play Disney app and looking maybe doing some character
46:29
hunting and seeing what characters you can find.
46:31
Shopping at the marketplace is a fun way to get out of the direct
46:36
sun. It's not completely covered in
46:38
in AC, but you definitely get out of the sun in there and that
46:43
is a great time to do. To look at the wait for Star
46:45
Tours. Star Tours is a very high
46:47
capacity ride and it typically doesn't have too long of a wait.
46:50
I wouldn't wait longer than 10 or 15 for Star Tours.
46:53
So if it's like 35, you hit it at a bad time, come back in an
46:56
hour and check it again with that that that'll take up most
47:00
of your afternoon time is kind of just exploring and running
47:05
around and having fun with all of that dinner at docking Bay 7
47:09
Mobile order ahead of time so that way you don't get stuck in
47:12
the dinner rush would be my suggestion.
47:15
And then after that last chances to do anything that you may be
47:18
missed. Evening photos, lightsaber
47:21
photos and I like to visit the milk stand at night because I
47:24
think it's a nice little kind of sweet treat to end your evening
47:30
time inside of Galaxies edge. So that would be my brief
47:34
overview of suggestions as far as what I would say to do on
47:39
your perfect Star Wars day. Obviously you can pick and
47:43
choose and manipulate that as you need to for your particular
47:49
interests. If you are someone that really
47:50
likes the rides and you want to spend more time, you know, going
47:55
on the rides over and over and over again, or you want to focus
47:58
on characters or shopping, you know, lots of different things
48:02
that you can do in that as well. You know, it's kind of
48:04
surprising how much they fit into one area of Hollywood
48:10
Studios, right? It's pretty impressive all of
48:12
the food and shopping and experience options that they
48:15
have inside of there. So that is kind of our Hollywood
48:18
Studios Disney World options for your perfect Star Wars Day.
48:24
Now let's jump coasts and talk about Disneyland.
48:28
It's been a minute since we've talked to Disneyland on Mom
48:31
Street, but that's definitely something that I'm wanting to
48:33
get back to. So let's talk about Disneyland.
48:37
So the Disneyland version and the Walt Disney World version of
48:41
Batu experiences are very similar in the way they are
48:44
geographically set up. So I'm not going to go into a
48:47
ton of details about the things that are the same as what we
48:51
just talked about, but I will highlight differences and still
48:54
give you the rundown of what you can find in different locations.
48:57
All of that being said, Disneyland is getting a lot of
49:04
new updates to their Galaxy's Edge coming very, very soon.
49:10
So their timeline of who and what exists on planet is going
49:18
to shift very, very soon. So beginning April 29th of 2026,
49:23
which is, you know, a little less than two months away from
49:26
when we're recording this, Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland Park
49:29
will expand its timeline to include more of the Star Wars
49:34
eras. Planet Leia Organa will be on
49:37
planet Han Solo and Luke Skywalker, joining the other
49:40
beloved characters that are already roaming the Outer Rim
49:43
outpost. So they're going to be added to
49:48
what is already existing there. Ray and the Resistance will
49:52
continue their fight against the 1st Order in the Resistance
49:55
camp. So they're keeping Ray and all
49:59
of those and adding to which is super exciting.
50:03
The other thing that they're adding, which is probably not a
50:05
big deal to many of you, but is a big deal to me because I'm a
50:08
total music nerd, is that they are going to bring in the
50:12
musical selections from John Williams, who is the composer of
50:16
all of the Star Wars film scores.
50:17
And it's going to be played throughout the land.
50:19
That music is going to be incredible to experience as you
50:24
are walking through Batu. I am so excited for this
50:28
experience to be over in Disneyland.
50:30
I cannot wait to go in a few years and and kind of experience
50:34
all of that. So that is super, super cool to
50:38
hear about. So keep all of those things in
50:41
mind. I am going to mention what is
50:43
currently here and talk about kind of what they currently have
50:48
to offer at Disneyland for their for their offerings for your
50:52
perfect Star Wars day. Again, I'm not going to go into
50:55
detail about the ones that I already talked about, so keep
50:58
that in mind. Couple different things that
51:01
they have here as far as attractions go.
51:03
They do have Star Tours. Their Star Tours is in
51:06
Tomorrowland. So think about, I should also
51:10
mention we talked about Hollywood Studios for Disney
51:13
World BA2 and Galaxy's Edge is in Disneyland.
51:17
So Disneyland remember has two parks, Disneyland and Disney's
51:20
California Adventure. Star Wars is at Disneyland kind
51:23
of in the back area of the park. So but their Star Tours is in
51:27
Tomorrowland. So don't get confused about that
51:30
location. Again, same thing goes.
51:32
It's not meant to be an immersive experience.
51:34
It's not meant to feel like you're on planet.
51:36
It's meant to be more like a look into the films.
51:40
Rise of the Resistance exists on planet for them.
51:43
Smugglers Run. Now this, and I didn't mention
51:47
this before, but this is also the case for Disney World that
51:51
in May 20 of 2026, May 22nd, 2026, they are going to have new
51:56
missions coming to Smugglers Run.
51:58
So that is a change that's going to happen on both coasts.
52:01
So look up more information about that if that's something
52:04
that you are interested in getting to be able to experience
52:08
whenever you go to visit to and ride Smugglers Run.
52:11
The other thing that they have over at Disneyland is that Star
52:15
Wars Launch Bay. So we talked about how the one
52:17
at Hollywood Studios has closed for refurb and is not going to
52:20
exist any longer in the way that it did previously.
52:24
Well, Disneyland still has Star Wars Launch Bay and it is again
52:28
over in Tomorrowland and that is where you will find the the
52:33
character meet and greet over there.
52:36
That is like your standard traditional one.
52:38
Now for them it is the IT is a Disney Visa card member Star
52:43
Wars photo op over there. So that is one of those
52:46
speciality ones for the Disney Visa card holders.
52:50
The other thing that I do just want to mention in attractions
52:52
before I jump to shows next is they do occasionally seasonally
52:59
during special events, things like that have what they call
53:03
Hyperspace Mountain, which is Space Mountain set to Star Wars
53:06
music. So that is something that is
53:09
offered fairly frequently in a rotation over at Disneyland.
53:13
So if that is something that you are interested in, definitely
53:16
look up if and see if there's any information available about
53:19
when that may be returning. It is not currently at
53:23
Disneyland, but it is something that frequently is in rotation.
53:27
It comes back quite often over in Disneyland for that offering.
53:32
So shows over in Disneyland, they have a new projection show
53:37
that they just started. It's not currently running.
53:39
But again, it's one of those seasonal things.
53:42
We're not sure exactly when it may or may not come back.
53:45
I would imagine in April when these new characters come to
53:53
Galaxy's Edge that this will return.
53:55
And that is the the projection show on the Spires of Batu that
53:59
is called Shadows of Memory, a Skywalker saga.
54:03
So it is a Star Wars themed projection show that happens on
54:08
the Spires. Those are like big pointy
54:10
things. You know of Batu over in
54:13
Disneyland. No specific word on when or if
54:17
this is coming back, but I would heavily think that April, May of
54:24
this year, it will probably come back around.
54:28
Just my guess. There's no truth to that.
54:33
Just my, my guessing when it comes to that show.
54:37
But I know that those who got to experience it when it was around
54:40
that have said very, very good things about that.
54:44
So let's talk about characters now similar characters to what
54:49
we heard before. They've got Darth Vader in Star
54:52
Wars launch Bay so that is that off planet meet and greet.
54:57
They've got stormtroopers and Kylo Ren that are roaming near
55:00
the Thai echelon by the milk stand.
55:02
They've got Ray by the Millennium Falcon.
55:05
They've got the Mandalorian and Grogu at the end of their
55:08
marketplace. They also though characters that
55:12
we don't have at I say we like it's my park, just the park I'm
55:16
used to that Hollywood Studios does not have.
55:19
They have Boba Fett that appears regularly at that same end of
55:23
the marketplace where The Mandalorian is.
55:25
And they also have Ahsoka Tano that comes out there as well.
55:28
So those three kind of rotate through sets on that end of
55:33
their marketplace. So Ahsoka, Boba Fett and the
55:36
Mandalorian and Grogu can all be seen and that little courtyard
55:41
type area over there. Now let's talk about some of
55:44
these updates that I hinted at earlier because I've got more
55:48
details about who is actually coming and where they're going
55:52
to be and what they're going to be doing, right.
55:53
So updates that are coming is and this is literally from the
55:59
Disneyland website so apologies for the formal wording I guess I
56:04
don't know but Darth Vader search for Luke Skywalker will
56:07
bring him to Batu. The Sith Lord will be joined by
56:10
Imperial Stormtroopers as they seek the elusive Jedi.
56:14
They may find hints of the force around the outpost, so they will
56:19
be joining everyone inside of BA2.
56:24
I don't know what that means for the Disney Visa card holder spot
56:28
at Disneyland. We'll have to see what they
56:30
choose to do with that going forward when this happens,
56:32
because these updates are coming in April.
56:37
The other or the next update? Leia and Han Solo will be
56:40
reunited with Luke Skywalker and Chewbacca among the rocky
56:44
Spires. So Leia, Han, Luke, and Chewie
56:47
will all be available to see and interact with again.
56:51
None of these are going to be standard character meet and
56:53
greets. They're all taking place inside
56:55
Galaxy's Edge. Luke Skywalker will roam the
56:59
outpost, seeking knowledge of the Force and artifacts related
57:02
to lightsaber building, kyber crystals, and more.
57:04
Leia Organa may be spotted near the Millennium Falcon, where
57:08
she'll recruit travellers and locals to help keep Luke safe.
57:11
Han Solo will also linger around his prized ship, tempted by the
57:15
local cantina. You will be able to still
57:18
encounter Ahsoka and The Mandalorian and Grogu near the
57:22
marketplace. The forested area on the
57:26
outskirts of Blackspire Outpost will continue to represent a
57:29
time inspired by the age of the Resistance, and you will find
57:33
Ray around this resistance camp. So Ray is going to shift away
57:37
from the Millennium Falcon and be more in the kind of outskirts
57:41
as they are describing it here from the website.
57:44
And the last thing is the beloved Starship mechanic and
57:48
fighter pilot assistant R2D2 will also continue to roll
57:53
through the land. All of those offerings are going
57:57
to be what you will find starting at the end of April out
58:00
in Disneyland. So some really fun characters
58:03
that you can find out there that are completely different than
58:06
what you're going to find at Disney World.
58:07
So you know, maybe you're may the fourth plans and you and
58:13
Disneyland this year instead of Disney World to experience some
58:16
of that. So you never know, right.
58:19
So those are kind of your characters for and what is
58:23
currently happening and what is coming for food.
58:28
They have all of the same offerings that we already heard
58:32
about. South Docking Bay 7 is a quick
58:34
service restaurant there. Do keep in mind that
58:37
Disneyland's menus do sometimes differ even if the locations are
58:42
exactly the same, right? So Docking Bay 7 at Disneyland,
58:46
typically speaking, Disneyland restaurants get more flavorful
58:50
and more frequently rotating food than Disney World does.
58:54
They have a lot more locals that they cater to.
58:57
So they have to keep things, you know, rotating and keep things
59:01
more, a little bit more interesting for them out there.
59:03
But they do mobile order at their Docking Bay 7.
59:07
They have Katsakas. This is a snack stand.
59:10
But this snack stand is very different from the with their
59:15
offerings than the one we talked about at Hollywood studios.
59:18
So at Hollywood studios, we said they had the the two different.
59:21
They had the buttered grains, the outpost mix for popcorn and
59:25
then that black calf cold brew. Well, this location's menu has a
59:29
black calf slushy currently. They also have a black Spire
59:34
waffle with a dipping sauce, a Lysede popped grains and Crate
59:38
Nutter popped grains. So different menu for cut
59:41
sockets over there. So keep that in mind.
59:44
You're not going to find the same offerings there as you did
59:46
at Hollywood Studios and they do not do mobile order there.
59:49
So another thing that is just a little bit different for that
59:53
location, for the milk stand, they actually have a different
59:57
milk offering. They do have the blue and green
59:59
milk, but they now have that is fairly new over at Disneyland, a
1:00:03
pink milk, which is a plant based rice milk blend with sweet
1:00:09
and fruit characteristics. So they have blue and green.
1:00:12
They also have pink over there, which I think that is so much
1:00:15
fun. They do mobile order at their
1:00:18
snack stand as well. For their Oga's Cantina it is
1:00:24
exactly the same as far as being a Star Wars themed bar.
1:00:27
But as I'm recording this there Oga's is currently closed for
1:00:31
refurb and not a ton of information has been put out
1:00:35
about what all is happening during this refurb.
1:00:41
Other than the fact that they Disney has has made it known and
1:00:45
hinted at the fact that the infamous Cantina band is
1:00:48
supposed to be heard in Oga's this year coming with the new
1:00:52
timeline. So the speculation is it may
1:00:54
have something to do with that. Before it went under refurb it
1:00:58
did go up to walk up or it did change to walk up availability
1:01:02
only. So no reservations were
1:01:04
available. Not sure if that will stay or if
1:01:06
it'll go back to a reservation system when it reopens, which
1:01:10
again, we don't have a date for that, but we do believe that
1:01:14
that partially has to do with them making some changes and,
1:01:17
and adjustments for that new updated extended timeline that
1:01:21
we're getting over in Batu W, if you will.
1:01:26
And then Ronto Roasters is the same quick service restaurant.
1:01:30
They do mobile order, but do keep in mind that the the menu
1:01:34
is similar, but they actually stay open later than the Walt
1:01:36
Disney World version. So I talked about the Disney
1:01:39
World. Ronto Roasters tends to close
1:01:41
around 3:00 PM. The Ronto Roasters at Disneyland
1:01:45
is usually open until 7:00 or 8:00 PM.
1:01:48
So a little bit more time to get your Ronto wrap over at Ronto
1:01:52
Roasters if you choose to. Which also means that Docking
1:01:55
Bay 7 doesn't get a Ronto wrap over at Disneyland.
1:01:58
You can only get those at Ronto Roasters because they have those
1:02:01
extended hours there shopping pretty much identical.
1:02:07
You've got the Batu in Marketplace with the Toy Darien
1:02:09
toy toy maker that's like a tongue twister, the creature
1:02:12
stall, the Black Spire Outfitters.
1:02:14
You've got Doc Andar's Den of Antiquities with the
1:02:16
lightsabers. They're off or out of park
1:02:21
option for shopping. Can they do have one in Downtown
1:02:25
Disney? And that is the Star Wars
1:02:27
Trading Post. So if you remember the setup of
1:02:30
Disneyland, Downtown Disney is really kind of attached by
1:02:34
sidewalks to the parks. So you can hop right out of
1:02:38
Disneyland or maybe on your way out back to your car, you can
1:02:41
stop in that Star Wars Trading Post.
1:02:43
That is going to be your stop for Star Wars branded merch.
1:02:48
And now let's get to our little other fun category and that is
1:02:54
the the stuff we haven't talked about yet, which is Sabi's
1:02:59
Workshop and the Droid Depot. So we'll talk about Sabi's first
1:03:02
since that was the first one we talked about with our Disney
1:03:04
World options. These are again the custom built
1:03:08
lightsabers. Reservations are required and
1:03:10
can be made 60 days out. So same thing there.
1:03:13
The interesting thing, and Kate and I kind of started to notice
1:03:17
this a while ago on Mom St. like within the first year or so when
1:03:21
we were comparing things from Disney World to Disneyland.
1:03:25
Their lightsabers are two 4999 plus tax with no discount, so
1:03:33
$30 cheaper at Disneyland than it is at Disney World, which is,
1:03:38
you know, we could speculate why I'm not going to go there other
1:03:42
than just that's interesting, right?
1:03:44
They do have a carrying case that is included and again
1:03:47
recommended for five and up with one of the two people attending
1:03:50
needing to be 14 and older. Again, a 31 inch blade and you
1:03:55
can choose your hilt theme based on availability.
1:03:57
And they do seem to be the same lists that they're working off
1:04:02
of. Again, subject to availability
1:04:04
on both coasts for that. And then the last thing for
1:04:08
Disneyland that I want to mention is the Droid Depot
1:04:11
information for your custom built droids.
1:04:14
Again, same thing as Disney World at Hollywood Studios.
1:04:19
Some reservations are required and can't be made 60 days out.
1:04:21
Limited same day reservations are available.
1:04:25
Now here is where there are some differences.
1:04:28
They're minor, but still some differences.
1:04:31
You can do ABB series Droid, you can do an R series Droid, then
1:04:34
they also have the C series Droid.
1:04:38
So that is totally different than what you can find over at
1:04:40
Disney World. If you are wondering what is AC
1:04:44
series Droid, think Chopper. And that should give you an idea
1:04:49
of kind of the the body shape and makeup of those C series
1:04:53
droids. So that is a new thing for
1:04:55
Disneyland that we do not have at Disney World.
1:04:58
Again, you choose your pieces as they pass by on the conveyor
1:05:01
belt. And here's the other difference
1:05:06
we talked about Disney World, the prices and at Disney World
1:05:11
your price for the Droid building was 1/29/99 at
1:05:16
Disneyland is 1/19/99, so $10 cheaper.
1:05:23
Again, I don't know, right? And SO1911999 plus tax.
1:05:32
And then they also for the droids let you use a Magic Key
1:05:38
or DVC discount. So if you are someone that is
1:05:41
DVC and you're typically going to Disney World, you go to
1:05:44
Disneyland. Something to keep in mind
1:05:47
because not only is it $10 cheaper over there, but then you
1:05:49
also have a discount you can use.
1:05:51
Just say it. So again, little bit different
1:05:54
with that a carrying box is included.
1:05:57
You can also again, purchase backpacks and other things like
1:06:00
that to be able to do to carry your Droid around.
1:06:04
And again, various personality affiliation chips and other
1:06:07
accessories are available for an additional charge there as well.
1:06:13
So we made it to the end of our list of our perfect Star Wars
1:06:17
day options. Now, I'm not going to give you
1:06:20
my suggestion for the Disneyland itinerary because number 1, I
1:06:25
feel like it would be almost the exact same and #2 I'm just not
1:06:28
as familiar with Disneyland's to know for certain what their
1:06:31
rides do all the time. But I imagine what I have said
1:06:37
for Disney World would also apply fairly closely to
1:06:40
Disneyland with that itinerary kind of rundown for your perfect
1:06:45
Star Wars day. I hope that all this information
1:06:48
for all of my Star Wars lovers out there has been super helpful
1:06:52
and informative and maybe giving you some insight on why things
1:06:55
are the way they are and maybe what you can do to plan your
1:06:58
itinerary accordingly. When you are going to have your
1:07:02
perfect Star Wars Day at Disney, whether Disney World or
1:07:05
Disneyland coming up soon here on Mom St.
1:07:09
USA, Like I mentioned, we are going to be doing some of these
1:07:12
other perfect day scenario. We're going to talk about
1:07:14
princesses. We're going to talk about
1:07:15
Mickey. If there are other characters
1:07:17
that you'd like to hear about, please reach out to me.
1:07:20
Means I would love to help kind of pull and gather all of the
1:07:24
information that I can about whatever characters it is that
1:07:27
you want to see. So you can always reach me with
1:07:30
that or any other information. Mom St. usa@gmail.com or at Mom
1:07:35
St. USA on several social media
1:07:37
platforms. We also have our Patreon
1:07:38
account. I'm so feel free to comment over
1:07:41
there. I'll probably throw up a post
1:07:42
over there asking for what other characters you guys might want
1:07:45
to hear about and we'll just kind of sprinkle those little
1:07:48
perfect Today episodes in here for the coming months of Mom St.
1:07:52
episodes. Coming up next week, we have a
1:07:56
special treat. We are going to be visited by my
1:08:00
very, very good friend Kirk over at Walrus Carp.
1:08:04
We're going to be talking about some of the other parks around
1:08:08
the Orlando area, so maybe mentioning some things about
1:08:13
SeaWorld, Legoland, Busch Gardens, some of those other
1:08:16
options for things to do outside of Disney and Universal if
1:08:20
you're going there with kiddos. And then he's also going to clue
1:08:23
us in to this fabulous new theme park app that he has been
1:08:28
working on called Mode. That's MOWD and that is
1:08:32
something that he's going to be explaining to us and giving us
1:08:37
some insight too. Because I'm telling you all my
1:08:40
lovely Mom St. community, this app is a massive game changer.
1:08:44
I have been using it for a while to plan my itineraries.
1:08:47
It is so easy to use. So he's going to give us some
1:08:50
insight and some good looks at what that has to offer for our
1:08:54
Mom St. community. I'm so that is coming up next on
1:08:57
Mom Street. But for today, that kind of
1:09:00
wraps up our Star Wars chat. Thank you all so much for being
1:09:03
here and for always supporting our podcast cast and I will see
1:09:06
you on the next episode of Mom St.
1:09:08
USA. Bye everyone.