Dude! You're spilling my secrets! My Son and I are coming April 12th - April 17th from Colorado! We bought tickets for the first Star Wars Nite ... not for the event ... but simply so our last night in the park will be a Ghost Town! Keep it up Brother ... best Disney content out there, by far!
This is our thought process as well. Extra character photo ops? Cool. Waiting in line for hours for those? No, thanks! They can stay in line while we roam the parks with ease.
Great analogy of Disney taking their hands off the wheel and putting the event on cruise control when it’s not an event that’s ready for that. Your descriptions of the event paint a vivid picture and your ideas to fix it sound spot on. I appreciate that you also mention who the event would be good for. Cheers
It is a shame they don’t do more for this event. There is so much potential like the return of the lightsaber show test was exclusive to the media preview of the land
All about community driven events! For us in the Chicagoland area, we have Star Wars Day at Joliet put on by the Joliet Public Library. For a while, it was the largest annual gathering of Star Wars fans outside of a Lucasfilm-sanctioned event, and it is well attended by 501st, Rebel Legion, and Mandalorians from the surrounding states. We wait for it all year and it is special, very much like Life Day on Batuu or Adventureland Day is for Disneylanders.
I am glad you said it, I know you and I have both had the same idea on this event. it would be so easy to fix it but of course Disney does not want to put in the effort or money. Great video Brickey
Man you nailed it. We went last year on May 4th and it was the worst night of our week long trip. The cast members were obviously stressed along with the guests. The Anakin photo op required a separate ticket just to get in line, the Luke and Leia photo op was weird and we couldn't actually stop, cast members yelling to keep moving. You are 100% right that spreading it thin across the whole park is a mistake, I won't go again unless they drastically change the format.
Thanks for the honest review! Hope they take some of the suggestions to heart and add them in in future years! Love the idea of locking off GE! The only thing I'd love for them to do if they keep it in Tomorrowland would be to add the original Star Tours back into the attraction - Maybe just on a couple of the simulators with good ol' Captain REX!
Great video. You totally nailed it! I've been. It was fun. But I DID miss out on a lot because I was in line and didn't know where I needed to be. Having a Batuu only Star wars party sounds AMAZING!
I always love your point of view on all things Disney and how honest you are with your opinion. I don't always agree with you, including on this topic, but you're absolutely one of my favorite Disney content creators.
Greetings from Wahington State! It was great to meet you last weekend. Thanks for taking the time for the picture and talking Disney. You were right, a solo day at Disneyland with no kids is amazing!
I miss the Star Wars weekends at Hollywood studios. They were fantastic! They had all the regular Star Wars characters. Well known ones and even more rarer ones. Also they had actual actors from the Star Wars movies, animation etc. Special shows, fire works. Itdid not have a extra charge to experience everything. It was all included with the regular admission charge. Great video Brickey.
Hey Brother Bricky, your analysis of this event is so spot on. I'm flying over from Sydney and decided to do this event for first time. I had to stay up at 4am to secure a ticket which took 40mins waiting. Honestly I'm not that inspired by "Disney Star Wars" at all so rather its an opportunity to smash afew rides and enjoy the vibes hopefully with less fellow citizens of Disney as you say.
I love your solution to "C3PO and Sad!" 😂 Throwing more Star Wars parties on a smaller scale is brilliant! Last time we went to a Star Wars after dark event, the only magic I experienced was the magic that was created as a result of being there with good friends.🎉
This is the video that made me hit that subscribe button. You are awesome dude. Highly highly agree with you on all this. I’m a magic key holder and have not attended this event but have had major FOMO over it every time I see Content creators showing it. But I just can’t fathom the high price tag just for the characters (whom I would love to meet) but it’s just too much for not much takeaway like you said. You’re a great great guy and UA-camr. Positive, informative and very well articulated content. Way to go bud. -Casey
Galaxy Edge is my favorite land at Disneyland. But I do wish they would have more characters roaming like Jawas, Ewoks, Bo Katan, Tuscan raiders and especially the Hut twins…that would be amazing.
The best vibe for that event really was created by all the light sabres together, whether for the meetup or in front of the castle for fireworks and projections. I wonder what the drop off in attendance would have to be before they start considering any suggestions to make the event better.
The fact that no dates have sold out might be a wakeup call, but they also doubled the amount of events this year so maybe they are doing more work to get the same. Either way something will get adjusted for 2025 after this very slow start out of the gate.
This helps me manage expectations. Flying in from Chicago w my wife & kids for this. Will probably have a better time now knowing what to expect. Still really looking forward to meeting some of these characters that are a special appearances.
Holy crap Brickey!! The vid and critiques were spot on.. and then u blew my mind with your solution! Freakin genius!! Take over less of the park(Galaxys Edge) but fill it with more characters, theming, etc!! That really does sound perfect. Pleeeease Disney execs watch this vid and listen!!
I LOVE Star Wars, I LOVES Galaxy's Edge and I LOVE Disneyland, but this event is too much money for something that is not really the best experience. I agree with you, Galaxy's Edge could be more than it is. It's an awesome spot and when I am at Disneyland I go there both in the day and night to experience both hours. I want to see more with Star Wars than they have had so far. What I would love is to actually have an event where the fans are actual people in the Star Wars Galaxy and have some kind of adventure they have to go through both in Galaxy'd Edge and other parts of the park. That would be a lot of fun.
So I went to Disney world for the special forces awakens opening night and that was great. There was a dj mixing star wars music, rocking rollercoaster was rethemed to star wars, special boba Fett cups, and of course a fireworks show sinked to a star wars soundtrack.
Do it and you will crush Disneyland. If you treat it like a VIP night at the park you'll have a great time. If you spend 75 minutes for a photo with EWOKS that's on you.
Love it! I have to agree with you on the vibe of it. I thought maybe it was bc that’s what I see with other content makers but I would hate to go as a reg. Thanks so much for the honest reviews keep it coming man! MTFBWY 💙🧡
Are Disney sitting on all the assets from the closed Starcruiser? Having never had the fortune to take that trip, are there costumes or characters that would make sense to bring out for the SW Nites? I think Batuu is in need of feeling more lived in and like a edge of the galaxy (a galaxy’s edge, if you will) and have more “locals”. They really stuck themselves in a corner by committing to the sequel trilogy. I get that you need to have the character moments like Boba Fett and Rey and Chewie but having more citizens wandering around would be awesome
Great meeting you outside of Oga’s cantina on Friday. Good summary of the issues with these after hours parties. It’s not just Star Wars nite that has this issue. The pride party was very much in this vein, plus many rides were closed.
Perfectly said, Brickey! This is also why I’m skipping out on this. And I was extremely on board for it until I read what it entailed. I’d rather just enjoy Season Of The Force as it is.
On one hand I agree with the part about people being stressed out abut missing stuff, but that's just because there actually is so much going on. There was a rave in the hub last year so the commentary about it being quiet is confusing to me. The Cantina Band played on top of the Golden Horseshoe last year so that was fun.....Last year when the fireworks started over the castle with the John Williams score, it was truly "a moment" that in itself was almost worth the price of admission, I'll be really bummed, almost angry, if they don't have it this year......All in all, sure, the event could be better, it can always improve and evolve, but this will be my second year and I'm very excited about it.
There are some party spots but there's also a lot of dead spots and even more this year with most of the West End being behind construction walls. I feel like a lot of OK offerings is just enough of a distraction to make you feel like you are missing out, but to me it's just a handful of bandaids in a bigger problem.
@@HeyBrickey On the commentary about the calvacade and how "we were the entertainment" I don't really see that as a bad thing. When I go to an event like Burning Man or Labyrinth of Jareth the participant's costumes and creativity are part of the event for me. And for us to have a night where Disneyland is the Star Wars world from the moment we walk through the turnstiles, it makes me feel like I'm experiencing this place for the first time and not the 100th.....I don't disagree that it could be better. Another commenter mentioned having a dedicated photo op space, I think that would be a good idea. I appreciate your dislike of complacency, it's why I've been subscribed for a while now, but I guess since it was my first time last year I didn't really feel the negatives as strongly as you do. I'm hopeful this year will be just as fun as last year, but maybe that first time highI felt will be replaced with sophomore year sadness.
Coming from a cast member who has been in that building at 14:18. They legitimately just use it for storage. Wish they would use it for something more.
Love the idea of making the party an "off world only experience". We did the Mickey Christmas party at Walt Disney World, it was great having 'free' cookies and some drinks. If Star Wars night was just in GE with some free food and drink offerings unique character interactions, maybe a lightsaber fight or two-Vader vs Ahsoka or Rey vs Kylo. Disneyland has the costumes to make most of this happen already, just through in some fight choreography.
I feel this is perfect for me!! It will be my first time going. I love Star Wars but I don’t want people to be there. Thank you so much for this information.
In May 2010, hubby and I attended WDW Star Wars Weekend. It was a blast. Pew, Pew, Pew. Disneyland has not come close to match the experience, at WDW SW.
Great video, it is disappointing that Disney hasn’t invested in this. I think I could become something special if they worked at it. Love your idea about more nights and just shutting down Galaxies Edge for the experience.
Great video, thanks for being a true citizen of Disneyland and offering solutions when things could be better. Obiwan Brickey ? You don’t think that could be Old Brickey ? Help us Obiwan Brickey, you’re are only hope. Keep up the good work!
i would love to go to this I'm a big star wars fan my self when i was at Disney i try to take a picture with ray i was so close until kylo ren showed up
Fantastic idea Brickey. I would totally go to that. Went to Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim in 2022 and I’m not going back to that either. Very poorly planned event by Lucasfilm. But an exclusive event for fans right inside Batuu would be genius. New food, new merch, shows. Disney would sell that out for days.
My wife and I went last year. It was fun, but it felt like a one and done. We didn't even venture into Galaxy's Edge either. I watched some videos, yours included and decided there's nothing for us there. Which is very bizarre.
Bickey, whaaaaattt?!?! My 6 and 8 year olds had the time of their life! Seeing my little guys lift their light sabers in their Jedi outfits was unforgettable 😢. During March of the 1st Order, Captain Phasma pulled them into the show, a super sweet photographer captured some amazing family photos, we got to talk trash to Vader and Maul, and hearing the Star Wars score during fireworks was really, really special. Respectfully, this event is perfect for anyone who truly LOVES Star Wars.. junkies who watch every episode, go to conventions, families lucky enough to pass down their obsession, and fans of all ages eager to come together and nerd out .
Sounds amazing and I’m very excited to hear you guys had a memorable and magical time. Been 3 times and never found that myself and I can only report on what I experience but can be very happy for you at the same time.
Like Brickey, I am thrilled your family had a wonderful experience! However, the fact remains that Disney clearly can do better/more (look at Oogie Boogie) and they are being cheap because they assume SW fans will pay $$ anyway. Most of what you can experience at SWnight you can experience on a regular day. As an out of towner myself, I am sure I too would have a great time! But I see how Disney locals would expect more.
I spend majority of time at the after dark events doing the opposite of the shirt by doing rides over the vibes lol. But, the lines for photo opportunities and food are just too much. Maybe in the last hour of the event I'll take one photo. Since I come out of town, I start the day at DCA and then take an early dinner and then head to Disneyland and stay the night. After dark events are great for rides!
I'm with you on this one, Brickey. I was all-in on special events the last couple years, but after Princess Night last year... oof! What a not-great time that was! A much better princess experience value is princess brunch at Napa Rose... The saving grace, as you pointed out, is if you ignore the special event and just go ham for one night, just go full Rides > Vibes and enjoy! For me, glad I decided to skip the special events this spring, but will of course snag a couple OBB tix - year after year, a consistently good _party_.
I skipped it this year for the same reasons. I looked at the special event offerings compared to the daytime offerings during Season of the Force and there just wasn’t enough extras to justify the money.
There’s just not that “I have to see this offering” maybe if this one sells slow they will work a little harder next year. Just felt lazy in my honest opinion
Preach on Brickey preach! And the truth shall set them free. This is a money grab that could be amazing but always falls flat. Hope they raise the bar and we are all kicking ourselves, but I fear that won’t be the case.
Since you won’t be going to Star Wars Nite, I invite you to come to Nurses Day at the Park on April 25th and support a couple thousand nurses! Would love to see you there 😊
All the points you made are excellent. Disney is not serving and reaping the profits from Star Wars fans. I go to WDW, where it's so much worse. I feel like the types of things they are doing should really be something offered at a certain time of year for a Star Wars Festival/Celebration in early May. I love your idea of more Frequent/Galaxy Edge only parties. I think this should be an add on experience (sort of like a dessert party) that maybe should be offered once a week. A true Star Wars party atmosphere, Boonta Eve
I am so glad to see Disney fanatics starting to call out Disney’s lack of magic. It Hass to happen if Disney is going to change or return to what it was.
With the closure of the Galactic Star Cruiser... Why not try to continue capitalizing on the props, characters and background that has already been built, and create some sort of "the crew has been stranded and forced to transport to batuu" storyline for the night! Sooo, so much open potential. Sucks that there's never enough going on, and that feeling of FOMO even while at the event... I'd like to think it's just in reboot and next year will be better but wasn't that the mentality last year??
I saw the advertisement for the party night and I must be cheap because the price was a total turn off for me. $200 by the time you pay for parking? I much prefer Galaxy's Edge at night (I was there all of one time) but I'm not going to pay a premium for it when I can get some night lighting on any given night. Thanks for sharing.
They could do what they did for Star Wars Weekends in MGM Studios, but in after-hours parties - the dance off, actor and character meet-and-greets, Storm Troopers joking with each other for the guests.
Feels like disney has been extremely aggressive with finding the maximum they can charge while maintaining acceptable levels of crowds. Pair that with cost cutting across the board. It’s going to be interesting to see what they start to do moving forward to combat declining attendance.
I was worried about getting a ticket because for the last 2 years id always go for star wars nite no matter the state of star wars and was also worried about them adding extra notes to accommodate the demand. I feel like if the no values fest in Pomona didn't go on sale at the same time and day as star wars nite it would've been a debacle
Hey Brickey! I do appreciate your thoughtful feedback, it makes sense for some folks. Some of your negatives are positives for me and my husband though. My Hubby and I are big star wars fans, However sometimes its hard my husband to enjoy the park. He's a vet and sometimes LARGE groups and long ride wait times make it difficult (at times impossible) for him to enjoy the whole park. we don't care about pictures, getting to walk by to see them is enough, walk arounds of characters, pure magic. the biggest benefits is there not being ton of people, no fireworks ( I love fireworks but he just can't, totally fine if they don't have them this year) BUT the BIGGEST is costumes- we love freedom of cosplay. Getting to be in park without out huge restrictions is AWESOME. so while I get your point, I do understand that some folks expect a party with after hours. star wars fans that are neurodivergent need events like this. I also know he's not alone, our last visit when fireworks went off we were in galaxy's edge and he went into a panic. A cast member (also a vet) noticed and got him to Olga's to hide from the sound. When we got in, there were several vets doing the exact same thing and we all agreed that one, worst place to shoot off fireworks and two a lot vet park goers go to galaxy edge to get away-it's a calm vibe.
Only 9 movies?? Brickey isn’t a real Star Wars fan!!! Kidding kidding! I’ve also attended multiple times with Star Wars buds. It’s ok, but Brickey’s idea of Galaxy’s Edge only party would be so rad for so many reasons! MTFBWYA!!!
Disney USED TO BE in the business of taking obscure stories and turning them into hits. Nowadays, Disney is taking hits (such as Star Wars) and turn them into flops.
I don't understand! There is *SOOO* much potential in this land and Disneyland is putting 0% effort in. It genuinely makes no sense. I love Star Wars and Disneyland and the promise of what this land was supposed to/could be. I wish Disney would just put a little effort. Hell, just some SW music! We can't even get SW music! Unreal.
9:24 It might be an unpopular opinion w/many, but I largely agree w/you on Galaxy’s Edge. I’m a huge fan of it, and I’m glad Disney went that route b/c I just know it in my heart that if they built Tatooine or Endor, people would shame Disney for not having an original idea and banking off of existing IP. Doing an entire land based on a completely new idea is, as you said, a blank canvas, and a pretty gutsy move on Disney’s part. There’s so much more than can do w/that land too! So yeah, I’m w/you dude - I love Galaxy’s Edge, and will always be a fan!
That would be rad. All photo spots in one area and you just ping pong from spot to spot, BUT how would this give them more budget to make a better party?
You make some really great points, but you missed one group of people for whom the Star Wars Nite still makes sense, and that's cosplayers! It's the only time Disney lets adults wear costumes, so for those of us who are big on Star Wars cosplay, it's pretty magical. And the fact that it's not super crowded is a great thing, because we are going to get some incredibly epic photos.
I wanna say I’ve had this long standing idea that each land in Disneyland during Star Wars nite should be themed to a different planet. Adventureland, make it the swamps of Dagobah. Frontierland is Tatooine. New Orleans Square along the water is Naboo. Tomorrowland is Coruscant. Critter Country is Endor (they already do Ewok meet n greets there) I also think all the special events are lame and the same every year. The lightsaber academy at Its a small world is boring, and Phasma with 6 stormtroopers doesn’t do much either. I also think ride overlays are extremely underrated, and making Hyperspace Mountain available the entire season makes the event less necessary. I would love to see them add more ride overlays! Have Yoda appear in “Dagobah” on Jungle Cruise, theme Big Thunder Mountain with Tatooine’s Jawas and Tuskens, etc, or even do what Tokyo It’s A Small World is doing with Marvel but make an It’s a Small Galaxy, featuring dozens of little Star Wars characters. Also could theme Tom Sawyer Island to Ach-To! With a night show featured on the Fantasmic stage, show a lightsaber duel with better stage choreography to hide the lightsaber swap (looking at you starcruiser!) There’s COUNTLESS opportunities, Disney please hire me.
Brickey, why hasn’t Bob Iger hired you as a consultant. I’ve been feed up of the parks gouging people for paying more to get less magic. This will be my last time owning an Annual Pass after 25 years. The last 7 years, the parks have been getting worst in many ways.
I was out the moment I read the omission of fireworks. Disney may not like it BUT we guests love OUR fireworks! There's just something so Disney about fireworks. The vibe, the people, the music, the location, everything. Fireworks are a huge PLUS when it comes to forking out around $200 (admission + parking) for a 6 hour "event" (only 3 hours of it are "exclusive" and don't include the "daytime" guests). I stopped going, when the focus stopped being entertainment and started focusing on the food and meet & greets. Too much of a cash grab for me to just look away and bear it. Fireworks were Walt's "Kiss Goodnight" in appreciation for coming to his park. Now we get "credentials" (a lanyard) and permission to dress up and be our own entertainment. No thanks.
And you were supposed to buy an overpriced Light Sabrr from Disneyland to gey involved in the whole thing. And probably new restrictions on costumes and behavior. 6:06
I went last year for the first time. It was cool to experience, but I have 0 desire to go again. The "shows" are a joke and a cop out. It's pathetic. Ngl I got kinda mad when I saw the greets for Maul and Vader and how they executed it. Pathetic, I agree it's not that fun. The regular Saber meets are more fun.
Yes! Keep this crap in galaxys edge so I can stay at Disneyland for the full day that I already paid for. Yes I’m mad that I only get to go once a year and this year one of my two full days is being ruined over star wars night and I don’t even care for star wars. Rant is over thanks for caring 😂
You can’t solve it without changing the timeline to include Original Trilogy and add back Leia, Luke, Han, C3PO, Darth, and Kenobi. The park is just boring. It’s not Tatooine and worse, it’s not Jakku either. Batuu Black Spires is not developed as anything resembling Star Wars. Sorry, your ideas are missing Jedi mythology that is absolutely the missing element of the land.
Love this! No click-bait. No critique without a creative solution. Brickey means more magic, and I’m here for it!
If you're going to raise you hand and complain, it's pointless unless you can see a solution
Dude! You're spilling my secrets! My Son and I are coming April 12th - April 17th from Colorado! We bought tickets for the first Star Wars Nite ... not for the event ... but simply so our last night in the park will be a Ghost Town! Keep it up Brother ... best Disney content out there, by far!
This is our thought process as well. Extra character photo ops? Cool. Waiting in line for hours for those? No, thanks! They can stay in line while we roam the parks with ease.
Great analogy of Disney taking their hands off the wheel and putting the event on cruise control when it’s not an event that’s ready for that. Your descriptions of the event paint a vivid picture and your ideas to fix it sound spot on. I appreciate that you also mention who the event would be good for. Cheers
It is a shame they don’t do more for this event. There is so much potential like the return of the lightsaber show test was exclusive to the media preview of the land
Finally someone who doesn’t just love everything Disney puts out! That’s how I feel about all the Disney nights!
All about community driven events! For us in the Chicagoland area, we have Star Wars Day at Joliet put on by the Joliet Public Library. For a while, it was the largest annual gathering of Star Wars fans outside of a Lucasfilm-sanctioned event, and it is well attended by 501st, Rebel Legion, and Mandalorians from the surrounding states. We wait for it all year and it is special, very much like Life Day on Batuu or Adventureland Day is for Disneylanders.
Awesome! We are new in the area. Def will be there this year!
I am glad you said it, I know you and I have both had the same idea on this event. it would be so easy to fix it but of course Disney does not want to put in the effort or money. Great video Brickey
Why the ignore SWGE is the greatest Disneyland puzzle. Thanks buddy
Man you nailed it. We went last year on May 4th and it was the worst night of our week long trip. The cast members were obviously stressed along with the guests. The Anakin photo op required a separate ticket just to get in line, the Luke and Leia photo op was weird and we couldn't actually stop, cast members yelling to keep moving. You are 100% right that spreading it thin across the whole park is a mistake, I won't go again unless they drastically change the format.
That Luke and Leia meet was awkward, of course I’m going to stop and take a picture, weirdos.
Thanks for the honest review! Hope they take some of the suggestions to heart and add them in in future years! Love the idea of locking off GE! The only thing I'd love for them to do if they keep it in Tomorrowland would be to add the original Star Tours back into the attraction - Maybe just on a couple of the simulators with good ol' Captain REX!
RIP REX
Great video. You totally nailed it! I've been. It was fun. But I DID miss out on a lot because I was in line and didn't know where I needed to be. Having a Batuu only Star wars party sounds AMAZING!
It's certainly an odd event, if you've been there you know what I'm talking about.
It definitely comes thru in video when I’m watching at home 😂
I always love your point of view on all things Disney and how honest you are with your opinion. I don't always agree with you, including on this topic, but you're absolutely one of my favorite Disney content creators.
Greetings from Wahington State! It was great to meet you last weekend. Thanks for taking the time for the picture and talking Disney. You were right, a solo day at Disneyland with no kids is amazing!
Your analysis is always on point. You’ve became my favourite Disney channel xd
I miss the Star Wars weekends at Hollywood studios. They were fantastic! They had all the regular Star Wars characters. Well known ones and even more rarer ones. Also they had actual actors from the Star Wars movies, animation etc. Special shows, fire works. Itdid not have a extra charge to experience everything. It was all included with the regular admission charge.
Great video Brickey.
Hey Brother Bricky, your analysis of this event is so spot on. I'm flying over from Sydney and decided to do this event for first time. I had to stay up at 4am to secure a ticket which took 40mins waiting. Honestly I'm not that inspired by "Disney Star Wars" at all so rather its an opportunity to smash afew rides and enjoy the vibes hopefully with less fellow citizens of Disney as you say.
I love your solution to "C3PO and Sad!" 😂 Throwing more Star Wars parties on a smaller scale is brilliant! Last time we went to a Star Wars after dark event, the only magic I experienced was the magic that was created as a result of being there with good friends.🎉
Haha! Glad you liked that one. AND agree it was more about friends than anything Disney created for the event
This is the video that made me hit that subscribe button. You are awesome dude. Highly highly agree with you on all this. I’m a magic key holder and have not attended this event but have had major FOMO over it every time I see Content creators showing it. But I just can’t fathom the high price tag just for the characters (whom I would love to meet) but it’s just too much for not much takeaway like you said. You’re a great great guy and UA-camr. Positive, informative and very well articulated content. Way to go bud. -Casey
Thanks Casey appreciate you joining me! ❤️
Great info, great video. Congrats on the many views on your videos recently. 👍🏻
Galaxy Edge is my favorite land at Disneyland. But I do wish they would have more characters roaming like Jawas, Ewoks, Bo Katan, Tuscan raiders and especially the Hut twins…that would be amazing.
The best vibe for that event really was created by all the light sabres together, whether for the meetup or in front of the castle for fireworks and projections. I wonder what the drop off in attendance would have to be before they start considering any suggestions to make the event better.
The fact that no dates have sold out might be a wakeup call, but they also doubled the amount of events this year so maybe they are doing more work to get the same. Either way something will get adjusted for 2025 after this very slow start out of the gate.
Constructive criticism with solutions! Love it!
This helps me manage expectations. Flying in from Chicago w my wife & kids for this. Will probably have a better time now knowing what to expect. Still really looking forward to meeting some of these characters that are a special appearances.
Holy crap Brickey!! The vid and critiques were spot on.. and then u blew my mind with your solution! Freakin genius!! Take over less of the park(Galaxys Edge) but fill it with more characters, theming, etc!! That really does sound perfect. Pleeeease Disney execs watch this vid and listen!!
I LOVE Star Wars, I LOVES Galaxy's Edge and I LOVE Disneyland, but this event is too much money for something that is not really the best experience. I agree with you, Galaxy's Edge could be more than it is. It's an awesome spot and when I am at Disneyland I go there both in the day and night to experience both hours. I want to see more with Star Wars than they have had so far. What I would love is to actually have an event where the fans are actual people in the Star Wars Galaxy and have some kind of adventure they have to go through both in Galaxy'd Edge and other parts of the park. That would be a lot of fun.
So I went to Disney world for the special forces awakens opening night and that was great. There was a dj mixing star wars music, rocking rollercoaster was rethemed to star wars, special boba Fett cups, and of course a fireworks show sinked to a star wars soundtrack.
Great vlog, great recommendations. Anzellans and Babu Frik forever 🤎
I’m an out of towner. I’m thinking of pairing it with food and wine because the after dark events seem like a good use of a travel day.
Do it and you will crush Disneyland. If you treat it like a VIP night at the park you'll have a great time. If you spend 75 minutes for a photo with EWOKS that's on you.
@@HeyBrickeybrilliant advice!!!!
Sounds like a great use of your day. Food and Wine during the day and crushing DL at night❣️
Love it! I have to agree with you on the vibe of it. I thought maybe it was bc that’s what I see with other content makers but I would hate to go as a reg.
Thanks so much for the honest reviews keep it coming man! MTFBWY 💙🧡
Are Disney sitting on all the assets from the closed Starcruiser? Having never had the fortune to take that trip, are there costumes or characters that would make sense to bring out for the SW Nites? I think Batuu is in need of feeling more lived in and like a edge of the galaxy (a galaxy’s edge, if you will) and have more “locals”. They really stuck themselves in a corner by committing to the sequel trilogy. I get that you need to have the character moments like Boba Fett and Rey and Chewie but having more citizens wandering around would be awesome
Great meeting you outside of Oga’s cantina on Friday. Good summary of the issues with these after hours parties. It’s not just Star Wars nite that has this issue. The pride party was very much in this vein, plus many rides were closed.
Perfectly said, Brickey! This is also why I’m skipping out on this. And I was extremely on board for it until I read what it entailed. I’d rather just enjoy Season Of The Force as it is.
On one hand I agree with the part about people being stressed out abut missing stuff, but that's just because there actually is so much going on. There was a rave in the hub last year so the commentary about it being quiet is confusing to me. The Cantina Band played on top of the Golden Horseshoe last year so that was fun.....Last year when the fireworks started over the castle with the John Williams score, it was truly "a moment" that in itself was almost worth the price of admission, I'll be really bummed, almost angry, if they don't have it this year......All in all, sure, the event could be better, it can always improve and evolve, but this will be my second year and I'm very excited about it.
There are some party spots but there's also a lot of dead spots and even more this year with most of the West End being behind construction walls. I feel like a lot of OK offerings is just enough of a distraction to make you feel like you are missing out, but to me it's just a handful of bandaids in a bigger problem.
@@HeyBrickey On the commentary about the calvacade and how "we were the entertainment" I don't really see that as a bad thing. When I go to an event like Burning Man or Labyrinth of Jareth the participant's costumes and creativity are part of the event for me. And for us to have a night where Disneyland is the Star Wars world from the moment we walk through the turnstiles, it makes me feel like I'm experiencing this place for the first time and not the 100th.....I don't disagree that it could be better. Another commenter mentioned having a dedicated photo op space, I think that would be a good idea. I appreciate your dislike of complacency, it's why I've been subscribed for a while now, but I guess since it was my first time last year I didn't really feel the negatives as strongly as you do. I'm hopeful this year will be just as fun as last year, but maybe that first time highI felt will be replaced with sophomore year sadness.
Coming from a cast member who has been in that building at 14:18. They legitimately just use it for storage. Wish they would use it for something more.
13:26 ok I WANNA GO TO THIS PARTY!!! 😂🎉 how amazing that could be!
Love the idea of making the party an "off world only experience". We did the Mickey Christmas party at Walt Disney World, it was great having 'free' cookies and some drinks. If Star Wars night was just in GE with some free food and drink offerings unique character interactions, maybe a lightsaber fight or two-Vader vs Ahsoka or Rey vs Kylo. Disneyland has the costumes to make most of this happen already, just through in some fight choreography.
I feel this is perfect for me!! It will be my first time going. I love Star Wars but I don’t want people to be there. Thank you so much for this information.
In May 2010, hubby and I attended WDW Star Wars Weekend. It was a blast. Pew, Pew, Pew. Disneyland has not come close to match the experience, at WDW SW.
Great video, it is disappointing that Disney hasn’t invested in this. I think I could become something special if they worked at it. Love your idea about more nights and just shutting down Galaxies Edge for the experience.
Great video, thanks for being a true citizen of Disneyland and offering solutions when things could be better. Obiwan Brickey ? You don’t think that could be Old Brickey ? Help us Obiwan Brickey, you’re are only hope. Keep up the good work!
No exclusive merch this year.. that sucks. They used to have exclusive star wars nite merch
Excellent solution! I'd gladly give that a try. C'mon Disney, start listening!
i would love to go to this I'm a big star wars fan my self when i was at Disney i try to take a picture with ray i was so close until kylo ren showed up
Fantastic idea Brickey. I would totally go to that. Went to Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim in 2022 and I’m not going back to that either. Very poorly planned event by Lucasfilm. But an exclusive event for fans right inside Batuu would be genius. New food, new merch, shows. Disney would sell that out for days.
My wife and I went last year. It was fun, but it felt like a one and done. We didn't even venture into Galaxy's Edge either. I watched some videos, yours included and decided there's nothing for us there. Which is very bizarre.
Bickey, whaaaaattt?!?! My 6 and 8 year olds had the time of their life! Seeing my little guys lift their light sabers in their Jedi outfits was unforgettable 😢. During March of the 1st Order, Captain Phasma pulled them into the show, a super sweet photographer captured some amazing family photos, we got to talk trash to Vader and Maul, and hearing the Star Wars score during fireworks was really, really special.
Respectfully, this event is perfect for anyone who truly LOVES Star Wars.. junkies who watch every episode, go to conventions, families lucky enough to pass down their obsession, and fans of all ages eager to come together and nerd out .
Sounds amazing and I’m very excited to hear you guys had a memorable and magical time. Been 3 times and never found that myself and I can only report on what I experience but can be very happy for you at the same time.
Like Brickey, I am thrilled your family had a wonderful experience! However, the fact remains that Disney clearly can do better/more (look at Oogie Boogie) and they are being cheap because they assume SW fans will pay $$ anyway. Most of what you can experience at SWnight you can experience on a regular day. As an out of towner myself, I am sure I too would have a great time! But I see how Disney locals would expect more.
Great episode Brickey. Thanks for breaking everything down. Make it simple.
I spend majority of time at the after dark events doing the opposite of the shirt by doing rides over the vibes lol. But, the lines for photo opportunities and food are just too much. Maybe in the last hour of the event I'll take one photo. Since I come out of town, I start the day at DCA and then take an early dinner and then head to Disneyland and stay the night. After dark events are great for rides!
I'm with you on this one, Brickey. I was all-in on special events the last couple years, but after Princess Night last year... oof! What a not-great time that was! A much better princess experience value is princess brunch at Napa Rose...
The saving grace, as you pointed out, is if you ignore the special event and just go ham for one night, just go full Rides > Vibes and enjoy!
For me, glad I decided to skip the special events this spring, but will of course snag a couple OBB tix - year after year, a consistently good _party_.
I skipped it this year for the same reasons. I looked at the special event offerings compared to the daytime offerings during Season of the Force and there just wasn’t enough extras to justify the money.
There’s just not that “I have to see this offering” maybe if this one sells slow they will work a little harder next year. Just felt lazy in my honest opinion
I heard a rumor that they can’t use old star wars stuff without paying a cut towards prop designers and other guys or else they get sued
Preach on Brickey preach! And the truth shall set them free. This is a money grab that could be amazing but always falls flat. Hope they raise the bar and we are all kicking ourselves, but I fear that won’t be the case.
Since you won’t be going to Star Wars Nite, I invite you to come to Nurses Day at the Park on April 25th and support a couple thousand nurses! Would love to see you there 😊
My GF and I started hosting our own informal event at Batuu last year, we found like…the perfect night for crowds, weather, etc.
All the points you made are excellent. Disney is not serving and reaping the profits from Star Wars fans. I go to WDW, where it's so much worse. I feel like the types of things they are doing should really be something offered at a certain time of year for a Star Wars Festival/Celebration in early May. I love your idea of more Frequent/Galaxy Edge only parties. I think this should be an add on experience (sort of like a dessert party) that maybe should be offered once a week. A true Star Wars party atmosphere, Boonta Eve
I am so glad to see Disney fanatics starting to call out Disney’s lack of magic. It Hass to happen if Disney is going to change or return to what it was.
Absolutely genius ideas!!…as well as your amazing SW fireworks show. Disney, plz hire Brickey STAT!!!
With the closure of the Galactic Star Cruiser... Why not try to continue capitalizing on the props, characters and background that has already been built, and create some sort of "the crew has been stranded and forced to transport to batuu" storyline for the night! Sooo, so much open potential. Sucks that there's never enough going on, and that feeling of FOMO even while at the event... I'd like to think it's just in reboot and next year will be better but wasn't that the mentality last year??
I agree make the experience better by adding locals & more costume characters, walking around like that’s their town 👍
I saw the advertisement for the party night and I must be cheap because the price was a total turn off for me. $200 by the time you pay for parking? I much prefer Galaxy's Edge at night (I was there all of one time) but I'm not going to pay a premium for it when I can get some night lighting on any given night. Thanks for sharing.
They could do what they did for Star Wars Weekends in MGM Studios, but in after-hours parties - the dance off, actor and character meet-and-greets, Storm Troopers joking with each other for the guests.
Such a good take
Feels like disney has been extremely aggressive with finding the maximum they can charge while maintaining acceptable levels of crowds. Pair that with cost cutting across the board. It’s going to be interesting to see what they start to do moving forward to combat declining attendance.
I was worried about getting a ticket because for the last 2 years id always go for star wars nite no matter the state of star wars and was also worried about them adding extra notes to accommodate the demand. I feel like if the no values fest in Pomona didn't go on sale at the same time and day as star wars nite it would've been a debacle
Hey Brickey! I do appreciate your thoughtful feedback, it makes sense for some folks. Some of your negatives are positives for me and my husband though. My Hubby and I are big star wars fans, However sometimes its hard my husband to enjoy the park. He's a vet and sometimes LARGE groups and long ride wait times make it difficult (at times impossible) for him to enjoy the whole park. we don't care about pictures, getting to walk by to see them is enough, walk arounds of characters, pure magic. the biggest benefits is there not being ton of people, no fireworks ( I love fireworks but he just can't, totally fine if they don't have them this year) BUT the BIGGEST is costumes- we love freedom of cosplay. Getting to be in park without out huge restrictions is AWESOME. so while I get your point, I do understand that some folks expect a party with after hours. star wars fans that are neurodivergent need events like this. I also know he's not alone, our last visit when fireworks went off we were in galaxy's edge and he went into a panic. A cast member (also a vet) noticed and got him to Olga's to hide from the sound. When we got in, there were several vets doing the exact same thing and we all agreed that one, worst place to shoot off fireworks and two a lot vet park goers go to galaxy edge to get away-it's a calm vibe.
Is it only at disney land in California or is it both Disney land and world in orlando?
……You’d have to pry the money out of my cold, dead hands before I’d go to that event. 🤷🏼♂️
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I absolutely love the idea of having Star Wars night exclusively in Galaxies Edge. While D-land stays open.
They should have a Skywalker day on September 25
Only 9 movies?? Brickey isn’t a real Star Wars fan!!!
Kidding kidding! I’ve also attended multiple times with Star Wars buds. It’s ok, but Brickey’s idea of Galaxy’s Edge only party would be so rad for so many reasons!
MTFBWYA!!!
I literally just now remembered the other movies. 😂
Disney USED TO BE in the business of taking obscure stories and turning them into hits. Nowadays, Disney is taking hits (such as Star Wars) and turn them into flops.
all you getting in theory is less crowd ( its still packed) for more money, it aint worth it
I don't understand! There is *SOOO* much potential in this land and Disneyland is putting 0% effort in. It genuinely makes no sense. I love Star Wars and Disneyland and the promise of what this land was supposed to/could be. I wish Disney would just put a little effort. Hell, just some SW music! We can't even get SW music! Unreal.
9:24 It might be an unpopular opinion w/many, but I largely agree w/you on Galaxy’s Edge. I’m a huge fan of it, and I’m glad Disney went that route b/c I just know it in my heart that if they built Tatooine or Endor, people would shame Disney for not having an original idea and banking off of existing IP. Doing an entire land based on a completely new idea is, as you said, a blank canvas, and a pretty gutsy move on Disney’s part. There’s so much more than can do w/that land too! So yeah, I’m w/you dude - I love Galaxy’s Edge, and will always be a fan!
Could you carve out Tomorrowland for all the photo ops that seem to be so popular?
That would be rad. All photo spots in one area and you just ping pong from spot to spot, BUT how would this give them more budget to make a better party?
@@HeyBrickey if we assume a sellout, each square foot of park they close equals more tickets to sell.
You make some really great points, but you missed one group of people for whom the Star Wars Nite still makes sense, and that's cosplayers! It's the only time Disney lets adults wear costumes, so for those of us who are big on Star Wars cosplay, it's pretty magical. And the fact that it's not super crowded is a great thing, because we are going to get some incredibly epic photos.
Thanks. I agree with . I’m not going back either.
I’ll go to Magic Kingdom’s Halloween and Christmas parties
Man Disney needs to see this
I wanna say I’ve had this long standing idea that each land in Disneyland during Star Wars nite should be themed to a different planet. Adventureland, make it the swamps of Dagobah. Frontierland is Tatooine. New Orleans Square along the water is Naboo. Tomorrowland is Coruscant. Critter Country is Endor (they already do Ewok meet n greets there)
I also think all the special events are lame and the same every year. The lightsaber academy at Its a small world is boring, and Phasma with 6 stormtroopers doesn’t do much either.
I also think ride overlays are extremely underrated, and making Hyperspace Mountain available the entire season makes the event less necessary.
I would love to see them add more ride overlays! Have Yoda appear in “Dagobah” on Jungle Cruise, theme Big Thunder Mountain with Tatooine’s Jawas and Tuskens, etc, or even do what Tokyo It’s A Small World is doing with Marvel but make an It’s a Small Galaxy, featuring dozens of little Star Wars characters.
Also could theme Tom Sawyer Island to Ach-To! With a night show featured on the Fantasmic stage, show a lightsaber duel with better stage choreography to hide the lightsaber swap (looking at you starcruiser!) There’s COUNTLESS opportunities, Disney please hire me.
Word.
Brickey, why hasn’t Bob Iger hired you as a consultant. I’ve been feed up of the parks gouging people for paying more to get less magic. This will be my last time owning an Annual Pass after 25 years. The last 7 years, the parks have been getting worst in many ways.
I was out the moment I read the omission of fireworks. Disney may not like it BUT we guests love OUR fireworks! There's just something so Disney about fireworks. The vibe, the people, the music, the location, everything. Fireworks are a huge PLUS when it comes to forking out around $200 (admission + parking) for a 6 hour "event" (only 3 hours of it are "exclusive" and don't include the "daytime" guests). I stopped going, when the focus stopped being entertainment and started focusing on the food and meet & greets. Too much of a cash grab for me to just look away and bear it. Fireworks were Walt's "Kiss Goodnight" in appreciation for coming to his park. Now we get "credentials" (a lanyard) and permission to dress up and be our own entertainment. No thanks.
For that kind of money, I'd rather just go to "Star Wars night" at my local nudy bar.
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it sucks long lines just to take pics with characters
And you were supposed to buy an overpriced Light Sabrr from Disneyland to gey involved in the whole thing. And probably new restrictions on costumes and behavior. 6:06
C3PO and Sad should be the name of this event 😂
PLEASE NOBODY GO….. shorter lines for me :)
Theming in it Entirety like as if it’s an international Holiday
I went last year for the first time. It was cool to experience, but I have 0 desire to go again. The "shows" are a joke and a cop out. It's pathetic. Ngl I got kinda mad when I saw the greets for Maul and Vader and how they executed it. Pathetic, I agree it's not that fun. The regular Saber meets are more fun.
Why has this man not been hired yet?
Yes! Keep this crap in galaxys edge so I can stay at Disneyland for the full day that I already paid for. Yes I’m mad that I only get to go once a year and this year one of my two full days is being ruined over star wars night and I don’t even care for star wars. Rant is over thanks for caring 😂
Get this guy a chair at the mouse’s table!
You can’t solve it without changing the timeline to include Original Trilogy and add back Leia, Luke, Han, C3PO, Darth, and Kenobi. The park is just boring. It’s not Tatooine and worse, it’s not Jakku either. Batuu Black Spires is not developed as anything resembling Star Wars. Sorry, your ideas are missing Jedi mythology that is absolutely the missing element of the land.
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So what you are saying is they put more party and excitement on Pride Nite then they do in their billion dollar investment of Star Wars NIte. 😂
Lame. At least on Halloween you get candy for the money.
Star Wars is dead. In its place, Disney has set a festering zombie that only resembles the real thing from a great distance.
Agreed 100% hahahahaha
I wonder how many rides will close tho, after the main crowd leaves… 🫤