So in short - really nothing to do with Starcruiser - nor it's price point - but rather grumpy that Disney is doing X when you think they should be doing Y.
But yet people spin up ways to harp on X... because it's not Y.
You're really going to make me do this, aren't you?
Fine:
Umm... right - which is why I said it wasn't a good comparison when you - not me - tried to make one there.
Did you get good sleep last night?
And no, my argument about building resorts/dvc over park expansion (which again has
nothing to do with the starcruiser or anything else in this thread) is
NOT about them doing x when I think they should be doing y.
Quit trying to reword what I say to match what you're trying to make me say.
What I
am saying is that I'm grumpy about them doing
just x when I think they should be doing y to
accommodate x.
I'm saying they want x but don't have enough y to support more x but they're going for more x anyway.
I hate algebra so let me make my point with a long and winding story:
Lets say you live in a small town that has a two lane highway passing through it that is the only way in or out. It works fine but when there's an accident which is seldom, there are always problems since there is only one lane going in each direction.
It works but there are already some minor problems with this arrangement. (head's up - this is foreshadowing)
One day, a developer comes in and starts knocking down single-family homes to build 6 story tall condos and apartments and those start filling up.
Suddenly, your sleepy little town of 6,000 residents climbs to 12,000 and all of those people are trying to use that two lane highway to commute to their jobs every day at just about the exact same time.
Incidents of road rage go up.
There are a few notable deaths as some people attempt to swerve into the oncoming traffic lane to pass unsafely even though the divider lines are solid, resulting in head-on collisions and fiery balls of carnage.
People start using drugs to compensate for their stress.
As a result of the drug use, people start losing their jobs and have to resort to prostitution to support their addictions.
For a very short period, this solves the traffic problem as many people are now "working from home".
.. BUT, this once sleepy little town soon becomes known as prostitution-central of the heartland.
Suddenly even more people are driving down that two lane road than ever before to get to that town because, you know, in modern life, the world is a lonely place.
(I'm not judging and neither should you.)
All those extra people coming to this town that don't even live there results in cars backed up for hours on that two lane road with people just looking for some lovin'. This causes extra emissions to enter the atmosphere which accelerates global warming.
Penguins and polar bears start dying.
You should care about the penguins but not the polar bears.
Polar bears are jerks.
They had it coming.
Anyway, ice caps start shrinking, Florida goes underwater and Walt Disney World closes forever - all because those towers went up in a place that couldn't handle that much traffic.
Now look, I'm not trying to say they should have expanded that road
instead of building the condos and apartments.
People need places to sleep and poop and it isn't like the global population is shrinking.
I mean, it might have been nice to have the extra roadway without other development but the existing people were making do, for the most part.
I'm just saying that if they were going to build those condos and apartments, they should have thought about expanding that road before ruining the lives of everyone in the town, damming all life on earth to a literal inferno of hell and worst of all, making WDW close.
~ fin ~
Afterword:
Just to be clear, in my fable, the road represents attraction capacity and the extra buildings going up represent the extra resort buildings at WDW.
I know that might seem a little confusing because Disney's never had an issue with using tax exempt bonds to pay for road infrastructure but I think the comparison is about as clear as the starcruiser (only 100 rooms) is to DVC so it feels fitting.
Also, humanity was ultimately doomed, anyway. We were never going to master interstellar space travel before our sun expanded to absorb all the planets flying around it in this solar system.
Focusing on the fate of one small town or one theme park on a tiny speck of dust zipping through the cosmos was probably pointless to begin with.
The universe, after all, is indifferent.
... You know, on reflection, maybe I'm actually the one who needs sleep.
). HUGE Star Wars fan. I've been to a couple of the Star Wars Celebrations and love most things Star Wars. My first thought was OMG this is outrageous! Now my second thought...OMG it's still outrageous! The pricing model is similar to an actual cruise. Even as a huge fan, I'll be taking a hard pass on this. Too many other experiences and places to go within Disney or even on a real cruise where the value for the dollars is much better.
