Disney Parks Boss Josh D'Amaro hints at something coming to Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World

Jun 27, 2023 in "Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser"

Posted: Tuesday June 27, 2023 3:10pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

In a recent interview with The Points Guy, Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products Chairman Josh D'Amaro commented on the future of the soon-to-close Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser.

In response to a question about the future of Starcruiser, D'Amaro said, "No hints yet, but something will happen."

He continued, "I know not everything's going to work. What did work, though, is we took creativity and storytelling to a completely new level, to a level that had never existed before. ... It didn't work commercially. And so, when we realized that, you just make a call and move on."

The final voyage for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser will take place September 28-30, 2023, and has already sold out. Disney is contacting guests booked on the cancelled Starcruiser voyages and says it hopes to relocate Cast Members to other roles at Walt Disney World.

Carrying a lofty price tag of around $5200 for the two-day, two-night experience, Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser launched on March 1 2022. After stronger-than-expected initial sales, Starcruiser bookings quickly stalled, forcing Disney to look to save costs and boost reservations.

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GimpYancIentFeb 08, 2025

Concertina / razor wire strung on a 7 - 10-foot-high chain link fence around the building would give it the correct esthetic.

IncomudroFeb 06, 2025

Hopefully the Tiana crew will do some time.

MisterPenguinFeb 04, 2025

Just make sure the newly configured spaces have two or three of the narrow windows into one room.

JoeCamelFeb 04, 2025

Trailers are for the lesser offenders the hard core are sent to this big house

SirwalterraleighFeb 03, 2025

The river country dvc

SirwalterraleighFeb 03, 2025

Define “frequently”?

donaldtooFeb 03, 2025

Do we have any maximum security trailer prisons…?! :cyclops:

flynnibusFeb 03, 2025

For people that frequently work out of trailers?

Disstevefan1Feb 03, 2025

The Imagineers will not be released from the Star Cruiser Correctional Facility until they have destroyed and replaced ROA with Cars.

Basil of Baker StreetFeb 03, 2025

Do we know if employees are being assigned there or sentenced? Looks very penitentiary-ish.

Nubs70Feb 03, 2025

Lease hold improvement

Disstevefan1Feb 03, 2025

We KNOW Disney LOVES losses on paper. They treat write offs like income ;)

SirwalterraleighFeb 03, 2025

No I think they can maybe write off the partial demo now of the interior and maybe the retrofit as part of the “loss”? Who doesn’t love loses on paper?

JoeCamelFeb 03, 2025

You mean they got WDI to foot the bill for the demo.....