News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

THE 1HAPPY HAUNT

THE 1HAPPY HAUNT

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durangojim said:
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This wreaks of luxury 😄
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Very cosmopolitan
 
ChrisFL

ChrisFL

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I loved Universal Orlando's tweet, but I feel like it's only for the true theme park fans who follow the news. Casual observers are probably like "huh??"
 
SWGalaxys_Edge

SWGalaxys_Edge

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TP2000 said:
It does look pretty cramped for the price point. They apparently took the concept of "cruise ship" literally. 😳

The bathroom in particular is underwhelming. A $179 per night Hampton Inn has a bigger bathroom.
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..so stay there and stop complaining about the Starcruiser. Betting you aren't even going.
 
flynnibus

flynnibus

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castlecake2.0 said:
If they’re looking to trade jabs Disney could post a picture of what a real steam engine looks like comempared to the plastic looking, pulling into station backwards, hogwarts express cable car.
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The trains up on blocks because they take can't build around the train tracks for the last what.. 3+ years? Yeah, Uni would love that softball pitch to them :)

And trains go backwards all the time :)
 
Casper Gutman

Casper Gutman

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castlecake2.0 said:
If they’re looking to trade jabs Disney could post a picture of what a real steam engine looks like comempared to the plastic looking, pulling into station backwards, hogwarts express cable car.
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Really? The Hogwarts Express looks great. You’re going to compare it to the absurdity of the moving truck Disney is bundling high rollers into? I mean you coulda jabbed at F&F or Fallon but… Hogwarts?

Comcast is certainly no more compassionate or empathetic then Disney. But stuff like these tweets and the recent earnings call make it seem like they actually think owning theme parks is a pretty good idea. Which is refreshing.
 
TP2000

TP2000

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SWGalaxys_Edge said:
..so stay there and stop complaining about the Starcruiser. Betting you aren't even going.
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Gawd, no. I'm far too old for this nonsense. And since it doesn't have Darth Vader or R2D2 or Han Solo, why would I bother? I've got a well earned reservation for the Rancho Mirage Ritz-Carlton this April, thank you.

But after they work through the paid YouTube foamer shills in February previews, and the few thousand LARP'ers in March, they're going to be dealing with a different clientele. A group of people who often doesn't even bother looking at travel websites when they make their reservations, because they have a secretary or assistant or concierge to do that for them.

That's when this is going to get really good! And also why April through this summer are now wide open on reservations.
 
Sir_Cliff

Sir_Cliff

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Casper Gutman said:
If Disney weren't so unrelentingly pompous and self-serious (while simultaneously having no actual respect for any of the elements that made them culturally significant), it wouldn't be funny. But they are, so it is.
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I get and agree with much of this critique of Disney, but I actually think the snark is tipping over into making Universal look a little like the person who sits back and picks and laughs at other people but only gets away with it because most people are too polite to do the same to them. Uni gets a lot of slack for poor theming we don't excuse from Disney.

This, to me, is a little like taking a picture of the show building of Haunted Mansion and sarcastically laughing about what great theming Disney has as though they don't have just as un-themed show buildings for their attractions.
 
larryz

larryz

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Sir_Cliff said:
I get and agree with much of this critique of Disney, but I actually think the snark is tipping over into making Universal look a little like the person who sits back and picks and laughs at other people but only gets away with it because most people are too polite to do the same to them. Uni gets a lot of slack for poor theming we don't excuse from Disney.

This, to me, is a little like taking a picture of the show building of Haunted Mansion and sarcastically laughing about what great theming Disney has as though they don't have just as un-themed show buildings for their attractions.
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Well, they are called Universal STUDIOS, are they not? Sets the expectation for large, unthemed, sound stage-like buildings.

It's not like WDW's components are called Magic Kingdom Studios, or Epcot Studios, or even Animal Kingdom Studios...
 
Sir_Cliff

Sir_Cliff

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larryz said:
Well, they are called Universal STUDIOS, are they not? Sets the expectation for large, unthemed, sound stage-like buildings.

It's not like WDW's components are called Magic Kingdom Studios, or Epcot Studios, or even Animal Kingdom Studios...
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That wasn't really the analogy I was going for. As with the Haunted Mansion show building, the themed elements are on the inside and guests don't see the exterior. It's pretty standard not to build everything out in three dimensions whether guests see it or not. So, as a gotcha moment it's pretty weak and petty considering Universal doesn't even build out things like the centrepiece of Volcano Bay which is on full display to guests.
 
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