Disney has announced the prices for its interactive Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser hotel, officially confirming the lifelong dream of countless diehard fans certainly wonโt come cheap. Scheduled to open its pod bay doors at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida sometime during 2022 (COVID-19 willing), this recreation of a galaxy far, far away wonโt just be a place to stay โ but a place to remember.
โStar Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is a revolutionary new two-night experience where you are the hero,โ reveals the site description.
โYou and your group will embark on a first-of-its-kind Star Wars adventure thatโs your own. Itโs the most immersive Star Wars story ever created โ one where you live a bespoke experience and journey further into a Star Wars adventure than you ever dreamed possible.โ
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Disneyโs Star Wars hotel has been described as equal parts live-immersive theatre, themed environment, culinary extravaganza, and role-playing. An opportunity to actually live out the operatic space mythology, if you will, but obviously without the risk, danger, and stakes of being conquered by an Imperial Empire (or the merciless rule of the Sith).
โIt might not be obvious to people how we have been able to weave these stories together,โ says Scott Trowbridge, Portfolio Creative Executive at Walt Disney Imagineering.
โThe stories that are going to take place on our Galactic Starcruiser were designed to intersect with the stories of Star Wars: Galaxyโs Edge when both were in development at the same time.โ
โItโs not just that Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser and Galaxyโs Edge thread together, but they thread together with the rest of Star Wars storytelling. Iโm excited about the ways weโre going to tell those stories not just onboard for the experience but also in all the other mediums in which Star Wars storytelling comes to life.โ
Key features one can expect throughout their stay is as follows:
- First night aboard the Starcruiser โ dubbed The Halcyon โ involves a dinner show performed by โaliensโ and โotherworldyโ cuisine prepared by Disney chefs
- Plenty of character interactions โ some personalised โ with some actions taken (e.g. smuggling) leading to follow-up scenarios during your time there
- Excursions to Batuu, the setting for Galaxyโs Edge, with plotlines lifted from the existing Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run rides
- Build your own model ship to take home
- Sabacc Tournament (Star Wars version of poker)
- Droid Racing Competition (Self-explanatory)
- Bridge Training (โLearn how the legendary Halcyon starcruiser functions from the crew during this hands-on experience. The crew will teach you how the navigation, power, defence, and other critical systems keep it safe from unforeseen galactic entanglements.โ)
- And possibly the most exciting componentโฆ Lightsaber Training (โWield a lightsaber and face off against a remote training device in this exclusive interactive activity that is far beyond anything youโve experienced before. Put your skills to the test!โ)
Those who arenโt too keen on participating can simply sit back and watch the drama unfold; chill at the Sublight Lounge to enjoy a bite and a bev.
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Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Interactive Hotel Prices (Walt Disney World โ Orlando, Florida)
- Standard room (Voyage Cabin) โ US$4,809 / AU$6,495 for two-night stay [two guests]
- Standard room (Voyage Cabin) โ US$5,299 / AU$7,157 for two-night stay [two adults & one child]
- Standard room (Voyage Cabin) โ US$5,999 / AU$8,102 for two-night stay [three adults & one child]
- Galaxy Class Suite โ TBA
- Grand Captain Suite โ TBA
**Entertainment + Food included
โItโs going to be fresh, itโs going to be technology-ridden, itโs going to be incredibly relevant to guests all around the world,โ Disney Parks Chairman Josh DโAmaro explains to CNN Business, in direct reference to the future of Disneyโs parks and resorts.
โEvery single day, these parks are changing.โ
The only other real downside is that alcohol isnโt included within the package.
Fingers crossed weโll actually be able to visit the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser interaction hotel come 2022.
