My life has been a complete and total misery ever since Bigfoot stole my precious girlfriend in the middle of the night.😒 He even took all her clothes and the T.V.
The best review I read about this whole thing is that “this experience was not made for Star Wars fans. It was made for rich people who think Star Wars is kind of neat.”
Isn't that what disney is all about. They definatly don't want the dedicated crowd bitching about how the color of the stitching is wrong on someomes pants lol.
Oh never mind had to delete my other comment as the video went on can’t even pretend the storm troopers are empire if they never kept saying first order they let kylo REN in. I’m just so sick of this I wouldn’t go regardless because it’s 6K min but this blatant sequel trash shoved down our throat is ridiculous
In just over 16 minutes Jay does a better job of marketing this thing than a multi billion dollar corporation could do with all its resources. Pathetic, Disney.
And, instead of giving us Luke Skywalker Vs. Darth Vader, we get Mary Rey Sue and Crylo Ren...in a fight with sucky plastic fiberglass sticks, instead of actual well crafted lightsabers. No thanks. #HardPass
u know its funny. when i heard about and saw via add off-brand (Kylo before we saw him wo his mask) and then heard they brought back ANOTHER planet killer 2000 an they kill Han. i waited to pirate bc i didn't believe it. yea... i just skimmed and was amazed ppl were hype. then i hear J.J. will NOT be on ep8 and at the same time hearing issues on their side stories i was out. then comes ANOTHER off-brand character. diff armor Boba Fett, or the Mandalorian. didnt believe the hype but i keep hearing mixed results but then... "Yooo, they gave off-brand Boba Fett a baby Yoda." and i laughed literally out loud. dude... they gave a MANDALORIAN (the elite killers from the past) a baby. i mean WHY. yes i can wiki, but he still acted like a baby the entire show basically. FUKIN WEAK MAN. that sealed the deal. plan = erase all old lore, thus characters (just like they TRIED to do with the books) and replace it with Disney agenda lore and characters. Disney MUST not own the full rights to old characters (toys). nothing else makes since. but that didn't work so well bc they looked at SW like a kids show (and yes it became that later). i think there twisting this whole thing for young children. like really young children with ultra rich parents. the prob thought they didn't have to put much effort int this whole "SW thing" bc its for kids. shit, it half worked bc they even made a ton of profit bc a bunch of fools didn't just pirate the shit after ep7. lol, baby Yoda... never in my life did i think i would hear those words together. i can afford this. i almost want to get really fucked up and crash this shit, FEAR AND LOATHING style. but i just cant give Disney money. god, i hope some millionaire rapper goes there and does that shit on sneak cam with a gang of ppl. comedy gold.
You’d think with access to all of this data, they’d recognize that no one has embraced the sequel trilogy to such a degree that warrants this level of attention devoted to it. It’s like they refuse to admit they botched it and would rather resort to self-destruction than give the fans what they really want.
Honestly though, even with it being ST (you can decide what the S stands for) it seems pretty cool. This seems like something that would be super easy to market, but someone dropped the Death Star.
Photo op that also bans us from taking any photos of our own. All the better to sell the pics THEY take of US, and I bet there's some clause in there saying something like, "By staying here you grant Disney and Disney affiliates the right to use your likeness in advertising in any way we choose, without financial compensation to the subject thereof, in perpetuity. . . "
Disney's marketing department definitely missed a beat or two with this one. Hearing this breakdown, it's actually pretty shocking how bad their promotional material has been, because promoting something like this shouldn't be that difficult you would think.
This is sooooo similar to rhe resort Finn and Rose Tico wreck on The Last Jedi - and that was a den of the slave owners and enemy elites of the galaxy. How do you expect them to promote the "enemy"?
@@goldfox177 True and I agree to an extent, but I still feel that they could've released much better promotional material. For example, I had zero idea that what they were trying to go for was a LARP-like event for the two night stay.
I’m not in this fandom, but the way it was described by Drunk, it sounded really cool! I don’t know how their marketing missed the mark so badly. They could do a killer “trailer” with glimpses of action pack sequences. If I was a fan, had the extra dough, this would be amazing to do. Hell, I still kinda wanna do it after hearing this, lol. They’re keeping the price high to keep it intimate. Makes sense. If you had thousands of people it would be miserable. A few hundred is a nice number. Two days is a bit short, three for the price and everything to experience would be better, imo. Rushing from this to that without being able to acclimate and appreciate it long enough before you’re whisked away to the next could leave people unhappy. But the Disney video didn’t even come close to what the experience is actually about. Hope they fired whomever was responsible for that trashfire.
I believe there are many cheaper Larping alternatives, admittedly its the only Star Wars themed one, but who cares about Disney Wars? Especially at six grand.
@@vampsith I know very little about this world and do not wish to offend in any way (seriously). I would guess it was a blast at first but then a couple of people criticized every little thing, wanted to run the show and then ultimately ruined it. Absolute zero hate on my end, you find something fun that is harmless, you do you, but am I close?
For 6k, i could hire two costumed, in-character escorts. 1 twi'lek, one ewok, for 2 days. King size bed, disco ball, mood lighting. More immersive, and i'd still have 2k left over.
To me, this sounds like two 12+ hours days of work... If I go on a cruise or stay in a resort, I want to be able to (say) sleep in, go to the bar when I want, play games when I want. You know "do what I want since I spent a ton of cash"...
Isn't it obvious that we are cattle that are to be prodded from station to station? The Disney executives walking through there, discussing the future of the Galactic Starcruiser... I bet none of it involves taking their friends and family there. They would much rather spend the $6k they get from us somewhere else. Doesn't Disneyland and Disney World have shows in their different parks that don't involve paying $6k? Why should this one be any different?
Why on Earth in their marketing videos didn’t they show how many actors are involved in this, to actually make it feel real. I think the biggest mistake they made was making it feel so empty and soulless.
To be honest, maybe it's because a. They don't have it all done yet or b. It looks fake and cheap in reality so a trailer is the excuse its just promotional material, not the real thing.
Biggest mistake was making it based on the stupid sequels that nobody cares about, just like their biggest mistake was making Batuu rather than Tatooine in the parks. All because KK is an idiot.
The “Spy” talked to my teenage daughter for like 5-10 minutes while in the caves waiting on a broken down ROTR pre-Covid. My daughter still says it was her most uncomfortable experience ever at a Disney park. Very fake and very forced. Sad that this is the best Disney can come up with. It will fail.
Same here, it was the worst ten minutes off my life. Except my spy was a homeless meth freak and it happened under a railroad bridge in Chester Pennsylvania. Disney sucks.
It sounds like the guests are herded from one experience to another instead of giving them the choice between the adventures and just hanging out. Even in real Larping you can choose whether to participate in the battles or just have a chill time at the tavern. Anyway it sounds really stressful plus it's not even real Star Wars but just Sequel Trilogy. Also not having the opportunity take own pictures and having to buy them additionally would suck, when you have already paid about 6k
Stressful is the appropriate word. I wonder if all of the guests and employees will be forced to wear masks. Kinda breaks the "immersion," don't you think, Disney?
Agree about the stressful part. I would hate this. I would pay more than $6,000 not to suffer a holiday like this. It sounds both embarrassing and patronising.
ReY: " It is ME!, Rey! The BeSteSt EvAr!" -light saber folds over - I'm sorry that's the first thing I could see happening when you said measuring tape light saber.
They need "interaction badges" to show who wants the "full show" or if they just want to say " Hi" or just be left alone. Make the badges small and on the shoulder of peoples outfits. Like a small plastic military style badge or something Yellow for full and friendly experience Green for hi and bye nice greeting Red for no interaction just watching vibe. I think it would be fun and people would love the little badge thing.
I self-taped auditioned for this and by my view count it looks like they didn't even look at my audition. I've heard this has happened with a lot of actors' submissions. Such a bummer.
"10, 20, 30 years down the line, they want Batu and the sequel trilogy to be the Star Wars everyone wants to see." And how do they propose to perform this miracle?
It's been happening every 10 to 20 years since the 80s. Lol. Star Wars fans don't like Star Wars, they like nostalgia. What's happening with the sequels is exactly the same thing that happened with the prequels... and it will happen again once they release a new flagship trilogy... in 10 to 20 years. Hahaha
They want you to LARP, but don't give costumes to people. That just breaks the immersion. Also, kids being kids will ruin it for a lot of people. I don't want to hear a kid crying during the fight scene.
@@katrinagarrett9612 If you're paying $1250-2500pp, I'd assume that Disney would cover the cost of a $20 costume rental. You could still have the shop to sell sabers and accessories... just give people either a Jedi robe or smuggler jacket
Yeah the thought of being expected to talk with the characters and interact with others gives me hives. If I had someone there that could do the talking for me that’d be fine. But when I get especially anxious from strangers talking to me I get really rude cause I just want them to leave me alone. I’d be likely to tell a character to piss off and go find a corner to sit in.
I'm similar but with the characters. When they come up to me I have no idea how to interact. I KNOW they are a bored Anaheim teenager under there and I just CANNOT buy into it. I once got given free tickets for Goofy's Kitchen restaurant which has characters walking around. I was on my own as my GF had gone and done a shopping tour in LA. During the meal Cinderella came up to me to talk and it was SO uncomfortable!
Imagine at the middle of all this LARP, a baby cries, somebody has to leave to go pee, a child complains because he's not into it, an old lady is tired and wants to leave and go back to her room, somebody is hungry or thirsty and needs to leave to find food or water, a teen is bored and insists on looking at her phone, a guest gets an important phone call and must answer immediately, a little girl wearing a Cinderella dress and tiara.
Kylo and Rey is enough of a turn off from me not to go. 6k is way too much money I wouldn’t pay a grand for two days. This should be just part of the park and just break down each part into a dinner show. Hahahaha SW’s is dead
It does make one wonder how they could create something so “immersive” for an audience who’s ages will vary from 80’s to little kids? If they drive it significantly towards kids, the ones who are most likely to buy-in, that’s ignoring the needs of couples or adults who are the ones ponying the money for such a stay.
@@captainbadd - Haha, I just mean that there will definitely be people who book this experience who do not have kids with them, be that older fans or younger adults.
@@Yayofangamer16 - Yeah, I had the same thought. We get to see Rey holding the newest lightsaber product?!? Count me out. How much more awesome would this whole experience be if it were modeled off of the opening scenes of the first movie, with damn Darth Vader and a bunch of old style storm troopers showing up to look for the droids or whatever? Ren is not a scary figure and Rey is so boring while Vader and the original Empire had such menace.
This sounds a lot like the "fun" mandatory corporate team building retreats. Good times, good times. Also, I went to a media opening of Galaxy's Edge, beyond the overall look and Falcon ride, I wasn't impressed. It is basically a giant Star Wars retail space, I was really disappointed. I'm sure the overpriced hotel experience will have plenty of immersive retail opportunities...
@@chillombia Something that actually looks like Star Wars. Honestly, the whole "immersive hotel experience" doesn't appeal to me anyway, I think it's lame. However, if you are going to do it and base it on an existing movie, franchise, etc. at least make it visually accurate.
Disney would have saved a fortune if they just heired people to stand outside disneyland with mallets and hitting customers over the head, stealing their money that way
I've been to Galaxies Edge. It's a glorified shipping mall and food court. I think that it's funny that you would spend $6k and spend half of the day in Disney's Star Wars themed shopping mall.
Please spend more money. We are giving you the opportunity to go home with so much junk. We have two rides. One breaks down all the time and the other only allows two people to enjoy themselves. Can anyone say money grab. How about hold up? No thanks.
They promised something similar with Galaxy's Edge. They promised it would be full of characters and robots, a dinner theatre, etc, and characters would interact with you based on your activity in the land. This included a description about how a bounty hunter might tap you on the shoulder in the cantina to tell you that you have a bounty on your head for crashing the Falcon. Guess what? None of that stuff ever happened. All of the droids, character interactions, shows, dinner theatre, etc got cut before it opened.
Well, when I was there (Christmas 2019), I got _a_ character interaction. Granted, it was just a Stormtrooper thanking me for doing tasks for the First Order with the Experience app, but it _technically_ counts, right? (DISCLAIMER: I still think the park was a rip-off after the info you provided)
The whole trip is planned out in full. They also expect kids to be in this hotel. They do realize that everyone especially kids needs downtime to get out of the Disney bubble and decompress and take a nap. It sounds like an extended attraction from start to finish.
You know what would have been cool. Being able to get in the Gunner seat and shoot down ships would have been awesome. What would make it even better would be to do it on a Venator class Star Destroyer, being instructed by a Clone Gunner. That would at least make me say I wish I had $6000
It's Star Wars, basically a license to print money if you just stay true to the original. How Disney manages to mess this up with their trilogy and their hotel is beyond me. My guess is thay Disney feel they needed to refresh and reimagine things in order to appeal to a new generation of Star Wars fans. But guess what? Most kids seem to like the OT characters and stories just fine, and in fact even prefer them. They'll much rather take a selfie with Darth Vader than with Kylo Ren, or with Leia instead of Rey.
Same thing with Galaxy's Edge. According to Clownfish TV, it was originally supposed to be OT, but then the head execs scrapped all that and went Reylo.
The explanation that you gave makes so much more sense to justify the cost. If Disney had been more upfront, while upping their marketing, this could be an event to look forward to. I wonder if they presented this to a mock up audience for their opinion or didn't want to spend anymore money so they just went with it. Disney is missing the mark with this launch and really need to step it up to get more of those rooms booked. This would be fun with a group of people but pretty strange is they are can handle 200 people but the days booking are only 60.
nothing they could do justifies the cost...this type of thing is done every year here in texas at Scarborough Fair minus the 'schedule'...they're going for a cash grab plain and simple for the SIMPSons who would fall for it. It could be entertaining but I can get that going to a High School musical if I wanted for a fraction of the cost!
@@Psuedo-Nim How do you justify $6,000 for a 48 hr 'experience' . . . ? Well, it's actually less than that. You don't get to b̸o̸o̸k̸ ̸i̸n̸ 'sorry - "board the shuttle" - until 1300 hrs, you get 2 nights, then you're out the door by 10am. That's 45 hrs. Then, looking at the itinerary, the first days 'entertainment' finishes at 2045 hrs (including evening meal), followed by a break of almost 12 hrs before they take you to Galaxies Edge (ETA 0845 hrs, out by 1240 hrs.) and back for activities & the Finale finishing at 2300 hrs. I note, in passing, that 'Lightsaber Training' only lasts for 30 minutes. If there's 204 people (a minimum if all 102 rooms are occupied by 2 people who are also over 7 years of age) and there's what seems to be 4 'training stations' in the dojo, that gives each person just over 30 seconds to 'train' . . . Whoop. De. Doo. It's bollocks and unjustifiably expensive.
If they are not booking to capacity, it's probably to do practice runs for the staff. And they aren't showing anything because nothing is finished. Not the construction, not the performances, and not even the menu for the food. C'mon. They are still showing you CONCEPT ART while selling SIX THOUSAND dollar tickets. This is crazy.
With the details here, it doesn't sound nearly as bad as the cringey promo videos are making it, but still for that price I need to be completely blown away with an experience unlike I've ever imagined I'd ever have in my life.
You know what I am wordering. Is they basicly have everthing set up like a cruise ship. Well nobody that goes on cruise pays the full list fare. I am wondering if after the inital run of people if pricing for this ends up working the same way .
I can just imagine someone at Disney getting on a p.a. system saying whoever is reporting to Drunk 3po we will find you and you will be silenced, FOREVER! 😂
I can't believe cheapfk just didn't make them cardboard cutouts that you could "interact" with with the my Disney experience app and they say the same 6 things over and over
Honestly, if they were to successfully pull off this idea and vision and were able to get 200 strangers to buy-in to this multi day storyline, it sounds pretty cool to me. If they were smart, they’d close Galaxy’s edge to anyone but the hotel guests for an hour and a half and really bring that space to life for them: playing through this storyline while Mr & Mrs Random are also at Galaxy’s edge is risky, while shutting people out for a bit might make people want to be part of the special thing that’s happening at the hotel.
I wonder if it's a bit of a marketing ploy, though. 🤔 Imagine you're Mr. & Mrs. Random, enjoying a day at Galaxy's Edge, and here comes all these people in costume and they look like they're having the time of their life. Not entirely great for those who shelled out the cash for an "exclusive" experience, but could be enticing for those who did not.
@@notpopeye - Yeah, I see what you’re saying. I think either way could work or even somehow getting the regular people to exit in some fashion where they see a platoon of stormtroopers lined-up, ready to head inside, maybe getting briefed and drilled by a sergeant. Getting the regular visitors to be curious and a bit jealous would be a really smart move, even just to get people talking.
Me and my girlfriend can do 4 weeks in Mexico at a beautiful resort for the same cost as a day and a half make believe session in Disney's horrible Star Wars universe. Geee I wonder what we'd rather do....
I guess you are not the target audience lol. Im not either but there will be people who are. And i do think it is cool they doe something big like this for such a niche audience. Should be done more, maybe eventually something comes along that we do like.
See the problem with this is that you have to actually LIKE the "Sequel Trilogy" story to want to be part of the "story moments." I hate the "Sequel Trilogy story" so have no desire to want to be part of the "story moments." Besides which, at $6,000, I want to do whatever the hell I want to do. If I want to sleep in my "cabin" the whole time, that's what I want to do.
acting should be done by actors, with a director, in front of a green screen. vacations should be done by families roaming around all starry eyed, mouths open and bumping into strollers. never the two shall meet.
yea look how bad everything looked in the trailer. the sets looked like cardboard cutouts, the controls and buttons looked like a toy for toddlers, the lightsaber training looked like 1980s tech. even the singer, regardless of how bad the music was, looked terrible and clearly looked like a human wearing a ridiculous outfit instead of actually looking like an alien.
I’ll admit, it sounds like something that would be pretty cool with a group of likeminded friends, not so sure about family though, at least not mine lol. But 6k is still way to much. Plus Disney Star Wars content is severely lacking (in my opinion).
To me , the gold standard of theme park LARPing was/is the excellent Knott’s Ghost Town alive at a tiny fraction of the cost. There was a main storyline but very many characters and sub stories you could do or not do freely. I feel the schedule for this makes everything way too rigid but the new side characters hopefully will give some heart to it. Still not worth all that money though and I couldn’t care less about the First Order or sequel characters except for Chewy of course.
My thoughts. 1. So a lot of people have stated that the marketing team has failed and yea, I agree with that to an extent. The marketing team clearly should have focused on their strengths, the immersion factor. With that said that's a pretty hard thing to show so I understand them trying it their way, unfortunately the rooms and so forth are very cheap and plain looking. 2. So I'm curious how Disney will deal with party poopers or anti-spies. Basically people who are just going to shout "LOOK, here's the spy! " and other trolls. Because if you're going with 150 people (roughly) at least one person is going to be a troll. The other thing to keep in mind is how are they going to guarantee the same quality of experience for every guest during their stay? I'm sure the kids will get priority first and some people won't want to participate but still that's a lot of people for not a lot of time. Is every table going to have their own spy or First Order soldier? How much control will you have over picking which side you want to go with? 3. I highly doubt each group will have their own experience. I mean you can already see that regardless if your First Order or Resistance; the ship is always going to get attacked, Emo boy is going to take over the ship etc. Like this is clearly much more a play you get to interact with than a real LARPing experience. While little things might change (such as the amount of trolls you run into) the overall story and experience won't change. And it's only going to get worst when Disney starts cutting actors. 4. While the immersion stuff sounds neat, I doubt it's going to be as good as they're saying. It's NEVER a good sign when they basically admit, "Yea, the games themselves kinda suck but the immersion AROUND the games will be great!" The lightsaber training and the bridge battle are the only thing that is guaranteed to have the quality for every person and every time you go through. Whereas actors quality will change depending upon who you get. For example that person could be a terrible actor, or maybe they're having a bad day or maybe they just weren't assigned an interesting character to play. This is Disney and poorly paid actors we're talking about, I promise you that most of these backgrounds they're talking about are a paragraph or two long and amount to "say whatever you want just don't mess with the hotel's story unless you have that specific character". I'm being a little mean, and I'm sure the actors and directors are doing their best, but you should always assume the human factor is going to be the weakest element for a LARP especially when you're LARPing with a group of strangers vs friends who know what experience they want to have. Considering the quality of the lightsaber training room, which again is the closest you're going to get to a perfect consistent experience I believe the battle is going to be more cheese than an actual wow factor. I mean hell what are they going to do with Rey's tape measure lightsaber, have her awkwardly switch it out (without anyone noticing) to a durable one that you can actually play fight with? 5. Even assuming that the immersion is as good as they claim it is. This is not a 5K experience. Like these actors aren't catering to you specifically. They'll sit with you and talk with you and at most they're roleplay with you as you both tell each other your life stories, and maybe you'll help catch or hide a spy but that's it. You're not even participating in the final act. This amounts to a broadway play that you can slightly interact with to an extent. A broadway play is about 200 US dollars per person. So this should really be about 1K per person and it's extremely dirty of Disney to not let you pay per person but instead force you to work with their family plans. The value just isn't there for what they're asking for.
@@77Pictures In my experience, it's the nerds with the most disposable cash that are the most likely to troll others. I knew a guy that would absolutely waste 6,000 on this experience just to ruin it for others and not even think twice about the cost.
Addressing my own personal experiences with performing in similar projects. The human element is the thing that keeps people involved. The tech is fun if done well, but the thing that makes it great, are the performers and the improv element.
@@77Pictures I agree with you and it really concerns me because they should have good quality actors playing those parts... Some how I don't think that would be the case here!
@Sakkra123 they call them datapads in GE and allegedly the Sabak (spelling?) thing involves your phone so... It just seems like they don't want people filming everything or maybe anything as any view of the inside seems to lead to more cancellations.
Seems to me the cruiser is neutral enough, they could have special Original trilogy and Prequel trilogy weeks for people who want that. That would greatly enhance the replay ability of the attraction.
The premise looks promising, but I agree: the marketing is terrible. If they marketed it the way the premise is, I think perception would have been different. Instead they marketed some cheap, generic 60s sci-fi show. The way it's described here--as an immersive Star Wars experience makes it so different. Why didn't they just craft their marketing around the premise? Disney's marketing department is doing a horrible job. Where can I apply to their marketing department (seriously, I took up Marketing in college)?
@@nicknevco215 Only in comparison to Star Wars. A Star Trek experience wouldn't be a bad thing either, but if this was the marketing for it, Star Trek fans would have exploded too, for the same reasons.
What you are telling us is that all this will be the first three months then cost cutting will be done due to lack of bookings and you might be lucky to have 4 cast members :) The check in person will double as the captain, ray and your dinner server.
If they can phase out the sequel trilogy characters and and focus their attention on the mandalorian series characters I think they could do a lot better and get more attention
I think it would be really cool if at some point in the book of boba if boba Fett went to Batu and the mandalorian was there as well and they had an epic fight in batu I think that would bring a lot of joy and excitement to batu
@@amethystwyvern I think it's just because it felt like a small step in a better direction. I love the show for the simple fact that it's not preachy, self-important crap like the sequels were. If they tie the show to those movies it's dead though.
The moment I heard First Order, my first thought was "hard pass." They can keep their shit show and choke on it. For something that's supposed to launch here in the next few months, they're incredibly behind schedule if they actually intend to do all that. People have to learn their roles and rehearse them. Stunts and choreography need to be worked out and rehearsed as well or someone is going to get injured. That food needs a major overhaul considering the 6K price tag as well. This all reads as a train wreck waiting to happen to me and I can't wait until someone manages to sneak in a pinhole cam of some kind and record it.
I will only accept this if whoever the spy is looks directly at you and says, "I'm the spy! I don't care so long as Kylo Ren loses!" At least then, I can die laughing.
Ok one thing that I’m curious about, cause you mentioned it, is the extra cost of the outfits you’re expected to wear?? Aren’t your supposed to cosplay the whole time? No Mickey shirts and shorts from what I remember. Sooo maybe another couple hundred on top of everything else? 🤪🙃
You don’t have to cosplay. In a video with imagineers, they said you can go all in or not. It’s possible these tests with guests are just to test it with everyone at the same time. I’ve booked a stay in the starcruiser, and we all get schedules 30 days prior to boarding, and it seems individual/close to
I don’t know about the Baby Yoda thing. He’s popular because he’s cute, not because he’s a good character. He barely IS a character if you think about it. More like an animated prop.
Kylo ren is a good guy now and also dead. So to me it would be kinda weird seeing him as a villain now. I wonder if down the road they will change up this hotel and galaxies edge to reflect a different time period and new or old characters in Star Wars
My kid lost his first tooth while we were in line to see Tinkerbell. I hoped she might be able to put in a good word with the tooth fairy, but she didn’t know anything about tooth fairies. A cast member in character would officially know nothing about Star Trek. If you get spaced, it will be by a fellow passenger.
If that was original star wars or even prequel I would have loved to visit it multiple times but I want nothing to do with the sequel era. Even if they try to add baby Yoda, which honestly it will probably just sour Grogu trying to link him to the sequel era.
@@TheGeneral308 I would rather have Asoka and Grogu just skip that era or be in a different timeline where we get Mara Jade and Darth Talon showing up in. Or Thrawn's heir to the empire like ark instead.
@@bdon5813 Honestly I don't even like Asoka is alive. But nothing says they can't bring her in at some point if she is still alive. I mean if I am really honest of all the SW times I really wish it was set in KTOR. I love that setting so many great characters.
I used to be an actor for 2 years at Evermore Park in Utah and this immersive entertainment thing is hard so… best of luck to Disney and the best of luck to the actors!
really at the price they should give the guest the custom lightsaber and droid when they get to Batu free too. Then you start talking about better value fast.
The battle part sounds cool but I’m wondering how this will actually translate especially with pandemic restrictions, but I’d rather see Vader vs. Luke people would go nuts for that it’s sad what we could have had.
It's Florida, so I'm not sure pandemic restrictions are going to have much impact going forward. Overall, what I'm seeing in this video sounds better than what they showed in the original previews. But when Rey appeared... Yeah, there'd be so much more excitement with the original characters.
You actually make it sound way more enjoyable than their vid. For the cost the gunning part should be some type of motion sim, maybe a chair like on the falcon in ep4
I hear the cost of the stay would be around 5 or 6k but I suspect once you add tax, food, drinks and a few extras they are sure to be up selling you, it would be >7k.
I can’t wait for the Disney vloggers and reporters coming into this place, trying to put on a smile on their face, whence themselves while eating their crap food, observing all the cast members in tacky clothing, tries out and miserably fails at every “ride” or game they play, finally getting to their room, and cries in pain they spent $6k for this garbage for two nights.
I went to Galaxys Edge before the coof. Nobody was interacting with Ray or Kylo Ren. The storm troopers, yes. But the main characters, no. Yet, on the other side if the park in Tomorrowland, there was a line to take pictures with Darth Vader. They are doubling down on the movies nobody gives a crap about. Galaxys edge was kind of a failure at DL because you had the entire rest of the park to experience. When you saw it...you left.
This one video made me more interested in the starcruiser than any of Disney’s official promotions. I hope that you are right with this cuz it actually sounds like an interesting experience. Overpriced, but interesting.
not really. one free meal a day. one free drink a day. time limits on everything and strict rules on everything and you and your family can be booted out at any time and for any reason with no refund. the worst thing is there is no free lightsaber even at 6000k WTF! even worst your not allowed out of your room past 11pm........ na i pass on this crap show.
Thank you for detailed breakdown Jay! I personally am very disappointed with how Disney incorporated Star Wars into the parks, doesn’t look like something I would really enjoy
Thank you. I have seen so many youtube channels just bash this place and mock it. Thank you for the deep dive into the itinerary. I lived in Orlando and had passes for decades, and then friends at the parks. It is fun to see the videos and follow whats up and new, even though I'm retired in Mexico now. Peace
Just sayin'. If I spend 6000USD for two nights, I'd like to verify they have toilets and wifi. Do they have that? Do they even have a wallsocket to charge your cellphone? -Yes, I am a simple and practical man.
They should do a thing where the "starcruiser" is attacked at, say, 3 am and every guest has to scramble to the bridge to defend it and if they lose they have to check out. No refunds.
If they put as much effort into the storytelling as they've spent on marketing it... I'll make the popcorn and you bring the drinks... this is gonna be a s**tshow worthy of a watch...
Because nothing says "immersion" like the dramatic moment when the First Order spy is finally exposed, and he's the guy wearing khakis and a Mickey Mouse t-shirt.
I do find one thing interesting regarding the visit to Batuu (Galaxy's Edge) during the stay that you show up. Are these resort guest given a lightning lane access to both rides (since both rides appear as activities with timeslots)? If so, how can it affect regular park visitors the chance to get the Lightning lanes (paid for Rise, included in Genie + with Millenium Falcon) and stall the standby queue. This whole resort definetly is a mess.
I would think it would go even further than that. My guess is that it will go more like VIP tours, where people straight up get escorted through secret passages past the lines (you could even imagine the "spy" from the prior night on the Star Cruiser coming back to "sneak" you onto Rise of the Resistance). Fortunately, it is a maximum 200 people, which is
I can’t imagine why they didn’t have a teaser of the RP storyline. Just the premise to get people interested. Would have been a lot more appealing than a bar and song.
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Spoiler away.
So they're hauling in 120k per shift, without obvious Disney add on like drinks and food?
If they are trying to put Rey out as an attraction, it will make people barf in their mouth when they realized they paid for this.
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Being stuck in the sequel trilogy for 48 hours sounds like the worst Star Wars experience possible.
I'd rather be stuck with Jar Jar for a day lmfao
@@CaR1235100 But even then, I'd never pay $6K for the "privilege".
@@CaR1235100 i'd let jar jar tickle my balls and the sarlac pit digest me for a 1000 years before I would pay 6000 dollars for this
I was thinking how awesome this could have been if they did this with the OT Trilogy. Imagine being on Cloud City for example.
48 hours stuck in the crappy sequels!? Yikes!
The best review I read about this whole thing is that “this experience was not made for Star Wars fans. It was made for rich people who think Star Wars is kind of neat.”
Isn't that what disney is all about.
They definatly don't want the dedicated crowd bitching about how the color of the stitching is wrong on someomes pants lol.
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 isn't Chris Chan in jail though?
Every time you say “First Order” I feel my wallet closing tighter and tighter.
Force Grip
That’s the best statement I’ve heard today. Kudos
The more you tighten your grip, Kennedy, the more Star Wars fans will slip through your fingers
Oh never mind had to delete my other comment as the video went on can’t even pretend the storm troopers are empire if they never kept saying first order they let kylo REN in. I’m just so sick of this I wouldn’t go regardless because it’s 6K min but this blatant sequel trash shoved down our throat is ridiculous
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In just over 16 minutes Jay does a better job of marketing this thing than a multi billion dollar corporation could do with all its resources. Pathetic, Disney.
Yeah...couldn't have said it better myself.
And, instead of giving us Luke Skywalker Vs. Darth Vader, we get Mary Rey Sue and Crylo Ren...in a fight with sucky plastic fiberglass sticks, instead of actual well crafted lightsabers. No thanks. #HardPass
A better job of explaining it, I agree, but as far as marketing, it still doesn’t sound engaging.
u know its funny. when i heard about and saw via add off-brand (Kylo before we saw him wo his mask) and then heard they brought back ANOTHER planet killer 2000 an they kill Han. i waited to pirate bc i didn't believe it. yea... i just skimmed and was amazed ppl were hype. then i hear J.J. will NOT be on ep8 and at the same time hearing issues on their side stories i was out. then comes ANOTHER off-brand character. diff armor Boba Fett, or the Mandalorian. didnt believe the hype but i keep hearing mixed results but then... "Yooo, they gave off-brand Boba Fett a baby Yoda." and i laughed literally out loud. dude... they gave a MANDALORIAN (the elite killers from the past) a baby. i mean WHY. yes i can wiki, but he still acted like a baby the entire show basically. FUKIN WEAK MAN. that sealed the deal. plan = erase all old lore, thus characters (just like they TRIED to do with the books) and replace it with Disney agenda lore and characters. Disney MUST not own the full rights to old characters (toys). nothing else makes since. but that didn't work so well bc they looked at SW like a kids show (and yes it became that later). i think there twisting this whole thing for young children. like really young children with ultra rich parents. the prob thought they didn't have to put much effort int this whole "SW thing" bc its for kids. shit, it half worked bc they even made a ton of profit bc a bunch of fools didn't just pirate the shit after ep7. lol, baby Yoda... never in my life did i think i would hear those words together. i can afford this. i almost want to get really fucked up and crash this shit, FEAR AND LOATHING style. but i just cant give Disney money. god, i hope some millionaire rapper goes there and does that shit on sneak cam with a gang of ppl. comedy gold.
Absolutely pathetic
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than Disney.
We must be cautious!!
Bob Chapek 'Jaaba the Greedy !
lol : ) very good
Yes they are while hiding behind the Disney name. I can see their new Mickey, er, Malisa, dressed in the most current Russian uniforms.
Amen!!
Well...there is Facebook...
You’d think with access to all of this data, they’d recognize that no one has embraced the sequel trilogy to such a degree that warrants this level of attention devoted to it. It’s like they refuse to admit they botched it and would rather resort to self-destruction than give the fans what they really want.
They're banking on kids who haven't grown up on the original trilogy prequels and don't know better
Honestly though, even with it being ST (you can decide what the S stands for) it seems pretty cool. This seems like something that would be super easy to market, but someone dropped the Death Star.
they stick with the sequels because, Lucas retained ownership of much of the OT.
@@Robo-Hector Well, to be fair, kids ARE stupid.
I hate it because its based on the crap disney trilogy.
So this is basically a $6,000 photo op?
Great.
'Photos cost extra' --- The Mouse
Photo op that also bans us from taking any photos of our own. All the better to sell the pics THEY take of US, and I bet there's some clause in there saying something like, "By staying here you grant Disney and Disney affiliates the right to use your likeness in advertising in any way we choose, without financial compensation to the subject thereof, in perpetuity. . . "
Disney's marketing department definitely missed a beat or two with this one. Hearing this breakdown, it's actually pretty shocking how bad their promotional material has been, because promoting something like this shouldn't be that difficult you would think.
Yeah this legit sounds pretty acceptable. There's potential to expand to prequel/OT settings as well to draw in a broader part of the fanbase in.
This is sooooo similar to rhe resort Finn and Rose Tico wreck on The Last Jedi - and that was a den of the slave owners and enemy elites of the galaxy. How do you expect them to promote the "enemy"?
They probably went we can’t
Go full in because it would ruin the experience it’s not like a ride it’s like a play and your in it.
@@goldfox177 True and I agree to an extent, but I still feel that they could've released much better promotional material. For example, I had zero idea that what they were trying to go for was a LARP-like event for the two night stay.
I’m not in this fandom, but the way it was described by Drunk, it sounded really cool! I don’t know how their marketing missed the mark so badly. They could do a killer “trailer” with glimpses of action pack sequences. If I was a fan, had the extra dough, this would be amazing to do. Hell, I still kinda wanna do it after hearing this, lol. They’re keeping the price high to keep it intimate. Makes sense. If you had thousands of people it would be miserable. A few hundred is a nice number. Two days is a bit short, three for the price and everything to experience would be better, imo. Rushing from this to that without being able to acclimate and appreciate it long enough before you’re whisked away to the next could leave people unhappy. But the Disney video didn’t even come close to what the experience is actually about. Hope they fired whomever was responsible for that trashfire.
I believe there are many cheaper Larping alternatives, admittedly its the only Star Wars themed one, but who cares about Disney Wars? Especially at six grand.
Facts. I wished that LARPers could make their own theme park. I rather give them my money if they can make a Star Wars themed amusement park.
Man, I used to run a Star Wars Larp, we set it during the clone wars/dark times so you could play with the story really easy. And…it was free
@@vampsith I know very little about this world and do not wish to offend in any way (seriously). I would guess it was a blast at first but then a couple of people criticized every little thing, wanted to run the show and then ultimately ruined it. Absolute zero hate on my end, you find something fun that is harmless, you do you, but am I close?
For 6k, i could hire two costumed, in-character escorts. 1 twi'lek, one ewok, for 2 days. King size bed, disco ball, mood lighting. More immersive, and i'd still have 2k left over.
@@coniccinoc definitely feels that way, honestly it’s depressing
To me, this sounds like two 12+ hours days of work...
If I go on a cruise or stay in a resort, I want to be able to (say) sleep in, go to the bar when I want, play games when I want.
You know "do what I want since I spent a ton of cash"...
Isn't it obvious that we are cattle that are to be prodded from station to station?
The Disney executives walking through there, discussing the future of the Galactic Starcruiser... I bet none of it involves taking their friends and family there.
They would much rather spend the $6k they get from us somewhere else.
Doesn't Disneyland and Disney World have shows in their different parks that don't involve paying $6k?
Why should this one be any different?
Why on Earth in their marketing videos didn’t they show how many actors are involved in this, to actually make it feel real.
I think the biggest mistake they made was making it feel so empty and soulless.
"Empty and soulless" IS Disney.
To be honest, maybe it's because a. They don't have it all done yet or
b. It looks fake and cheap in reality so a trailer is the excuse its just promotional material, not the real thing.
Biggest mistake was making it based on the stupid sequels that nobody cares about, just like their biggest mistake was making Batuu rather than Tatooine in the parks. All because KK is an idiot.
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It's too far out. They are probably still working on scripts and costumes.
The “Spy” talked to my teenage daughter for like 5-10 minutes while in the caves waiting on a broken down ROTR pre-Covid. My daughter still says it was her most uncomfortable experience ever at a Disney park. Very fake and very forced. Sad that this is the best Disney can come up with. It will fail.
Just curious why was it uncomfortable? Disney is in a sad state
Same here, it was the worst ten minutes off my life. Except my spy was a homeless meth freak and it happened under a railroad bridge in Chester Pennsylvania. Disney sucks.
That's one of the things that happens when studio meddling takes place
Maybe you're too busy living in a van...down by the river...
I’d feel embarrassed taking part in this. I don’t want to go on vacation to be constantly hassled by cast members.
It sounds like the guests are herded from one experience to another instead of giving them the choice between the adventures and just hanging out. Even in real Larping you can choose whether to participate in the battles or just have a chill time at the tavern. Anyway it sounds really stressful plus it's not even real Star Wars but just Sequel Trilogy. Also not having the opportunity take own pictures and having to buy them additionally would suck, when you have already paid about 6k
It sounds more like a 6K "luxury" simulated motorcoach tour than a cruise 🤣
Stressful is the appropriate word. I wonder if all of the guests and employees will be forced to wear masks. Kinda breaks the "immersion," don't you think, Disney?
@@Bullitt3401 That's what I'm wondering about, too.
Agree about the stressful part. I would hate this. I would pay more than $6,000 not to suffer a holiday like this. It sounds both embarrassing and patronising.
They want human sheep to fleece money from.
ReY: " It is ME!, Rey! The BeSteSt EvAr!" -light saber folds over - I'm sorry that's the first thing I could see happening when you said measuring tape light saber.
while i was reading the comment your pfp looked like garfield.
I can imagine the spoiled kids of a rich family throwing a hissy fit for not being able to live stream their vacation for likes.
I’m expecting that too. Have they not seen how people have been acting on airplanes?
They need "interaction badges" to show who wants the "full show" or if they just want to say " Hi" or just be left alone.
Make the badges small and on the shoulder of peoples outfits. Like a small plastic military style badge or something
Yellow for full and friendly experience
Green for hi and bye nice greeting
Red for no interaction just watching vibe.
I think it would be fun and people would love the little badge thing.
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I self-taped auditioned for this and by my view count it looks like they didn't even look at my audition. I've heard this has happened with a lot of actors' submissions. Such a bummer.
"10, 20, 30 years down the line, they want Batu and the sequel trilogy to be the Star Wars everyone wants to see."
And how do they propose to perform this miracle?
They're hoping they can learn real Jedi mind tricks between now and then. That's the only way it makes any sense.
It's been happening every 10 to 20 years since the 80s. Lol.
Star Wars fans don't like Star Wars, they like nostalgia. What's happening with the sequels is exactly the same thing that happened with the prequels... and it will happen again once they release a new flagship trilogy... in 10 to 20 years. Hahaha
sounds awful. being herded around from one contrived bit of nonsense to the next on a tight schedule with little or no choice is my idea of hell.
They want you to LARP, but don't give costumes to people. That just breaks the immersion. Also, kids being kids will ruin it for a lot of people. I don't want to hear a kid crying during the fight scene.
They'll have a retail shop on site where one can BUY apparel/costumes.
@@katrinagarrett9612 If you're paying $1250-2500pp, I'd assume that Disney would cover the cost of a $20 costume rental. You could still have the shop to sell sabers and accessories... just give people either a Jedi robe or smuggler jacket
No.. no.. you have to Buy there Costumes.. over priced.. undersized
Grant it... If i had $8000... I'd would also pony up the extra 600 for a good costume and props.
Definitely not for me. I'm too much of an introvert. I get anxiety every time I think about mingling with strangers
Quick you gotta help the spies against the first order!
Exactly what I thought!
Yeah the thought of being expected to talk with the characters and interact with others gives me hives. If I had someone there that could do the talking for me that’d be fine. But when I get especially anxious from strangers talking to me I get really rude cause I just want them to leave me alone. I’d be likely to tell a character to piss off and go find a corner to sit in.
ATroubledGreen I have told cast members in costume to go bother someone who cares . It works really fast.
I'm similar but with the characters. When they come up to me I have no idea how to interact. I KNOW they are a bored Anaheim teenager under there and I just CANNOT buy into it. I once got given free tickets for Goofy's Kitchen restaurant which has characters walking around. I was on my own as my GF had gone and done a shopping tour in LA. During the meal Cinderella came up to me to talk and it was SO uncomfortable!
Imagine at the middle of all this LARP, a baby cries, somebody has to leave to go pee, a child complains because he's not into it, an old lady is tired and wants to leave and go back to her room, somebody is hungry or thirsty and needs to leave to find food or water, a teen is bored and insists on looking at her phone, a guest gets an important phone call and must answer immediately, a little girl wearing a Cinderella dress and tiara.
Kylo and Rey is enough of a turn off from me not to go. 6k is way too much money I wouldn’t pay a grand for two days. This should be just part of the park and just break down each part into a dinner show. Hahahaha SW’s is dead
this is not a hotel, these are attractions that SHOULD have been in galaxys edge.
The dinner theater WAS going to be in Galaxy's Edge, but scrapped.
It does make one wonder how they could create something so “immersive” for an audience who’s ages will vary from 80’s to little kids? If they drive it significantly towards kids, the ones who are most likely to buy-in, that’s ignoring the needs of couples or adults who are the ones ponying the money for such a stay.
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"Needs" lol
@@captainbadd - Haha, I just mean that there will definitely be people who book this experience who do not have kids with them, be that older fans or younger adults.
@@Yayofangamer16 - Yeah, I had the same thought. We get to see Rey holding the newest lightsaber product?!? Count me out. How much more awesome would this whole experience be if it were modeled off of the opening scenes of the first movie, with damn Darth Vader and a bunch of old style storm troopers showing up to look for the droids or whatever? Ren is not a scary figure and Rey is so boring while Vader and the original Empire had such menace.
This is one of those “you want it to be good” moments. Trouble Is, you know disappointment is on the horizon.
This sounds a lot like the "fun" mandatory corporate team building retreats. Good times, good times. Also, I went to a media opening of Galaxy's Edge, beyond the overall look and Falcon ride, I wasn't impressed. It is basically a giant Star Wars retail space, I was really disappointed. I'm sure the overpriced hotel experience will have plenty of immersive retail opportunities...
Who wants to be told what to do on their vacation? Sounds like an unfun time. Get up. Go here. Push some buttons. Have fun.
Those who book this vacation generally want this experience.
What are your solutions ? What would you like instead ?
@@chillombia Something that actually looks like Star Wars. Honestly, the whole "immersive hotel experience" doesn't appeal to me anyway, I think it's lame. However, if you are going to do it and base it on an existing movie, franchise, etc. at least make it visually accurate.
@@kevinbailey8827 nah they want an immersive Star Wars experience not being told what to do and what to buy in an immersive Disney wars experience.
Disney would have saved a fortune if they just heired people to stand outside disneyland with mallets and hitting customers over the head, stealing their money that way
the airlines do that just after you board
So like a really expensive Medieval Times that you sleep at the area?
IKR
I've been to Galaxies Edge. It's a glorified shipping mall and food court. I think that it's funny that you would spend $6k and spend half of the day in Disney's Star Wars themed shopping mall.
Please spend more money. We are giving you the opportunity to go home with so much junk. We have two rides. One breaks down all the time and the other only allows two people to enjoy themselves. Can anyone say money grab. How about hold up? No thanks.
That's a half day they don't have to pay any actors or cast
They promised something similar with Galaxy's Edge. They promised it would be full of characters and robots, a dinner theatre, etc, and characters would interact with you based on your activity in the land. This included a description about how a bounty hunter might tap you on the shoulder in the cantina to tell you that you have a bounty on your head for crashing the Falcon.
Guess what? None of that stuff ever happened. All of the droids, character interactions, shows, dinner theatre, etc got cut before it opened.
Well, when I was there (Christmas 2019), I got _a_ character interaction. Granted, it was just a Stormtrooper thanking me for doing tasks for the First Order with the Experience app, but it _technically_ counts, right? (DISCLAIMER: I still think the park was a rip-off after the info you provided)
The whole trip is planned out in full. They also expect kids to be in this hotel. They do realize that everyone especially kids needs downtime to get out of the Disney bubble and decompress and take a nap. It sounds like an extended attraction from start to finish.
Spolier alert? You're funny, Jay 🤣
You know what would have been cool. Being able to get in the Gunner seat and shoot down ships would have been awesome. What would make it even better would be to do it on a Venator class Star Destroyer, being instructed by a Clone Gunner. That would at least make me say I wish I had $6000
They still peddling the sequel trilogy bs? Hard pass.
"I'll never be able to afford this trip to begin with so spoil away" says everybody
Yep, GROGU experience will be an add on for about $1000 for 5 minute interaction LOL
This had the potential to be really cool. Set it in the OT and give to a company other than Disney and you'd really have something special.
Yes, because nobody cares about the Disney trilogy characters.
It's Star Wars, basically a license to print money if you just stay true to the original. How Disney manages to mess this up with their trilogy and their hotel is beyond me. My guess is thay Disney feel they needed to refresh and reimagine things in order to appeal to a new generation of Star Wars fans. But guess what? Most kids seem to like the OT characters and stories just fine, and in fact even prefer them. They'll much rather take a selfie with Darth Vader than with Kylo Ren, or with Leia instead of Rey.
Same thing with Galaxy's Edge. According to Clownfish TV, it was originally supposed to be OT, but then the head execs scrapped all that and went Reylo.
Really expensive and you thought you were staying at a five star, but instead you got a one star with nothing working.
The explanation that you gave makes so much more sense to justify the cost. If Disney had been more upfront, while upping their marketing, this could be an event to look forward to. I wonder if they presented this to a mock up audience for their opinion or didn't want to spend anymore money so they just went with it.
Disney is missing the mark with this launch and really need to step it up to get more of those rooms booked. This would be fun with a group of people but pretty strange is they are can handle 200 people but the days booking are only 60.
nothing they could do justifies the cost...this type of thing is done every year here in texas at Scarborough Fair minus the 'schedule'...they're going for a cash grab plain and simple for the SIMPSons who would fall for it. It could be entertaining but I can get that going to a High School musical if I wanted for a fraction of the cost!
@@Psuedo-Nim How do you justify $6,000 for a 48 hr 'experience' . . . ? Well, it's actually less than that.
You don't get to b̸o̸o̸k̸ ̸i̸n̸ 'sorry - "board the shuttle" - until 1300 hrs, you get 2 nights, then you're out the door by 10am. That's 45 hrs.
Then, looking at the itinerary, the first days 'entertainment' finishes at 2045 hrs (including evening meal), followed by a break of almost 12 hrs before they take you to Galaxies Edge (ETA 0845 hrs, out by 1240 hrs.) and back for activities & the Finale finishing at 2300 hrs.
I note, in passing, that 'Lightsaber Training' only lasts for 30 minutes. If there's 204 people (a minimum if all 102 rooms are occupied by 2 people who are also over 7 years of age) and there's what seems to be 4 'training stations' in the dojo, that gives each person just over 30 seconds to 'train' . . . Whoop. De. Doo.
It's bollocks and unjustifiably expensive.
If they are not booking to capacity, it's probably to do practice runs for the staff.
And they aren't showing anything because nothing is finished.
Not the construction, not the performances, and not even the menu for the food.
C'mon. They are still showing you CONCEPT ART while selling SIX THOUSAND dollar tickets.
This is crazy.
With the details here, it doesn't sound nearly as bad as the cringey promo videos are making it, but still for that price I need to be completely blown away with an experience unlike I've ever imagined I'd ever have in my life.
You know what I am wordering. Is they basicly have everthing set up like a cruise ship. Well nobody that goes on cruise pays the full list fare. I am wondering if after the inital run of people if pricing for this ends up working the same way .
I can just imagine someone at Disney getting on a p.a. system saying whoever is reporting to Drunk 3po we will find you and you will be silenced, FOREVER! 😂
I can't believe cheapfk just didn't make them cardboard cutouts that you could "interact" with with the my Disney experience app and they say the same 6 things over and over
Honestly, if they were to successfully pull off this idea and vision and were able to get 200 strangers to buy-in to this multi day storyline, it sounds pretty cool to me. If they were smart, they’d close Galaxy’s edge to anyone but the hotel guests for an hour and a half and really bring that space to life for them: playing through this storyline while Mr & Mrs Random are also at Galaxy’s edge is risky, while shutting people out for a bit might make people want to be part of the special thing that’s happening at the hotel.
I wonder if it's a bit of a marketing ploy, though. 🤔 Imagine you're Mr. & Mrs. Random, enjoying a day at Galaxy's Edge, and here comes all these people in costume and they look like they're having the time of their life. Not entirely great for those who shelled out the cash for an "exclusive" experience, but could be enticing for those who did not.
@@notpopeye - Yeah, I see what you’re saying. I think either way could work or even somehow getting the regular people to exit in some fashion where they see a platoon of stormtroopers lined-up, ready to head inside, maybe getting briefed and drilled by a sergeant. Getting the regular visitors to be curious and a bit jealous would be a really smart move, even just to get people talking.
Me and my girlfriend can do 4 weeks in Mexico at a beautiful resort for the same cost as a day and a half make believe session in Disney's horrible Star Wars universe. Geee I wonder what we'd rather do....
I guess you are not the target audience lol.
Im not either but there will be people who are.
And i do think it is cool they doe something big like this for such a niche audience.
Should be done more, maybe eventually something comes along that we do like.
See the problem with this is that you have to actually LIKE the "Sequel Trilogy" story to want to be part of the "story moments." I hate the "Sequel Trilogy story" so have no desire to want to be part of the "story moments." Besides which, at $6,000, I want to do whatever the hell I want to do. If I want to sleep in my "cabin" the whole time, that's what I want to do.
acting should be done by actors, with a director, in front of a green screen. vacations should be done by families roaming around all starry eyed, mouths open and bumping into strollers. never the two shall meet.
The meat and the vegetables can’t touch each other on the plate.
Everything sounds amazing until you realize Disney ALWAYS undelivers. Tons of budget cuts and cheap stuff.
yea look how bad everything looked in the trailer. the sets looked like cardboard cutouts, the controls and buttons looked like a toy for toddlers, the lightsaber training looked like 1980s tech. even the singer, regardless of how bad the music was, looked terrible and clearly looked like a human wearing a ridiculous outfit instead of actually looking like an alien.
@@thomasdemay9805 Very true!
I’ll admit, it sounds like something that would be pretty cool with a group of likeminded friends, not so sure about family though, at least not mine lol. But 6k is still way to much. Plus Disney Star Wars content is severely lacking (in my opinion).
If I ever get to go when its not quite so expensive, I'm going high off my face.
To me , the gold standard of theme park LARPing was/is the excellent Knott’s Ghost Town alive at a tiny fraction of the cost. There was a main storyline but very many characters and sub stories you could do or not do freely. I feel the schedule for this makes everything way too rigid but the new side characters hopefully will give some heart to it. Still not worth all that money though and I couldn’t care less about the First Order or sequel characters except for Chewy of course.
So, this is like a dinner theatre/murder mystery hotel? This is going to be comedy gold.
My thoughts.
1. So a lot of people have stated that the marketing team has failed and yea, I agree with that to an extent. The marketing team clearly should have focused on their strengths, the immersion factor. With that said that's a pretty hard thing to show so I understand them trying it their way, unfortunately the rooms and so forth are very cheap and plain looking.
2. So I'm curious how Disney will deal with party poopers or anti-spies. Basically people who are just going to shout "LOOK, here's the spy! " and other trolls. Because if you're going with 150 people (roughly) at least one person is going to be a troll. The other thing to keep in mind is how are they going to guarantee the same quality of experience for every guest during their stay? I'm sure the kids will get priority first and some people won't want to participate but still that's a lot of people for not a lot of time. Is every table going to have their own spy or First Order soldier? How much control will you have over picking which side you want to go with?
3. I highly doubt each group will have their own experience. I mean you can already see that regardless if your First Order or Resistance; the ship is always going to get attacked, Emo boy is going to take over the ship etc. Like this is clearly much more a play you get to interact with than a real LARPing experience. While little things might change (such as the amount of trolls you run into) the overall story and experience won't change. And it's only going to get worst when Disney starts cutting actors.
4. While the immersion stuff sounds neat, I doubt it's going to be as good as they're saying. It's NEVER a good sign when they basically admit, "Yea, the games themselves kinda suck but the immersion AROUND the games will be great!" The lightsaber training and the bridge battle are the only thing that is guaranteed to have the quality for every person and every time you go through. Whereas actors quality will change depending upon who you get. For example that person could be a terrible actor, or maybe they're having a bad day or maybe they just weren't assigned an interesting character to play. This is Disney and poorly paid actors we're talking about, I promise you that most of these backgrounds they're talking about are a paragraph or two long and amount to "say whatever you want just don't mess with the hotel's story unless you have that specific character".
I'm being a little mean, and I'm sure the actors and directors are doing their best, but you should always assume the human factor is going to be the weakest element for a LARP especially when you're LARPing with a group of strangers vs friends who know what experience they want to have. Considering the quality of the lightsaber training room, which again is the closest you're going to get to a perfect consistent experience I believe the battle is going to be more cheese than an actual wow factor. I mean hell what are they going to do with Rey's tape measure lightsaber, have her awkwardly switch it out (without anyone noticing) to a durable one that you can actually play fight with?
5. Even assuming that the immersion is as good as they claim it is. This is not a 5K experience. Like these actors aren't catering to you specifically. They'll sit with you and talk with you and at most they're roleplay with you as you both tell each other your life stories, and maybe you'll help catch or hide a spy but that's it. You're not even participating in the final act. This amounts to a broadway play that you can slightly interact with to an extent. A broadway play is about 200 US dollars per person. So this should really be about 1K per person and it's extremely dirty of Disney to not let you pay per person but instead force you to work with their family plans. The value just isn't there for what they're asking for.
I believe the high cost will weed out most trolls.
@@77Pictures In my experience, it's the nerds with the most disposable cash that are the most likely to troll others. I knew a guy that would absolutely waste 6,000 on this experience just to ruin it for others and not even think twice about the cost.
@@beanstheclown wow. What a horrible person.
Addressing my own personal experiences with performing in similar projects. The human element is the thing that keeps people involved. The tech is fun if done well, but the thing that makes it great, are the performers and the improv element.
@@77Pictures I agree with you and it really concerns me because they should have good quality actors playing those parts...
Some how I don't think that would be the case here!
This whole video was a better marketing for the "hotel" then the official from star wars.
The whole no photos/videos thing seems SUUUUPER shady. At $6,000 for 2 nights I should be allowed all the photos and videos I damn want.
@Sakkra123 they call them datapads in GE and allegedly the Sabak (spelling?) thing involves your phone so... It just seems like they don't want people filming everything or maybe anything as any view of the inside seems to lead to more cancellations.
Seems to me the cruiser is neutral enough, they could have special Original trilogy and Prequel trilogy weeks for people who want that.
That would greatly enhance the replay ability of the attraction.
Smart idea!
Your idea is great, EXCEPT for one aspect: Kathleen Kennedy.
Sadly not possible. The OT/PT characters are treated as if they are not theirs to use (like XMen with Marvel at one point) it's so bizzare.
The premise looks promising, but I agree: the marketing is terrible. If they marketed it the way the premise is, I think perception would have been different. Instead they marketed some cheap, generic 60s sci-fi show. The way it's described here--as an immersive Star Wars experience makes it so different. Why didn't they just craft their marketing around the premise? Disney's marketing department is doing a horrible job. Where can I apply to their marketing department (seriously, I took up Marketing in college)?
it did look like Star Trek
@@nicknevco215 Only in comparison to Star Wars. A Star Trek experience wouldn't be a bad thing either, but if this was the marketing for it, Star Trek fans would have exploded too, for the same reasons.
You’re probably already listed as a do not hire for clicking on this video lol
If you live in the Orlando area, go to Disney Springs area and go to the Casting building that's across the street and ask them.
@@SpiderBite90x Well, I don't even live in the US in the first place. Wish I did live in that area and just walk on by.
Can’t get any less motivated.
What you are telling us is that all this will be the first three months then cost cutting will be done due to lack of bookings and you might be lucky to have 4 cast members :)
The check in person will double as the captain, ray and your dinner server.
No, it will be 4 cast members who aren't even in costume and instead dressed in generic uniforms.
@@Doomwolf82002 The cleaners :)
If they can phase out the sequel trilogy characters and and focus their attention on the mandalorian series characters I think they could do a lot better and get more attention
I think it would be really cool if at some point in the book of boba if boba Fett went to Batu and the mandalorian was there as well and they had an epic fight in batu I think that would bring a lot of joy and excitement to batu
I don't even like the Mandalorian and I agree with you. Anything is better than the god awful ST.
Mando was ok but people praise it like it was the second coming.
They can't because Cara Dune was one of the most popular characters there and they did her dirty
@@amethystwyvern I think it's just because it felt like a small step in a better direction. I love the show for the simple fact that it's not preachy, self-important crap like the sequels were. If they tie the show to those movies it's dead though.
Is there a betting pool on how long it will take before somebody pops open a fire door and goes outside for a smoke?
Or a toke 😂😂
The moment I heard First Order, my first thought was "hard pass." They can keep their shit show and choke on it. For something that's supposed to launch here in the next few months, they're incredibly behind schedule if they actually intend to do all that. People have to learn their roles and rehearse them. Stunts and choreography need to be worked out and rehearsed as well or someone is going to get injured. That food needs a major overhaul considering the 6K price tag as well. This all reads as a train wreck waiting to happen to me and I can't wait until someone manages to sneak in a pinhole cam of some kind and record it.
I feel that grogu as the main character is a huge misstep, he has no character. He is just cute. You need more than that.
They better leave the baby out of it. He's been through enough already.
Level 6 of hell: Interactive Theatre
Level 7 of hell: 2 days of it at $6000 bare minimum
I will only accept this if whoever the spy is looks directly at you and says, "I'm the spy! I don't care so long as Kylo Ren loses!"
At least then, I can die laughing.
And then I shoot him in the leg
Ok one thing that I’m curious about, cause you mentioned it, is the extra cost of the outfits you’re expected to wear?? Aren’t your supposed to cosplay the whole time? No Mickey shirts and shorts from what I remember. Sooo maybe another couple hundred on top of everything else? 🤪🙃
You don’t have to cosplay. In a video with imagineers, they said you can go all in or not. It’s possible these tests with guests are just to test it with everyone at the same time. I’ve booked a stay in the starcruiser, and we all get schedules 30 days prior to boarding, and it seems individual/close to
I don’t know about the Baby Yoda thing. He’s popular because he’s cute, not because he’s a good character. He barely IS a character if you think about it. More like an animated prop.
Baby Yoda is popular with the lady’s
Kylo ren is a good guy now and also dead. So to me it would be kinda weird seeing him as a villain now. I wonder if down the road they will change up this hotel and galaxies edge to reflect a different time period and new or old characters in Star Wars
Kylo (in the parks) is frozen in time as the character from Force Awakens. Has not met Snoke yet.
NO HE NOT DEAD THEY JUST COMFIRMED THAT!!! PLUS REY CAN HAVE BABIES WITH OUT A MALE????
ITS GOING TO GET ALOT WORST
@@darkart-mr8wu Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
@@jutabant Careful, this might be click/panic bait - check Wookieepedia first; if it says he's dead, then dead he'll likely remain.
What happens if you turn up in a Star Trek outfit? Do they eject you from an airlock?
Yes
My kid lost his first tooth while we were in line to see Tinkerbell. I hoped she might be able to put in a good word with the tooth fairy, but she didn’t know anything about tooth fairies.
A cast member in character would officially know nothing about Star Trek. If you get spaced, it will be by a fellow passenger.
If that was original star wars or even prequel I would have loved to visit it multiple times but I want nothing to do with the sequel era. Even if they try to add baby Yoda, which honestly it will probably just sour Grogu trying to link him to the sequel era.
I mean unless you kill Grogu he would be alive during the period.
@@TheGeneral308 I would rather have Asoka and Grogu just skip that era or be in a different timeline where we get Mara Jade and Darth Talon showing up in. Or Thrawn's heir to the empire like ark instead.
@@bdon5813 Honestly I don't even like Asoka is alive. But nothing says they can't bring her in at some point if she is still alive. I mean if I am really honest of all the SW times I really wish it was set in KTOR. I love that setting so many great characters.
@@TheGeneral308 I would love to see it set in Kotor as well.
When Jay mentioned Rays lightsaber could bend it instantly reminded me of jedi Herbert and his limp lightsaber from blue harvest
Why didn't they advertise that? That might have kept some people interested
I used to be an actor for 2 years at Evermore Park in Utah and this immersive entertainment thing is hard so… best of luck to Disney and the best of luck to the actors!
That much money, they had better give FREE pictures.
Of course that won’t happen
really at the price they should give the guest the custom lightsaber and droid when they get to Batu free too. Then you start talking about better value fast.
The battle part sounds cool but I’m wondering how this will actually translate especially with pandemic restrictions, but I’d rather see Vader vs. Luke people would go nuts for that it’s sad what we could have had.
It's Florida, so I'm not sure pandemic restrictions are going to have much impact going forward. Overall, what I'm seeing in this video sounds better than what they showed in the original previews. But when Rey appeared... Yeah, there'd be so much more excitement with the original characters.
The fans can make a far superior sw experience at a comic con. LOL
You actually make it sound way more enjoyable than their vid. For the cost the gunning part should be some type of motion sim, maybe a chair like on the falcon in ep4
Your description was better than any promotional video they ever produced. It does sound cool, but not for $5000.
Thanks
I hear the cost of the stay would be around 5 or 6k but I suspect once you add tax, food, drinks and a few extras they are sure to be up selling you, it would be >7k.
i agree... if thay say it like this, it will be more interesting
I can’t wait for the Disney vloggers and reporters coming into this place, trying to put on a smile on their face, whence themselves while eating their crap food, observing all the cast members in tacky clothing, tries out and miserably fails at every “ride” or game they play, finally getting to their room, and cries in pain they spent $6k for this garbage for two nights.
I can't wait for John Campea to cry he didn't get a free vacation to this in a TH-cam video.
I went to Galaxys Edge before the coof. Nobody was interacting with Ray or Kylo Ren. The storm troopers, yes. But the main characters, no. Yet, on the other side if the park in Tomorrowland, there was a line to take pictures with Darth Vader. They are doubling down on the movies nobody gives a crap about. Galaxys edge was kind of a failure at DL because you had the entire rest of the park to experience. When you saw it...you left.
What if I’m having Diarrhea when Kylo Ren attacks, will the lights go out in the bathroom?
That might be a better adventure than what you’re experiencing at the hotel
This one video made me more interested in the starcruiser than any of Disney’s official promotions. I hope that you are right with this cuz it actually sounds like an interesting experience. Overpriced, but interesting.
not really. one free meal a day. one free drink a day. time limits on everything and strict rules on everything and you and your family can be booted out at any time and for any reason with no refund. the worst thing is there is no free lightsaber even at 6000k WTF! even worst your not allowed out of your room past 11pm........ na i pass on this crap show.
Seems like way more effort than I want to have to do for a holiday.
Thank you for detailed breakdown Jay! I personally am very disappointed with how Disney incorporated Star Wars into the parks, doesn’t look like something I would really enjoy
Thank you. I have seen so many youtube channels just bash this place and mock it. Thank you for the deep dive into the itinerary. I lived in Orlando and had passes for decades, and then friends at the parks. It is fun to see the videos and follow whats up and new, even though I'm retired in Mexico now. Peace
So they expect people to put down their phones, lol, hahahaha
Thanks for saving us ALL the $6,000. I was planning on going-BUT I knew i HAD to wait until I had some REAL HONEST reviews.....
This "Starcruiser" and Disney Wars in general just keeps getting better and better. Good grief. 🙄🤦♂️
You sold this way better than Disney has
Just sayin'. If I spend 6000USD for two nights, I'd like to verify they have toilets and wifi. Do they have that? Do they even have a wallsocket to charge your cellphone?
-Yes, I am a simple and practical man.
They said no earthly things so your phone gets confiscated. Disney already has your credit card info so you don’t need anything.
It is hardly a luxury hotel when you are told what to do, and get interrogated. It sounds like a re-education camp.
No thanks Disney, there are a lot of things I could do with $6000, spending money on this crap isn't one of them.
They should do a thing where the "starcruiser" is attacked at, say, 3 am and every guest has to scramble to the bridge to defend it and if they lose they have to check out. No refunds.
They need to have trash compactor experience.
Thank you for further informing us of this disgrace.
How does Chewbacca hide from the First Order?
Fake moustache?
Glasses?
Hypnotic tie?
Big hat?
Under a grate in the floor?
Up in a tree?
If they put as much effort into the storytelling as they've spent on marketing it... I'll make the popcorn and you bring the drinks... this is gonna be a s**tshow worthy of a watch...
Ah… interactive theater!! Sounds it’s like a Star Wars-themed “Sleep No More” - if I can save up for it I’ll definitely give it a shot.
Sleep no more is incredible
Because nothing says "immersion" like the dramatic moment when the First Order spy is finally exposed, and he's the guy wearing khakis and a Mickey Mouse t-shirt.
Mickey is a spy
I do find one thing interesting regarding the visit to Batuu (Galaxy's Edge) during the stay that you show up. Are these resort guest given a lightning lane access to both rides (since both rides appear as activities with timeslots)? If so, how can it affect regular park visitors the chance to get the Lightning lanes (paid for Rise, included in Genie + with Millenium Falcon) and stall the standby queue. This whole resort definetly is a mess.
I'm thinking Lightning Lane access would be included in the hotel costs.
I would think it would go even further than that. My guess is that it will go more like VIP tours, where people straight up get escorted through secret passages past the lines (you could even imagine the "spy" from the prior night on the Star Cruiser coming back to "sneak" you onto Rise of the Resistance). Fortunately, it is a maximum 200 people, which is
They probably have slots booked for the hotel guest that are no available for regular visitors.
I can’t imagine why they didn’t have a teaser of the RP storyline. Just the premise to get people interested. Would have been a lot more appealing than a bar and song.