What part of a Starcruiser voyage would you most look forward to?

Thanks for giving us both the good and the bad. Your reputation for being critical to Disney management when they deserve it makes your review particularly valuable!

Lt. Croy was the MVP. Dude needs a movie. Thanks for sharing your honest take on the experience.

This is the most sensible, honest report on Starcruiser I have seen to date.

As for you comment on the white glove services: For years, when I booked my vacation, I would get a nice box of Magic bands (with our names on them), baggage tag, and transportation vouchers. So, starting at the airport, we put the provided luggage tags on our bags, check the bags, and they showed up in our resort room. Free transportation from the Orlando airport (with entertaining driver interactions), white glove check-in, and even golf cart tour of the hotel, and then dropped off at our building. At checkout time, bell services would come to the room, pick up the bag, with the same attached luggage tabs, and we would see them at the luggage carousel at our home airport. Again, free transportation to the airport. Now that is all gone (the magic), to save money, and gouge the guests.

As one of the Scenic carpenters who has given his sweat and a small amount of literal blood, working tremendous amount of overtime since late 2019 to bring Project H as I knew it at the time to life.... I'm so unbelievably relieved to hear that you enjoyed it. And that it hasn't all been an un-Star Wars mess. I actually feel emotional.

Thank you Tom and the rest of the WDW News Today crew. This is the review I've most been looking forward to, a group that I knew fully paid their way to board and has always, in my opinion, been fair and honest with their reviews of everything Disney Parks related. I'm glad that the finished product is, on the whole, much better than the initial pieces released by Disney PR made it out to be. I'm really looking forward to your review of your second cruise. I also hope that you'll plan another cruise after awhile to see what's changed for the good and bad. Thank you again!

Tom's enthusiasm for this is such a heart-warming shock. Tom falling in love with Lt. Croy was not the love story I expected.

I, for one, would like to hear more about the story of the character Tom created for himself aboard the Halcyon

I love Tom's honesty in his opinions. This is why Wdwnt is my favorite theme park channel.

Really appreciate the honest and objective review. This is how things need to be done without bias etc. Very well done Tom. This why I like WDWNT.

I haven't been this excited to watch something since Empire came out in 1980! Thank you everyone at WDWNT for ALL of the continuous Galactic Starcruiser coverage!!!

I wish more people thought about the financials a trip like this or any trip would put them in. I think it's a great experience, but I honestly think it's not worth the amount that they're charging for it. The experience isn't for me, but I'm thrilled to hear that it is worth it for those who really enjoy not only Star Wars but themed entertainment.

This is the most honest and insightful review I have watched in the midst of so many insanely biased reviews from both sides. You were clear, thorough and passionate in every word. Thank you.

Thank you Tom for your honest review.

I have very mixed feelings about this. Yes, it does look like a great experience but, only for a select group that can afford it. My big problem is Disney put so much time and money into this while the rides in the parks are constantly breaking down and new rides and projects have been delayed.

"Some of those people will even get called out in the finale" me!! I did!! Sandro thanked me by name! 😭 I'll never forget it!

No matter how much fun this looks like, that price point is just out of this world. For that price, I could do an Adventures By Disney in the USA and get so many more days and still get an exclusive experience. If this were much lower priced, I might consider it as a one time deluxe vacation. At this price point, no way. Not worth it for me.

My question isn't whether you had a good time or not. the real question is is this a sustainable business model? so far the limited appeal of this experience makes me skeptical. That price point is just insane...

This is the moment we've all been waiting for! It is time for Tom's honest review of the Galactic Starcruiser. It's been great watching the videos all week about the experience. Now we can get the final verdict.

No matter what the cost, with the experience based on the sequel trilogy (with a kk self insert) already blemishes everything

A review of the review. So often reviewers do their jobs with a certain sterility or detachment or faux emotionalism... which is fine, and expected, but not terribly compelling. This review was rare in that it seemed to me, a profession cynic, to be not only honest but very heartfelt. Tom clearly cared, no, passionately cared.... ... or he's one hell of an actor :-) . Seriously, I very much appreciate, and understand, the sentiment and the passion. When Disney does things right, the high craft and attention to detail can at least feel like they have actual magic that is worthy of celebration. Please continue to not lose sight of that and hold them to account when they decide to just be high priced amusement park.

It seems that a big part of the price tag is to pay for the talent. (It’s clear that Disney isn’t just hiring from the drama club of the local high schools.) That being said, if I’m going to spend $6k over 2 nights/3 days, I’d rather go to New York, stay at the Waldorf, eat at fancy five star restaurants and catch a couple of Broadway plays. That’s just me though.

This is so good to hear. It makes me happy. Not for the Bob's of the world (WDW), but for the cast members... for the imagineers etc. They needed a win. This sounds like moment Walt would be proud of.... except the price tag 😉

I really like hearing people talk about things they are passionate for. This whole video is a good example, but starting around 56:40 is something great. The way Tom lights up about "live entertainment" and tries to convey that excitement is top notch stuff. Fantastic video Mr. Corless and team, gotta subscribe now I suppose

Absolutely we want a second trip review! Safe voyage!

Thank you for the incredible and honest review. Your team and content is second to none and we greatly appreciate your time and effort.

Thank you for this incredibly detailed and honest review. Wouldn’t expect anything less from the WDWNT team.

The only honest review on KZfaq. I’m glad it’s positive, just a shame I couldn’t justify my family staying there unless we win the lottery.

Great stuff again Tom, extremely well done. I think unfortunately a strategic decision made to shoehorn this gigantic IP into the small space of HS will limit its long term feasibility. You need a much bigger canvas to draw out all the possible stories and worlds to immerse people into. To me the single largest management mistake made in the past ten years was failing to open a 5th gate with Starwars and Marvel IPs as the anchors. Imagine going off planet to multiple worlds or having more than one ship option, like serving on an imperial cruiser as a spy. The shoehorn move is a sad long term mistake. Thanks again!

I remember the white glove treatment we got when arriving at our DVC resort 20 years ago. We mixed things up and didn't stay at the same resort every time, but we were afforded the same respect at each resort. We were greeted at the entrance by a guard who checked our name off the day's arrival list and placed a DVC Member placard on the dash. At the front door valet parking was free (except for the tips), our luggage was collected, and we were escorted to the front desk to collect our room keys and complete all the paperwork. Then we were escorted to the rooms by a porter who also hauled the luggage cart for us. Once we got into the room and unloaded the cart, we could get something to eat or do whatever we wanted. Usually the kids stayed in the rooms because we traveled by car and we were all pretty tired. Frequently my wife and I would get the kids started watching a movie and go down to the lounge and enjoy a cocktail (or two). None of that happens any more. There aren't any guards checking our names, parking is for a fee and valet parking is on top of that, Going to the front desk is heavily discouraged, so we "check in" online and haul our luggage ourselves to the room. We fly a lot now, so we leave home the night before and when we arrive at the resort we usually have been up for 24 to 30 hours. That means a nap for me because I can't sleep on planes. Often the room is not yet available, though, because we get there around 10 AM and the room isn't ours until 3 PM. On our last trip, I took a nap in the lobby with my feet up on my bag. It's a much watered down experience from what it used to be.

After the raving, I am pleased to see the honest money talk at the end. We know Disney can do this level of entertainment... when they want to. But this cost is offensive. People keep comparing it to a cruise, but this is the world's shortest cruise. This price should be for at least 5 nights (which would certainly make the trip to a theme park a nicer excursion, no?). OR the price should be REALISTIC for two nights. Because we've seen Disney do this before. We know it's not THAT expensive. We got to spend hours at the Adventurers Club being part of an elaborate story with a bunch of great improvisational actors for $20 and a few drinks (and we weren't stuck in that one building either). "But why should people be allowed that experience when we can make them pay way more for it, and give them crappy food! Tear down Pleasure Island and build more shops!" Which, by the way, was not done in this fairytale world where Bob Chapek oversees all the moneygrubbing decisions. This was 2008, and was one of Bob Iger's FIRST moneygrubbing decisions as CEO. Also a Bob Iger decision? Galactic Starcruiser! Galaxy's Edge was created during the Iger era and had all its budget cuts in the Iger era, which means he was all for cutting everything and tossing it into an expensive non-park experience (Disney has openly wanted to do this since Discovery Cove opened in 2000, which goes all the way back to Eisner).EVERYTHING in the Iger era saw budget cuts! (I don't recall Pandora getting budget cuts, but Rivers of Light and other things in AK sure did.) Maybe he didn't specifically choose a $6000 price tag, but he very well could have. After all, Iger is the dude that oversaw park tickets going from $59.75 when he became CEO to $159 for a Holiday ticket when he left. Is Chapek a greedy monster? Of course he is! But Bob Iger was just as bad. As was Michael Eisner in the last half of his reign. History is not something you can reboot Disney-style.

Love the segment about the financial responsibility Tom. I wish more people would get it, that ensuring your financial safety is more important than a theme park. I just read the other day that most of the US doesn't have the ability to take on a $400 emergency....thank you Tom, I hope more ppl hear that message.

If Kylo came to my room and personally force choked me then maybe the price would be justified. Otherwise the price for what you actually get is way too high

Thank you Tom for your heartfelt and honest review. I'm looking forward to your comments on the second voyage since I heard the actors will be different. I really want to do this and can afford it but I'm finding it difficult to justify the cost. Subpar food, so much $ for so little time and small cabins.... Plus what's the deal with Gaya being such a superstar with all that luggage but she doesn't change outfits at all? Weird... Have disney execs never met a diva? It makes me feel like Cheapek cut more costs to fleece the fans even more... For that kind of money they needed to provide premium accommodations and superb food on top of entertainment.

As much as they wanted to milk the hotel for all the cool stuff, it’s also fair to say that the execution is better suited in the starcruiser vs. trying to execute roaming droids, developing narratives, etc in a crowded and chaotic theme park land where not all guests are into participating.

Love love love Tom's honest reviews.

If I ever had stupid money, I would go as a cosplay of a pirate from pirates of the Caribbean. Bumbling around and confused. Another idea would be a farmer reacting to their first encounter of aliens.

This review was so worth the wait! Fair and honest … loved it! BTW: I would love to hear a 2nd review from your 2nd trip to hear about anything that you learned or was worse or better than the first trip.

Something to add that is SW related. Sadly, Alan Ladd Jr. the producer of many of the SW films, passed away today at age 84. He was the one who approved the very first SW film. He even worked as an agent for Judy Garland early in her career. Other movies on his resume include Blade Runner, Alien, Chariots of Fire and Braveheart. He kickstarted movies that received a whopping 150 Oscar nominations. Unbelievable. RIP. Your contributions to cinema history are a permanent part of my childhood and teen years.

I'm glad there were positive things to highlight. I know we like your rants but this is a refreshing thing.

half of me is like:”this is cool, this seems fun,” and the other half is:”don’t give them your money, it’s not worth it,”

From what I gather on all these starcruiser videos, what you accomplish on Batuu seems to affect what experiences/path you take when back on the ship. That's so cool!

Yep, if you have $6000+ for less than a 2 full day experience you can interact with characters, but if you spend $10,000+ for a regular mutli-day park stay, no interaction with characters for you! Spend $6000+ for a 7 DAY cruise in a luxury suite and have fireworks and Marvel or Star Wars experience and all your food is included!

Thanks for the review. I don’t agree with the price point because it’s not two full days. You go to Batu so technically your there for a 1 and a half day. The cast members are great and i agree that they bring the magic. Without the cast member interaction that hotel stay would be horrible.

exactly the raw honest take the internet was waiting for! thank you, tom! brilliant as always!

Definitely want a second trip review. Love the idea of seeing how the second round will play out differently.

Tom, I’ve only been watching WDW News Today for about a year but this was the best piece I’ve seen. Congrats on a great job of delivering this review!

Yay, it’s Tom! It was a pleasure meeting you on the second voyage! I anxiously await your review of the second voyage! Tracee from Queens, NY. 😉

This along with your individual videos of the various experiences aboard the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser are the best videos you have ever produced and I thank you for all of the time, effort and resources you put into it

The more I learn about it, the more I like it. Disney Marketing really blew it. They really should have marketed this as a murder mystery type event on a cruise ship in space. If you ever seen Turtle Talk or Monsters Inc Laugh Floor, it’s like that, but on ultra-steroids with real actors in an escape room type story for 2 days. Or how the Whispering Canyon or Prime Time Cafe used to be.

Really appreciate your brutally honest review and realistic perspective, especially when pointing out that yes, it's amazing, but no, it's not something people should go into debt for. Thank you so much! 👍

Thanks Tom for giving us this. Our family will wait a few years until the price becomes more reasonable.

A mother says: "I've never seen my kid this happy." That tells it all.

I am so happy you enjoyed yourself! With so many issues and missteps the company has made recently they really need this to be a success. I trust your opinion and thank you for the honest coverage of the place we all love

Thank you for your honest review! I'm going in 3 months and you just made me more excited for my voyage!!! Please keep posting about the cruise

Lt Cory was just perfect in every video I’ve seen of him. Disney need to reward that actor well, so pitch perfect. 👏

Thank you again Tom for your thoughts and insight and truthfulness. Your an awesome dude

It was promised and I think it was delivered with the introduction of the Starcruiser. The pandemic definitely put a stop to progress, but here's exactly what they said they'd give you. I loved GE in Disneyland back in 2020. It was obvious that things were missing, but I'm so happy to see what they've done now. It's great...

Thank you to you and everyone at WDW for the excellent coverage and review!

I enjoyed hearing how excited you were and how much you loved it👏👏

Thank you for your advice! And your experiences!

I love that you noticed the same thing I did first thing, the beck of Batuu. I made so many jokes about that on the way in. 🤣 I thought it was a bad omen but thank God I was wrong. What a life changing experience. ♥️

Hey by the way! I was one of the people in the elevator distracting Croy, if you want to see the elevator ride it's on my channel right now! It's THE BEST!!

I was so very happy to see Tom so very passionate about his experience! I wish I could afford something like this, but I have to live on a retirement budget. Still I want to Thank You Tom for your honest and insightful review!

Thank you, Tom. This is THE review I was waiting for. NJ trusts an honest NJ review bc we don't BS. Lol Cast members deserve all of the love.

So good to hear reliable feedback on Galactic Starcruiser. I was worried this was going to be a letdown, but your videos and review clearly show otherwise. Glad that we got to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly. Really excited to try this on the next WDW trip, might need to wait out the $ though.

Thank you guys for being genuine and honest with this.

So excited for this!!!

Even tho I am probably never gonna get to do this, I already have my character all thought out lol

The Box Truck ride would be great if it also shuttled Aliens and Droids from the Halcyon to Battu and back. Even if it was just a prop of a sleeping Wookie.

Super honest and useful, this video here is why WDWNT are the ones to follow. A lot of care went into this coverage. Thanks for all you guys do. I watch more of your content than Disney + and Netflix 😂

You will undoubtedly gain quite a few new subs for such an honest and thorough review. Great job.

WDWNT ... thank you! You guys are the ones that my family and I trust THE MOST to tell the truth! Please keep doing what you're doing and we're really looking forward to your second review too!

Omg been waiting for this all week

Thank you Tom and crew for being 100% honest about your opinion and experience on this. Also always good looking out for everyone with the bits of financial advice 👌

Appreciate this honest review.

Why are you reviewing the Star Wars Hotel dressed as a Vulcan? 😉😆

I sincerely appreciate your review and wholeheartedly trust your take away. And yes, I’d be as involved as possible. And yes, I agree that at this price point it’s not happening for me. I hope these CMs are being compensated at a significant increase for the level of entertainment they are providing.

This has been the most honest/positive review I’ve seen so far. Disney really needs to start leaning into reviewers that aren’t going to give an automatically positive review, either because they’re just happy to be there or because they want to keep getting invited to events. Thank you

You did a great job filming and reviewing the Starcruiser. I would love to take my cousins, who are huge Star Wars fans. The only problem is the pay wall. This is definitely extremely overpriced. Let’s hope that the prices are decreased, so more people can go. Once again, great job on the review.

It looks like quite the experience. Thanks for giving us the information needed to decide for ourselves whether its the right time to book this adventure.

Thanks for the review, I was looking forward to this one. Hope the second voyage is fun!

Can’t wait for the review for the second cruise. Stuff like this is why you guys are at the top of the list for my Disney news outlets.

I was on the third cruise this past weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it. Now, I am not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination. I'm a long time Star Wars fan as well as an old time LARPer. I've followed this since it was announced but always assumed I'd never be in a financial position to do it. I had a $5000 unexpected windfall and decided to do it, knowing this opportunity would not be available to me again. I do agree that it's over-priced. Personally, I'd say it should be about $1500 less or add another day and night. Even though it was over-priced. I had a great time and don't have buyer's remorse. Much of my thoughts were mirrored by Tom. I did like the buffet and was very appreciative for it. On the second day, both Docking Bay 7 and Ronto Wraps were standing room only, noisy and hot. So, I took the five minute shuttle ride back to the shot. Enjoyed the buffet in the quiet, cool and empty dining room.

Thank you for this sir I have been coming to this channel for the honest customer focused reviews that you provide. Like you, my parents have raised my siblings and I with Walt's dream and now we are all doing so with my our own children. I have been forwarding your videos to all of the family members and now we all come to your channel for pure unadulterated reviews of Disney experiences and products. Please continue to work hard and know that your work is very much appreciated by this community.

Cancelled when we found out the timeline and it was the sequel crap. If they made original trilogy content or mixed it up maybe but sequels = poop. So glad we saved our $$$$!

I’m honestly super jazzed as I’ve noticed throughout the videos of the Halcyon’s maiden voyage how many faces I’ve recognized among the cast and crew of the ship (and the special characters aboard who partake in the story) that it *almost* makes me forgive the price point; but as much as I love my fellow actors, Disney (really PayCheck) needs to stop kidding themselves with the prices for this experience (especially when you consider that you get a *week* on a DCL ship over *2 days* on the Halcyon) if they knocked down the prices to being more reasonable for what it is? I would highly consider stepping aboard for my own adventure

Thanks for the great review. The challenge for our family isn't so much the money. But instead its what we could use that money for in competition to this. You can do some pretty incredible vacations for much less. Happy to hear the quality onboard was so good. I hope they keep that level high. Thanks for all the content.

Thank you for this and all your candid reviews ... they are so helpful in "extracting value" from these experiences.

My niece will be working the new guardian coaster. Look for ariel

Thank you for this review and all of the content surrounding this experience!

Since we know Disney watches what you do, hopefully they will take your review and make some needed changes. The box truck was poor. But I don't see this thing lasting more than two year before it changes to just a deluxe hotel.

Thanks for the hearfelt, honest, and detailed review! It means a lot.

I agree with you about the box truck transport. They should have a what looks like a droid driving and the view of where you’re going via a screen.. that would be so cool !

A good,honest review by good,honest man. Thank you

THIS is what I was waiting for. Thanks Tom. Even before you said it here, I think a lot of us saw what you were experiencing and came to the conclusions you just said. This is actually pretty good, and was completely mis-marketed. Also, now that I've seen how many CMs are involved ( and I'm sure there's 2x-3x more in the background ) I'm wondering if what they're charging is enough to cover this. This could be the start of a new Disney trend in role play hotels. ( Adventureland/S.E.A., Haunted Hotel, Frontierland, etc. ) Tom was right about Imagineering mostly being architects now. Now I see why.

@WDWNewsToday I think Disney knew the bad press was coming after the prices where released so they put out bad permotions to play mind games & they knew the media day but & tour would shock & sell it & it worked even the haters are saying they where wrong. That’s why I said wait till you do it or see it on KZfaq before you judge & Disney proved me right.

I adore hearing your reviews! Please do a review of your next trip to the starcruiser. So glad to hear that you had a great time. Thanks for your honesty and candor.

what about non interactive stuff? im disabled and deaf people cant hear me clearly. it is designed for the abled bodies and that. i have a huge problem with that, i read lips and need people loud. Do you know?