Starcruiser: What do you think it'll be used for in 5 years?

[Heppenheimer]

Was it just me? Or did anyone else think this was a terrible idea from moment it was announced? Instead of a hotel, they should have invested this all into the star wars land. That just tells everyone where the current corporate Disney executive is at when it comes to ideas. I think Iger had a hotel fetish. How many hotels have they built since they built Animal Kingdom? If they are smart they will build an addition to Galaxy's Edge that goes right up to the hotel and turn that hotel into a proper cantina or Jabba Palace after they retheme Galaxy Edge to Tatooine. Or they could actually try to save the Galactic Cruiser by making it original trilogy and have Darth Vader invade. Then how packed would this be? Anyone? Darth Vader force choking Larprs? I might even have to see that one.

Disney could prove us wrong, or maybe they had access to marketing data that justified this project, but yeah, many people thought this sounded like a terrible idea. On the Venn diagram that shows how many people are big enough Star Wars fans to be interested, who could afford it, and who would be willing to pay for it, the intersection can't be that large.

 

[Heppenheimer]

I mean they have money. Money for lots of things. Thousands of things. Why single one thing out as a waste? To me this is almost an R&D investment more than a hotel. And if it ends up making money, then it's money well spent isn't it? If it doesn't, well, lots of things don't- probably some things you yourself enjoy.

Also, aside from this board and some youtubers, I've yet to know a person in real life who found the land underwhelming let alone VERY underwhelming. My Disney hating, Star Wars Meh-ing brother loved it and kept talking about the quality of the "sets" (his word for theming.) They even liked both milks. Everyone I've talked to has enjoyed it, even those who went before RotR opened. My own biggest gripe about the land is that I've yet to experience it myself. Most just want it to be more which isn't really a complaint, and something that fits most every land or park built to date- none more than the park the land sits in now.

I didn't dislike Galaxy's Edge, I just thought it didn't put the allotted space to good use. If there were plans to add more attractions, then I would take it as a work-in-progress and anticipate the new additions. But instead, if this is a one-and -done, then count me as underwhelmed, and wouldn't surprise me if it ages poorly and get rethemed in 15-20 years.

 

[UNCgolf]

I didn't dislike Galaxy's Edge, I just thought it didn't put the allotted space to good use.

That's my biggest problem with it too. It feels like GE has a lot of empty space.

Of course, if you compare it to its next door neighbor it looks absolutely phenomenal in terms of using space.

 

[Tha Realest]

I didn't dislike Galaxy's Edge, I just thought it didn't put the allotted space to good use. If there were plans to add more attractions, then I would take it as a work-in-progress and anticipate the new additions. But instead, if this is a one-and -done, then count me as underwhelmed, and wouldn't surprise me if it ages poorly and get rethemed in 15-20 years.

Try 15-20 months

 

[Minnesota disney fan]

I might as well chime in as to what this attraction will be in 5 years.
I think they will make it into a high end hotel with limited capacity. I think they will make it somewhat immersive, but not role playing, just atmosphere. Like they would have a SW themed bar and restaurant, gift shop of course. Just my thoughts. This would bring in the high end spenders which is what they seem to want now.

 

[fryoj]

After looking more at the layout and how little there really is there, it could easily be converted to a CM barracks type deal. Maybe housing for the college program.

 

[FettFan]

I would get rid of the shuttle truck and just theme a standard bus to be more "Star Warsian". Keep the windows. Put a wrap on the outside of the bus, if desired.

Contact the people at Rosenbauer and build a shuttle shaped like the Starspeeder 3000 atop a Panther firetruck chassis.

 

[ppete1975]

They will prob tweak it to more Star wars fan service (which should have been the original plan) and drop the price a bit... but not much. But this wont be over night even when it does occur in a few years, they will just make small changes as time goes on...

They might also use part of the hotel for charities or make a wish as well (pretty sure thats a tax right off as well)

Kids wish is to do something star wars, they could go all out using this. With characters, experiences and GE.

would be my guess

 

[tagoofy]

I keep thinking about this. They didn’t really allow themselves a lot of leeway to reconfigure this thing if the all-in LARPing concept faceplants. If you do away with the star cruiser conceit and treat this as a regular accommodation it’s arguably below AOA, ASM, and the other values. As you note, the construction doesn’t lend itself to exterior theming. Inside, the rooms are small and, again, stripping away the “cruise” conceit, would come off as really odd and presumably cramped. I feel like a future reconfiguration would be prohibitively expensive and limited substantially by the existing construction and design choices.

So, then after it fails, it is re-themed into a Disney "hostel" level resort (below "Value" level). ;-)