Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Opens In Disneyland To Much Fanfare

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opened Friday in Disneyland, which saw crowds line up in the wee hours of the morning to get a first look at the newest attraction inside the Galaxy’s Edge theme park.

Users took to social media to show off the long lines as well as offer a peek at the ride. See more below.

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, described as a harrowing adventure, will blur the lines between fantasy and reality and will put you in the middle of a climactic battle between the First Order and the Resistance. You will join the Resistance and depart from Batuu in a transport ship to meet General Leia Organa at a secret rendezvous point. Along the way, however, you will be captured by a First Order Star Destroyer. The action then ramps up as you seek to escape the clutches of Kylo Ren and the First Order – with the help of some heroes of the Resistance.

The Disney Parks blog further teases:

The Resistance needs your help! Hidden in the forest outside Black Spire Outpost, the Resistance is gathering recruits for a secret mission.

With the First Order desperate to extinguish the spark of the Resistance, the mission is bound to have unexpected twists and turns. When your transport is captured by an imposing First Order Star Destroyer filled with legions of stormtroopers—and even Kylo Ren!—you’re going to need all the help you can get. Fortunately, a covert team of Resistance fighters—including Rey and BB-8—is at the ready to give you a fighting chance to escape… and a chance for the Resistance to rise.

The blog also notes there may be times when guests may be required to join a virtual queue to experience the new Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance attraction.

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance now open at Disneyland

While in Cleveland back in November insiders also filled me in that Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance will blow people away.

Further details include Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is one of the most ambitious, advanced and immersive experiences ever undertaken by Walt Disney Imagineering. The attraction is also one of the largest Disney has ever created. Its massive show building is a world unto itself, housing two full-size AT-AT walkers and a Star Destroyer hangar bay – complete with a TIE fighter and a garrison of Stormtroopers – plus more thrills and surprises.

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance reactions, video: