Disneyland will open Star Wars

Disneyland s much anticipated new Star Wars: Galaxy s Edge land will open to the public May 31, Disney Chairman BobIger announced during the company s annual shareholder meeting in St. Louis, 165 miles from Marceline, Missouri, where Walt Disney was reared on a farm. Iger said tremendous demand from guests led to the decision to open earlier than expected. On opening day, we will transport guests to a galaxy far, far away, Iger told the shareholders. However, people will need a free advance reservation to access the land between May 31 and June 23, which Disneyland Resort hotel guests will receive automatically with their hotel stay. Details on how to make a reservation will be available on Disneyland.com, officials said in a statement. The date of the opening of the first new land at Disneyland in decades and the first one devoted to the ever-popular Star Wars franchise has been one of the most eagerly awaited pnder construction simultaneously in Florida, and Iger announced it would open Aug. 29. Although the Anaheim land will be unveiled to the public at least those who ve scored reservations May 31, it will be a so-called soft opening, meaning that not all rides or attractions will be running. The previous date that had been widely thrown around, although not by Disney, had been June 22, but opening earlier means Disney can capture more of the summer vacation crowd and fine-tune the operations, fixing any glitches before the bigge