KilroywasNOTHere
"BEEP!"
I know right? It's unfathomable to me that they screwed up this badly and managed to make such a simple concept so hideously overpriced for so little productivity. They spent 1.2 billion dollars on the hotel, you could almost build an actual space station for that*.
Taking a look at actual cruise ships, it looks like the most expensive one in the world as of 2020 was 450 million... though a 600 million one was on the way. From the descriptions including things like marble floors and original Picassos on the walls, I have little doubt they could create Star Wars decor without increasing the price. So Disney could have two cruise ships in operation and have enough left over for a couple of tourism submarines, and some underwater decor to look like Theed or some such for the submarines to drive kids past for the cost of this hotel.
Except the cruise ships would handle 750 passengers each, 1,500 total, while the Galactic Starcruiser Hotel had 100 rooms total.
It's hard for me not to conclude somebody was on the take in this project embezzling funds, I just can't wrap my head around how they could have spent so much for so little.
*Hyperbole alert. Mir was about four billion.
$11,000/ night. So the most expensive cruise EVER with no expenses spared is a little less than double Disney's cheapskate LARP fest.
What the heck Disney???