News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

[tomast]

In my mind this is the vehicle bringing you from the lobby to space in the likeness of the hydrolators from the original seas pavilion at Epcot. There is a room you enter after checking in and passing through security where you enter an “elevator” that brings you to the ship in space where you will be staying. To get from your ship, in space, to Batu you take another ship on the opposite side of the hotel... I mean ship(port side if my memory serves correct) and enter a bus... I mean shuttle transport via a gangway. All of which is themed to give the illusion of being in space the entire time.

Thats actually preaty cool, I mean if it is done it would be some Old School Disney Magic, that extra they used to put on atraction but lately seems to be forgoten or "cut down" on cost reducing budgets.

 

[Rteetz]

 

[nickys]

That’s moving on now.

 

[NoChesterHester]

That’s interesting. Looks like the whole first floor will be elevated.

 

[TJJohn12]

That’s interesting. Looks like the whole first floor will be elevated.

Ala a utilidor?

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

When is the projected open date?

 

[jt04]

2 months ago there were criticisms that this was stalled. Obviously in error.

I'm guessing ready by the 50th.

 

[NoChesterHester]

Ala a utilidor?

Possible. Looks like it may have been bad soils, or they intend to berm up to the building like it sits on a hill. If it were a basement they would have poured that before going vertical.

 

[flynnibus]

When is the projected open date?

no one knows..

 

[flynnibus]

That’s interesting. Looks like the whole first floor will be elevated.

Dunno.. that's not just elevated.. that looks like 10+ft up.. gotta be more to that story

 

[monothingie]

That’s interesting. Looks like the whole first floor will be elevated.

Only the rear portion where the concrete forms are being constructed. Looks like under building parking. You can fit a whole lotta cars under there considering site parking is virtually non-existent.

The front section is getting a poured floor.

 

[Rteetz]

 

[danlb_2000]

2 months ago there were criticisms that this was stalled. Obviously in error.

I'm guessing ready by the 50th.

I believe is was just one person commenting on how slow the progress looked. Probably someone who doesn't understand how long land prep can take. No one with any creditability believe that this project had been stopped.

 

[danlb_2000]

That’s interesting. Looks like the whole first floor will be elevated.

Unless what we are seeing is the second floor and they just haven't poured the slab for the first floor yet.

 

[SWGalaxysEdge]

Hotel-Blueprint comparison. - You can see how the SW hotel is starting to line up with the blueprints. credit: @bioreconstruct

 

[sedati]

That’s interesting. Looks like the whole first floor will be elevated.

My guess depends on how these space windows work. Are they just video screens behind glass, or glass looking out onto a projection wall? If so, to give us the ability to look around, the projection surface outside the window will likely curve above and below so we get a full view. Raising the rooms would give us the ability to peer down from our windows. This seems similar to the approach being taken at the Space Resturaunt where the outer wall seems to be significantly larger than the windows themselves.
Also, I wonder if there will be speakers in the flooring to give a subtle sense of engine noise or rumble for when the ship is under attack.

 

[Kman101]

I feel like they could have used the land for the SW expansion better. The hotel is taking up a good spot for an actual expansion. Oh well ... (not complaining about the hotel or the land coming ... just about the use of space and limiting themselves for the future ...)

 

[nickys]

I feel like they could have used the land for the SW expansion better. The hotel is taking up a good spot for an actual expansion. Oh well ... (not complaining about the hotel or the land coming ... just about the use of space and limiting themselves for the future ...)

Except there’s a road between the park and the resort. Not such a great expansion pad if you need to re-route a road to use it.

 

[SWGalaxysEdge]

New first floor elevation image from @bioreconstruct

 

[Timothy_Q]

I feel like they could have used the land for the SW expansion better. The hotel is taking up a good spot for an actual expansion. Oh well ... (not complaining about the hotel or the land coming ... just about the use of space and limiting themselves for the future ...)

The hotel plot of land is relatively disconnected from the park, if we're talking park expansion.

The cast parking on the other hand is directly behind Muppets, which would be easy to connect to the park for an expansion