Lighting systems are being installed in the Nova Corps Starblaster at Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind

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Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Starblaster lighting installation - February 10 2022

Posted: Thursday February 10, 2022 10:46am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Work continues on the Nova Crops Starblaster at Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT, with electrical systems being added.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Starblaster lighting installation - February 10 2022

Electrical conduit can now be seen attached to the vertical support column, which adds to the likelihood that the column will be concealed with themed pieces once complete.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Starblaster lighting installation - February 10 2022

Although the bulk of the Starblaster ship went up very quickly, finishing the installation looks like it will take a few more weeks.

Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Starblaster lighting installation - February 10 2022

EPCOT's first rollercoaster remains on track for a summer 2022 opening, although Disney is yet to announce a specific date.

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gerarar9 days ago

Probably worst case scenario. BG 40 is usually called around 10:30am, so typical return window ends at 11:30am. But they don't enforce return windows anyways, so it's just all semantics lol.

SingleRider9 days ago

I have BG 40 and when they called me this morning the app said to return by 2pm. I wonder if it's going to close early today. If not why did they choose 2pm?

gerarar9 days ago

Possibly a mistake, but they just called 79 BGs in a span of 8 minutes during the initial wave at park opening at 8:45am. ^my phone clock is central time fyi

Disgruntled Walt18 days ago

Hopefully I won't need it, but expect to be hearing from me otherwise!

Mr. Sullivan18 days ago

If it isn’t, I’ve figured out the trick to pretty much guaranteeing a boarding group if you need it

Rich Brownn26 days ago

Probably because GotG doesn't actually spin. It's turned and held in place so when you spiral down you're always facing the planet, for example.

Disgruntled Walt28 days ago

Anyone have any idea as to whether this will be off Virtual Queue by July? It seems crazy for it to remain on VQ for so long.

You're lucky. My experiences on GotG have gone downhill. First ride in September 2022, I felt OK after riding. Every subsequent ride has resulted in my feeling increasingly nauseous, with the noted exception of my last ride where I basically closed my eyes after launch and entering the gravity building. I have no desire to ever ride it again because A) what's the point in riding something just to have to close your eyes to not be sick, and B) it's.... not that good to begin with. :cautious:

Disone28 days ago

Same for me except reversed. I was a tad bit nauseous after crush but with GotG I am fine. At least now I am. The first time or two on GotG I did get disorientated during the launch but after a couple of runs this no longer happens.

HauntedPirate28 days ago

They felt totally different to me, except for the nauseous feeling after exiting the ride vehicle. Which quite honestly was much less after riding Crush than GotG, despite a much higher amount of actual spinning vs. the forced turning.

tissandtully29 days ago

Blasphemy! 😂

TrainsOfDisney29 days ago

I gotta say….. I just rode the crush coaster at Disney studios and it felt just like cosmic rewind. Like to a crazy extent. Not sure if that price tag was worth it haha.