Tha Realest
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It will not.
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News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021
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Tha Realest
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Mickey's Pal
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They could always cheer me up when I had a hard day knowing how in denial they were.
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Rich Brownn
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Heck, even the awful "Astuter Computer Revue"lasted longer. LOL I guess this goes down as our "Light Magic" and will be erased from Disney history like that was
cjkeating
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Does anyone feel like this decision was made top down very recently?
Only last month Scott Trowbridge, Ann Morrow Johnson and others did a huge panel Galactic Starcruiser at Star Wars Celebration. Whilst they spoke about 'modifications' I didn't get the feeling that they had any idea it was about to close down.
I wonder if there will be any fall guys within WDI for this or if anyone leaves in spite/anger for now allowing them to spend some money to try and fix the problem? I'm not a huge fan of Scott but at least he puts his all into projects to make them immersive and authentic unlike most of the current faces of Imagineering.
Only last month Scott Trowbridge, Ann Morrow Johnson and others did a huge panel Galactic Starcruiser at Star Wars Celebration. Whilst they spoke about 'modifications' I didn't get the feeling that they had any idea it was about to close down.
I wonder if there will be any fall guys within WDI for this or if anyone leaves in spite/anger for now allowing them to spend some money to try and fix the problem? I'm not a huge fan of Scott but at least he puts his all into projects to make them immersive and authentic unlike most of the current faces of Imagineering.
brb1006
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Some of them, but I remember a lot of us had a field day with the promo alongside the "Welcome Video" from weeks ahead of the promo.
It's odd, I mean, they created a VERY diverse, brand new character in the Star Wars universe. And she sang an original song!
And the captain was also very diverse, and sassy.
How did that not fill this hotel for many years alone?
I still don’t thnk they will raze the place. Add a pool , convert half the dining room to a quick service, get rid of the actors, adjust a few other things, and they could charge $300 a night easy. Plenty of Star Wars fans would pay $3000 to stay their for an entire VACATION.
Bussing would be a challenge, but I can’t imagine it won’t reopen.
Bussing would be a challenge, but I can’t imagine it won’t reopen.
Disstevefan1
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I hope I am wrong. But I think this place willl never reopen.
If they don’t keep the air conditioning running this space will become unusable in 6 to 8 months. So an easy indicator would be if someone could know if the air conditioning is still running after it’s officially closed.
It’s also possible they could use it for office space or storage.
Let’s see what happens.
If they don’t keep the air conditioning running this space will become unusable in 6 to 8 months. So an easy indicator would be if someone could know if the air conditioning is still running after it’s officially closed.
It’s also possible they could use it for office space or storage.
Let’s see what happens.
Incomudro
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I think it gets demoed.
It's not usable as a "regular" hotel for a variety of reasons.
The only chance I would give it for staying would be if they kept it as is but essentially dropped the whole show.
Shuttle you up, but you just stay there with regular staff, but no theater aspect.
Virtually no paid actors outside of maybe one singer.
But that's likely not cost effective either.
DCLcruiser
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Why couldn't it be a hotel? Just use normal cast members instead of actors.
Incomudro
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There's so little draw to be there.
"There's no pool" has become a bit of a joke, but the place is lacking in basic hotel amenities.
As I said though - perhaps there would be enough people willing to stay on the ship with no real live theater aspect to it?
Shuttle you up, stay on board, and transport you to Black Spire.
They'd have to keep the shuttle running to.
I just don't know if that would be cost effective.
DCLcruiser
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Besides the pool, it's just like any other resort (without windows). What amenities do you need besides beds and maybe dining/bar? I could see it being very popular to stay in orbit around Batuu, with direct access to DHS.
flynnibus
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Rooms are smaller than normal
Lacks basic amenities like parking
Lacks scale to reduce overhead costs
Would be expensive to run and would be an inferior hotel room
Sir_Cliff
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Not directed at your post personally, but this idea made me chuckle: "I don't see the problem. It's like any other resort, just without windows."
At any rate, I assume it's not cost-effective to keep such a small hotel running without the show unless they continued to charge an exorbitant price. Not sure also how you would integrate such a small, boutique hotel into the WDW transportation network. All I can think of is a dedicated shuttle to the DHS transportation hub.
At a JP Morgan Q&A (in which the questions were softballs and the questioner didn't do any follow-ups), Josh mentioned that the Starcruiser was closing because it wasn't performing as they would like.
He also mentioned it got high guest satisfaction.
And here's the interesting part. Josh added without any prompting that the cost of the starcruiser's depreciation would be accelerated so that it falls in Q3 and Q4 of this year.
That may explain why they didn't want to try a lower price point, they need to make up millions in this year's financials.
Pretty much the same reason a few dozen pieces of content is being removed from streaming.
He also mentioned it got high guest satisfaction.
And here's the interesting part. Josh added without any prompting that the cost of the starcruiser's depreciation would be accelerated so that it falls in Q3 and Q4 of this year.
That may explain why they didn't want to try a lower price point, they need to make up millions in this year's financials.
Pretty much the same reason a few dozen pieces of content is being removed from streaming.
So it's a tax write-off?
An accelerated one.
Depreciation for a capital expense usually takes years (like 8-10). By closing it, they can take it all at once.
Depreciation is a tax benefit. So, yes, it's a tax write-off. But one that would have happened anyway over time.
Iger needs in the next two quarters to show significant positives on the financials to overcome Wall Street's new found reticence about streaming (even tho they're all agreeing the linear/cable is dying, and streaming will eventually take over the home entertainment market, so they're dinging Disney for not having a more profitable streaming and for having a decreased revenue from linear/cable).
He also needs to build up a few Billion dollars to buy out Comcast from Hulu and not have that freak out Wall Street... who just want their dividends back.
DCLcruiser
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So what do you do with it? Does it become a Star Wars walk-through and restaruant?