Are more cancellations besetting the newest Disney World venue? What is causing such availability so close to the opening?
Disney Parks has opened the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser reservation windows into the autumn months (Septemer, October, and November). At the same time, cancellations are becoming a real problem for the expensive role-playing experience. While Disney is opening more dates, their dates even next month are becoming available at an alarming rate.
Reviews for the experience from the first paid voyage have been mixed. Overall, guests seem to be impressed with the cast members and the dinner food offerings. Simultaneously, the light saber and bridge video game elements are receiving mediocre reception. Breakfast and lunch meals, as well as the “filler” activities, are not getting great reviews. The breakfast and lunch meals have been so poorly received that at least one Disney World journalist has said that it’s the worst Disney food ever produced. Yikes!
As we’ve said before, the Starcruiser is an experience made for a very small demographic. You probably need to really like Star Wars, have thousands of disposable income, AND enjoy role playing enough that you can sustain it for two entire days… and then you may enjoy this. There are positives and negatives for this experience, although I personally do not think the price tag is appropriate. Still, I have not ever expected that Disney would struggle to sell out the spring and summer months. That there has been availability for March and April post-opening is surprising to me (if not in the least because I would think Disney would hide that). So I also continue to wonder, is Star Wars a damaged brand?
Expect to see a bit more coverage of the Galactic Starcruiser this weekend, and we’ll continue to keep an eye on Disney’s success or struggles in monetizing this new venture. Keep checking out That Park Place for all the latest.
You’ve got to wonder how much the controversy over Disney refusing to denounce Florida’s ridiculous “Don’t Say Gay” bill has impacted people’s desire to give them a bunch of money right now.
Given how small the clientele for the hotel experience is and given the ideological divide in the Star Wars fanbase, I think you might be right. It’s certainly speculation, but an issue like freedom or restriction to communicate sexual issues to Elementary students is the sort of thing that can cause boycotts or cancellations. Those are more visible in smaller venues for sure.
Eh…insisting a company either publicly support or denounce something is a tool of the small-but-vocal online bullying-gang who are trying to circumvent an individual state/locality public’s decision to democratically chose leaders that represent them and their local positions. I’d venture most people who are planning an expensive vacation understand concerning themselves with demanding a stance on their (insert latest issue of the day) isn’t a real life thing, but an internet thing.