Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge comes to Orlando International Airport
Travelers coming into Orlando International Airport can now get an early look at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the new 14-acre land at Disney World when boarding the shuttles to the airport’s Main Terminal.
The shuttles have life-size depictions of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge that look as if visitors could step right into the new land.
One scene creates a dimensional landscape that feels as if visitors are standing inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, where travelers can see the Millennium Falcon and other landmarks from the new land. In another scene, it appears as if First Order Stormtroopers are waiting to step off the shuttle as the train arrives in the station.
Combined, these artistic representations of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge stretch longer than eight full-size buses. They will remain in place into 2020.
Disney is the first organization the airport invited to create artistic renderings that wrap shuttle stations within the airline terminals.
“We are constantly evolving the airport experience to make it more service oriented, passenger friendly and fun,” Raymond Anderson, senior director of concessions and properties for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority said in a news release. “This new installation provides a preview of what vacationers and business travelers alike can expect at Walt Disney World. It’s also the most recent in a long line of collaborations between the airport and Disney over the decades.”
The installation reflects “how very special the Walt Disney World Resort and Orlando International Airport relationship is,” said Claire Bilby, senior vice president of sales, services and events for Walt Disney World. “We’ve had a string of fruitful projects with the airport, like having two supersonic jets land simultaneously to celebrate the opening of Epcot in 1982, creating the groundbreaking Disney’s Magical Express service in 2005, today’s first-of-its kind art installation and so much more. The airport is Central Florida’s ‘welcome’ to visitors from around the globe. We’re honored to put our Disney magic to work in making that welcome exciting and memorable.”
In addition to the new wraps, there is a new photo location featuring droids at the Magic of Disney store in the Main Terminal West Hall – available to all airport guests, with or without boarding passes.
When the airport’s second Magic of Disney store, in the Main Terminal East Hall, reopens Nov. 22, 2019, it will feature a 36-foot-long video screen on an exterior wall showing scenes from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
The second attraction at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, opens Dec. 5, 2019. This ride puts guests into a climactic battle between the Resistance and the First Order in an experience of cinematic scale.
