I recently suggested that Disneyland's Smugglers Run ride could do with some kind of an update to compensate for its apparent declining popularity. To my mild surprise, it turns out that Disney agrees with me.
Equally surprisingly, my suggestion to add the opportunity to participate in the Battle of Yavin was almost right, although not in the same way I intended.
The updated version of Smugglers Run will be based on the upcoming The Mandalorian and Grogu movie - both the movie and the new Millennium Falcon mission will make their debut on May 22, 2026, as per Disney's March 8th announcement at the South by Southwest conference held in Austin, Texas.
The Falcon's new adventure will take its crew to a variety of classic Star Wars locations: Cloud City, Tatooine, and the shattered wreckage of the second Death Star, drifting in orbit around the forest moon of Endor - not exactly Yavin 4, but close.
Without knowing the full details as to the extent of the changes, I'd recommend that Disney do a few physical upgrades to the cockpit of the Falcon while they're at it. One of the ride's shortcomings is that four of the riders literally take a back seat to the pilot views - the addition of some kind of view screen at the gunner and engineer stations would enormously enhance the non-pilot experience. And, what the heck - let's drop a little Baby Yoda up at the front, just to distract the pilots.
- Sid
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