Battle damage added to the Nova Corps Starblaster ship at EPCOT's 'Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind'

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Posted: Friday March 11, 2022 8:30am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Nova Corps Starblaster ship at the entrance to EPCOT's 'Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind' continues to get more finishing details.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Starblaster battle damage - March 10 2022

The latest changes include adding battle damage to the cockpit and leading edges of the wings.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Starblaster battle damage - March 10 2022

The Starblaster now looks like it has seen a lot of action in its time, which will no doubt be part of the pavilion's storyline.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Starblaster battle damage - March 10 2022

Disney recently opted to not use the company shareholder meeting as an opportunity to officially announce an opening date. Social media heard about a Memorial Day weekend opening from a high-ranking Disney executive let the cat out of the bag via Twitter following a test ride last month.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind load area

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind concept art

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JAB2 days ago

That's not true. Tempered glass is very susceptible to focused impacts. That's why those emergency escape tools with a tiny metal point will shatter a car's window with very little force, and why a great many tempered glass PC case side panels have shattered simply by laying them on a tile floor because one of the tiles' corners was sticking up. If something hard and pointed hit it in the right way, it wouldn't have necessarily taken much force at all.

lazyboy97o3 days ago

If someone was wearing something like a metal ring and hit it in the right place, especially near a corner, it is possible to break the glass rather easily.

MisterPenguin3 days ago

The building is just settling on a sink hole.

bmr15913 days ago

Definitely not a punch, but a metal water bottle strapped to a backpack whipping around could generate a lot of power.

Giss Neric3 days ago

Shattering tempered glass requires a huge amount of force so I'm not sure if someone punching the glass is true.

bmr15913 days ago

I’m eager to hear how that happened. Someone lean on it with too much weight? A flying water bottle?

ZachPL3 days ago

Just saw this on reddit

gerararFeb 25, 2025

The VQ system has finally ended today for GOTG: CR! Standby line starts tomorrow Tuesday, February 25, 2025. The VQ system was reportedly supposed to end multiple times during some lull periods, but never came to fruition. It went through 2 hurricane closures, but nearly 3 years later after the ride opened May 27, 2022, the VQ has concluded and standby is finally here. Scatterplot of every single VQ data point collected for the past 1002 days. Here's my final update for it and wrap-up post:

Andrew25Feb 24, 2025

I for one hope that one day they can find a way to add railings within the pre-show spaces to reduce the pain point that is the funnel at the end. Ideally, it would be tiered "rows" within the preshow space where a CM then can release each section one by one instead of the mass release. I also think Disney should really enforce kicking people out of line who exit the preshow early to get a headstart.

Professortango1Feb 24, 2025

I am aware. I was speaking more to the concept of the room rather than the function.

Agent HFeb 24, 2025

The stretching room is not an elevator in Florida

Professortango1Feb 24, 2025

HM also has a trained CM in the elevator with us, so they can manage the emergency release if an incident were to occur.

lazyboy97oFeb 24, 2025

Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts also has an elevator scene in the queue. Florida Fire Prevention Code, NFPA 101 12.4.9.2.1.3 allows designs that “confound the egress path” when combined with “approved directional exit marking that becomes apparent in an emergency”. Section 12.4.9.6.2 also requires an Emergency Action Plan approved by the local fire department. The big thing to do when designing these spaces is to ensure systems fail in a safe manner. In a situation where the door is obscured the easiest solution would be for the default, no-power position to be that the door is open with signage visible when open.