Star Wars Land Debuts as Disneyland Braces for Record Crowds
- Steps to manage traffic include reservations, four-hour limits
- Costumed characters, phone apps to entertain guests in land
Walt Disney Co. unveiled the wildly anticipated Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, providing an early look Wednesday at the ambitious expansion of its original Disneyland theme park in Southern California.
The 14-acre (5.7-hectare) project is the largest-ever addition to the park that founder Walt Disney first opened in Anaheim in 1955 and takes its place alongside the well-known Frontierland, Tomorrowland and Fantasyland. Galaxy’s Edge opens to the public on Friday and will be followed in late August by a similar expansion at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida.