Prices range from $94.99-99.99 and include a confirmed seat for a showing of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the AMC Disney Springs theaters on Dec. 17., plus a Star Wars-themed afterparty at Disney's Hollywood Studios until 2am. Movie showings start at 7pm and will be available in 3D and 3D ETX in addition to traditional 2D, which accounts for the higher-priced tickets.
Disney will provide transportation from Disney Springs to the Studios for event participants, but it won't provide transportation back from the Studios to Disney Springs, so that's really only useful to Disney Resort guests who can catch a bus ride back to their hotel from the Studios. For participants who drive themselves to the Studios for the afterparty, parking at the Studios is included in the ticket price.
Four years ago, when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two premiered, Universal Orlando allowed visitors who bought tickets to see the midnight premiere at CityWalk free admission into a two-hour surprise afterparty at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter following that show. (For what it's worth, we'd actually suggested before the premiere that Universal make that a hard-ticket event around it. Now Disney's actually gone any done it!)
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey was not running during that Universal's surprise event, but Disney is promising that Star Tours: The Adventurers Continue and the Star Wars Launch Bay will open during its event, and that there will be a preview of the Studio's new Star Wars-themed fireworks show, as well.
Tickets go on sale Monday on AMC's website. Disney will release the next trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens during the halftime of Monday Night Football on Disney-owned ESPN Monday evening.
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Except I have a family who wouldn't be very interested in this type of thing. And I have friends who are also big Star Wars geeks who I really wanted to see the movie with but probably can't afford this event. And I have a busy schedule that would probably prohibit me from going. (Sigh)...first world problems...
But hey, if it weren't for those factors, I would so totally attend this event! Reading about it made me all tingly with excitement!
Then they should sell more hard ticket events before the word gets out.
I highly doubt it though. I felt the new trilogy (episodes 1 to 3) were pretty bad, but it survived critically with largely good reviews and the box office receipts broke new records. Yet I haven't seen it again after enduring it the first time. It won't be a flop especially with J.J. Abrams directing it and George Lucas no longer making any creative decisions. Thank goodness. If only they can bring back the original trilogy without any enhancements.
Opening day events aren't really my thing, but that seems like a good deal to get a guaranteed opening day seat for the biggest movie of the year. Has anyone started camping out yet?
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