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Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island [B-4] A-OK! |
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Board a free-floating raft in New Orleans Square to explore the last 2 1 /2 “undeveloped” acres of Frontierland. In 2007, a pirate ship “came aground” on the island, shipwrecking and flinging its treasure and crew all over, and hence it is now known as Pirate’s Lair. Hang out at Lafitte’s Tavern, where you might learn to use a cutlass or catch the pirate band, appropriately named the Bootstrappers. Your little pirates will love to climb to the top of Tom & Huck’s Treehouse, get lost in the narrow caves of Dead Man’s Grotto, and scamper across the suspension and pontoon bridges. Newer attractions include a sunken ship laden with underwater loot and a buried treasure chest that you can actually hoist up, a bone cage modeled after the one seen in the “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” movie, and a shipwreck with ominous signs that Davy Jones has visited! This is a great place for old and young pirates alike to take a mid-afternoon break. Some, but not all, of the island is wheelchair accessible. Two restrooms are available, at the north and south of the island. The raft, restrooms, and many pathways are wheelchair accessible. |
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the opening of Star Wars
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by GingerJ
by GingerJ
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge--opening 2019
Would-be Padawans and Jedi Knights everywhere are thrilled and breathlessly awaiting the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland Park (and at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World). Disneyland's largest-ever expansion will bring the immensely popular films to wonderful life, with two signature rides announced. Visitors will be able to pilot the Millennium Falcon, "one of the most recognizable ships in the galaxy," featured in the three original Star Wars movies and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." The second ride will place you in the middle of a thrilling battle between forces of the Resistance and the First Order. A fully immersive experience has been promised, with every store and restaurant in line with the theme. Concept art showed a cantina, not unlike the one in the original and the newest movies. The 14-acre land is set to open in 2019. The new land was announced in August 2015 at D23 by Disney's chairman and CEO, Bob Iger, who promises a "jaw-dropping new world" at the edge of the galaxy.
At the 2017 D23 convention, a detailed model of the new land was unveiled—see photos on the DisneyParksBlog.
Update: Guests riding Star Tours - The Adventure Continues in November 2017 were the first to visit Batuu - a planet on the edge of the Star Wars Galaxy. Batuu is the site of the new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge land coming to both Disneyland and Walt Disney World in 2019. According to Lucasfilm creative executive Pablo Hidalgo, "This used to be a vibrant trading port back in the old sub-lightspeed days, but now with advent of hyperspace, its prominence has kind of fallen and faded a little bit which has made it a great spot for those who didn't want to be on that kind of mainstream path...The smugglers, the bounty hunters, the rogue adventurers looking to crew up, the people who don't want to be found — basically all the interesting people.”
Top Photo Slice: (℗ 41876) Photo contributed by © chezp
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