News Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser coming to Walt Disney World 2021

[ChrisFL]

Day/night cycles can be simulated with lighting in the hotel as to not upset anyone's circadian rhythm.

In real life, the ISS covers its windows at night as to prevent the multitude of sunsets and sunrises it experiences each "day," and the crew sleeps in enclosed modules, wearing sleeping masks.

I imagine covered/dimmed portholes and dimming of onboard light should suffice.

That's one thing....I also thought of another way they could do it...make it where the ship is slowly turning towards a planet that brightens up the window for the daytime, then slowly turns away from one going into night time

 

[danlb_2000]

What I am trying to get my head around is, will there be enough to keep people occupied for a two day stay. There doesn't appear to be that much space in the hotel for "attractions", so even with a trip to GE each day will there be enough to do here to keep people occupied.

 

[drod1985]

What I am trying to get my head around is, will there be enough to keep people occupied for a two day stay. There doesn't appear to be that much space in the hotel for "attractions", so even with a trip to GE each day will there be enough to do here to keep people occupied.

Let's assume a 10-hour day.

If you spend 4 hours on Batuu and take about 2 hours total for your 3 meals each day then you've only got another 4-ish hours to occupy. If you have 4 different 2-hour experiences in the hotel you can eat up that time.

Those experiences could be things like scavenger hunt missions, flight simulator training, droid racing, a cantina-show, etc.

 

[sedati]

What I am trying to get my head around is, will there be enough to keep people occupied for a two day stay. There doesn't appear to be that much space in the hotel for "attractions", so even with a trip to GE each day will there be enough to do here to keep people occupied.

Isn’t there a second level that we’ve yet to see any plans for?

 

[danlb_2000]

Let's assume a 10-hour day.

If you spend 4 hours on Batuu and take about 2 hours total for your 3 meals each day then you've only got another 4-ish hours to occupy. If you have 4 different 2-hour experiences in the hotel you can eat up that time.

Those experiences could be things like scavenger hunt missions, flight simulator training, droid racing, a cantina-show, etc.

Not sure if people are going to want to spend 8 hours in Batuu over two days. Also, one of those meal will likely be in Batuu and the cantina-show may also be part of a meal.

Isn’t there a second level that we’ve yet to see any plans for?

Yes, but to get to the room count most of the second level will need to be rooms.

 

[Kamikaze]

What I am trying to get my head around is, will there be enough to keep people occupied for a two day stay. There doesn't appear to be that much space in the hotel for "attractions", so even with a trip to GE each day will there be enough to do here to keep people occupied.

I could have spent days on Batuu. No problem. I was there for probably 13.5 hours and I wasn't bored of it at all.

Not sure if people are going to want to spend 8 hours in Batuu over two days. Also, one of those meal will likely be in Batuu and the cantina-show may also be part of a meal.

Batuu only has counter service meals and the dinner show was cut on both coasts. The cantina is 10/10 amazing, but you can't get food of any substance there.

 

[drod1985]

Not sure if people are going to want to spend 8 hours in Batuu over two days.

I haven't been, but as @Kamikaze mentioned I think it'd be easy to spend 8 hours in Batuu over two days.

Give guests a FastPass for Smuggler's Run on day 1, ROTR on day 2. Reservation at Savi's for day 1, Droid Depot on day 2. And each day they could have missions to complete on Batuu. Between those, the cantina, shopping, and maybe timing the experiences differently (one during day, one during night), you've got a lot to do.

 

[Kamikaze]

I haven't been, but as @Kamikaze mentioned I think it'd be easy to spend 8 hours in Batuu over two days.

Give guests a FastPass for Smuggler's Run on day 1, ROTR on day 2. Reservation at Savi's for day 1, Droid Depot on day 2. And each day they could have missions to complete on Batuu. Between those, the cantina, shopping, and maybe timing the experiences differently (one during day, one during night), you've got a lot to do.

The cantina you'll want to stay as long as you can. We were limited to 2 drinks and/or 45 minutes, but we stretched to about an hour each day. Add the line and wait to get in and that can be easily 90 minutes if they do it the same way at DHS.

You can spend great amounts of time wandering around, watching the character interactions, etc. The shops are all worth a look, as is Dok-Ondar's.

The lightsaber scrap building experience takes about 20 minutes plus any wait. Smuggler's Run line moved quickly with the limited amount of guests we had in the land, but who knows how long that will take at DHS. We went there at least 4 times on each day.

The droid line was pretty long each day, doing that could easily take up an hour or two.

And I only touched the surface of the stuff available on the Play Disney Parks app. There are some fun things you can do there.

 

[danlb_2000]

I could have spent days on Batuu. No problem. I was there for probably 13.5 hours and I wasn't bored of it at all.

If that's the case, then why bother with the hotel if you are spending most of your time in Batuu?

 

[sedati]

Yes, but to get to the room count most of the second level will need to be rooms.

Not if there are bungalows strung like dinghies off the sides of the ship

 

[MisterPenguin]

I've been to role-playing conventions where a LARP can keep several hundred people busy all weekend. I've even helped run one.

 

[Kamikaze]

If that's the case, then why bother with the hotel if you are spending most of your time in Batuu?

Por que no las dos?

 

[Movielover]

Por que no las dos?

 

[flynnibus]

If they rely on spending 50% of their stay in batuu to fill out the schedule this thing will be a colossal turd and should have just been a themed hotel at the scale of a moderate with a empire side and a resistance side.

I still pray all of you are wrong and they've stuck to the initial pitch. GE is the icing on top of your stay... not why you are there to start with.

 

[Missing20K]

Nope and nope. Not being done onsite and they are single standups. The panels have been a mix of some with styling in the forms... some have had decorative finishes applied (some of those grid features) as panels... and some are just being painted.

Here is one of the smaller but mostly completed buildings that was put up tilt up and then just painted

The building I posted on the corner has had some venieer style decorations applied.

There is all kinds of styles here... some real elaborate with huge glass panels... others basic.
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You do realize I wasn't arguing with you, correct?

I already asked once, but have you seen any transportation of said panels? FDOT is pretty clear about sizes. Some of the panels you showed are clearly over the size limits, particularly length, so if they are not casting on site, they must be transporting them with a rear escort vehicle, at minimum. I think we can agree some of those panels are without question over 50' in length.

If you can find an example of a precast panel over 50' in length that is cast off-site and transported without an escort vehicle, and I will pay for a stay at the SW resort for you and a guest.

And yes, pre-cast buildings can get quite elaborate. A bit of a shame the SW resort won't be one of them.

 

[rsm]

Maybe the Cantina will have a Pope Room exclusive to hotel guests.

 

[flynnibus]

I already asked once, but have you seen any transportation of said panels? FDOT is pretty clear about sizes. Some of the panels you showed are clearly over the size limits, particularly length, so if they are not casting on site, they must be transporting them with a rear escort vehicle, at minimum. I think we can agree some of those panels are without question over 50' in length.

If you can find an example of a precast panel over 50' in length that is cast off-site and transported without an escort vehicle, and I will pay for a stay at the SW resort for you and a guest.

I wish I could cash that in! I can't say I've seen them on transport.. but that's just anecdotal and I know it happens. It just wouldn't stand out around here. Oversized loads with escorts are not uncommon here.. so I wouldn't blink an eye at them anyways. There is so much of this going on here they could have it local, and just offsite somewhere.

Just to give an idea of scale.. I quickly marked up the data center sites on a google map just within this immediate hot area I was discussing. There are dozens of others going up within another 10mile radius.. but this one spot is nutty. Yellow are all data centers under construction, or ones that have been built in the last.. 24months or so. The ones at the bottom are a bit older.. a few years. Interestingly, I had not seen this tilt up method used until this latest batch of buildings that had been started in the last... 12months or so. Now all but one (which is a multi level structure) are using it. It's quite the rage for these types of structures. I'm kinda surprised more of GE didn't use or other show buildings at WDW. The relative sizes seem compatible...

 

[Rteetz]

 

[drew81]

Except for the front entrance, guests won't see the rest of the building so there will be no reason to theme. Probably why they are building it with cast concrete panels.

Will it be built like a show building with a berm?

 

[BisonLion]

I wish I could cash that in! I can't say I've seen them on transport.. but that's just anecdotal and I know it happens. It just wouldn't stand out around here. Oversized loads with escorts are not uncommon here.. so I wouldn't blink an eye at them anyways. There is so much of this going on here they could have it local, and just offsite somewhere.

Just to give an idea of scale.. I quickly marked up the data center sites on a google map just within this immediate hot area I was discussing. There are dozens of others going up within another 10mile radius.. but this one spot is nutty. Yellow are all data centers under construction, or ones that have been built in the last.. 24months or so. The ones at the bottom are a bit older.. a few years. Interestingly, I had not seen this tilt up method used until this latest batch of buildings that had been started in the last... 12months or so. Now all but one (which is a multi level structure) are using it. It's quite the rage for these types of structures. I'm kinda surprised more of GE didn't use or other show buildings at WDW. The relative sizes seem compatible...

You are also missing all the ones on 28 which isn't far outside of your picture.