The Walt Disney Co. and Epic Games are debuting an unprecedented new effort that will connect one of Disney’s real-life theme park rides with a bespoke adventure in Fortnite.
The company’s on Saturday unveiled Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run | Fortnite, which will enable visitors to the Smuggler’s Run attraction at Disney’s theme parks in Orlando and Anaheim to accept a special mission while in the queue for the ride, and if they succeed, they will get a unique Forsworn Trooper Outfit in a newly-created Fortnite adventure called Smugglers Gambit set in that same universe.
“Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run | Fortnite marks the first time this attraction has reached beyond its physical walls into a connected game world — a story that starts in a queue in Orlando or Anaheim can now continue on a screen almost anywhere,” said Sean Shoptaw, executive vp of Disney Games and Digital Entertainment. “Smugglers Gambit, built in-house by an incredibly talented team, is an immersive, high-quality game, and together these experiences reflect our ambition to connect stories and worlds across formats into one converged entertainment ecosystem.”
Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run is one of two flagship rides within the Galaxy’s Edge Star Wars lands at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, with visitors working together to pilot Han Salo’s famous spacecraft. The cockpit technology in the ride was actually created using Epic’s Unreal Engine, which allows for many assets from the ride to appear in Smugglers Gambit.
