Droid Depot - Hollywood Studios.
Come visit a workshop stocked with everything you need to make your Droid experience amazing. Parts, chips, manuals and other items useful for constructing your very own droid - tech geek heaven.
Choose from the BB-series or R-series unit with the cast member - they’ll provide a basket and blueprint for parts. Next, off to the parts station to collect all you need on the shop’s conveyor belt.
Droid Assembly line - Droid Depot, Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World, Florida.
BB-Series
Dome
Dome Connection Plate
Body Sphere
Motivator
R-Series
Dome
Body
Center Leg
Set of Side-Legs
Reserve early
If you want a spot you’ll need to reserve. It’s a very popular experience and if your heart is set on it, don’t be disappointed - if you’re in the UK, you’ll need a VPN set to Florida in order to book it. You can get a free trial of most VPNs so I’d recommend waiting until a day before you can book this experience, downloading the VPN and booking straight away. this was you get your reservation sorted and then can cancel before the 7 day trial ends. Win, win.
Or, if you want a VPN for added security anyway, there’s loads of cash back options - you can use this link for a site I use regularly. Nord and Surfshark are quite popular and I’ve used both.
We may receive a referral fee from the cash back site if you use our link - but this is not sponsored.
BUILD STATION
Here you’ll follow simple “placemat” instructions to assemble your droid the right way. Once complete, your droid will be paired with a remote control and activated as you watch it come to life!
Pricing
When we did this experience it was a little cheaper than it is now - you can just by the Droid - Astromech unit OR you can buy a bundle. It’s generally better value to buy the bundle of the Droid, Bag and Chip - this was $150 at the time but it’s now $200.
$119.99 per astromech droid unit, plus tax
Carry box and instructions included - or you can opt for the Bag - see below for the ones we bought. I personally have used the bag loads - it looks cool and is a great gym bag. But you should consider whether it’s an add on you don’t need to pay for.
Various personality-affiliation chips and other accessories are available for an additional charge - I chose a resistance chip. I't’s been fun playing with them at home - especially when they talk to each other - they look great in the office too.
Age Recommendation: 3+ - if you child is young they’ll definitely need help - around 10 plus maybe just a little assistance - if they’re a lego fan or even Meccano (do they even still do that) they’ll probably be ok with the instructions and a cast member is always on hand to help.
The experience area is limited to the builder and one Guest—at least one person in the party must be age 14 or older - as myself and one child were each getting a droid, the four of us really got to take part - which was nice.
Only the builder will be allowed to build a droid; the Guest of the builder may not build a droid - this is kind of a strange rule and it’s Disney so cast members will either help or let you help your child.
Droid units are not eligible for Annual Passholder or other discounts - this is a shame - but the experience is great and they sell loads so why would they offer a discount?
Droid Bag!
All done - testing, testing. Finally you get to see your BB-Series or R Series come to life. R2D2 below - it was fun finally getting to see it work and complete the experience. If you do opt to take the bag, it comes with a plastic base inside (removable) so when carrying it mourned the parks it sits nicely. There’s also a zip you can open so your droid can be seen or see out of the bag.
LET YOUR Droid Adventures Continue!
Once your Droid is ready to go home with you, you’ll can of course purchase additional accessories for more customisation - it’s like exit through the gift shop stylie. Of course it is, it’s Disney - any chance for an up-sell. I do love the extra options though.
You can also check out the model kits - pre-made and premium droids as well as a cool collection of up-cycled objects created from scrap parts. And finally, you can take your Droid out into the park - there’s dedicated areas where you can play with it - just make sure you don’t stray outside of them - you don’t want the storm troopers catching your Droid in a prohibited area.