{"id":629,"date":"2015-08-16T18:42:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-16T18:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=629"},"modified":"2015-08-16T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T18:42:04","slug":"star-wars-coming-soon-to-disney-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2015\/08\/16\/star-wars-coming-soon-to-disney-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Coming Soon to Disney Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-630\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Star_Wars_Imperial_Soldier_Exposicion_Madrid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-630\" src=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Star_Wars_Imperial_Soldier_Exposicion_Madrid-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Disney has recently unveiled its plans to build two enormous Star Wars lands in Florida\u2019s Disney World and Anaheim, California\u2019s Disneyland, marking the biggest expansion in the theme park\u2019s history. The announcement was made by Disney chief executive and chairman Bob Iger at the annual D23 Exposition in Anaheim, California before 7,500 Star War fans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each park will be 14 acres and will include sensor features to give visitors an \u2018immersive\u2019 experience. The lands will be populated with actors playing aliens, droids and many other creatures from the\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The authentic Star War\u2019s lands will feature a new planet from George Lucas\u2019 sci-fi intergalactic universe.\u00a0 Two new rides will be introduced, including one where participants will be able to board and take control of one of the most recognizable ships in the galaxy- Millennium Falcon<!--more--> while being on a secret mission, and another featuring Cantina, the infamous hub of rogue smugglers and traders together with a\u00a0Star Wars adventure that puts guests in the middle of an epic battle between the Resistance and the New Order &#8211; a war from the soon-to-be-released Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new development will also reportedly include shops and restaurants operated by Star Wars aliens and characters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bob Iger told the audience at the company&#8217;s D23 Expo on Saturday that his team was creating \u201ca jaw-dropping new world\u201d that represents their \u201clargest single themed land expansion ever\u201d and the new lands at Disneyland and Walt Disney World \u201cwill transport guests to a whole new Star Wars planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The announcement comes less than three years after Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise were sold to Disney by George Lucas for $4 billion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A date for the opening of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\" target=\"_blank\">attractions<\/a> was not announced and the company did not comment on the cost of the expansion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney has recently unveiled its plans to build two enormous Star Wars lands in Florida\u2019s Disney World and Anaheim, California\u2019s Disneyland, marking the biggest expansion in the theme park\u2019s history. The announcement was made by Disney chief executive and chairman Bob Iger at the annual D23 Exposition in Anaheim, California before 7,500 Star War fans. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2015\/08\/16\/star-wars-coming-soon-to-disney-parks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Star Wars Coming Soon to Disney Parks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}