Ah something we definitely agree on, I was very surprised how poorly SOLO was received. I think it's a great movie.
Solo is a perfect example. Count me in with those who thought it was an enjoyable movie. But don't tell any of my friends that - they all hated it with a passion and if you liked it, you are clearly WRONG.
Sorry to bring back the conversation to the starcruiser but someone said something about how things are designed so children are able to do them and I think this is why it all feels so cringey and awkward to me.
I can either get immersed and roleplay (badly) as an adult or enjoy a SW themed hotel. But I can't kinda cringe along with the roleplay which requires me to move a lever a 5 year old can move. This 100% looks like it's designed for children to have fun so imo that's how it should be marketed. Instead it's been trying to pull in hardcore SW adult fans while giving nothing an adult fan would enjoy. (Thinking specifically of the lightsaber training and the bridge sequence)
Yeah, that was me - and it's not just about a 5 year old moving a level. Remember that part of this is they are going to train you to do things like man the bridge. Then we can only assume that by some turn of events, you might be called on to have to man it in an emergency. So the controls have to be easy enough for a 5 year old to remember how to use them.
Now that may not be what some fans were looking for. And that's fine. Not everyone has to pay $5,000 to do this experience. But it's clearly what Disney was going for.
As a single adult without kids I've never done a
Disney Cruise. I sometimes kinda want to, but I know they are very kid focused. The parks are a little more appealing, but they still have stuff just for kids, like the Disney Junior show or The Boneyard - and that's all good.
As someone who's kid was never interested in a cruise ship (too much attached to his playstation), I eventually had to just go on the cruises by myself, let me just tell you that you are doing yourself a disservice if you have skipped
DCL because you think it's only for kids. Disney does an AMAZING job at pairing you with other adults similar to you and traveling without kids. There are decent amounts of the ship dedicated to adult only life. Having traveled RCL, NCL, Carnival, and DCL -
Disney Cruise Line is still my favorite cruise line to travel without kids.
So you might want to check that thinking and reconsider. Just sayin'. I do not think you will be disappointed.
It looks like a Comfort Inn or Holiday Inn Express found along side exits to small towns on the intersate in Kansas with a high school gym attached. The very least, the Hotel portion should have had a faux star ship facade. The size seems off balanced. Too small for any real economies of scale, hence the outsized cost of admission to pay for the supposedly added features.
I keep going back to the outward appearance and it not even really trying to sell the "Boarding a Star Ship" feel and the inside looks too sterile. If they made it look like a vessel, future expansions could have been addition vessels with different appearances.
I am confused. Are you referring specifically to the OUTSIDE of the hotel? The outside was never meant to be seen. You can thank youtube videos and sky shots for that, but think of it like one large slightly deformed sound stage. The outside is just to protect it from the weather. Even getting to and from HS happens in closed shuttles that you never see the outside.
The only part you should ever see is the drop-off area which is designed (or will be) to look like a space port entrance.
As far as being cramped, and I hate it to come off this way, but if you want to go authentic space craft, you bet it's gonna be cramped. Any scifi movie that depicts space ships as huge hulking areas with gym's and basketball courts and large mass's for eating are just so much junk. Real spacecraft - even luxury liners - will almost certainly be small and cramped. It's not just the metal. Every inch of the craft is more that has to be heated, pumped with air, conditioned - not to mention more mass = more fuel.