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

JoeCamelJun 23, 2024

Update: The note was removed....... Think they made a sale?

Disstevefan1Jun 20, 2024

HA! you got me! PERFECT!!! I love when Universal does things like this!!

danlb_2000Jun 20, 2024

Looks like this is from the Universal Men In Black ride queue.

Disstevefan1Jun 20, 2024

Is this real or a meme?

JoeCamelJun 20, 2024

And trying to get back on topic.......

cjkeatingJun 19, 2024

Just to help correct this slightly, may still not be 100% accurate. Updates in bold. I think the only full face character actors on each voyage were: Captain Riyola Keevan Cruise Director Lenka Mok Sammie Gaya Raithe Kole Sandro Alimander Rey - day 2 only First Order Lieutenant Harman Croy First Order Colonel Grav Talis - on screen only Then a list of characters that can be done by multiple actors on the same voyage SK-62O Ouannii - believed to have been played by 2 actors per day due to the prosthetics The Saja - their numbers varied cruise by cruise and potentially day by day, 4 per day would be a good average Chewbacca - sporadically throughout both days Kylo Ren - grand finale only First Order Stormtroopers (x2) - 2 on day 1, 4 on day 2 Also I would say that all characters were 'at work' for 12 hours a day. Their start times on stage were staggered and some would be on stage more or less based on their makeup/prosthetics requirement. I did some rough maths using your $100 figure and came to the following figures... Group 1 Actors - $18,000 Group 2 Actors - $24,000 So $40,000 is probbaly a good figure. I'd love for someone to share how many on stage 'blue shirts' were on the ship each day as it felt heavily staffed but then many of them were multi-skilled. Then add in off stage staff like the chefs, technicians, transport drivers, security etc it increases further. When calculating the 'total cost' to Disney to employ the staff including all training, benefits, tax etc and looking at all backstage, admin, managerial support roles etc I could see the daily Starcruiser staff cost being in the $100,000 range.

danlb_2000Jun 18, 2024

These are just the actors, how many other CMs are needed on stage during a voyage? $100 may not be unreasonable because you have to count salary and benefits.

asianwayJun 18, 2024

Only if an illness necessitated a swap

PurduevianJun 18, 2024

Understood. I guess it's not as easy as saying Sammy makes $100 an hour for a 12 hour shift 7 days a week ($8400 a week). However, it might more be like both Sammys make $4500 a week whether it's there 4 day week or their 3 day week ($9000 for both Sammys)

flynnibusJun 18, 2024

Sammy 2 and Sammy 1 are both on contract and on staff even if they aren't working that day :) That's my point. That employee is costing you overhead even when off shift because you need him trained and committed to you. You have multiple people on staff for the role.

PurduevianJun 18, 2024

Right... but if Sammy 1 is working Cruise A, C, and E. and Sammy 2 is working Cruise B, D, and F... There is still only 1 Sammy per day working/Cruise. I don't think they ever had multiple actors playing the same face character on the same cruise but I could be wrong.

natatomicJun 18, 2024

I think “hours” are calculated really weird with equity actors. My husband is in that union, and while he is not scheduled 8 hours (it’s closer to 6, and even then, most of that time is breaks), he gets paid 8 hours. The Nemo Show is something crazy - like, they do something like 3 shows and get paid 8 hours. I might be off on that one, I can’t remember exactly what it is, but it’s something like that. I couldn’t even begin to imagine how something like the Cruiser cast was calculated. ETA: I think it’s called “show value.” Each show had a specific show value of X number of hours. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong. I’ll ask my husband when he gets home if I remember. 🙃

flynnibusJun 18, 2024

Keeping it simple... remember there is more than one person who fills a role. People don't work every shift themselves, etc. People are allowed to take days off, etc. But those people are still on payroll, etc.

PurduevianJun 18, 2024

Yeah I was just trying to count the actual actors and using "worse case" scenario. Outside of the actors, there was a support team (not sure how many people that would be). However, I guess I was just trying to show that I can't see the actual actors costing over ~$11k a day which doesn't seem like the back breaker many people make it out to be.