Star Wars Land (Disneyland)
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Construction starts going vertical at Star Wars Land







Source: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/disneyland-726670-walls-around.html

Disney filed a new patent for something that looks like it could be used to make Lightsaber fighting realistic in the new Star Wars Lands.

To accomplish this, Disney has invented an audience interaction projection system that includes drones flying over the audience. The air above the audience is filled with some particulate matter such as water vapor, condensed water, liquid nitrogen, dust, and theatrical fog.

Some audience members are provided with faux Lightsabers. A faux Lightsaber includes LEDs to transmit IR light towards the drones. As an LED is turned on, IR rays are transmitted from the saber towards the drones, then an IR sensor built into the drones captures an image of the field of view with a bright spot at the position of the activated LED. The drone then projects visible light through particulate matter toward the faux light saber. Visible light passing through the particulate matter provides the illusion that the faux light saber has deflected a laser beam. Multiple LEDs are activated in sequence at various times to give the audience members the impression that the movements of the faux light sabers are deflecting multiple laser beams.

Source: http://patentyogi.com/latest-patents/disney/disney-invented-lightsaber-kind-works-will-used-fight-stormtroopers-disneys-star-wars-land/

Source: https://twitter.com/MintCrocodile/status/766695130224926720

There will be a new entrance in 2018 too.

The new Eastern Gateway will give arriving guests easier access to the area and more parking options. The project is planned for the east side of Disneyland Resort and will include a new parking structure with 6,800 parking spaces, a new transportation facility, and an elevated pedestrian bridge.

The project is expected to be complete in late 2018.

Source: http://www.orlandothemeparkupdates.com/2016/new-eastern-gateway-coming-to-disneyland-resort-in-2018/

Updated photos from 4th August







Source: https://twitter.com/SoCal360/status/761359789095923712

New video on the current state of construction from 25th July. This video is filmed "over the fence" from places you can easily access within the park itself.









Source: youtu.be;J-NiMpcn42k]https://youtu.be/J-NiMpcn42k

The current view from Big Thunder Mountain




and from the back of Rivers or America



and then from the top of the parking lot







Source: http://mintcrocodile.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/lets-give-little-bit-of-support-to-star.html

Another update on construction including video and lots of images from the last month.









Source: http://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2016/07/20/disneyland-construction-update-july-20-2016/