It costs roughly $6000 for a family of four to stay at Galactic Starcruiser for two nights, but to paraphrase The Wonder Stuff that’s only going to welcome you to the cheap seats. The most expensive room at the experience is reportedly a whopping $20,000 for a two-night stay, which includes bed, board and entertainment. Quite what that extra $14,000 gets you is uncertain (we’re thinking a ride around Mos Espa on a live rancor, a nights dancing at the Free-Flight Dance Dome, that kind of thing).
The New York Post took a look at some of the extra costs you can expect to shell out to expand the scope of this unique and immersive experience.
A stay at the hotel does not include alcohol, which runs around $13 for beer, $11 and up for wine and $23 for specialty drinks, or any fun “Star Wars” themed-extras, the report said. For instance, it costs $99 minimum to hire a photographer for a portrait or if you want to sit at the head of the captain’s table in the Starcruiser’s Crown of Corellia dining room, you’ll need to cough up an extra 30 bucks.
For guests who want to really get into character, there’s an on-site hair and make up team on call, as well as a gift shop teeming with costumes. The Times said that while hair and makeup prices are still being worked out, Togruta head tails, will set you back $100 at the gift shop.
The hotel is being billed as an immersive experience by Disney, hence the high prices. You do not simply book a room for the night, but you “board” the 275-year-old space liner dubbed the “Halcyon” and travel to “Star Wars” planet and back. All “journeys” are two nights, and guests stay in one of 100 cabins.
We’ll be discussing Galactic Starcruiser on this weeks 129th episode of Making Tracks, which this week sill be landing a day later than usual on Wednesday 2nd March.
