Galactic Starcruiser

[TheBigErn]

I don't want to wade through 120+ pages of the thread dedicated to this resort. I'd like to hear details of a stay from people who have done it. Do you get the sense of being in space? Is there a lot of downtime spent in your room? I've read the official description and sample itinerary but those are vague. Any detailed experiences would be appreciated.

 

[yensid's offspring]

I am interested to find out as well, if there is someone here that can share a detailed rendition of their cruise. Also there are several vloggers who have posted reviews and first hand account on youtube. WDW News Today did a very detailed one and the folks from Ordinary Adventures had a very good one as well.

 

[Her Dotness]

Heck, The DIS Unplugged gang have done video reviews on their stays. Just put "dis unplugged galactic starcruiser" in the YouTube search. You'll find a list of theirs.

You can get a better sense of what the experience is from watching several by various people than from someone's post(s) about it, IMO.

 

[ofcabbagesandkings]

I'm wondering if anyone is compiling a spoiler-filled walkthrough of the experience. I've seen some spreadsheets floating around that have some details filled in with the times they happen, but I honestly want to go in as spoiled as possible so I can nudge my spouse and kids (who won't know about the trip until right before we go) towards the events that feature the characters they love. I understand that for some folks that is antithetical to the improv spirit of the experience, but for over 5K for one weekend, I won't be happy if we only have one bridge event that's just blasting asteroids out of the way or whatever. I know we can't do everything in one trip, but I want to hit the story highlights that feature major characters instead of missing one because I'm helping the cruise director move luggage or something. If this experience wasn't so expensive, I might not care and be willing to miss the special moments because we would plan to go back, but I doubt we will anytime soon.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

I think one 'challenge' - other than the limited number of guests and even fewer regular DISers who have experienced the Starcruiser and therefore have something to report - is that trying to sit down and type out a comprehensive/proper trip report is a daunting task (in my opinion). I'd need to write a ton to give it due coverage - there's just so much going on, nuances of our voyage, each of our stories, etc. It's hard to even know where to begin. It's one thing to give a review of my last Poly stay, but this is sort of a whole different animal to write about.

I covered some basic thoughts right after our voyage on the bigger thread, as have many others since the March 1 opening (which starts at page 83, so only 41 pages of the 120+ page thread referenced to comb through). Admittedly that's still a lot to read through, but the first hand reviews and general Q&A that tends to happen on that and other larger resort threads does often contain a lot of valuable info. And for those that want to stay spoiler free (which was important to us) there's not a ton of spoiler posts, generally speaking.

Did I feel like I was in space? Yes, I guess. It's pretty darn immersive and with one exception you have no concept of day/night or where you are. It is very easy to forget you're physically basically in the DHS parking lot.

A lot of downtime spent in our room? Hardly any. We could have if we had so chosen, but we preferred to be out/about doing things furthering our journey, talking to other guests, interacting with Halycon characters and crew, etc.

As others have said I'm sure there are countless blogger/vlogger videos out there to be consumed as well that may cover things better than the written word.

HTH.