Overview
- Images posted on February 15 by aerial photographer @bioreconstruct show construction equipment and staging around the shuttered Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser building as interior work proceeds.
- Disney said in January 2025 the facility would become Walt Disney Imagineering offices supporting projects including a Monsters, Inc. land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Pueblo Esperanza at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Disney Villains and Cars areas at Magic Kingdom.
- No completion timeline for the office conversion has been announced, and some backstage road signs reportedly still point to the defunct hotel.
- The structure’s roughly 100 small, windowless rooms, lack of resort amenities, and backstage location make a guest-facing reuse impractical.
- The Galactic Starcruiser opened on March 1, 2022 with two-night stays costing about $4,000–$6,000, closed on September 30, 2023, and reportedly lost around $250 million.