Plus…. Opening Date for Disney Skyliner Gondola System set for “Fall 2019,” Ratatouille Attraction gets an official name, and more from Destination D!
Let’s kickoff the November 2018 Edition of the WDW Radio Newswire with some exciting news out of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Disney has just confirmed the names for the two new thrilling attractions coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. The attraction where Guests will board and pilot the Millennium Falcon will be known as Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run. The second attraction featured in the new Star Wars-themed land will be known as Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. This attraction will put Guests right in the middle of the battle between the Rebels and the First Order. You’ll even come face-to-face with the dark Sith Lord Kylo Ren! Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is scheduled to open in “Fall 2019.”


Let’s break out of the parks for a moment for an update on the Disney Skyliner Gondola System. Construction has been on-going since Summer 2017, but we now have an official opening timetable, as Disney has pegged “Fall 2019” as the target date for operations to commence. Disney Skyliner will connect several Resorts with direct transportation to both Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. There are five stations in total along the Disney Skyliner system. Two of the stations will be at the parks, as one will be housed in the International Gateway area of Epcot’s World Showcase, and the other nestled in an open space near the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The other three stations will be located at the Resorts, with one station being built at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort, another at Disney Riviera Resort (currently under construction and also scheduled to open “Fall 2019”), and the final station tucked along the shores of Hourglass Lake between Disney’s Pop Century Resort and Disney’s Art of Animation Resort.


For our next newsbit, let’s board the Monorail and venture over to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. The beloved Gingerbread House is back once again this Holiday Season. The structure is in a slightly different spot this year, as it’s been constructed directly in the center of the Main Lobby. The Gingerbread House had been in a slightly different position in the Lobby the past few years, but this centralized location should help alleviate some of the Guest congestion that can sometimes form around the area.

Well, that’s gonna do it for the November 2018 Edition of the WDW Radio Newswire. But I’ll be back again next month with lots more news, notes, and happenings from Walt’s beloved Florida Project!
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