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Recently, Disney announced that it would be closing the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser.
Characters on the Starcruiser
The hotel that isn’t REALLY a hotel, but instead an interactive Star Wars experience, is set to have its final voyage from September 28th-30th. After Disney made the announcement, new bookings were temporarily closed. However, booking opened back up on May 26th. Then, later that same day, reservations were no longer available.
As you may already know, Disney World has announced that they’ll be closing the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser hotel later this year.
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Atrium
The experience opened in March 2022, and it was truly one-of-a-kind. Similar to a cruise, you stay “onboard” the Halcyon Starcruiser for two days while you live out a Star Wars story and participate in activities, watch entertainment offerings, and have all your meals in the dining room. But the experience didn’t perform as well as Disney hoped, and now it’s set to close. Bookings reopened for the final voyages today, and if you’re trying to plan one last trip, we have some bad news.
Disney fans received some pretty startling news recently about the CLOSURE of the Star Wars hotel in Disney World. The immersive hotel experience opened just a little over a year ago, in March 2022, so the news that it was closing so soon came as a surprise to many.
Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser
However, there were certainly warning signs about the Galactic Starcruiser‘s profitability. After a few sold-out months around the time of the hotel’s opening, we started to see voyages sell out less and less often, and Disney even reduced the number of voyages offered each week in response to the decrease in demand.
The Starcruiser’s last voyage will be from September 28th through the 30th (this final trip is now sold out). Disney executive Josh D’Amaro just shared more details about WHY the Starcruiser failed and how this will affect The Walt Disney Company. [Read more…]
Disney dropped some HUGE news about its Star Wars hotel this week.
Captain Keevan aboard the Halcyon
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser opened last year for two-night voyages aboard the starship Halcyon that allowed visitors to live out their ULTIMATE Star Wars dreams by becoming part of the onboard Star Wars story. Not only that, but they also got to have unique dining experiences, get lightsaber training, help fly the ship from the bridge, and more. However, Disney announced this week that the Halcyon would make its last voyage at the end of September 2023. Well, that voyage is now officially sold out.
MAJOR news this week, that incredibly immersive – and incredibly expensive – Star Wars Hotel in Disney World is CLOSING.
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
Why is Disney World bringing an end to one of their most ambitious and unique projects to date? There’s a lot more going on than just that $6,000 price tag…
We got some MASSIVE Disney World news yesterday.
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
Disney’s Star Wars hotel, the Galactic Starcruiser has offered guests a unique opportunity to LIVE for two days in a galaxy far, far, away for a little over a year now. The experience offered visitors unique dining, roleplaying experiences that put them in their own Star Wars story, lightsaber training, and excursions to Batuu. However, the Galactic Starcruiser will shut its doors forever on September 30th.
The time to eat your blue shrimp is now folks because Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser (a.k.a. the Star Wars Hotel) is CLOSING.
Galactic Starcruiser room
The cruise-like experience puts you at the center of your very own Star Wars story complete with unique dining experiences, lightsaber training, and an “excursion” to Batuu. We’ve shared a tour of the rooms, details about the WHOLE thing and whether it’s worth it (because a stay here is NOT cheap), and more. But soon this experience will come to an END.
Are you looking to have a GALACTIC getaway?
Crowds in the Galactic Starcruiser’s Atrium
Disney has hosted a lot of sweepstakes. Right now, they’re currently hosting a new event where they’re giving away a Disney vacation worth over $10,000! And guess what? You don’t have to be a DVC Member or make any purchases to enter. It even takes less than a minute to submit your entry — check out all the details.
Do you dream of going on the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser (a.k.a. the Star Wars Hotel) but are terrified of the cost? Well, NOW is your time to book.
Bunk Bed in a Galactic Starcruiser cabin
Disney has already announced an Annual Passholder discount for the experience, plus a Disney Vacation Club discount and a Cast Member discount. But now ANOTHER group can finally join in on the fun at a cheaper cost.
We’ve already established that a stay at Disney World’s Star Wars hotel, the Galactic Starcruiser, is certainly NOT cheap, although discounts are now being offered to select visitors.
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
We’ve also stressed that this is so much more than JUST a themed hotel stay, with an experience that basically has you roleplaying your own character in an adventure that takes place in a galaxy far, far away. However, you’ll still need to sleep at some point, so you might be curious as to what the rooms are like on the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. So we’re going to tell you all about it!
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