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Galactic Starcruiser: DLR Opinions
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mickEblu
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This is a Disneyland chat room. We re all Weirdos. Lol. But why can’t people who think the majority of the experience is lame and cringey say so? I obviously can’t speak for everyone but when I say lame and cringey I’m referring to the roleplaying aspect of this experience in general and I guess by default the people (guests and Disney) is what is producing that cringe. I’m not judging the people participating. Its just my body’s reaction to what I’m seeing in these videos. It’s cringey to me. With that said, even though the experience is not for me, I’m still able to critique it and come to the conclusion that many of the “actors” are not very good and there is a lot of room for improvement. I also think the creative decision to keep doubling down on unknown Star Wars characters is an odd choice. The captain of the ship being the worst. She feels like something out of a children's after school special. I dunno, I get like Pee Wee Herman or that Alice in Wonderland show on the Disney channel from the early 90s vibes
I also used the word lame to describe the dinner experience. On top of the fact that it’s a cafeteria the fact that they use like 2 of the same 5 walk around characters as part of the show just screams “budget” to me. That one alien with the moving mouth is kind of cool though.
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Stevek
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It's from the Birdcage, Robin Williams character.
mickEblu
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Oh Hahah but why? What does it have to do with Star Wars / storm troopers? I’m missing the context for sure
TP2000
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This is one of the most confusing things I've seen online in quite some time.
But when he got to the "You do Fosse! You do Fosse!" part with a modified Rich Man's Frug, I had the best laugh of the day. So at least there was that!
But I feel badly for the CM's here. Those two Stormtrooper guys deserved a large meat lovers pizza and a case of beer sent to their Orlando apartment complex for having to deal with that.
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TP2000
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It's all a very odd and very obscure movie reference. He was pretending like he was a director giving the Stormtroopers notes and direction on their acting job.
It's kind of funny to watch from the safety of Twitter, but it's too intrusive on everyone else and not very kind to the CM's trying hard to be Stormtroopers on a preview cruise where all the bosses are also watching them.
I didn't get what the heck was going on until he got to the "You do Fosse!" thing. It's a line from The Birdcage. Bob Fosse was one of America's most well known choreographers and dancers in the 1950's and 60's. He was at the height of his career by the late 1960's when he created this dance scene for the movie Sweet Charity in 1969. It's, um, very Fosse.
Again, this whole Starcruiser Twitvid thing is bizarrely obscure. Don't worry about it.
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TP2000
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Oh, thank God. I was afraid I was going to be the only one to not get it. Again.
What are we? Normies or Weirdos? I'm honestly curious.
TP2000
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I agree. I liken this to those specialty days Disneyland used to have, where people dressed up in black gothic clothing (in sunny Southern California). A lot of them were harmless, but there was a big enough chunk of them participating to set off the nutcase alarm for me. Or like that Dapper Day thing that started innocently enough as a dress up day at Disneyland (playing off people in classic WDI concept art), but then morphed into this weirdo day where people wore outlandish Look At Me! outfits that would have gotten them thrown out of the park in 1958.
All that said, the role playing aspect is the least of my concerns with this highly anticipated and overhyped project. My main concern is how cheap everything looks, how hokey most things seem, how thinly staffed the showmanship aspect is, and how many corners they cut in the past few years.
As Example #48 of the cheapness, this is "Lightsaber Training". It's basically a flashlight shining out of a hole in the wall in a dramatically lit room, with audio effects from a surround sound system.
I guess we’re “normies” for not being into this.
No Name
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Maybe it just isn’t meant for you or I (not referring to anyone specifically). It can only sleep about 0.2% of people who visit WDW (and 0% of people who don’t, I should add). If most people were interested in this, that would be a big supply/demand issue, and then Disney would raise the prices. So they’re ahead on that one lol. I’m not trying to shut down opinions or anything, but we just can’t act like it’s a failure because we aren’t interested.
Anyone who’s throwing up photos of fancy hotels in rural places isn’t the target audience and that’s perfectly fine.
Anyone who’s throwing up photos of fancy hotels in rural places isn’t the target audience and that’s perfectly fine.
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Once again, people aren’t actually reading and understanding the posts that came before, specifically my posts.
No one is saying that Disney should build top line, fancy, super expensive hotels in the dessert like the one TP posted. My original argument was that a desert setting, similar to Tatooine, would be preferable for something like this over a Disney theme park property. TP simply posted photos of a hotel in a desert that he knew as an attempt to understand the vision I had in my mind.
No one’s saying it’s a failure.
No one is saying that Disney should build top line, fancy, super expensive hotels in the dessert like the one TP posted. My original argument was that a desert setting, similar to Tatooine, would be preferable for something like this over a Disney theme park property. TP simply posted photos of a hotel in a desert that he knew as an attempt to understand the vision I had in my mind.
No one’s saying it’s a failure.
Practical Pig
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Not to me, certainly. If I have any role playing urges, I haven't discovered them. But there seems to be an early-days satisfied response among the target audience. Using the six thousand bucks model for a cabin for four, that's $1500 per person. If I were a reasonably well-off Star Wars/Disney superfan into roleplaying, and willing to share the cabin with three like-minded friends, I might well think it money well spent. But since I'm not ... I wouldn't.
Practical Pig
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Right, that's why it's not worth it for me either, because the experience(s) I'm getting is not up to my personal standards. Not only am I not a Star Wars fan, but the roleplaying and the cramped quarters (at least they look kind of cramped to me in photos and videos...I'd have to see them in person) alone are enough to put me off. There's a list of things, but no need to get into it all.
I keep thinking about what I could do with that money... Six thousand dollars could pay for multiple trips within the country and even an international trip, depending on the destination.
Stevek
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Literally nothing. Just trying to get noticed, be more important than the "show". It's incredibly weird.
Practical Pig
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I've watched a few videos on the WDW side from paying customers saying the cabins are larger in person then photos/vids make them appear.
I would hope so.
That’s great to hear (not that I’m planning on paying for a room). No one wants to sleep in a small room with three other people.
CaptinEO
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I mean I just spent the entirety of last weekend at a classic video game expo and am now on a themepark message board.
I've been to the LA Comic Convention as well and love seeing all the costumes people create.
I don't put down anyone who has a different interest than me. I'm glad the small venn diagram overlap that covers 1) people that enjoy disney era star wars, 2) have a lot of disposable income, and 3) like role playing, have a place to go.
Their hobbies could be destructive such as being into drugs or beating people up.
For me personally though? I think this is lame and is a clear upcharge of all the events that were planned and cut last minute for Galaxys's edge.
You have the diner/show (still came out undwhelming despite the GE and Starcruiser concept art), the roaming characters/aliens, and the stage/stunt show (that played one time in Florida GE).
I'm more upset that what had the potential to he a very fun, involved, lively, and entertaining land in Disneyland was instead turned into a 6 thousand dollar upcharge. And now Disneyland and Disney world have a MASSIVE empty Star Wars Land that feels lifeless. It's a huge loss for parkgoers. All the major elements of the Starcruiser were supposed to be there in Galaxy's Edge in 2019.
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CaptinEO
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Raven, so glad you are back. You are always the calming voice of reason.
Hahahahaha I am not calm at all. I lose my patience sometimes (I wasn't like this when I first joined a decade ago, but you know...the internet) People take me there sometimes, but with this, I thought it was very obvious that people aren't reading/understanding the posts. It also seems that some people feel some type of way because we're admitting that we wouldn't spend money on this. I don't see why that's wrong. And yeah, most of the stuff I've seen in videos is absolute cringe or corny. That's how I feel.