Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run

A motion simulator experience called Star Wars: Millennium Falcon - Smugglers Run is inspired by George Lucas's Star Wars film series. The ride, which is a part of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, debuted in Disneyland on May 31 and Disney's Hollywood Studios on August 29, respectively.

Pulling the silver handle in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon to activate the hyperdrive and accelerate to light speed will give you the happiest sensation in all of Disneyland. However, even if you aren't seated in the pilot's seat on this visitor-controlled motion rollercoaster, which is housed inside a breathtakingly accurate reconstruction of the galactic fast freighter, you'll have enough to do: Two pilots control the Falcon under the direction of space pirate Hondo Ohnaka while gunners fire at TIE fighters and engineers frantically push buttons to keep the ship's shields intact. If you make too much noise on the ship, the cast will mock you as you leave in a corridor filled with flashing lights and sounds. Better luck next time—and make no mistake, this experience definitely justifies a next time, and a next time, and a next time...

Riders board the Millennium Falcon and settle down for their first ride experience. The spacecraft is moved left and right by the left pilot, and up and down by the right pilot as they both sit in the front row. The gunners, who press buttons to destroy adversaries and roadblocks, are positioned in the following row. The two engineers who work to fix the spacecraft while in flight are seated in the back row.

Location: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge (Disneyland)

Best assignment: Pilot, on right side of the ship (you’ll steer the Falcon up and down and engage the hyperdrive)