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Star Wars hotel construction at Walt Disney World - July 2019

Posted: Wednesday July 24, 2019 8:50am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Here is a latest look at the new Star Wars hotel currently under construction near to Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World.

Star Wars hotel construction at Walt Disney World - July 2019

The two story structure is expected to have less than 100 guest rooms, with its interior designed to recreate the interior of a space craft - including spaces such as Dojo, the Brig, and the Engineering Room - all locations that could contain highly themed and immersive experiences.

Star Wars hotel construction at Walt Disney World - July 2019

You can read more about the Star Wars hotel in a previous article where we looked at some detailed plans of the hotel. Disney is yet to release an opening date, but with the speed of construction and the relatively small size of the hotel, a 2020 opening would seem a realistic estimate.

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: