Disney Parks Boss Josh D'Amaro hints at something coming to Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World

Jun 27, 2023 in "Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser"

Posted: Tuesday June 27, 2023 3:10pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

In a recent interview with The Points Guy, Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products Chairman Josh D'Amaro commented on the future of the soon-to-close Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser.

In response to a question about the future of Starcruiser, D'Amaro said, "No hints yet, but something will happen."

He continued, "I know not everything's going to work. What did work, though, is we took creativity and storytelling to a completely new level, to a level that had never existed before. ... It didn't work commercially. And so, when we realized that, you just make a call and move on."

The final voyage for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser will take place September 28-30, 2023, and has already sold out. Disney is contacting guests booked on the cancelled Starcruiser voyages and says it hopes to relocate Cast Members to other roles at Walt Disney World.

Carrying a lofty price tag of around $5200 for the two-day, two-night experience, Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser launched on March 1 2022. After stronger-than-expected initial sales, Starcruiser bookings quickly stalled, forcing Disney to look to save costs and boost reservations.

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cjkeatingLess than a minute ago

Who is she? I don’t want to waste 4 hours on my life on this is she’s just some click bait vlogger.

Animaniac93-989 hours ago

Exactly. Jenny was someone who understood the vibes, the concept, and wanted to actively participate as much as possible. She didn't misunderstand what the Starcruiser was, she was 100% open and willing to give it a fair shot. She outlines many, many things that went wrong or didn't live up to her expectations, but in the "schedule" section of the video she talks about how it also "broke my body" and made her feel sick (forcing her to leave dinner on the 2nd night and stay in her room for a bit) because of how taxing and overscheduled this "luxury vacation experience" was, even though she didn't do everything possible at every minute. "I really can't imagine doing Starcruiser with little kids, or if you had health problems...you could but you'd have to accept you'd miss a lot things to take breaks or nap" Yikes. She breaks down the cost and says it came down to $2/person/minute, excluding time to sleep, shower etc. When you're paying that kind of money, not only are your expectations high, but you can't afford to not do things. It's insane. It's a fascinating, hilarious and extremely well researched video, but also so upsetting to know what she was put through or missed out on after spending $6k and how some things only got resolved because she has a lot of followers on Twitter.

Tha Realest9 hours ago

That such a person had so much to dislike about this project tells you how far they missed the mark.

ChrisFL9 hours ago

not a big fan of hers, she loved The Last Jedi but hated Rogue One, so I call in to question her Star Wars expertise :p j/k, I'll probably watch it sometime.

Movielover11 hours ago

Jenny Nicholson just released a fantastic video about her experience onboard and the failure of the Starcruiser. As someone who really wanted to see this idea succeed its incredible to see just how much Disney blundered this concept.

Sirwalterraleigh24 days ago

I think a Charlie sheen would be more appropo here 😎

SteveAZee24 days ago

It's the opposite of "fur babies"... shaved cats. (don't Google)

monothingie24 days ago

MisterPenguin24 days ago

Is that what people are calling their children nowadays? "cats"?

Sirwalterraleigh24 days ago

…remember there’s about 10,000 college programmers in the area.

ToTBellHop24 days ago

Me, too. Sick and tired of people sneaking their cats into hotels and letting them pee on everything!

PREMiERdrum24 days ago

I stopped traveling with a blacklight years ago.

pdude8124 days ago

Oh man. We had a needle and thread in one of our towels Easter week. I just cut it out and notified the front desk on check out. They did offer me late check out if I need it though :p

fgmnt24 days ago

You sure that was starch?