Deck 4
Though you may not have recognized it, you were already on this level of the building! By descending to “Deck 4,” you’ve actually just walked back down to the ground level you entered through. But aside from another 26 standard rooms and 2 more “Galaxy Class” suites, Deck 4 also included a number of important amenities and story spaces.
For example, it’s here that you’d find the Brig, the Engineering Room, and the Cargo Hold – all elements unlocked by story moments or players’ actions, and each containing interactive elements or props. Round the corner, though, is the ship’s main dining room – the Crown of Corellia. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner were served in this space, as was entertainment by way of intergalactic Twi’lek pop star Gaya. It’s odd that the Crown of Corellia didn’t have a true “stage” per se, merely squeezing acts into the alcoves at the end of the room.
Deck 4 was also home to the Lightsaber Training Pod (part of the ship’s itinerary of entertainment options) and the Climate Simulator. This space was not-so-secretly just an actually-outdoor patio, explained away as being a pod developed to precisely simulate the current weather on the ship’s next destination planet – in this case, Batuu. The Climate Simulator served not only to give guests a chance to see the sun during their otherwise entirely-indoor adventure, but to acclimatize to and dress appropriately for their optional “shore excursion” to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, where a blisteringly hot day or a torrential downpour may await.
Deck 7
Finally, the building’s top publicly-accessible floor, “Deck 7,” contained two “Grand Captain Suites” – the ship’s largest and most extravagant rooms with three times the square footage of the 24 otherwise-cramped standard cabins you’ll find on the same floor. The forward of Deck 7 was comprised of the upper level of the Atrium and its network of catwalks, balconies, and behind-the-scenes rooms that power the stunt shows and story moments that viewers watched from the public space below.
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser
Altogether, there’s no question that Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser was unlike anything else Disney has ever produced. It has places to sleep, but it wasn’t a hotel. It had places to eat, but it wasn’t a restaurant. And it had embedded activities and attractions and shows, but wasn’t a theme park. Instead, this multi-night, totally-immersive, live-action-role-playing experience really was one-of-a-kind. And given that its limited capacity yielded a high price while unquestionably restricted its appeal, Disney now faces the most interesting question yet: what can they do with a deluxe hotel that doesn’t have a pool, a restaurant that doesn’t have parking, and a theme park that can only fit 300 people a day?
Does this layout give you a better sense of what was going on inside the Galactic Starcruiser, or add new context to it? What do you think is a reasonable, possible use for this now-abandoned facility? Until we know more, be sure to follow Park Lore on Twitter and check out other hand-drawn ride layouts to add new context to the attractions we know and love here!
