Disney files construction permit for shuttered Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser

Jan 29, 2024 in "Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser"

Posted: Monday January 29, 2024 9:28am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has filed a construction permit for the now-closed Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World.

 

The permit is assigned to Sunstate Awning & Graphic Design, a Florida-based company that provides custom fabric and metal awnings.

The permit provides no other information, and the scope of the work is unknown. It remains to be seen if this construction is related to any future guest-facing project at the former Starcruiser or simply part of maintaining the building during its closure.

Disney is remaining tight-lipped on the future of the building; speaking in June 2023, Disney Parks boss Josh D'Amaro said, "No hints yet, but something will happen."

Possible concepts for repurposing the Starcruiser include a much cheaper daytime excursion from Star Wars Galaxy's Edge and converting the facility into a traditional hotel experience. The latter seems more unlikely due to significant changes that would need to be made to the building to operate as a conventional hotel.

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. The final Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser voyage was September 28-30, 2023.

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Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

I think a Charlie sheen would be more appropo here 😎

SteveAZee1 day ago

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

monothingie1 day ago

MisterPenguin1 day ago

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

Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

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

ToTBellHop1 day ago

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

PREMiERdrum1 day ago

I stopped traveling with a blacklight years ago.

pdude811 day 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

fgmnt1 day ago

You sure that was starch?

monothingie2 days ago

I got a weeklong comp'd stay because the towels in my room at the GF were full of spiders.

ToTBellHop2 days ago

Don’t worry. They’re washed monthly. Better than those nasty, starchy comforters people miss for some reason…yuck.

MisterPenguin2 days ago

Wait!! Are you telling me that the towels in my room were previously used by other guests!!!! EWWWW!!!!

MagicHappens19712 days ago

I was gonna point out the fold as well but I thought people would say I’m crazy lol

Sirwalterraleigh2 days ago

To commemorate the biggest disaster in the history of Disney parks? And by biggest…I mean it won like secretariat at the Belmont