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Post by rwethereyet on May 19, 2023 12:42:53 GMT -5
Well, they just saved me a bunch of money b closing the experience. I had hoped to do it one day, just had not fit it into the schedule. Thanks, Disney.
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Post by Brian5581 on May 19, 2023 15:00:02 GMT -5
I find her quite pleasant. Keep her there, add in Slave Leia, make it an adults-only nightclub-type place... I'm in. |
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Post by helenabear on May 20, 2023 6:56:56 GMT -5
We did it. We loved it. Yes it’s expensive, but you’re basically at a show with actors performing for 20 hours? And not just actors, they can improv and they have great memory about previous conversations. Basically we paid for a super exclusive once in a lifetime experience. What is wrong with Rey? The issue is the time period chosen. Rey was fine but the new trilogy really sucked by the end. Many long time fans want the original timeline, not Batuu with Kylo et al. Disney kinda killed Star Wars. The animated stuff was good but lately? They need to quit. |
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Post by brp on May 20, 2023 9:52:28 GMT -5
We did it. We loved it. Yes it’s expensive, but you’re basically at a show with actors performing for 20 hours? And not just actors, they can improv and they have great memory about previous conversations. Basically we paid for a super exclusive once in a lifetime experience. What is wrong with Rey? The issue is the time period chosen. Rey was fine but the new trilogy really sucked by the end. Many long time fans want the original timeline, not Batuu with Kylo et al. Disney kinda killed Star Wars. The animated stuff was good but lately? They need to quit. The Star Wars saga is a really well done and innovative trilogy. End of story.
Despite trying, they have not been able to recreate what Star Trek has done with new story lines.
Cheers.
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Post by nrspepe on May 20, 2023 10:06:53 GMT -5
Could not agree more regarding Star Trek. This final season of Picard was amazing. Strange New Worlds is just as good as, if not better than, some of the older series.
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Post by brp on May 20, 2023 10:10:19 GMT -5
Could not agree more regarding Star Trek. This final season of Picard was amazing. Strange New Worlds is just as good as, if not better than, some of the older series. Good to hear. We're just wrapping up "DIscovery," which we really like. "Picard" is next, then "Strange New Worlds." Even the older "new" series were interesting, each in their own way.
Cheers.
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Post by pooh bears mom on May 20, 2023 11:06:28 GMT -5
Not surprised. Disney destroyed Star Wars in my opinion. I was a huge fan...until disney created 7, 8, and 9:(
They destroyed Luke's character. I have zero interest in anything Star Wars - this from someone who was a Huge fan!!
Kathleen Kennedy should have looked to series like Gundam (anime that came out in similar time frame as SW) to discover what made it timeless and successful - they never destroyed their original characters. It has several off-shoot time lines, but the main time line has remained timeless.
I really do not like Rey's character. As a matter of fact, I would rather sit through a trilogy about Jar-Jar binks than one about Rey 'Skywalker'
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Post by MinnieMom on May 22, 2023 9:33:09 GMT -5
If they're smart, they'll create a bookable tour like the Wild Africa Trek. Get a half day experience with a meal at the end. I'd do this. Let me travel from Galaxy's Edge to the Halcyon, do some activities like lightsaber training or some kind of mission, and then feed me in the dining room. Set the storyline to be prequel or original trilogy timelines -- but change it up on a regular basis. OR make the storyline be a regular schedule. Maybe something like... If you want something prequel/Clone Wars/Rebels/Rogue One/Andor timeline -- book MWF If you want something original trilogy timeline -- book TThSat Give people the power to choose multiple adventures and that's what will keep them coming back. It's a little like injecting some of the magic from Star Wars Weekends into this. That doesn't solve the problem having 100 sleeping rooms untenanted. I hope they don't take forever to figure this out. I hope for this. I agree it would be the smartest play. Because it strikes me as a smart play, not sure it will happen at all. The 100 hotel rooms are not a problem. Include a room to relax/cool off as part of the (expensive) day package. Just change up the furniture from a bed to sofa with table. Now the experience includes time in the park's SW themed area, themed transport over to an adventure for a couple hours, some chill time in the room and a nice dinner before returning to the park after sundown to finish the day with a reserved ride. On 2nd thought, including the guest rooms as private hang out spots means it would be easier logically to have multiple adventures. Visit the engineer room or learn lightsaber or go to bar or visit bridge - all could be scheduled via phone app with downtime options in room between or in place of one of those experiences. I'm happy for those who got to do it. I never would have - just don't play in that financial sandbox at this point in life. And that's okay. But it wasn't just the price that doomed Starcruiser. It was the time investment too. You were locking down two days of a vacation on something that had no escape - they didn't even build a pool, which has always baffled me. So you effectively excluded: - folks without the funds readily available - families who might put the funds together, but who don't all *love* Star Wars and can't justify dragging little Timmy who just wants to ride Test Track around - just about everyone who had already done it once (what was the repeatability?) - people who are uncomfortable with interaction on that scale - foreign guests who did not understand the experience (there was a reason you had to book over the phone, not just online, to prevent confusion from people expecting a 'normal' hotel) - a bunch of smaller groups I'm forgetting Disney made a bet that the pool that remained would be enough to keep Starcruiser going, and lost. I'm glad they tried it, I hope they can come up with some kind of day tour because I think that's a fine idea, but I also won't mourn its passing. Yep. Agree here too. Also very glad they tried it. Starcruiser pushed the bar on creative storytelling. It didn't work as designed, at least in part for the reasons mentioned here and elsewhere on this thread. But good for Disney for trying. I really hope the hotel does not become another ghost building left to rot. Not surprised. Disney destroyed Star Wars in my opinion. I was a huge fan...until disney created 7, 8, and 9:( They destroyed Luke's character. I have zero interest in anything Star Wars - this from someone who was a Huge fan!! Kathleen Kennedy should have looked to series like Gundam (anime that came out in similar time frame as SW) to discover what made it timeless and successful - they never destroyed their original characters. It has several off-shoot time lines, but the main time line has remained timeless. I really do not like Rey's character. As a matter of fact, I would rather sit through a trilogy about Jar-Jar binks than one about Rey 'Skywalker' I liked movie 7. It was basically A New Hope retold. That worked for me. Movie 8 was a hot mess, overturning canon lore and derailing the story entirely. Movie 9 attempted retcon to pull it back, but it was too far gone. Movies 7-9 together made the first 6 feel utterly irrelevant. The pain suffered, the sacrifices made over the first 6 movies and supporting animated series, books, shows, etc. - all for nothing by the end of Movie 8. And I agree those with the money to spend on Starcruiser experience skew older, with stronger attachment to original trilogy characters. Certainly not exclusively, but enough to impact business sustainability of hotel. |
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Post by brerkaren on May 22, 2023 10:45:14 GMT -5
Is there a chance this could be converted into a hotel?
No. This was never meant to be a hotel. While Disney fans (and the media) call it the Star Wars hotel, that wasn't what it was designed to be, and isn't even in the name.
- No windows anywhere
- No pool
- Super tiny rooms (IIRC around 180 sqft)
I was listening to the latest Disney Dish and Len Testa also brought up that there isn't a front desk and they would need other dining options.
If they had built a true hotel that was Star Wars themed, that probably would have been successful.
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Post by brp on May 22, 2023 11:02:14 GMT -5
Is there a chance this could be converted into a hotel? No. This was never meant to be a hotel. While Disney fans (and the media) call it the Star Wars hotel, that wasn't what it was designed to be, and isn't even in the name.
- No windows anywhere
- No pool
- Super tiny rooms (IIRC around 180 sqft)
Based on those characteristics, maybe a prison? Well, it has been discussed previously...  Cheers. |
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Post by brerkaren on May 22, 2023 11:08:53 GMT -5
No. This was never meant to be a hotel. While Disney fans (and the media) call it the Star Wars hotel, that wasn't what it was designed to be, and isn't even in the name.
- No windows anywhere
- No pool
- Super tiny rooms (IIRC around 180 sqft)
Based on those characteristics, maybe a prison? Well, it has been discussed previously... Cheers. Hah! |
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Post by cornbread on May 22, 2023 14:11:11 GMT -5
It sounded interesting, but price was too high for us. Was hoping it might come down sometime in the future.
I do think a location that could work for all three trilogy timelines would have worked better instead of just Batuu. More flexible- hell, star tours has a bunch of different timeline options. However, I'm not bashing Rey. I like her and many of the other characters from the new trilogy. But it seems like the writing & timelines & such got very haphazard & sloppy in the third trilogy.
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Post by oldhalfelf on May 26, 2023 14:43:11 GMT -5
Well. Today being 5/26, I attempted to make a reservation on the Halcyon for DW anytime near her June birthday. When I first called, the web page of availability dates showed nothing after 7/1, but there were two plausible two-day period voyages in June. I called, went through the automated option tree, was given a short (7 min) wait-time, and then was kicked out to normal reservations (not for the Starcruiser), where I was told to try the Halcyon number again and invited to take a survey regarding the (very nice) cast member who took my call to tell me she couldn't help me. This was repeated four more times, while I kept calling back. Interestingly, the projected wait time contracted monotonically across the calls. In the middle of the set, the available pair of June dates disappeared. On the final call, when I was dumped into normal reservations, the rather brusque woman told me that they were sold out for all room categories, June through September. Interestingly, she did not suggest I take a survey. Someone clearly underestimated pent-up demand for Halcyon voyages in setting the service termination date -- a circumstance likely to attract media commentary, as it will disappoint some stockholders as well as Star Wars fans.  |
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Post by JaxFLBear on May 26, 2023 14:52:01 GMT -5
Someone clearly underestimated pent-up demand for Halcyon voyages in setting the service termination date -- a circumstance likely to attract media commentary, as it will disappoint some stockholders as well as Star Wars fans. I've seen it posted elsewhere that the end date aligns with the end of Disney's fiscal year. |
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Post by jedimom3 on May 26, 2023 17:47:39 GMT -5
I was following a thread on another forum, and people discussing how long the wait was to try and make a reservation today, most waited on hold over 3 hours, at least...not all were lucky enough to get through before they sold out. I also kept refreshing the availability screen and watched the days dwindle away....then finally all sold out, can't even view the calendar.
Seems like almost everyone who went on, or commented on going, just loved the experience, but goodness, what a terrible price point and model. I so wish they'd not scrap it, and instead offer some other wonderful SW experience just for a day, or character dining, or meet and greets or SOMETHING! .
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