Picture it: You’re sitting at a table somewhere or drinking some blue milk when all of a sudden the sound of LOUD alarms fills your ears and ? red lights start to flash all around you! ? What would your first instinct be? You’d probably assume that there’s some kind of emergency and you need to evacuate the building you’re in, right? You know the drill — single file, stay calm, no running — elementary school has taught you well. But if you’re in the Star Wars Hotel, your assumptions would be…TOTALLY WRONG.

We are so close to the official opening of the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser (a.k.a. Star Wars Hotel) in Disney World. The long-anticipated, immersive hotel experience officially opens on March 1st, 2022, and we recently got the chance to stay at the hotel during a media preview event. We got the answers to a ton of questions during our journey — like what the food tastes like, what fireworks look like in space, and more. You can read our ultimate guide HERE.

One BIG thing we wondered was how guests would be able to distinguish a REAL hotel emergency (as in, actually-need-to-evacuate-emergency) from a super-secret Resistance mission (which might feel like an “emergency” but isn’t a true problem). This is a critical thing to know in a space that makes you feel like there are emergencies happening around you that are part of the story (but don’t put you in real danger). Luckily, we’ve got all the info you need to know the difference!

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