Listen to Disney creative executives answer the question of if Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser is worth the high asking price

Mar 01, 2022 in "Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser"

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Posted: Tuesday March 1, 2022 8:54am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

When Disney released the sample pricing for Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser back in August 2021, it surpassed most people's expectations. It led to many wondering if the experience could ever be worth the $5000 to $6000 that the two-night, two-day starcruiser voyage costs.

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During the recent media previews, national reporter for Newsy Clayton Sandell asked that very question to two of Disney's creative executives that were made available to answer questions.

Executive Creator Director Wendy Anderson said, "The depth of storytelling, the amount of play, the amount of engagement that a person is going to experience, I don't think you are going to question the cost."

Executive Producer Ann Morrow Johnson added, "This truly is a two-day piece of immersive theater that's also a game, that's also a cruise experience, that is also a way to live you Star Wars story, so I'm not sure it can be compared to anything we have seen in the past."

The bantha in the room: the #StarWars #GalacticStarcruiser is quite expensive ($4,800 to $6,000 per voyage), and for many fans, it’s out of reach. Here’s how Disney creative execs Wendy Anderson and Ann Morrow Johnson answered when I asked if the experience is “worth it”. @Newsy pic.twitter.com/4EiwThBe2h
— Clayton Sandell (@Clayton_Sandell) February 25, 2022

Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser opens to paying guests today, March 1 2022 at Walt Disney World in Florida.

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Rich Brownn20 days ago

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)

cjkeating20 days ago

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?

SoFloMagic22 days ago

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

OceanBlue24 days ago

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

yensid196725 days ago

"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)

SoFloMagic25 days ago

They're not short of parking lot space.

Disney Maddux26 days ago

Stitch's Great Escape.

Incomudro27 days ago

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Sirwalterraleigh27 days ago

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 Fan27 days ago

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).

cjkeating27 days ago

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?

yensid196727 days ago

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!

Sirwalterraleigh28 days ago

Source?

TP200028 days ago

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: