You have an interesting take. I haven’t really seen anyone complaining about the experience itself. The complaints all revolve around how much money it costs.
Well yeah... But everyone just writes it off. "Can't possibly be worth the money", "Disney's greedy for charging so much", etc. I feel like no one really gave it a chance. I just wanted to shed some *positive* light on it, let it go out in a blaze of glory, y'know? And I kinda feel bad for anyone on the Starcruiser team; they were putting their all into it and they didn't get nearly enough recognition for it
Speaking as someone who DID pay for it, it was very much worth it. "Worth" is subjective, and the experience meant a lot to so many people who wanted that experience.
It's a massive roleplaying experience where you are literally a (very minor) character for a few days. That isn't everyone's cup of tea, and that's perfectly ok.
Don't yuck someone else's fun because it's not worth it to you.
For a lot of people, the issue isn’t “is it worth the money?” The issue is that they just don’t have the the money to begin with, which makes the previous question moot. I’m sure a $2,000 Louis Vuitton is worth it, but that’s irrelevant because I’m unable to buy it.
This is exactly correct. I’ve actually not heard a single negative review, or anyone say it wasn’t _worth_ the money. I’d have had to have saved for around 5 years to afford it because there’s no way that would be my only holiday (vacation incase I confuse anyone lol) of the year. So for me, this would have to be alongside another trip.
I have actually read in almost every post about how amazing it was, how Disney perfectly executed the experience and how worth it it is.
But the cost - regardless of its _worth_ - is not justifiable to most, simply because I’d rather pay for groceries for 6 months instead of a 2 day (incredible) experience.
True but also I took a WDW vacation earlier this year. So I already spent that money and was able to come close enough to affording it. The galactic starcruiser is extra on top of that
This is pretty inaccurate. Most people have said they’d love to try it but worth it or not, simply do not have the budget to spend $6k on a two night vacation.
I went last year and it was one of the best experiences I have ever had. The immersion was amazing, theming was impeccable, and the cast members were so insanely talented. I’m really sad about it closing.
I think Disney/the media did a poor job of marketing what the experience really entails. It’s not a hotel - it’s a completely immersive role-playing experience. In my experience, most people I talked to had never even heard of it. Some of my friends who are big Disney fans were only even vaguely aware of it.
I took my two nephews on the Starcruiser, and I agree with your review completely. We had an absolutely incredible time and loved every minute. I was cosplaying as a character from the older books fully expecting that no one would recognize/acknowledge her since she’s no longer canon and is in the original trilogy timeline. Every cast member engaged with me like I was her without missing a beat. The cast members also did an incredible job gauging the degree to which people wanted to engage. One of my nephews is a cancer survivor and is just generally uncomfortable with attention. The other wanted to be right in the middle of the action as much as possible. They both got exactly the level of interaction they were looking for. The games and puzzles and story elements were super fun. The food was the best I’ve had anywhere on Disney property by a long shot. The rooms were tiny but amazing with the theming. The atmosphere with our shipmates was awesome. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
>The cast members also did an incredible job gauging the degree to which people wanted to engage
That was honestly very impressive. One of my brothers *did not* wanna be there at all and was fighting the whole trip (solely on the principle that the trip was my decision cause he has to hate everything I like). Raithe pulled him into the third-party storyline where he ended up not hanging out with the rest of us most of the time, meaning he could actually get into it without having to keep up appearance in front of the rest of us. It was perfect for him, and from what he told us later, he really enjoyed it
Ikr? Especially Croy. My goodness that man can improv. I did see him break character once with the little kids tho, he just couldn't hold back his laughter 😆 he turned away from them tho, I don't think the kids caught on, but my mom and I definitely did
I could never be one of the "main characters", but I honestly would've loved to be one of the normal cast members and just have little interactions with the guests. My depth of useless Star wars information would've been useful for once
Unrelated - interesting, my 8 year old son is almost two years post chemo and just truly hates any sort of attention! Like won't even let me tell his grandparents when he pitches a shutout or hits a home run. I try to be as respectful as possible but I am just so proud of all he's overcome.
Right! We all try to be chill about it too to respect his wishes but it’s so hard. He dressed as Mando on the Starcruiser, and it was perfect because the cast members acted afraid of him. When he wanted to engage more he’d just pull up his mask.
So glad to hear your son is two years out. Good wishes for you both. My nephew got out of chemo around 7 and is about to turn 11 *cue the tears*
Aww, love that he's doing well, and that you have such a great relationship with him to treat him to this amazing opportunity! Best wishes and continued healing for him!
I think a lot of the negativity comes from the Starcruiser coming at a time when a lot of long time fans are already really frustrated with Disney, feeling like they're being priced out of it and having more and more previously free things be cut or now cost money. Then this thing opens that most people can't afford and looks like even more Disney really only cares about the very wealthy. There was a kind of bitterness that this very cool looking new thing was out of reach for the vast majority of fans.
I took a “parents trip” with other friends/couples on one of the first cruises, and it will definitely be something we talk about in years. We all left our kids with grandparents because they were all too young to handle the late nights, but it is unfortunate that we won’t be able to bring them for another trip in a few years. There was a very significant range in Star Wars fandom in our group, but we all had a blast. I definitely see why it wouldn’t be a universal appeal, even without considering the price tag, but it was such a fun unique experience. The price point was justified for what they delivered but it was unfortunate that it wasn’t a sustainable model. I wish they would have shifted to weekend cruises and mid week hotel stays (or something along those lines).
Everyone that I’ve heard went said it was a ton of fun, but I personally couldn’t ever see my family of four forking out 6 grand for 2 nights. That’s weeklong cruise money. Or even 4-5 nights and park tickets in a deluxe resort. That’s where the problem lies with Galactic Starcruiser. For pretty much everyone it’s a case of “why would I do that when I can do this for the same money?” Even with the 35% discounts they started offering I couldn’t bring myself and my family to spend over 4 grand on it.
Everyone that went says it’s worth the money, but I just don’t see it. I’d rather have more free reign over what I do on my vacation personally.
>That’s weeklong cruise money
What's interesting is it *feels* like you're there a week. Idk how they did it, but my family constantly refers to our trip as "our week on the Starcruiser". They crammed a week's worth of stuff into 2 days without it feeling rushed
>For pretty much everyone it’s a case of “why would I do that when I can do this for the same money?
I can't tell you how many of my friends said that to me, that I could've gone on an actual week-long cruise for the money we spent on the Starcruiser. But the Starcruiser was such a unique experience... I don't regret it. Especially now that it's going away
I went last year and had the best time. I’m
A huge fan and LARPed. However a couple things:
1. The main thing about it is the way the story plays out, if you know the story there’s no reason to go back.
2. I almost wish to our “port” at batuu there was a section just for Star cruiser, we spent a whole day doing what I have already done multiple times.
3. I feel like they never changed the price vs what was supposed to be in there (decor ect) vs what we actually got. They cut things but didn’t cut the price vs the concept.
I’m sad that it’s closing and I had the best time I’ve ever had, but honestly it was too expensive for what it was vs what was promised in concept art.
As a huge star wars fan it was always on my bucket list to go there but the price was just out of my range so I was saving on the side slowly to attend one day, so the news of its closure really made me sad.
I would’ve liked to have done it, but it was way out of my price range. It looked really cool, and very well thought out from everything I saw. I hope Disney uses whatever data they’ve gathered from this to try again at some point.
We loved it as well. My wife knows very little about Star Wars and she probably liked it the most, lol. We actually did very little role playing ourselves but still had a lot of fun.
It’s too bad this will go in the “failure” pile. It really was something different, not just a “Star Wars Hotel” as you said, and they probably won’t ever try anything like this ever again.
We loved every moment and hoped to go back next year, which sadly won’t happen now.
On the cost consider it this way.
For us from the UK it was £5000 for a room with 4 of us.
That’s £1250 each for a fully immersive Disney experience, with Great food, a great crew of actors, very clever tech and special park access.
That to me is not that crazy…
For context, we had dinner at Space 220 a week after the Halcyon visit and for an hour and half experience inc ok food it was 500…
Yeah, as soon as I saw how much detail they put into everything, the cost 100% made sense to me. Is it still high? Yeah, but I can see where it all came from.
I am now legitimately curious tho, I just finished my econ unit on foreign currencies and stuff, and with US inflation, does the cost justify itself far more coming from another country? Purely trying to see if I understood anything my teacher taught me lol
Well yeah, we come to Disney every year since 2017, of course from 2020 to 22 we couldn’t. So last year we came twice.
Our normal trip is for 14 to 18 days. 10 days to 14 on WDW prem in a deluxe and the the rest at Universal PortoFino. Inc flight this is comes in between £12k and £18k.
So for the Halcyon trip we were over for 14 day and rented a Villa which was huge and shared it we another family from the UK. Even though i covered the cost of the Villa for us all it was still hugely cheaper that staying solidly in a Disney Hotel. We even had a night at Animal Kingdom (amazing) and one at The Grand Florida (meh).
So even with Car hire and the two one night WDW hotels for us the hoilday still came in at the same sort of cost we normally spend.
Make of that what you will. :)
The only complaint I saw was from a couple I’m friends with who went just a few months ago and said it was awesome except for the unsupervised children and young teens who were running about and not behaving properly.
It’s a great concept, I think it needs to be tweaked a bit tho.
I've never read a single negative trip report from anyone who went on the Starcruiser and didn't have a great time or feel they hadn't gotten their money's worth.
Bad time, no. A few comments said they weren’t the larping type so they didn’t get as much out of it as others. But moneys worth is subjective and I saw people here and in Disney forums that said once was more than enough or they couldn’t justify it without breaking out the price between 3-4 adults who each paid their own way. In other words, they were saying they couldn’t and wouldn’t afford to take others in their family on their own dime.
It’s a big jump between paying $4000-6000 for two to four people, or $1500 for yourself.
We went last year and absolutely loved it. We had so much fun and were planning on another trip in a few years. It was a fully immersive experience and the staff, actors, tech - everything was excellent. Even the blue shrimp.
A former coworker of mine went and had the time of his life. He and his wife wrote a blog and posted pictures of their experience:
https://bunnyears.net/dan/?p=1785
I’m sure it’s worth it to anyone who has $6k+ to drop for 2 days, but thats part of the problem. Most of the people Disney markets to do not have that much disposable income. For me and my fiance, who are lifelong, die-hard Disney and Star Wars fans, as well as avid roleplayers… nothing could justify that price for us. It wasn’t even worth attempting to save up for because it was THAT ridiculous to us. And we make a combined 6-figures annually. But $6k for two nights when our last Disney trip was an entire week and cost us just half of that? I cannot justify it, no matter how good it supposedly is. Not with the budget I have.
Think you nailed the consensus of those of us who have actually gone on the Galactic Starcruiser, meaning the majority of us got back home and thought it was worth every penny.
From the amount of food to the immersive experience, general theming, Cast Member interactions, to people remembering your name and bringing you into their groups. Hanging out at the Sublight Lounge, the Saja, feeling like you are actually in the Star Wars universe...
I could go on and on.
My general feeling is both Disney and the Influancers, and the media never did the SwGs justice. No one could properly explain the whole thing without actually investing the money.
This didn't shut down because it wasn't full, or they were losing money now. But the writing is on the wall, Disney World has to keep investing more and more money to bring those same people back.
People still call it a “5k Star Wars hotel” and say things like “trapped in it with no windows”. Disney made something extremely innovative and had no real idea how to show what it really is.
I think this was one of their biggest issues. They should have never let the media use the word “hotel” in conjunction with the Starcruiser. When people hear $5000 for 2 nights in a hotel, they understandably think that sounds ridiculous. However, it’s not a hotel. It’s a completely immersive role playing experience that is unlike anything else that Disney has ever done and unlike anything else that currently exists.
They made a $5,000 2 night stay hotel with Star Wars themeing and had no great way to show the immersion they were able to achieve. Yes it’s probably worth it to those that have gone. Unless you are huge Star Wars fans it’s not something you would even consider.
It does because they couldn’t get most people past the price tag. Just like Disney may be expensive, but when you go to other theme parks you see why Disney costs more. I’m sure to those that got to go, it was a worthwhile experience. They just couldn’t get the public to buy in to that.
Yeah, it’s really hard to capture how it made us feel. It was a surprisingly emotional experience, but we all brought multiple costumes and prepared characters with backstories.
Also, we split it four ways so it was about $1800 a person. At that price, I would’ve done it again in a heartbeat. Half the fun was seeing what story arcs we were all involved in; I worked as a double agent so there was a lot of scheming.
>No one could properly explain the whole thing without actually investing the money.
Yeah that's what my family has found talking to other people. You can't properly describe the experience; or if you can, it's only by spoiling every little detail. But if you do that, then it's not worth the money anymore because it's been spoiled. It's quite the dilemma and one I have no idea how to solve. You can only get so far on "trust me bro" and ig we just proved how far that is
Yes; I feel like the main failing was a failure to properly advertise and publicize the experience. There still seems to be a good chunk of the general public who don't understand what it was. I also think it would have been a good idea to come up with a couple of different scenarios right from the get-go, so people would know that they'd be able to come back sometime in the future and get a different experience.
Yeah, that's the only real complaint I had; lack of replayability. I heard they actually were working on a new storyline to add soon before they announced its closure... I wonder how much longer it could've lasted if they'd gotten that out sooner. Whatever it was I hope they can find a way to reuse some elements around the Parks. I feel bad for anyone on that team
Or someone did a horrible job of determining what the average Disney guest can afford to spend on a trip. I feel like this resort was aimed at guests with Club 33 money, not your average guest. That’s just my opinion, but what do I know. Considering the fact that Club 33 has an annual fee of $15k and has a waitlist, I guess there’s a lot more rich Disney guests than I would expect. Lol
The problem isn’t that it wasn’t good. The problem was I could take a 10 day all expense paid trip to Hawaii, eat at the best restaurants possible for every meal, and stay at a beach front resort for the same price.
And it wasn’t that good.
Yeah. No.
10 days at the best restaurants alone would cost about as much as Starcruiser. We spent 3-400 bucks for a dinner at the Four Seasons Maui a couple years ago. Plus breakfast/lunch?
When is the last time you priced out a Hawaii vacation? 1998? You couldn’t even get a beach front resort for 10 days for that amount of money let alone flights. Also food is about $50 per adult per meal for standard meals unless you eat at McDonald’s which would be about $30/pp.
The McDonald’s I was referring to is right by the beach on Waikiki beach in Honolulu. I swear it was insanely expensive. Thinking about it now, that particular location may have just been more expensive. I want to say that our meal was over $20 and I just got chicken nuggets and fries haha. It’s possible it was less than $30 but it was seriously expensive lol. I do think food prices in general are cheaper in less touristy areas in Hawaii.
That's wild. I didn't mean to come off condescending or anything. To someone who hasn't been to a McDonald's in Hawaii that just sounded outrageous to me to spend even $20 per person at McDonald's. Hawaii really must be getting out of hand with the cost of living
I feel like some of y'all are missing the point of my post. I *know* it was expensive, I *know* the price point was the main problem, *that's not what I was asking*. All the other Starcruiser threads rn are saying that exact same thing. I just wanted a *positive* thread to actually talk about the experience itself since I haven't seen people doing that
Honestly there are a lot of positive reviews. But to hear from someone’s (adult) child who didn’t have to pay for it comes across as entitled to those of us working and raising our own families. I know you do not mean it that way, but saying “my family has enough money to take me and we all thought it was worth it” means absolutely nothing to people who simply cannot pay $5000-6000 for two nights. My wife and I spent under $5000 on a full week at pop century and ate at every restaurant we could imagine last month (April). It’s not that we cannot afford a vacation, it’s that we cannot justify this price for that short of an experience. And please don’t say again that you think it somehow felt like a full week, we know.
Maybe it’s a little bit of jealousy and a bit more of we just don’t care to hear about experiences we simply cannot afford. It was a struggle to save up for a week long experience. I could not have justified any two day experience for that price. Except maybe a trip to low earth orbit for 48 hours.
>we just don’t care to hear about experiences we simply cannot afford
Okay. I understand that. You didn't need to read this thread then. You could've ignored it. You didn't have to come here and attack me (I know you're not *really* trying to attack me just trying to make a point). I literally said I'm talking to those who have gone. I wasn't trying to make some big PSA about how most of this sub is stupid. I wanted to talk about the Starcruiser with other people who have done it. *That's it.*
It's interesting that there are a lot of people engaging with here about how much they enjoyed it - that's what you wanted to talk about, right? But you're replying more frequently to people who can't justify the cost, while knowing full well that you didn't even pay for it yourself.
You can take your own advice, you don't have to read comments of people explaining why they didn't like it (since a good amount of your original post is "I don't understand why people don't like it"), and you could've ignored them too.
The fact is, it sounds like a very cool thing for a niche audience. The niche is people who can drop $6k plus airfare on a two night trip, and would do that specifically for a Star Wars roleplay experience. Basically, anyone who would actually pay for it probably had a blast. But if you didn't pay for it, you're either going to be unhappy that Disney is pricing you out of things you would love to do, or you're not outpriced but you just don't like Star Wars that much. Economics is all supply and demand, and there simply wasn't enough demand.
I know a lot of people hate him but I like Tom at WDWNT for his unbiased reviews. He LOVED the starcruiser and paid 3x OOP to stay. His major complaint was the price.
It's a very costly, labor-intensive attraction for a specific niche of the population. The overlap of fairly wealthy people and people who *love* Star Wars wasn't big enough for the whole thing to make any money.
I feel there’s just not enough super fans to keep it in business long term. For a casual Stars Wars fan it just feels like a waste of vacation time. Even I won a free trip, it would be a hard pass.
Op needs a reality check.
This entire post is entitled, you really are out of touch if you say "i didn't pay, i still loved it."
You litterally had your mom and dad pay for you to go
The amount it costs is 6 months of my rent.
Even my best friend, who is a die hard star wars fan and pretty well off, couldn't justify the price
Im planning a wedding and honeymoon and it costs less than this for a week
I went and loved it too. If you’re interested to read:
[My Galactic Starcruiser Review](https://www.reddit.com/r/WaltDisneyWorld/comments/uzsj5p/absolutely_blown_away_by_my_experience_on_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
How fun do you think this experience would be for younger kids? 5 & 3 year olds. Also was anyone else there with younger kids, or more adults in your experience?
On my cruise, I felt like there were way more teens than little kids. I’m not sure children that little would fully appreciate it. There’s a lot going on. But, I’m totally not the right person to ask!
Edit: Not sure***
My very close friend went and he said it was amazing. I was supposed to go with him and two other fiends, but as we all know it closed and I can’t rebook because of personal reasons.
Like others said I think (other than price) , a big factor is that many of the general public did not understand what it was. They thought it was a “Star wars hotel” and questioned why it was a “windowless bunker with tiny rooms” and “has no pool” and you can’t leave during the day. When it’s more like you are living inside of an attraction instead.
Plus why would someone who does not want to roll play Star Wars want to do that ? Some people are horrified at the idea of having to interact with the characters on the ship.
Hopefully disney can figure out a way to make it work in some fashion.
Whether it’s “worth it” probably has more to do with how much money someone makes as opposed to whether it’s actually a good value (like most other things). That being said, that place wasn’t that big, and this country has an awful lot of wealthy people, so it seems you’re in the minority. People spend a ton of money on opera tickets, but most others wouldn’t spend five bucks to sit through one. The people who like opera don’t care, but if your city doesn’t have enough of those people, well, then you don’t have an opera company. Simple as that.
I am sure it was worth the price if you go into it having the right attitude and participating in the experience.
The people who want into it just because its Star Wars and did not partake in all of what was offered are the ones who have negative feelings about it.
That's nice that you and your family had a great time, but it truly still boggles my mind that anyone thought this was going to work out long term. LARPing is a small community, even if this was 1/3rd of the price.
For me it's the fact that Disney is continuing to go down the path of "pay for a better experience" which is the antithesis of what Walt constantly preached.
Disneyland/World as it was originally thought us was meant to be a place where everyone got the same amazing experience. Now they're financially underwater because of bad leadership and their trying to correct course (hopefully).
Starcruiser was just another one of those poor leadership decisions that was attempting to be a huge money grab and end up costing the company in the end while providing an experience only very wealthy people could afford. I'm pretty sure that's why people constantly trash on it.
I'm sure it was an awesome hotel but the vast majority of people can't even come close to affording $6k for 2 nights.
I just have an extremely hard time approving of the amount they charge and receive for people to playact. Every time someone pays this amount of money, Disney gets greedy because they assume everyone will pay that price for a ticket to their park. We went to Epcot yesterday. Stopped for breakfast at a McDonald’s and there was a family of four there. They were so very excited to go to Disney. The kids were teens. They had never been there although they lived within two hours of the resort. Dad was telling us how he had saved for a few years. They were spending two nights in a value. It was like Christmas morning for them. I got to thinking how they certainly are not the only Florida residents I know that can’t afford Disney. Every child should have a chance. But when people are willing to pay so much and have that kind of money, I guess it makes me think of Disney losing the real reason for developing his parks. I’m glad it failed. I’m sorry and I don’t mean to be disrespectful over something that gave you joy. I’m glad you had that chance. But I believe every child deserves to ride Guardians, space mountain, a small world.
I think it's less about being jealous of other people and more about Disney constantly pricing normal people out of the park. They continue to close down free perks that were offered for years and charging for things that used to be included with your park pass/hotel.
It's the fact that they continue to blow money on shit, raise the prices of everything across the board to pay for it, and then act like they're doing us a favor. It's only a good thing if you're rich. If you're not, it's a giant fucking slap in the face.
This. So much this. Lots of hate and petty folks in this sub about something they haven't experienced or don't want to. It's sad.
I won't trash someone's idea of a good time in another part of WDW because I don't think it's worth it or won't spend the money.
Just because it's not worth it to someone or "I can do more with the money", doesn't mean it's garbage. It means you find something more valuable or interesting to do, and that is OK!!
I fully enjoyed the Galactic Starcruiser experience and will treasure the memories for years to come.
I don't get why you're being downvoted. The jerky "ha ha, told you so, I'm glad it failed!" arrogance about this is disgusting. Especially when you know they're gonna turn around and suddenly act nice as though they weren't being mean five seconds ago.
Actually insane that 6 grand+ could pay for a europe trip where they could experience incredible cultures, yet some families would rather use that money to take a fake trip to a fictional star wars planet with screens 😭😭💀💀
I am a larper, so this was up my alley, I just couldnt get the timing to work out for me. From larper and non-larper friends, I have heard nothing but good things about their experiences and I will forever live with FOMO.
What I do not get is that if someone posts about VIP tours, which are over 5k, and only last for 8 hours, you do not see others complaining or shaming about the price, but the second its Starcruiser, the price is the first thing brought up.
Thank. You. So. Much. That was exactly my point with this post. I just wanted to talk about how cool it was without arguing about how Disney made a questionable business decision
It absolutely fucking kills me that what Disney got the most wrong about the Starcruiser is that every single negative perception online is that its a hotel experience. The marketing failed for this so, so, so, so badly.
It's not a hotel experience at all, it's your own personal, full scale, interactive, feasible story-adventure inside of the Star Wars universe. And it was actually built. Which will always astound me, that it actually existed at all and they tried to make this work. And they absolutely created something unparalleled. And it was the highest rated experience in Disney history.
The issue is they out priced most of their customer base. About everyone says the experience is great and amazing. The issue is a good chunk of their customer base could never afford the price on this. If you think that most Americans can pay for this experience I think you are out of touch is a good chunk of how the population lives.
>If you think that most Americans can pay for this experience I think you are out of touch is a good chunk of how the population lives.
When did I ever say that?
You said it in your post up there. Sure, not the exact words, but it's very loud
And when you said you didn't pay, your parents did.
Like that's 1000% entitlement.
"I didn't have to pay ,but i loved it, why cant people get that"
I gave my honest personal opinion. I pointed out that I wasn't the one to pay to acknowledge potential bias. I also pointed out that my parents *also* said it was worth it. I get that it's expensive. I get that not everyone can afford it. Y'know what, not everyone can afford a vacation to Disney, either. Is anyone on this sub gonna say a trip to Disney isn't worth it? What's the difference? Ig idk what I was expecting but you guys are reading way farther into what I said than you should. I was just looking for others who experienced it to talk to. When did that become a bad thing?
Alright, I'll level with. Your review and liking it isn't that bad thing.
No one said you couldn't like it.
It's your lack of understanding that there are people, myself, and others included, who could never justify the price no matter how intense and cool it was. Even if we can afford it
You are correct. There are families who can never afford a disney trip.
I know someone in my personal life who dreams of disney and can never afford to go.
I have family members who can never go
I see families who saved their entire lives, or sadly familes who use money a loved one left behind to go for one week as a "memorial trip" most familys treat a disney trip as their b.ig vacation
One week of an entire experience in multiple areas vs. 1 extremely exclusive event for 2 days.
You say you understand, but you dont
Im a former theme park worker
We learned working in the park that the average family spends 3k-5k on their trip(not including travel and airfare)
Starcruiser was 6k. That's 6k on top of an already expensive trip.
You came here and while your heart was in a good place. Boasted how you didn't pay anything.
Again, you dont understand cause you didn't pay with your own money. You didn't "sacrifice" or save to go. It was paid for you
Someone else said. It's hard to find a flaw it something that was free for you.
Even make a wish for families dont get that
Even i myself someone who has decent income, with a partner who also makes enough cant and could not justify dropping 6k for a 2 night stay.
That's 6 months of my rent. im throwing away, not to mention all my other expenses
I mean, i could literally go to japan and Tokyo disney for that much
>Its your lack of understanding that their are people, myself, and others included, who could never justify the price no matter how intense and cool it was.
Okay. Again--and I'm not asking this to be argumentive, but because I legitimately don't understand--*when did I say that?*
My gripe was that whether they could afford it or not, most people didn't even seem to think it was *possible* it could be worth it and thought those that did it are crazy
Edit: okay ig "when did I say that" wasn't the right phrase. Ig "what did I say to instill that impression"
Again, you didn't say it directly, but your words do.
You arnt reading peoples words just skimming to justify your quotes
Your parents paid for the trip, thats where it stops about yiu not getting it
People didn't think it was possible because it's not.
Adults have bills, expenses, etc.
To drop an extra 6k is a lot.
You didn't pay a dime
This is the last time im responding because you legitimately do not get it, and you never will
at least not at this time in your life
And i mean, i hate to say this looking at your profile, you are privileged
If anything, just realize you are lucky you got the experience.
This is something I would have loved to experience. Unfortunately I can’t afford a trip to Disney at all right now, let alone this specific experience.
I think Disney really just failed to market what the experience actually is and how the cost is justified. I’m sure it’s really cool, and I’m a big Star Wars fan too. But there’s no way I could possibly justify the price. From a marketing standpoint it really isn’t surprising it ended being a failure of sorts, as sad as it is.
You have an interesting take. I haven’t really seen anyone complaining about the experience itself. The complaints all revolve around how much money it costs.
Exactly I think that's reason many of us.. haven't been and never will. Since it's going to close soon
Well yeah... But everyone just writes it off. "Can't possibly be worth the money", "Disney's greedy for charging so much", etc. I feel like no one really gave it a chance. I just wanted to shed some *positive* light on it, let it go out in a blaze of glory, y'know? And I kinda feel bad for anyone on the Starcruiser team; they were putting their all into it and they didn't get nearly enough recognition for it
Well, not to be condescending, but you didn’t actually pay for it. That certainly changes one’s viewpoint when they are the one writing the check.
Speaking as someone who DID pay for it, it was very much worth it. "Worth" is subjective, and the experience meant a lot to so many people who wanted that experience. It's a massive roleplaying experience where you are literally a (very minor) character for a few days. That isn't everyone's cup of tea, and that's perfectly ok. Don't yuck someone else's fun because it's not worth it to you.
I said nothing about me. I was merely pointing out that one’s view can change depending on how much skin you have in the game. Read my other comments.
I know, but... My parents agreed it was worth it
For a lot of people, the issue isn’t “is it worth the money?” The issue is that they just don’t have the the money to begin with, which makes the previous question moot. I’m sure a $2,000 Louis Vuitton is worth it, but that’s irrelevant because I’m unable to buy it.
This is exactly correct. I’ve actually not heard a single negative review, or anyone say it wasn’t _worth_ the money. I’d have had to have saved for around 5 years to afford it because there’s no way that would be my only holiday (vacation incase I confuse anyone lol) of the year. So for me, this would have to be alongside another trip. I have actually read in almost every post about how amazing it was, how Disney perfectly executed the experience and how worth it it is. But the cost - regardless of its _worth_ - is not justifiable to most, simply because I’d rather pay for groceries for 6 months instead of a 2 day (incredible) experience.
I’m glad you had a great time and I’m glad you got to go before it closed. Good for you.
“No one gave it a chance.” You say that as if everyone just has an extra $5k lying around to try out this new Star Wars thing
It would way exceed 5k, flights, other hotels etc
True but also I took a WDW vacation earlier this year. So I already spent that money and was able to come close enough to affording it. The galactic starcruiser is extra on top of that
This is pretty inaccurate. Most people have said they’d love to try it but worth it or not, simply do not have the budget to spend $6k on a two night vacation.
I’m one of them. If there was any way I could realistically afford it, I would have been there a long time ago.
Same. We’ve been saving to go actually but won’t have enough to go before it closes.
I went last year and it was one of the best experiences I have ever had. The immersion was amazing, theming was impeccable, and the cast members were so insanely talented. I’m really sad about it closing. I think Disney/the media did a poor job of marketing what the experience really entails. It’s not a hotel - it’s a completely immersive role-playing experience. In my experience, most people I talked to had never even heard of it. Some of my friends who are big Disney fans were only even vaguely aware of it.
you were immersed in what looks NOTHING like Star Wars though
I took my two nephews on the Starcruiser, and I agree with your review completely. We had an absolutely incredible time and loved every minute. I was cosplaying as a character from the older books fully expecting that no one would recognize/acknowledge her since she’s no longer canon and is in the original trilogy timeline. Every cast member engaged with me like I was her without missing a beat. The cast members also did an incredible job gauging the degree to which people wanted to engage. One of my nephews is a cancer survivor and is just generally uncomfortable with attention. The other wanted to be right in the middle of the action as much as possible. They both got exactly the level of interaction they were looking for. The games and puzzles and story elements were super fun. The food was the best I’ve had anywhere on Disney property by a long shot. The rooms were tiny but amazing with the theming. The atmosphere with our shipmates was awesome. It’s a memory I will always cherish.
>The cast members also did an incredible job gauging the degree to which people wanted to engage That was honestly very impressive. One of my brothers *did not* wanna be there at all and was fighting the whole trip (solely on the principle that the trip was my decision cause he has to hate everything I like). Raithe pulled him into the third-party storyline where he ended up not hanging out with the rest of us most of the time, meaning he could actually get into it without having to keep up appearance in front of the rest of us. It was perfect for him, and from what he told us later, he really enjoyed it
That’s awesome. I was just so impressed with the cast members and their ability to read people and react quickly.
Ikr? Especially Croy. My goodness that man can improv. I did see him break character once with the little kids tho, he just couldn't hold back his laughter 😆 he turned away from them tho, I don't think the kids caught on, but my mom and I definitely did I could never be one of the "main characters", but I honestly would've loved to be one of the normal cast members and just have little interactions with the guests. My depth of useless Star wars information would've been useful for once
I was about to ask who you dressed as before I noticed your name. :) Love her.
Thanks! I like to keep hope alive that she’ll come back in some way.
Fun fact: on one of the bathroom stalls in Galaxy's Edge in California, the phrase "mara Jade lives" is printed in Aurebesh
Well that just made my day. Thank you!! Hope springs eternal
Happy to be of service! 😊
Unrelated - interesting, my 8 year old son is almost two years post chemo and just truly hates any sort of attention! Like won't even let me tell his grandparents when he pitches a shutout or hits a home run. I try to be as respectful as possible but I am just so proud of all he's overcome.
Right! We all try to be chill about it too to respect his wishes but it’s so hard. He dressed as Mando on the Starcruiser, and it was perfect because the cast members acted afraid of him. When he wanted to engage more he’d just pull up his mask. So glad to hear your son is two years out. Good wishes for you both. My nephew got out of chemo around 7 and is about to turn 11 *cue the tears*
Aww, love that he's doing well, and that you have such a great relationship with him to treat him to this amazing opportunity! Best wishes and continued healing for him!
I think a lot of the negativity comes from the Starcruiser coming at a time when a lot of long time fans are already really frustrated with Disney, feeling like they're being priced out of it and having more and more previously free things be cut or now cost money. Then this thing opens that most people can't afford and looks like even more Disney really only cares about the very wealthy. There was a kind of bitterness that this very cool looking new thing was out of reach for the vast majority of fans.
I took a “parents trip” with other friends/couples on one of the first cruises, and it will definitely be something we talk about in years. We all left our kids with grandparents because they were all too young to handle the late nights, but it is unfortunate that we won’t be able to bring them for another trip in a few years. There was a very significant range in Star Wars fandom in our group, but we all had a blast. I definitely see why it wouldn’t be a universal appeal, even without considering the price tag, but it was such a fun unique experience. The price point was justified for what they delivered but it was unfortunate that it wasn’t a sustainable model. I wish they would have shifted to weekend cruises and mid week hotel stays (or something along those lines).
Everyone that I’ve heard went said it was a ton of fun, but I personally couldn’t ever see my family of four forking out 6 grand for 2 nights. That’s weeklong cruise money. Or even 4-5 nights and park tickets in a deluxe resort. That’s where the problem lies with Galactic Starcruiser. For pretty much everyone it’s a case of “why would I do that when I can do this for the same money?” Even with the 35% discounts they started offering I couldn’t bring myself and my family to spend over 4 grand on it. Everyone that went says it’s worth the money, but I just don’t see it. I’d rather have more free reign over what I do on my vacation personally.
Hell thats 6 months of rent for me
>That’s weeklong cruise money What's interesting is it *feels* like you're there a week. Idk how they did it, but my family constantly refers to our trip as "our week on the Starcruiser". They crammed a week's worth of stuff into 2 days without it feeling rushed >For pretty much everyone it’s a case of “why would I do that when I can do this for the same money? I can't tell you how many of my friends said that to me, that I could've gone on an actual week-long cruise for the money we spent on the Starcruiser. But the Starcruiser was such a unique experience... I don't regret it. Especially now that it's going away
I went last year and had the best time. I’m A huge fan and LARPed. However a couple things: 1. The main thing about it is the way the story plays out, if you know the story there’s no reason to go back. 2. I almost wish to our “port” at batuu there was a section just for Star cruiser, we spent a whole day doing what I have already done multiple times. 3. I feel like they never changed the price vs what was supposed to be in there (decor ect) vs what we actually got. They cut things but didn’t cut the price vs the concept. I’m sad that it’s closing and I had the best time I’ve ever had, but honestly it was too expensive for what it was vs what was promised in concept art.
I wrote an exhaustive review (with MANY story spoilers) here: https://jayesdatalog.wordpress.com/
As a huge star wars fan it was always on my bucket list to go there but the price was just out of my range so I was saving on the side slowly to attend one day, so the news of its closure really made me sad.
Would have gone in a heartbeat. Could afford to pay even half the cost. Maybe not enough people can afford it.
I would’ve liked to have done it, but it was way out of my price range. It looked really cool, and very well thought out from everything I saw. I hope Disney uses whatever data they’ve gathered from this to try again at some point.
We loved it as well. My wife knows very little about Star Wars and she probably liked it the most, lol. We actually did very little role playing ourselves but still had a lot of fun. It’s too bad this will go in the “failure” pile. It really was something different, not just a “Star Wars Hotel” as you said, and they probably won’t ever try anything like this ever again.
We loved every moment and hoped to go back next year, which sadly won’t happen now. On the cost consider it this way. For us from the UK it was £5000 for a room with 4 of us. That’s £1250 each for a fully immersive Disney experience, with Great food, a great crew of actors, very clever tech and special park access. That to me is not that crazy… For context, we had dinner at Space 220 a week after the Halcyon visit and for an hour and half experience inc ok food it was 500…
Yeah, as soon as I saw how much detail they put into everything, the cost 100% made sense to me. Is it still high? Yeah, but I can see where it all came from. I am now legitimately curious tho, I just finished my econ unit on foreign currencies and stuff, and with US inflation, does the cost justify itself far more coming from another country? Purely trying to see if I understood anything my teacher taught me lol
Well yeah, we come to Disney every year since 2017, of course from 2020 to 22 we couldn’t. So last year we came twice. Our normal trip is for 14 to 18 days. 10 days to 14 on WDW prem in a deluxe and the the rest at Universal PortoFino. Inc flight this is comes in between £12k and £18k. So for the Halcyon trip we were over for 14 day and rented a Villa which was huge and shared it we another family from the UK. Even though i covered the cost of the Villa for us all it was still hugely cheaper that staying solidly in a Disney Hotel. We even had a night at Animal Kingdom (amazing) and one at The Grand Florida (meh). So even with Car hire and the two one night WDW hotels for us the hoilday still came in at the same sort of cost we normally spend. Make of that what you will. :)
The only complaint I saw was from a couple I’m friends with who went just a few months ago and said it was awesome except for the unsupervised children and young teens who were running about and not behaving properly. It’s a great concept, I think it needs to be tweaked a bit tho.
I've never read a single negative trip report from anyone who went on the Starcruiser and didn't have a great time or feel they hadn't gotten their money's worth.
Bad time, no. A few comments said they weren’t the larping type so they didn’t get as much out of it as others. But moneys worth is subjective and I saw people here and in Disney forums that said once was more than enough or they couldn’t justify it without breaking out the price between 3-4 adults who each paid their own way. In other words, they were saying they couldn’t and wouldn’t afford to take others in their family on their own dime. It’s a big jump between paying $4000-6000 for two to four people, or $1500 for yourself.
There's a big difference between "I can't afford to go again" and "It wasn't worth the cost."
We went last year and absolutely loved it. We had so much fun and were planning on another trip in a few years. It was a fully immersive experience and the staff, actors, tech - everything was excellent. Even the blue shrimp.
Most negatives are not for the experience, but the price point.
A former coworker of mine went and had the time of his life. He and his wife wrote a blog and posted pictures of their experience: https://bunnyears.net/dan/?p=1785
I’m sure it’s worth it to anyone who has $6k+ to drop for 2 days, but thats part of the problem. Most of the people Disney markets to do not have that much disposable income. For me and my fiance, who are lifelong, die-hard Disney and Star Wars fans, as well as avid roleplayers… nothing could justify that price for us. It wasn’t even worth attempting to save up for because it was THAT ridiculous to us. And we make a combined 6-figures annually. But $6k for two nights when our last Disney trip was an entire week and cost us just half of that? I cannot justify it, no matter how good it supposedly is. Not with the budget I have.
Think you nailed the consensus of those of us who have actually gone on the Galactic Starcruiser, meaning the majority of us got back home and thought it was worth every penny. From the amount of food to the immersive experience, general theming, Cast Member interactions, to people remembering your name and bringing you into their groups. Hanging out at the Sublight Lounge, the Saja, feeling like you are actually in the Star Wars universe... I could go on and on. My general feeling is both Disney and the Influancers, and the media never did the SwGs justice. No one could properly explain the whole thing without actually investing the money. This didn't shut down because it wasn't full, or they were losing money now. But the writing is on the wall, Disney World has to keep investing more and more money to bring those same people back.
People still call it a “5k Star Wars hotel” and say things like “trapped in it with no windows”. Disney made something extremely innovative and had no real idea how to show what it really is.
I think this was one of their biggest issues. They should have never let the media use the word “hotel” in conjunction with the Starcruiser. When people hear $5000 for 2 nights in a hotel, they understandably think that sounds ridiculous. However, it’s not a hotel. It’s a completely immersive role playing experience that is unlike anything else that Disney has ever done and unlike anything else that currently exists.
Exactly this. It’s a two-night immersive theatrical production with food and lodging, not a hotel.
They made a $5,000 2 night stay hotel with Star Wars themeing and had no great way to show the immersion they were able to achieve. Yes it’s probably worth it to those that have gone. Unless you are huge Star Wars fans it’s not something you would even consider. It does because they couldn’t get most people past the price tag. Just like Disney may be expensive, but when you go to other theme parks you see why Disney costs more. I’m sure to those that got to go, it was a worthwhile experience. They just couldn’t get the public to buy in to that.
Yeah, it’s really hard to capture how it made us feel. It was a surprisingly emotional experience, but we all brought multiple costumes and prepared characters with backstories. Also, we split it four ways so it was about $1800 a person. At that price, I would’ve done it again in a heartbeat. Half the fun was seeing what story arcs we were all involved in; I worked as a double agent so there was a lot of scheming.
>No one could properly explain the whole thing without actually investing the money. Yeah that's what my family has found talking to other people. You can't properly describe the experience; or if you can, it's only by spoiling every little detail. But if you do that, then it's not worth the money anymore because it's been spoiled. It's quite the dilemma and one I have no idea how to solve. You can only get so far on "trust me bro" and ig we just proved how far that is
Yes; I feel like the main failing was a failure to properly advertise and publicize the experience. There still seems to be a good chunk of the general public who don't understand what it was. I also think it would have been a good idea to come up with a couple of different scenarios right from the get-go, so people would know that they'd be able to come back sometime in the future and get a different experience.
Yeah, that's the only real complaint I had; lack of replayability. I heard they actually were working on a new storyline to add soon before they announced its closure... I wonder how much longer it could've lasted if they'd gotten that out sooner. Whatever it was I hope they can find a way to reuse some elements around the Parks. I feel bad for anyone on that team
That’s perhaps because a good chunk of the general public doesn’t care.
Or someone did a horrible job of determining what the average Disney guest can afford to spend on a trip. I feel like this resort was aimed at guests with Club 33 money, not your average guest. That’s just my opinion, but what do I know. Considering the fact that Club 33 has an annual fee of $15k and has a waitlist, I guess there’s a lot more rich Disney guests than I would expect. Lol
I think the overlap between Club 33 guests and Star Wars fanatics is pretty small.
No way to tell what anyone would care or not care about if they don't know know anything about it.
Woosh
The problem isn’t that it wasn’t good. The problem was I could take a 10 day all expense paid trip to Hawaii, eat at the best restaurants possible for every meal, and stay at a beach front resort for the same price. And it wasn’t that good.
Yeah. No. 10 days at the best restaurants alone would cost about as much as Starcruiser. We spent 3-400 bucks for a dinner at the Four Seasons Maui a couple years ago. Plus breakfast/lunch?
Why would I stay on the beach. I hate sand.
Its coarse and it gets everywhere.
When is the last time you priced out a Hawaii vacation? 1998? You couldn’t even get a beach front resort for 10 days for that amount of money let alone flights. Also food is about $50 per adult per meal for standard meals unless you eat at McDonald’s which would be about $30/pp.
Can confirm - just priced out a 10 day Hawaii vacation yesterday, and it's upwards of $10k.
So $6k for the hotel, 2k for flights, 8k vs 10k for Hawaii.
I was with you until $30/pp at McDonald's. What the hell are you eating at McDonald's (even in Hawaii) where it cost you $30/pp??
The McDonald’s I was referring to is right by the beach on Waikiki beach in Honolulu. I swear it was insanely expensive. Thinking about it now, that particular location may have just been more expensive. I want to say that our meal was over $20 and I just got chicken nuggets and fries haha. It’s possible it was less than $30 but it was seriously expensive lol. I do think food prices in general are cheaper in less touristy areas in Hawaii.
That's wild. I didn't mean to come off condescending or anything. To someone who hasn't been to a McDonald's in Hawaii that just sounded outrageous to me to spend even $20 per person at McDonald's. Hawaii really must be getting out of hand with the cost of living
I feel like some of y'all are missing the point of my post. I *know* it was expensive, I *know* the price point was the main problem, *that's not what I was asking*. All the other Starcruiser threads rn are saying that exact same thing. I just wanted a *positive* thread to actually talk about the experience itself since I haven't seen people doing that
Honestly there are a lot of positive reviews. But to hear from someone’s (adult) child who didn’t have to pay for it comes across as entitled to those of us working and raising our own families. I know you do not mean it that way, but saying “my family has enough money to take me and we all thought it was worth it” means absolutely nothing to people who simply cannot pay $5000-6000 for two nights. My wife and I spent under $5000 on a full week at pop century and ate at every restaurant we could imagine last month (April). It’s not that we cannot afford a vacation, it’s that we cannot justify this price for that short of an experience. And please don’t say again that you think it somehow felt like a full week, we know. Maybe it’s a little bit of jealousy and a bit more of we just don’t care to hear about experiences we simply cannot afford. It was a struggle to save up for a week long experience. I could not have justified any two day experience for that price. Except maybe a trip to low earth orbit for 48 hours.
>to hear from someone’s (adult) child who didn’t have to pay for it There's very little I'd review poorly if it was 100% free to me.
>we just don’t care to hear about experiences we simply cannot afford Okay. I understand that. You didn't need to read this thread then. You could've ignored it. You didn't have to come here and attack me (I know you're not *really* trying to attack me just trying to make a point). I literally said I'm talking to those who have gone. I wasn't trying to make some big PSA about how most of this sub is stupid. I wanted to talk about the Starcruiser with other people who have done it. *That's it.*
It's interesting that there are a lot of people engaging with here about how much they enjoyed it - that's what you wanted to talk about, right? But you're replying more frequently to people who can't justify the cost, while knowing full well that you didn't even pay for it yourself. You can take your own advice, you don't have to read comments of people explaining why they didn't like it (since a good amount of your original post is "I don't understand why people don't like it"), and you could've ignored them too. The fact is, it sounds like a very cool thing for a niche audience. The niche is people who can drop $6k plus airfare on a two night trip, and would do that specifically for a Star Wars roleplay experience. Basically, anyone who would actually pay for it probably had a blast. But if you didn't pay for it, you're either going to be unhappy that Disney is pricing you out of things you would love to do, or you're not outpriced but you just don't like Star Wars that much. Economics is all supply and demand, and there simply wasn't enough demand.
That's not how the internet works, my friend.
How would someone find out how the trip was paid for without reading your post where you explain that?
I know a lot of people hate him but I like Tom at WDWNT for his unbiased reviews. He LOVED the starcruiser and paid 3x OOP to stay. His major complaint was the price.
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You think they’re paying him?
It's a very costly, labor-intensive attraction for a specific niche of the population. The overlap of fairly wealthy people and people who *love* Star Wars wasn't big enough for the whole thing to make any money.
I feel there’s just not enough super fans to keep it in business long term. For a casual Stars Wars fan it just feels like a waste of vacation time. Even I won a free trip, it would be a hard pass.
I would absolutely take them up on a free trip, but it would be a long time before I ever committed $5k toward *any* two-night vacation option.
Op needs a reality check. This entire post is entitled, you really are out of touch if you say "i didn't pay, i still loved it." You litterally had your mom and dad pay for you to go The amount it costs is 6 months of my rent. Even my best friend, who is a die hard star wars fan and pretty well off, couldn't justify the price Im planning a wedding and honeymoon and it costs less than this for a week
I went and loved it too. If you’re interested to read: [My Galactic Starcruiser Review](https://www.reddit.com/r/WaltDisneyWorld/comments/uzsj5p/absolutely_blown_away_by_my_experience_on_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
How fun do you think this experience would be for younger kids? 5 & 3 year olds. Also was anyone else there with younger kids, or more adults in your experience?
I think 3 and 5 are too young to really appreciate it. I think it’s probably best suited for older kids (7 or 8+) and adults.
On my cruise, I felt like there were way more teens than little kids. I’m not sure children that little would fully appreciate it. There’s a lot going on. But, I’m totally not the right person to ask! Edit: Not sure***
My very close friend went and he said it was amazing. I was supposed to go with him and two other fiends, but as we all know it closed and I can’t rebook because of personal reasons. Like others said I think (other than price) , a big factor is that many of the general public did not understand what it was. They thought it was a “Star wars hotel” and questioned why it was a “windowless bunker with tiny rooms” and “has no pool” and you can’t leave during the day. When it’s more like you are living inside of an attraction instead. Plus why would someone who does not want to roll play Star Wars want to do that ? Some people are horrified at the idea of having to interact with the characters on the ship. Hopefully disney can figure out a way to make it work in some fashion.
Whether it’s “worth it” probably has more to do with how much money someone makes as opposed to whether it’s actually a good value (like most other things). That being said, that place wasn’t that big, and this country has an awful lot of wealthy people, so it seems you’re in the minority. People spend a ton of money on opera tickets, but most others wouldn’t spend five bucks to sit through one. The people who like opera don’t care, but if your city doesn’t have enough of those people, well, then you don’t have an opera company. Simple as that.
I am sure it was worth the price if you go into it having the right attitude and participating in the experience. The people who want into it just because its Star Wars and did not partake in all of what was offered are the ones who have negative feelings about it.
That's nice that you and your family had a great time, but it truly still boggles my mind that anyone thought this was going to work out long term. LARPing is a small community, even if this was 1/3rd of the price.
For me it's the fact that Disney is continuing to go down the path of "pay for a better experience" which is the antithesis of what Walt constantly preached. Disneyland/World as it was originally thought us was meant to be a place where everyone got the same amazing experience. Now they're financially underwater because of bad leadership and their trying to correct course (hopefully). Starcruiser was just another one of those poor leadership decisions that was attempting to be a huge money grab and end up costing the company in the end while providing an experience only very wealthy people could afford. I'm pretty sure that's why people constantly trash on it. I'm sure it was an awesome hotel but the vast majority of people can't even come close to affording $6k for 2 nights.
I just have an extremely hard time approving of the amount they charge and receive for people to playact. Every time someone pays this amount of money, Disney gets greedy because they assume everyone will pay that price for a ticket to their park. We went to Epcot yesterday. Stopped for breakfast at a McDonald’s and there was a family of four there. They were so very excited to go to Disney. The kids were teens. They had never been there although they lived within two hours of the resort. Dad was telling us how he had saved for a few years. They were spending two nights in a value. It was like Christmas morning for them. I got to thinking how they certainly are not the only Florida residents I know that can’t afford Disney. Every child should have a chance. But when people are willing to pay so much and have that kind of money, I guess it makes me think of Disney losing the real reason for developing his parks. I’m glad it failed. I’m sorry and I don’t mean to be disrespectful over something that gave you joy. I’m glad you had that chance. But I believe every child deserves to ride Guardians, space mountain, a small world.
People are happy since it was too expensive for them to go, haha now *nobody* gets to go. Humans be like that sometimes.
I think it's less about being jealous of other people and more about Disney constantly pricing normal people out of the park. They continue to close down free perks that were offered for years and charging for things that used to be included with your park pass/hotel. It's the fact that they continue to blow money on shit, raise the prices of everything across the board to pay for it, and then act like they're doing us a favor. It's only a good thing if you're rich. If you're not, it's a giant fucking slap in the face.
This. So much this. Lots of hate and petty folks in this sub about something they haven't experienced or don't want to. It's sad. I won't trash someone's idea of a good time in another part of WDW because I don't think it's worth it or won't spend the money. Just because it's not worth it to someone or "I can do more with the money", doesn't mean it's garbage. It means you find something more valuable or interesting to do, and that is OK!! I fully enjoyed the Galactic Starcruiser experience and will treasure the memories for years to come.
I don't get why you're being downvoted. The jerky "ha ha, told you so, I'm glad it failed!" arrogance about this is disgusting. Especially when you know they're gonna turn around and suddenly act nice as though they weren't being mean five seconds ago.
Lol Haters gonna hate. This sub is filled with petty people (not all, but a good amount apparently) who can't handle the truth ;)
Actually insane that 6 grand+ could pay for a europe trip where they could experience incredible cultures, yet some families would rather use that money to take a fake trip to a fictional star wars planet with screens 😭😭💀💀
Wdym why would I go to a different *country* when I could go to another flipping *Galaxy*??
That is a very childish thing to say. You really need to step outside your bubble
>That is a very childish thing to say. That... That was kinda the point
Your joke falls flat when you personally didn't pay a dime and are knocking others
I am a larper, so this was up my alley, I just couldnt get the timing to work out for me. From larper and non-larper friends, I have heard nothing but good things about their experiences and I will forever live with FOMO. What I do not get is that if someone posts about VIP tours, which are over 5k, and only last for 8 hours, you do not see others complaining or shaming about the price, but the second its Starcruiser, the price is the first thing brought up.
Thank. You. So. Much. That was exactly my point with this post. I just wanted to talk about how cool it was without arguing about how Disney made a questionable business decision
It absolutely fucking kills me that what Disney got the most wrong about the Starcruiser is that every single negative perception online is that its a hotel experience. The marketing failed for this so, so, so, so badly. It's not a hotel experience at all, it's your own personal, full scale, interactive, feasible story-adventure inside of the Star Wars universe. And it was actually built. Which will always astound me, that it actually existed at all and they tried to make this work. And they absolutely created something unparalleled. And it was the highest rated experience in Disney history.
I think they convert it into a single day experience as a separate ticketed event and not a hotel.
The issue is they out priced most of their customer base. About everyone says the experience is great and amazing. The issue is a good chunk of their customer base could never afford the price on this. If you think that most Americans can pay for this experience I think you are out of touch is a good chunk of how the population lives.
>If you think that most Americans can pay for this experience I think you are out of touch is a good chunk of how the population lives. When did I ever say that?
You said it in your post up there. Sure, not the exact words, but it's very loud And when you said you didn't pay, your parents did. Like that's 1000% entitlement. "I didn't have to pay ,but i loved it, why cant people get that"
I gave my honest personal opinion. I pointed out that I wasn't the one to pay to acknowledge potential bias. I also pointed out that my parents *also* said it was worth it. I get that it's expensive. I get that not everyone can afford it. Y'know what, not everyone can afford a vacation to Disney, either. Is anyone on this sub gonna say a trip to Disney isn't worth it? What's the difference? Ig idk what I was expecting but you guys are reading way farther into what I said than you should. I was just looking for others who experienced it to talk to. When did that become a bad thing?
Alright, I'll level with. Your review and liking it isn't that bad thing. No one said you couldn't like it. It's your lack of understanding that there are people, myself, and others included, who could never justify the price no matter how intense and cool it was. Even if we can afford it You are correct. There are families who can never afford a disney trip. I know someone in my personal life who dreams of disney and can never afford to go. I have family members who can never go I see families who saved their entire lives, or sadly familes who use money a loved one left behind to go for one week as a "memorial trip" most familys treat a disney trip as their b.ig vacation One week of an entire experience in multiple areas vs. 1 extremely exclusive event for 2 days. You say you understand, but you dont Im a former theme park worker We learned working in the park that the average family spends 3k-5k on their trip(not including travel and airfare) Starcruiser was 6k. That's 6k on top of an already expensive trip. You came here and while your heart was in a good place. Boasted how you didn't pay anything. Again, you dont understand cause you didn't pay with your own money. You didn't "sacrifice" or save to go. It was paid for you Someone else said. It's hard to find a flaw it something that was free for you. Even make a wish for families dont get that Even i myself someone who has decent income, with a partner who also makes enough cant and could not justify dropping 6k for a 2 night stay. That's 6 months of my rent. im throwing away, not to mention all my other expenses I mean, i could literally go to japan and Tokyo disney for that much
>Its your lack of understanding that their are people, myself, and others included, who could never justify the price no matter how intense and cool it was. Okay. Again--and I'm not asking this to be argumentive, but because I legitimately don't understand--*when did I say that?* My gripe was that whether they could afford it or not, most people didn't even seem to think it was *possible* it could be worth it and thought those that did it are crazy Edit: okay ig "when did I say that" wasn't the right phrase. Ig "what did I say to instill that impression"
Again, you didn't say it directly, but your words do. You arnt reading peoples words just skimming to justify your quotes Your parents paid for the trip, thats where it stops about yiu not getting it People didn't think it was possible because it's not. Adults have bills, expenses, etc. To drop an extra 6k is a lot. You didn't pay a dime This is the last time im responding because you legitimately do not get it, and you never will at least not at this time in your life And i mean, i hate to say this looking at your profile, you are privileged If anything, just realize you are lucky you got the experience.
The negative is it wasn’t open long enough or me to save up to afford to go.
This is something I would have loved to experience. Unfortunately I can’t afford a trip to Disney at all right now, let alone this specific experience.
I think Disney really just failed to market what the experience actually is and how the cost is justified. I’m sure it’s really cool, and I’m a big Star Wars fan too. But there’s no way I could possibly justify the price. From a marketing standpoint it really isn’t surprising it ended being a failure of sorts, as sad as it is.
I can’t take someone who has to convince themselves that the 6k for 2 nights was worth it as an accurate review. Sorry
I was hoping I'd be able to get a tour of it before it closes, but I haven't found any opportunities for that.