News Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Permanently Closed Fall 2023

[orion54]

Not really in plan sight. River County is a better example.

What about Stitch's Great Escape?

 

[flynnibus]

New show building for “Great Movie Acquisitions with Mr. Iger”.

Well, they finally have that replacement setup for the Walt Disney story then...

 

[lewisc]

Writing down changes the current value of an asset because of its market value vs it’s prior schedule. It’s a change in the assets value and scheduled life. Accelerated depreciation doesn’t change it’s expected lifespan but rather changes the schedule of when you account for the expense.

With accelerated depreciation the asset still has the same service life, you just have changed when the expense is recognized.… normally for tax advantage now (which disney is doing to help its challenging fy23).

Disney only signaled the change in depreciation charges - not a write down of the assets as an impairment.

I don't agree with your explanation. We're not talking about normal accelerated depreciation. Business can't normally expense a capital expenditure, a building, over 2 Q. Disney is writing down the book value of the asset.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Thread needs to be renamed “Galactic Failcruiser” IMO.

 

[Tha Realest]

Thread needs to be renamed “Galactic Failcruiser” IMO.

It still hasn’t failed.

*We* failed Disney and WDI.

 

[Nottamus]

Pigs in space - I can see it now.

 

[SteveAZee]

100 escape rooms.

 

[No Name]

Thread needs to be renamed “Galactic Failcruiser” IMO.

Hilarious!

It still hasn’t failed.

*We* failed Disney and WDI.

We? Lol, the thing was ridiculously priced.

 

[cjkeating]

Lol, the thing was ridiculously priced.

Worth every penny according to most people who went on it.

 

[tanc]

People say it was one of the most unique Disney experiences ever. The problem is they tried to feed off of star wars and most fans aren't willing to put out the money. Even when discounts came out, it still was too much. It was too ambitious and too niche for people to care.

 

[EagleScout610]

Man, they wasted no time

 

[donaldtoo]

Worth every penny according to most people who went on it.

Including the Galactic line dancing…?!!!!!

 

[Tha Realest]

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Man, they wasted no time

This has an elaborate backstory involving the spice mines of Kessel.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Including the Galactic line dancing…?!!!!!

Are we ever going to drop this?

 

[donaldtoo]

Are we ever going to drop this?

No.

 

[JoeCamel]

It still hasn’t failed.

*We* failed Disney and WDI.

U R D MAGIK so yeah

We? Lol, the thing was ridiculously priced.

 

[No Name]

Worth every penny according to most people who went on it.

Feeling like you got your money’s worth, and feeling like something is worth the money, are two different things.

It’s no real defense of the idea to say that, for most people who went because they already thought it would be worth it, it ended up being worth it. The problem was its concept and price point would never have interested enough people.

 

[Incomudro]

Feeling like you got your money’s worth, and feeling like something is worth the money, are two different things.

It’s no real defense of the idea to say that, for most people who went because they already thought it would be worth it, it ended up being worth it. The problem was its concept and price point would never have interested enough people.

Excellent point.

 

[Nunu]

Feeling like you got your money’s worth, and feeling like something is worth the money, are two different things.

It’s no real defense of the idea to say that, for most people who went because they already thought it would be worth it, it ended up being worth it. The problem was its concept and price point would never have interested enough people.

Then there's also convincing yourself that something was 'worth it' because you already spent the money, and admitting to yourself (and to others) that it really wasn't, might be embarrassing to some.

Not saying this is always the case, but it happens.

 

[drod1985]

Including the Galactic line dancing…?!!!!!

Are we ever going to drop this?

I hate that the Starcruiser failed and I want to see Disney invest more in the greater Galaxy's Edge experience.

But Star Wars line dancing just so perfectly encapsulates what the Starcruiser got wrong from an experiential perspective.