News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

[corran horn]

I guess we'll know soon enough. If they continue one with the "cruise" model it's possible they'd charge. But the cruises are at least not on property where they can swap in any regular photopass photographer to do the job.

There's a photo experience upcharge. I don't remember what it was for. I don't know if it was photopass-analogous or something else. But there definitely is one. "special photo experience" I think it is.

 

[Parker in NYC]

I really should be quoting multiple people here, sorry about that.
This is more akin to Escape Rooms I've been to than a cruise as I had in mind. I've never done LARPing. So, I can't compare that. But, escape rooms don't allow photos or video of any kind. I don't see a lot of spoiler-ridden reviews on them either. So, I really don't know what to expect in the reviews. Well, I do know what the professional Disney vloggers will be saying and showing. I'm talking about those that plunked down the bucks expecting an experience. Will I be seeing their reaction? Tom Corless says he'll have paying folks on one of the early cruises. I hope to get some interesting reactions from his crew.

You’re not in an escape room for two days at $6000. Unless you are and… oh dear.

 

[Cesar R M]

Let the strip searches begin!

Is that a feature? or you need the Genie+ plus for the additional cavity search?

Strip search, mandatory uniforms and proprietary iPhones issued. All special needs catered to with their products. Background checks for blogger DNA

Imagine.. shock collars for bloggers.

 

[Cesar R M]

I keep asking myself “Did they not focus group this? I can’t believe focus groups of diehards, casuals, or a mix of both would jump for joy at this marketing plan.”

And then I have to remind myself of someone I once knew who worked for Disney-owned ABC and told more than one story about ABC often using the equivalent of push polling to get the results they wanted from their focus groups. I wouldn’t be surprised if the same happened here. And if so, it’s dumb and cutting off your nose to spite your face. You can push people verbally in one direction all you want, but if the whole thing reeks like week old fish, even some of the most forgiving Disney and Star Wars fans will start to ask “Why am I paying this much again?”

I do sincerely hope this is a case of a terrible marketing plan and not a terrible product, for the sake of everyone going.

Didn't this happen all the time in Disney Parks with questions/surveys that never allowed the guests to state any negative. This way the smaller managers could inflate their "skills" to higher brass?

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Didn't this happen all the time in Disney Parks with questions/surveys that never allowed the guests to state any negative. This way the smaller managers could inflate their "skills" to higher brass?

NO! Disney would NEVER use biased surveys! /s

Spoiler: Nah

I've been saying for years that Disney's surveys are often VERY biased and serve only to validate the opinions/choices of the person who asked that the survey be done to begin with.

 

[corran horn]

You’re not in an escape room for two days at $6000. Unless you are and… oh dear.

No, you pay much more per hour for an Escape Room than GS if you break it down like that.

The comparable would be being in "The Game" like in the Michael Douglas movie for two days.

 

[Patcheslee]

Also...yes...the thought of having to keep that clean is enough to give me nightmares. All that plastic probably causes a lot of static and dust.

It's all Teflon coated lol

I thought the Drunk 3PO video pointed out that certain photos/video won't be allowed. Apparently, they'll have photopass photographers to document the experience. I'm wondering what they're wanting to hide? Are they simply thinking vistors' impressions will be dulled without evidence to back them up? Are they simply not wanting future passengers to know what to expect -- and possibly cancel? Certainly not something that happens on a cruise ship or a river cruiser.

Disney photopass magicshot of you putting the Halycon into hyperspace anyone?
Not being able to take photos myself if I choose is a negative personally. Is there anything in the booking paperwork what informs guests of this? I'd personally be ticked to find out when I check in.

 

[danv3]

Will guests be required to sign galactic NDAs before boarding their shuttle to the ship?

 

[Incomudro]

Ok, so if they haven't shown ANY of the good stuff that's WORTH paying that much for....WHY NOT?

Why is 90% of it still concept art? Why not have a lot of actors around that can play the part of what you're expecting to see? Why is Josh D'amaro waving around a lightsaber instead of someone dressed up as a Jedi who seems to have some clue what they're doing, to make us feel like we're living the Jedi experience.

Sure, this could ALL be just a setup for an experience that will blow away all expectations by not actually showing the intense, interesting things that happen. In other words, maybe this is just a way to subvert expectations, but I think if that's the case, they went way too far and that's why we're seeing all of these cancellations

I've said before that I agree what has been shown hasn't looked good, and it's been made worse by being presented poorly.
But in my experience Disney itself doesn't give away much of its show when they market things.
Just quick images of one or two key scenes.
I do believe that there are better areas of the ship that we haven't been shown, (don't know how much better) and I do believe that it would be wise for Disney to show us something that genuinely looks good, at the very least for damage control purposes.

 

[kingdead]

I really should be quoting multiple people here, sorry about that.
This is more akin to Escape Rooms I've been to than a cruise as I had in mind. I've never done LARPing. So, I can't compare that. But, escape rooms don't allow photos or video of any kind. I don't see a lot of spoiler-ridden reviews on them either. So, I really don't know what to expect in the reviews. Well, I do know what the professional Disney vloggers will be saying and showing. I'm talking about those that plunked down the bucks expecting an experience. Will I be seeing their reaction? Tom Corless says he'll have paying folks on one of the early cruises. I hope to get some interesting reactions from his crew.

People who LARP tend to be very specific in their character--so you're Roodloo the half Jawa smuggler who's had a run in or two with Jabba, and your friend is a lost Padawan who ran away from the Jedi Temple after seducing Mace Windu's sister, and your other friend is Chewbacca's half-nephew freedom fighter for the honor of the Wookies, and you all have a specific quest that your third friend thought up in a specific part of the Star Wars universe and timeline. That's the other thing, it's pretty personal. Someone who's into that would probably be disappointed by a prebaked storyline, but they might be happy to "live" in Star Wars for a few days. The only problem is that they've been thinking about that life for decades now, so they're going to be picky--and that decor isn't helping.

The sweet spot here for Disney would be people who enjoy dressing up and doing some mild make believe but haven't invented any sort of character for themselves to play out--maybe that's what 501st Battalion does? The kind of people who like murder mystery dinner theater. Honestly, I'd think about doing it--if it was one afternoon and $50.

 

[danv3]

I do believe that there are better areas of the ship that we haven't been shown, (don't know how much better)

Not sure I agree with this. I think the lightsaber training and the bridge are two of the headline attractions. And they both appear to be "meh" at best.

 

[ChrisFL]

Not sure I agree with this. I think the lightsaber training and the bridge are two of the headline attractions. And they both appear to be "meh" at best.

Agreed, one seems to amount to pushing buttons and the other isn't anything special either.

As someone mentioned, people would want something more like the actual gunner seat in the Millennium Falcon in the movies, not what we get in Smuggler's Run.

Again, one of the MANY issues with this experience is that it seems more aimed for kids with the activities

 

[MisterPenguin]

Disney HAS REMOVED THE AVAILABILITY CALENDAR!!!!! You must call to inquire about availability.

I was tracking daily the cancellations on a spreadsheets, and today poof! No more calendar!

It's back. Of the 61 cruise dates (Mar - Jun) the site shows 12 cruises with at least one opening. Yesterday, it was at 15 when I checked.

 

[Ex-dockworker]

Not sure I agree with this. I think the lightsaber training and the bridge are two of the headline attractions. And they both appear to be "meh" at best.

And isn't lightsaber training the equivalent of a shooting range on an ocean cruise? Not what I would define as relaxing or luxurious

 

[corran horn]

It's back. Of the 61 cruise dates (Mar - Jun) the site shows 12 cruises with at least one opening. Yesterday, it was at 15 when I checked.

You're killing the various conspiracy theories.

Just kidding, the truth won't matter.

 

[pdude81]

And isn't lightsaber training the equivalent of a shooting range on an ocean cruise? Not what I would define as relaxing or luxurious

This isn't training in the sense that they pretend you are force sensitive though, or else you'd have blast helmets and try to use the force. This is a gimmick and just a bit of fun.

 

[Ex-dockworker]

This isn't training in the sense that they pretend you are force sensitive though, or else you'd have blast helmets and try to use the force. This is a gimmick and just a bit of fun.

I know but I am skeptical that the super rich in the star wars universe would want to be swinging a lightsaber around on a luxury cruise.

 

[flynnibus]

Again, one of the MANY issues with this experience is that it seems more aimed for kids with the activities

hrmm.. sounds familiar

You can make entertainment that caters to both young and old.. I mean, it's what Disney is known best for. But this art and presentation really has me worried. The first presentation I saw did not have me concerned one bit about being adults w/o kids necessarily. This.. has me worried.

 

[kingdead]

I know but I am skeptical that the super rich in the star wars universe would want to be swinging a lightsaber around on a luxury cruise.

They had the super rich already in the Last Jedi, a movie notoriously loved by all fans. What they liked to do was gamble, get massages, and oppress those sad little urchins that tended the space horses. In the end, the heroes smashed up the hotel because they were arrested for parking violations by the snobby staff (always valet).

Sadly, there are no massages and no space horses on this trip, although depending on the behavior of the children involved there might be urchins.

 

[EOD K9]

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