Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Booking Info & DVC Point Charts

As previously announced, general public bookings for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Resort will begin on October 28, 2021 with the first “voyage” starting on March 1, 2022. However, prior to then, there are some advance booking opportunities that have revealed new info about the pricing and more.

Pre-bookings have already begun for Club 33 members and Golden Oak residents, with those windows occurring over the last two days. Disney Visa Cardholders will be able to book October 12-16, 2021.

As of this morning, Disney Vacation Club members and Annual Passholders can now book during their pre-sale windows, which run through October 9, 2021. Naturally, there are a few catches, which is what we’ll largely be covering here…

The first is that you must book over the phone. We’ve heard credible rumors that this isn’t just a presale thing–online booking won’t be an option with Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser for the foreseeable future; Disney has a dedicated team for this experience and wants to make very clear to any prospective guests that this is not a traditional hotel. The best way to accomplish that is conversationally, since people don’t read (he writes in a blog post).

Walt Disney World Annual Passholders can call (407) 827-7379 to reserve their Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser adventure now through October 9, 2021 for voyages departing March 1, 2022 to May 4, 2022. Per Disney, popular departure dates will sell out quickly, so please have alternative dates in mind.

At one point, Walt Disney World indicated that PIN codes would be sent to all DVC Members and Annual Passholder to use for booking Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser reservations. Just like a discount PIN/unique offer code, it would seem as though scoring this was luck of the draw–we don’t know anyone who received this email.

It doesn’t seem like having the PIN code actually matters. If you didn’t get the email, the booking agent on the phone numbers above and below should be able to find your code and assist with booking.

Similarly, Disney Vacation Club Members can call (800) 800-9800 to reserve their Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser adventure through October 9, 2021 for voyages departing March 1, 2022 to May 4, 2022.

There’s a catch to that, though. Per DVC, “Because this is a Disney Collection Exchange opportunity, at least one person must be booked on points. Other Guests can make cash payments.”

Disney Vacation Club has now released point charts for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser and…HOLY COW. If you’ll recall, we were pleasantly surprised by the starting prices for the experience in dollars. Although it’s an exorbitant sum of money, it’s less exorbitant than the outrageous numbers we were bracing ourselves for.

Well, this is the opposite of that. Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Resort starts at 295 DVC points per person, and that’s based on double occupancy. Here’s the point chart for standard rooms:

For those of you who aren’t DVC members, let’s put these numbers into perspective.

A standard view studio at the BoardWalk Villas would cost 85 points for an entire week in May, versus 349 points (per person) for a weekend voyage at Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser.

It’s basically the same cost to either stay at the BoardWalk for a month, or for one person to do a 2-night stay at Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. But that won’t work, since the experience is double occupancy!

For those couples who have daydreamed of living at Walt Disney World, you could do almost all of May and June 2022 at the BoardWalk for roughly the cost of two adults doing Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser on points.

Then again, you wouldn’t be able to get a BoardWalk view for that 2-month stay, so what’s even the point?!

Although at Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, you won’t have any windows at all. On top of that, the DVC point charts only increase during peak seasons and as you get into the Galaxy Suite room categories.

Disney Vacation Club members must qualify for Membership Extras (in other words, you need a blue card) in order to be eligible for booking Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser.

Additionally, a non-refundable $95 transaction fee applies per confirmed Disney Collection reservation. If payment is not received at the time of confirmation, Disney Vacation Club reserves the right to cancel the reservation.

Modifying the number of passengers in a Star Wars : Galactic Starcruiser experience may result in an increase in per person pricing and the travelling party will be required to pay any increases at the time of modification.

Reservation changes made less than 90 days prior to arrival are considered a cancel and rebook, subject to cancellation policies. If any changes made less than 90 days prior to arrival result in a lower cost for the reservation, a non-refundable penalty fee of $350 or 43 Reservation Points is due at the time of confirmation.

We won’t belabor the point too much here since this is something covered in exhaustive detail in our Best & Worst Uses of Disney Vacation Club Points, but using DVC points on any of the various “Collections” or anything other than DVC is a bad idea. Being able to use points elsewhere is an illusory Membership Extra–a selling point touted by salespeople that has no actual value. Always has been, presumably always will be.

If there’s no DVC availability or you want to travel somewhere else or stay in different accommodations, you’ll always come out ahead by renting out your points and paying out of pocket for whatever the other thing is. That same advice holds true for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser.

Nevertheless, we fear that many Disney Vacation Club members will take “advantage” of this, feeling that their hand is forced by the pre-booking policy or the practical realities of DVC’s ongoing “point pool problem.”

Those are definitely fair perspectives, and ones with which we can’t really argue. We would still strongly urge you to do the math on renting out your points. You can either do it on your own via one of the forums/social media or via one of the major brokers. See just how significant the monetary spread is, and how much that’ll net. In almost every scenario, you’re going to come out way ahead by renting out those points and paying cash.

Even if you disregard our advice, there’s the possibility you won’t be able to get through on the phone to book Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser today. Wait times were a couple of hours first thing this morning…but now there is no wait!

Not in a good way. Last we checked, the phone lines picked up with an “all circuits are busy, please try again later” message–before hanging up.

In terms of other details, we do have the payment and cancellation policy for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. A 20% deposit of the total amount is due at booking, and full payment must be made 90 days out.

You can cancel your Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience more than 90 days in advance without penalty. Walt Disney World is strongly recommending travel insurance at $82.50 per person that will cover a variety of cancellation rationales. Similar to the DVC rules, if you cancel your trip between 31 and 89 days out, you lose half of the full amount you paid. If you cancel inside 30 days, you lose the full amount.

Ultimately, it’s nice that Walt Disney World is giving Annual Passholders, Disney Vacation Club members, etc., the chance at pre-sale bookings of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, even if there are some catches and a bit of hassle involved. With that said, this strikes us as mutually beneficial. Disney undoubtedly wants to fill up earlier “voyages” with more knowledgeable guests who have a better idea of what to expect, and will thus share positive word of mouth and so forth. By contrast, casual guests might be confused about it all (no windows or pool?!), even with all the warnings and educational materials in the galaxy.

Despite the high pricing and DVC point charts, we generally agree with Walt Disney World’s “warning” that popular departure dates will sell out quickly. More than anything else, it’s a matter of scarcity. Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser has very few rooms, each of which is booked in 2-night increments, and there are a lot of hardcore Star Wars and/or Walt Disney World fans who are eager to do this. There’s every reason to believe the first few months would book up quickly regardless of the cost. What’ll be more interesting to see is how strong bookings remain after the first year or so, once Galactic Starcruiser has cycled through most hardcore fans. But, that’s a topic we’ve already discussed at length in our Guide to Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Resort. Pretty much everything else you might want to know is there.

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YOUR THOUGHTS

What do you think about Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Resort? Would you rather do 2-nights here, or two months at the BoardWalk Villas? Will you be booking this with DVC points, cash, or not ata all? Would you prefer a more conventional hotel stay at a Star Wars-themed or decorated hotel? Do you agree or disagree with our advice and assessments? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!