This week, we spoke with Emmy nominated Hair Designer Maria Sandoval, the Hair Department head for "The Mandalorian", "The Book of Boba Fett", and "Ahsoka". We chatted about the challenge of translating animated hair styles to live action and what she does in her role with these shows. Oh yeah  - - - and we also chatted about Maria's two voyages on the Galactic Starcruiser and her work for voyagers looking for unique hair pieces as part of their character.

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We frequently jest that we approached Disney's Galactic Starcruiser as a once-in-a-lifetime experience - - - until we went. We've made room in our lives - and sold so many things - in order to go more than once. However, our guest, David Schewitz, puts even us to shame. David has been a passenger aboard the Halcyon - both with family as well as solo - nine times and will be taking his tenth voyage at the end of September 2023. We were very excited to talk to him and compare notes about what made Galactic Starcruiser a place he had to return to.

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The Sublight Circle Listener Roundtable is back! This week, we speak with Kim, Lexi, Mario, and newcomer Zach to discuss their plans for their upcoming voyage aboard the magnificent Lady H!

Zach is joining a seasoned crew of ne'er do wells in Kim, Lexi, and "Mars" for his first voyage. We wanted to know how Zach was integrated in their crew, what they are looking forward to when they step onboard, and many other fun stories.

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This episode, we spoke with Kate, a former crew member in blue that we met on our May 4th voyage.

As a member of passenger services, Kate was one of the many folks who work hard to provide galactically great guest services as part of the Halcyon experience. Kate shared some stories and a look at what she enjoyed about her time aboard the Lady H.

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We were joined this episode by Shawn "Obi-Shawn" Crosby, the organizer of the annual Life Day event celebrated in Batuu West at Disneyland each year.

We spoke with Shawn about the origins of Life Day from the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special and what this event means to the people who gather to celebrate each year.

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One awesome aspect of going on Disney's Galactic Starcruiser is the cool swag that many voyagers bring to trade with each other. Folks have been inspired by the voyage and each other to create a number of fun souvenirs such as 3D printer coins, cast compass stones and  . . . epoxy resin shrimp?

We were joined by Patrick Radecker and Ryan Street to discuss what they have done in terms of giveaways, what we think inspired this fabulous trading practice, and some of our favorite examples of what our fellow starcruising superfans have created.

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We've chatted about the concept of LARP drop before but we've never explored what leads up to that drop . . . until now! We were joined by Dr. Lisa Moses, a clinical psychologist, who taught us a little bit about how our experiences aboard the Halcyon affect us at a deeper level than we might be aware of. It turns out that Disney magic sprinkled with immersive story telling pixie dust can be a potent combination to affect not only our emotions but our brain chemistry as well!

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This week, we spoke with John & Bridget from the Board Game Cantina YouTube channel.

John & Bridget's channel centers on playing Star Wars boardgames and making Star Wars themed cocktails. They have one episode online now and will soon have additional episodes available. They had a fabulous time onboard the Halcyon recently and shared stories of their trip. We also chatted about current Star Wars board games and how they can immerse players in the Star Wars universe right at the dining room/game room table!

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We were honored to be accepted to present a panel on Galaxy's Edge & Galactic Starcruiser at this year's San Diego Comic-Con with our friend Nick Tierce!  The panel was recorded live in front of a standing room only crowd of about 500 folks. It was a ton of fun and we're excited to present this for you in this episode.

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We were joined this episode by two of our favorite YouTubers, Peter & Kitra from Ordinary Adventures.

As you'll hear, the very first video we watched about Galactic Starcruiser was their video about the press tour they took in late February 2022. We didn't watch the whole video - - just the very beginning when Kitra meets Ouanni - - and because we trusted them completely, we knew from the very first moment that Kitra was wide-eyed at meeting a Rodian face-to-face, we knew we were in for an amazing experience. So it was with great pleasure that we had them join us to chat about our favorite immersive experience!

There are minor spoilers in this episode - - nothing major - - but callouts to some experiences that you may not want spoiled.

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