To be fair, I think the general public will struggle with this a little too. People hear SW Resort at WDW and they will assume it’s a place to stay while at WDW not a roll playing experience. Then again, a portion of people who visit still ask which Disney park has the Harry Potter stuff
I think your last sentence answers your question about little kids and families with little kids. For the price you are paying if you aren't there for the role playing you aren't going there. I think older kids will be fine but not kids under 10.
Kids love Star Wars but this isn't just about Star Wars. You can go to DHS and get your SW fix without dedicating several days to exclusive Star Wars role playing. You can still do meet and greets and rides and character meals without signing up for this. I think little kids love the Disney park scavenger hunt type games but would it keep their interest for days at a time? Now if they offered a SW themed hotel with some several hour one off adventures then that might appeal to smaller kids since its shorter term. This is not that.
To be fair, I don't remember seeing anyone here say you wouldn't go to galaxy edge. That debate can be put to bed. Its not a debate since it was announced publicly. The pool is likely too but there aren't details. Maybe there will be an indoor pool or maybe not. I personally wouldn't feel the immersion would be ruined by an outdoor pool area, but for those that think it would because you are supposed to be in space, just skip the pool. Problem solved.
I just put some numbers on paper and I think $900-$1000/person for a 2 night / 3 day experience would be a bargain. Let's begin with just two nights of lodging at a "Deluxe". That could easily be $600/night. Based on double occupancy, $300/person per night, $600 total per person just for a place to sleep for two nights. Of course, single person price would be much more. But, if more than two can stay in a room, then the lodging costs really turn into a better value.
Now, meals... The regular dining plan has one QS, one TS, plus snacks and costs about $76 per person, per DAY. For three days, that is just under $230. But, consider that a dinner show like HDD is $72pp for good seats, and if you get two dinner shows, meals and dinner show(s) for this experience could easily exceed $400.
So, for lodging (assuming double occupancy, and only for two people) and meals we at $1000 per person for the 2 night / 3 day experience. Add in custom experiences in the hotel (aka Starship), and access to SW:GE for either a partial day (or night) at prices like MVMCP starting at over $100 per experience... the price easily could top $1200. And, that's at just basic WDW pricing.
Quite honestly, I was skeptical that this special experience would be something I would be willing to pay for. But, if the cost does stay at the $900-$1000 per guest range, I would jump on this in a heartbeat. I could even justify spending up to $1500 per person.
Sadly, if the cost does stay at this level, I can imaging the waiting list would be huge. I would expect Disney might need to increase the per person price to as much as $2000 to reduce the demand a little. Even so, reservations very far in advance would likely be necessary
Now, where do I sign up????
This makes me wonder how one would design a pool area in a real spaceship. I mean, you can't depend on sunlight so it would really just have to be lit by overhead lighting in simple or dramatic form. I guess you could have a "moonlight" pool with a view of space outside, but it could be really disorienting if "overhead" was a planet or if there was too much motion.
Yeah, back when I was a kid (about 5 years ago according to my wife), I'd go crazy for this kind of thing. Imagination and suspension of disbelief was so much more powerful back then. I remember a lot of daydreaming and play-acting with my TIE fighters and lightsaber (which I think I built from paper towel rolls and cellophane). I'm not sure why I didn't have an X-Wing back then. I think the model was too hard for me to build or something.
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