PHOTOS - Aerial view of Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser construction at Walt Disney World

Nov 18, 2020 in "Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser"

Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser construction - November 2020
Posted: Wednesday November 18, 2020 9:09am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Here is an aerial view of the upcoming Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser - currently under construction at Walt Disney World.

Located just behind Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios, the 2-day, 2-night stay promises a Star Wars experience like no other. Curb-side check-in prepares you to leave Earth behind, jump to lightspeed and begin your Star Wars story. From the Starcruiser Terminal, you will enter an exclusive launch pod for travel up to the Halcyon, your starcruiser in a galaxy far, far away. 

Click the gallery for more aerial pictures of Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser.

Disney had previously announced Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser would open in 2021 following reservations beginning in 2020. The project has been delayed due to COVID-19 but construction is continuing.

Aerial photos for WDWMAGIC by @cchard.

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    Rich BrownnJan 11, 2025

    I'm pretty sure the Imagineers of days past survived projects they worked on being killed. And there were alot of them, even well into development (Tony Baxter seemed to have the most)

    cjkeatingJan 11, 2025

    You have to assume they are primarily using the support buildings adjacent to the main Starcruiser building? I wonder if this is going to be the DHS WDI field office for Monstropolis/RNRC to save them having to build demountables like they are at DAK and MK?

    SoFloMagicJan 09, 2025

    I bet the daily reminder that your project could die at any time really helps morale

    OceanBlueJan 07, 2025

    It's openly discussed by cast members that it is now the home of Imagineering Central Florida.

    yensid1967Jan 06, 2025

    "Disney has a history of abandoning things and letting them rot..." TAX WRITE OFF! (the same way when an apartment complex has an empty apartment, they get to write it off on their taxes)

    SoFloMagicJan 06, 2025

    They're not short of parking lot space.

    Disney MadduxJan 05, 2025

    Stitch's Great Escape.

    IncomudroJan 04, 2025

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

    SirwalterraleighJan 04, 2025

    The only chance they would ever have to turn this around would be to redesign it as an OT Mecca and market straight at gen X…which is where a lot of “Disney adults” lie. That’s it… They completely miscalculated why people go to Orlando: for all the stuff. To lock you in, charge you a fortune, and use pathetically bad source material was a doozy even by Disney hubris standards

    Vegas Disney FanJan 04, 2025

    It’s Disney, it’ll likely sit there completely untouched for decades. In 10 years an urban explorer will find their way in and be amazed that it looks the same as it did the day it closed, everything still intact, just covered in years of dust. Disney has a history of abandoning things and letting them rot until they find a way of monetizing the land again. (River Country, Discovery island, Life pavilion, etc).

    cjkeatingJan 04, 2025

    Just thinking out loud but if there is ever going to be a relaunch of Starcruiser in any format I wonder if it would be around the time of Mandalorian and Grogu film next summer?

    yensid1967Jan 04, 2025

    I think AT THIS POINT IN TIME with no announcements on what will become of the 'hotel', I think Disney should just cut their loses and demolish it. That will provide more land for expansion!

    SirwalterraleighJan 03, 2025

    Source?

    TP2000Jan 03, 2025

    I'm forever thankful for this project, because it encapsulated everything that was and still is wrong with Disney's parks division circa 2016-2025. First from Bob Chapek, now from Josh D'Amaro. (Who turns out have the same failed leadership style, even if they have different tailors) The hubris, the cheap budget cuts, the heavy cringe, the 24 year old Comms interns writing press releases, the executive smugness, the blatant inability to tend to details, the brazen greed, the fine art of over-promising and under-delivering. Also the lobby line dancing... "AMAZZZZING!" All of it was just so wonderful to behold. I'm glad they gave this gift to us, and may we cherish it forever! :cool: