News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

Screamface

Screamface

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LindseyDisney said:
I’m really surprised by the missed opportunity here. I can’t help but wonder why they didn’t create a normal deluxe hotel based on Star Wars IP. You could still had the actors, but this could have been paid experience. A dinner show? More condense. Disney would actually saved more money and make more profits. Even if you didn't like Star Wars, Disney guests might have checked it out for the Space theme. You could have done a lot creativity with the pool or the bus stop to the parks.
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There'll be posts way back in this thread of me saying the same thing.

It doesn't even have to be deluxe. Make an affordable family Hotel where different buildings of rooms and areas are themed to different planets. Have the Tatooine suites. Have the Hoth suites. Have the pool area with an AT-AT for shade with a water slide coming out of it. Have areas for meet and greets.

The idea of in-depth theming and experiences got out of hand because that isn't what people care about. The average family looking at which Disney World Resort to stay at may simply decide on, "The one with the full-size X-Wing by the pool looks fun."

As for deluxe. Next to it build The Naboo Palace Hotel. A place that even non-Star Wars fans would go, "that looks really nice, lets stay there."
 
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freediverdude

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The problem would be, the type of theming being talked about here would make the building costs much higher than a standard hotel. And so to preserve the high margins that companies like, the pricing would have to be pretty high, probably $1000+ per night, at least at first. So I bet that's why Disney went ahead with the full experience, since it was going to be thousands for a stay anyway at that level of theming. If they priced it lower, it wouldn't get greenlit.
 
monothingie

monothingie

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Let's play the "Which one is not a prison" game.

While guests are not "free" to leave any of these building during their stay, only one of these three is not a prison in Florida.

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tpoly88

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Screamface said:
There'll be posts way back in this thread of me saying the same thing.

It doesn't even have to be deluxe. Make an affordable family Hotel where different buildings of rooms and areas are themed to different planets. Have the Tatooine suites. Have the Hoth suites. Have the pool area with an AT-AT for shade with a water slide coming out of it. Have areas for meet and greets.

The idea of in-depth theming and experiences got out of hand because that isn't what people care about. The average family looking at which Disney World Resort to stay at may simply decide on, "The one with the full-size X-Wing by the pool looks fun."

As for deluxe. Next to it build The Naboo Palace Hotel. A place that even non-Star Wars fans would go, "that looks really nice, lets stay there."
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I like your thoughts on this. Yes could have been a novelty like the tree houses. Spending all that money to come to Fl for the nice weather and then locked inside for 2 days. No sense to me. That might work if it were in NYC but even that’s a stretch. Not sure who oversees this type of project but wow did they miss the mark.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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I'm forever thankful for this project, because it encapsulated everything that was and still is wrong with Disney's parks division circa 2016-2025. First from Bob Chapek, now from Josh D'Amaro. (Who turns out have the same failed leadership style, even if they have different tailors)

The hubris, the cheap budget cuts, the heavy cringe, the 24 year old Comms interns writing press releases, the executive smugness, the blatant inability to tend to details, the brazen greed, the fine art of over-promising and under-delivering.

Also the lobby line dancing... "AMAZZZZING!"

All of it was just so wonderful to behold. I'm glad they gave this gift to us, and may we cherish it forever! :cool:
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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TP2000 said:
I'm forever thankful for this project, because it encapsulated everything that was and still is wrong with Disney's parks division circa 2016-2025. First from Bob Chapek, now from Josh D'Amaro. (Who turns out have the same failed leadership style, even if they have different tailors)

The hubris, the cheap budget cuts, the heavy cringe, the 24 year old Comms interns writing press releases, the executive smugness, the blatant inability to tend to details, the brazen greed, the fine art of over-promising and under-delivering.

Also the lobby line dancing... "AMAZZZZING!"

All of it was just so wonderful to behold. I'm glad they gave this gift to us, and may we cherish it forever! :cool:
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Source?
 
cjkeating

cjkeating

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Just thinking out loud but if there is ever going to be a relaunch of Starcruiser in any format I wonder if it would be around the time of Mandalorian and Grogu film next summer?
 
Vegas Disney Fan

Vegas Disney Fan

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yensid1967 said:
I think AT THIS POINT IN TIME with no announcements on what will become of the 'hotel', I think Disney should just cut their loses and demolish it. That will provide more land for expansion!
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It’s Disney, it’ll likely sit there completely untouched for decades. In 10 years an urban explorer will find their way in and be amazed that it looks the same as it did the day it closed, everything still intact, just covered in years of dust.

Disney has a history of abandoning things and letting them rot until they find a way of monetizing the land again. (River Country, Discovery island, Life pavilion, etc).
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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cjkeating said:
Just thinking out loud but if there is ever going to be a relaunch of Starcruiser in any format I wonder if it would be around the time of Mandalorian and Grogu film next summer?
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The only chance they would ever have to turn this around would be to redesign it as an OT Mecca and market straight at gen X…which is where a lot of “Disney adults” lie.

That’s it…
They completely miscalculated why people go to Orlando: for all the stuff.

To lock you in, charge you a fortune, and use pathetically bad source material was a doozy even by Disney hubris standards
 
Incomudro

Incomudro

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Vegas Disney Fan said:
It’s Disney, it’ll likely sit there completely untouched for decades. In 10 years an urban explorer will find their way in and be amazed that it looks the same as it did the day it closed, everything still intact, just covered in years of dust.

Disney has a history of abandoning things and letting them rot until they find a way of monetizing the land again. (River Country, Discovery island, Life pavilion, etc).
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
 
Disney Maddux

Disney Maddux

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Vegas Disney Fan said:
It’s Disney, it’ll likely sit there completely untouched for decades. In 10 years an urban explorer will find their way in and be amazed that it looks the same as it did the day it closed, everything still intact, just covered in years of dust.

Disney has a history of abandoning things and letting them rot until they find a way of monetizing the land again. (River Country, Discovery island, Life pavilion, etc).
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Stitch's Great Escape.
 
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yensid1967

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"Disney has a history of abandoning things and letting them rot..."

TAX WRITE OFF! (the same way when an apartment complex has an empty apartment, they get to write it off on their taxes)
 

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