August 29, 2019 – As many had predicted, opening day crowds at Disney’s Hollywood Studios for Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge quickly reached capacity and the land was deemed “closed” to standby guests.
Even the threat of an approaching Hurricane Dorian, currently expected to reach Florida early Monday morning through Tuesday, did not scare off large crowds determined to enter Disney’s newest themed land.
With Hurricane Dorian days away from hitting Florida, devoted fans had other priorities to attend to at Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge.
The No. 1 priority for most guests was to ride the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run (no apostrophe ‘s) attraction, whose line at one point started at the Market section, then extended out toward Toy Story Land, before wrapping back past Oga’s Cantina and into the Falcon’s interior queue.
This extended queue to ride the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction, extends outside the land and toward Toy Story Land even before a 7:00 AM sunrise. (Photo Credit: bioreconstruct@twitter)
The wait to ride Smugglers Run was, on average, anywhere from 180 and up to 300 minutes long.
With Fastpass+ not available to anyone, the Standby Line – here pictured at 300 minutes – was the only option for guests. (Photo Credit: bioreconstruct@twitter)
The Batuu villager holding the sign (“Wait time: 300 minutes”) indicates where guests should enter that unfortunate back of the line. (Photo Credit: Jordan Philippi)
Galaxy’s Edge quickly reached capacity just minutes after opening at 6:00 AM to massive crowds. But Disney was prepared and activated its virtual queuing system, assigning a return time or boarding group to each guest. For visitors who did not have or chose not to use the My Disney Experience app, they could obtain a printed return time from Guest Relations.
There were, of course, other lines to other destinations in Galaxy’s Edge: Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities; Oga’s Cantina; and others. But after waiting four years for the first-ever Star Wars-themed land to open, guests didn’t seem to mind waiting several more hours “to live their own Star Wars adventure.”
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