Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[Teamanderson]

I used my phone to identify it. It's by the Evil Genius Orchestra. I downloaded it from iTunes. Loveeeee it.

I just googled them! Sounds amazing!!

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

Had a great day just a lone galactic princess. Got 3 new shows I hadn't seen plus Rebels in the soundstage. Also made RH area my drink and potty pitstop of choice. Greedo (or is it Guido?) came up to the window and gave me double high fives! Interaction and I didn't have to wait and buy their food in hopes of seeing a character. Very fun spontaneous moment.

Really enjoyed all the actors in the shows. Didn't really care for Padawan game show although I liked the funny empire captains!

My star tours was lame. Last week, people were EXCITED! This week, eh. I'm not going unless it's after 8 or 9 pm. I've seen it before, I want the hooplh crowd! Which BTW I got on ToT since RnRc went down never to return for the day. And THOSE people came to have fun!

All in all, a great day for shows and culminated in a nice visit with OP and a few others and THE BEST fireworks night I've had in a LONG time.

All y'all just gonna have to face the facts that you can't see BOTH awesome fireworks AND the really neat Jedi stage show. Take two nights, doesn't matter which night although if you make Sat your fireworks night, OP will be hanging with the best spot in front of 50s Prime Time cafe. The next time, park close to the stage or do the dessert party etc and that is neat too, but you can't see the fireworks at all from there and believe me, they are worth it! Just preparing yall.

Great day. I myself was grateful for the light sprinkles.

Remember to have fun when you come folks! Also, the outfit I threw together last night with stuff I had at home was a great hit! I had numerous people ask me what character I was, and I said myself as a galactic princess! I'm tempted to make it my signature for the coming weekends since I appear to have my own character. One of the CMs had a real long princess sci fi name for me but I can't remember it, but he used it several times! See ya round, Forcies!

 

[animalkingdom15]

Not sure but the traffic was ridiculous leaving HS. Bus probably not a dream either since you gotta wait for it but I see where you are going with it. Next time, I'm gonna stock up on protein bars and hop to MK or something.... I do have to say, everyone was super friendly letting people merge and get in. Nice Disney spirit. Is traffic less bad on Friday or Sun? We didn't even think the crowds were stupendous...

I waited about 40 min after I left HS at 7:30 pm for a bus to GF to show up. Not sure what took so long as I saw multiple buses come and go for other resorts. By the way I agree about the Disney/SW spirit. A very nice family stopped so I could get a picture with a clone trooper on my cell phone. Oh well, it was a great test for my real run tomorrow. I will see those of you who will be at HS tomorrow.

 

[Metz172]

All y'all just gonna have to face the facts that you can't see BOTH awesome fireworks AND the really neat Jedi stage show. Take two nights, doesn't matter which night although if you make Sat your fireworks night, OP will be hanging with the best spot in front of 50s Prime Time cafe. The next time, park close to the stage or do the dessert party etc and that is neat too, but you can't see the fireworks at all from there and believe me, they are worth it! Just preparing yall.
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You can't see them at all from the desert party stage? I thought the while the stage blocked some you could still see them?

 

[wdwalice]

I just googled them! Sounds amazing!!

Thanks for this info! My DH just got it from ITunes.

 

[wdwalice]

I used my phone to identify it. It's by the Evil Genius Orchestra. I downloaded it from iTunes. Loveeeee it.

Thanks for the info! My DH just got it from iTunes.

 

[Sonya2489]

They have the yoda posters at the dvc stands.

I'll bring one tomorrow if you want.

@d-r oh that would be so great! We actually did try and ask them if we could get 2 from them (even offered to trade lol) but to no avail =/
Let me know when and we will meet up with you. Thank you so much!

 

[Sonya2489]

Has anyone used the bus from CBR to HS on a SWW? We would like to be there for the opening show and rope drop. Will we be able to get a bus that early and how much time should I plan to get there?

@Metz172 we are staying at CBR, but we drove this morning bc i don't think busses start running before 630. It was like less than a 2 mile drive. We were at the turnstiles about 6:45 and were the first in line. It started getting busier around 7-7:15.

 

[animalkingdom15]

So I'm back to feeling like crap again with my allergies and sinuses. So I have moved my Galactic Breakfast and Jedi Mickey dinner reservations to Monday along with my ST FP. I'm going to sleep in and try and come over by 10 to check in for the Ftf and do the parade. Head back to the resort after that to rest and come back around 745 pm to do the dessert party and the fire works since I already paid for it. If they continue to be this bad, I might just have the front desk call dinning and cancel on my part this thing in the morning around 7, so someone else can use it. At least I can enjoy some of the SW stuff Monday, plus I got my stuff Saturday and was able to walk around and see all the characters and shop, so I had some SWW fun last night. Of course on the one day I have been looking forward to my whole trip and my allergies and sinuses have to be problematic again.

 

[shannon006]

Where do we meet Leia?

 

[Mimsy Borogove]

I can't believe I forgot to mention that our CM server at RH told us at the end that they are trying to make things there better and more permanent. At first, I thought it was just wishful hearing, but DH confirmed that's what she said. Take it with a huge grain of salt, though because I didn't pursue line of questioning any further.

 

[msdisnut]

Newbie here...can't remember if this was already asked. Is the parking lot open at 6:30 for HS? If not, where does everyone park if they're driving their own car and still want to get there early?

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

So I'm back to feeling like crap again with my allergies and sinuses. So I have moved my Galactic Breakfast and Jedi Mickey dinner reservations to Monday along with my ST FP. I'm going to sleep in and try and come over by 10 to check in for the Ftf and do the parade. Head back to the resort after that to rest and come back around 745 pm to do the dessert party and the fire works since I already paid for it. If they continue to be this bad, I might just have the front desk call dinning and cancel on my part this thing in the morning around 7, so someone else can use it. At least I can enjoy some of the SW stuff Monday, plus I got my stuff Saturday and was able to walk around and see all the characters and shop, so I had some SWW fun last night. Of course on the one day I have been looking forward to my whole trip and my allergies and sinuses have to be problematic again.

Have you tried a zyrtec? Or half of one with food? Life saver!!

I give the dessert party/stage area for fireworks maybe a 6. It is great for the stage show though which is also a must.

I give the Echo lake ledge a 10 for fireworks works viewing. Its hard to believe you could be 'too close' but you can. You can't see the sprays or the whole picture or the details the way the SOTS nuanced it with the music unless you are behind the lake. I'm not saying don't do the dessert package if that's what you want, definitely do and enjoy it. But then see if you can pop back another night and see them over the boat all together and you will see what I mean.

 

[Cluelyss]

Anyone else doing the Chewie run with me this morning??

Got here around 7:05 and are about 5 families back from the tap stiles. Not bad since I have 3 tired and crabby kids with me today (and yes, that count includes DH!).

Hope to run into some of you today!! SciFi at 9:10, FtF then RH at 5:30. May the force be with you all today!!

 

[yulilin3]

Where do we meet Leia?

The area is between the exit to gmr and abc commissary. Link the character schedules is on the first post

Newbie here...can't remember if this was already asked. Is the parking lot open at 6:30 for HS? If not, where does everyone park if they're driving their own car and still want to get there early?

Parking lot is open all night long. No one is manning the tool both until about 6, so you can enter and anywhere you want

 

[yulilin3]

Anyone else doing the Chewie run with me this morning??

Got here around 7:05 and are about 5 families back from the tap stiles. Not bad since I have 3 tired and crabby kids with me today (and yes, that count includes DH!).

Hope to run into some of you today!! SciFi at 9:10, FtF then RH at 5:30. May the force be with you all today!!

Hope we can meet you today. We'll be there around 10:30 and we'll be at commissary until around 12:15pm

 

[yulilin3]

You can't see them at all from the desert party stage? I thought the while the stage blocked some you could still see them?

You can see the fireworks from the dessert party. Try standing toward the back of the package area. The stage blocks some of them but it's not a horrible view.

 

[drmartin1998]

Has anyone used the bus from CBR to HS on a SWW? We would like to be there for the opening show and rope drop. Will we be able to get a bus that early and how much time should I plan to get there?

I'm curious about this as well. We will be attending Fri/Sun of Weekend IV with no vehicle on site. What are the chances of getting to HS from CBR before Trooper show using Disney bus service?

 

[lovethattink]

We called it a day yesterday around 4pm. It was too hot for ds. We missed all our FP+ for the SW shows. Didn't miss the singalong FP.

We still had a fun day. Enjoyed the parade, m&g with Steve Blum. Met a bunch of people at Darth's Mall. Got to see @kmcdougan .

 

[yulilin3]

I'm curious about this as well. We will be attending Fri/Sun of Weekend IV with no vehicle on site. What are the chances of getting to HS from CBR before Trooper show using Disney bus service?

the only thing I can recommend is to ask the front desk at what time the buse starts running to DHS the day before. From anywhere on property it's nom ore than 10 minutes to get there. I believe that it was @BobaFettFan that waited for the bus and ended up calling a taxi and it was there in five minutes and was only about $8.
If it's a priority to be there early just plan on a taxi and save yourselves the hassle and stress of the bus.