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Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Closing at Florida's Disney World

6 points by evo_9 3y ago

rbanffy 3y ago
I'd go if it were a Star Trek experience though... Star Wars is too dystopian for my taste.
- throw9away6 3y ago
  Yeah it’s pretty dark when you think about it
  - krapp 3y ago
    Star Trek's canon history is pretty dark too. The gradual breakdown of societies leading to mass homelessness and unemployment, and events like the Bell riots, World War 3, global genocide, colonization and "recivilization" of post-apocalyptic humanity by benevolent aliens. then magically "utopia," where humanity goes off into the stars to discover a galaxy full of violent alien empires and reality-bending eldritch horrors, and from that point on every week or so some weird alien whatsit boils the oceans or eats a planet or turns people inside out or something.
    - rbanffy 3y ago
      > The gradual breakdown of societies leading to mass homelessness and unemployment We're getting there, it seems. Now we need to find the benevolent aliens.
      - krapp 3y ago
        > We're getting there, it seems. That's the whole point. >Now we need to find the benevolent aliens. Unfortunately, in reality I think we're all we have. Which should have been the timeline in ST as well, since it's more aspirational. That the Vulcans had interfere sort of undermines the whole theme of humanity overcoming its flaws through sheer undaunted effort and positivity. Nope, turns out we would have hit the Great Filter headon and died in the rubble if the Vulcans hadn't seen one alcoholic madman make a warp joyride near Mars, and decided we needed to be housebroken for the good of the galaxy.
        rbanffy 3y ago
        We can replace the benevolent aliens with trekkies, hopefully. If we are clever, we may even avoid a couple wars in the meantime and ditch capitalism.
rektide 3y ago
"Nothing like this will be built again" of theme parks. Kinda sad. https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/rants/nothing-like-this-will-be-buil.html https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/rants/nothing-l...
- rbanffy 3y ago
  Not necessarily. At some point it may be possible to do it at a lower cost and make the idea appealing. As it stands, it is just too expensive for most families, and younger families with kids would be the most obvious demographic while being the ones less likely to be able to spend that much. I can imagine narrative-driven attractions like that - I still remember visiting Tomorrowland as a kid - but there needs to be a consistent experience, not just a bunch of attractions similarly themed, but something that immerses you in a story. And, of course, it needs to be a comfortable experience: last time I went to a Disney park, it was way too overcrowded and we had to make reservations for lunch at the time we purchased the tickets, months in advance.
arielweisberg 3y ago
That is a shame. I went and it was one of the greatest paid for experiences of my life. A LARP with many great actors paid to be your friend in an environment with an attention to detail that I don’t think exists elsewhere. People got caught up in how much it costs for two days. Days are a measure of time not experience. If I offered you a 60 day vacation with the experience of 1 day at Disney World would you call that a good deal? People have no problem dropping the coin on a longer stay at regular Disney World, and end up missing out.
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6 points by evo_9 3y ago

rbanffy 3y ago

I'd go if it were a Star Trek experience though... Star Wars is too dystopian for my taste.

throw9away6 3y ago
Yeah it’s pretty dark when you think about it
- krapp 3y ago
  Star Trek's canon history is pretty dark too. The gradual breakdown of societies leading to mass homelessness and unemployment, and events like the Bell riots, World War 3, global genocide, colonization and "recivilization" of post-apocalyptic humanity by benevolent aliens. then magically "utopia," where humanity goes off into the stars to discover a galaxy full of violent alien empires and reality-bending eldritch horrors, and from that point on every week or so some weird alien whatsit boils the oceans or eats a planet or turns people inside out or something.
  - rbanffy 3y ago
    > The gradual breakdown of societies leading to mass homelessness and unemployment We're getting there, it seems. Now we need to find the benevolent aliens.
    - krapp 3y ago
      > We're getting there, it seems. That's the whole point. >Now we need to find the benevolent aliens. Unfortunately, in reality I think we're all we have. Which should have been the timeline in ST as well, since it's more aspirational. That the Vulcans had interfere sort of undermines the whole theme of humanity overcoming its flaws through sheer undaunted effort and positivity. Nope, turns out we would have hit the Great Filter headon and died in the rubble if the Vulcans hadn't seen one alcoholic madman make a warp joyride near Mars, and decided we needed to be housebroken for the good of the galaxy.
      - rbanffy 3y ago
        We can replace the benevolent aliens with trekkies, hopefully. If we are clever, we may even avoid a couple wars in the meantime and ditch capitalism.

rektide 3y ago

"Nothing like this will be built again" of theme parks. Kinda sad. https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/rants/nothing-like-this-will-be-buil.html https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/rants/nothing-l...

rbanffy 3y ago
Not necessarily. At some point it may be possible to do it at a lower cost and make the idea appealing. As it stands, it is just too expensive for most families, and younger families with kids would be the most obvious demographic while being the ones less likely to be able to spend that much. I can imagine narrative-driven attractions like that - I still remember visiting Tomorrowland as a kid - but there needs to be a consistent experience, not just a bunch of attractions similarly themed, but something that immerses you in a story. And, of course, it needs to be a comfortable experience: last time I went to a Disney park, it was way too overcrowded and we had to make reservations for lunch at the time we purchased the tickets, months in advance.

arielweisberg 3y ago

That is a shame. I went and it was one of the greatest paid for experiences of my life. A LARP with many great actors paid to be your friend in an environment with an attention to detail that I don’t think exists elsewhere. People got caught up in how much it costs for two days. Days are a measure of time not experience. If I offered you a 60 day vacation with the experience of 1 day at Disney World would you call that a good deal? People have no problem dropping the coin on a longer stay at regular Disney World, and end up missing out.

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