News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

[Jon81uk]

I am very interested in the SW hotel, but I'm not going to stay there. I can afford it (by scrapping our Disneyland trips) and I really like the fact that it's all inclusive. But I don't think it's money well spent for my family. For one thing, my kids love swimming at a Disney pool. For another, we love exploring the hotel grounds. I wish the hotel had an SW themed pool and slide, and SW themed landscaping, like Art of Animation. They have Cars there, and Little Mermaid stuff, and a Lion King jungle even, and AofA doesn't cost near 3K per night. I would very much love to stay at a Star Wars hotel, but the Galactic Starcruiser just doesn't fit out needs even if we were super rich. It's too specific and too regimented, wanting everybody to stay put and perform their list of activities morning to night, even dress they way they want. I get it, a lot SW fans would kill to do that, but I'm not that type of energetic SW fan.

I want to just go to a Disney hotel, relax and soak in the environment, admire my room, go eat, taking the kids swimming, stroll the grounds, admire the hotel's architecture, admire all the special landscaping, watch other people have fun just being there, even enjoy the transportation options: the boat, the Skyliner, the bus, the Monorail, everything that makes Disney World the best place to be.

So, I hope that Disney will build a normal SW hotel after this.

it is incredibly expensive but I really don’t think many people at all will be thinking about lounging around when there are all the other experiences going on.

 

[flynnibus]

I really don't believe this is targeted to kids - look at the sample commercial spot- adult male, he receives the "mission" and he tells his wife and kid what they are going to do.

I believe the target audience are adult males / females / couples who go to Comic Con, Star Wars events, have shelves/closets/rooms of collectibles. They spend thousands per year on that stuff already, they won't blink at this.

Yet... look at every piece of concept art shown before - all targeting the 5-12 age group.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Yet... look at every piece of concept art shown before - all targeting the 5-12 age group.

The concept art for the Crown Of Corellia Dining room and for the Sublight Lounge is definitely not targeting the 5 - 12 age group.

 

[MrPromey]

The concept art for the Crown Of Corellia Dining room and for the Sublight Lounge is definitely not targeting the 5 - 12 age group.

I think it's fair to say that Disney has not been clear on who they are targeting with how this has been presented, how the pricing works, and who's going to have the easiest time justifying that money.

Clearly they want whoever is going to spend on it but as with other things (cough, Epcot, cough*) they don't seem to understand or at least, don't want to acknowledge that they create a weird situation when they try to take two unrelated groups and jam them together taking what should be a premium experieince for either and making it something less than for both.

I have a single remote co-worker who just celebrated her 50th birthday who was planning to gift herself a world-wide trip to visit every Diseny park (scuttled, thanks to COVID) who would be first in line for this and would not have blinked twice at the price but who lost all interest as soon as she saw the kiddie stuff in the concept art.

She was like:

"Personalized adventure? Sign me up!"

"Fancy adult space beverages? Yes please!"

"Wait, kids running around popping out of air shafts?.. never mind"

This was all before pricing was announced. I'm sure the announced pricing would not have been a show-stopper for her, though.

And that's someone with disposable money, just a little out-of-state with an AP who comes at least a few times a year, always stays on property and already understands the typical demographics of guests in the resorts and parks.

I think we're likely to see the marketing and offerings evolve on this to better cater to whichever group is more willing to spend - dad who can rope his family in or 50-year-old-single-lady (or guy) who can rope a friend in.

*i.e. the family on vacation along side the 20-somethings who want to drink-around-the-world. What could possibly go wrong, there?.. and through no real fault of either group that paid to be there.

 

[flynnibus]

The concept art for the Crown Of Corellia Dining room and for the Sublight Lounge is definitely not targeting the 5 - 12 age group.

Dude.. it's a large dining room . The dining rooms on the cruise ships are the same... they look nice - they aren't kid or adult centric.

An anchoring element from day 1 has been dinner show

 

[GimpYancIent]

With all this clamoring for a Star Wars Resort / "HOTEL" the powers that be should get a clue and stop what they are doing with the Contemporary (scrap / trash) the current concept and retheme it in a Star Wars guise. The rooms at the Contemporary are already very suitable (size and shape) wise to be bigger / better cabins than on the HALCYON. Theme the pool! Create a dining room larger, themed and available to more than cruise passengers. Then top it off w guests not messing up the experience because because they went to their car or decided to go to a venue not Star Wars themed. The Contemporary is already rated "DELUX" so not cheap but guests are not limited to the amount of days they can stay with the cost not hitting the outrageous level. Just a thought.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Dude.. it's a large dining room . The dining rooms on the cruise ships are the same... they look nice - they aren't kid or adult centric.

An anchoring element from day 1 has been dinner show

I am curious to see if they bring on some TWI"LEK dancing girls for the show.

 

[MisterPenguin]

It most certainly was.

Here's my cite for the earliest we heard of it and it was a 2 night event.

Where's your cite that it was 3?

Disney survey hints at boutique Star Wars Resort with premium experiences

The luxury of space at Walt Disney World may allow the east coast version of Star Wars Land to offer something very unique and exclusive.

www.wdwmagic.com

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Here's my cite for the earliest we heard of it and it was a 2 night event.

Where's your cite that it was 3?

Disney survey hints at boutique Star Wars Resort with premium experiences

The luxury of space at Walt Disney World may allow the east coast version of Star Wars Land to offer something very unique and exclusive.

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[flynnibus]

Here's my cite for the earliest we heard of it and it was a 2 night event.

Where's your cite that it was 3?

Disney survey hints at boutique Star Wars Resort with premium experiences

The luxury of space at Walt Disney World may allow the east coast version of Star Wars Land to offer something very unique and exclusive.

www.wdwmagic.com

Sure, but remember in this case - wdwmagic wasn't the first to report on the survey actually going out... other sites ran the story first.

But my notes (from memory) were they were pitching it as 3 day, 2 night to start with for the survey (before it went out)

 

[CinematicFusion]

I’ll do it. When can you book it?

 

[CinematicFusion]

Remember The Star Trek Experience in Las Vegas?


That only lasted 10 years or so...

That’s was a cool bar. Enjoyed going to it

 

[Jon81uk]

I think it's fair to say that Disney has not been clear on who they are targeting with how this has been presented, how the pricing works, and who's going to have the easiest time justifying that money.

Clearly they want whoever is going to spend on it but as with other things (cough, Epcot, cough*) they don't seem to understand or at least, don't want to acknowledge that they create a weird situation when they try to take two unrelated groups and jam them together taking what should be a premium experieince for either and making it something less than for both.

I have a single remote co-worker who just celebrated her 50th birthday who was planning to gift herself a world-wide trip to visit every Diseny park (scuttled, thanks to COVID) who would be first in line for this and would not have blinked twice at the price but who lost lost all interest as soon as she saw the kiddie stuff in the concept art.

She was like:

"Personalized adventure? Sign me up!"

"Fancy adult space beverages? Yes please!"

"Wait, kids running around popping out of air shafts?.. never mind"

And that's someone with disposable money, just a little out-of-state with an AP who comes at least a few times a year, always stays on property and already understands the typical demographics of guests in the resorts and parks.

I think we're likely to see the marketing and offerings evolve on this to better cater to whichever group is more willing to spend - dad who can rope his family in or 50-year-old-single-lady (or guy) who can rope a friend in.

*i.e. the family on vacation along side the 20-somethings who want to drink-around-the-world. What could possibly go wrong, there?.. and through no real fault of either group that paid to be there.

The perfect solution would be to offer family Star Wars cruises at weekends and adults only cruises weekdays or similar.
I think there would definitely be people who would love to do this without the kids around.

 

[CinematicFusion]

There are enough people to give this strong legs... for awhile. Like I said if ever they altered any of the experiences to revolve around original trilogy characters and storylines, my family might be one of those taking the expensive plunge. Luckily for my wallet at this point, nobody in my family is so enthused about the sequels to be immersed in them for several days at the sacrifice of time in other parks. Several hours in Galaxy Edge exploring what it has to offer as part of a full day at Studios? Sure. Getting up insanely early to get in a boarding group for Rise and experience one of the best created rides ever? Sure. But nobody is begging to be immersed in sequel First Order - Resistance Rey, Kylo, Poe era activity for several full days instead of spending time in MK or elsewhere. If Vader and classic Star Wars were thrown into the equation, we'd be having serious planning discussions right now.
There are still enough people hyped enough for this to give it a good start and at least a few strong years.

My friends and I are going to do it with our families once online booking begins. Agree though, I can’t see this Hotel being relevant or working at 100 percent in 10 years.

I imagine the first few years and the new experience of it will be awesome….. and then fade.

 

[jaxonp]

This is just not for me and that is okay. Huge Star Wars fan and have the means to do it but I just don't see why, one would want to do this. The value proposition is just, off.

 

[GimpYancIent]

The perfect solution would be to offer family Star Wars cruises at weekends and adults only cruises weekdays or similar.
I think there would definitely be people who would love to do this without the kids around.

Like the way you think. Adults only cruises? I was just joking about the TWI'LEK girl dancers in my earlier post, but.

 

[Disstevefan1]

This is just not for me and that is okay. Huge Star Wars fan and have the means to do it but I just don't see why, one would want to do this. The value proposition is just, off.

If they changed the price point they would be booked in advance for years… Who knows, maybe they will be booked in advance at these prices. Nothing would surprise me when we are talking about Disney.

 

[jaxonp]

If they changed the price point they would be booked in advance for years… Who knows, maybe they will be booked in advance at these prices. Nothing would surprise me when we are talking about Disney.

and that may be but it just doesn't seem that interesting to me and that may change once we learn more. I'd rather Disney used this land to expand Galaxy Edge. I realize that doesn't make more $$$ but as a fan, I care not about that!

 

[LovePop]

Realistically, there are two issues: one was always going to to be the steep price. We knew it would be high. It is.

The second, more important, issue will be execution: if the reviews are going to be akin to early reviews of SW:GE then it's in a heap of trouble; but if the ongoing reviews say that it's amazing then I'll probably sign up.

That's exactly how I feel about it: it's a lot like GE. Tiny room, tiny fake window, camp like activities, eat dinner with live music...All just OK, but nothing that makes me think, wow, that's so impressive, it is totally worth 3K per night!

 

[danlb_2000]

I think they lend differently to different mediums. If they did a film every 6 months they would burn out very quickly.

Think films were planned for Yoda, Boba Fett and a ton of others which would probably lend better to a TV show because they can flesh it out more.

I just feel Disney reckons that Star Wars fans are their highest infinity group and will pay the most when it isn’t, it’s the Disney fans they already have.

There was a period when they were releasing 2 Marvel movies a year and people didn't seem to burn out on those.