Star Wars All-Inclusive "Star Ship" Resort?

[roj2323]

I'm confused on how the pricing would work. So, let's say it's $1,000 per person across the board. Does each person get their own room, even if they came with family? Or is it $1,000 per person regardless of how many people are staying in each room? Because technically, friends can normally all stay in one room to save on a trip under normal circumstances, and families pay the same rate for a room that a couple does. Does this make sense? With this deal, sounds like everyone could get their own room if they wanted - we could take up four rooms instead of one!

Quarters or Cabin. Calling them rooms would not be thematically correct so Disney wouldn't use it. It shouldn't matter on this forum as we all know what you are saying but it bugged me for some reason.

 

[Casper Gutman]

I don't know that I'd agree with you. How many theme park lands are based solely on a book/s that's never seen the big screen?

Seuss (there have been films, but the land is based directly on the books), Marvel Landing when it opened

 

[I am Timmy]

Or 525 $4 for 4 from the Wendy's menu.

NOW it's a party!

 

[Captain Neo]

Would the experience be only for little kids and families or will there be adult experiences as well?

They should offer a west world esque star wars experience package because they would make billions

 

[Disneyhead'71]

To me, LARPing is not far removed from building couch cushion forts.

 

[larryz]

FTFY
It would be a popular dinner theater option

I see that my attempt at humor escaped you...

 

[larryz]

$2100 gets me 6d/7n all inclusive for 2 in the Dominican. Flight included.

But you don't get Star Wars. All you get is Star Fish.

 

[larryz]

When you read how 60% of Americans have less than $1000 in savings and only 1/3 of employees invest in 401k plans, it's a microcosm of how screwed up things are today.

Considering how labor intensive a 60-hour immersive experience will be, those people can move to Orlando and get jobs as role-players in the hotel instead of retiring...

 

[ford91exploder]

Yeah, the Star Wars stationary cruise sounds like a fine idea that doesn't really appeal to me. It is the product of several overarching trends I dislike intensely - the obsession with control over guests' time and movements, the increasing stratification of the park experience along financial lines - but at least its innovative.

I'll only get really annoyed if it becomes clear they are building this instead of new Star Wars park areas or (to a lesser extent) a more conventional Star Wars hotel.

Milk that franchise! Milk it good!

Of course this will be in the category of 'instead of in park attractions'

 

[matt9112]

Do you think the Poly or the CR deserve a $500 rate? They get it because of either theming and/or the monorail. Their rooms aren't unique or special. The half of CBR that is being redeveloped is being removed. You have a new tower with a gondola stop. This could easily command a deluxe resort rate and most likely will with or without a Star Wars overlay.

People keep paying....

 

[matt9112]

More like $1,000 a day. $500 seems to cheap to me unless it's per person. Family of 4 $2,000 a day sounds about right. I would never pay that but I'm sure some would. They pay $1,000 a night at some hotels plus food plus tickets. Tickets themselves are $400 or so per day for a family of 4. 3 meals a day for a family can be $300 or more easily. Contemporary for 2 days with a family of four could easily be $3,400.

"Nobody" buys 1 day tickets....nobody on site anyway....i hope. Bad comparison.

 

[matt9112]

Shut up and take my money

They plan too.

 

[ford91exploder]

Quarters or Cabin. Calling them rooms would not be thematically correct so Disney wouldn't use it. It shouldn't matter on this forum as we all know what you are saying but it bugged me for some reason.

And if you want to be realistic only senior officers have private quarters on a ship...

 

[matt9112]

Not sure how I feel about this. Honestly I would prefer a traditional resort where you can stay more than 2 days. Or better yet, more park expansion.

This......

 

[tk924]

Pricing is noted as $900 - $1000 per person

That's where I stopped reading.
Good grief. Every time I read something like this it brings to mind the quote from Jurassic Park:
"And we can charge anything we want, 2,000 a day, 10,000 a day, and people will pay it."

.

 

[Princess Leia]

So let's get nerdy - this would have to be set during the prequels, correct? It certainly wouldn't be set during the original trilogy ("You get to role-play as obedient citizens of an oppressive totalitarian regime!" Fun). I suppose it could be after the fall of the Emporer, but the images have a slick, clean look more in line with the PT then what we have seen in the third trilogy.

Probably set in between Episodes VI and VII, if the hotel fits with the land, or during the sequel trilogy. Do we know who owns the Falcon in the SWE? If it's Han, then I'd say it's between VI and VII. If it's Rey & Chewie, I would say Sequel Trilogy.

 

[phillip9698]

At 1000 per person they could easily have this resort packed every single day if the experience is as great as it sounds. There are plenty of popular all inclusive resorts around the world where that price would be on the low end. If anything they should be charging more!

 

[rushtest4echo]

That's where I stopped reading.
Good grief. Every time I read something like this it brings to mind the quote from Jurassic Park:
"And we can charge anything we want, 2,000 a day, 10,000 a day, and people will pay it."

.

Bizzness... it's what DIzznee is.

A multinational conglomerate that owns several of the world's most popular IP's, is consistently rated the world's most trusted brand and is currently slotted in at the 26th most valuable company on earth. People seem to struggle to grasp this when they think Walt's little dream is still run by a few animators and Roy handling the financials. It hasn't been that for 70 years- well before any theme park was in the works.

The pricing isn't out of line with other offerings if you add up the huge amount of amenities. People pay $2000 for a good package at D23 and they sell out in minutes.

 

[OvertheFalls]

I don't know that I'd agree with you. How many theme park lands are based solely on a book/s that's never seen the big screen?

I wasn't trying to relate it to theme parks. Just stating the popularity of Harry Potter started before the movies. If you want to say the books built the popularity for the movies and then the movies built the popularity for a theme park I would not argue. As some one else stated I personally know people in their 60s that enjoy Harry Potter, and my wife working with K-2nd grade kids that enjoy it. I have never been to the World of Harry Potter (and will probably hit Star Wars land first), but I have seen Star Wars fans be dismissive of Harry Potter as whole as if it is just going to go away.

 

[Kingoglow]

So the price point feels low to me. If they don't scale back on the list of what is included (the one shared earlier in the thread). I would price the experience higher (especially during the initial demand surge). I feel like there is demand for this at the $1,500per person level.

I feel like this might be more of a PG-13 experience. I would want a PG-13 experience. Anything less and it is just a Jedi Training rehash. Make it for older kids or adults. If they continue to roll out these boutique experiences then there is ample opportunity to cater to young children. Consider if Be Our Guest wasn't a thing but instead they made a hotel experience themed around Beast's castle. Or reimagine PORS to a Princess and the Frog experience.

They have to align stays. so everyone starts and ends together. I feel like if this is the case, then they will have to limit the number of rooms. I can't see 500 people all role playing together simultaneously but maybe I am thinking too small. I also have to believe that guests will be limited in what else they can do while staying at the hotel. You can't have people randomly skipping chapters of the story to go visit AK and come back and demand the actors to catch you up on what is going on. So this really feels like (another) add-on to your vacation. A few days at a different hotel and tickets to the parks and then a 2 day stay (up charge) at the Star Wars hotel.