Morkey Moose
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I've read enough reviews and watched enough videos to cleanse the Electric Slide from my memory and I'm not gonna lie - I'm totally back in. T-minus 10 days.
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News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021
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Yeah, it definitely wasn't choreographed well in that moment. Perhaps it'll get better as they have more repetition with it. I think what would work better is if Kylo used the force to push her back/down allowing for a "story" reason why she goes down to one knee. Instead she is just randomly bending down for no apparent reason.
correcaminos
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I'm reading it as well done but not at that price point.
To be fair seeing the videos made me less excited. The live action games are video games or escape rooms. I'm okay with that.... to a point. It was far too predictable in what I saw (and I watched some long videos) as well.
I think it is still not at the level for the price they are asking. That's me though.
I'm going to make a comment as a life long star wars fan. Much like Batuu and RotR it is cool, but it misses a mark. We took a friend of ours who is into so much SW and while we thought our RotR was cool, no one had it as a favorite. When you love SW as long as some of is have sometimes the next door SW stuff like this (as in not really part of the full fandom) you think it's cool but not enough.
I'm back to my original idea. Let me spend half a day or so and I'd do it. I'd likely be happy to pay quite a lot too. To do this level all around I'd need out more. It's just not for my type of fan I think.
Disstevefan1
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The paid influencers cannot be trusted, Disney carefully instructs them what/how/when to post. Totally controlled.
We will get a "better" indication from folks who actually paid for the experience.
I say "better" because folks generally don't want to say they wasted 6K, they will temper their remarks.
I totally agree with you, this experience looks really good, it's the price point I have a problem with.
If they priced it at the same nightly rate as the WDW Deluxe resorts (as folks are used to that kind of money), they would be booked 12 months in advance.
Tha Realest
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"We go inside Disney World's Galactic Starcruiser Hotel, to see if it's really worth the high price to LARP in a galaxy, far, far away.""This is definitely among the quickest way to spend a lot of money while at Disney World, but when weighed against a $900 a night room at the Grand Floridian plus the cost of park tickets, it’s arguably a better value for the experience you receive in return. You know, relatively. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that left me with some truly magical memories, but I also didn’t have to foot the bill for it. If you’re going to visit Galactic Starcruiser, my best piece of advice is to have Disney pay for everything."
Disney's $6,000 Star Wars Hotel Is Incredibly Immersive—But It Still Costs $6,000
io9 goes inside Disney's Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Hotel at Disney World, a $6,000, two-night immersive experience that tries to bring you into the heart of Lucasfilm's galaxy far, far away... for a very, very high price.gizmodo.com
Inside Galactic Starcruiser, a tiny Star Wars hotel filled with gigantic performances
An immersive theater experience unlike any otherwww.polygon.com
What it's like aboard the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser at Disney World
CNN Travel goes far, far away to the Halcyon, the ship at the center of the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser resort experience, to preview the attraction opening March1 at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.www.cnn.com
Disney's Galactic Starcruiser Isn't a Star Wars Hotel. It's Like Living Inside a Video Game
I stayed inside the pricey two-day experience, and it's more involved than I could imagine.www.cnet.com
I was reliably informed this wasn't a LARP
I imagine that is the goal. Promotions and lower the price point when things are not booking to liking.
It is always easier to slowly lower and find their happy balance. (as well as typically declining by some degrees)
Yes, I thought above a deluxe, but forgetting how much deluxe hotels cost! Price at deluxe price points = success.
SplashJacket
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The duality of man. I thought the finale looked awesome
pdude81
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The entire thing is modeled after a cruise, and nowhere in the Disney universe is there open bar.
lostpro9het
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For the current price point or for the price of admission to DHS?
corran horn
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The problem is this is another way of saying you won't really believe anybody who says they enjoyed it. Which is fine, I guess. Don't go.
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CinematicFusion
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It’s a a simple hotel experience geared for families with 5-10 year old kids…
….after finishing their VIP Disney tour.
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Family tours the park, bypassing all the lines, and riding everything as many times as they want.View attachment 622759Tour guide will drop them off right at the door after their day at park. The kids will love it!
Parents then hang out at the Star Wars bar and talk about how amazing the VIP Experience was and how cool Wilderness Lodge Cabins are…View attachment 622755
The kids play with lightsabers in the kids club room giving the parents a much needed alcohol break after feeling awesome all day at the park. View attachment 622756
To cap the night off, families can point down from the heavens…View attachment 622761… at all the suckers still waiting in line for Peter Pan.
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Fun day at Disney.
Going back to original post. This is a high-end Vegas style Chuck E. Cheese Show/Dinner/hotel offering for wealthy families with children between the ages of 5-10.
Not saying that is a bad thing but this is not an experience designed for singles ages 21-35.
This is for the families with little ones.
If $6000.00 is a drop in the bucket for you after a 5 day stay at Disney with the little Star Wars fans then go for it.
Go into it with those expectations and you will be fine.
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The verbal gymnastics they do to not use specific words is astounding. In my mind, if someone reads that and it doesn't convey "luxury", well, then there's a whole lot of intellectual dishonesty going on, or willful ignorance.
mightynine
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I think there’s enough shown in the previews released today that, if you’ve already booked, you won’t be bored but perhaps a little exhausted at times.
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Why? Because influencers get to hype a product gratis? It's been the same way in the fashion world and Hollywood forever to get free promotional stuff and ad revenue. The more disappointing part for me was this guy bragging he makes good money with a Disney focused page and that he thinks it's fair game to hype $8 cupcakes. It's a sense of entitlement that his hustle is fine and doesn't hurt the "middle class family that can't afford Disney". I'd argue that family is never booking GS and actually believes his cupcake posts and buys the cupcakes they didn't budget for because of it.
GimpYancIent
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One thing about the previews posted they sure looked better and were better presented than the promotional advertisements for this experience Disney has presented to date.
zombiebbq
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Exactly. To be honest the more I see the more I both cringe at the entire experience (that's fine, LARPing isn't for me) and the exorbitant price. But, to each their own and I hope that people who do go have fun. I can't even find a reason to spend the money to go to Disney at all these days, so maybe I'm out of touch on what people are willing to pay.
“You’re dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.” -Walt Disney
Not that this is their aim here, but some things they've done make you wonder.