Foods We Tried in Galaxy's Edge + Nighttime Gathering Dining Package Experience

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Let me preface this by saying that I know what they are trying to do in Galaxy's Edge foodwise. They're trying to make things seem exotic and a little peculiar, like you wouldn't find certain things "on earth." I absolutely commend the attempt. With that said, almost all of the drinks (non-alcoholic since we don't drink alcohol) were a no-go with us, which is sort of a shame, but oh well.

Non-Alcoholic Drinks in Galaxy's Edge


Cold Brew Black Caf - You know how something sounds better in theory than it actually tastes? That was this. Purchased in Docking Bay 7 for $7.79, I don't know what I was expecting, but I didn't expect to be crunching Cocoa Puffs along with ice cubes in my coffee drink. Was it interesting to look at, yes? But honestly I would have preferred a regular iced coffee with cream and swirls of chocolate and some luster dust instead of the chocolate cereal that served almost no purpose other than to be different.

Photo Credit: Disneyland

Blue Milk - Purchased at the Milk Stand, this one was my sister's drink. It was, indeed, blue, but she found it overly sweet, and I think she was expecting something more exciting flavor-wise than what she said might be blue raspberry. We could be wrong about the flavor, though. What we both really balked at was the price tag of $8.99 for maybe 10 ounces of a drink. Those cups are pretty small for the price. She was glad she tried it once but by her own admission, she wouldn't buy one again.

Photo Credit: Wookieepedia (Smartguy74)

Green Milk with Red Lichen Paddy Frog Eggs - Also purchased at the Milk Stand, this one was mine, also at a very high price tag of $9.49. I love boba and popping spheres, so having cherry popping spheres with actually pretty fun, and I enjoyed the unique texture of the pineapple. So this one was really good, although it's not on the menu now so I'm not sure if it was just a super limited edition drink. Anyway, I liked it, but not the price, again, for something that is maybe 10 ounces and has zero alcohol.

Cotton Candy Topped Soda - It is exactly as it sounds. I think this is just offered as part of the Nighttime Gathering Dining package right now, and we both tried it on a whim with that package. While it was super fun to look at, topping an already super sweet drink with cotton candy absolutely guarantees a sugar high. I only drank about half of my drink because it was just entirely too sweet with the cotton candy dissolving into the soda. It has sort of a galaxy aesthetic, but I would prefer something a bit more functional.

Lunch and Snack Items in Galaxy's Edge


Endorian Fried Chicken Tip-Yip - Purchased at Docking Bay 7, this was a fried chicken meal with broccolini and macaroni and cheese (we substituted for this). Priced at $15.49, I mean, for Galaxy's Edge it was a "reasonable price." At that point in the day, we were both super hungry so we just needed to eat without having to leave Galaxy's Edge. It was nothing spectacular, but it was energy and that's what we needed.

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Polystarch Puffbread - This was a snack at the Milk Stand, and it was actually quite yummy. Because of the steep price tag, we only bought one and shared it. It is not a big pastry, so for the $7.29, it wasn't really a good value. I hear tell it was once $5.99 and that makes more sense so talk about some major inflation! But it was probably my favorite thing that I ate in Galaxy's Edge, so I'll give it that.

Nighttime Gathering Dining Package Experience

Did this feel exclusive? Yes, so having a special meal, getting a specialty pin for the experience, having professional photos taken on a special balcony, and having a reserved standing space for the Shadows of Memory: A Skywalker Saga projection show on the spires of Galaxy's Edge does feel very exclusive. I'll go into the actual projection show and such in a later post, this will just cover the foods.

HOWEVER, the $89 price tag per person is absurdly steep and was not worth the price of admission, at least for us. Next time, we'll just stand with everybody else near the Millennium Falcon and crane our necks upwards.

I think if the meal itself had been different, as in, an actual meal instead of a bento, then it might have felt like we were getting the value for the cost. I like me a good bento, but it did sort of lower the value of the experience a bit, not because the food wasn't decent, but because it felt cheap, being plated in a space-age experience bento box.


  


As for the food, the best part of the meal for me was the Wonton citrus-ginger chicken salad taco. That was quite delicious. It was disappointing that they only give you one of the tacos but do give you three of the quite heavy Cheeseburger croquettes. For me, I would have preferred the reverse. The goat cheese spread was delicious with the pita bread chips, loved that. Otherwise the meat and cheese section was just, average, nothing special. And, again, the theme of the cereal was carried through to the desserts. There was a chocolate eclair with cocoa puffs and, I think it was a profiterole. They were fine, relatively tasty, but the whole cereal thing just doesn't work for me.

My Final Thoughts

For me and my sister, in our opinion, the food in Galaxy's Edge was not worth the cost. It was not a good value for us overall, and we would likely not eat in that part of Disneyland again.

Our suggestions for improvement would be to not try so hard. Quality over space-age experience would be a really good start. And, let's be honest, the pricing is over-the-top. Counting the Nighttime Gathering experience, the food and drink cost us $247.53 in Galaxy's Edge, and let's be honest now, we were being pretty frugal with our choices. There were only 2 of us. I hate to think how much a family of 4 would spend especially if you throw in the occasional alcoholic drink.

Anyway, this was just our experience. If Galaxy's Edge food is your jam, that's awesome. Of everything, I would try the Green Milk with Red Lichen Paddy Frog Eggs again and I think my sister might like that one too.

Photo Credit: Me unless stated otherwise

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Ride Recap in Star Wars Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

We went, we saw, we conquered, we had an amazing trip to Disneyland!

I'm going to do my recap posts sort of backwards, starting with the last day first.

Our final day was spent primarily in Galaxy's Edge and I have to give kudos to Disney's imagineers at creating such an immersive experience. Literally, it feels like you are in Star Wars, which was sort of what I was expecting, but not to that level.

We'll cover the Galaxy's Edge rides with this post.

  

Yes, we paid for lightning lane for Rise of the Resistance because neither of us wanted to wait 1-2 hours in line for a ride. We're just not those people. With that being said, this is a pretty cool ride, as immersive as Galaxy's Edge itself. You are involved in the story. You're captured by the First Order, interrogated, rescued, all the things. The special effects are pretty epic too, especially one drop in particular that neither of us was expecting, so that was thrilling!

  

What was hilarious was that the ride went down that morning, something that seems to happen with decent regularity. I get it, that ride is complicated, and it would be super easy for things to go wrong. So, nobody was in line for lightning lane (can't speak for the regular line). We just happened to be there at almost the exact second the ride came back up. So we dashed through with our lightning lane passes and we literally had an entire transport to ourselves, JUST THE TWO OF US! That was crazy! And it made the experience that much more immersive, especially considering this was our first time on the ride!

  

Disney put a lot of money and effort into that ride, and I give them absolute props for what they created. We both loved it and will definitely ride it again on our next trip.

Next up is Smuggler's Run, which we both thoroughly enjoyed as well. We were with a sweet little family of 4, and the main concept of the ride is that you are in control of the Millennium Falcon. Each of you is given a job to do with the buttons, knobs, switches in the cabin to make sure the Falcon flies properly. And you get a rating at the end for accuracy. Mine was about 60% accuracy with the buttons, so considering I had no idea what I was doing, that was pretty awesome.

My favorite part wasn't necessarily the ride, but the sense of being inside the Millennium Falcon. I'm old school Star Wars, so for me, anything from the OT is going to be a hit. It was fun feeling like you were walking where Han and Chewie had walked.

I do wish the ride was designed in a way that allowed you to focus on the experience and not on pushing buttons or flipping switches to keep the Falcon from crashing. I feel like I was looking at the console for flashing buttons more than I was focusing on the actual experience. That may just be because this was our first and only time so far on the ride, so I may not have the same response next time.

Of the two rides, because I am old school, I did personally enjoy Smuggler's Run more than Rise of the Resistance. Kylo Ren was never my jam so to have an entire ride be First Order centric was a bit over the top for me, but still, they were both amazing, and I will gladly go on both again. It just depends, I think, on where riders are in their personal Star Wars fandom journey as to which ride they will enjoy more.

A brief mention is that Galaxy's Edge does need more rides. Just having two rides there is not enough for the enormity of that part of the park, so I hope that a few more rides will be added. And for me and mine, we would love a ride that is Mandalorian themed. That would be epic, in the best way!

Future Galaxy's Edge posts will cover the Bounty Hunter magicband+ game, the Shadows of Memory Skywalker Saga light show, the lightsaber build experience, Character experiences, photo ops, and more.

Photo Disclaimer: All photos, unless otherwise stated, have been taken by either me or my sister. I will be hiding our faces when sharing photos where our faces are seen.

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