News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

yensidtlaw1969

yensidtlaw1969

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Cesar R M said:
The conversation related to "is it an hotel or not" has nothing to do with the pool or not.
The convo was the stubborness to claim that this starcruiser experience was "not an hotel".
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Feel free to take that up with Disney - they are the ones going out of their way to not refer to it as a mere “hotel”, since it is clearly their intention that it not be perceived that way by guests.

It’s an “immersive 48 hour role play experience”, not mere overnight lodging with amenities. Whether or not any of us agree that it looks like a GOOD one is irrelevant - by design it is not a “hotel”.

A Hospital is not a Hotel simply because it has a lobby and you can sleep there.
 
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brettf22

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While, like most, I’m less than enthused with what we’ve been shown so far, I’m amazed by the amount of schadenfreude surrounding the Galactic Starcruiser. While I have yet to see anything that makes me want to spend the $ required, I still think this could be a huge development in themed entertainment. A lot of Disney fandom seems to bemoan that fact that Disney doesn’t “lead the way” anymore, but then turn around criticize them for doing so. Even if it isn’t a spectacular success, I’m still pleased they tried to push the envelope.

That being said, after having just watched the first installment of The Book of Boba, if the Starcruiser folks want some help tweaking things to improve the Star Wars look and feel, they need to put Filoni and Favreau on speed dial.
 
larryz

larryz

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Incomudro said:
The Halcyon is in space, not Florida.
How many interstellar spacecraft have pools?
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One that we know of...

GimpYancIent said:
Finally! This depiction of a pool would fit very well in a Star Wars Luxury Galactic cruise space vessel. The Corellian's construct gargantuan, imposing space vessels (it's what they do) why not? Too bad the Halcyon was not constructed to be a top-of-the-line luxury Galactic Cruise vessel. A pool would not be practical / reasonable for the current Galactic Cruise immersive experience concept.
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Except we all know what happened to the pool on the Avalon...
 
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pdude81

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Cesar R M said:
Because we have never seen a luxury large ship? I mean.. the closest thing we got was the Naboo Luxury corvette/frigate, which was tiny.

Even the princess Leia was seen flying frigates and one time she was in a cruiser? but it was a Mon Calamari war cruiser ( Rogue One).
Or in the "new" trilogy where she is on a large military transport vessel.
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If we're going to create in our minds what people do on spaceships from other planets, ok. But what if pools are just an Earth thing?

I'm just getting mixed up between people saying the ship doesn't look Star Wars enough but also should have features we've never seen in Star Wars. Maybe there are multiple factions but some of the hate is inconsistent
 
Wendy Pleakley

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brettf22 said:
While, like most, I’m less than enthused with what we’ve been shown so far, I’m amazed by the amount of schadenfreude surrounding the Galactic Starcruiser. While I have yet to see anything that makes me want to spend the $ required, I still think this could be a huge development in themed entertainment. A lot of Disney fandom seems to bemoan that fact that Disney doesn’t “lead the way” anymore, but then turn around criticize them for doing so. Even if it isn’t a spectacular success, I’m still pleased they tried to push the envelope.

That being said, after having just watched the first installment of The Book of Boba, if the Starcruiser folks want some help tweaking things to improve the Star Wars look and feel, they need to put Filoni and Favreau on speed dial.
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I agree. This is something I've said a few times. I want to see these "only at Disney" experiences that stick in one's mind and stay with one after they've gone home. It can be the kind of thing that makes one want to go back, as opposed to just going to the theme parks for the 20th time.

It's a reason I bemoan the loss of Pleasure Island and things like the Adventurer's Club. It's those extra experiences that help set Disney apart from the rest, but they're going away. Disney Springs is no different than any other outlet mall.

The trouble is, this is an experience for a small number of people. That's one of my complaints about this. The Void was a unique Star Wars experience accessible to all. If the Starcruiser is a success I hope they consider ways to provide this type of experience to the masses. Someone who balks at the full "cruise" experience might be willing to take part in a half day experience for example.

And why are people still going on about the pool, or lack thereof? Are we bored and just circling back to the same old complaints? This thing costs about $100 per hour when you look at time spent actually experiencing it. Going to a pool would not be my priority. For the price I want to be doing Star Wars things, all the time.
 
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GimpYancIent

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pdude81 said:
If we're going to create in our minds what people do on spaceships from other planets, ok. But what if pools are just an Earth thing?

I'm just getting mixed up between people saying the ship doesn't look Star Wars enough but also should have features we've never seen in Star Wars. Maybe there are multiple factions but some of the hate is inconsistent
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I do not see "a pool" as a make or break, critically important or essential. I do not see hate being generated because there is no pool. The current projected Star Cruiser experience was never designed to have a pool and the schedule of events / experiences / LARPing does not allow time to make much use of and enjoy a pool. All that said, I thoroughly enjoy the good-natured banter, discussion, jokes and ideas of what could have been in reference to a pool. I do see a lot of disappointment with the generic unimaginative and underwhelming product that is emerging, something that was to have been high end immersive entertainment but not evolving that way. Yet! Disney is charging a high-end price. Folk's do not like being looked at as gullible.
 
durangojim

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GimpYancIent said:
Interesting how according to the back story for the Halcyon.
“The Halcyon star cruiser is the jewel of the Chandrila Star Line. Onboard the 100-cabin Corellian MPO-1400 model star cruiser, you’ll voyage to the far reaches of the galaxy in legendary comfort and style. Recently refurbished and reoutfitted, the star cruiser combines modern conveniences with the romance of the age of exploration.” ― Chandrila Star Line.
Yet the project imaginEars did not produce a product living up to their own story concept. Maybe, the project imaginEars should follow their own story line and refurbish plus refit the Star Cruiser experience.
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I certainly don’t see any luxury in those cabins.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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pdude81 said:
If we're going to create in our minds what people do on spaceships from other planets, ok. But what if pools are just an Earth thing?

I'm just getting mixed up between people saying the ship doesn't look Star Wars enough but also should have features we've never seen in Star Wars. Maybe there are multiple factions but some of the hate is inconsistent
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Technically, the talk about the pool has nothing to do if the hotel looked like star wars or not. It was just a grievance that for the insane price.. it should at least have some spa amenities.
The other hand, the corridors and general looks are the issue. Where the images shown looks like a "modern" Hampton Inn (according to some posters here).
Def does not look like any space or scifi place.

For 6k I sure want Leia to massage my callous and smelly feet ;)
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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yensidtlaw1969 said:
Feel free to take that up with Disney - they are the ones going out of their way to not refer to it as a mere “hotel”, since it is clearly their intention that it not be perceived that way by guests.

It’s an “immersive 48 hour role play experience”, not mere overnight lodging with amenities. Whether or not any of us agree that it looks like a GOOD one is irrelevant - by design it is not a “hotel”.

A Hospital is not a Hotel simply because it has a lobby and you can sleep there.
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I did not know you would go to an Hospital for accommodations, tourism or entertainment. But ok.
 

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