YO, where do I even? How do I even? Y’all I went to Batuu. For those of you who don’t know me too well, hello it me Harley. I am a HUGE Star Wars fan, thank my father for that. I drool over the dark side heartthrobs, I love you so much Anakin. But anyways, excuse me sorry back to the reason we are all here. My review of Batuu/Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland here in Anaheim California.
Let me begin my thanking my dear friend Alexis for hooking this up, what a gem. A last minute change in her plans brought a friend I have had since high school from Ohio all the way here to me in California for a week randomly. Hey, I will take it.
So, she comes here and says she wants to go to Disneyland, cool, I’m down. I have lived here again for about seven months now and hadn’t made my way back to Disneyland in over about 4 years! I was in.
I’m going to be real with you the first thing that popped in my mind when the tickets were bought was “I’M GOING TO PILOT THE MILLENNIUM FALCON!”, that dream didn’t come true. (I was however the gunner on the falcon, so I suppose second in command isn’t too bad).
This trip to Disneyland was different than any other trip I had taken here, not just for the fact that Galaxy’s Edge had only recently opened, but because the wait times for rides this day were INSANELY low. We waited no longer than about 30 minutes for ANY ride, even for Smugglers Run, it was a dream. We got through probably about 6-8 rides all before 4pm. The classics, Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain, Indiana Jones, whatever that hellacious bobsled ride was called that has my back STILL hurting. Astounding, and even headed over into California Adventure.
But back to Batuu – Galaxy’s Edge was beyond cool. The attention to detail not only on the Falcon but in the Black Spire Outpost, and throughout all areas of Edge were impeccable. Blue milk, droid/saber building shops, photo opportunities at every turn, everyone dressed in their favorite Star Wars gear. I was beaming. We even got to see my sweetheart Kylo Ren and a few stormtroopers out and about in the First Order area of the park, questioning some locals.
I will be honest and say that I wish there was a bigger part of this area focused on the First Order and the Dark Side. Perhaps we will get that when the new Rise of the Resistance ride opens in 2020. This part of GE felt a little empty and out of place.
But overall if I had to rate my experience I would give a solid 7/10. I greatly enjoyed myself, and felt very thankful to be surrounded by such a cool gathering of fans for one fandom. Go, see it for yourself, don’t believe the reviews you read, review it for yourself.
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