Guests have different ”itineraries” to break them up into small groups. This way, every guest is guaranteed multiple opportunities to interact with actors and to see parts of the show unfold. Also, the ”datapads” multiply the reach of character interaction and ensure that guests always know what part of the story they’re on.
Yeah, the nature of the thing requires some level of participation. The good news is that Disney has designed the whole thing to allow for different types of participation. You can watch it unfold around you (still putting effort into finding out where things are happening and which characters to believe/root for). OR you can go all in on the interaction and in-game problem solving and try to influence the story in some way.
Something that would have been nice is if this was like an actual star wars space cruise that had truly luxury amenities, yes an outdoor environment simulator pool, and dedicated nightly entertainment in a theater, two different restaurants, but had all the other stuff going on as well. Disney could have made this essentially a Disney Cruise in space and then added the LARPing stuff on top. This to me feels like it's LARPing front and center with a little bit of non luxury cruise tossed in. As it is, if you're not larping, there isn't much point to go and I'm too old to go around following actors telling me to go do this or that.
Disney can, and in my opinion, should, create a luxury SW hotel that is not a LARP. Even have a *pool*!!
Agree 100% and 'participate' is the much better word you used. I went to look who had said that you had to 'work to enjoy it' and it was from somebody who's admittedly not a fan rather than any of us saying it looks quite fun. The replies to that all omitted the word 'work' instead using similar expressions to 'participate'.
It's a participatory event. You get out of it what you put in. It has never been portrayed as a thing you just watch.
Yup, which is the pitch all along... but too many people trying to micro-disect and over analyze it and insert their own 'what ifs' over the last years has made that hard for people to see. It's still uncertain how entertained the 'mom who isn't interested' will be, but they will have opportunities. We will just have to wait to see how it plays out in the wild.
It’s up to Disney to create the good. They aren’t a charity…hence the fees.
Black Spire is mentioned by Lando’s love interest… err, droid… in Solo, but you need a really keen ear and understanding of the new expanded canon to connect that to Batuu if you ask me. I’d surmise it just goes over most people’s heads as a throwaway line. I don’t recall any reference to Batuu in the Mandalorian.
This.
Kinda looks like a bowling alley...
For an experience that has been billed since its very inception as being "interactive" of course you have to "work" to fun. In fact the amount of work/effort/suspension of disbelief that you put in is likely to be directly proportional to the amount of fun that you are going to have. This isn't me, or I don't think Flynnibus "angling" to blame the customer. I am flat out directly stating it. If you sign up for an interactive experience, and then don't interact or participate, you don't get to complain. Besides brain dead people who kept wondering if this experience was a "cruise" why it didn't have a pool, or actual real live laser blasters as part of light saber training, it was abundantly clear what this experience offered. Whether it was implemented well was going to be up for debate until it went live, but not WHAT it was. If you went into it and just wanted to sit back and do nothing, and then complain you didn't have fun, too bad. It would be like complaining that you spent all that money going to MK, but none of the rides were as high/fast/exciting as Kingda Ka. Of course they are not, and they never were meant to be. But you knew that going in. You want to say the games are too simplistic....that would be a valid argument. You want to say there isn't enough CM interaction story telling experiences, or that they didn't know their lines? Sure lets talk about that. Its not valid to say you didn't want to go to the bridge and play a game, or didn't want to be a first order spy, and then complain the experience wasn't fun for you.
They even made sure to get "immersive" and "storytelling" in their answers. Bravo!!
I saw a review that if you don't do what they want in GE your play is affected upon return. That's sucky. Sorry but it is. I am happy to immerse myself but to make me work super hard to get cool results? Nope. Not okay.
Disney has consistently referred to this as an "immersive experience." This is no doubt their market-tested wording to try to explain that it's not a passive, restful and relaxing vacation. But lots of people here continue to evaluate this as though it were a resort, a hotel, a cruise, etc. when it's not and never was meant to be.
In the videos from the previews, there seemed to be as many people recording video of each "story moment" as there were people "participating." I would imagine those "videographers" had a good bit of fun even through they chose a more passive form of participation.
Yes, but that's not what this is.
