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Disney’s absurdly expensive Star Wars hotel is shutting down
The Verge ^ | May 18, 2023, 4:55 PM CDT | By Emma Roth

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bobiger; disney; florida; hotel; rondesantis; starwars
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To: Red Badger

There's no windows.

61 posted on 05/19/2023 11:45:27 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Red Badger
Yep.

If not do not bother it is really, really bad.

I think everyone on the set was either high or intoxicated

62 posted on 05/19/2023 11:47:44 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Except for certain shows, we typically don’t watch commercial TV.

I pay for satellite channels, so why watch the free ones?...................


63 posted on 05/19/2023 11:53:54 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

The few shows I watch on commercial TV are recorded. So I fast forward past the commercials.


64 posted on 05/19/2023 11:54:53 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

That would not pass Florida building codes.

But Disney was it’s own law at the time......................


65 posted on 05/19/2023 11:54:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Disney is now engaged in a new enterprise: Woke Wars. May the farce be with you.


66 posted on 05/19/2023 11:57:17 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Red Badger

Even spending that kind of money you were not allowed to record video or take your own photos.
Disney was charging extra to have someone else do this!

You stayed inside a windowless box.


67 posted on 05/19/2023 1:19:51 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Armando Guerra

The hotel failed because it featured only characters from the sequels, which are despised by a majority f Star Wars fans.

Nobody wanted to see Rey, Kylo etc. or that era .
They wanted Han, Luke and Leila. Storm Troopers.
But Kathleen Kennedy wanted to destroy Star Wars and she has done so.
Most of the attractions of the hotel were supposed to be in GalaxyS Edge for free.

The price was way too damn high. Less than 48 hours cost 6 k.

The quality of experience was poor and too many things were expensive add ones.


68 posted on 05/19/2023 5:01:30 PM PDT by 1ScrappyArmyMom
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To: windsorknot

Disney is turning into a woke zombie enterprise at ludicrous speed.

(credit—Mel Brooks—Spaceballs)


69 posted on 05/19/2023 5:07:53 PM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Has zero to do with Florida feud.

The hotel was already shutting down weeks and offering discounts before the political situation

Truth is fans hate the sequels. This hotel was a sequel one

Star Wars is dead and the rat and Kathleen Kennedy killed it.

They also just destroyed the Mandolorian this last season.

No one gives a damn about the Acolyte or a new Rey movie.


70 posted on 05/19/2023 5:18:55 PM PDT by 1ScrappyArmyMom
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To: MinorityRepublican
On the other hand the Star Trek Enterprise Casino would have been awesome!


71 posted on 05/20/2023 5:26:47 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Red Badger

Look what they’ve/Disney’s done to “Indiana Jones”...

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/05/19/nolte-disneys-indiana-jones-5-debuts-brutal-reviews/


72 posted on 05/20/2023 11:36:42 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Red Badger

Disney is dead. The first three Star War movies were simple fun if you liked that type of entertainment. Disney had to take over the franchise and after the 250th sequel it’s DEAD. Disney’s creativity is dead. It’s sense of wonder DEAD. It worships “DIE”, diversity, inclusivity and equity without any spiritual, moral or ethical center. Disney committed suicide.


73 posted on 05/20/2023 11:45:54 AM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: Red Badger
If you want an immersive hotel experience, try the TWA Hotel at New York's JFK Airport.

-PJ

74 posted on 05/20/2023 11:51:14 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Carriage Hill

75 posted on 05/22/2023 5:39:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Chgogal

Disney was murdered by slow poison..................


76 posted on 05/22/2023 5:42:07 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
I am a huge star wars fan, and comfortable financially, but I wouldn’t have stayed in that place for 1/10 of the price they were charging.

There aren't that many families that can afford to blow $5K+ for a 2 night stay. If they do, it is been there done that. I suspect cooperations that pay big bucks for retreats aren't putting up with the nonsense..

77 posted on 05/22/2023 8:41:47 AM PDT by EVO X ( )
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To: logi_cal869

PreI-Iger


78 posted on 05/24/2023 10:50:56 AM PDT by newbie 10-21-00
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