food IS a theme park
With a Disney World hotel closing this month, there are a lot of other things going away with it.
Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser
The Star Wars: Galactic Starcrusier hotel opened in March 2022 and offered guests a completely immersive Star Wars experience. It is now officially closing its doors on September 30th and with that, a lot of unique things will disappear from Disney World.
If you’ve been on the Disney side of the internet for the past few weeks, odds are you’ve seen a LOT about Disney World’s new Star Wars Hotel.
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
The Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is a fully immersive two-night trip aboard the cruise ship-like Starcruiser, the Halcyon. Though you aren’t really soaring through space, the experience is designed to last the entire duration of your stay; that means a trip on Galactic Starcruiser could mean missing two park days. Can it possibly be worth it?
Disney is charging $5,000+ for two nights at their new Star Wars hotel. Can the experience possibly be worth it?
The Sublight Lounge
We’ve visited Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser both as guests of the media event and as paying guests on the inaugural sailing. Now, we’re using all of our expertise and research to answer the question everyone has been asking: Is Disney World’s Star Wars Hotel worth it?
The Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser has a lot of activities you can do while you’re on the ship, like playing sabacc, interacting with characters, or trying the fun drinks in the Sublight Lounge.
Sublight Lounge
But, one of the activities that we’ve been the most hyped up about (as we’re sure other Star Wars fans have been, too) is the lightsaber training! We know we’re not alone in saying that we’ve wanted to wield a lightsaber (and actually FEEL like we’re using it) since seeing the movies years ago. Is there even a cooler weapon in cinema?! Well, we finally got to try out the lightsaber training aboard the Galactic Starcruiser, and we’re here to tell you if it’s worth the hype!
Star Wars fans, get ready!
A Suite on the Galactic Starcruiser ©Disney
If you are a huge fan of Star Wars, chances are you’ve heard about the new Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser coming to Disney World next year. Well, there are some super exciting things coming to this immersive trip including unique food, exclusive merchandise, and one-of-a-kind experiences including lightsaber training!
It’s an exciting day for Star Wars fans. First, it’s Life Day — which is a Wookiee celebration honoring family, happiness, and harmony, as well as Wookiee culture. And you can celebrate from home with new merchandise Disney just released online.
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But we also got even MORE details about the Galactic Starcruiser, aka the Star Wars Hotel, including new information about how the lightsaber training experience will work.
We’re just a few months away from the opening of the Star Wars hotel (Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser) in March of 2022.
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As part of this cruise-type experience, guests will get the chance to eat at unique spots, interact with Star Wars characters, and more. One of the most anticipated parts of the experience is the ability for guests to train with a lightsaber. We’ve gotten some details about this experience before, but now we’ve got more exciting news to share with you!
If you weren’t already excited about Disney World’s Star Wars Hotel, you might be today!
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We just got a TON of new information about the upcoming immersive hotel experience — including the pricing. Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is sure to be a one-of-a-kind experience when it opens in Spring 2022 but some guests will not get to try the much-anticipated lightsaber training experience!
We’re excited about many of the new projects coming to Disney World soon, but if there’s one that intrigues us the most, it would probably be the new Star Wars Hotel!
The Halcyon Model
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is set to open in 2022 and it’s unlike any other Disney Resort. It’ll be similar to a cruise ship experience, where guests are “onboard” for two days. However, there are also many interactive elements of your stay — and today we got a fresh look into what it’s going to be like!
There are several exciting new additions coming to Walt Disney World soon!
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Concept Art ©Disney
We’re currently waiting on more details and opening date announcements for big projects like the new Tron Coaster, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, and the rest of the EPCOT Transformation. On top of those, Disney World is building the very first Star Wars hotel, and today we got the promotional poster with some bonus details!
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