{"id":334564,"date":"2026-05-27T16:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/334564\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T16:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:10:15","slug":"disneyland-reveals-all-the-secret-routes-on-the-new-smugglers-run-ride-east-bay-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/334564\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland reveals all the secret routes on the new Smugglers Run ride \u2013 East Bay Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019ll have to fly the Millennium Falcon at least 10 times if you want to find all the possible secret routes you can take on the updated Smugglers Run flight simulator in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The updated Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run<\/a> ride with the Mandalorian and Grogu debuted last week in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at the Anaheim theme park as a tie-in to the release of \u201cThe Mandalorian and Grogu\u201d film.<\/p>\n

RELATED: The experience is the story on two new Disney rides<\/a><\/p>\n

Smugglers Run riders get to choose their adventure on the video game-style attraction that features multiple path branches on each of the four Star Wars planets visited during the five minute motion simulator ride.<\/p>\n

Space pirate Hondo Ohnaka sets up the adventure during the preshow where we are once again needed to fly the Falcon on a daring mission. Our job: Team up with Mando and Grogu to collect a series of cargo crates and bring them back to Hondo.<\/p>\n

\"AsaAsa Kalama (Executive-Creative & Interactive Experiencers, Walt Disney Imagineering in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Kalama worked on the updated Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and timeline expansion in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Walt Disney Imagineering Creative & Interactive Experiences Executive Asa Kalama spoke about the new backstory on Smugglers Run and the many routes riders can choose during a media preview of the updated attraction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe high level conceit is the New Republic is looking to track down the remnants of the Empire,\u201d Kalama said. \u201cHondo Ohnaka has a line on where a meet-up is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Mandalorian leads riders on Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The updated ride lets visitors pick from the three different destinations \u2013 Bespin (Cloud City), Endor (Wreckage of the second Death Star) or Coruscant (The city-planet) \u2013 and appearances by The Mandalorian and Grogu. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The Mandalorian and Grogu welcome riders to Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The updated ride lets visitors pick from the three different destinations \u2013 Bespin (Cloud City), Endor (Wreckage of the second Death Star) or Coruscant (The city-planet) \u2013 and appearances by The Mandalorian and Grogu. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Grogu helps guide riders on screens inside Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The updated ride lets visitors pick from the three different destinations \u2013 Bespin (Cloud City), Endor (Wreckage of the second Death Star) or Coruscant (The city-planet) \u2013 and appearances by The Mandalorian and Grogu. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The updated ride lets visitors pick from the three different destinations \u2013 Bespin (Cloud City), Endor (Wreckage of the second Death Star) or Coruscant (The city-planet) \u2013 and appearances by The Mandalorian and Grogu. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The Mandalorian and Grogu appear at the end of Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The updated ride lets visitors pick from the three different destinations \u2013 Bespin (Cloud City), Endor (Wreckage of the second Death Star) or Coruscant (The city-planet) \u2013 and appearances by The Mandalorian and Grogu. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The Mandalorian leads riders on Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The updated ride lets visitors pick from the three different destinations \u2013 Bespin (Cloud City), Endor (Wreckage of the second Death Star) or Coruscant (The city-planet) \u2013 and appearances by The Mandalorian and Grogu. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Imagineering worked with Lucasfilm and the team that made \u201cThe Mandalorian and Grougu\u201d movie to select four locations in the Star Wars universe that made sense for the world of The Mandalorian and would be recognizable to even the most casual fan of the film franchise.<\/p>\n

The updated Smugglers Run travels to four Star Wars destinations: Tatooine, Bespin, Endor and Coruscant.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo us they were obvious choices,\u201d Kalama said.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look at the branching paths on each of the four Star Wars planets that add to the variability and re-rideability of Smugglers Run.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of a Tatooine destination created for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disneyland)\u00a0
\nTatooine<\/p>\n

Riders drop out of hyperspace on Tatooine where they meet up with the Mandalorian and find themselves in an enormous canyon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt might have some shades of Beggar\u2019s Canyon, that iconic location from \u2018A New Hope,\u2019\u201d Kalama said.<\/p>\n

The vertical walls and hazardous turns of Beggar\u2019s Canyon served as a childhood proving ground for Luke Skywalker.<\/p>\n

Riders make their way through a mesa area on Tatooine with options to choose three or four branching paths.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat has really nice shades of the pod racer sequence from the prequels,\u201d Kalama said.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of a Tatooine destination created for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disneyland)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pilots can cut down the left or right canyons, go up over the rock bluffs or down into a Krayt dragon tunnel.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the Millennium Falcon crew interrupts a high stakes deal between ex-Imperial officers and a ruthless band of pirates. The Smugglers Run riders must make a critical choice as the trio of starships filled with the bounty scatter in three different directions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have enough time to go after all of them,\u201d Kalama said. \u201cSo it\u2019s up to our flight engineer to decide whether we go to Bespin, Coruscant or Endor.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Millennium Falcon jumps into hyperspace destined for the planet chosen by the flight engineers.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of a Bespin destination created for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disney)\u00a0
\nBespin<\/p>\n

If they choose Bespin, the riders drop out of hyperspace at the magic hour as the Falcon makes a long, beautiful approach to Cloud City.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe very quickly find ourselves ensnared in a fuel line between us and the ship that we\u2019re chasing,\u201d Kalama said. \u201cWe get whipped and thrown around a series of floating gas platforms before finally making our way directly to the rim of Cloud City.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of a Bespin destination created for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disneyland)\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Falcon pilots must decide which way to get around Bespin.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can either fly across that rim, dodging cross traffic,\u201d Kalama said. \u201cOr actually fly underneath Cloud City, dodging those trash chutes that we saw Luke fall through in \u2018Empire.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of a Coruscant destination created for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disneyland)\u00a0
\nCoruscant<\/p>\n

If they choose Coruscant, the riders drop out of hyperspace right in the middle of the planet-wide city that serves as the political and cultural center of the Star Wars galaxy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re dodging, weaving and ducking through big space billboards, ultimately leading towards a choice of four enormous tunnels,\u201d Kalama said.<\/p>\n

Each of the tunnels offers a different experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you\u2019re going with traffic, other times you\u2019re going against traffic and some of those tunnels are under construction,\u201d Kalama said. \u201cIt really depends on where your pilots choose to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of a Coruscant destination created for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disneyland)\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Millennium Falcon loses power near the end of the Coruscant voyage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe fall down one of those large ventilation shafts that take us towards the center of the planet, the iconic 1313 location,\u201d Kalama said.<\/p>\n

Level 1313 is part of the dungeon-like Coruscant underworld controlled by gangs, bounty hunters and smugglers explored in \u201cThe Clone Wars\u201d television series.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of a Endor destination created for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disney)\u00a0
\nEndor<\/p>\n

If they choose Endor, the riders drop out of hyperspace amid the wreckage of the second Death Star.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a really cool, slow, spooky moment that takes us through an interior hangar bay moment before spotting our bounties,\u201d Kalama said.<\/p>\n

\"ConceptConcept art of a Endor destination created for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disneyland)\u00a0<\/p>\n

The relative calm is broken by an intense chase sequence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat takes us down these floating, twisting, decomposed versions of that iconic trench run experience,\u201d Kalama said.<\/p>\n

The Endor mission features multiple possible paths for riders to navigate.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Mandalorian and Grogu appear at the end of Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy\u2019s Edge at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The updated ride lets visitors pick from the three different destinations \u2013 Bespin (Cloud City), Endor (Wreckage of the second Death Star) or Coruscant (The city-planet) \u2013 and appearances by The Mandalorian and Grogu. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\u00a0
\nReturn to Batuu<\/p>\n

Smugglers Run ends with riders hyperspacing back to Batuu \u2014 no matter which adventure they choose.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are constantly evolving both the land and the attraction,\u201d Kalama said. \u201cThe goal is to really think of these as storytelling platforms that allow us to go on new adventures over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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