The Wonderful World of Disney Magical Holiday Celebration to show more of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance

Nov 28, 2019 in "Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance"

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Posted: Thursday November 28, 2019 9:35am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

“The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration” kicks off the holiday season Thursday, Nov. 28, from 8-10 p.m. EST, on ABC and will offer more footage of the upcoming Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance attraction.

Inside Rise of the Resistance Gun Deck and AT-AT Bay

According to Disney, there will be several Disney Parks sneak peeks, including an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, opening in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge on Dec. 5, 2019, at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida.

More details of the “The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration”:

Join hosts Matthew Morrison and Emma Bunton along with co-host Jesse Palmer as they present the two-hour primetime special on Thanksgiving night from Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Resort in California.

Musical performances include the following:

GRAMMY® Award-winning icons Sting and Shaggy perform duets and solo numbers from Walt Disney World Resort, including a new festive reggae version of “Silent Night (Christmas is Coming).”
GRAMMY® Award-winning rock band Portugal. The Man performs “Happy Christmas” and “Merry Christmas Everybody” from Disneyland Resort.
Three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning group Pentatonix will sing a cappella renditions of “Deck the Halls” and “Here Comes Santa Claus” from Walt Disney World Resort.
Singers Ingrid Michaelson and Andy Grammer perform an all-new original holiday song from Disneyland Resort.
International pop star Ally Brooke sings “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” from Walt Disney World Resort.
Singer-songwriter and TV host Emma Bunton (‘Baby Spice’), performs “Santa Baby” from Walt Disney World Resort.
The Tony, Emmy, and two-time Golden Globe -nominated artist Matthew Morrison performs a medley from Walt Disney World Resort of “When You Wish Upon A Star” from the upcoming album “Disney Dreamin’ with Matthew Morrison” and the classic “Let it Snow.”
Acclaimed two-time Billboard-Award winning electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling pulls all the strings for “Carol of the Bells” from Walt Disney World Resort.

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LSLS9 days ago

So, had a friend say something I thought was interesting today. Basically said Rise of the Resistance is total garbage. He's been in line multiple times over the years, and only made it to the end of the ride once. This is more of a casual Disney fan (doesn't have passes even though he lives in Florida, and takes world trips a lot). Really was upset that his family who came down to ride it didn't get on, and it was late enough in the day they didn't expect it to be back up and operating that day. Thought it was a very interesting take from a casual perspective on the state of the ride.

Clowd Nyne20 days ago

I have ridden this a few times lately and each time the lightsaber that pierces the elevator roof has had no light or the effect has been turned off completely. Is this just my luck or has this issue been frequent lately?

999th Happy Haunt20 days ago

I think Kylo Ren is the best part of the ST, but the swap of Ren for Vader in RotR would make it worth it alone.

mickEblu21 days ago

Wow this seems like it would be a waste of resources. At least as it would pertain not ROTR if they did it right and didn't cut corners. The rest of the land minus a few areas like Kylo's ship I can envision being done for relatively cheap. Wish they would get things right the first time and/or stop wasting resources on lateral moves and re-themes like they have been doing at DCA since 2016.

VicariousCorpse28 days ago

The reason is just spaghetti code mixed with safety regulations on things entering the ride envelope leading to lots of errors.

trainplane328 days ago

What I've heard is such a weird but specific issue with them. Since I haven't heard anyone else mention it, I'm not saying more. I really want to know if it's the case but I know everyone is super quiet when it comes to discussing the problem.

Tom Morrow29 days ago

Is it not the same system that is preventing your vehicle from colliding with the vehicle yours is paired with? Or the vehicles you pass at the beginning? I highly doubt that fear of collision is why the cannons are disabled. Rather, what they DO add is another point of failure to create downtimes that is not technically necessary - whereas the vehicles have to be paired together and pass each other in the first scene.

duncedoofApr 06, 2024

By turning off the gimmick entirely, they don't have to worry about it anymore. At least that's my line of thinking

peter11435Apr 06, 2024

If that were the determining factor the ride would be closed. You could say the exact same thing about the sensors for any of the dozen show action doors or the four vertical conveyors.

duncedoofApr 06, 2024

It's safe to say that's obvious. If those sensors fail, you get a whole vehicle full of lawsuits, if not worse. I wonder when, and how, they realized something was up and chose to turn off the effect. I hope they can fix it.

gerararApr 04, 2024

Great thread from a CM on the most common ROTR breakdowns. Was mostly surprised/interested by this piece of info as it was mostly known that the rides were constructed the same except for their queue space, but maybe that had an impact. Disney World has a way to bypass extended downtimes due to the ITS and can keep running sans ITS, but Disneyland does not (yet). But I do think a lot of breakdowns happen due to guests dropping items (hats, glasses, etc.) during the ride portion. There was a livestream some time ago where someone's hat flew off in the final Kylo scene with the wind blowing, and that triggered an E-stop. It's probably why it's very common that the CMs tell you to take off any "head-gear" before the interrogation starts.

Henry MysticMar 27, 2024

It’s a sensor issue. It’s likely it could be addressed in a refurbishment, but who knows.

Henry MysticMar 27, 2024

I really hope Rise gets a refurbishment. It’s been in rough shape for a while now. We’ll probably have to wait for a new ride to take up its ILL spot, but one can hope.