Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World Resort opened on March 1. It’s an immersive 2-night vacation experience aboard the Halcyon starcruiser.
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L’1 marzo al Walt Disney World Resort ha aperto Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, un’esperienza immersiva con soggiorno di 2 notti a bordo dell’incrociatore spaziale Halcyon.
A HOTEL AND AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE: DISNEY’S NEW STAR WARS GALACTIC STARCRUISER
FIRST-HAND ADVENTURE IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY
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or decades, theme parks have tried to deliver fully immersive entertainment to their guests. And for decades, since the first Star Wars movie hit the theaters, people have dreamed of what it would be like to live in that universe: what is it like to travel to a galaxy far, far away? To fly on a starship, make friends with an alien, wield a lightsaber, engage in a space battle? Now Disney has gone all out to answer, with the new Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser that opened on March 1st. Mostly known as the “Star Wars hotel,” it is actually a fully immersive experience that blurs the lines between resort hotel, cruise, video game, role playing adventure, dinner show and escape room. This first-of-itskind immersive adventure is a vacation experience going beyond anything Disney has created before. You don’t book a room for one night or one week at the Galactic Starcruiser: you “board” a 275-year-old space liner called the Halcyon on a 2-night cruise (or mission) to the planet of Batuu, and back. And you don’t just take a cruise: you step right into the world of Star Wars, interacting with its characters and taking part in the action, becoming the hero of your own story. Throughout the voyage, guests’ choices determine their personal stories as they interact with characters, crew and other passengers, becoming part of the action and the broader Star Wars saga. They may be asked to keep a secret, deliver a covert message, take part in a highstakes heist, defend the ship, hide an ally… the possibilities are seemingly endless.
GAMES & PARKS INDUSTRY / APRIL 2022
Un hotel e anche un’esperienza immersiva: ecco il nuovo Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser di Disney AVVENTURE IN PRIMA PERSONA IN UNA GALASSIA LONTANA LONTANA Sono decenni che i parchi a tema cercano di offrire agli ospiti un divertimento davvero immersivo. E sono decenni, da quando il primo film di Guerre Stellari è arrivato nei cinema, che la gente si chiede come sarebbe vivere nell’universo della saga: com’è andare in una galassia lontana lontana? Com’è volare su un’astronave, fare amicizia con gli alieni, brandire una spada laser, partecipare a una battaglia spaziale? Ora Disney ce l’ha messa tutta per rispondere a entrambe le cose, con il nuovo Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser che ha aperto il 1° marzo. Anche se in molti lo chiamano “l’hotel di Star Wars”, in realtà si tratta di un’esperienza full immersion che cancella i confini tra hotel resort, crociera, vide-
