Test stays at Walt Disney World's 'Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser' begin very soon

Jan 05, 2022 in "Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser"

Posted: Wednesday January 5, 2022 2:42pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Test stays will begin as soon as January 18 2022, at Disney World's upcoming Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser.

Some of the first guests will begin voyages from January 18

Disney will be giving away test stays to select groups, including Disney World cast members and contest winners.

Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser - The Bridge

Test stays are standard procedure at Disney hotels, giving the operations team a chance to operate the Starcruiser in real-world conditions that will roll out to full operational status for the first official voyage scheduled for March 1 2022.

Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser - The Sublight Lounge

The 2 night, 2 day experience aboard the 100 cabin starcruiser is priced around $5000 for 2 guests during the off-season, so a test stay represents a significant win for the lucky recipients.

Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser - Launch Pod

Learn more about Walt Disney World's Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser.

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GimpYancIentMar 17, 2026

Yes, things (entertainment / distraction) that guests, fans, travelers would actually like / enjoy. Careful! you are being creative, imaginative and thinking about the visitors having fun.

ScreamfaceMar 16, 2026

Grand Naboo Palace Hotel. Luxury hotel that could be enjoyed by Star Wars fans and rich people alike. Star Wars Adventure Inn. Fairly normal "low" cost Disney Hotel. Have different a few different areas based on different planets. Tatooine, Hoth and Endor. Have theming around them. Have a pool with an AT-AT with a water slide coming out of it's butt. Character meet and greets. Big Cantina, Tatooine market themed dinning hall. Don't at all care about eras or having in built story lines for guests. It's just Star Wars stuff. Have a couple of X-Wings parked in the carpark. Other ships and things around the resort. Build a tower that looks like Padme's apartment building on Coruscant for Hotel suites. It's all so simple.

Disstevefan1Feb 17, 2026

You never know? Unless someone has concrete evidence the Starcruiser has been gutted, you never know. While, yes its currently office space, Josh was the one who was quoted, "something will happen" with the Starcruiser and now that he is boss, whatever might have been tying his hands is now gone?

JAN JApr 14, 2025

There is this hotel in France (Station Cosmos) that has a very Star Wars influenced theme (though not officially Star Wars). Goes for around 300 euros a night per family with tickets to their complex included. I believe it could have been successful as a hotel only in a resort with Star Wars or multiple IPs, and the LARP component as a premium add-on.

Rich BrownnJan 11, 2025

I'm pretty sure the Imagineers of days past survived projects they worked on being killed. And there were alot of them, even well into development (Tony Baxter seemed to have the most)

cjkeatingJan 11, 2025

You have to assume they are primarily using the support buildings adjacent to the main Starcruiser building? I wonder if this is going to be the DHS WDI field office for Monstropolis/RNRC to save them having to build demountables like they are at DAK and MK?

SoFloMagicJan 09, 2025

I bet the daily reminder that your project could die at any time really helps morale

OceanBlueJan 07, 2025

It's openly discussed by cast members that it is now the home of Imagineering Central Florida.

yensid1967Jan 06, 2025

"Disney has a history of abandoning things and letting them rot..." TAX WRITE OFF! (the same way when an apartment complex has an empty apartment, they get to write it off on their taxes)

SoFloMagicJan 06, 2025

They're not short of parking lot space.

Disney MadduxJan 05, 2025

Stitch's Great Escape.

IncomudroJan 04, 2025

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

SirwalterraleighJan 04, 2025

The only chance they would ever have to turn this around would be to redesign it as an OT Mecca and market straight at gen X…which is where a lot of “Disney adults” lie. That’s it… They completely miscalculated why people go to Orlando: for all the stuff. To lock you in, charge you a fortune, and use pathetically bad source material was a doozy even by Disney hubris standards

Vegas Disney FanJan 04, 2025

It’s Disney, it’ll likely sit there completely untouched for decades. In 10 years an urban explorer will find their way in and be amazed that it looks the same as it did the day it closed, everything still intact, just covered in years of dust. Disney has a history of abandoning things and letting them rot until they find a way of monetizing the land again. (River Country, Discovery island, Life pavilion, etc).