Galactic Starcruiser Closing Permanently In September!

[k5thbeatle]

I think it would have done better as just a hotel. I don't think the audience for the cosplay, etc. was ever all that big, expecially when you need a cross-section of people who like that sort of thing AND can afford it. I mean, I'm a huge Star Wars fan, and it didn't appeal to me that much. Like, it looked cool and I'm sure I'd have had fun there, but for the price? Nah, not really. A regular hotel would have been more appealing, maybe with an elaborate dinner show or something. Honesty, the push for "immersive" has gone a little too far in my opinion,

I think this assessment is pretty much spot on. Even if it were at a lesser price I think this "immersive role-play" idea was doomed from the start.

 

[nancipants]

Most florida residents could care less
Disney is not well liked here.

source?

 

[PolymerSkywalker]

They should have done Prequels for 3 days, Original Trilogy Theme for 3 days, and then Disney Trilogy for 3days, and even the Mando stuff added in too, and repeat. Making the whole thing catered to only the Disney Sequels greatly limited the audience to this thing. Here's a hint, many of us OT fans really don't care for the Sequel Trilogy. Also guess what OT fans are a tad older and likely have more expendable income to spend of stuff like this.

Same way with the theme park, it should be all eras of Star Wars represented. That was a stupid decision too.

 

[ChipnDale79]

They should have done Prequels for 3 days, Original Trilogy Theme for 3 days, and then Disney Trilogy for 3days, and even the Mando stuff added in too, and repeat. Making the whole thing catered to only the Disney Sequels greatly limited the audience to this thing. Here's a hint, many of us OT fans really don't care for the Sequel Trilogy. Also guess what OT fans are a tad older and likely have more expendable income to spend of stuff like this.

Same way with the theme park, it should be all eras of Star Wars represented. That was a stupid decision too.

I totally get why they have modeled a lot of stuff off of the newer movies, and I think that’s cool for younger fans.

but i feel at some points, they‘ve forgotten what made Star Wars what it is. IMO, more things from the original trilogy are needed.

 

[BrianL]

I totally get why they have modeled a lot of stuff off of the newer movies, and I think that’s cool for younger fans.

but i feel at some points, they‘ve forgotten what made Star Wars what it is. IMO, more things from the original trilogy are needed.

Ehh - they do so much for hte OT though. I say more things from the Prequels are needed!

 

[PolymerSkywalker]

Ehh - they do so much for hte OT though. I say more things from the Prequels are needed!

What do they do so much for the OT? What are you more likely to see Kylo or Vader in the parks? What about Luke or Rey?

Yeah I think the OT merchandise sells really well, so you see it represented. However, I don't think the OT is represented in the parks very much at all. You can say the falcon, but that's Rey's ship now so that's really Sequel stuff.

 

[BrianL]

What do they do so much for the OT? What are you more likely to see Kylo or Vader in the parks? What about Luke or Rey?

Yeah I think the OT merchandise sells really well, so you see it represented. However, I don't think the OT is represented in the parks very much at all. You can say the falcon, but that's Rey's ship now so that's really Sequel stuff.

Well, in the parks specifically, it is more ST, though the ST is so much like the OT aesthetically that there isn't much difference really. You can still see Vader at the Launch Bay, just not at Galaxy's Edge.

 

[rdevans_2000]

Can't wait for the Defunctland episode about this.

Agreed. Love they YouTube channel

 

[PolymerSkywalker]

Well, in the parks specifically, it is more ST, though the ST is so much like the OT aesthetically that there isn't much difference really. You can still see Vader at the Launch Bay, just not at Galaxy's Edge.

I think a there was decision by leadership at Disney to focus Galaxies edge on the ST. My understanding is the original plan was to represent the prequels, OT, and Sequels, but after The Force Awakens did so well the plan was changed to focus on just the Disney stuff.

My opinion is this was a mistake and they should have stayed with the original plan. I think the demand would be higher for Galaxies Edge, Merchandise, and even the Star-cruiser Hotel if they represented all of the Star Wars movies.

 

[Karin1984]

For those interested, Jenny Nicholson posted a video on the Galactic Starcruiser's failure. It's only 4 hours long ;-)
If you are not familiar, Jenny has several great deepdives in Disney park content, like about Galaxy's Edge and Pandora, but also some other great content about movies and tv shows.

 

[Lynne G]

Hmm, NBA Experience at DS was no better. We still lament the closing of the arcade building they had there. Does Disney really want to know what the bulk of people are? Doubt it, given the removal of many that was free.


And while we may have afforded this hotel, and are a SW family, we would never want to role play on vacation. Don’t care it is closing for good.

 

[Smugpugmug]

For those interested, Jenny Nicholson posted a video on the Galactic Starcruiser's failure. It's only 4 hours long ;-)
If you are not familiar, Jenny has several great deepdives in Disney park content, like about Galaxy's Edge and Pandora, but also some other great content about movies and tv shows.

Finally! This video has been in development longer than the Starcruiser was open

 

[Elijah Abrams]

Hmm, NBA Experience at DS was no better. We still lament the closing of the arcade building they had there. Does Disney really want to know what the bulk of people are? Doubt it, given the removal of many that was free.

Dave & Buster's needs to go in where NBA was!

 

[Karin1984]

Finally! This video has been in development longer than the Starcruiser was open

Really, right?! But I like her style of videos and she has a few good points about the costs and the castmember salaries. I hadn't given that aspect much thought. And that what had been pitched originally for Galaxy's Edge, ended up behind the paywall of the Starcruiser.

 

[Kestryl]

For those interested, Jenny Nicholson posted a video on the Galactic Starcruiser's failure. It's only 4 hours long ;-)
If you are not familiar, Jenny has several great deepdives in Disney park content, like about Galaxy's Edge and Pandora, but also some other great content about movies and tv shows.

I am 100% a Starcruiser supporter, but she's not wrong about most of her points!

 

[reddog21]

The video is about 4hr and 5 minutes to long. It can be summed up in about 30 or so seconds

 

[fatmanatee]

The video is about 4hr and 5 minutes to long. It can be summed up in about 30 or so seconds

Over 1 mil views, there's a big audience for this stuff!

(I'm not in that audience ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

 

[reddog21]

Over 1 mil views, there's a big audience for this stuff!

(I'm not in that audience ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

Something is up with her channel though, I mean she gets around 4m+ views on her videos but only has 1m in subscribers??? something there doesn't add up.

 

[Smugpugmug]

Something is up with her channel though, I mean she gets around 4m+ views on her videos but only has 1m in subscribers??? something there doesn't add up.

People constantly rewatch her videos. I mean, I've seen the Evermore one probably 3+ times.

 

[fatmanatee]

Something is up with her channel though, I mean she gets around 4m+ views on her videos but only has 1m in subscribers??? something there doesn't add up.

Don't really pay much attention to her but I can say that the vid has gotten a lot of publicity on Twitter, that's how I found out about it. There might be a substantial group that just watch the vids but don't subscribe.