Sheep to be fleeced
Disney has launched a new Star Wars experience at Disney World, Florida: the Galactic Starcruiser, a Star Wars–themed luxury hotel. It is luxuriously expensive. But, from the early reviews, it appears that the actual experience is not similarly luxurious.
The hotel rooms all have screens where the windows should be, showing a representation of the inky nothingness of space, but nothing you can crack open in a panic if the air conditioning goes down and the illusion falls away and your throat closes up as you realise that you’ve paid several months’ wages to spend two nights in an airless box. This, according to a report in SF Gate, was a dealbreaker for some of the resort’s early reviewers. The report from an influential Disney food YouTuber was that “Disney went all-in on an experience that seemingly puts only the wealthiest guests inside a windowless bunker for two full days”. To add insult to injury, others have complained that the rooms themselves – in keeping with what life is probably like onboard a spaceship – are smaller than expected, and uncomfortably cramped.
Stuart Heritage, The Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser hotel sounds like Secret Cinema in hell, The Guardian
Why are people complaining about tiny, windowless rooms on a galactic starcruiser? It's supposed to be a frikkin' galactic starcruiser! Even if you could open the window while cruising in space…well, just don't, it's a bad idea.
As for the lack of space in space, quit complaining. You're paying to live the experience. And bail out Disney. No one's forcing you, you saps.
Besides, anything that loses Disney money is good news. (thumbup)
Me neither: the pedant enters the room
Incidentally, Heritage opens his article with this challenging question:
Fancy a two-day, £4,500 break in a windowless mockup of a spaceship? That makes one of us
Stuart Heritage, The Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser hotel sounds like Secret Cinema in hell, The Guardian
It made me laugh at first. And then I thought about it.
Because my answer to this question is a resounding NO! It follows, therefore, that he does fancy a two-day, £4,500 break in a windowless mockup of a spaceship.
Enjoy your trip, Stu. Don't bother sending a postcard: at the prices Disney charges, use the money to pay your air fare.
Fancy a two-day, £4,500 break in a windowless mockup of a spaceship? Me neither!