Galaxy’s Edge Thermal Detonator Coca-Cola Bottles Banned By TSA

Posted on by Mathew Corn Disney Parks, Hollywood Studios

The new Galaxy’s Edge Coke bottles are designed to look like the thermal detonator grenades used by bounty hunters and stormtroopers across the Star Wars universe, and are great souvenirs for many travelers to Batuu. Just today, we caught a glimpse of an amazing new themed Coca-Cola cart, complete with a themed Coca-Cola R5 series droid at the helm:

Turns out if you’re planning on flying one of those bad boys home, you might run into some issues with the First Order––I mean, the TSA. In a recent piece by the Orange County Register, it appears the Transportation Security Administration has banned the bottles on the grounds of looking like replicas of the real thing:

TSA officials confirmed that the souvenir collectible Coke bottles exclusively available in the new Star Wars lands are prohibited on U.S. flights because they look like replica explosives.

“Replica items are not allowed on aircraft,” said TSA spokesperson Jim Gregory.

In a response to an online inquiry, the official AskTSA Twitter account replied that the Galaxy’s Edge Coke bottles were prohibited on flights because “replica and inert explosives aren’t allowed in either carry-on or checked bags.”
“The Galaxy’s Edge Coke bottles could cause confusion for TSA screeners at airport security checkpoints,” Gregory said. “It could create concern that it’s the real thing.”

Lightsabers and Droids, while clunky, are TSA approved and may be packed in carry-on or checked luggage.

What do you think?

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FIRST LOOK: Star Wars Hotel Guest Transport System

Posted on by Mathew Corn Disney Parks, Disney Resorts, Hollywood Studios

Full-Immersion…that’s what we have been promised with Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge at Hollywood Studios and now also with the building of the Star Wars Hotel. We have documented what that will look like for Galaxy’s Edge when it opens next week, but what does that look like for the Star Wars Hotel that is currently in construction.

The resort will close guests off from the real world with projection windows displaying scenes from outside of the space cruiser, so a transportation system would need to do the same.

Disney has even released concept art of what the shuttle would look like, in story at least:

Well, here’s what that transport actually looks like…

It’s a heavily modified bus. Guests will enter from a jetway which will put them inside the sealed-off center section of this bus. They won’t see a driver, nor the outside world of Central Florida, at least not until they disembark at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

A look inside the transport from above reveals a limited number of seats, all facing inwards.

The inside of the transport is heavily themed, leading guests to believe they are in a space capsule on its way to a day of vacation fun on Batuu.


The experience is completed by large screens that act as windows out into space. This should make for a pretty neat arrival in Black Spire Outpost starting with seeing Batuu from space.

Is this a good decision by Disney to seam the hotel and Galaxy’s Edge together like this?

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Galaxy’s Edge – Fully Interactive

Posted on by Mathew Corn Disney Parks, Hollywood Studios

When you visit Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at either Disneyland or Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios, you are not just visiting a new Disney world, but an all immersive and interactive experience.

Galaxy’s Edge isn’t a place built for vacationers to check things off a list. With nine shops and one ride— a second is due later this year for WDW and January for Disneyland — it’s designed to encourage guests to participate in the action, be it role playing with in-character staff, strolling among the shops or playing the app.

Soon after you arrive to Batuu, the Play Disney Parks app will transform into the Star Wars: Datapad—designed to guide you deeper and deeper into an adventure in a galaxy far, far away.

Whether you’re interacting with droids or taking on jobs, the Play Disney Parks app will be a vital tool when it comes to living your own Star Wars story!

Get ready to bring your adventure to life in the following ways:

  • Translate galactic languages—both written and spoken.
  • Discover precious cargo and digital goods as you scan objects all around the spaceport—including items hidden inside space-shipping crates and containers.
  • Tune into communications sent by the planet’s many residents to uncover stories and secrets throughout the land—and unscramble transmissions being sent from far, far away.
  • Use the Play Disney Parks app to hack into the land’s many devices, control panels and droids.

As the app guides you along, you’ll have the chance to pledge your loyalty to the First Order, support the Resistance, or strike out on your own as a scoundrel. And with each job you complete, you’ll receive digital rewards like ship schematics, star maps, galactic credits and more!