From the permit pictures, I don't see any outdoor pool. Just saying. I fully expect there will be a pool inside someplace.
In that same picture, I do see a full hotel port cochere with a bus loop. While possible that it's only for arrival and departure, I'm betting you'll be able to pick up transportation much like any other hotel.
On the topic of splitting up parties for those who want to do this vs those who do not in different hotels for the duration of the event. I don't see that as likely. And, it's not really a "wasted" ticket for the person leaving it's just a redistribution of cost. It's just to long a time. While it's technically "2 days" or "48 hours", it'll feel like more than that to be split up. It's 2 nights and "3 days" even if it's only half a day on the start and end days. That's a long time to be totally split up instead of just having a few people ditch out for a bunch of hours and still regroup at some points in the day (and still take some smaller advantage of the experience).
Take that family of 4 plus grandma "straw grandma", assuming a room for 5 people at $2,000 a person for $10,000 total. One of the kids isn't really into Star Wars and grandma doesn't care one way or the other she just wants happy grand kids (doesn't every grandma, even a straw one?). They check in, do the first night everything as a family. The middle day, grandma takes one kid off to the magic kingdom for a few hours. They regroup as a family for an hour in the space pool. Grandma takes that kid to DHS for a few hours, then they all meet back up for dinner in space and any other event activities. They do the last day together as a family for the half day before leaving/transferring resorts.
Some people will look at that and say, grandma and the kid wasted $4,000. Or, since they did "half" the stuff, wasted $2,000. But, the other way to look at it is, the experience was worth $2,666 for the full experience for the other 3 people. Sure, that's more than the $2,000 but they got do to the full experience and also didn't have to separate completely from the others for 2 days that felt like 3. Plus the others got to some of it too. The alternative would be splitting up with no contact for the entire 48 hours, or not doing it at all. Both of which sound worse and could easily be worth the cost.
PS: I thought the "Straw Grandma" was great, whomever posted that first.
PPS: I forgot, context totally matters. A real cruise isn't 10 minutes away from the freaking happiest place on earth. No matter the plan, for this location, that will always be true and in people's minds as they plan a stay. Everyone can try to deny that it's there or that you'll want to go. But, it's still right there. Can't we all just be happy?
). They could make the price the same for everyone (no kid discount) and also not free for kids under 3. I can almost guarantee you that the vast majority of families with a 2 year old or under will skip this if they have to shell out $1K plus for some food and entertainment the kid won’t even want. Especially when theme parks are free and kids dining is cheap on property. It would be a no brainer.
