News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

[Maeryk]

This is because people can't get 'hotel' out of their head and are used to what a Disney resort is.. in terms of open shopping, dining, lobby, etc. Pretty much everything in this concept goes counter to those previous notions of what accessibility at a resort is.

Why is it hard to imagine that from the street, you could only goto a 'base station' and there is no freedom of public access beyond that structure?

I'm picking up what you are laying down. It's a cruise ship that doesn't move.. but once the gangplank is withdrawn.. you aren't getting on or off.

Let's put it this way.. I know club 33 exists..and the VIP lounges at various attractions.. but I don't get to experience them just because Disney hopes I'll buy in. If you ask about club level, they will give you a brochure or a description, but you don't get to go snack in the club lounge, etc.

 

[Disneyfan1981]

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I wonder if my wife would mind dressing like a Twilek? Blue or green, so many decisions.

Bets on how fast opening day will sell out?
I'm going with - 8 hours or less.

Safe bet, can you imagine if they do some stuff like offering up your name on a brick or special merchandise at the opening? SW Fans pay large amounts of money for exclusives.

It's way beyond deluxe. Orders of magnitude. Think "Westworld."

They will probably do financing like with DVC timeshares.

Could it be a separate entity like DVC ownership?

I wonder if DVC members will be able to use points here or if it'll be separate thing since it's all inclusive experiences? What if they did a DVC portion, man I could imagine people paying big money for that.

I feel as though some information is missing. However, going off of what you just said, if a family of four went and stayed there for just 3 nights:

That's $650 + (3x200) = $1250 per night

$3750 for 3 nights?

Jeez, that's a lot but I'd be tempted to do it at least once.

They could name their price and I would need to do this at least once.

They get it.

So what happens when you clog your toilet? Does someone in character come and unclog it?

Then you book a stay at the Disney resorts for the rest of your Florida vacation. You go do star wars... then transfer to another hotel.

I wonder if that will be a thing although planning out additional time to stay at this resort and then do the rest of your trip will be an interesting mode.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

i dont see why they'd MAKE you stay in there the entire time. They want people to spend their money all around the Disney World property.

It's not about them MAKING you, it's about the fact that the only people who are going to pay that kind of money are people who WANT to. People really need to "get it" that this isn't a hotel. It's an experience.

 

[Maeryk]

Wait a sec. Are you saying that when I'm on a cruise ship out in the open sea I can't leave it? What if I want to go for a 15 mile run or eat at some non-ship restaurant? That's ridiculous!!!!!

You do a lot of laps on the track on the deck. Anyone wanna bet there will be an indoor track involved in this too?

 

[Kamikaze]

I know.. but that's kind of my point. The 'outside world' and 'inside world' are separated... not freely commingling or just looking across the lobby.

Right - which is why it only works if people are all checking in/out on the same days, like a cruise. Two day stays, then an off day where nothing is going on at the resort. If I had to bet, thats whats going to happen here.

 

[Maeryk]

I'm guessing the standard rooms will be in the Trash Compactor.

I'm guessing you don't get a choice. there's no park view or garden view, etc. You get what room they assign you. the only difference may be they have 2 bed, and 4 bed rooms, which would be assigned based on party size.

 

[Kamikaze]

You do a lot of laps on the track on the deck. Anyone wanna bet there will be an indoor track involved in this too?

Has to have a gym at least. I can manage on a treadmill for a couple of days. Not ideal since I'd rather run outside in the FL mornings, but as long as something is offered. Obviously you can break the immersion and run outside, but in this case the 'outdoor area' of the resort is going to be pretty limited.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Right - which is why it only works if people are all checking in/out on the same days, like a cruise. Two day stays, then an off day where nothing is going on at the resort. If I had to bet, thats whats going to happen here.

I was thinking three and three. Or three and four if they can do it without an off day.

I'm guessing you don't get a choice. there's no park view or garden view, etc.

There's no "view" at all. You're in space.

 

[flynnibus]

Right - which is why it only works if people are all checking in/out on the same days, like a cruise. Two day stays, then an off day where nothing is going on at the resort. If I had to bet, thats whats going to happen here.

There are ways they can overlap this. But this 'everyone is on the same trip' is basically the jist. Now if they actually carry it out to fruition is yet to be seen, but that was the idea.

It's possible to write in overlapping journeys by saying people are joining/leaving at different points/stops. But if they go with the 2 night model... there is less need for this vs longer stays. The longer the stays, the more difficult alignment/utilization becomes.

I'm really hoping they stick to the plan and go all the way with the isolated reality and 'everyone on the same trip' idea.

 

[Bairstow]

You do a lot of laps on the track on the deck. Anyone wanna bet there will be an indoor track involved in this too?

 

[Maeryk]

I was thinking three and three. Or three and four if they can do it without an off day.


There's no "view" at all. You're in space.

the art shows a "view" but it's clearly virtual. which also allows novel hotel layouts.. since they don't have to have actual windows. they can do the "Fake porthole' thing, effectively, like they do on the cruise ships.

 

[Bocabear]

That would be very disorienting too, to be in perpetual night for several days...

 

[CaptainAmerica]

There are ways they can overlap this. But this 'everyone is on the same trip' is basically the jist. Now if they actually carry it out to fruition is yet to be seen, but that was the idea.

It's possible to write in overlapping journeys by saying people are joining/leaving at different points/stops. But if they go with the 2 night model... there is less need for this vs longer stays. The longer the stays, the more difficult alignment/utilization becomes.

I'm really hoping they stick to the plan and go all the way with the isolated reality and 'everyone on the same trip' idea.

Since you seem to know... The one thing I can't figure out is how integrated (or not) the actual Galaxy's Edge land will be with this experience. It would seem counter-intuitive to make a trip for this experience and then it not include Star Wars Land.

 

[flynnibus]

I'm guessing you don't get a choice. there's no park view or garden view, etc. You get what room they assign you. the only difference may be they have 2 bed, and 4 bed rooms, which would be assigned based on party size.

I was thinking three and three. Or three and four if they can do it without an off day.
There's no "view" at all. You're in space.

Interestingly enough... different room views was part of the concept. Which is one of the areas that threw me off. And fixed room sizes of 4 people only. Which... even under scrutiny they stuck too.. but I thought could be just a simplification for the data gathering they were doing at the time.

 

[Maeryk]

That would be very disorienting too, to be in perpetual night for several days...

Easy enough to program the "window" to put you near some alien sun from 6 am to say, 9 pm, then be the big inky black from 9-6.

 

[Bocabear]

Which makes me think they will set it on an unnamed planet...like the new SWL that will have outdoor sections and amenities, and space windows in the evening....

 

[durangojim]

I'm guessing you don't get a choice. there's no park view or garden view, etc. You get what room they assign you. the only difference may be they have 2 bed, and 4 bed rooms, which would be assigned based on party size.

If we continue with the cruise ship analogy there could be 2 different size standard rooms all with the same size "portholes" and then there could be suites of some kind as well. Obviously the views will all probably be the same or very similar but the furnishings and sizes of the rooms are would could be the differentiators (not sure if that's a real word or not).

 

[Maeryk]

Since you seem to know... The one thing I can't figure out is how integrated (or not) the actual Galaxy's Edge land will be with this experience. It would seem counter-intuitive to make a trip for this experience and then it not include Star Wars Land.

If you read the literature released, it says "and it will culminate in a unique journey for every person who visits.”

My lizard brain says that is exclusive time in SW:GE with interaction beyond what a normal park goer would get to experience. Course, I could be wrong, too. I'm getting the feeling this is like, a 2 day cruise with a disembarkation to Port of Call.. then you "catch a plane home" from there. IOW, the 360 concept is the first two days, then GE is the disembarkment. Your luggage will either wind up at the airport or another resort.

 

[Bairstow]

There are ways they can overlap this. But this 'everyone is on the same trip' is basically the jist. Now if they actually carry it out to fruition is yet to be seen, but that was the idea.

It's possible to write in overlapping journeys by saying people are joining/leaving at different points/stops. But if they go with the 2 night model... there is less need for this vs longer stays. The longer the stays, the more difficult alignment/utilization becomes.

I'm really hoping they stick to the plan and go all the way with the isolated reality and 'everyone on the same trip' idea.

It would be exceedingly impractical from an operations standpoint for the entire resort to check in and check out on same day. They're already going to have to use software to coordinate smaller guest experiences, so it would likewise be practical to have multiple "waves" of guests experiencing different days of their experience at the same time.

 

[Maeryk]

If we continue with the cruise ship analogy there could be 2 different size standard rooms all with the same size "portholes" and then there could be suites of some kind as well. Obviously the views will all probably be the same or very similar but the furnishings and sizes of the rooms are would could be the differentiators (not sure if that's a real word or not).

I'd think the rooms would be done in such a way to convince people to not be in them as much as possible. But we'll see.