News Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Permanently Closed Fall 2023

[Disgruntled Walt]

This was such a stupid period in WDW history.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

This was such a stupid period in WDW history.

The current one?

Nothing has changed and many things have amplified

 

[cjkeating]

Never noticed the car driving down the street in the background about 6 seconds in. The gift that keeps on giving.

You are in Florida... why wouldn't a car be going past in the background?

 

[cjkeating]

This was such a stupid period in WDW history.

For (most of) those who got to do it... this was a highlight of recent WDW history.

 

[Incomudro]

This was such a stupid period in WDW history.

A stupid period in Disney history that also includes converting Splash to Tiana's and erasing Zip a Dee Doo Dah from Disney's soundtracks.

 

[Figments Friend]

On behalf of all the vloggers, farewell Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser. They will miss you. For the rest of us who never had the “pleasure” we’ll always have this gem.

The bartender in this video clip looks like Dr. Hans Reinhart from Disney’s ‘The Black Hole’.



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[Sirwalterraleigh]

For (most of) those who got to do it... this was a highlight of recent WDW history.

The 1000 vloggers who were comped? Or the 100 people who actually paid and now have to wear a bag over their heads like the unknown comic at the gong show?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

A stupid period in Disney history that also includes converting Splash to Tiana's and erasing Zip a Dee Doo Dah from Disney's soundtracks.

Did I mention the Lego titles? That’s when you know things have gotten away from the handlers…

 

[GimpYancIent]

For (most of) those who got to do it... this was a highlight of recent WDW history.

More like a blooper. Failure highlight.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

More like a blooper. Failure highlight.

…queue Benny hill

 

[Prince-1]

…queue Benny hill

 

[pdude81]

The 1000 vloggers who were comped? Or the 100 people who actually paid and now have to wear a bag over their heads like the unknown comic at the gong show?

While the project failed, it was a more like 100 comped vlogger rooms and thousands of paying customer rooms over the 18 month run. And everybody who finds out that we went says that they wish they could have gone or that my son was "lucky" to have had that experience. Other than a dedicated group on this site and youtube who are angry that the thing ever existed, that is.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

While the project failed, it was a more like 100 comped vlogger rooms and thousands of paying customer rooms over the 18 month run. And everybody who finds out that we went says that they wish they could have gone or that my son was "lucky" to have had that experience. Other than a dedicated group on this site and youtube who are angry that the thing ever existed, that is.

That was tongue in cheek.

The bookings were pretty wide open after like 2 months…

It was not popular and obviously a loser for them.

Star Wars fans want STAR WARS…not Disneys “experiency” spin…

They refuse to just accept that and take a sizeable chunk of Gen X’s money. And since that is about to grow as the boom departs…what a tremendously bad business sense.

A trained circus dog could have done better.

It was a disaster…DOA. It was so obvious I didn’t even bother commenting until it closed

Which by the way…I thought would last much longer.

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

Yeah. OG trilogy and a lower price point, it *might* have survived.

 

[JudeLovesDisney]

Yeah, I feel like for a two night experience it’s way to pricey.

 

[mickEblu]

That was tongue in cheek.

The bookings were pretty wide open after like 2 months…

It was not popular and obviously a loser for them.

Star Wars fans want STAR WARS…not Disneys “experiency” spin…

They refuse to just accept that and take a sizeable chunk of Gen X’s money. And since that is about to grow as the boom departs…what a tremendously bad business sense.

A trained circus dog could have done better.

It was a disaster…DOA. It was so obvious I don’t even bother commenting until it closed

Which by the way…I thought would last much longer.

Agree but still think the core concept needs to be tweaked. I think Deluxe Star Wars hotel including some larping and/ or an actual attraction would be the move. And put in a really upscale cool dinner theatre restaurant. Not that cafeteria with LED lights they built.

 

[Bocabear]

Agree but still think the core concept needs to be tweaked. I think Deluxe Star Wars hotel including some larping and/ or an actual attraction would be the move. And put in a really upscale cool dinner theatre restaurant. Not that cafeteria with LED lights they built.

I think the design of the place was a huge part of the failure... it was underscaled from the start...the Cafeteria style restaurant...the lack of epic spaces you would expect on an intergalactic cruise ship... The entertaianment was cringey and the whole thing was expensive and completely oversold for what the experience actually was....

 

[lazyboy97o]

Was there no way this could have been retrofitted to be CP housing?

It could have been, but it’s not really needed. They’ve been building new facilities over by Western Way. This would just be a weird little thing stuck next to nothing.

Also, Disney still doesn’t want random residents in the City of Lake Buena Vista.

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

And a window would be nice.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Agree but still think the core concept needs to be tweaked. I think Deluxe Star Wars hotel including some larping and/ or an actual attraction would be the move. And put in a really upscale cool dinner theatre restaurant. Not that cafeteria with LED lights they built.

I could see that…there would have been ways to profit off it with some unique things and high demand that could have been sustainable