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This Luxury ‘Star Wars’ Immersive Resort Is Like ‘Westworld’ In Space
The Fresh Toast ^ | July 22, 2017 | Julien Perry

Posted on 07/22/2017 4:23:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Star Wars fans are about to lose their minds. As part of the anticipated Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge being added to Florida’s Disney World in 2019, the theme park is also getting an immersive resort based on the epic film series.

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts chairman Bob Chapek told a crowd at the D23 Expo last weekend that:

We are working on our most experiential concept ever, it combines a luxury resort with immersion in an authentic environment. It’s unlike anything that exists today. From the second you arrive, you will become a part of a Star Wars story. You’ll immediately become a citizen of the galaxy and experience all that entails, including dressing up in the proper attire.

Once you leave Earth, you will discover a starship alive with characters, stories, and adventures that unfold all around you. It is 100% immersive, and the story will touch every single minute of your day, and it will culminate in a unique journey for every person who visits.

As The Verge puts it: “Guests wouldn’t wear flip-flops and shorts; they’d wear Star Wars costumes. They wouldn’t deal with hotel employees; they’d interact with Star Wars creatures and droids. And over the course of their stay, the story would unfold around them through a series of story moments and interactions, letting them fall completely into a fictional world.”

According to Disney World News Today, the experience would be priced around $1000 per guest and include (among other things), room with an interactive “view” (galaxy or pool/atrium), set check-in and check-out dates so everyone is immersed on the same “story” timeline, and story-driven entertainment that unfolds over the course of your stay (including live character chance encounters, and the opportunity to watch or engage in the story through things like personalized secret missions, flight training, starship exploration, and lightsaber training).

No word if Disney plans to expand this idea to California.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies; Travel
KEYWORDS: disneyworld; entertainment; florida; starwars
Sounds like it'll be a cash cow. Just the Asian tourists will fill their pockets like a printing press.
1 posted on 07/22/2017 4:23:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I used to attend Media West in Lansing every year...we were several decades ahead of Disney on this! It was three days of living in that universe, costumes, blaster battles, et al. It was really a lot of fun. Excessive, but fun.


2 posted on 07/22/2017 4:49:08 PM PDT by freepertoo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Will the paying public be wearing RED SHIRTS ?


3 posted on 07/22/2017 4:51:30 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, OK. But this time if Princess Leia ain’t nekkid I’m demanding my quatloos back.


4 posted on 07/22/2017 4:53:22 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

OK, I know this is from The Fifth Element, but consider, Jar Jar Binks as a black man! Instead of forking out a Cleveland to stay each night at that Disney 'resort', I would insist on their paying me a Wilson to stay for a night!

5 posted on 07/22/2017 4:58:23 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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If you go, do not skimp on your accommodations. You won't regret the extra expense.

6 posted on 07/22/2017 5:17:20 PM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
 
 
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7 posted on 07/22/2017 6:30:10 PM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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Sounds cool, but not for me; I’ll enjoy the rides and so on at the parks, but resort lodging is for decompression, cooling off, and sleeping :)


8 posted on 07/22/2017 6:58:33 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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