# I just saw the video press release for Disney's "Star Wars: Galactic Cruiser" Hotel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610 "2021-12-07T03:09:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/1 "2021-12-07T03:09:47Z")
$5000 for a two night stay at the Star Wars Holiday Special! I hope this viddie doesn’t get pulled like most of the others: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qDJwUbVhMu4/hqdefault.jpg "First Look | "Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser" | With Walt Disney Imagineering | Walt Disney World") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDJwUbVhMu4) With all the stars DizCorp has access to, the best they could get to appear is one of the kids from “The Goldbergs”? Look at what they show you, with all the artist’s concept drawings of beautiful people, then imagine what it will really look like-poorly dressed cosplayers and screaming kids making it impossible to hear whatever acts are going on, long lines at the bar etc. For $5000 bucks I can get a decent used car, bub! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/2 "2021-12-07T03:35:58Z")
This fellow was not impressed. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7ssF57idxI8/maxresdefault.jpg "Disney's New Star Wars Hotel Looks ABSOLUTELY AWFUL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ssF57idxI8) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/3 "2021-12-07T03:37:29Z")
I just saw it on the Radio Dead Air Livestream cast tonight, then found it on You Tube. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/4 "2021-12-07T08:47:32Z")
1.) Did he yell “Porn chip!” as he went to light speed? 2.) Are we sure he isn’t on the _Fhloston Paradise_? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/a7Dh5QoXv2c/maxresdefault.jpg "Diva Dance from The Fifth Element.Full version.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Dh5QoXv2c) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/5 "2021-12-07T09:08:42Z")
For $5000 a stay, that was the best they could do? You would’ve gotten more bang for your buck at Santa’s Village in the San Bernandino Mountains. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qdvf6vb9xBY/hqdefault.jpg "Santas Village Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdvf6vb9xBY) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/6 "2021-12-07T12:38:31Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > 2.) Are we sure he isn’t on the _Fhloston Paradise_ ? [Nitpick] I believe it’s spell “Phlogiston”…? [/Nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/7 "2021-12-07T12:46:19Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > 2.) Are we sure he isn’t on the _Fhloston Paradise_ ? > > [Nitpick] I believe it’s spell “Phlogiston”…? [/Nitpick] - > **[Fhloston Paradise](https://fifth-element.fandom.com/wiki/Fhloston_Paradise)** > > Fhloston Paradise is a renowned vacation resort destination located on Fhloston in the Angel Constellation that once featured an enormous floating hotel designed like a cruise ship as its flagship offering. The resort was exclusive to begin with, but... ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/8 "2021-12-07T12:52:16Z")
I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/9 "2023-05-19T03:26:32Z")
Disney ran out of rich suckers. > **[Disney Announces It Will Close Its Star Wars Hotel, Galactic Starcruiser,...](https://people.com/travel/disney-to-close-its-star-wars-hotel-galactic-starcruiser-just-over-a-year-after-opening/)** > > The immersive, experiential stay requires a two-night booking and had received some criticism for its high price point upon opening in March 2022 ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/10 "2024-05-24T15:17:32Z")
Theme park and Star Wars fangirl Jenny Nicholson, who went to experience the “cruise” for herself, has posted a review/post-mortem about the entire fiasco. As typical of Jenny’s videos, it’s extremely exhaustive and therefore extremely long, but I think it’s well worth watching the entire thing. If you just want to get to her analysis of the failure, scroll forward to Chapter 18 “Failure” at 3:30:24. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/T0CpOYZZZW4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0CpOYZZZW4) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/11 "2024-05-24T16:03:47Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Theme park and Star Wars fangirl Jenny Nicholson, who went to experience the “cruise” for herself, has posted a review/post-mortem about the entire fiasco. As typical of Jenny’s videos, it’s extremely exhaustive and therefore extremely long, but I think it’s well worth watching the entire thing. I watched the whole thing (not in one sitting) and was thoroughly entertained. Jenny really gave what I thought was a fair and balanced account of her experience with the Galactic Cruise making sure to praise Disney when they did right and castigate them when they did wrong. Although I’m a big Star Wars fan, the experience was cost prohibitive and I was never going to be a customer. I would have been pissed had I paid that much money for the experience. What I found most interesting was Jenny’s disappointment that so much of the Star Wars Land experience that was promised was put behind the Galactic Cruise paywall. i.e. Interacting with aliens and fun stuff like that. I last visited Disney World back in 2000 and I’m not sure I want to go back. It sounds like the experience as a whole has only gotten more expensive and less fun. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-video-press-release-for-disneys-star-wars-galactic-cruiser-hotel/955610/12 "2024-06-02T00:37:44Z")
I enjoyed this video a lot more than I thought I would. Initially I was put off a little by her voice (“don’t know if I can listen to her for 4 hours!”) and the costumes. But I got over it–turns out she’s smart, articulate and has a sense of humor. And she obviously did her research and put a lot of work into making the video. Despite her negative assessment of the hotel, she’s not a Disney hater…after posting the video she went to Disney World on vacation.