News Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Permanently Closed Fall 2023

[WaltsTreasureChest]

Ok hear me out….

A new Star Wars popcorn bucket sales location? Only $499 (free refills though)

With genie+ exclusive paid access (word junk from Disney)

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I have no idea what you’re talking about, but I’ve said all I can to you on this.

You didn’t read well…

I’m constantly sent to “time out” for presenting opinion as fact…problem is I don’t do it all that often.

And you blew past it here as an example. Did everyone hate it? Of course not. What I said was “consider”…key word…that those who did it and “loved it” are being influenced by their Disney fandom and or Star Wars fandom to self soothe everything that has transpired these last 10 years?

Are you saying that not possible? Because that is not accurate and you would know that.

We all are fans…in different ways…but let’s not pretend there isn’t a powerful groupthink for cash that breeds apologists and smoke screens.

Hell…Disney tells you that’s their goal! They just call it “IP” and “brand” and “experiences” to shield it. Those are marketing terms, my friend.

This is a chess game, not checkers.

 

[Tha Realest]

So I heard from someone who knows … that the true development cost of the Starcruiser was more like $250 million for the building and close to $1 billion for the concept.

Ouch.

That’s a cruise boat. Like, a real one.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Casino? I hear those are pretty good at making money.

…for everyone but one guy…

 

[WDWFanRay]

This is a real bummer. We never got to do it

 

[MagicHappens1971]

And yet, there’s a new “Rey” trilogy upcoming too. Just in case you forgot about how “great” these sequel trilogy characters are, here’s more!

Rey's only getting one movie, then a Mando-verse movie, and a movie set 25,000 years before A New Hope.

 

[flynnibus]

So I heard from someone who knows … that the true development cost of the Starcruiser was more like $250 million for the building and close to $1 billion for the concept.

Ouch.

750mil sunk in development? Yeah, no wonder why someone would pull the plug.

Christmas special cruises? Yes Mr Iger, for $150mil we can generate a new side adventure...

So second biggest boondoggle behind magicbands it seems.

 

[CinematicFusion]

No Vader and company equaled this concept never stood a chance. Who wants to see the sequel cast? No one apparently

 

[erasure fan1]

That woman hasn’t a clue how to deal with SW,

But, but, but, all the movies made over a billion dollars!!! The only ones who don't like Disney star wars are man babies living in their parents basement!

you need to consider the almost certain possibility they lied…mostly to themselves but also bleeding out into Al gore’s internet.

Well if you watched the footage that was taken by the vloggers on the first cruise. It just looked crazy cheesy. It did not look very good at all. And you could really tell, at least the vids I watched, they were really overselling it. And that first cruise would have been at its best.

Maybe the yeti in EE will get fixed, Peter Pan's Flight will at least get the Shanghai upgrade, we'll get a Villains land, Country Bears will be get a new soundtrack, maybe we can get Journey Into Imagination back, complete with Dreamfinder...wishful thinking,

The funny thing is that there is almost zero chance of anything improving. When you take as big of a bath on this as they are, the only thing we will see is price increases and more shuttered experiences. They gotta recoup that cash some way.

 

[LittleBuford]

You didn’t read well…

I’m constantly sent to “time out” for presenting opinion as fact…problem is I don’t do it all that often.

And you blew past it here as an example. Did everyone hate it? Of course not. What I said was “consider”…key word…that those who did it and “loved it” are being influenced by their Disney fandom and or Star Wars fandom to self soothe everything that has transpired these last 10 years?

Are you saying that not possible? Because that is not accurate and you would know that.

We all are fans…in different ways…but let’s not pretend there isn’t a powerful groupthink for cash that breeds apologists and smoke screens.

Hell…Disney tells you that’s their goal! They just call it “IP” and “brand” and “experiences” to shield it. Those are marketing terms, my friend.

This is a chess game, not checkers.

All this because I dared to point out that it has received generally positive reviews from those who’ve experienced it and might have done well if priced more affordably.

 

[Brian]

So I heard from someone who knows … that the true development cost of the Starcruiser was more like $250 million for the building and close to $1 billion for the concept.

Ouch.

Yikes. I had heard the R&D was a fortune, but didn't think the figure was that high.

 

[CinematicFusion]

This sounded like a really awesome experience, and I think I would have really enjoyed the immersion of it. I love choose your own adventure kind of things. But with that price tag, it really priced out the people who would have kept this alive.

Even a cheaper price tag wasn’t worth it… this wasn’t Star Wars.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

So second biggest boondoggle behind magicbands it seems.

You know that was the smokescreen for installing wifi and windows 95

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Yikes. I had heard the R&D was a fortune, but didn't think the figure was that high.

That’s the problem with R&D…everything is a fortune and yields little

 

[MagicRat]

And did so with Kathleen Kennedy when she handed JJ the keys to the kingdom. Lucas was apparently very hurt and offended at that

And people really enjoyed JarJar?

 

[JoeCamel]

At least shows they have a firm grasp of sunk costs!

Sad thing is.. I bet harmonious cost more

So I heard from someone who knows … that the true development cost of the Starcruiser was more like $250 million for the building and close to $1 billion for the concept.

Ouch.

I want to see these (Harm, Hotel and all the other "missteps" of the last five years) show up as a bottom line cost item. They tossed the money like they were the government or something and the public (stockholders) should be made aware of

 

[Serpico Jones]

Disney really needs a new CEO with a fresh perspective. They also need a mostly new board who aren’t sycophants and will actually challenge the person in charge.

 

[Coaster Lover]

The new Muppets show on Disney + seems to be well received... could still retheme this thing to Pigs in Space!

 

[ParentsOf4]

Interestingly, selecting any of the special offer links:

Now results in this:

 

[castlecake2.0]

Waiting for some sort of “shore excursion” from Batuu to the StarCruiser up charge event