Star Wars Day 2026: New Smugglers Run Mission Plus Every Star Wars Experience Across Disney Parks

Disney is rolling out a brand-new Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run mission tied to The Mandalorian and Grogu on May 22, 2026, alongside refreshed Star Wars experiences at every Disney resort worldwide. Here's the complete guide to Star Wars at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland, Tokyo Disney Resort, and Disney Cruise Line.

Disney is celebrating May the 4th 2026 with the biggest Star Wars push in years — a brand-new Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run mission tied to Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, refreshed experiences across every Disney resort on the planet, and a wave of merchandise built around the film's May 22 theatrical debut. Here's the full rundown of where to find a galaxy far, far away across Disney Parks, Disney Cruise Line, and beyond.

A Brand-New Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run Mission

The headline news for fans: Smugglers Run at both Disneyland park and Disney's Hollywood Studios is getting its first major story refresh in years. Beginning May 22, 2026 — the same day The Mandalorian and Grogu opens in theaters — flight crews will be hired by Hondo Ohnaka to track three bounties for the New Republic alongside Din Djarin and Grogu, transmitted straight from the cockpit of the Razor Crest.

The targets: two Imperial officers and a pirate. Pilots, gunners, and engineers will chart a course to the gas-mining metropolis of Cloud City on Bespin, the city-planet of Coruscant, or the wreckage of the second Death Star in orbit above Endor. It's a meaningful expansion of a ride that, until now, has only sent guests to a single corellian spice run.

Disney has also released the new mission's score on the Disney Parks YouTube channel as a Star Wars themed soundscape, free to stream ahead of opening day.

Star Wars at Disneyland Resort

Disneyland has been a home for Star Wars since Star Tours first debuted in 1987. Today the resort is anchored by Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland park, where guests step onto the planet of Batuu at Black Spire Outpost.

Galaxy's Edge Attractions and Entertainment

• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance — the multi-system trackless adventure that drops guests inside a First Order Star Destroyer.
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run — the new Mandalorian and Grogu mission begins May 22, 2026.
• "Shadows of Memory: A Skywalker Saga" — a nightly projection spectacle telling the Skywalker family story across the spires of Batuu.
• "Fire of the Rising Moons" — a fireworks vantage that reframes Disneyland's nightly show with Star Wars music, viewable from near the Millennium Falcon, Droid Depot, and Black Spire Surplus.
• Character encounters with Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, The Mandalorian, Grogu, R2-D2, and Rey.

Galaxy's Edge Dining

Refueling on Batuu means choosing between Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo (galactic plates inside a working hangar bay), Oga's Cantina (the local watering hole, where DJ R-3X spins for bounty hunters and smugglers), Ronto Roasters (home of the Ronto Wrap, Ronto-less Garden Wrap, and Ronto Morning Wrap), the Milk Stand for blue and pink milk, and Kat Saka's Kettle for inventive popcorn mixes.

Galaxy's Edge Shopping

The retail story on Batuu is just as detailed. Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities is the artifacts shop, Droid Depot lets guests build a BB-, C-, or R-series droid on a working conveyor, and Savi's Workshop – Handbuilt Lightsabers offers four hilt themes — Peace and Justice, Power and Control, Elemental Nature, and Protection and Defense — each powered by kyber crystals. Round it out with Black Spire Outfitters, Black Spire Surplus, Creature Stall, Resistance Supply, Toydarian Toymaker, and Jewels of Bith.

Beyond Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland Resort

• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue at Disneyland park — over 250 storyline variations alongside C-3PO.
• Hyperspace Mountain — a limited-time Star Wars overlay of Space Mountain in Tomorrowland.
• The Star Trader — Tomorrowland's go-to for Star Wars collectibles, marked by its iconic neon Mickey marquee.
• Star Wars Trading Post at Downtown Disney — a hidden-Resistance-base-themed shop.
• The LEGO Store at Downtown Disney — May 2–4, 2026, take home a free mini N-1 Starfighter while supplies last.
• New Star Wars novelties across the resort, including a Salvaged Protocol Droid bucket, a Yoda stainless-steel tumbler, and a Tauntaun bucket.
• A Disney Visa Cardmember Star Wars photo opportunity in Tomorrowland.

Star Wars at Walt Disney World Resort

At Walt Disney World, the Star Wars universe is anchored at Disney's Hollywood Studios, where the Florida version of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge serves up its own attractions, dining, shopping, and roaming character moments.

Hollywood Studios Attractions

• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance — battle the First Order alongside Rey and BB-8, with appearances from General Hux and Kylo Ren.
• Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run — the new Mandalorian and Grogu mission also launches here on May 22, 2026.
• Star Tours – The Adventures Continue — featuring Audio-Animatronics, 3D video, and appearances from Kylo Ren, Boba Fett, Poe Dameron, Princess Leia, and Yoda.
• Star Wars: Datapad on the Play Disney Parks mobile app — translate languages, scan cargo, and decrypt comms across Batuu.
• Character encounters with Rey, Chewbacca, R2-D2, Kylo Ren, and First Order Stormtroopers.

Hollywood Studios Dining

Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo serves the Endorian Fried Chicken Tip Yip and Felucian Falafel and Hummus Garden Spread; Oga's Cantina stocks Fuzzy Tauntauns, Bespin Fizzes, and the famous Yub Nub; Ronto Roasters cooks the grilled-meat-and-pork wrap (also plant-based); the Milk Stand rotates blue milk and green milk with both alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions; and Kat Saka's Kettle dishes the Outpost Mix popcorn.

Hollywood Studios and Disney Springs Shopping

The Florida resort matches Disneyland's lineup — Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities, Droid Depot, Savi's Workshop, Black Spire Outfitters, Creature Stall (porgs and Kowakian monkey-lizards), First Order Cargo, Resistance Supply, Toydarian Toymaker, Jewels of Bith, and Tatooine Traders — and adds the Star Wars Galactic Outpost at Disney Springs, located next to Super Hero Headquarters and DisneyStyle.

Star Wars at Disneyland Paris

Across the Atlantic, Disneyland Paris delivers some of the franchise's most beloved overlays:

• Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain — Admiral Ackbar briefs you before a high-speed Rebel-vs-TIE-fighter battle.
• Star Tours: L'Aventure Continue — hundreds of mission combinations through Jakku, Hoth, Tatooine, and the Death Star.
• Star Traders — droid building and lightsaber crafting in Discoveryland.
• Starport character encounters featuring Darth Vader.

For Star Wars Day 2026, Café Hyperion, Rocket Café, and Cool Station are serving up themed waffles inspired by Darth Vader and Stormtroopers, plus a Boba Fett shortbread biscuit and a Grogu pistachio biscuit filled with chocolate-hazelnut.

Hyperspace Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

At Hong Kong Disneyland, Hyperspace Mountain sends Rebel pilots into a dogfight between X-wings and TIE fighters. Admiral Ackbar's mission briefs you to survey an Imperial Star Destroyer near Jakku — a trap, of course, complete with red and green blaster fire and intense turns. After the ride, Space Traders stocks the photo capture and themed merchandise.

Star Tours at Tokyo Disney Resort

In Tomorrowland at Tokyo Disneyland, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue follows the familiar formula: a Starspeeder 1000 misfire forces C-3PO to take the controls just as Imperial Forces close in. The big Star Wars Day twist for 2026 — through June 30, 2026, every ride is guaranteed to feature scenes with The Mandalorian and Grogu, a deliberate tie-in to the upcoming film.

Star Wars on Disney Cruise Line

Star Wars storytelling extends to the seas on select Disney Cruise Line voyages. Each ship's Disney's Oceaneer Club hosts a different in-universe space:

Star Wars: Hyperspace Lounge on the Disney Wish

For adults, the Star Wars: Hyperspace Lounge aboard the Disney Wish is the must-book experience — a starcruiser-themed bar where the panoramic viewport jumps to Tatooine, Coruscant, and other planets while crews sip the Spire Sunset or the non-alcoholic Temple Twist. Spaceships from the films pass by the window in real time.

Star Wars Merchandise Beyond the Parks

Star Wars Day merch is rolling out broadly. shopDisney.com and the Disney Store are featuring a dedicated Star Wars Day collection, while Disney Cruise Line ships, the parks, and LEGO Star Wars sets all carry exclusive drops. Limited-edition collectibles tied to the May the 4th 2026 push are landing in waves throughout the week.

What This Means for Disney Fans

2026 is shaping up to be one of the busiest Star Wars years Disney has run in a long time. The Smugglers Run refresh is especially significant — the ride launched in 2019 with a single mission, and tying the new variant directly to a tentpole film release is the kind of cross-platform moment Disney has been telegraphing since the original Galactic Starcruiser pivot. Combined with Tokyo's Mando-and-Grogu Star Tours guarantee, the Hyperspace Lounge's continued expansion across the fleet, and a full slate of merchandise, May 2026 is the time to plan a Star Wars-first Disney trip.

For ride wait times, Genie+ priority on Smugglers Run, and live status of Rise of the Resistance across both U.S. parks, GenieGrove tracks every Star Wars attraction in real time. May the 4th be with you.