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    The Disneyland experiments that influenced Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser

    LOS ANGELES — Before Walt Disney World's Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, there was chaos in Disneyland's Frontierland. The Galactic Starcruiser is an immersive, two-day, live-in theme park experience in which guests learn to wield a lightsaber and have one-on-one interactions with characters such as Captain Keevan and Sammie the engineer. Meanwhile, the short-lived Legends of Frontierland, ...
    by Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times Mar 17, 2022 6 minutes
    Los Angeles Times game critic Todd Martens checks out the scene at the Sunlight Lounge aboard the Halcyon ship.

    LOS ANGELES — Before Walt Disney World's Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, there was chaos in Disneyland's Frontierland.

    The Galactic Starcruiser is an immersive, two-day, live-in theme park experience in which guests learn to wield a lightsaber and have one-on-one interactions with characters such as Captain Keevan and Sammie the engineer. Meanwhile, the short-lived Legends of Frontierland, which ran at Disneyland in the summer of 2014, had Coyote Chris, Willum and Red, among other Wild West characters.

    It was one of Disney's more notable LARPs — a live action role-playing game — and it helped inform the participatory experience that is the Galactic Starcruiser.

    So while California's Disney theme park fans must travel across the country to experience the pricey Galactic Starcruiser — a cabin for two starts at approximately $5,000 — Anaheim regulars over the years were some of the primary playtesters for what would become one of the company's most activity-driven attractions. The Galactic

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