WDW Radio # 727 - Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Closing... and the Good that May Come From It
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Lou Mongello - Disney Expert
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
WDW Radio # 727 - Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Closing... and the Good that May Come From It
I'm actually not diving into the Archives this week, because as I said when first added this new show to the feed, also opened up other opportunities to discuss and address important events as they happen... like this week.
On Thursday, May 18, Disney announced that they would be closing the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser, with the final voyage taking place in September. Based on numerous discussions that were going on in the WDW Radio Clubhouse on Facebook, as well as private conversations I was having via text, DM, etc. I felt it was important to go live, and discuss, with you, the announcement, our reactions, as well as speculation as to what's next. I share my honest thoughts and reaction, including why I think the Starcruiser was forced to close, Bob Iger, the Cast Members, as well as the good that I think can and will come from this unexpected announcement and closure.
So I decided to take the audio from the live show and share it here on the podcast, as I understand that maybe you didn't catch this live conversation, or missed the video replay which is posted in the Clubhouse.
And in addition to what we discussed here, I think there is much more to talk about in terms of the Starcruiser, your concepts and ideas of what should happen next, your experiences on the Starcruiser if you had them, and anything else you're like to talk about.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What we're gonna do right here is go back. Way back, back into time. |
| 0:08.0 | Hello my friend and welcome to another episode. This time not from the WWW Archives. I'll explain in a minute. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm Lume Manjello and this is showing over 727. And normally with this second episode in the feed, |
| 0:22.0 | I would select an evergreen episode from the archive to share with you that maybe you hadn't |
| 0:26.8 | heard in a long time. But I also hinted that I was going to introduce an experiment with a |
| 0:32.2 | couple of different types of content in a variety of formats. So in addition to the shows from the |
| 0:36.8 | archives, I would do a top five live, a Disney and a Minute segment. And when appropriate, I would do |
| 0:44.2 | something that is time sensitive, which is a subject for this week's episode. Because I'm not |
| 0:50.1 | gonna dive into the archives this week. Because as I said, there'd be opportunities to discuss and |
| 0:55.0 | address important events as they happen like they did this week. Because on Thursday, May 18th, |
| 1:01.2 | Disney announced, very unexpectedly, that they would be closing the Star Wars Galactic Star Cruiser |
| 1:07.6 | with its final voyage taking place in September. And based on numerous discussions that were very |
| 1:14.6 | active going on in the WWW Clubhouse on Facebook, as well as a lot of private conversations I was |
| 1:21.3 | having via text and DM. I felt it was important to go live and discuss with you the announcement |
| 1:29.2 | or reactions as well as speculation as to what's next. I share my very honest thoughts and reactions |
| 1:36.8 | including why I think the Star Cruiser was forced to close, Bob Eiger, the cast members, as well as |
| 1:44.0 | the good that I think can and will come from this unexpected announcement and closure. So I decided |
| 1:51.2 | to take the audio from the live show and share it here on the podcast as I understand that maybe |
| 1:56.8 | you didn't catch this live conversation or missed the video replay which is posted and always |
| 2:02.4 | available in the clubhouse at www.slashclubhouse. And I think in addition to what we discussed here, |
| 2:09.9 | there is a lot more to talk about in terms of the Star Cruiser, your concepts and ideas of what |
| 2:16.6 | could or should happen next. Maybe your experiences on the Star Cruiser, if you had them, |
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