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Disney unveils Star Wars experience with overnight stays
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Fans view a model of the new Star Wars theme park that will open in the California and Florida Disneyland Parks in 2019 during the D23 expo fan convention at the Convention Center in Anaheim, California, on July 15, 2017 (AFP/Mark Ralston)
Walt Disney Co. is opening a hotel that it insists isn’t a hotel.
The entertainment giant unveiled plans for the “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser,” a multiday experience at Walt Disney World that will let guests feel like they’re staying inside a spaceship.
It’s not a hotel or a ride, but a “space cruise,” the company said Thursday at its biennial D23 Expo, a fan convention. Disney showed off a model of the ship, called the Halcyon, designed for the Orlando, Florida, resort.
The “not a hotel” promises to be one of the most immersive experiences yet for the company, with costumed characters assuming the role of housekeeping staff and room windows projecting scenes of outer space.
It will be connected to a Star Wars land that’s opening at Disney World on Aug. 29, following the debut of a similar attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The $1 billion lands are among the largest investments Disney has made in its resorts.
At the D23 conference, Disney also announced more plans to revamp Disney World’s Epcot. It will include a new attraction based on its animated hit “Moana.”
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Disney has been adding more attractions tied to the company’s hit films to the park, the company’s second-oldest in Florida.
In recent years, Epcot has featured events for adults, such as a food-and-wine festival. The changes “will make the park more Disney, more family, more timeless and more relevant to the millions of guests who visit each year,” the company said in a blog post.
Disney also said that two previously announced superhero lands at Disneyland Paris and California Adventure in Anaheim would be called Avengers Campus. More news about attractions is coming on Sunday, the company said.
