Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World to permanently close

SamusAranX17 hours ago

Lake Como in Italy says hello 😉

kingdead1 day ago

That was the problem--for that price, there shouldn't be a worst seat in the house! Some attendees were getting these personal interactions with cast members and some were stuck scanning crates, and the ratio of actors to attendees meant this had to have been baked into the system.

larryz1 day ago

It's almost as if Disney said to itself, "We killed the Star Wars franchise, now we might as well kill off the Starcruiser, too..."

Rhinocerous1 day ago

There is something there, if you choose to dig deep enough. He resents his parents. He hates himself. Perhaps he subconsciously wants to ruin that which facilitated his existence.

pdude811 day ago

I think this is a reference to the book where Han and Leia spent their honeymoon on the Halcyon. So in that way the ship is canon, whether or not the happenings in SWGS are or not.

Dragonman1 day ago

That makes it all the more hilarious that he’s on the ship in the finale.

Tha Realest1 day ago

It’s not only canon, it’s possibly where Kylo Ren was conceived.

sedati1 day ago

Jenny used to unabashedly request free stuff in her videos. From movie premieres to trips to the Starcruiser itself if memory serves. When she committed to monetize her content changed. While she was great at her own thing I think she later took too much influence from Lindsay Ellis who is not know for saying “Thanks, I Love It”

Sirwalterraleigh1 day ago

Do you mean “canon” like the idea should have been shot out of a canon towards the sun? 🤔

Rhinocerous1 day ago

Was the Galactic Starcruiser canon? I feel like it would have to be with the tie-in media and all that. (And please forgive me if this opens a can of worms. I didn't read the early thread and I know how this fandom can be. If this comment breaks some kind of détente, feel free to delete it.)

flynnibus1 day ago

In short… performance is still a large part because of the personal interactions and improv that went on. Same way people loved the adventurer’s club… or even smaller variations like the different genies in DCA’s aladdin show… or even the personality of a parade performer interacting with you on the parade route 1:1 The 1:1 feeling and uniqueness never comes across in a recording of a scene people may inly see once or twice. And yes this kind of stuff is what makes it so much different than watching a show… and you don’t need to a LARPer… you’re interacting with performers.

JMcMahonEsq1 day ago

I totally agree. I like the A/B cruise idea. I also think the concept could work on a seasonal level, where the next year it’s a different experience. I also came away from our experience that the concept itself could have been developed yearly/seaaonaly around different themes. The build out of the Star Cruiser might make it tough but maybe year 1-2 was Star Wars. Followed by a reskin and then it was a guardians of the galaxy experience, or some changes and it’s a pirates of the Caribbean, ect. That way you have a chance at people who might enjoy multiple generes and be willing to spend the money on it, or tap into different fan bases willing to pay the mont for one and done experience

larryz1 day ago

cjkeating1 day ago

So yes.. the story is the same each cruise. The same things happen. I would say the only moments that are specifically fixed - so no interaction from guests - is the muster drill and the finale. Every other story moment has interactivity from the guest. So how are distractions done, how information is passed between guests or to other characters etc. It's hard to explain because often it's all very subtle, some of it is 'set up' by the story mechanics other has to be unique as people are free to do what they want. I improvised a feeling faint/a diabetic episode to distract Captain Keevan from something Raithe Cole was doing who improvised running over to Guest Services to get me a snack so he could then pass something on to another guest before she searched him. For the rest of the cruise the Starcruiser staff kept on checking in on me and asking if I needed more snacks. That for me was a hilarious/memorable personal moment. Likewise on day 2 myself and my husband were split up for an afternoon mission I was in Engineering when Rey boarded the ship, she was looking for Sammie (the mechanic) and I knew where he was as my partner was with him so I had to run up the bridge to tell Sammie so he could meet with Ray. This was a 'scripted' moment but in the moment it felt very real and coincidental. I think my husband thought I'd had an actual medical emergency when I was banging on the window to the bridge as the doors were locked to get myself let in. It's moment like these that don't get picked up on vlogs (as they are too personal to capture) and also the actors often asked for these moments to not be recorded from what I saw. As a final aside, whilst Jennie got the worst seat in the house for dinner, I think we got the best seat in the house... for Day 1 dinner the Lieutenant Croy (First Order) sat at our table for the majority of the first nights dinner. We had no idea. We didn't pay extra. We just got given the table where he sits each Day 1 dinner and then the experience that goes with that.