News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

[Nunu]

Republic Credits WILL do.....

( waves hand )

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[Dunston]

ahahahahahahahaha the arts and crafts time block is the same length as the lightsaber training ahahahahahahaha $2,500/night ahahahahahahaha

 

[MisterPenguin]

Here within is a summary of rumored prices. (Bookmark it.)

First, everyone needs to be clear on what "Double Occupancy" means. It's a marketing device used most notably by cruise lines to make their rooms seem cheaper than the are... by half! "Double Occupancy" means that you will be charged at a minimum for two people in the room. So, if a cruise line says that the trip only costs $1000 per person (double occupancy), it means they will charge $2,000, even if only one person is in the room. They're charging the minimum of 2 (double occupancy) even if only one. So, whenever you see "double occupancy" per person, multiply by 2.

Second, when comparing the rumored prices, I will focus on the total of two nights. It's a minimum of 2 nights, so, cost per night is irrelevant unless you want to compare it to other resorts 'per night' rates. I will post the rumored total, and the final total that 1, 2, or 4 people who are sharing the room would each have to pay for the full two nights.


The Survey

One leaked survey asked people if they would pay $2,000 for the experience. This is where the oft quoted "$1,000 per night" comes from. But that's pretty cheap. The cost split would be...

• 1 person: $2,000
• 2 people: $1,000 each
• 4 people: $500 each.

@Kamikaze claims that this is definitely a "double occupancy" case. This would mean the room for two nights is $4,000. The cost split would be...

• 1 person: $4,000
• 2 people: $2,000 each
• 4 people: $1,000 each.

Jim Hill

@lentesta has said the Jim overheard at a D23 event that the total cost for 2 nights would be $1,300, plus $400 for each extra person. The cost split would be...

• 1 person: $1,300
• 2 people: $850 each
• 4 people: $625 each.

Again, that seems too cheap, and again, @Kamikaze says it's surely "double occupancy." That would make the starting price for 2 nights be $2,600. The cost split would be....

• 1 person: $2,600
• 2 people: $1,300 each
• 4 people: $850 each.

@Kamikaze

Don't know how Kamikaze knows, but their reckoning is the room will be a total of $2,200 (pitched as $550 double occupancy per night), plus $400 per extra person. The cost split would then be...

• 1 person: $2,200
• 2 people: $1,100 each
• 4 people: $750 each.

That Other Site

The Unnameable Site claimed they got leaked prices: $3,300 for one person for two nights, plus extra for each extra person going up to $7,200 for 5 people. Doing some quick algebra, the cost split would be...

• 1 person: $3,300
• 2 people: $2,138 each
• 4 people: $1,556 each.

That other site thought this was a good price because they got confused that "3 days / 2 nights" means you price for 2 nights, and not 3 days. So, they divided the total cost by 3 and thought $1,100/night was a good price! [Per night, this schema is actually $1,650 per night.]

No one got it right.

The other site would have gotten good grades for being close for 2 people if they weren't hilariously thinking it was for three days and way overshot the price for a full room.

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

This has the potential to crash and burn and become a legendary disaster that will be known in the business world for decades. I’m not predicting anything, it could very well be successful, but it’s looking like it has all the makings of a potential train wreck.

 

[Bullseye1967]

No one got it right.

The other site would have gotten good grades for being close for 2 people if they weren't hilariously thinking it was for three days and way overshot the price for a full room.

Do we know what the rate for 5 people would be?

 

[larryz]

But they are price gauging for the hotel, with what sounds like very limited experiences and amenities.

I really want to like this, but to me it just seems lacking for the price tag.

Well, you can't gouge until after you gauge.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Do we know what the rate for 5 people would be?

The extra adult from 3 guests to 4 guests added $600. So, a room with 5 should be around $6,599.

 

[larryz]

Confirmation that meals and park admission for one day are included.

But how much is the per-night parking fee?

Just kidding.

Or am I?

 

[Bullseye1967]

But how much is the per-night parking fee?

Just kidding.

Or am I?

Free valet parking. The Bob's are slipping!

 

[MisterPenguin]

Free valet parking. The Bob's are slipping!

Nah.

If you go to a Disney resort and then go to the Halcyon, they'll pick you up at your Disney resort, and then when done, drop you back off at your Disney resort for free.

Meanwhile, your Disney resort will charge you for parking for those two days!!

 

[GimpYancIent]

This has the potential to crash and burn and become a legendary disaster that will be known in the business world for decades. I’m not predicting anything, it could very well be successful, but it’s looking like it has all the makings of a potential train wreck.

 

[larryz]

It's been discussed here before that the total population of people doing Galactic Starcruiser daily is not likely to be such that it's very impactful on RotR.

Maybe 10 boarding groups a day... if they run the Galactic Starcruiser Special during normal park hours.

 

[techgeek]

I’m seeing some pushback around regarding the loss of shipboard time Batuu impacts on the schedule. As it is presented, Batuu is a central part of the ‘experience’…

… however it’s also likely something that the core target guest here has already been and done. Why waste ship time diverting to the same rides that have been open for two years and eating some quick serve? Is there any indication beyond the ‘insert random story moment’ that there will be any modifications made to the show at Rise or SR? It would have been a great opportunity to make an ‘exclusive’ out of one of the lost alternate missions on the Falcon.

So you’ve already done GE, and it doesn’t feel like a good use of time re-riding Star Tours the 40th time… you think ‘maybe I’ll stay on the ship and have the bridge to myself to play while everyone else is ashore…’ that makes sense, right? Any chance that’s an option? Or is it ‘everyone’s gotta go ashore, the show up here is dark for the morning and we didn’t pay to staff the dining room for lunch’. ?

 

[Nubs70]

Seems like if they have to keep explaining and defining what this is to the people who are paying attention, they're doing something wrong, here.

Maybe a large chunk of the public and the mainstream media not getting it doesn't really matter if the people they're trying to signal understand, though.

Anyway, a pool would clearly be a waste because if you're bothering with that, what's the point in even doing this thing?

If you have a spouse who doesn't want to LARP with you for 36 hours straight, they should just hang back at the Grand Floridian while you spend your day-and-a-halfish doing this on your own while... I guess, paying for two adult spots in your room or finding a random stranger willing to swipe right on your vacation... proposal.

IDN - maybe when the initial hoopla that will fill the rooms begins to fade, they'll start offering bunk options for single-riders along with combo packages for spouces/signifigant others that provide alternate premium experiences at one of the other resorts like spa treatments, wine tastings, divorce attorney consultations, etc.

Star Wars Galactic Hostel

 

[MrPromey]

Star Wars Galactic Hostel

Now, that would just confuse the he// out of everyone, wouldn’t it?

i love it!

 

[runnsally]

Maybe 10 boarding groups a day... if they run the Galactic Starcruiser Special during normal park hours.

I assume this is the main reason VIP Tours still don’t get access to RoR (which has always seemed strange to me)…keep guaranteed access a Halcyon exclusive…

 

[larryz]

Wouldn't the water float out of the pool in space?

Only when the hyperdrive gravity stimulator fails...

 

[larryz]

I assume this is the main reason VIP Tours still don’t get access to RoR (which has always seemed strange to me)…keep guaranteed access a Halcyon exclusive…

Ah, but they do... now. Google it.

 

[Bullseye1967]

Nah.

If you go to a Disney resort and then go to the Halcyon, they'll pick you up at your Disney resort, and then when done, drop you back off at your Disney resort for free.

Meanwhile, your Disney resort will charge you for parking for those two days!!

No really

 

[Casper Gutman]

Sooooo.... with the story elements so rigidly confined to a few, short blocks... how will that work? 100 rooms, three guests a room, maybe three story options (more then the itinerary shows)... you'll be helping to land a stolen shuttle with 100 other guests? Seems like the same depth of interaction as the Millennium ride.

For this to be really interesting time needed to be less structured and the area involved needed to be much bigger, so guests could explore, meet characters not everyone meets, and pursue a multitude of mix-and-match storylines in their own way, with perhaps a few big story beats that effect everyone, like an Imperial attack.

Disney has been working on technology to enable that kind of RPG experience for every guest in a theme park for years and years, and they couldn't adapt some form for a few hundred guests? In fact, developing that kind of RPG immersiveness (and building new rides) for the parks at large probably would have been more fruitful then spending billions on a failed datamining effort (which itself could have been integrated into that form of RPG storytelling).