News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

[ArtieJim]

Just to make sure I have this correct, there are no actual windows in this hotel? So every "window" you look out is just a screen? No natural light at all?

 

[Sped2424]

Just to make sure I have this correct, there are no actual windows in this hotel? So every "window" you look out is just a screen? No natural light at all?

Yes. The idea is you're in space on some sort of station. Natural light would defeat that illusion.

 

[flynnibus]

I wonder how Disney will handle doors in this hotel... Most sci-fi movies/shows have the doors that slide to open. That would be very expensive to implement in a hotel. But... wow! If they are able to do this...

Pocket doors are cheap.
Sliding glass doors are used in every shopping center/grocery store around you... they aren't that expensive but doing it on every guest room door would probably be problematic for several reasons.

 

[flynnibus]

Standard pocket doors are not secure, so they would not work for the main entry doors. And, even if standard pocket doors were used for interiors (closet, bathroom, etc.), the cost of adding the hydraulics to make them open/close like you see on TV/Movies would get very expensive.

Pocket doors can be just as secure as normal doors. You can also counterweight doors so they require almost no effort to move. You said doors that slide As I said, the problem is about doing it everywhere.. and really the problem compounds as you add automation anywhere.. as automation requires all the extra safeties/monitoring.

I want the interweaving blast door design myself

 

[Dunston]

Super cool, and super expensivee, I'd imagine. By the time this is finished with all of it's construction and the initial surge of insurmountable crowds is gone I'll probably have kids of my own to take there, if I'm still alive by then.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Pocket doors are cheap.
Sliding glass doors are used in every shopping center/grocery store around you... they aren't that expensive but doing it on every guest room door would probably be problematic for several reasons.

Yeah, who wants a glass door for your hotel room? Zero privacy.

 

[Movielover]

Yeah, who wants a glass door for your hotel room? Zero privacy.

Hey man, no shame here. It's everyone else's fault for looking...

 

[Disnutz311]

Here is a question for you all...

If the resort is completely immersive, is there TV available? Turn on CNN or Disney Channel back down on earth? I’ll make a prediction that if there was a TV in the room it would be the same screen “window” that you see outside to space. Just a therory but very space like to turn the wall into a tv.

 

[larryz]

Yeah, who wants a glass door for your hotel room? Zero privacy.

Of course, there are solutions...
http://www.smartglass-systems.com/

 

[danlb_2000]

Here is a question for you all...

If the resort is completely immersive, is there TV available? Turn on CNN or Disney Channel back down on earth? I’ll make a prediction that if there was a TV in the room it would be the same screen “window” that you see outside to space. Just a therory but very space like to turn the wall into a tv.

I think this is one of the challenges of any type of immersive environment, how far do you take it?

 

[flynnibus]

Here is a question for you all...

If the resort is completely immersive, is there TV available? Turn on CNN or Disney Channel back down on earth? I’ll make a prediction that if there was a TV in the room it would be the same screen “window” that you see outside to space. Just a therory but very space like to turn the wall into a tv.

simple solution is TV with fixed content... or just have 'satellite TV'

 

[MisterPenguin]

The TVs in the room only show the Star Wars Christmas Special.

 

[Disnutz311]

The TVs in the room only show the Star Wars Christmas Special.

On infinite repeat...

 

[Nubs70]

Pocket doors can be just as secure as normal doors. You can also counterweight doors so they require almost no effort to move. You said doors that slide As I said, the problem is about doing it everywhere.. and really the problem compounds as you add automation anywhere.. as automation requires all the extra safeties/monitoring.

I want the interweaving blast door design myself

Local Fire Marshall is more powerful than Snoke

 

[Movielover]

The TVs in the room only show the Star Wars Christmas Special.

I can't tell which would be worst, stuck on it's a Small World for an hour with the music still on, or stuck watching The Holiday Special again...

 

[ford91exploder]

Local Fire Marshall is more powerful than Snoke

Local Fire Marshall is most powerful being in their local universe bar none!

If you have ever worked with one you will understand this comment...

 

[ford91exploder]

Yeah, who wants a glass door for your hotel room? Zero privacy.

Have Elsa permanently 'frost' them problem solved

 

[erasure fan1]

I can't tell which would be worst, stuck on it's a Small World for an hour with the music still on, or stuck watching The Holiday Special again...

I was stuck on small world for almost an hour, and they didn't shut the music off. And I would definitely choose the xmas special.

 

[CanadianGordon]

I'm going to have to add more for my budget during the 50th year now for sure... Wish they'd give us costs, but it's so far out...

 

[twilight mitsuk]

what's next, an American adventure or IASW themed hotel?