MagicHappens1971
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I’m sure the R&D and construction of the Starcruiser cost 100s of millions of dollars so I doubt they want to just close the doors and say
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News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021
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MagicHappens1971
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Did Disney operate the NBA experience? Also Disney is the first to ever build anything like this so I’m sure they want to keep it going and do what they can for it to be a success
_caleb
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This is what people said about escape rooms.
MagicHappens1971
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People also don’t understand the product. You board at 1pm on your arrival day, and you remain on board until the next morning when you are free to go to the park for almost half the day. Then you have an evening packed full of activities. Same concept as an all inclusive resort (or shocker, a regular cruise)
GimpYancIent
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I admire your strong uplifting and positive support for the project. Yes, the Star Cruiser concept still is a great idea with lots of potential but the powers that be have botched the project from the beginning. I said it before, and I repeat it is sputtering.
GimpYancIent
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Hey, next Halloween there can a Star Wars NSSHP / cruises on board the abandoned hulk of the Star Cruiser.
G00fyDad
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Never been in one of those either.
_caleb
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I don’t understand why anyone would root for the Starcruiser to fail. Here’s Disney doing something very risky and outside the box, and getting great reviews from those who actually buy the experience. I get that rates are super expensive, but like the parks in general, demand will determine the price.
UNCgolf
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I'm personally not rooting for it to fail, but I do understand the argument that if it's a massive success it could push Disney into focusing on creating more experiences like it at the expense of the parks. If experiences like the Starcruiser don't interest you either due to the price or to the nature of the experience itself, that's not something you'd want regardless of the overall quality and/or how much Disney spends.
GimpYancIent
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Exactly, demand is dropping, unevenly depending on what sector but it is dropping. At what point does the greed stop and long-term financial health / well-being plus product quality come into focus?
_caleb
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By most accounts I’ve seen, with the exception of maybe the dining room, participants have been happy with the quality of the Starcruiser experience.
And “demand is dropping” probably isn’t a good way to put it given what little info we have (I’m assuming that like many clickbait sites, you’re looking at availability in the booking calendar to determine this).
The “greed” stops when people stop paying.
_caleb
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I get the frustration with Disney for charging money for things that should have been included in SW:GE. But Disney has found that people will go to the Parks even if they raise the prices and don’t include many immersive/interactive/streetmosphere elements. And then they discovered that some (many?) people will pay exorbitant amounts for those same elements when concentrated with a storyline.
As mentioned long ago in this thread, I could see Disney adding additional versions of this concept for Adventureland, Tomorrowland, Fantasyland, etc. If they can get pricing down to something remotely reasonable (”reasonable” from my perspective), I think this could be an interesting innovation for the parks.
Hmmm, first they had travel agents. At least this is a good thing. Quite the upgrade over the normal MaW package.
Overall, hardly anyone is tweeting pics from their cruises anymore, which seems odd.
GimpYancIent
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Everything has its day.
JAN J
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The problem is not in the product. I haven't been but I only heard great things.
The issue is that they are charging $6k for 2 days to enjoy it! (2 people will pay around $5k but it's still massive per capita for 2 days).
So even for those who can afford it and enjoy it so much as to be repeat guests, my opinion is that at some point it's just gonna be too hard to see the value.
As a side note, I do like STAR WARS / Sci-Fi in general and role-playing, and with some effort I can save money to do that without having to suffer on my essentials (would cut back / postpone other luxuries but I can stomach that). But with 2 little ones that are not old enough to enjoy and my DW not being a big fan, unfortunately it's a hard pass. I can save less than that and do something else that is longer and we can all enjoy (even a regular Disney trip).
JAN J
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They are a lot of fun, especially if you like puzzles / riddles and go with friends.
Disstevefan1
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I am guessing Disney was just the landlord?
JAN J
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I don't think people WANT it to fail.
But if it does is not because of a bad product, it's because of bad pricing.
And if it's a resounding success at this price point, it would just further encourage Disney to keep doing it (not that they need it I think they'll do it anyway
).So, maybe they lower the price and THEN they succeed? Seems like a better outcome.
corran horn
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I dunno, some of this is repeating the recent rumor and others trying to sell greeblies but there's plenty of photos of people on cruises in the past week.