Disney's Star Wars Hotel Backlash so bad they took down the Video? This is bad... (Star Wars News)

Disney's new Star Wars Hotel, the Galatic Star Cruiser, had such a bad reaction this past week that Disney took down the video! Star Wars fans and park fans alike, all said the new Star Wars Hotel looks cheap.

[@kevinwilt3918]

No matter the cost, the illusion is ruined the moment the hallways are crowded with strollers.

[@kelaarin]

You think a family with small kids can afford this?

[@kevinwilt3918]

@@kelaarin sure, if their parents are rich or if they're dot commers from the bay area. If they can afford a 1.5 million dollar 1100 square foot 2 bedroom condo they certainly can afford to be ripped off by Disney.

[@kelaarin]

@@kevinwilt3918 Dot commers from the bay area aren't having kids.

[@kiaser21]

@@kelaarin Taking a family of just 4 on a trip for 2 nights out of state with 48 hours of planned special activities is often the same cost as this. There's plenty of non wealthy families that saves up to do vacations that cost this much.

[@chuckoneill2023]

@@kelaarin What, they're all celibate? I didn't know that was part of the lifestyle. 😉

[@seanward]

I think Disney's problem with star wars, and with Marvel as well actually, is that they take the audience of these acquired brands for granted. They assume that the audience will be there no matter what, and will greatly consume whatever the corporation throws in front of them. No one makes the attempt to get inside the head of the fans, but that's because a lot of the people making the decisions at the top levels think they know better than the fans, and consciously work at turning these brands into something else.

[@nightlinger923]

I agree. I think one of the biggest problems with Disney Star Wars is they're under the illusion that we NEED them. That they can insult the older fans, essentially toss them aside, and expect them to inhale any merchandise or themed experience with the SW logo on it.

[@ajgunter8932]

Thats because their first thought is: How can we make the largest profit possible?

[@nightlinger923]

@@ajgunter8932 Jokes on them then. To make the largest profits possible, they should have thought how to include ALL generations of Star Wars fans, and create new fans, not alienate a massive portion of them.

[@chanilerner6410]

@@ajgunter8932 the thing is if that really was their first thought they’d be giving the fan base what they want. That’s the really mind boggling part of all of this. This is just really bad business…business 101 is first define who your client is then define what your client wants. Here they’re not doing any of that.

[@ajgunter8932]

@@chanilerner6410 unfortunately I forgot the 2nd part. Max profits with minimal effort.

[@goosetheloose8332]

This has classic Bob Chapek penny-pinching written all over it.

[@SamuelRichardsonActor92]

Don’t you mean Bob Paycheck? 😂

[@goosetheloose8332]

@@SamuelRichardsonActor92 Touché.

[@kevinwilt3918]

How many Disney execs does it take to screw in a light bulb? Find something else light bulbs are too expensive

[@roycem4945]

Who appointed Bob Chapek as CEO - A: Bob Iger

[@goosetheloose8332]

@@roycem4945 A fact he no doubt regrets.

[@miguelmedina6435]

Walt would have fired Bob Chapek along time ago. He has no magic in his heart. He’s slowly killing the magic especially at a time when we all need that magic to get through what is happening in the world.

[@ralliepoint1505]

Oh Miguel, you are so right. Finding the magic again. You’re like Miguel from COCO, Looking for the magic. Great post. I’ll be sharing. Happy holidays.

[@SammEater]

I would rather have Lord Farquaad be the head of the Disney CO again.

[@miguelmedina6435]

@@SammEater LOL I love the name drop, classic. I totally agree.

[@disneyfan5584]

Agreed. Bob Iger would have been fired as well.

[@machomachoduck2096]

Walt would never have hired people like Chapek or Iger to begin with.

[@SilverSpireZ]

When reactions are so bad that even the removal of dislikes doesn’t stop the heat.

[@Valken985]

Bro holy cow, that's a good roast. 😱 And I see that we "kinda" have the same Rex Profile Pictures.

[@woodonfire7406]

All thanks to the extension, so nothing's stopping us for now

[@Ascendant1]

Yeah, you kinda get the feeling Disney was waiting for this. “They removed the dislike button! Quick! Go go go!”

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4545]

Take that susan

[@Gandalf_The_Pale]

Same thing happened when Ubisoft had a promo video introducing NFTs into one of their video games.

[@terrorbulyfe]

For that price, I’d rather take a Disney Cruise. This is going to be a huge fail. It’s Disney’s version of the Star Wars Holiday Special

[@kevinwilt3918]

At least the Holiday Special had Jefferson Starship.

[@VTCharley13]

@@kevinwilt3918 They would be perfect for this venture too: “We built this sh!tty... we built this sh!tty shameless cash grab”

[@christopherjones5446]

And that at least had SOME entertainment value. Seriously, I would have watched the hell out of a Star Wars comedy featuring Bea Arthur as a wisecracking cantina owner. It would have been Cheers before Cheers.

[@ralliepoint1505]

Ouch! 😂👍

[@Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove]

Disney has really taken a wrong turn over the last 10 years. They've screwed Star Wars, they're working hard to destroy the MCU and the rest of the IP, and now they're screwing up the parks. The fast pass Genie app sucks and fleeces guests for more money. Management is off the rails.

[@scarabeo500gt]

BINGO - Correct.....

[@mewintle]

Galaxy’s Edge is amazing and that’s recent. As long as they take it seriously, they can do a good job.

[@erinbell7224]

100%

[@vincenzo2206]

how are they trying to destroy the mcu?

[@brazilianpanda4691]

The mcu is not getting destroyed if anything it’s getting better imo people were way too harsh on eternals and black widow

[@robertpristupa6816]

The ship’s bridge looks like a VERY REALISTIC reproduction - to the bridge in the movie Space Balls. Disney, may the Schwartz be with you.

[@MrWill9002]

Now that’s an insult to Spaceballs

[@JohnP538]

Why is everything finished in high gloss, nothing in Star Wars is done in high gloss.

[@MrWill9002]

@@JohnP538 because what they are doing is diet Star Wars: it looks the part but it’s not really

[@shugotenchi]

Space Academy. If you remember SA or Jason of Star Command you saw this and it all looked *real* familiar.

[@JohnP538]

@@shugotenchi Spot on! Good call.

[@johnathandavis5657]

I thought the bar and singer was cringe. It's unbelievable that people would think this resembles star wars. Who was like yes we've nailed it!?

[@kelaarin]

Now, if they had the band from Jabba's palace playing smooth jazz...

[@kiaser21]

@@kelaarin it's called Jizz, get it right normie! ;)

[@StillSaber]

That Bar scene reminded me of another movie with an alien singer, what was that movie called again, oh yes, it was the 'Fifth Element' now Disney is ripping of from other Scifi movies.

[@TheMichigami]

@@StillSaber that knockoff moment was painful to witness. now if someone somewhere actually built a scifi hotel experience based on Fhloston Paradise though, with THAT kind of architecture and a proper theater like the Diva's stage for actual performances, and maybe the occasional angry alien encounter no matter how cheesily acted, so much yes please.

[@aaronmerkel5216]

looks more like Star Trek than Star Wars

[@ViperChief117]

I’ve never laughed harder at something Disney’s Star Wars related in a long while like I did with the Galactic Starcruiser hotel trailer they released. That thing was super cringe. XD

[@Iliadic]

The overacting wasn't really an issue, I mean, it's a trailer, that's what you expect from real people having to play caricatures and be excited about something they're not. But this whole starcruiser thing looked awful.

[@Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove]

@@Iliadic It looks awful especially at the price point. For that kind of money, I'd expect an amazing experience.

[@Iliadic]

@@Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove indeed

[@Spyxops]

I’m so happy many other people felt it was cringe. It wasn’t just me. Lol

[@jimbokay5696]

I'm quite a Star Wars fan. Quote all the time around work, et al. Zero interest in this sh*t

[@notbuster126]

The way even the staged actors awkwardly bob their heads to the singer, not knowing what else to do. Why not have a band like in the cantina? High energy silly music. They could have a dining room that's covered in screens or "windows" and while guests eat there's a show on the ship encountering imperial blockade and being boarded. Maybe a guest is taken and a group fights them off. I dunno there's so many "roleplay" ideas you could do.

[@seanward]

Imagine if it would have been an animatronic Cantina band, and once an hour they play that famous song from the first Star Wars movie

[@novocode]

Hell, the train ride, at Knott's Berry Farm, where you had actors do a train heist while you are sitting on the train ride is EASILY 10x better than what I saw in the hotel trailer. Overacting doesn't need to be a thing, if you enjoy what you are doing.

[@2a.m.studio972]

"Disney does Disney really well, but not much else." to quote another vlog. True is true!

[@jasonshirrillmusic]

well even that can be questioned in theses days nothing exiting and new has come out of their decrepit animation departments, everything is either stolen or copied now.

[@chanilerner6410]

@@jasonshirrillmusic yeah, Disney doesn’t do Disney well these days either. They fired all of the talented people it seems…

[@machomachoduck2096]

Not true. Disney doesn’t even do Disney well anymore, and haven’t done so for over a decade.

[@AndreNitroX]

Are you telling me that disney is being half ass, disrespectful and cheap with star war!? Say it aint so.

[@Cortanis001]

The crazy part is that they put all their chips in on this. It's too late to change it. They went all in on these projects created by people who have no idea what Star Wars even looks like. Everything I've seen to do with the actual execution of this looks cheap and like other properties. What was really striking to me was the total lack of certain things like droids. I don't really see anything there marketed to adults to do like game tables in the bar area. No sabocc or any kind of new games to play like that? The lightsaber training is possibly the biggest joke of them all as well.

[@sjc5411]

Yeah. Gonna be hard to change a lot when the hotel opens up in 3 months.

[@Cortanis001]

@@sjc5411 I wouldn't so much say hard as impossible. They're at the point that they're training staff and putting the last touches on what already exists there. They're doing things like QA testing all the screens to make sure they don't lock up on one runtime section of "space" and making sure all the amenities are getting stocked. To make the kind of changes they'd need to for this not to be a total cluster fuck would be something approximate to a full renovation. We're talking full reworking on spaces and interaction points. That's also no never mind to retraining the "cast" and especially so if they are indeed subjecting anyone new to the CRT training. The time scale for that would be at least a good 5 months if not longer.

[@stevewilson6723]

A Paazac table or tournament would get the KOTOR fans in there.

[@jasonmcallen8954]

$5,000+ is way too much for a experience where you don't even get to have the retractable lightsaber. You might as well just attend actual Star Wars themed LARP events. At least they offer outfits, weapons, and accessories.

[@Flippokid]

And a whole lot of fun.

[@OlafvanEss]

well even at the hotel they open the shop so people can purchase overpriced suits to fit the role they want to play.

[@dariusq8894]

That's what I initially expected from this experience: a 2 day LARP with the best sets money can buy. The problem is that Disney doesn't know WTF makes Star Wars attractive to fans (ie. the ones who would be willing to pay for this) or even what constitutes LARPing. As it is, The VOID "Secrets of the Empire" was a way more immersive experience.

[@pauljames9102]

@@Flippokid and cheaper

[@CarloRufinoSabusap]

The reason why they are letting hotel guests go all-out on costumes is so they don't have to pay cast members to walk around in character, they expect the hotel guests to fill that gap

[@billtate6962]

And you'd think at that price tag...they would be giving YOU costumes. Not "letting" you bring your own

[@erinbell7224]

Ha ha!

[@jonathanfreyone526]

I would’nt pay a dime let alone $5000 to stay there. As someone that works in the architectural industry, clearly they haven’t done there homework in terms of Star Wars architecture and looks.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

Honestly, is say the design’s more to cater towards preventing lawsuits from parents than being ‘star wars’.

[@cassidystarchild7907]

@@Lobsterwithinternet The design and lack of favorite Star Wars characters is due to a lack of money. The park has to pay Disney/Lucasfilm to use movie based characters in their own attractions. Since they've lost billions over the pandemic, they obviously had no money left to pay for the use of movie characters and locations such as Mos Eisley or Cloud City.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@cassidystarchild7907 Never said anything about characters but you do bring up a good point. But, being a family attraction for all ages, you can't really design something like you can if it was adults only. Especially if you don't want the upper-middle to upper-class families to sue you into oblivion when poor little Timothy hits his head on a sharp control panel or trips in a darkly lit hallway or cuts themselves on some pseudo-exposed wiring.

[@cassidystarchild7907]

@@Lobsterwithinternet Lol that too

[@MyBoyBuildsCoffin]

@@cassidystarchild7907 Disney owns Lucasfilm. They don’t have to pay to use their own characters, that was the whole point of the acquisition

[@stoves5877]

They are missing the obvious way to do a Star Wars hotel. They should have just made a Naboo themed hotel and area. Sort of like how the Port Orleans where it's a whole outdoor town.. but themed to Naboo. The ship looks neat in concept but it's also going to be so forced. I mean think about it you are going to stand in a line to get to the chance to push the hyperdrive. Then the rest of the time you have an itinerary that you have to follow. You don't get to decide where you get to go and when. During the day they buss you to the park to go on the star wars rides then bus you back. At the very least they should have made a custom monorail to take you to the park ie sort of like how the Train at Universal Studios work. If they are going all in on the imerrsiveness then go all in. What's going to happen 1 to 2 years after this opens after they stop gettng people to pay $5000 a night they will open it up as a regular hotel

[@wozn7195]

Also the Padme on Naboo experience would give you at least a slighty higher chance to ever convince your wife into spending a cars worth on space wizard stuff 😅

[@boomieboo]

Or Cloud City if you want to go the luxury route only. Then you could recreate Luke's fight with Vader and the aftermath in the bowels of the city if you wanted. And make out with your sister there as well. It's baffling how Disney is being so blatantly oblivious and obvious in their insistence on creating their own brand new thing that no one has ever seen before in the Star Wars films or TV shows so they have no emotional attachment to it whatsoever. While setting everything only within their sequel timeline. And completely disregarding pretty much everything and anything that references the OT or prequels that people have wanted to experience in real life for decades Besides all of that though, the entire concept is fundamentally flawed from the beginning. Because when people think of Star Wars, they think of gritty dangerous adventure. Not excess, leisure, and luxury. But none of that is even mentioning the fact that all of this is only for rich people which is biggest fukt capper of them all. Whoever came up with this concept couldn't have ever seen Star Wars because they have no idea what it is on any level whatsoever.

[@wozn7195]

@@boomieboo its already 5k - better dont give disney the opportunity to tell you on first day that they changed the deal 😆

[@Speedstreak]

Actually that sounds like a better idea than what they have made. I heard that Galaxy's Edge was originally going to be Mos Eisley and I thought that would be really cool going to the cantina, Jabba's Palace, seeing the characters, going to a Jedi training area, and the space port with the Millenium Falcon and the Razor Crest, or see a X-Wing. As you said, the hotel should be like Naboo, having elements of the prequels and original trilogies along with Mos Eisley.

[@chuckoneill2023]

It won't work as a regular hotel, because it's literally a windowless bunker.

[@bobp5356]

My wife and I have spent an ENORMOUS amount of money taking our family to Disney World over the last 25 years. I have about had it with the whole place. Everything Disney does is intended to make money. They cheapen things, reduce things, eliminate things and they never cut the price. The price always goes up. Even with the inconvenience of ongoing construction, they never give you a break on price. The unfortunate thing is, there are always people to fill the parks. Maybe if the Star Wars hotel is bad enough it will discourage people and send Disney a message. Good video.

[@thatperformer3879]

WHY would I pay so much to immerse myself in the Sequel Trilogy? And the thing is too, besides those being terrible movies, the art style in those films seems so unimaginative just like this hotel does. Did anyone else ever notice that? The sequels aesthetic seems so bland and tacky, whereas everything in the OT and PT was always finding new ways to truly invent the look of a new universe.

[@pauljames9102]

The sequel trilogy was just star trek with Disney money

[@popculture70]

Anyone paying five grand for this rubbish has more money than sense.

[@Flippokid]

That's what they're hoping for.

[@joeygassmann5595]

There’s a sucker born every minute.- PT Barnum

[@adamheidenreich208]

Guess what? Families and people will pay. It's the Disney way. No sense needed.

[@SammEater]

If there is one thing that I realized about the 1% is that they are just as dumb as the rest of us and can easily be scammed by companies like Disney.

[@ketfoen]

Disney is so damn lucky to still have people like Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau and other amazing talent keeping the Star Wars franchise a float.

[@ontasbulent5709]

I couldn’t afford it anyway so now I don’t feel like I’m missing anything so good for me I guess

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

You should spend that money on a real vacation instead of an overpriced dinner theater.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

The Exit signs are the most interesting things in the hallways lol

[@jingles009]

The illusion will be shattered with other tourists walking around with their phones out and dressed in shorts with Nike shoes.

[@darthfossil7072]

Now that Disney has acknowledged the disappointment from the public we’re going to get all the 🤡’s trying to defend Galactic Starcruiser & how we should all be appreciating it. LOL it’s your $6,000🤷🏻‍♂️ Go have a blast getting scammed because any REAL Star Wars fan knows this is absolute garbage.

[@fissilepear7805]

The people defending it also are the ones who can’t afford it under any circumstances 😂

[@cassidystarchild7907]

I see no one defending it.

[@nixneato]

They had the perfect tool to create a unique experience : kiddo, your parents are heroes. You grab families in hallways, tell them they need to fly the ship out of range or out of asteroids. Parents play a video game they can't lose. Children lose their minds in the excitement, and by seeing their parents be total badasses that actually exist in Star Wars. But as usual, they don't understand shit.

[@mannamoth918]

Or have there be multiple parts of the ship entertainment, Imagine going to the engine room and storm troopers start to invade, where, if the child made a lightsaber, can help fight back while rebels file in and save the family, THAT would be epic!

[@nixneato]

@@mannamoth918 EXACTLY! So much stuff they could have come up with. They didn't even need to have ideas, just reach out to a few super fans.

[@minnion2871]

@@nixneato Or if liability is an issue, have the actors doing the stage fighting, while the kids are asked to help with the "repairs".... (Hand the actor "Tools", push buttons to turn things off or on.... Fiddle with levers.... or even just operate a blaster cannon to shoot at Tie Fighters or something.... Which would basically be them sitting in a seat playing a really realistic video game...)

[@SammEater]

Now the question is, if we as random people on youtube can come up with such ideas why are the Imageneers (TM) not thinking of such things? Oh wait, I know, because that wouldn't be cheap.

[@minnion2871]

@@SammEater Maybe they are thinking up such things, but their boss won't sign off on it because as you say "It wouldn't be cheap".... (Or possibly "Not cheap enough"...)

[@shannonpotratz489]

If I'm going to spend $5000+, it had better feel like I'm in a freaking Star Wars movie. I think Disney might be finally starting to figure out that people aren't blindly going to drop cash just because they slapped a Star Wars logo on it. And lets face facts, the people who have the money to spend on this stuff are the people who grew up with Star Wars in 1977. If they don't understand that that's who they need to appeal to, then they have sadly misunderstood their audience (not surprising based on their handling of the Sequel Trilogy). I don't know just when Disney and Lucasfilm got so wildly out of touch with the fans, but if they don't get it figured out soon, we may be seeing the death of Star Wars for good. And I can't tell you how much that breaks my heart to say... :(

[@rocketsmall4547]

for 5k han solo better be the captain. and i get my own wookie for side kick with free light saber and 2 droids to follow me around

[@RinaJosscy]

For me, it was too Canto Bight. I would love to have the hotel to be more grittier. Like a Millenium Falcon Freighter. Or Jabba's Palace but as a ship. We need more and tear, my opinion at least.

[@12masterr]

Exactly!

[@aprilvictor6156]

It can't look like Hans ship or Jabba palace. It suppose to be an luxury star cruiser. DO you want a cruise ship look like a tug boat. Or rather you have a nice looking luxury cruise ship. Think.

[@aprilvictor6156]

I don't disagree with you. They could have done better.

[@Aml-dr5oz]

welcome to the disney empire star wars, where only the rich can enjoy it.

[@Joisey11]

Eventually the Star Cruiser hotel WILL be just as worn and dingy as Jabba's palace.

[@tomstoller1086]

The ship exterior design is ok but the hotel looks like the throw away set a sitcom would use in a “in space episode” after jumping the shark

[@jocknerd1]

They are doing the same thing they did with galaxy edge creating a new place in Star wars nobody cares about with no connection to previous Star Wars. Makes no sense.

[@sliceofheaven3026]

For 5k price one would expect a bit more quality of the cruisers interior design. None of those panels look that much like star wars. I really wonder why they chose that kind of design for ships over the design of imperial cruisers for example. Would have been nicer to be in a ship which has a somewhat familiar design in which you can actually spend a couple of days getting to know the ship which you have been previously only able to see in the movies.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

Easy: So the kids don't hurt themselves and Disney doesn't get sued.

[@jasonshirrillmusic]

that would mean they would actually have to work at designing something awesome, "NAAA lets just go cheap they are stupid and wont know the difference. "Yeah that's it".

[@colorin81colorado]

It would have been super easy, barely an inconvenience... All they had to do was to bring Lucasfilm's head set designer to oversee the overall design but Disney seem to be obsessed with the idea of creating "New" Star Wars worlds that have no connection with anything related to George Lucas' Star Wars... It is just insane!

[@trikeonabike4949]

I think Disney execs watched “The Fifth Element” and took the Luxury Space ship scene from said movie, song performance and all, and reworked it into a Start Wars theme… but got knock off Star Trek overlay instead.

[@car2029]

You nailed it.

[@ralliepoint1505]

Thank you great minds think alike. 👍 I just posted that elsewhere.

[@Eidlones]

I think a big thing not many people are talking about, is that a LOT of the stuff they showed, was concept art. Concept art. 3 months out from opening.

[@razorxd9315]

If the show real footage, they will scare away actual people that paid for this discount star wars experience 😂

[@SammEater]

Considering that people already cancelled their preorders after watching this trailer I can only imagine how bad everything else not shown is.

[@lucasriley4339]

Like most Disney/Lucasfilm things, usually good ideas and usually poor execution. I always wanted a Kamino themed hotel or ship, Kamino was always so cool to me. But to be honest, I would not be surprised if some of the immersion was ruined because of laws. Like they probably have to have certain emergency exit signs, certain hallway width, and the such. I could understand if it was like $500-$700 for two nights, but for six grand? Are you kidding me?

[@cdev2117]

I'm pretty sure you are right on laws and regulations. That hallway looks awfully bland and generic and that's probably do too, I don't know, prevent tripping hazards, low light visibility, accessibility etc. If they wanted, I'm sure they could have found ways to stay inside the regulations and still make it immersive, but instead they opted for a Motel with a Star Wars sticker.

[@DinerLingo]

Good luck getting rates like that anywhere at Disney. $500 for 2 nights will only get you into the cheapest onsite Disney hotels. Many hotels start around $400 or $500 per night, with top tier hotels starting at $800 night (Grand Floridian) & even $1300/night (Four Seasons). The Star Wars hotel is officially the most expensive hotel onsite at Disney.

[@samsonpamson893]

It's basically the holiday special live experience.

[@kevindrake4529]

This looks so cheap. It’s like an escape room at the mall. And they were fools to make this about Rey and the 7-9 movies instead of Leia and Luke and the original movies. Fools.

[@josephbrown9685]

Disney has no intention of honoring the original trilogy. They are arrogant enough to believe the bowel movement they released as the sequel trilogy actually appeals to fans more than the decades long proven track record of original 3 movies.

[@car2029]

I agree it should have revolved around the 3 original Star Wars movies & characters.

[@THEODSTKING117]

yeah they had an opportunity to finally set something in the OT after failing to do that with galaxy’s edge. I’ll never understand why they didn’t set the park on Mos Eisely. If they rlly wanted to they could have just had characters from all era’s roaming the park

[@kevindrake4529]

@@THEODSTKING117 It was supposed to be Mos Eisley. Imagineers have said that. But Kathleen Kennedy pushed Bob Igee to have it be reworked as this new Batuu place so as not to use something George Lucas created.

[@scottgoss8966]

The idea in the beginning to me was an area where you could travel to nearly any planet/star system in the Star Wars world, not just one. Now given you would need an infinite amount of space for that I think they decided early on to go with just one world.

[@EnslavedLonesoul]

Why wasn't there a " ride" that you got in an enclosed shuttle that made you feel like you were being flown to orbit. But we're moved in to a " loading bay" area of the hotel.

[@Eidlones]

While that may have helped with immersion, and been kinda neat, it could also get incredibly annoying depending on the mood of the person. "I just wanna go up to my room to get my sunglasses, and get back to my family. Why I gotta do this dumb ride?"

[@mannamoth918]

@@Eidlones shuttle would be optional

[@RobCartwright]

There is.

[@latebloomerabroad]

Even if this looked better, nothing justifies those prices.

[@snyper5150]

Star Wars was always and only about the $$$. They truly know nothing about Star Wars, their fan base, or ordinary people. Yo, stick to Disney Princesses. This is what happens when you have too many ’Yes Men’.

[@conundrumming3532]

Having worked in an ad agency with notoriously low budgets and an egotistical owner, the talented creative personnel were always afraid to speak up when bad ideas and concepts were tossed around the table for fear of being shot down and ridiculed. Unfortunately, the end results were always the same-bad results and dissatisfied clients-including the owner who never realized the end result was exactly what she bargained for!

[@FLABrowncoat]

It's galling how disconnected from reality Disney corpo suits are. They honestly thought that showing us a re-themed version of the in-queue game from Space Mountain and a cheap lounge singer in prosthetic makeup would make everyone nerdgasm and throw money at them.

[@TheaterPup]

Don't think they were trying to attract people who nerdgasm. They tend not to have money.

[@RobCartwright]

This is what happens when you push out all your good Imagineers.

[@chanilerner6410]

@@RobCartwright exactly.

[@chanilerner6410]

My thoughts exactly! How was there not even one person on any team at Disney to say “this is really bad”?!

[@SammEater]

@@RobCartwright Agree. If anything they are making me miss the Eisner years.

[@davidbarbaree3160]

The control panel room looks more like it should be for a 'Star Wars themed" play Area in an FAO Schwartz.

[@69johndz]

If this is opening in just a few months, why the f*ck are they still showing us "concept" art?

[@JRH-1007]

Based on what we’ve seen so far, my guess is that the concept art of what they wanted to do looks a lot better than what the final product ended up becoming. Hopefully, I’m proven wrong, but things aren’t looking so hot at the moment.

[@thatperformer3879]

Cause even hotels are starting to do EA style false advertising. 🤣 Damn modern gaming and it’s cultural economic greed!

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@thatperformer3879 That's Financialization for you!

[@ralliepoint1505]

They are afraid very afraid.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@ralliepoint1505 Which is why they kept Kathleen Kennedy on. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️

[@josephbrown9685]

Given what Disney has done with the Star Wars property so far, this debacle shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that is paying attention.

[@Progger11]

Rogue One, Solo, Clone Wars season 7, Rebels, The Bad Batch, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka... Yeah, Disney's *really* dropping the ball with Star Wars on the whole, right? 🙄

[@josephbrown9685]

@@Progger11 I think Rogue One & Solo are decent but nothing more. I’m not into any of the animated series but I’ve heard good things. The last 3 haven’t been released, so we don’t know yet. They botched Episodes 7, 8, and 9. Mediocre at best overall.

[@Progger11]

@@josephbrown9685 Yes, I'm aware you don't like the sequels. That's obviously what motivated your OP in the first place. But my point is that the vast majority of the Disney Star Wars output has been favorably received by the fans, so the narrative that Disney has just botched Star Wars overall doesn't fit the reality. The sequel trilogy was rushed and had a lot of problems, but Star Wars on TV has not suffered the same problem. There is clearly a plan there that is being properly executed. It's not "Disney" that's the problem. It was how the sequel films were managed when they first entered production. But those pitfalls seem to have been recognized and are being avoided moving forward. This issue with Galaxy's Edge falls on Disney Parks, not Lucasfilm

[@ericepperson8409]

Disney has been extremely split on how they have treated Star Wars. The Sequel movies were awful and suffered from not having a coherent plot carry thru any 1 movie and all 3. The animated and live action stuff though is fantastic. Clone Wars is the only thing that saves the narrative of the prequels. Rebels had a rocky start, but finished brilliantly. If the rest of the live action stuff is in the neighborhood of The Mandalorian, then it will be a great addition to the Universe's Narrative. GE being set so squarely in the sequel is a misstep, but its still a fun experience for what it is. We don't build Disney Park trips around it. Disney needs to get Filoni and Favreau's team much more involved in their SW projects all the way through the process.

[@Progger11]

@@ericepperson8409 Agreed. However, my son absolutely loved his experience at GE. But he loved the whole park, including all other attractions in Hollywood Studios. It wasn't all about that one experience for him. He would have enjoyed it regardless of what Star Wars era it was based on.

[@sasesq4000]

Lol. When your car instrument panel looks better than the controls of this SW Cruiser, you'll pick the car. My hotel idea .... have the Cruiser get captured by Vader's Super Star Destroyer. And your stay in the "hotel" is actually on Vader's ship... something you recognize. Have Stormtroopers and/or Clones patrolling the ship. Or make it the Death Star. There's so many better immersive ideas they could've done instead of this.

[@JRH-1007]

Your idea sounds very similar to what they did with the Rise of the Resistance attraction in Galaxy’s Edge only with Original Trilogy characters instead of Sequel Trilogy characters.

[@ChapMeifan]

I honestly think Kathleen Kennedy sits in her ivory tower, looks at a magic mirror and asks "Mirror Mirror on the wall, How today can I make Star Wars fall?". Then cackles venomously.

[@kevinwilt3918]

Star Wars is dead. It's the 1000th ghost in the haunted mansion.

[@Iliadic]

@@kevinwilt3918 I mean, it's not dead, and you can clearly see that there's still a large following, but Disney has been kind of trying to kill it. I mean Rian Johnson outright made a line in TLJ to say "Let the past die, kill it, if you have to." Like, what does that say about A) his views on the franchise, and B) Disney's views.

[@chuckoneill2023]

Yeah --- cause she doesn't actually understand it. But she didn't design this abomination.

[@Courier_333]

Yeah Mandalorian, the millennium falcon ride, and rise of the resistance are bad lol sure

[@mladenkulic446]

I watched Star Wars Hotel video on a stream, and even i made a comment: Is this Star Wars or Star Trek lol.

[@dereklopez9060]

$5,000 dollars for 2 night's? Yikes! That's a big no for me. Imagine if George Lucas build his Star Wars theme park called Lucas World which he originally was planning.

[@AndreNitroX]

Lucas: this park was not built for just the super rich, everybody in the world has the right to enjoy star wars.

[@aliensoup2420]

Next : Indiana Jones World - navigate a deadly obstacle course on the way to every feature of the Hotel.

[@thatperformer3879]

@@aliensoup2420 The Indiana Jones ride at Disney world is way more immersive than this

[@aliensoup2420]

​@@thatperformer3879 I've lived in LA since 1988 and never knew this existed. But then I haven't been to Disneyland or Universal Studios for over 30 years.

[@AlexanderDeLuca]

In the hallway: why does the ceiling look like drywall? It should be vents and pipes and wires up there. Some blinking lights, etc.

[@dashkataey1740]

Or you know, if it's a luxury star cruiser, tile, or something, anything to hide the drywall. Hell, even mirrors would have been fine or what I would have done, made the hallways long arches like so many Star Wars hallways.

[@danielramsey1959]

Seems like its like The 5th Element.

[@may0r0fn0where7]

My wife and I were planning our first Disney trip later this year. She saw the starcruiser was coming and was excited. I decided to look into it yea no imma pass and go to the wilderness lodge.

[@SkepticalChris]

It would have been hilarious to see Trekkies troll this, by actually going to the hotel, dressed in Vulcan Ears and wearing starfleet uniforms. I would pay money to see that!

[@ralliepoint1505]

Oh snap! Here they come! 😂

[@SammEater]

The most hilarious part is that Disney will probably have to retool everything eventually, which it means more money will be pumped to this failure of a project.

[@Joisey11]

The bridge looks like it is from the old Buck Rodgers TV show w/ Gil Gerard.

[@kiaser21]

Ah, stark white, giant, rectangle hallways... That's SO Star Wars!

[@thatperformer3879]

The cabins look more like the living quarters in Alien. Hell even the game Alien Isolation gets the aesthetic of its respective franchise down so much better than this hotel does.

[@starspangledbat]

Seeing how bad it looks makes me feel less upset that it cost so much. If that makes sense. Meaning it already is going to cost how much Disney is charging which is insane but knowing that I’m not missing out on anything makes me not care that I am missing out.

[@tametz]

The Disney "Magic" is all about making you feel like it's 100% real. That makes this a fail where Walt is rolling in his grave.

[@depalma13]

Like I said from the beginning. It should have been designed to be a modified old Star Destroyer with lots of secrets from the Empire hidden inside. Once the First Order discovered what was on the ship, the interactive story could write itself. Once again Disney doesn’t have a clue as to why people loved Star Wars.

[@Grimbach]

A pretty core part of the Star Wars aesthetic is that it's actually quite technologically backwards. It's world war two, just with rayguns and spaceships. Fighter pilots can the skies not with sensors but their own eyes, Admirals look over the battle from the towering bridges of their flagships, and every weapon from the mightiest capital turret to the fastest firing blaster is laid on target by hand. Controls are always analog levers and dials, and displays are blinking lights and gauges. So, baring all that in mind, what's the main aesthetic choice for GSC? If you guessed "High tech digital screens" you'd be right, though I have no idea how both you and they arrived at that idea.

[@marcomarterer7232]

the starwars universe is used and lived in, that mean stains, shades, details and age. 1. If you have a perfectly white painted wall and put a logo on it that doesn´t make it starwars, even if you round the corners. And most important dont make it look plastic! 2. A nother big problem might also be that unlike a movie set that is used for one week during shooting operated by 10 actors those sets would start falling appart quickly when toyed around by 100 people per day for years to come. 3. This looks like what happens if you give the task of set-designers and artists to architects and interior decorators. It is not the same. 4. Last but not least the promotion actors. Holy shit! If you want to sell starwars (for 4000$) the actors shouldn´t behave like small child nicolodeon entertainers or Teleshopping advertisers. Americans might be more used to this but as european i feel the urge to slam the door in front of their face.

[@trentfowler1335]

You know, you make a good point with the, "don't make it plastic" thing. When I think about it, Star Wars ships have always been very metallic, at least in the movies. Plastic-looking pieces seem rare, as opposed to more classic sci-fi media which seem to incorporate plastic much more liberally. So seeing a bunch of control panels covered in plastic buttons violates the pre-established material continuity. Fascinating! I was trying to put my finger on exactly what I disliked about it, and I definitely think that's it.

[@marcomarterer7232]

​@@trentfowler1335 I worked in the interior 3d visualisation part of the automobile industry for many years where for replication we intensly studied every part and its materials. how matt is a button how shiny is a panel. There are several different shaders for plastic and foam. For example you have nappa leather, leather, leatherstrucktuerd foam and leatherstrucktured hard plastic. If i imagine applying 4 generic plastic shaders to the hole interior, than it would look like those rooms in the clip. This is what sci-fi was looked like befor starwars. cheap smooth white plastic surfaces brightly light.

[@trentfowler1335]

@@marcomarterer7232 Ohhhh okay. Thanks so much for the expert information! Considering that I'm sure Disney also made a 3d visualization for this project, I think that must mean it wasn't some last-minute cost cutting decision. It was definitely planned from the start to use these materials, which tells me that none of the people involved in the modeling process were actually members of the Lucasfilm team that did that job for ships in the movies. This may be a communication issue through and through. I will say that I don't think there's much they could have safely done to lower the lighting level considering that crowds of people are meant to be moving in and out of those places frequently, so I think that they would have to make up that deficit with consistency of material. Which, uh, clearly has not happened.

[@timothymansker6177]

Looks like Buck Rogers in the 25th Century thanks for the video

[@kevinwilt3918]

Minus Twiggy and Erin Grey.

[@timothymansker6177]

@@kevinwilt3918 BEEDEE - BEEDEE - BEEDEE

[@kevinwilt3918]

@@timothymansker6177 😅

[@berberbro]

Rich people usually think twice before spending their $$$. Especially the ones that are selfmade. If Disney thought "Rich people will come anyway" then they are blinded by greed to the max

[@bookchaser1103]

I initially thought it was a Saturday Night Live parody of a SW hotel. All it needed was a laugh track.

[@bittybaff3541]

Their constant insistence on the sequel era says everything about how unqualified they are to even touch the star wars franchise, let alone build attractions. Stop trying to make the sequel trilogy a thing, it's star wars on its knees. Also, this is Disney, why in fucks name is there any kind of cheapskate corner cutting with the budget? Disney basically owns the entire concept of entertainment itself at this point, spare no expense already come ON!!

[@sniperic1]

And the music should have been star wars music, not some chick singing in English and sounding like a dying cow in a hail storm. If I was Paramount I would sue them for copyright infringement, as 90% of that looked like Star Trek.

[@planetdisco4821]

Honestly I want to see a night club that’s set up like the observation dome on top of a starship, the whole roof and behind the bar have giant projector screens that are all in synch with each other as they show a journey through space and the staff are all dressed in uniforms that are part Flash Gordon part Buck Rogers. You enter the place through some sort of simulated rotating airlock and every now and then the DJ gives a countdown while the music reaches some sort of crescendo and the screens/windows go full hyperspace. That sounds like a pretty good Saturday night to me! Does such a place actually exist or am I going to have to win a lottery and build it myself lol…

[@rixvlogs4274]

Just wanted to throw this out there, just went to Disney land last and noticed a lot of the Animatronics were broken on a lot of the rides. These include the giant snake, skeletons, and sliding tunnel inside Indiana Jones, a few ghost in the haunted mansion, all of the Jack sparrows, and the Auctioneer in pirates ect. ☠ really sad actually.

[@jasonreynolds6643]

What’s the difference between the Star Wars Galactic Cruiser Hotel and a Colonoscopy? The Colonoscopy can be covered by medical insurance and they knock you out before they ream your butthole…

[@patrickvillacreses1532]

Id like to add; its not just the 6k for a family of 4, factor the flights, food, car, gifts your kids will make u buy and your into this for at least 8k.

[@ebomb1133]

If they wanted to do a "high class" star wars look, they should have gotten inspiration from the space yacht/cruise ship from the Duchess of Mandalore arc in TCW season 2. Hell, I would take Dryden's yacht from Solo.

[@christopherjones5446]

It’s like Douglas Adams’ old point and click pc game Starship Titanic, except its unintentionally funny unlike that awesome game.

[@The.Crawling.Chaos.]

But how can we blame Kennedy for this!???

[@paulieprinceton4550]

She is running Lucas Film. Kennedy is the primary reason Galaxy’s Edge didn’t feature original locations or characters. Of course she had input to some degree on this hotel/experience.

[@The.Crawling.Chaos.]

@@paulieprinceton4550 sure :D

[@philipmitchell3450]

Disney just doesn't get it. We want things to be as authentic as possible and they give us an expensive experience that no one asked for. And yes, this is Chapek's failure. The fact he is still employed is surprising.

[@trentfowler1335]

Unfortunately, I don't find it surprising considering how top-heavy the authority structure is in the company. It's the same sort of situation that is responsible for Bobby Kotick still being in charge of Activision Blizzard.

[@machomachoduck2096]

No, this is Iger’s failure. Chapek isn’t without fault, but Iger is the one responsible.

[@Vartholomeos.]

This is just generic science fiction, NOT Star Wars.

[@Frank-Discussion]

It's Hilarious! The generic buck rogers inn in Space Fights land! Disney bought Star Wars to make off-brand shit... way to go disney.

[@TheBenjaman]

Imagine if instead of whatever they did for the hotel it was a star destroyer instead. With the cast walking around as stormtroopers and officers. Also that singer in the bar thing... its star wars it has a plethora of wierd aliens and languages and its an twilek singing english.. imagine if it was a sullustan singing some made up language.. or a mandalorian singing some mandoa

[@Iliadic]

That was what really annoyed me. Of the 3 (technically 4) diegetic songs we hear in the Star Wars universe, none are sung in English. We have Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes with the Cantina Song, which is instrumental, we have Max Rebo's "Galactic Dance Blast" which I have no idea WHAT that was, we have 1 more which I forgot everything about, and then Sugaan Essena by The HU from Jedi: Fallen Order. Four songs, of which 2 are instrumental. English songs do not belong in Star Wars. And a Twi'lek was probably done because it's the easiest one to make a costume for a human. They could've done a Zabrak, or Mirialan even, maybe even a Duros or Chiss.

[@TheBenjaman]

@@Iliadic there is also the song played in dryden vos ship from solo with the slug thing in a jar. Then there is also things like vode an wich isn't canon anymore. But yeah the point is twileks are kind of overused and have become boring, rather see anything else then a twilek

[@Iliadic]

@@TheBenjaman Vode An should be canon. It's so good Edit: and yes Twi'leks have been overused. I get that it's pretty much a human with lekku, but I want like a male Zabrak singer in a band or something. You barely would have to do makeup because Tan zabraks exist.

[@whos-the-stiff]

The actual starcruiser itself doesn't look like a SW ship, it's extremely generic.

[@soberlinux]

I agree with everything you said, except for looking like "Star Trek". Maybe the original from the 1960's, or ST:Enterprise, but definitely not the Very futuristic looks of ST:Discovery or even ST:TNG from the 1990's.

[@meapia21]

I agree. Looks nothing like Star Trek ships!

[@jcarm185]

I agree it looks cheap and super cringe. Them stupid corporate heads thought this would encourage people to feel confident in spending all that cash on this; absolute incompetence.

[@mem1701movies]

Lots of things are overrated. This price is crazy even if it was perfect.

[@dominiclacroix9489]

As a Canadian, for the price of going to the hotel, i can go to mexico with the wife for 7 days and live luxuriously. Also i agree with everything you said. It looks like star trek, it look cheap, Opera singer sing normal life song, not starwars and the trailer is pretty cringy with people WAY TOO HYPED

[@CollyDoo]

As a Canadian, I'm going to open a Canadian themed hotel called the Hoser Holiday Inn.

[@Flippokid]

Did they give the job of those panels to Fischer Price? Damn that looks lame.

[@nish221100]

They clearly didn't do their homework on this. They mashed Star Trek panels with Millennium Falcon buttons.

[@Flippokid]

@@nish221100 Nah man, Star Trek never had Fisher Price designs.

[@tkc1129]

LOL You know someone doesn't watch Star Trek when they say "As someone who has never even seen a Star Trek movie." ;-) But yeah, I agree with you on this. It does look cheap and pretty generic.

[@willwilkerson7198]

This doesn’t look like Star Trek. Star Trek has a definitive look. This is just some generic sci-fi appearance. Indeed, looks cheap!

[@madelenejones]

My husband and I were talking about how hard it would be to stay in character all day. House keeping, front desk, concierge, service people, all would need to be in "character" and still keep things running. Also, is it just me or do the rooms look a lot like the the Incredibles Room art for the Contemporary?

[@blaster-zy7xx]

This is a disaster. Universal built Hogwarts amd Diagonal Alley, places actually in the movies and made it a familiar environment. They made the Hogwarts express straight from the movie from track 9and three quarters and even did an illusion of going through the brick wall. This "StarWars" experience isn't ANYTHING like the movie sets. "Welcome to the new world". What the hell is that? That isn't Star Wars. Star Wars was well used. And that light saber training is the stupidest thing I have ever seen. Even the actor looks bored to death.

[@dashkataey1740]

What's funny is Disney wanted to do Harry Potter stuff and invite JK Rowling and showed them concept art and such. The land was going to be pretty tiny and they didn't want to make it fully immersive so she passed on Disney. Universal approached her and showed her their grand designs and what they wanted to do which is why all Harry Potter related stuff is in Universal.

[@thejedicounciloffical]

The council senses that the hotel is not what fans expected.

[@deanb4799]

"Five thousand?! We could buy our own SHIP for THAT!" Sorry. Hope that comment isn't as lame as the hotel!😎

[@deanb4799]

@BK Beatty bwahahahaha

[@dzerkle]

No, that’s pretty good.

[@phillyguy199]

If you look at 0:12 - 0:37 THAT's what I thought Disney was building and what I was using to defend against the complaints about the price. However, SWO, you hit the nail on the head several times. This is Star Trek or Space 220 and at this point, it's not fixable. If Disney wanted to cut the budget, they should have added these experiences to Galaxy's Edge and scrapped the hotel idea.

[@adammiller8617]

I wonder if this is a "proof of concept" design of an immersive hotel using TVs in place of windows, to create the illusion of being in fantastic locations. AKA how hard would it be for them to pop off those panels and re-theme the hotel to say Agrabah (Aladdin), Atlantis (Little Mermaid), or Arendelle (Frozen) if the Star Wars theme starts to lose its appeal?

[@daytonpilot]

That would be super easy, barely an inconvenience. When once fandom is played out, swap the panels and trim and boom new hotel

[@adammiller8617]

That's my thought; once they get the mechanics worked out, they could retheme this (and other) hotels on a rotating basis, maybe once every couple of years.

[@vettebecker1]

Like everything else now days, it cost more for less!! Shocker that a huge company like Disney is doing this!

[@condew6103]

Yes, when I was at Disney World a few decades ago, the pleasant surprise was that food was priced appropriately for what you got, even though you're a captive audience who could not say "no" even if everything was priced $5 more than it was worth.

[@mem1701movies]

5:04 that’s the kid from THE GOLDBERGS

[@nathaniellazo5912]

The two improvements are simple... 1. Make the price cheaper, like cut it down by 50% or so, making it more affordable can make better buisness. 2. MAKE IT LOOK LIKE STAR WARS!!!! Seriously, some major improvements need to happen.

[@RayR0041]

As with everything Disney is doing lately, It's all about the dollar, and not the guest!!! They slap things together charge every which way you turn for everything. Its enough. People need to just stop going to send a message, but as long as they have the crowds they will keep tweaking the prices to get more out of everyone. There are other parks. Universal doesn't charge for parking if you stay on site, and you get their fast pass with the hotel. Their packed!!! Disney your are on the brink. My family has stopped going. Just tired of the nickle and diming!

[@chanilerner6410]

I think this will be their first huge public fail, because they didn’t take into account that the client for this hotel is different from their regular Disney fanatics (myself included) who go to their parks. This is a premium experience for Star Wars fans willing to spend a small fortune for a real life Star Wars experience. That type of guest has zero loyalty towards Disney and if it looks cheap and doesn’t hold up to expectations they just won’t go.

[@RayR0041]

@@chanilerner6410 They need a good fail to wake them up.

[@SammEater]

That's pretty much the reason they took down the video, it wasn't because of channels like this but because the people that had pre-ordered this shitshow were cancelling their orders after looking at the trailer.

[@frankboris1237]

WILL NEVER GO TO A DISNEY PARK AGAIN.

[@Thealanmills]

Universal does charge for their hotel parking but I agree with you on the rest

[@morgansheepman2403]

The hotel has "Defunctland with in a decade energy" all over it

[@chuckoneill2023]

You're right, looks like Star Trek. There used to be an immersive Star Trek experience in Las Vegas, and it looked much like this. And it didn't cost nearly this much.

[@sniperic1]

somewhere in my workroom is a vhs tape that I had made of me and my family actually on stage doing the filming. They suited us up in Wrath of Khan era uniforms, and me the wife and oldest child actually got a 15 minute video for a few hundred bucks. Mind you this was like 1997. I need to find that tape and have it converted.

[@timothyanadon9993]

The Star trek experience at the las Vegas Hilton. I was a regular there and took my kids nearly every weekend it felt like at times. It was a nice escapism but it only cost us a few drinks unless we had dinner or rode the rides.

[@TeamklausyStudios]

@@sniperic1 Definitely get that converted! Maybe upload it too, that'd be fun.

[@chuckoneill2023]

@BK Beatty Thanks --- I'd never heard of that movie. There's something Disney might have actually improved, if only Iger had bought that franchise.....

[@brainysmurf74]

The design aesthetic of star wars, star trek, transformers and others was thrown out. They dont care about design consistency. They started this crap with the prequels, making designs that bore zero influence from the star wars aesthetic. Same with star trek. Why does discovery not look like star trek. They changed everyth8ng. With no explanation! Transformers with no transformer sound. They look like crabs and needles. It sucks, no talent hacks are hired.

[@Flippokid]

Prequels had plenty designs that evolved into OT designs. Yes, most things were new and shiny, because the Empire hadn't ruined the Galaxy yet.

[@thatperformer3879]

Bruh, you seriously attacking the prequels aesthetic? Lucas specifically made everything look new and shiny purposefully to show that the free republic at its height was a lavish place to live as opposed to the dystopian tyranny of the empire.

[@FBI_Not]

with 5000 dollars i can get a end tier 2 of Starkillers Crystal chamber saber and then spend the time with cosplays to make it immersive

[@So_Cal_Scarz]

I think they did a good job basing the hotel after The Fifth Element.

[@2enrol]

That price for 2 days is only worth it if it includes 100 of my closest friends, meals for everyone, officiant, suits, wedding dress, and at the end I'm left with hundreds of dollars of wedding gifts.