Ramble: A postmortem on the Star Wars Hotel video

It occurs to me that they may have made Sanbo a Togruta rather than a “dude with a scarf on his head” because imagineers May have thought people couldn’t get behind a humanXRodian relationship. To which they are mistaken. I want to kiss Oanni.

I would love if Jenny uploaded this video on the main channel. I understand the reasons not to, but to this day I see people complaining about the Star Wars video using the same arguments that she addresses here. I guess it's people that just can't accept or deal with the fact that it failed and will still find ways to complain about Jenny and blindly defend the SWH, but it will be funny to see them ranting in the comment section and being debunked by everybody else 🤣

Booking should have involved which team you wanted to play to evenly distribute guests among cruises evenly and instead they offer the best dates, not you inquiring with a date in mind. If you wanted to change teams upon arrival, it’s free to do with guest services.

You are so tough. The hypocrisy would drive me nuts.

just finished rewatching the original video again and i will make a plea to any patron with video suggesting rights that a ramble video where jenny designs her dream escape room would rock my world

Apropos of nothing, there's this thing about Star Wars that's always felt odd to me. It feels like EVERYBODY is a frikkin pilot. Anakin; Anakin's son, Luke; Luke's friends; Harrison Ford and his son; Darth Vader; Rey; Poe... i wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that kid with the broom and the guy who's 3 inches tall are pilots too. Everybody! It's kinda like how everybody is related to everybody else. It makes the Wars world seem so small. Anyway, it reminds me of the Rocky franchise. It just seems like there are too many boxers who all seem to know each other, and they're ALL contenders? The Russian guy is a boxer, then so is his son and they both get into feuds with champion boxers. Apollo's a boxer, and his son is a boxer, and they're both world champions. Creed Jr's best friend from childhood becomes a champion too. Rocky runs into a random kid on the street, that guy becomes a world champion boxer. Rocky's son didn't become a professional boxer, but he learned to box anyway. Is boxing genetic or something?

Jenny’s point about some influencers talking like paid shills on purpose even though they aren’t paid is one of the most depressing but irrefutably true things I’ve ever heard

Yeah, those criticisms of “you should demand a better seat” are particularly unhinged, it basically comes down to: “Use your leverage to demand some lesser human gets a crappy seat so you can give Disney a good review.”

ig i headcannoned that ytbrs didnt get nervous about receiving thousands of comments on their videos because if that were me i would go insane. i get anxious just from having an opinion and seeing people disagree with it even if i didnt post about it. so i thought public figures must be so sure of what theyre saying they dont feel that way bc otherwise they would be miserable all the time. I guess that can be the case then lol. im sorry about that, i would feel the same.

Me, a pittsburgher, hearing Jenny gush about kennywood: woohooooo!! Me, a pittsburgher, hearing that there are bedbugs in a hotel here: AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Ah bless I can imagine it must be so incredibly stressful when posting videos. We're very grateful for the content you produce!

Would I lose my mind for Jenny to do an interview with Ann Morrow Johnson? Yes. Yes I would. Does that idea live in the realm of possibility? Unforch probs not.

I grew up in Pittsburgh, Kennywood was my home park for years! So happy to hear it get love

As far as the criticism it’s pretty much what exactly what you explained in the OG video. People who spent all that money feel obligated to blindly defend it to justify the cost. Like guys YOU WERE FOOLED!

I really like the interactive kitchen idea. I'd be standing in the background waiting for the little kids to be carted away by their parents so that I could get a chance to turn a dial!

Kennywood is my home park! I would love to see you do a video on it. It's a shame you didn't get to see Garfield's Nightmare in action.

I think the rancor might terrify some little ones, but it sounds AWESOME

I'm imagining a situation in which you did ask for a different seat at dinner, and they just swapped you into another place with obstructed view due to a different post.

Coming back from trawling the corners of reddit again, I found a link to this post about someone's Starcruiser experience in 2022, and wouldn't you know it was basically exactly what Jenny experienced. https://www.reddit.com/r/WaltDisneyWorld/comments/v82lyj/galactic_starcruiser_reportback_genuinely_feel/ They even say almost the exact same thing she did about how they backed themselves into a corner with the shitty accommodation because it's hard to think of any reasonable way to charge what those rooms are actually worth and still make a profit on them. It also strikes me that this is from June of 2022. A lot of fans of Starcruiser say it was just early kinks they were still working out, if you went on later cruises they had fixed these problems etc - and to that I'd still say you shouldn't be paying those prices to play test for them, the first cruises should have been discounted then - but this seems to suggest they were running cruises for at least 2 full *months* without fixing the major problems like the faulty app. Insane that anyone still defends the Starcruiser as a whole instead of simply accepting they had a good time but the whole thing was a dice roll.

I watched the starcruiser vid last week and decided to do a deep dive in the starcruiser subreddit and some of the things they said/say were/are SO crazy 😭 I would recommend everyone to do two things: one, search the title of Jenny's vid into reddit and look at the various threads in different subs - just keep an eye out for the same 10 or so names popping up in every thread - and two, look at posts in the Starcruiser sub from before the video dropped and sort by most comments. They were always overly defensive and qualified every point with a "BUT it was amazing" but people there were quite a bit more candid because they hadn't yet closed ranks to defend their beloved ride from the evils of *checks notes* criticism after it crashed and burned and closed within a year and a half. Users were more willing to admit things like how they had to cram into a room to bring the price down, or how their app broke too. Like, I saw someone whose cruise was near the end of the run when it was operating at lowered capacity lose their Captain's Table experience because they reduced the two dinner seatings to one and were apparently instead offered a "Captain's Table-like experience" and I was just there like... but you got your money back for the Captain's Table, right? Right?! Something I found so frustrating in the pre vs post-video manner of speech in that sub is the cost breakdown. They were a lot more willing to admit what the blanket cost of the experience was at first. Suddenly, post-video, it's all per night. Having a per night breakdown is fine in the sense of cost analysis and comparing it to equivalent hotel prices (ie how totally insane it is) but a ridiculous metric for telling people how much you paid because ultimately this is an experience with a preset length of stay. I'll use one of their favourite analogies here: you wouldn't say you pay "$300 per act" of a Broadway show because there is no option to pay by act. You pay $600 for two acts or you don't go at all. If I tell someone I only paid $1500 per night for the Star Wars cruise it implies you can opt to pay $1500 for a single night's stay. It also conveniently leaves out those pesky "per person" differences. I also found it great that the pole was the most memed part of the video because it truly is the be all end all of Starcruiser criticism. You can call everything that went wrong bad luck, or wrinkles in the design that were fixed later, you can blame the customers, you can blame the marketing, you can blame whomever you want but fundamentally it was BAKED INTO THE PERMANENT DESIGN of the room that as long as the hotel was running at full capacity, good 20 of your guests would get an obstructed view of the dinner show by totally random chance, avoided only by paying an extra fee.

I actually gasped out loud when you mentioned your idea for a Porg animatronic in the climate simulator. That would have been sooooo adorable and people would have gone absolutely nuts over it. The story about the kids during the play testing is wild. Those kids didn't break the game--they played it! Breaking the game would have been if one of them had said, "That isn't Chewie, it's a guy in a costume! And we're not in space. We're in a building in Florida!" I continue to be frustrated by the criticism that you should have done more research on the story prior to visiting. No one should have to do hours of research before visiting a theme park, because the point of a theme park is to go and be entertained without having to do anything yourself! That's why they are also caused amusement parks--because they are there to amuse you! I saw some conversations online where someone would make that point, and then someone who was defending the Starcruiser would say something like 'what, are you saying you would never do research before you visit a place?' Yeah, sure I would, if I were visiting like, Istanbul, or Tokyo--someplace with centuries of history and a culture really different from my own. Even then I wouldn't spend hours and hours discovering every possible thing about those places. For example, when I went to Venice, I read some guides and decided which palaces and museums I wanted to visit. I didn't then spend umpteen hours reading dozens of PhD-level academic books about the art, architecture, and history of each place. I think it's ridiculous that the modern Disney experience now requires this of visitors. It's really unfair to consumers.

aghhh the bit where you were like ‘editing jenny cut this out!!’ my soul thirsts for the drama

I thought the original review video about Star Cruiser was absolutely fantastic. It was refreshing to see someone like Jenny, who clearly is passionate about theme parks, and experiences etc., to give an honest review. I’m not someone especially interested in theme parks or themed hotels or experiences, but I love a deep dive into what goes wrong with these huge endeavors by companies or groups. Disney clearly has been getting away with a lot of shoddy quality for a long time and I think they truly thought they could get away with Star Cruiser. The idea of it was great, but it seems like they tried to cut corners and figured “we already have your money, so why bother.” After watching Jenny’s video, I watched a couple of other vlogs and videos about Star Cruiser and it’s quite clear which experiences were specifically for people who have platforms to review so they’d be positive. Jenny’s video was an example of what you or I would get…And again, a giant company like Disney would just say too bad if you had a bad time. Look at what happened when they found out how many followers she had when she voiced complaints about her droid going missing. Suddenly they could do something! I don’t understand why people would take an honest review of something that has nothing to do with them so seriously, but I applaud it! Keep them coming!!!

To solve the Sandro headpiece mystery, I heard someone on a podcast say the headpiece caused severe headaches for one of the actors so it was altered. I also heard on a podcast that there was the on stage actors, on site backups, AND offsite backup actors for each role. That’s an absolutely wild expense if true.

Joining the chorus of Yinzers here to say that I (+ many of my Pittsburgh friends who are fans of your channel) would be delighted if you ever dropped the Kennywood video. So sorry you didn't get to experience of riding Garfield's Nightmare. P.S. If the bed bug experience didn't deter you from ever going back to Western PA, Idlewild in Ligonier is also a very interesting park. Nothing super special, but I think you might enjoy the very strange Storybook Forrest section with its fairytale themed dioramas.

And about complaining…I don’t complain EVER when stuff goes wrong lol

The note about getting good playtesters is crazy to me, because the Orlando area has a very robust Game Design student body (including the top grad program in the country), many of whom attend THROUGH THE COLLEGE PROGRAM. They could have so easily gotten unpaid labor from nerdy students who would've loved to geek out about LARP and gameplay and provide in-depth feedback. What a waste :/

Not to sound weird and obsessive but I've genuinely watched your Star Wars Hotel video like six times now. It's so good and it reignited my hate for Disney

Jenny's real reason for making this video starts at 1:18:00. The topic option was a long con for an excuse to make and share the animatronics list. And we are thankful.

Watching this late too but at the part about kids loving bad guys. Can confirm. My daugher is 2+1/2 and obsessed with Spidey. She loves to grab stuff and say, "I Doc Ock, and I stealing all the Gems," or, "I'm Electro I zapp you," as often as she says, "I Spider-Girl I wanna climb the walls!"

watching this late but i would love even just a basic vlog of your time at kennywood! i've never been but the old rides sound so cool

Insane that they apparently didn't think people would try to "break the game". I'm in school for software engineering, and when you test software, first you see if it works under a set of normal circumstances, and then you try to find every major way a user could break it

Saying you should have switched seats at dinner is completely missing the point that a table with a blocked view should not exist in the first place.

Hello Ms. Nicholson. Been out of it for a while. Loved this video, as well as the feature of my good personal friend, Charjabug. On the note of them, I'd love to hear about your visit to Pokemon worlds, where Charjabug was also present.

Hey Jenny I'm glad to hear that you liked Kennywood, even if you didn't even ride the Phantom. That's my home park and I love the weird mix of historical and modern rides. It's a shame you didn't get to ride the insane Garfield boat ride, though—I think you would have lived for the absurdity

People saying you should have done a bunch of research to make sure you "play right" are so annoying. They're super common in gaming too. A properly made product shouldn't need a ton of outside work to be possible to enjoy

I cannot even begin to express how badly I want Jenny's version of Galactic Star Cruiser to be a thing. Like, I would actually pay 6k for that.

This is my very well behaved "yippee!" for the Barbie Video possibility.

If you haven't heard of it, Wizard Quest in the Wisconsin Dells is doing a lot of the improvements you've suggested for Star Wars hotel. Unfortunately they don't have real actors, but they give you quests and storylines through a tablet, and you have to interact and explore to find virtual items and earn fake currency. The themed environments are out of this world. I brought a bunch of friends there and even the skeptics were blown away by it - it's way more than we expected from a regional tourist town. Definitely recommend checking it out if you can make it to Wisconsin someday!

I'm just near the end one of the first "chapters", where Jenny has been describing the difficulty of both finishing the video, and then worrying about the reaction (as she apparently does for all of her videos). Before ever looking at the reaction, in the midst of a Florida Disney trip where none of her companions have watched the video. It's akin to watching a DVD commentary of a critically acclaimed movie given by the director, where the auteur gives us a raw look at the cost and implications and the very nature of their genius! Bravo!! I am so looking forward to the remaining ~1.5 hours.

I LOVE how people say "she didn't even go" after you made the most in-depth video about the specific minutia of your trip 😂 Also makes me so happy to see your video is mentioned at length on the Starcruiser Wikipedia page under the 'reception' section

I just want you to know my mother who is 61 years old watched the entire original video when it dropped, she knows nothing about Star Wars or Disney world or anything involved but she loves your videos. I hope that helps explain some of the reach haha.

literally raised my hands exclaiming "YAYYYY!!" when you said "my next chapter is 15 animatronics I would add to fix the star wars cruiser"

I’m late to the party - but Kennywood is my home park and I would LOVE to see your video on it. If you ever open the bedbug bag it’s in 😱

I've been a long time watcher/subber since around maybe before the TLJ days, watched you on yer own channel and yer own show Millennial Falcon... I have been on and off of Jenny's content because she doesn't upload much on YT for years, but that Galactic Starcruiser video blew up and I was back again. Now I am a patreon subber!

Jenny is the Temple Grandin of theme parks. You though you understood them, but you had no idea.

Was this video restricted like, today? I was watching it yesterday and now I can't access it anymore :(

It just occurred to me how insane it is that the entire "ultra luxury" hotel was staffed by new grads. My friend is in the hospitality industry, she does housekeeping/front desk management specifically, and it took her like 7-8 years to get enough seniority to be hired at a luxury hotel... Thats considered pretty fast too. Idk it was upside down from even just a basic hotel logistics standpoint. Whats the point of even doing it then?? I feel like a "run down" starwars space motel has way more fun potential because you could have more of the iconic fun scuzzy characters. Like... it makes more sense for resistance to hide in a slum and scoundrels to be doing hijinks in that setting, it makes more sense with the theming of the neighbouring park, you could be cheap with amenities... It makes no sense that they chose a luxury offering.

wait why is this video labeled as for kids on youtube

I know Jenny doesn’t care and the criticism is not really valid from the person who did complain (I didn’t even notice Jenny using the ranks interchangeably and I have watched the entire video 3 times), but I do find it funny as a former lieutenant in the army hearing someone say that lieutenant and general are the same things. In the army, saying lieutenants and generals are interchangeable is like saying a project manager for one department of a large company is interchangeable with the President or Senior board member of the entire company. It’s like comparing the assistant director of operations for a single Disney park to Bob Iger

cat crumb, who makes cute little cat comics, got mentioned on NPR once and I remember how happy they were to be able to show their family that yeah, they were making good work that people look at! Your video got reviewed on NPR Fresh Air too which hit me so far out of left field, it was adorable to see them really want to talk about it but also not know how to explain to their audience that people make deep interesting content on youtube of all places, lol

I don't know if this is the right kind of custom droid, but I spotted this today and wanted to pass it along just in case: https://www.govdeals.com/asset/45342/8149

OMGGG JENNY BARBIE VIDEO ACTIVISTS FINALLY GETTING OUR day😭🩷

Kennywood video!

The person who said they didn't watch the video because Jenny called it the Star Wars Hotel in the title is the human embodiment of the nerd emoji

Long time Jenny fan, but didn't patronize until after the Star Cruiser video. My roommates and I just caught up on all Patreon the videos! They were really fun and we've really been enjoying them. Looking forward to the next one!!

People online can be really unkind and I appreciated your honesty in the beginning talking about what it’s like when you post videos. I wish I could think of something encouraging to say that will help just a little, but the comments section seems like an ineffective place to do that lol. I love your vids so much. Sending love from the Midwest 😊🫶🏻

I watched too many Barbie movies as a child. And they made me allergic to "cutesy sidekick whose only job is to be cute and also towards the end of the movie they have one really shoehorned-in scene where they save the main character". Looking at you, baby polar bear. But yeah, seeing that in EVERY Barbie movie really made me hate it in other later movies. I know I'm in the minority but I hate the minions in Despicable Me. They are my least favourite part of those movies.

Before the Starcruiser video, I was just watching Jenny's videos because I enjoyed them But from here on out, I watch them for the Thompsons from Iowa

If anyone is missing so bad it’s good How To content a la Hallmark. I recommend this channel: https://youtube.com/shorts/QYPpVvGgWT8?si=2MAOnnJt3sX_1gsy

jenny trying to think of indie horror games kids like other than fnaf and only being able to come up with hello neighbor got me

You should go to the Ghibli park sometime! :)

I've lived in Orlando since 2016 and I didn't know about it until I learned that Jenny was making a video about it. I wish I could've seen a video like this, saved up (for a year or two probably), and gone and skipped the storylines and just looked at all the stuff and soaked in the atmosphere.

Anyone have a recommended brand of theme park binder

Late to the party but I still think the starcruiser is just a shittier version of Magiquest/Wizardquest. Dressed up better yeah, but it just seems like a glorified scavenger hunt mostly? That being said, I’d love to hear your take on those two attractions. I have fond memories of Magiquest and would absolutely go back if I had a friend with me who was willing to suspend their disbelief a little.

Looking forward to a kennywood video and hearing about the weird old Noah's ark ride

For what it's worth, Jenny, I listen to a lot of Disney fan podcasts and I've only heard positive mentions of your starcruiser video. One example off the top of my head: Len Testa was emotional when describing his starcruiser experience on his podcast with Jim Hill (the Disney Dish), definitely a starcruiser super fan. But in a more recent episode, he and Jim gave you a low-key shoutout and said you had some good points.

Jenny could make a video about literally any obscure, niche topic/event & I will watch it every time.

Hi Jenny, I know this is off topic, but what are your thoughts on Disney demolishing Rivers of America for a new Carsland? I still can't believe it.

Please oh please do the Kennywood video. We Pittsburghers went NUTS when Defunctland did their Garfield's Nightmare video because it was a "PITTSBURGH MENTIONED!!!" moment. I cant GUARANTEE that it'll perform well but I can VIRTUALLY guarantee that it'll perform well In Pittsburgh. I'm also super curious about the Antrocon content. The AnthroContent, if you will.

Hi Jenny, I'm curious I know you studied Psych was your focus on Educational/Developmental Psych in college? I only say because my own field is Education with a focus on Youth Liberation and Advocacy and you are extremely good at articulating how children think and interact with their environments as fully conscious people, and It's so refreshing given how often I have to bang my head against the constant wall of "stop giving my property human rights - what are you a groomer?" Your video on the star wars doll line and Applejack too both shows such genuine willingness to reflect on how kids use play to understand the world and that children do genuinely love to include death and trauma in their games because it's one of the best ways to test out your own reactions.

You should be an imagineer tho… that animatronics list should be your entire application

The thing that really got through to me in your original video was your description of how exhausted it was making you. I have GAD and OCD, and while never having been to the US or Disney, or even being a star wars fan, that description you gave of staring at your reflection and hyping yourself to keep going... I would've suffered so badly at that hotel if I went, I would be broken and crying. That definitely got through to me and I'm kinda glad it did, a vacation shouldn't cause that sort of reaction, and it'll probably help with my own approach to future vacations

I find it shocking that Disney Parks don't go through a third party company to test their new experiences. It seems like a worthwhile investment to get feedback that isn't influenced by the participants' relationship to Disney or the Imagineers.

It's wild to me that people would think it's the customer's fault when things go wrong on an expensive vacation experience like this. "Why didn't she ask to change tables?" as if the problem is that this person in particular is in a crummy seat with no view of the show, rather than the very real and obvious problem being that the seat exists at all. Imagine if you paid for an extremely expensive concert ticket and then they put you behind a pole. In what universe is that anyone's fault other than the venue's? And in fact this is something that literally any concert, theatre, or auditorium is supposed to take into account for any ticket sales!

So what I’m hearing is… go watch the Vampire Diaries video again. Deal.

i am a pittsburgh native, please release the kennywood video!!!

I’m a Disney Scrooge or so I’ve been told. I’ve never understood why anyone would pay more than it costs to actually see Europe, in order yo visit Epcot Center. It costs more to see Cinderellas castle than actual castles in Germany and France. I just don’t get it.I understand amusement parks. I don’t understand destination driven theme parks. Aren’t they all kind if the same once you take away the Uber theme? This is why I enjoy Jenny’s videos. I appreciate her love appreciation for theme parks even though I don’t share it because she points out with love the very reason why I would rather spend my money traveling abroad.

I ate at The Edison back in 2019. The food was above average but the atmosphere was the reason to visit the restaurant. I don’t drink and I’m an extreme introvert so I didn’t go at night club hours. I imagine that’s when the singers would be there?

Girl you need to learn how to not give a fuck what weirdos think. You make thoughtful and well-informed videos.

So what was the "hit piece" being referred to early in the video? My googling is failing me.

The biggest reason I joined your patreon was to watch the Barbie video so far! I would love a full video!

lol i think you underestimate your viewing power. i think you’ve built up a decent sized group of people who found you through the vpd video, and thus watch just about any of your long form videos regardless of the topic. i’ve never watched a star wars movie, or have been to disney world/land, but i’ve watched starcruiser three times. you’re a very compelling narrator, and your video formats (numbered lists, concise talking points, b-roll footage, outfits, etc.) tickles my brain. you’re a really talented content creator jenny!

All these viddo concepts are great! I'm here for any video you do!

I think that one reason I was interested (and maybe a lot of other people as well), besides the fact that you have covered other theme parks and their shortcomings in hilarious detail is that as a Star Wars fan I was super excited about this (Galactic Star Cruiser) when it was first announced. Then, disappointed when I saw how much it cost and how short the stays were. Then, bemused when it was killed so quickly. I knew Disney wasn't going to admit why the real reasons it actually failed, and I also knew that all the shills out there who only talked about how great it all was when it opened would offer no insight into what happened. Watching your video was like a true crime documentary - it was the perspective of someone who WANTED things to be good, but is honest enough to admit when they aren't. You didn't go in with the intent to just shit on what they were doing, because you have a long history of being a theme park and Star Wars fan. I knew this was going to be the most truthful attempt to participate and then explain why it all went sideways. The fact that it was YOU meant it was going to be delivered with humor and wouldn't be mean-spirited.

Wait…would Jenny really make a Barbie movie video when Ted Nivison already released one not that long ago? At this point she could just do a response to that one…which I would absolutely watch on the Patreon

New bob video’s got me reeling

That Kennywood video sounds so interesting! If you have the time amongst your other projects I would love to hear about it

Jenny's review made my favorite newsletter this a.m. - Recomendo! 👍 Two of my favorites converge. The review of the review is lovely. Congrats!

Jenny's star wars hotel videos are so on point that I want them played at my funeral. Or I'm hoping that by the time I die they have video tomb stones that show my favorite memes/videos (I'm not terminal just morbid). All that to say: have you watched Andor yet? I will always love the art of star wars but it was so liberating to realize that I'm an Andor fan now and not a star wars fan.

I feel like the play test points here are a little off. I've done play tests at various cons for games and they give you anonymous surveys and make it very clear that you are helping them by telling them what worked and didn't work for you. In addition, my understanding is that even at big video game companies (e.g. Blizzard) play testing works by getting workers/friends/family to play the games and give feed back. Clearly there was something wrong with the play testing for Galaxy's Edge but I'm not convinced Jenny is getting at the problem.

Please! Do the forbidden game video, I was obsessed with those books 😭

One element you missed - I saw the video drop and I went "Oo! New Jenny!" Your POV, your presentation and your thought process makes whatever your doing distinct from anyone else. You're not the only creator I have that reaction for but you're definitely one of the bigger ones. The Jenny-ness is a major draw for me.

If you enjoyed Kennywood, you should check out Knoebels the next time you find yourself in PA. It's another great spot with quite a few "last of this" type of rides. Great ramble!

As a long time table top RPG player and DM. And someone who has done some LARPing and escape room design. One of the things Disney failed at, in my mind, is the ratio of staff to players. In a traditional LARP where most players know the rules and are there to play a character, you can run an event with a hundred people with a smaller staff. The players will do most the work for you as most interaction will be player to player with only NPC popping in when needed to move the story. You can even draft veteran players to be pseudo NPC by giving them more info and motivation to drive other players. The thing is Galactic Star Cruiser was not a LARP, it was more an escape room or trying to mirror the table top feel of a game. In that setting you generally need one dedicated person to keep a group on point and that person can be managing no more then 6 people realistically. Sure some table top RPG groups are larger but the ideal ratio. Is one DM to four to six players. Beyond that and people are sitting around doing nothing to often. For this hotel experience to work that means basically one staff person for each one or two rooms. Which was never going to happen so Disney just thought a poorly designed app could handle the work.

the more i learn about this the more i am secondhand angry at how one of the largest and wealthiest corporations in the world can fail so completely at something that should've been easy to make extremely cool

the starcruiser video made me buy a halcyon training shield at the disney character warehouse so i can feel like i own a piece of history

you definitely choose niche topics but the work you put into the video and passion for the topic really comes through and makes it interesting to the average person. even if they aren't familiar with said topic at all.

Oh my god, three votes out here for Kennywood. The Forbidden Game girlies NEED to know what Leo the Paper Eating Lion looks like. May the bedbugs perish quickly 🙏

Jenny in my opinion you are the perfect YouTuber. You are just a girl who likes what she likes talking about it in her room full of stuffed animals and there is nothing I could possibly relate to more than that lmao. I would wait years and years to hear you talk about whatever interests you if you felt you needed that time. I have all the patience in the world for Jenny videos. Listening to your vids reminds me of talking with my best friends, they are just as rad as you are. I'm so glad you just live a normal life with normal friends instead of getting caught up in weird groups of YouTubers, not to be judgemental to those that do and I am aware that of course you do have friends who are in YouTube, but I think you can understand what I mean when I say that.

i'm sorry uploading a video can be so stressful for you! it's almost surprising to hear because to me the quality of your work is so top notch that i can't imagine anyone finding fault, but i know there are always annoying people ready to nit pick and that sucks. But honestly your videos never miss <3 I am sooo excited for the potential Barbie one, I just know your takes will be hilariously on point lol

I really enjoy your videos. I normally take them in small amounts, and come back to them later, since they are a pretty full meal. I originally discovered your YouTube channel simply through the algorithm. I think it was the Church Play Cinematic Universe that was first recommended to me, which was delightfully weird. I watched it with my family and we all really got a kick out of your commentary and the weirdness of the topic. I then watched a bunch of your videos by myself. I enjoyed them thoroughly and was a little disappointed that there wasn't a lot of new content on YouTube. I discovered your Patreon, but I wasn't ready to add another subscription to my monthly budget, even though I could definitely afford it. When I saw you posted a four hour video about the Star Wars hotel, I was intrigued, but very daunted by the runtime. It was only after I saw the New York Times article and a few other mainstream press articles that I chose to watch that video. The sense the headlines gave me was that it was absolutely worth the runtime. I then watched the Star Wars hotel video and I have to admit it really held my attention. I watched in about three sittings and at the end of it, I decided I needed to subscribe to your Patreon. So, anyways, the mainstream press attention did, in fact, create at least one new subscriber. Thanks for making entertaining and offbeat, in a good way, videos.

I also vote for the Kennywood video! I love your more niche content. I've probably watch Spider reviews like 20+ times.

The beginning of the video, when you discussed some of the mental/emotional aspects of posting, really hit home for me. I believe you've become as popular as you are as a direct result of being relatable to so many of us. You have more niche interests that not a ton of people are talking about, and even fewer that are doing so in ways that are as well researched, produced, and edited. I hate to think of all of us gobbling up your content, mostly for free, and it costing you more than just the time and effort put into it. I really appreciate the level of care you put into your content, and I can only imagine the amount of care that goes into the backend that I don't even know to appreciate. I hope that the compensation you receive, however it's received, is worth that level of care. (Not to mention your wit bc the jokes you write are def worth money) I also hope that as your popularity continues to rise (inevitably, imo) there is some semblance of work-life balance to be found.

Love it! One question: after I watched the Star Wars Hotel video, I kept seeing youtube videos like "Disney Retaliates Against Youtuber" and "Disney Strikes Back" blah blah blah. I figured they were clickbait. If Disney had gone after Jenny, I'm assuming that it would be mentioned in this video(?). Or if youtube had taken the video down (for whatever made up reason), we would definitely have heard about it.

How did they not know kids would like the bad guys? There are plenty types of video of kids 'Turning to the darkside' during the lightsaber training academy shows

Okay, Evermore mentioned..... Is anyone else losing their minds over the inane Ready Player One knockoff "Hatch the Egg" nonsense?? How does one even interact? Information won't be on the Evermore socials, so...??? So quintessentially *Utah* LOL.

Well-organized and witty as always ^u^ Always enjoy when jenny gets a chance to dunk on the haters

It blows my mind the lengths people will go to break their spines to defend soulless greedy multibillion dollar megacorporations. This is late stage capitalism: your identity is the brands and IP’s you consume, and if they’re ever insulted THEY’RE INSULTING YOU!

Randy Moore presents : Christmas in Batuu : Star Wars Holiday Special 2025.

Soooooo...any of ya'll have guesses as to who the "Special Thanks" person was who ended up bad-mouthing Jenny? No other reason except I'm nosy and want the tea.

Will you ever make more Star Wars content? I think you have a new niche here and could share your thoughts on the movies, Disney’s handling of the transition, etc. Keep the Star Wars content coming! Also let’s get married

I was at Gritti Palace (a luxury hotel in Venice) this week and I'd recommend you try a hotel like that or Royal Mansour, Claridges, or the Victoria-Jungfrau, not just a "top hotel" but a hotel known for its exemplary hospitality, because I think it would be an interesting point of comparison for theme parks. They are, in many ways, basically theme parks just for a different sentiment. (Don't bother with the Qatari-owned ones; they just stick gold on everything but the service is pretty bad.) I think you would find the parallels really compelling, particularly since the price isn't as different from DisneyWorld as you might expect.

about her point of not really having physical props for quest items- I entirely see the point. I work an escape room and you have no idea how often people break, steal, and generally mess up our props within just an hour. there's no way they'd do physical items. plus, there's no guarantee that you'd be able to get the items back if they were given during a quest line that didn't get finished.

Jenny I need the Kennywood video! I’m from Pittsburgh and my family & I LOVE your videos. We would be delighted & honored if you made a video about our local park!

Personally I love the niche content. Your channel marries a happy medium with mainstream things and then stuff like the fur bearing trout so I’m in full support of shorter videos about niche subjects and theme parks. Especially because you were so disappointed by evermore and galactic star cruiser it would be nice to hear about a theme park experience you enjoyed

Jenny Nicholson posted…. I’m finally watching it because I’m only allowed to while I clean my room!

The American Adventure at Epcot uses those sorts of stages on stilts very well. It's not remotely new and should have been easily doable.

I hadn't realised the park in the Forbidden Game is based on something real - was one of my favourite books as a teen! Mostly because I was super into the manga of Yugioh at the time which is surprisingly almost identical in plot. Really hope you manage to make that video!

animatronic chef would be SO GOOD!

Make one of the animatronics the Mac Tonight moon man and you have hit on your hands!

In my experience my favourite videos from Jenny are the super needlessly long ones about topics I’ve heard about vaguely but have no opinions on. With that in mind, I’m looking forward to this “furry-adjacent video” 😙

The people who were suggesting you to casually drop another $6000+ to do it again are precious. Must be nice.

It still boggles my mind that they kicked you out at like 8-9am on Sunday. You only got like 16 hours of actual "content", 16 hours of sleep, and a few hours in one section of one Disney Park, that you've probably already gone through before. I kind of assumed that they'd at *least* let you checkout at noon like any real hotel

Maybe I'm entitled, or something, but, the most expensive vacation I ever had was $2000, and it was absolutely amazing. Any of the things that went wrong were things the staff couldn't possibly have control over, like the ocean being too rough to swim in. If I spent $6000+ on an experience, it had better be literally mind blowing, and nothing would or ever could compare. In short, I completely agree with this video.

I'd love to see the Kennywood video! It's such a fun park and full of a lot of nostalgia for me. The defunctland Garfield's Nightmare video was a beautiful surprise in that way.

i just finished my third re-watch of the original, so this well timed

It might just be me, but every time you mention Gaya, my brain pictures Ouanni before I remember "Oh, wait, it's the Twi'lek singer" because even just watching your footage, Ouanni was the musical act who was memorable! Probably because she had great character design!

Unpopular Take: a multi-armed chef animatronic would be a golden opportunity for Disney to bring Harvey Korman’s portrayal of Gormaanda back into canon. ;)

It’s clear to me that this Ramble is a hit piece against Jenny and that she didn’t even make “The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel” video, because it was neither “spectacular” nor about the popular star “Wars Hotel.” Maybe, if she went and made the video a second time, she’d fully appreciate it? 😤 (🤣)

What a great paragraph from the New York Times: "Nicholson is a great storyteller, even in Twi’lek head-tails and a Rodian beanie. She lands somewhere between a friend letting you in on some great gossip and a Homerian poet of 21st-century pop culture, engaging in the oral traditions of the ancients, only the subject is theme parks and 'Star Wars.'"

It’s one fruit basket, Michael. How much could it cost?

Thank you for the ramble, I found the discussion super interesting! There's a lot to unpack but I'll just briefly say that I bet if you hadn't floated any ideas you would have been attacked for criticising without making any suggestions (which I think is a ridiculous response anyway, but a seemingly very common one to any criticism at the moment). Just another facet of the 'damned if you do' that you mentioned. Also, I'm the hundredth to say it, but I'm here because I love hearing you talk about things you find interesting - especially things that I never would have considered before. Best of luck with the bedbugs, it's an awful thing to deal with.

Evermore tease, way to leave us wanting more.

I love how Jenny Nicholson low-key has the best shade for things. I know she doesn't mean it and she's just being very honest, but the bit about cast members and piñatas really took me by surprise.

charjabug in the background…. alola is peak

Lol Patreon won't let me make line breaks so. I will say - the video was fantastic. Obviously. When it dropped, I was traveling for a friend's wedding. I made friends with strangers as we were all gushing about how good it was, some of us still in the middle, some of us having already finished it. It was great!! Your anxieties are relatable and understandable but I want to say your work is always phenomenal. Your observations are so well constructed and I've rewatched so many videos multiple times. Haters are a statistical inevitability but the number of people I've met who adore your work is uncountable!

So happy for another long video after the Starcruiser video!

99 iso clean the camera when you take it out if you're still feeling worried

There should be a hotel for the Black Hole (1979)

I think one of the reasons why Kennywood is like that is cause Pittsburghers have such a strong fascination with/pride in their own history. I think all mid-size cities do this to some extent, but I've lived in a few others since leaving Pittsburgh and I don't think any of them are on the same level. One of the famous little local dialect quirks to describe locations by wearing things used to be. My mom will still say like "oh that store is down where Phar-Mor used to be" even though Phar-Mor closed in, like, 1997. I think the people who own Kennywood would absolutely love to shut down every historic ride and build as many coasters as possible except locals would riot.

It's wild seeing all the social media nonsense go down in real time. Like for the commenter that said that she was bad faithedly criticizing the experience by saying that "she was riding the elevators for fun". When, at the most, maybe she hadn't gone on the elevators before now. Or the tweet about how Jenny obviously got SO many things wrong about the hotel, like how the app worked or why they couldn't implement anything cool. But in the video it was just speculation that any layman would have! I know she said she didn't need defending from these asinine comments, but it's still baffling.

This video made me look into Star Cruiser fan communities. With horror, I read a comment on the SC subreddit where a guy (while politely disagreeing with Jenny and talking about how he enjoyed his experience) said that he could only afford his trip because he randomly happened to receive a big inheritance payout that covered the cost. Imagine blowing your inheritance on the Star Ears hotel you couldn't otherwise afford. The financial irresponsibility in that. No wonder they have to cope so hard. I'm not mocking the poor guy, I felt such painful sympathy when I read that comment. Ouch!

I’m sorry that the Thompsons from Iowa have been bad mouthing you to anyone who will listen…

if you designed a theme park from scratch not based on any existing IP what would it be like?

Jackfilms also said that he enjoyed your Star Wars hotel video 😄

wait oh my god,,, i'm so glad you went to Kennywood. I used to go there when I was a kid and spent summers in Pittsburgh and i rode my first ever rollercoaster there even though it looked rickety and old and my mom was super afraid (sorry I know you don't like rollercoasters but as a kid it was huge for me), also it's just so endearing how old it is and how it's still running when I went there I felt like I was becoming a part of amusement park history... also unrelated but I love the way you approach furries. I'm a furry myself and the way you talked about us in the bronycon video made me so happy. we usually end up being ridiculed and I'm so glad you went to a furry con!!! I hope you had a good time. i cant wait for the secret furry adjacent video, thank you for always being so kind and accepting!

I went to Parc Astérix yesterday before watching the Starcruiser video and the patreon video and I was shocked at how good of a day I had in Asterix for so little money compared to the Starcruiser experience. There are benches everywhere to relax, we were able to interact with characters and watched three spectacles just by wandering around, all the buildings and objects have inside jokes and puns on them, there are vegan options in restaurants, and the fastpass system is not necessary at all. The entire experience felt easy and fun (we didn't plan anything). For a park that started as "the cheap park with fun coasters" I feel they're going in the opposite direction than Disney and I'm so happy for it.

I'm really excited for the Forbidden Game video you talked about near the end. I never read the books but I did watch Grimmelle's three videos about each book from the series and they sound so fun.

I would be so excited to see a Kennywood video. I grew up in the area and have such fond memories of all of my trips there So happy to hear you enjoyed your time there!

55:30 Name them so we can tell them how we feel about them

I always thought Disney's move away from animatronics was the combination of them not looking/moving "realistic" enough for whatever attraction they're attached to and maintenance costs, but Star Wars Land (TM) and the Star Wars Hotel (Also TM) seem to prove that depressingly wrong. Droids move like... y'know, robots? 'Cause they are? And they don't have skin/fur, so maintenance could be a lot simpler, since you don't need to denude them first. It's all just right there. The animatronic can just look like an animatronic. Heck, you don't even have to hide maintenance, since fixing droids is a thing in Star Wars that is both accepted and, at times, focused on. But no. No, why do something when you can just do nothing instead? Anyway, great ramble!

“We didn’t think what would happen if kids try to break the game!” Me, a teacher: Jackiechan.wtf.exe

I love videos with your revision ideas or new ideas entirely (way of waterpark) but they also make sad because I want them to be real!!! It’s a crime that there wasn’t a minnie’s toontown style kitchen on the star cruiser

I was surprised at Ordinary Adventures take on your video. While I understand being upset over something you loved being criticized, but to not watch the assume what it’s about then lash out about it is a little silly. I was genuinely curious on their thoughts and messaged them about it, just to get the response of “I’m not watching it”. Then to later do a video mocking you saying oops we shouldn’t say the corporate name of the location otherwise we’re paid Disney actors. On the other hand, I get being upset that people who never been to the Star Wars hotel start crapping all over their videos based on watching your video.

Hi Jenny! I don't know if you'll see this, but if you do, I wanted to thank you not only for hiring an actual captioner (rather than using AI) but for working with the captioner to make sure the captions are as accurate as possible. I'm hard of hearing, and a video not having captions (or, sometimes more frustratingly, having bad captions) basically means I can't watch it, and a lot of YouTubers don't pay much attention to this. Thank you!

re: potential projects that "won't do well" on youtube, if you are putting care and passion into what you produce, I will watch anything you upload. not exaggerating.

Still curious to know if the Chao backpack survived the trip to Pittsburgh 😖

You have such a good heart, I'm at the part of the video where you're talking about crappy seating for the dinner show. I really like how you explained that section that it was better you than the Thompsons from Iowa.

I don’t know that people switching their opinions is a sign of critical thinking as much as it is jumping on the popular rhetoric bandwagon.

My personal favorite post-Starcruiser-vid discourse was a handful of comments along the lines of “Clearly this failed because it was made by WOKE FREAKS like WOMEN and GAY PEOPLE who don’t UNDERSTAND Star Wars” because I guess they watched the clip of you interacting with the cast member whose character was a Gaya stan and decided that a.) he must be gay and b.) his gayness was directly responsible for the failure of the Starcruiser, somehow

oh my gosh Kennywood!!! It's such a beloved local park, I'd love to see you talk about it. I know you're not really a coaster person, but I have so many fond childhood memories of the jack rabbit.

Which people listed in the special thanks have been bad mouthing Jenny? Surely not the Thompsons from Iowa??

Can someone clue me in, is the FNAF video still being made?

I think my favorite Disneyfluencer reaction to your video was DisneyTouristBlog, who essentially went "guys it's four hours long and I have a newborn, no I have not watched the video, but also she's right it was a failure cuz the flippin thing closed, and I'm sure her points are all valid"

On the whole discussion about Ordinary Adventures (as I'm 99% that's who she's talking about). In Jenny's original star cruiser video, I did disagree about her point about naming things, as I personally do enjoy calling things by their name. I enjoy precise naming. But, I'm not totally surprised that some of the Star Cruiser super fans (like OA) found a lot of issue with the overall critique because they clearly loved it so much. OA released an almost 4 hr video about it all. They clearly loved it, and Jenny DID kinda mock Kitra's time in the climate zone with the rock trick. Bummer that there's some minor beef because I do enjoy both Jenny and OA

A secret Disney-funded hitpiece on Jenny is still too obvious and too directly malicious. Doesn't seem like Bob Iger's style... Ken Bretschneider on the other hand...

looking forward to the "Trapped on a LARP hotel with Jenny Nicholson: there make be complaints!" fanfic. But srsly, it's weird how people will project one thing and others the complete opposite

Nonsense, obviously Jenny would be a corporate animatronic not a corporate puppet.

27:00 I was describing this to my husband with the star cruiser video. I said Disney has a 'yes, and' problem. Disney's corporate culture doesn't lend itself well to saying negative things or even just realistic things. When I worked there, the correct response was always "yes, and'. If the CEO said we're raising the price of the popcorn bucket, the only acceptable response was 'Yes! And we'll call it seasonal!' CEO wants to limit non LL wait times? "Yes, and we will use Genie+ to do it!" It's a peculiar combo of the yes man and the team player. Definitely makes the corporate culture a difficult one to work within for some. It also leads to mushy results like the Star Cruiser.

I think it would've been interesting if you could buy a little porg, like the one I have for my shoulder, and it would interact with various porgs on the ship. It would probably really squeal at the sight of Chewie, for obvious reasons. Also, to have a giant Rancor going throughout the hotel, with that guy who was crying when the Rancor got killed, would be hilarious. Was that the Rancor's caretaker? I'm not sure.

I got eaten alive by bedbugs on my last trip :( the paranoia is awful. Specially since the bites didn't show up til like 10 days later so I got to spend some fun time being like "ARE THESE NEW BITES?!" for weeks. everything got frozen, hot washed and dried as per good procedure, and then later poisoned because of an anxiety spike. If it helps, bed bugs are not immortal: they can be killed and will be, if you get them before they get to too established. I recommend bedbug traps. It means there's something to actively check when the paranoia rises again. Great video!

I started making a custom Barbie as Amethia Tope and I feel like I really missed the hype window on that.

Oh, please do something with your Kennywood footage! I have no idea what the book you mentioned is, but I grew up going to Kennywood and would love to see what it looks like now.

Im glad you enjoyed Kennywood! I still think it was funny we were there at the same time and just didn’t cross paths. It really is such a charming park for a fellow first time visitor. Tragic there won’t be an Anthrocon video, but still glad I got to meet you! Cant wait to see what footage you got of the chaos.

The giant porg that loomed over Jenny throughout the video seemed to wince just a little when she mentioned the bed bugs

Also I know you don't want to stream...but maybe you could make a video about a favorite videogame. I always prefer things jenny likes over things jenny doesn't like videos.

Jenny if you want I will come defeat all your bedbugs in hand to hand combat. We will retrieve your memory cards! They will be covered in bedbug blood, sorry. Lmk

I'm no accountant but I think you're right about the "not originated as a tax write off" thing. My understanding is that writing something off is a decision that you might make when the money has been spent and you're now realizing the product isn't good enough to spend more money keeping it going, but it would never lead to getting more money back than if you, y'know, just didn't spend the money in the first place.

SONNY ECLIPSE MENTIONED!!! THAT'S MY GOAT!!!

Kennywood video please!

I grew up spending my summers in Pittsburgh and going to Kennywood was part of that so I’m super interested in that video!! We also would go to this park called Idlewild and there was a storybook land outside of it, I think it would be something you’d really enjoy. I haven’t been to either place in over a decade so I’m super nostalgic for it.

love the nest idea

Oh man the animatronic Star Wars kitchen idea is so fun- there could be a little class where kids could make some kind of weird cake, like the light saber thing except then you could eat it! What a missed opportunity.

Really sorry to hear about the bedbug situation. The first time I backpacked in Europe, I ended up with bed bugs at an otherwise pretty nice hotel in London. It still makes me paranoid in hotels years later. For awhile, it really tarnished my opinion of London itself. I hope you were still able to enjoy Pittsburgh. Even aside from Kennywood and Anthrocon, Pittsburgh is a legitimately really cool city in its own right with a lot of cool views and great places to eat. Very underrated!

I cannot FATHOM being this cucked by a corporation that you can pay them an obscene amount of money, receive a terrible experience and be like "awwww well they tried their best 🥺 It's probably my fault I didn't have a good time, I should give them even more money now". Like at least Evermore fans are defending a local business that has close ties with community members.

As a survivor of hotel bedbugs, one thing we did was wrap everything, buy a thermometer, and leave it in the car to "bake". We made sure to leave the car in the sun for as much as possible. Any clothes you can put in the dryer multiple times. Any delicates like leather wallets etc, I wrapped up and left in the freezer. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Extremely hyped about the prospect of a Barbie Tier List video. I did not grow up with them but over the last few years my partner has been introducing them to me and it's such a blast! (No rush, obviously!)

I don't know how this currently plays with the algorithm, but although I really like the long videos that have been in style lately, I am kind of missing some shorter videos. I feel like the long ones take so long to bring out that lately I go months without seeing anything new from many of my favorite creators (which is completely reasonable, those big videos are huge lifts!). But it's nice to see some shorter ones too! I like them! :D Also, they sell (and maybe rent?) machines that you can put potentially bed-bug contaminated stuff in to heat-kill them if they can't go in a dryer.

The idea of giving up a friendship or even an acquaintanceship to defend a failed business run by a huge conglomerate is soooo crazy to me. I’m sorry about that

I’m a native Pittsburgher and would love to see a video of you at the theme park I have the most childhood memories from!

CONDOLENCES ABOUT THE BED BUGS that is absolutely my worst nightmare

The most fun thing about this was when Jenny would mention something I’d also seen myself, like the cringe criticism of the SC video posted by the Disney employee. I was sitting there laughing while listening to Jenny’s take on it. It felt like a shared moment.

Another awesome ramble! And gotta admit: I want that galactic starcruiser jacket.

Love the Rainforest Cafe Cha Cha cup in the back 🥳

An update regarding the Thompsons from Iowa. The video led to online harassment from Disney apologists that they didn’t do more to defend the star cruiser. This, along with the debt incurred as part of their trip, widened the existing cracks in their relationship. They’re currently separated with the kids living with dad at his parents and the mom hitting the booze pretty hard as she tries to sell the house in a depressed real estate market. The general consensus amongst family and friends is they should have just gone to Six Flags.

My sympathy re:the bedbug situation. I had a terrible infestation in my apartment way back in 2013, it ruined my living situation and a couple of friendships. I know how nerve wracking and draining it can be. I was also at AnthroCon this year and even hearing about bedbugs being at a hotel brought all the paranoia back. Worth investing in your own bedbug oven if you haven't already, they're not terribly expensive and go a long way towards peace of mind. But if you're like me I'm sure you're furiously researching solutions all the time.

i was thinking the same thing about it being men in their late 20s who made the "kids" path in the games 😭 LOL

YES new Star Wars Cruise content! As a side note, is there a strat behind marking Patreon vids "Yes This Video Is For Kids"? Won't let you add videos to watch later list because of it. TY Jenny ~!

Is that Fizzy I see in the background? Love her

My favorite critique I saw was just someone aggressively going through the vlogs for clips to throw together in a "see, she's lying" compilation and one of the pieces of 'evidence' was a clip of you guys walking out of some activity or another and saying "that was fun". As though that belies the overall disappointment with the complete product 🤷😭🤦

Oh my glob I read The Forbidden Game when I was a tween seeing a video on that would be surreal and I guess I have to add Kennywood to my list of places to visit now

Bed bugs remind me of that scene in bee movie where John Goodman asks if Seinfeld bee if he’s Renee zelleweger’s bed bug

I'm obsessed with Kevin's video about the Old Mill Ride at Kenywood, I've never been but I'd be super stoked to see your take on the park! The book series tie-in is a really unique angle too!

Yusss! Barbie’s back on the menu!

Is the octopus plushie at the very right the mascot of Rulantica at Europa Park? :O

I know exactly what "theme park influencer" you're talking about and it never fails to surprise me how much trash they're constantly talking. I've found them very offputting for a while. And they come off as fairly normal in person and in their videos! Just can't stop putting their foot in their mouth when it comes to online opinions.

every now and again I'm floored by your unique ability to empathize and analyze. I think the psych degree really suited you!

Also ur hair is super shiny and gorgeous here!!!

Would love a kennywood video! My pittsburghian parents have talked about it a lot, but I've never been myself.

The only thing as good as the Star Cruiser video is the fact that the Star Cruiser video may embolden Jenny to gift us with more equally ambitious and wonderful videos

Absolutely appreciate your mind and how you think about things (especially in Game Design and QA). Because YES. You'd think professionals would fully think these things out. but apparently nope. I'm an Indie Dev and keeping bias in check with QA is a forefront thought you need to keep in mind. And for them to not test with their target audience (kids)? How does that even happen?

The rancor idea reminded me of an interactive experience I did a long, long time ago: the Alien Experience in Piccadilly Circus in London. Basically you and your group are on a tour of a facility studying xenomorphs. Your guide shows you a giant crate you're assured is full of facehugger eggs, then is called away for a reason they don't explain... at which point a marine shows up in a panic and says it's time to run. You only saw the aliens a couple of times: once when they grab someone from the group because you were too slow running to the elevator (I now know that was an actor), and one towards the end before your escape. Mostly their presence was implied by stagecraft, special effects, and actor performances. They could easily have done a rancor rampage in the same style, even rigged the hallways with removable panels so they looked damaged for the rest of the cruise. Coulda been cool. Anyway I don't need much beyond "It may exist soon" to get hyped over a Jenny video, so bring on the short furry-adjacent video, and I hope you got enough good b-roll to make up for the bedbugs, that sounded terrible.

Props to you for avoiding the Disney Ninjas when the video dropped and blew up

Sooo disappointed they didn't make a purple, more child-approachable Gordon Ramsay chef animatronic.... Gorgon Ramsay or some shit

Loved the ideas for the animatronics. Regarding future videos, I'd love to see the Kennywood vid, and one on Anthrocon. As a Pittsburgher, both attractions mean a lot to us local yokels.

It makes me sad to hear how stressful Jennie has started to find her projects. This is heartbreaking. I really love her stuff and to hear that she is worrying about her work is troublesome.

I love the charjabug plush. He is adorable.

'I think it's good when people think critically about things, especially things they enjoy." That's a really interesting claim! It's controversial. I'm ambivalent. What do you all think. Is it good? Why or why not?

OK, here's my further idea to save the hotel. You need a train station/spaceport type area for people to wait for their shuttle up to the hotel. You are assigned a window of time for the shuttle, but you can arrive early if you want. The spaceport would feel a little like Grand Central Station, but even bougie-er. There will be gates with signs in alien language along some walls, and from time to time character actors walk through the station only to go through one of those doors. There can be a cast member at those gates who politely tell you that your ticket is for the shuttle, over there. There are occasion announcements over the loudspeaker which repeat in alien languages. Maybe from time you hear "paging..." and then it's the name of one of the NPCs you meet later. Each guest can be given an alien credit card to buy snacks from the strange alien versions of Cinnabon or Orange Julius. It's air conditioned. There can be a TV showing Disney TV shows that have been dubbed over into an alien language (there are English subtitles that have been retranslated from the alien so they're slightly off, like that famous "do not want" Star Wars translation. The souvenir stands are real, but themed.

why are people so rude to you over a larp hotel lmaooo. i mean i know why but as time goes on i am baffled anew by people's capacity to get personally offended on behalf of companies. do they understand that mr walter disney will not rise from the grave and personally shake their hand for decrying a youtuber on twitter. i mean again i know the answer. you said it in the video lol disney people are a different breed. either way im glad you got a lot of recognition for the vid! fully deserved, it was a good one. and i guess accumulating haters is its own kind of recognition lol. they hated her because she spoke the truth

I for one am ravenous for another Evermore update

Oh no! I'm really sorry about the bed bugs. I know it can be extremely overwhelming and distressing. I hope you have great support if needed. Also LOVE this video! I too think it's very fun to talk about ridiculous criticisms.

I really wish these weren’t uploaded as for kids on YouTube, limits what I can do while listening & inevitably I’m just not able to keep watching/listening.

The line from this video, "she got public speaking skills and stuff," made me laugh out loud. Jenny's delivery and sense of humor is second to none.

WRT the twi'leks, Ryloth was colonized during the Empire, but there were invasions during the Clone Wars by the Separatists. If I'm remembering correctly there was a lot of anti-nonhuman sentiment in the time of the Empire, and it was on the rise at the end of the Galactic Republic. Twi'leks specifically were often seen as "sexy" or "exotic" aliens (which is a whole other can of worms), but still very noticeably not human, so they were treated as second class citizens within the Empire/Republic. Not sure how/if this carried over to the First Order, but all the same pairing Gaya with someone who was raised to see her and her people as lesser beings is very yikes.

I feel like Jenny's exposition actually biases the viewer in favor of Disney, despite her careful and unbiased journalism. Any reasonable audience would conclude there must have been fundamental flaws as early as the design phases, versus later implementation, to account for Disney's failure. For example, if game play alone had failed, then a coding failure could have been suggested, despite its inability to account for other failures like sight lines at dinner or indifference to fulfillment of shipping orders for expensive, custom droids. Yet Jenny refuses to impeach the integrity or capability of Imagineers without direct evidence, despite the declining creative output of the company. I genuinely feel it is in Disney's interest for its audience to believe that while corporate success has perhaps corrupted its decisions, that the talent remains, even while the company continues exporting the majority of its creative work like animation in favor of decentralized, cheaper, and faster completion of its projects.

I'm excited for the Barbie tier list video, whenever/if ever you feel up to tackling it. It's always really refreshing to see how you take kid stuff seriously as something made by adults for a whole demographic. Especially stuff for little girls, which never gets the same nostalgic reclaiming that happens to all gender/boy media. Princess and the Pauper still slaps.

VPD 4 ever!!!

I know that this is probably not the type of thing you were imagining, but when you said "alien chef", I imagined Long John Silver from Treasure Planet with his cool multi-tool prosthetic arm. Probably the only alien chef that I would've been excited for as a kid, but I was never into Star Wars.

Here's how the star cruiser can still win

Please please please make a Kennywood video

Oh I love Kennywood which is ironic because I live near Cedar point but I just love the vibes of Kennywood even more! I hope to see the video on it

I love the idea of a 6-12" tall engineer popping up all over the place. What could even further improve this by having 'tube ways' and elevators that the character is taking all over the ship to lead guests to moments on the ship. The tubeways would just need to look like a passage for a small transit car that we see light pass along it to indicate the travel of the car. They could also have video screens in spots that briefly light up, showing that character working in a space before coming to the 'window' and closing a hatch over the 'window'. The ship should have also had one or two 'observation decks' where you you up into a 360 video dome that is supposedly on the top of the ship. They would mostly just need a cycling video of a star field passing overhead with the view of the top of the ship.

You called Twitter "X", clearly fame has corrupted you...

Man I didn't think there was more to be said about the Star Wars Hotel but I was wrong! Great ramble and I'm really excited for the future projects :D

A Starcruiser fanfic of Jenny storming around, being incredibly rude to everyone sounds hilarious. I kind of want to read that now.

Omg Kennywood 🥹 I grew up going there every summer. The history does speak for itself there and the old wooden coasters are very cool. Also the Garfield Dark Ride somehow seemed super normal to me as a child, like it just fit in, even though it doesn’t. You would have at least one very enthusiastic viewer on that video!

Ugh I’m so sorry about the bedbugs! It’s literally a waking nightmare

Hot take because it might not work with lore and it's kind of nostalgia bait... but I would love if they had an animatronic Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes.

I would think the cast previews are used as data points to bamboozle upper management and shareholders. Not actually to improve the experience for guests.

Super sorry to hear about the bedbugs, those are such a huge fear of mine. I've heard good things about the r/bedbugs community -- they might be able to provide guidance on how to get rid of them without destroying your stuff. I know extreme heat works, but freezing your more delicate items might be safer. Good luck fighting the good fight 🙏

I will never understand the saying "don't look a gift horse in the mouth," because in the story it's referencing, they were total fools for not looking the gift horse in the mouth, and because they didn't, they were all killed and their city was destroyed.

Jenny, I am so sorry about your bedbug situation. Though it's likely too late to reverse heat damage on your clothes and plush, if you want to treat your potentially infested items again, you could use cold instead of heat. Check out Dr. Olson's published research paper "Cold tolerance of bed bugs and practical recommendations for control." They concluded exposure to -13 C can result in 100% lethality in all life stages of bedbugs, and they provided recommendations for cold treatment times. I don't know if you'd want to splurge on a ~$200 chest freezer to reach those temperatures, but it could be an option.

I know this is boring but I was wondering how long it took to render such a long video ( The organization for editing such a long video blows my mind).

Good luck with the bed bugs Jenny. It's my wife's greatest fear when we go traveling.

video seems to be marked For Kids, so i can't add it to my watch later list :(

I have never been interested in literally any video topic you’ve made yet I still sat through hours of your videos, in other words I don’t think you should be as concerned by nobody caring about a topic.😅

can't believe you went with "trapped in ember" and not "trapped in carbonite"

totally feel that about streaming, I had to trash my last Vket vod for audio issues

all of us immediately running to the special thanks in the original vid lolol

The fact that people you thought you were cool with decided they didn't like you anymore because you had a different opinion than them seems like some petty high school bullshit smh

I love the chef! And the rancor. Also I think Disney should establish Star Wars land as the Place Where We Break Canon. They own the IP so I think the productive metanarrative is about being in a zone in the galaxy where the SW universe crosses over into other universes - namely Snow White, Zootopia and any other crazy thing Disney owns and wants to push through the wormhole.

Safiya Nygaard collaboration when

Making the case for a bellhop animatronic that is like endlessly organizing robes and alien hats in a coat room. And when they dropped off your luggage in your room it could be from this alien and I don’t know why but in my brain it has big Oscar the Grouch energy

I don't understand how anyone could dislike Jenny. She has possibly one of the best personalities in the world!

I fell asleep listening to this and proceeded to dream Jenny talking to me and giving me one of those posters the French are giving all the Olympic medalists

It’s baffling that people think companies purposefully lose money for tax purposes. The only way this would work is if they are being taxed at over 100%. If they purposefully lose 100 million they may optimistically get 30 million in reduced taxes (by reducing taxable income by 100 million). The only way the tax write off math works out is if they’ve already spent the 100 million and then they realize the expected profit from the project is less then the 30-40 million they’d get from the tax write offs. They’d never set out planning to make a failed project.

My friends were dealing with bedbugs recently. Apparently if you put it in a freezer a couple days it will kill them. So you could do that and I think that should leave your camera undamaged. Assuming you somehow have access to a freezer large enough to fit your bag in. I'd love to see your video on that park. Good luck

personally, everyone who has ever called me a fake nerd girl has invariably been a faker nerd than i. therefore in solidarity with real nerds (people who get called fake nerd girls) I will henceforth be sending flocks of attack parrots at anyone who calls jenny a fake nerd (in the year of our lord 2024 no less)

I think the playtest stuff really cements my feeling that one of the big problems here was that they didn't have actual game devs involved. Like there are so many obvious pitfalls they tripped into that anyone with experience making interactive media would anticipate, and it really seems like whoever was in charge of putting the design team together didn't really consider whether a project like this might require a different style of development than other Disney attractions. Obviously it takes a lot of skills to be an Imagineer but making games carries a lot of very specific challenges that they pretty clearly weren't prepared for.

Are we taking bets on who (from the special thank you) is trash talking Jenny? I bet it's those boring Thompson's from Iowa. They're so ordinary I bet it would be them after their adventure. Now the the raucous joking is over. This was a fantastic ramble. I was skeptical about it but Jenny really knocked it out of the park.

After watching the VPD video I ended up reading the Forbidden Game trilogy because I was also intrigued by an evil-boardgame-boy type series (Jumanji/Zathura kids what's up!) and would also love a Kennywood video for what it's worth 🤷

Heads up Jenny, those bags need to be sealed at least 2 years for the bedbugs to be dead.

If they made Dexter Jeterster the animatronic chef on the Starcruiser, I probably would’ve paid the $6000 without question.

Dismissing valid criticism by claiming the critic is not “nerdy” enough is so obtuse that it’s nearly laughable. Are we truly suppose to just forgive a $6,000 experience not meeting the expectations of its price just because there’s a picture of George Lucas in a costume around some junk somewhere?

Oh my god please do a forbidden game video those books were so insane and I’d love to see the actual park

Kennywood mentioned!!! I actually recently had a chat with my Pittsburgh native dad about Kennywood because of your videos. It’s so crazy that the park experience when I went a few years ago and the experience my dad had as a kid going to Kennywood in the 60s/70s were the same. He mentioned being terrified of the Moby dick ride which I think is 1 of the 2 dark rides? This is just a fun fact but the Google Pittsburgh office actually has a whole floor that is themed after Kennywood. They have an old ride car that you can sit and pose in.

Also, people upset that "Jenny thinks she's so smart and can do it better"? Yep. Her idea for an alien chef animatronic to make the food more accessible to children, copied from another existing animatronic and with a mouth that doesn't require lip-syncing- I'm waiting to see Jenny's critics have *an* idea, much less one so well-conceived.

Good luck defeating the bed bugs

I was getting so hype knowing it had to drop soon! Thanks Jenny, you are the best.

Omg I would love a Forbidden Game video, especially if the Kennywood footage is included

oh my god is kennywood the forbidden game series? because yes its niche but I was obsessed with that as a 12 year old and I would give anything for that (oop you said forbidden game like as I typed this)

Gotta say, Disney is so short-sighted it's baffling. Over 9 million people *who are interested in Disney* see a 4+ hour long video about this disaster. How much revenue could a pool of 9 million people represent? Even if only 1 in 100 of them might go to a park, one day pass to a park, $100 per person and a lunch and gift purchases there's $15 million lost. If Disney had refunded Jenny I'd trust them to at least make amends, but now I don't know if it'll be a good experience and I *do * know I won't get a refund, so I'm not giving them a single dollar.

Something I’ve been confused about that I think you sort of touched on in the OG but not entirely is how independent was the experience? Like, what if a parent had a son and a daughter, and the son wanted to be smuggler and the daughter wanted to do resistance? Were story paths purely per booking, or was it each individual? All I remember about this is Jenny’s sister separately conversing with the first order guy and then the conversation deleting itself.

You do realize that you don't have to destroy your clothes, plushes, etc. to kill the bed bugs, right?

Very excited for a book-reading or even book-reading-adjacent video being on the table again! Obviously I have no idea about the youtube algorithm and maybe it'd perform too badly to justify but selfishly it's what I want.

really excited for whatever you have coming up!! and i hope your travel plans work out :)

so like. the person who has been badmouthing you is peter from ordinary adventures right? like even in his videos he and his wife have taken multiple shots at the galactic starcruiser video

To highlight one concept that Jenny mentions several times during the narrative - critical thought. What literally defines a critic is that it is someone who applies critical thought to (topic of choice). Most people, regardless of what area of interest you're talking about, never give it any further thought than "I like it" or "I don't like it". People get their backs up about their opinion being just as valid as a critic's opinion, but that's a false equivalency. Liking or not liking something is absolutely your right, and whether anyone else feels the same way neither validates nor invalidates your opinion. The point is, how much actual critical analysis have you given to that opinion? Even if you are inclined to think critically about the things you love, are you able to then describe those thoughts to other people in a way that they not only understand, but are entertained by the telling? Four hours of coherently narrated critical thought is freaking impressive by any measure. Add the costume changes and the actual quality of the storytelling, and the video is, frankly, amazing.

I love that safiya loved Jenny’s video because they’re my two favorite disney adults/youtubers!

When the starcruiser video first came out, I saw a comment on reddit from a woman who took her 3 kids, one of who's autistic. At one point in the game, two of her kids got a storyline where they had to go in one of the rooms with the door closed and they wouldn't let anyone who wasn't invited in. The child who's autistic got left out and despite the mom's protests, the cast members just would not let him in and the child had a meltdown because he wanted to be with his brothers and he didn't understand why he couldn't go.

The Imagineers thinking kids don't like being evil is hilarious to me. Yes, kids hate being evil this is why famously no children like Darth Vader

I love hearing Jenny's creative mind at work, she's just got such a nice attention to detail and what the experience would be, like with the whole chef animatronic.

Everyone who knows what diatomaceous earth is has suffered a trauma they don't want to relive.

"I mean it's one fruit basket, Jenny, what could it cost? Fifteen dollars??!"

The Star Wars Hotel video was actually what introduced me to your channel. It came up as a suggestion in my YouTube feed and I clicked on it before I realized it was 4 hours long, then it surprised me by holding my interest through the whole length. It’s nice seeing this update.

it made me laugh when you mentioned your diatomaceous earth protective circle because as i watched/listened i was deploying anti-flea measures including diatomaceous earth EVERYWHERE (including on my body so that any flea that touches me dies). infestations are truly hell on earth

Hearing people irl Jenny has met are like going out of their way to shit talk her is really weird and sad. Over the star cruiser? Something that like isn't even debatable as a failure? It literally failed, it's closed, she can't analyze that?

At the beginning, when mentioning the Captain's hat, why does Jenny specify it barely fits 'my *human* head'?

I can't get enough of Jenny's details and analysis on the hotel (or Evermore). But the real highlight is seeing Skippy in his little outfit again. He deserves his stardom.

Glad to hear you enjoyed Kennywood; excited to hopefully hear more about that eventually! Not so glad to hear about the rest of your experience in Pittsburgh though. Hoping you can still salvage your stuff.

Dealing with bedbugs is so stressful, a completely mentally and physically draining nightmare, I'm so sorry you're having to deal with that. Please hang in there and take care of yourself, Jenny! <3 xoxoxo

Definitely a weird response from some people. Jenny: "I tried my best to have a fun time. I appreciated the cast who did a good job but a lot of the system failed me and it sucks that for this price, it likely failed other people too." Starcruiser diehards: "How DARE you insult the experience I loved so much? How DARE you?"

I had such a good time on starcruiser, but i cant deny that my family was lucky on A LOT of our encounters. At that price point, luck should not be a factor, they should be actively seeking to involve everyone (or make it cheaper). Also, im still quite miffed that there were no photographers onboard, even normal cruises have them everywhere. Love your honesty. Keep doing you!

I just gotta say that every time Jenny talks about Disney, something she clearly has loved and possibly still loves, just highlights what an absolutely trash company it is. Hyper-capitalist, arrogant, cynical, conservative, exploitative (to both the fans and employees), cultie. Just a dumpster fire of a company rapidly draining its goodwill to cash in before everyone just hates it.

I always find it funny how many defenders will suggest that you didn't research or prepare for the experience. Apparently the best part of taking a vacation is having to study for it.

Omg the last time I stayed in a hotel, there were bedbugs and it was disgustingly traumatizing, I'm so sorry it happened to you too. I am not sure I will ever be able to stay in a hotel again lmao :(

“I think this will be a long video” Thank goodness, take me away from the news cycle for as long as possible

stir, whip, stir, whip, whip, whip, stir

I'm so angry at all the people attacking Jenny for being honest and thorough in her review of the hotel and her experience with it, especially when SO MANY other reviews were, seemingly, by Disney shills who either glossed over, or straight up lied, about its problems.

Man. That New York Times article is GLOWING. They are all aboard the hype train. The Forbes article and the Vulture article are very positive as well. The NPR one is hilarious; he says he shut the video off when he saw its runtime and so instead of reviewing the video he talks about longer-length videos in general, while also referencing the video and iirc Jenny's name* in the title of his article. Unless the audio clip is different from the article text body and he talks about it there? Great Rolling Stone interview, I like that the interviewer let Jenny speak her piece and asked relevant follow-up questions. *double-checked; not her name. But still lol

Subscribing to Jenny's patreon is like getting Christmas 12 times a year but you actually still get stuff despite being 30+

Hey! I wanted to be spiderman when I was a kid. It looks really fun to swing around like that. But I get your point lol. Thanks for the video!

I'm really excited to throw my daughter a Starcruiser-themed 5th birthday next year, she will love hitting a Death Star piñata with a fake lightsaber.

I grew up in the Pittsburgh area, and loved Kennywood so much. I hope the Noah's Ark walking ride is still open and you got to go. That thing is soooo old.

Yes to Kennywood video please!

It would have been amazing if they had the band from the cantina.

This video was great to throw on my phone while I spend 2 hours doing gardening chores. I love your ramble videos ^-^

1:13:50 the idea of jenny as like a case officer discreetly meeting with her sources is so funny to me yet somehow perfectly fitting

Jenny, hearing your workload struggle at the beginning makes me hope that one day you hire an editor to at least take the bulk sorting/cutting off your plate!

that sour patch pinata made me laugh. because it is true!

I'm starting to suspect that there's only one Disney influencer in the whole world who doesn't behave like a brainwashed cult member, and I subscribe to her Patreon channel.

Kennywood and anthrocon! Pittsburgh mentioned!! (But also it’s totally fine to not have gone on the coasters at Kennywood. They’re pretty rattly, and my partner swears she got a concussion from the Iron Curtain just rattling her around. As a former PA resident Hershey Park coasters are so much smoother somehow)

Not sure if you already know about this but the woman who was featured in the fan film (DRAPE: A Star Wars Story | FIRST EVER Fan Film From The Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser) clip that was in the Starcruiser video didn't consent to be in that fan film. She commented on the fan film stating that the guy who filmed it followed her, filmed her, and posted her on YouTube without her consent.

I completely agree about it being better that you were in the shitty seat. Like it sucks but as you said how many people save up $$$ for this trip to Disney and are never going again? when you're that invested, any problem becomes the thing that Ruined your trip. I think the reaction of being like "Well she's a youtuber she should have just made them move her" is such influencer-brain nonsense. like they expect you to act like you're the center of the world for this video you're doing, without any regard for the people around you, like oh I'm """famous""" so I deserve the good seat (or free stuff or whatever). anyway at least 5% of your views are just me rewatching it sorry I'm obsessed.

I’m so pleased Jenny went to Kennywood and enjoyed it!! That’s my home park growing up and it’s truly so special. I for one would love a Kennywood video

What if there's an alien chef animatronic and there's a separate discreet porg animatronic under his hat

I kind of want to know who was negative towards you because of your video so I know to avoid them, but I also totally understand not mentioning their name lest someone harass them.

the pitch for the alien chef animatronic is so beautiful i could cry

Just saying, that guy in your special thanks that had so much negative to say about the video....said several times he hasn't and won't watch it...in case anyone was wondering how much weight you should put into his opinions.

Just to reiterate what others have said, I am not here to listen to things that interest *me*, because I'm good at satisfying my own fixations as I am. I'm here to listen to you being sincerely passionate about things that interest *you*. I learn a lot about things I'd never have thought or cared about before, and you make a compelling case why I should care, and I think in general caring about things a healthy amount builds character, as a bulwark against all-consuming cynicism. So thank you for everything Jenny, and best of luck with the bed bugs, they can be a real horror show.

i recently saw that the first swan princess movie turn 30 this november. a video about the movie series (there are 12?!) would be so fun

Noooo I'm stuck at work 😫 Ah well now I've got something to look forward to once I get home.

It really sounds like they didn't test it properly. Tbh, I think they should have approached it like video game testing (that is, proper video game testing, not what we see all too often these days with games like Fallout 76 or Redfall). Along with having a variety of people test the game, proper video game testing includes having testers basically try to break the game. They do all kinds of things that are not intended in the design and so that, in the finished product, the game isn't relying on players only doing what was expected. The way you described the Starcruiser experience sounds like they missed that particular testing element - attempting to "break" the game. In fact, the game was extremely rigid and fragile so that, even if you were trying your best to play as intended, it still broke.

You know if you *had* complained to IT about the app not working, all the comments would be "I can't believe you complained to IT! Of course that would ruin immersion and make things worse!" 😐

Amazing anyone could claim "Jenny wasn't nerdy enough" as an argument.

I feel like the First Order storyline got reduced because of the horrible reaction to the teaser where you rat out Chewbacca, everyone was like “why would we want to do that?” and the pivoted to nobody wants to be evil

In the beginning you asked the question, "why would anyone watch such a niche topic". My answer to that: Because you are a such a fantastic storyteller! I really don't have any initial intersts in the topics you cover. But I watch them, because you make them so interesting. Bringing people to watch 4 hours on a topic they don't care about that much, speaks so highly to your craft narrating and presenting themes. I really admire that skill so much (also it made be appropriate that whole culture and it's passionate fans much more)!

I think "I don't know how to end this video" is a perfect sign-off catchphrase

So glad you liked Kennywood, it was my childhood park. Haven’t been in forever but happy to hear it’s still charming. Also Adventureland was filmed there I think, so I did a similar tour of locations in high school with friends but it was just for places we knew KStew had stood lol

IM SAT

I got fifteen animatronics but a Buzzy ain't one

I got distracted and didn’t realize you were describing a hypothetical piñata full of sour patch kids, I just accepted that was a thing that would happen.

I have such respect for your take on your seat at dinner. Like you said it was a funny bad for you but would be crushing for someone else.

Sorry to hear about the bed bugs! I hope it didn’t spoil your view of my hometown. We’re very proud of Kennywood and I was a little scared that it wouldn’t measure up against all the parks you’ve been to over the years.

well at least i think i’m cute

So now I, who doesn't care about Disney or Star Wars (as someone who was 8 years old when the first movie came out, I used to care about Star Wars, but that flame died a couple of trilogies ago) have watched 6 hours of video on the Starcruiser. That is a compliment to Jenny.

The starcruiser video is no joke, one of my comfort videos. I’ve watched it at least 6 times now either as a proper sit down watch or to have it in the background. I’m foaming at the mouth to start this postmortem. Thank u for the food 🧎‍♀️

i dont give a shit about disney or star wars, but you make it so interesting i happily watch you talk about if for 6 hours

I have to imagine it must be infuriating to have to defend yourself against patently untrue takes on your video. 'I bet she didn't even go'. Bish what?

Loved the original video and loved this. My 2 cents on the response from Disney/Star Wars die-hards that "this was an act of god/one-off bad experience" is that their response shows just how far Disney has lost their way from what made them beloved in the first place. Walt had *many* flaws but one of his greatest insights and accomplishments was to recognize how important it was to ensure not a single guest at his theme parks had a bad experience. The value to Disney's reputation of being the place where everyone always has a good time was far more valuable long-term than any penny pinching could save short-term. Bottom line: the fact there was no fail-safe customer experience representative at the very least shows how little current Disney actually cares about their guests.

Jenny that’s actually a really good fit. You look sincerely great

Happy Wednesday to us all!

I love the mention of the biased and bad practice Disney has of using their enthusiastic (and a little scared) CMs. I’m also a former CM and everything you said rings so true. Reminds me of when I filled out a staff sentiment survey and the likert scale for satisfaction in the workplace was on a scale of “happy to ecstatic”. That experience with very bad internal surveying 7 years ago is one of the reasons I left Disney and became a tourism researcher 😅

oh my god this one is almost 2 hours this brings me so much joy thank u jenny

Funny enough, I had initially signed up for the Patreon content so I could watch the follow up videos on Evermore (a subject that still haunts me to this day), but then the Starcruiser video dropped like a good few days after I became a patron. While the Evermore videos are personally more captivating to me, the Starcruiser video is equally as wonderful and I couldn’t be happier to see it being celebrated! Can’t wait to see what happens next!

Charjabug!

If anyone gets the experience you got for thousands of dollars, even if it was a minority of people, it means the game is broken, or at the very least not functioning as intended. It’s so weird how they set this up. I can’t imagine spending so much time and money building an experience just to not do full run-throughs that might have elucidated some of these problems ahead of time.

The idea that character performers at Disney feel weird about cameras being shoved in their face.... is soooo weird... especially when it's an experience built for tourist interactions, everyone's got a camera...

I will literally listen to anything niche that Jenny wants to talk about. There's something so fun about listening to someone talk at length about their hyperfixation

It's strange hear how uncertain Jenny is of her videos when I'm betting a huge chunk of people just enjoy hearing her talk about things which interest her.

It was a "failure to understand human nature." As a kid, my favorite movie was Watership Down. Not thinking kids want dark, complex, villain plays really is silly. Maybe not all kids, but my nephews are a bunch of little weirdos who love FNAF and other weird stuff

I def noticed the influencer thanked in the video who pushed back on social media against the critique. Though I, perhaps graciously, saw it as them saying "not everyone had a terrible experience. Here is a video that shows how, when executed well, a trip on the star cruiser could be great"

That's pretty spot on about why kids would be into the First Order, as a kid a lot of villains just had a cooler aesthetic or color palate than the good guys and that made the toys more fun to play with. Star Wars is a great example because the good guys looks are like "vest" or "robes" and the bad guys get a cool helmet and jetpack

Immediately checked the special thanks on the Starcruiser video to see who was on it… I can't believe the Thompsons from Iowa would betray Jenny like that

Don't worry too much about negative feedback. Your video was objective and extremely thorough.

I love your take on how the imagineers probably imagined children. I can say that I still remember some aspects of my childhood, like how I reacted to media, and I was a really shy kid, but my favourite Disney character was Scar because I thought he was cool. I also remember really disliking Timon and Pumbaa because their goofy comedy style didn't work for me, and I laughed a lot more at Scar's dry sarcasm. And this wasn't during like, an edgy tween phase, but when I was younger than ten.

When you're critiquing the sequel trilogy at 38min, I'm at my desk chanting "ram-ble, ram-ble, ram-ble"

“Individually wrapped sour patch kids” slew me

Heck yes

I still have no idea why YouTube put the Star Wars hotel video in my recommendations, it's not remotely similar to anything else I watch. However, I'm so glad it did. Even if it was just between that and the Evermore videos, you are one of my favorite "need a long video to watch" content creators. It will take me months to go through the backlog of ramble videos.

Burst out laughing at "sirenhead???I dunno is sirenhead a game" Its true though look how popular goosebumps was in the 90's

I also heard Jenny's video recommended on The Besties podcast and the Wonderful podcast, which was very fun! I know Justin McElroy is a big theme park guy and he was very complimentary about the video (and recommended past Jenny videos he also enjoyed). I really enjoyed seeing such a widespread positive response to this video after seeing Jenny work so hard on it behind the scenes!

Disney parks sounds like a cult from this description.

I really appreciate this insight into your video-making process. I hope you don't underestimate your unique approach to the topics you cover, and know that even if others might have videos on similar subjects, a whole lot of people are still going to want to see your take on them. I for one am more interested in seeing you just cover the things that you care about, regardless of what anyone else does. Even with these Patreon videos, I'd rather see you pick the topic you prefer, maybe from a "top three finalists" list, than just having to stick with one winning subject.

Need Jenny’s thoughts on this becoming a reaction gif on Twitter https://x.com/samxmcgowan/status/1804749098672906283?s=46&t=MsZjuN_9ieuDij8OaBHJ_A

Also, your video gave geeky fans a chance to live vicariously and actually experience the starcruiser. I had never heard of it and it was fun to get a thorough breakdown.

Help us Jenny — you’re our only hope!

I work as a photo editor for a magazine and often when I reach out to subjects to request photos, it’ll be their first time hearing of the article— it’s always a bit awkward for me to break the news! glad to hear that your NYT experience was similar, LOL

Deeply obsessed with a close to 2 hour post-mortem on a 4 hour video

I’ve been waiting for this! Time to put it on while maybe doing some work

very proud

Clicked so fast! ❤️ I know I account for at least 5 views on that StarWars video. I’ve watched/listened to it multiple times. It’s just so good, thorough and a time capsule of a thing that we’ll never see or get to experience again.

I know Jenny doesn't check comments on videos very much, but I have to say - they have had me howling on this one almost as much as the Easter plays one. I go back and refresh every few weeks for a giggle

Opportunity missed on naming this “The Jennpire Strikes Back.”

ooooh I love this, just like the evermore saga

More Star Wars Hotel!

How cool! This is the most valuable Patreon, I’m always so excited by the bonus vids

Stumbled over my breakfast to press play as quickly as possible

LETS GO

I *have* to save this for work tomorrow. I *HAVE* to...but maybe this would be a good day to spend two hours in the gym actually.

A postmortem of a postmortem. Inb4 this video does the rounds online and we get a post-post-postmortem.

6 total hours of starcruiser discussion from Jenny was not on my 2024 bingo card but I am living for it

Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser postpostmortem

I've never clicked on a notification so fast

here’s how starcruiser can still win

I’m at work taking repeat measurements, was anticipating it being a long and boring few hours but hello! You have saved me and blessed me thank you!!

having watched exactly 5 seconds of this video, it's clear the way to fix the starcruiser is BRING IT BACK WITH JENNY AS CAPTAIN

I'm so seated

yayyy jennyy!

The speed with which i clicked this NOTIF 🙌

YAY!!

I GASPED

Two hour epilogue to a four hour masterpiece, we're so back

I've been patiently waiting for this

ITS ALMOST TWO HOURS?!

YESSSS

Let’s gooo

best day of my life