Posted on 05/19/2023 5:24:17 AM PDT by Red Badger
Disney World is shutting down the Galactic Starcruiser, the immersive Star Wars-themed hotel that costs around $5,000 for a two-night stay. In an update on Disney’s website, the company says the Starcruiser will host its final guests from September 28th to the 30th.
“We are so proud of all of the Cast Members and Imagineers who brought Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser to life and look forward to delivering an excellent experience for Guests during the remaining voyages over the coming months,” Disney’s update says. “Thank you to our Guests and fans for making this experience so special.”
Disney’s Galatic Starcruiser hasn’t been around for long, as it only first opened its doors to guests in March 2022. The lavish hotel is modeled after the Halcyon in Star Wars, featuring highly detailed decor, interactive events, themed dining, and live entertainment spanning a two-night experience. But with a price of roughly $4,807 for two adults (or $5,999 for three adults and one kid), Disney doesn’t exactly make taking the stay very affordable.
There have been signs that the experience may have been struggling, however. In March, Disney announced that it would start scheduling two bookings per week in October, down from its typical three to four weekly bookings. With the Halcyon set to close in September, Disney won’t get the chance to make this change.
According to Disney, the company will contact anyone who has bookings on or after September 30th “to discuss your options and modify your plans.” The company is also pausing new bookings until May 26th while it takes care of affected guests. Disney didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s request for comment.
It’s been a pretty rough day for Disney. In addition to closing up the Galactic Starcruiser, CEO Bob Iger announced that the company’s canceling its plans to build a $1 billion development near its Orlando, Florida, theme park.
The move, which Iger attributes to “changing business conditions” in an internal memo, is likely a result of Disney’s feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Disney sued Florida last month, accusing the state of partaking in a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” after the company expressed opposition to the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. The canceled project also means that 2,000 Disney employees in California will no longer have to relocate to Florida, one of the reasons why workers staged a walkout last year.
The inside poop is that it was overbooked by foreign nationals, and Disney cast members lacked linguists and culture reps up to the challenge.
What?
Disney had no cunning linguists?...................
You mean Michelle Obama?
Me too, one and done.
I think where Disney really mishandled the Star Wars franchise is focusing so much on their movies (7, 8, 9). Most of the older fans (i.e. those with money) have nostalgia for the original and prequel trilogies and the toys, books, comics, video games, and lore from that time. They want to see characters and callbacks to the content they watched and the toys they played with.
That poster above stated it succinctly -- this is actually a pretty big loss for Iger, as Galaxy's Edge was his baby (although Chapek built both of them), traffic peaked and is almost in freefall, and Halcyon was just a staggeringly-dumb idea.
So Iger has papered it over with simultaneous release of "You freaks can stay in Kalifornia." Good luck on your next expansion, Bobalu, or are you going to sell the company and ride the platinum parachute...
Shareholders are not stupid.
They know the details.
The public may buy the excuses but the shareholders won’t......................
Disney’s not what it once was... in so many ways.
I think Lucas sold Star Wars at just the right time.
He knew the franchise would slowly die off.................
How many rooms in that hotel? If it is a custom experience with only a few rooms that makes sense but if it’s more than that then lower the rent and rent it to recover their costs
Disney’s stock price is down close to 2% today. It’s currently trading at $91.86 per share.
Thirty months ago, Disney traded at approximately $180.00 per share. It’s done nothing but fall since then. It’s 52-week low is $84.07 and it may soon return to those levels. The company has made bad decisions time after time and is losing more of its subscribers each month. Most people do not want the product that Disney is currently selling.
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“Like “Lassie” with an airplane.”
LOL!
There are female Wookie’s in Star Wars. Chewbacca is married and with kids, even.
Now, here in “the real world”, we have the former Wookie in Chief, Michael Obama.
LOL!
Disney can stuff some illegal aliens in there. And feed them with leftover cotton candy from the park
The Star Wars hotel is expensive and not worth the money, so it was doomed to close anyway. They are using DeSantis as an excuse, just like the so-called 1 billion they claimed they were going to spend.
That billion dollar move was already going to be cancelled due to continuing losses at Disney for the foreseeable future. They are just using DeSantis as an excuse for their poor business practices.
Star Wars Christmas Special???????..................... 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤷♂️🤷♀️😒.........................
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