- Disney brings its BDX -Droids to more parks all over the world
- Smugglers Run gets its Mandalorian -Memoverlay in 2026
- Amazing 4 characters get their Disneyland -debut this summer
Disney Imagineering has done a lot of wonderful things, but the BDX-Rroids-Alias trio to sometimes fast moving, animated and biping droides over the rest as the most adorable and funny. They have been staples at Disneyland’s Galaxy Edge – Galaxy’s Edge West for those who know – and will soon be approved for intergalactic missions.
Advertised on SXSW 2025 under Disney Experience ‘”The Future of World-Building on Disney” panel, BDX Doids comes to other Disney parks across the globe. Disney World, Tokyo Disney Resort and Disneyland Paris all get an extra dose of Star Wars fun with permission from the BDX droids.
I’m excited to see Disney World included there – specifically Hollywood Studios as this is where Galaxy’s Edge is located. I’m from New Jersey and I’ve never been to Disneyland. Still, this will give countless people in Florida, Tokyo and Paris a chance to see the fun -loving droids in person.
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When the BDX droids first premiered at Disneyland, a droid -trainer introduced them as built from other parts and that they were Explorer droids. With the ability to take picture scans, bob their heads and even perform a little dance, they are simply sweet and much less dystopian than other robots we’ve seen.
Four actuators in the head and neck and five in each leg allow the robot to move and balance on one foot. Disney Imagineering also includes multiple computers, a swapping battery, LED screens behind the eyes, speakers, a flashlight and antennas, including tech.
In addition, Disney Imagineerings BDX drroges also appear in the upcoming Mandalorian and Grogu movie, which hits theaters on May 22, 2026. You can watch photos of them on the set of the film above and in the gallery below.
We will have to see if they are friends or enemies to the grogu and the protagonist. Time will show, but we have a long way to go.
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One of Disneyland ‘and Disney World’s Best Rides are about to look different
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While Rise of the Resistance at Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and Disney World is likely to be the current showstopper attraction, Disney’s Giving Smugglers, the original opening attraction for the Earth, runs a highly long-term update.
Originally announced back on the D23 Expo in 2024 along with countless other Disney Parks messages, including a villain area for Magic Kingdom and an extension of Avengers campus on Disneyland, we know when smugglers run get a new overlay. Currently, you are either a pilot, gunner or engineer aboard Millennium Falcon – one of the fastest ships in Galaxy – and can participate in a smuggling mission with the performance of Hondo Ohnaka and Chewbacca.
However, the trip gets a new spin and a whole new theme. Arriving on May 22, 2026, Smugglers Run will have a Mandalorian and Grogu theme. Exactly what it entails must be confirmed, but Disney announced on stage that the mission will bring you, Mando and Grogu to iconic places in the Star Wars universe such as Cloud City, Tatooine and Endor. It will be an exciting upgrade and probably breathe new life into the attraction.
To get some ideas you can stream Mandalorian On one of the best streaming services around, Disney Plus.
And if you’re in the park, you can join Bounty Hunters Guild with your iOS or Android phone.
Fantastic Four ‘Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and Thing arrive at Disneyland
While the first half of the panel was focused on Star Wars, there is some good news for Marvel fans. We all count down in the days until The Fantastic Four: First Steps Arriving in theaters on July 25, 2025.
And if you’ve met one of the fantastic on your wish list for some time, you can do just that at Disneyland. Arrived at the Tomorrowland section in the Park in the summer of 2025 (late May to early September) you will find new experiences and can meet the protagonists – Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and Thing.
There will also be another robot, Herbie that makes his life -like debut during these experiences. The protagonists arrive first while Herbie is still working on Marvel and Disney Imagineering.
In addition, Robert Downey Jr. Together with Kevin Fiege to discuss the two new attractions that arrived in Avengers -Campus at Disneyland. We already know that Robert Downey Jr. Reproduced his role as Tony Stark for a new Flight Lab attraction; Now we know you are sitting in a special pod that will be attached to a robotic arm that will make ‘more high -speed maneuvers’ in the style of Avengers Heroes.
You can see a full repetition of the future of World Building on the Disney “Panel below, with comments from Disney Experience Chairman Josh D’Amaro and Disney Entertainment co-chair Alan Bergman. Plus, you can see what else Disney Imagineering has been working on our deep dive into Haunted Mansion Parlor aboard Disney Treasure.
