Disney posts Galactic Star Cruiser pricing, and it's unsurprisingly expensive

That was fantastic. Also a good sampling of the people most likely to complain about how expensive Galactic Star Cruiser is.

That Triumph video never gets old.

"And don't you forget to finish your Filet-o-fish."

I saw that clip for the first time when I got into Late Night with Conan in college and had the 10th Anniversary show DVD. Watching it again now for the first time in ages. I miss the Conan Late Night days so much.

It was Triumph's finest hour (or, 11 minutes).

Perhaps I’m showing that I didn’t read the article…but what about incidentals on this cruise? Visa claims to be “everywhere you want to be,” does that include the outer rim of a distant galaxy, presumably long, long ago? Do they avoid the problem altogether by making it an all inclusive experience? Do you have to exchange your dollars for local currency? And is the exchange reversible? Maybe you can buy drinks with a credit card, but if the movies are to be believed, gambling requires cash*!

And because this was “long, long ago,” you can’t use the compound interest trick advocated for meals at Milliway’s** to pay for your trip!

—Dave Althoff, Jr.
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* Or the keys to your spaceship
** The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

—DCAjr

It will be like staying at any Disney hotel. You can charge everything back to you room folio via MagicBand or Key To The World card.

"Exclusive Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser databand"

Don't ruin this for me. ;)

Wait. You mean they won't take Republic credits?

Clearly what is needed is a budget role play hotel. Star Wars: Imperial Transport where the beds are all cots and there is 10 to a room.

Your role play idea got me thinking. For the luxury suites, is slave Leah part of the package?

Only when they open up one outside of Las Vegas.

Fun Fact: As most people believe prostitution is legal in Vegas, it is not. It's not legal in Clark County.

Outside of that, there's plenty of room for a Jabba's Palace Hotel. :)

It's even in the desert. Now we just need a Sarlac pit.

Jabba doesn't operate within the confines of the law.

Pagoda Gift Shop said:

Clearly what is needed is a budget role play hotel. Star Wars: Imperial Transport where the beds are all cots and there is 10 to a room.

Or a Death Star themed hotel where you get to play a contractor installing some electronics panels. Budget pricing tier!

We were joking while doing Rise of the Resistance that the way they keep the floors so clean is they let Star Wars nerds LARP being janitors on a Star Destroyer and then charge them for the privilege.

There's a lot of noise in the fan universe right now about there suddenly being dates available to book, declaring that it must be the underwhelming preview video they posted. Is it just me, or are the two more likely scenarios that they only sold a portion of the inventory up front, or that the likely mask mandates going later may have discouraged people?

I’m no LARPer, but it seems like you pay an exorbitant cost to be required to work while on vacation.

Star Wars isn't my thing at all. But if I was paying this kind of money for something that was my thing, as much as I subscribe to the "I'm vaccinated and living my life as normal" as far as living in a COVID world goes, I'd likely hold off on booking such an immersive experience with this kind of cost until I knew for certain it could done at 100% potential (no masks, no reduced offerings or limited capacity, etc.), especially if it was going to be a one and done thing.

Jeff said:

Is it just me, or are the two more likely scenarios that they only sold a portion of the inventory up front, or that the likely mask mandates going later may have discouraged people?

It could even be as simple as folks booked on spec before they were sure they were going to go, out of (reasonable) fear that booking later after they'd decided would be harder. Then, some of those folks decide they can't make it after all. I don't think there was a non-refundable deposit, was there?

BrettV said:

I'd likely hold off on booking such an immersive experience with this kind of cost until I knew for certain it could done at 100% potential (no masks, no reduced offerings or limited capacity, etc.), especially if it was going to be a one and done thing.

Exactly why I haven’t booked another cruise yet either, experience probably isn’t the same again.

That was our second consideration after getting Simon (11) vaccinated. Basically, on DCL, you need to use a mask when moving between interior spaces, but everywhere you land you're eating or drinking, so it does seem a little goofy. But outside decks, your room, the private island, it's all good. We figured that as a percentage of our time, that isn't very much.

For the Star Wars thing, there's no way to predict what the requirements will be, and folks are approaching the 90-day mark where they can't get a full refund. Like I said, I'll lean into the more logical explanation.

Although this far in, we got a hold of some of those Chinese-made KN95 masks, and they're very tolerable, not touching your mouth, yet creating a better seal. Quality is wildly inconsistent, unfortunately, but we scored a solid batch.