History YMMV / StarWarsGalaxysEdge

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Galactic Starcruiser'' was a short-lived and extremely expensive flop for a number of reasons -- unflattering marketing, exorbitant prices, and questionable quality of the experience itself -- but it was fundamentally facing an uphill battle from day one just based on its concept: a two-day experience in a ''Franchise/StarWars''-themed hotel that included [[{{LARP}} in-person roleplay and opportunities to act out your own story in the universe]]. For starters, marketing was infamously obtuse over what ''Galactic Starcruiser'' even was, with Disney primarily touting it as being a new ''hotel'', with the LARP aspects and exactly what guests should expect from it being discussed very vaguely beyond it being an "immersive experience", which confused people who were simply expecting "the Star Wars hotel" (after all, Disney World is a ''theme park'' that already has attractions and hotels that were designed on whimsical and fantastical themes -- it being "immersive" should have been a given). Even to those who were aware of the LARP and gameplay elements, very few takers were to be had due of LARP already being a niche hobby, restricted further by the gargantuan prices that ''started'' at $2,400 per guest (the most expensive costs of ''any'' entertainment option from Disney, even more than that of tickets to their ''actual'' cruise ships), as well as a very hectic built-in schedule that was described by many takers to be physically and mentally exhausting. The experience and the hotel only lasted between March 2022 to September 2023 before permanently closing (making it one of the only two Disney-owned hotels that Disney has closed down[[note]]The other being the original Disneyland Hotel, which was demolished and subsequently replaced with the current Disneyland Hotel in the late '90s during the construction of Downtown Disney.[[/note]]), which was widely seen as unsurprising given just how conceptually niche and prohibitively expensive it was.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''Galactic Starcruiser'' was a short-lived and extremely expensive flop for a number of reasons -- unflattering marketing, exorbitant prices, and questionable quality of the experience itself -- but it was fundamentally facing an uphill battle from day one just based on its concept: a two-day experience in a ''Franchise/StarWars''-themed hotel that included [[{{LARP}} in-person roleplay and opportunities to act out your own story in the universe]]. For starters, marketing was infamously obtuse over what ''Galactic Starcruiser'' even was, with Disney primarily touting it as being a new ''hotel'', with the LARP aspects and exactly what guests should expect from it being discussed very vaguely beyond it being an "immersive experience", which confused people who were simply expecting "the Star Wars hotel" (after all, Disney World is a ''theme park'' that already has attractions and hotels that were designed on whimsical and fantastical themes -- it being "immersive" should have been a given). Even to those who were aware of the LARP and gameplay elements, very few takers were to be had due of LARP already being a niche hobby, restricted further by the gargantuan prices that ''started'' at $2,400 per guest (the most expensive costs of ''any'' entertainment option from Disney, even more than that of tickets to their ''actual'' cruise ships), as well as a very hectic built-in schedule that was described by many takers to be physically and mentally exhausting. The experience and the hotel only lasted between March 2022 to September 2023 before permanently closing, which was widely seen as unsurprising given just how conceptually niche and prohibitively expensive it was.

** The land being located in Disneyland Park. Some don't take issue with the land's presence and feel it makes given that ''Ride/StarTours'' is already present in the park and it wouldn't really fit in California Adventure. Others though, hate it, feeling it clashes poorly with the structure of Disneyland and the other lands, which use generalized ideas (Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, etc) instead of specific [=IPs=] (even though the generalized land rule had been broken years prior with Mickey's Toontown, which is themed around the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts and ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''). This only really applies to Disneyland, as most don't have a problem with its placement in Hollywood Studios in Florida.

** "This is going to be an incredible {{WebVideo/Defunctland}} episode", most commonly said after ''Galactic Starcruiser'''s closure was announced.

** Shug Drabor, the Anzellan creator of the ''Halcyon'', believed [[13IsUnlucky thirteen was actually a]] ''[[DefiedTrope lucky]]'' number and incorporated it into the ship's design as often as possible. Also, the [[RibbonCuttingCeremony bottle]] swung against the ship on the maiden voyage failed to break. Shug considered this lucky when, in real life, it's considered unlucky. ''Galactic Starcruiser'' closed down after a year and a half, making this all seem like TemptingFate.

** Shug Drabor, the Anzellan creator of the ''Halcyon'', believed [[13IsUnlucky thirteen was actually a]] ''[[DefiedTrope lucky]]'' number and incorporated it into the ship's design as often as possible. ''Galactic Starcruiser'' closed down after a year and a half.

* HilariousInHindsight: The cabins on ''Galactic Starcruiser'' have a [[EverythingIsAnIPodInTheFuture clean white and orange color scheme]] reminiscent of BB-8. Later, ''Series/{{Andor}}'' would use the same color scheme for a prison. (One group of ''Halcyon'' passengers did wear Narkina 5 prison uniforms for a day aboard ship.) Furthermore, the Starcruiser had only one access point and, instead of emergency exits, people climbed into small closet-sized "emergency rescue areas" in case of fire. There was literally only [[Recap/AndorS1E10OneWayOut one way out]].

* HilariousInHindsight: The cabins on ''Galactic Starcruiser'' have a [[EverythingIsAnIPodInTheFuture clean white and orange color scheme]] reminiscent of BB-8. Later, ''Series/{{Andor}}'' would use the same color scheme for a prison. (One group of ''Halcyon'' passengers did wear Narkina 5 prison uniforms for a day aboard ship.)

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: ''[[Ride/StarWarsGalaxysEdge Galactic Starcruiser]]'' was a short-lived and extremely expensive flop for a number of reasons -- unflattering marketing, exorbitant prices, and questionable quality of the experience itself -- but it was fundamentally facing an uphill battle from day one just based on its concept: a two-day experience in a ''Franchise/StarWars''-themed hotel that included [[{{LARP}} in-person roleplay and opportunities to act out your own story in the universe]]. For starters, marketing was infamously obtuse over what ''Galactic Starcruiser'' even was, with Disney primarily touting it as being a new ''hotel'', with the LARP aspects and exactly what guests should expect from it being discussed very vaguely beyond it being an "immersive experience", which confused people who were simply expecting "the Star Wars hotel" (after all, Disney World is a ''theme park'' that already has attractions and hotels that were designed on whimsical and fantastical themes -- it being "immersive" should have been a given). Even to those who were aware of the LARP and gameplay elements, very few takers were to be had due of LARP already being a niche hobby, restricted further by the gargantuan prices that ''started'' at $2,400 per guest (the most expensive costs of ''any'' entertainment option from Disney, even more than that of tickets to their ''actual'' cruise ships), as well as a very hectic built-in schedule that was described by many takers to be physically and mentally exhausting. The experience and the hotel only lasted between March 2022 to September 2023 before permanently closing, which was widely seen as unsurprising given just how conceptually niche and prohibitively expensive it was.

** The climactic battle between Rey and Kylo Ren of ''Galactic Starcruiser'' -- while featuring [[FightSceneFailure the glaring lightsaber swap]] -- has a much cooler effect in Rey force-pulling a Holocron from a Saja ''standing among the audience a whole floor below'', achieved with a clever mix of collapsible props and misdirection.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** People who go to Ride/UniversalStudios Orlando and Disney's Hollywood Studios on consecutive days may find it funny to see Creator/DomhnallGleeson play both Bill Weasley in ''Ride/HarryPotterAndTheEscapeFromGringotts'' and General Hux in ''Rise of the Resistance''.
** The cabins on ''Galactic Starcruiser'' have a [[EverythingIsAnIPodInTheFuture clean white and orange color scheme]] reminiscent of BB-8. Later, ''Series/{{Andor}}'' would use the same color scheme for a prison. (One group of ''Halcyon'' passengers did wear Narkina 5 prison uniforms for a day aboard ship.)

** [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Trilon_Wishing_Tree The Batuu Wishing Tree]], where it was said denizens of Black Spire would tie cloth strips to its branches to make a wish, starting attracting guests who'd do the same thing. [[https://attractionsmagazine.com/galaxys-edge-wishing-tree-loses-ribbons-wdw/ It was later announced]] (for the Florida park so far) that all cloths were going to be removed from the Wishing Tree to discourage this, which many decried because it cut out the immersion and as a guest activity was harmless.
** In the first couple of months after ''Galactic Starcruiser'' closed, former ''Halcyon'' passengers would tie ribbons to the locked gate that used to lead to the transport shuttle dock where passengers would be taken back to the ship. The park staff have since removed the ribbons and blocked off the area with cargo containers.

* HilariousInHindsight: The cabins on ''Galactic Starcruiser'' have a [[EverythingIsAnIPodInTheFuture clean white and orange color scheme]] reminiscent of BB-8. Later, ''Series/{{Andor}}'' would use the same color scheme for a prison.

** After ''Galactic Starcruiser'' closed, former ''Halcyon'' passengers have started a tradition of tying ribbons to the locked gate that used to lead to Black Spire Outpost's transport shuttle dock where passengers would be taken back to the ship.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: While this is more so the fault of the films for never visiting the location in the sequel trilogy, many believe the park should have been molded off of Mos Eisley on Tatooine. Had the Sequel trilogy characters visited Mos Eisley at some point, this would have allowed the park to seamlessly feature characters and events from all three trilogies instead of confining itself to one era. Part of the reason Tatooine wasn't used as a setting is that not only would the land need to have no trees, it would also have to conceal the view of all of the trees elsewhere in the park. If it rains (more frequently in Florida than California), that would also break the immersion of being on a desert planet.