Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Review Part 2: The Room
My review of the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser is going to be broken up into several posts as I break down the experience into different segments. There will be spoilers in these reviews, though I will try my best to keep them superficial. If you are especially sensitive to spoiling this experience, I’d recommend skipping this content!
There are three different types of cabins in the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser: one that is like a standard deluxe accommodation, a 1-bedroom suite and a larger 2-bed suite. Emmaline and I stayed in the middle option, the 1-bedroom Galaxy Class suite.
Just walking down the hallway to your room is exciting - the doors have a unique style of handle and lock, and of course, you get to user your M-Band to unlock the doors. They are pocket doors, giving it all a science-fiction feel.
Entering our suite immediately set off butterflies for me. In true Star Wars style, the room uses curves and segmented design patterns, white, grey, and orange colors throughout. Our cabin included a bar-top seating area and kitchenette immediately upon entering on the right and a closet for jackets or capes on the left. A welcome gift of snacks and drinks along with a letter from the captain were on the counter.
The living area included a sizable couch that could fit 5 people easily across it, facing a TV installed in the wall with a map of our current location in space, orbiting Chandrila. A markup desk and share bridge between the kitchen area and the living space, another well thought out piece to add room for more people to get ready each day.
And along the back wall was our window out into space! Obviously this is a screen of some kind (TV or projector I couldn’t tell) placed behind a segmented window. We could see other ships out the window, as well as celestial bodies. And the views changed consistently throughout the adventure based on where we were and what was happening in the story.
Down a short hallway and on the right is the bathroom, significant in size. There is a double vanity, commode room, and a double rain head shower that had the now-common wall-mounted dispensers for shampoo/conditioner/body wash. Towels were plentiful, only a couple of which though had the Halcyon insignia on them.
The bedroom across the hall was a good size, but sports a queen bed rather than king, if that matters to you. The nightstands have cool little lights embedded in the walls above them and plenty of power outlets throughout. There is also another viewport out into space here as well, with a pull-out table and two chairs that can be tucked in under the window to get as much floor space as possible.
Also in the bedroom is where you’ll find the temperature controls and access to the Halcyon operations droid. This is essentially a voice-interaction droid on a screen that you can ask questions about itineraries, logistics, directions, etc. She will also offer to play lullabies or tell bedtime stories if you want. It was cool both mornings for Em and I to hit the button and interact with her before the start of the day and in the evenings as well, summarizing the day’s activities. Because you also scan your Magic Band when you speak with her, she knows some items that you have participated in, making the experience more cohesive.
Other highlights of the room were a set of two foldout, Murphy-style beds under both the TV in the bedroom and the TV in the living room. They are built for kids of course and are the same kind of design as the ones in many refurbished Disney resort hotel rooms. A crawlspace between the master bedroom and the living space, at ground level, right next to the fold out beds is an interesting twist, and gives kids another fun thing to do. Don’t worry parents, you can lock it on either side to keep them out!
A glass-contained plant adorns the wall above the bar in the main living space, which our concierge informed us was poisonous! It lights up with some cool colors in the daytime and when the lights are out.
All the furniture and accompaniments are well themed throughout the space, and I had no problems believing we were truly somewhere else. This doesn’t feel like repurposed or spray-painted furniture from an existing store, which is what I often feel like is the case in areas of Galaxy’s Edge.
I will say without doubt that the amount of space in this suite was overkill for Emmaline and me. I wouldn’t recommend the upgrade unless you have more bodies that need to sleep or unless you know you have individuals that will want to spend time away from the interactive parts of the story, back in the room watching TV. I would bet we spent a total of 2 hours in the room when we weren’t sleeping or getting ready in the morning, so much like other Disney hotel options, keep that in mind.
