Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Still #1 at Box Office

“Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker” was #1 at the box office for a third weekend in a row. This weekend, “The Rise Of Skywalker” made $33.7 million domestically and $51 million internationally. So far, “The Rise Of Skywalker” has made $450 million domestically and $469 million internationally, bringing its worldwide total at the box office to $919 million.

Coming in at fifth place was “Frozen 2”. The film made $11.2 million domestically over the weekend and $42.4 million overseas. “Frozen 2′ has now made $450 million domestically and $875 million internationally, bringing its worldwide box office total to $1.325 billion. “Frozen 2” has officially become the highest grossing animated film of all time, followed by “Frozen” with $1.281 billion and “Incredibles 2” with $1.243 billion.

“Spies In Disguise” dropped to sixth place and made $10 million during its second week of release. “Spies In Disguise” has made $48 million domestically and $42 million internationally, bringing its worldwide total to $90 million.

After 7 weeks in theaters, “Ford v Ferrari” has crossed the $200 million mark. The film has made $110 million domestically and $94 million internationally, bringing its worldwide box office total to $204 million.

Rise of The Resistance Boarding Groups Distributed In Just 23 Minutes

The only way to ride Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is by obtaining a Boarding Group via the My Disney Experience app, and with constantly-changing park hours and opening operations, it’s hard enough for locals and Annual Passholders to obtain a reasonable Boarding Group (if one at all), and practically Byzantine for guests attempting to obtain a Boarding Group on vacation.

Today, the attraction saw its shortest Boarding Group distribution time to date.

Boarding pass out sign Rise of the Resistance 12/13/19

all Boarding Groups (including Backup Boarding Groups) were distributed within 23 minutes after park open. That’s 7 minutes shorter than yesterday, which clocked in at 30 minutes. Overall, Boarding Group distribution has been subject to blips and trends. On Tuesday, groups were available until 11:19 AM, and New Year’s Eve is notorious for high-level crowding.

Reports on social media indicate that issues with the My Disney Experience app crashing, combined with extended downtime for the attraction due to various breakdowns, has wrought havoc on today’s Boarding Group process.

Guests who were issued a Backup Boarding Group have since received notifications stating that their groups will not be able to be accommodated due to downtime.

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Rise of Skywalker Scenes Added to Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular @ Hollywood Studios

With the release of the new movie and the end of holiday offerings at the park, the refreshed nighttime spectacular now features scenes from the movie. While there were no major modifications to the show, some sound and character clips were inserted into certain places throughout which pertain to the final episode of the Skywalker saga.

You can check out the full fireworks show in the video below!

New “Star Wars: A New Hope” Refillable Mugs Now Available

Resort guests looking to upgrade their resort refillable mugs can now opt for a brand-new Star Wars: A New Hope themed insulated mug available at select resort quick service locations.

The mug costs $29.99 on its own, or you can just pay $10 to upgrade if you’re redeeming your resort refillable mug included with the Disney Dining Plan. These mugs are eligible for refills at any resort self-service beverage location for the length of your resort stay, or usually two weeks.

The mug features R2-D2, C-3PO, Luke’s X-34 landspeeder, and of course, Luke Skywalker himself against a Tatooine backdrop.

Much like the recent Skyliner stainless steel refill mugs that were recently rolled out, these are vacuum insulated, and can keep your hot drinks hot for up to 4 hours, and your cold drinks cold for up to 12 hours.

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Rise of The Resistance Boarding Being Passed Out At Opening of Park

Since Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opened, the attraction has utilized a boarding group system that required guests to enter the park and then obtain said group in the MyDisneyExperience app in order to ride. On top of this, the park has been unofficially opening anywhere from 30-120 minutes ahead of the scheduled opening time, allowing guests to grab that boarding group way before the park’s official opening time. Today, things have gone a little differently…

While the park did allow guests in before the official 7am opening time (at 6:30am guests were admitted), cast members have informed guests that they will not be able to join a boarding group until 7am. On top of this, the attractions in the park did not open prior to 7am either.

It is unknown if this is a one-day policy change or if it will be the way the process works from now on, but we will certainly keep you posted on this and further operational changes for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

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