A DISers Guide to Star Wars Celebration

[JenM]

@AThrillingChase and @JenM and everyone else...

Please let me clarify on BIG name panels, people were in line 3 plus hours before the Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniel's Panel just to get in, this isn't even front row seating mind you. We found out this after we tried to show up 30 to 45 minutes earlier to panels thinking that would be enough time, hoping for the back row, silly us!

It took us 4 plus hours just to buy a poster from the official store just for celebrities to sign.

So this is what I mean by pick your battles... watch the schedule and see what is do-able.

Yep, I believe it. Celebration 1, it was 2+ hours for any of the big panels - and this was for the prequels, before they even came out yet! Between the new trilogy and Rogue One...the lines are going to be madness. I remember the merchandise store was a nightmare to get in too.

People were joking that one of the lines were so long that they should just show Episode I early, to thank everyone for waiting. My dad joked that for all this waiting, they should promise everyone that they'll make Episodes VII, VIII, and IX. We all laughed...little did we know...

But thank you for the head's up! I haven't been to SWCO since this first one, so better to be prepared!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

F5 STANDING BY!

 

[AThrillingChase]

It keeps telling me file not found?

 

[The Sunrise Student]

I am in a virtual queue.... so is my husband... we kept getting page not found, then linked to Europe before getting to the queue.

 

[7dustya]

When I click "Buy Now" on the Orlando page, it is sending me to Europe. Anyone else?

EDIT: Seems to be working now. I am in a queue.

 

[AThrillingChase]

I am finally in the queue - but it does say orlando

 

[The Sunrise Student]

We got'em 2 VIP tickets, woot woot, and they are only letting you buy two of those at once...

My hubby just closed our two other queues

 

[angai379]

Copy F5 standing by!!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

PS 91 dollars in sales tax on our tickets, WOW!

 

[JenM]

Got mine!!!! I can breathe now...

 

[AThrillingChase]

Jedi say sold out now

Just getting the 4 day passes. Can I add things like the lanyard and tshirt later?

 

[tstidm1]

PS 91 dollars in sales tax on our tickets, WOW!

My goodness. That is a lot of Sales tax. Florida is getting a Sales Tax field day over the next few days. In the virtual queue at the moment myself until I have to get off break in a few.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Got mine!!!! I can breathe now...

You sound like me and my hubby, there was heavy breathing and high fives all around, our dog thought we lost our minds!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

I am hearing from several other 501st friends that by the time they got through the queue the VIPs were sold out... so that's less that 15 minutes to sell out on VIPs... Yup they can charge what they want and get it!

 

[JenM]

You sound like me and my hubby, there was heavy breathing and high fives all around, our dog thought we lost our minds!

Hahaha! I'm at the cafeteria at my office, trying to act like a professional adult....it's not really working!!!

 

[AThrillingChase]

Well that gave me some real rundisney registration flashbacks. I'm a little surprised I didnt have to attach a name to the tickets though like with comic-con. Certainly makes it easier though. Now I have to decide where to stay!!

BTW, I actually just passed on the souvenier lanyard because I was afraid the color would clash with my Rey costume...oh well

 

[JenM]

Yeah, it reminded me of the NY Comic Con ticket queue - only I was on that one for nearly 90 minutes before I could get tickets (they're starting fan registration this year, that should be an experience).

I passed on the lanyard too, saving up for the trip now!!!

 

[AThrillingChase]

Anyone else staying at the Wyndham Resort? Not 100% sure we will end up staying there, but since it is a convention resort with the shuttle and $0 down I went ahead and reserved.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Jedi say sold out now

Just getting the 4 day passes. Can I add things like the lanyard and tshirt later?

not sure on this one...

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Yep, I believe it. Celebration 1, it was 2+ hours for any of the big panels - and this was for the prequels, before they even came out yet! Between the new trilogy and Rogue One...the lines are going to be madness. I remember the merchandise store was a nightmare to get in too.

People were joking that one of the lines were so long that they should just show Episode I early, to thank everyone for waiting. My dad joked that for all this waiting, they should promise everyone that they'll make Episodes VII, VIII, and IX. We all laughed...little did we know...

But thank you for the head's up! I haven't been to SWCO since this first one, so better to be prepared!

And let us all not forget next year is the BIG FOUR O for SW... there is a high possibility of some cool stuff for that too!