D23 EXPO 2019 Superthread - dates announced!

[TarotFox]

Hey all, our reservation is 8pm on Tuesday. If our first priority is Savi's, what time should we line up?

 

[kpd6901]

It’s the Fantasyland exit. They’re tucked about as out of the way as they can be, but they are still rather out of place! There are also some security guards in the land who are in their normal outfits, also a bit jarring.

She is well pleased with Izzy. The dog is not so sure.

No, I am talking about using a DAS return time for MFSR for those who have reservations now. Guest Relations CMs have been talking about DAS being available to guests in GE for months now, but have not had much information to give beyond the fact that the service would exist and that there would be no Information Kiosk in GE. A week before the land opened, plaids said a new Information Kiosk would be placed outside the land. When the land opened, the Kiosk was inside the land. These changes are great and are happening to adjust to guests' needs. So news updates are needed as things happen.
There is a DAS return line for MFSR. I think it is the (currently unused) FP line. I have been told by plaids that right now only the Kiosk inside GE can issue a return time for this ride. So, during this "reservation only" period, DAS cannot get you into SWGE if you don't already have a reservation.

So, the more we considered DS6 needs, we decided to opt out of Oga's. But, to get him a return time for MFSR (as a just in case he has an issue and we need to adjust our ride schedule, and at that point the line DOES get long, which happens during overlaps), if DW takes him first thing to the kiosk while I take DS10 to Savi, based on prior reports, she would be taking him by following the new Oga's reservation queue, yes? Aren't the CMs directing Oga's patrons down that way? If that's the case, she just follows them, but stopping at the plaids once she gets there. Am I thinking properly on that?

 

[theluckyrabbit]

I wonder if the kiosk will be outside of GE 6/24. Maybe they don’t want to confuse people thinking they can get in to ride using DAS without a reservation.

I wondered that, too. The new Kiosk does look like a portable set up. And when I spoke with a manager the week before the grand opening, he was certain the new location would be outside GE.

 

[Weedy]

I understand the single rider line... but what is standby?
Is there a difference between Fastpass and Fastpass+?
Also how long is the MFSR ride itself?
Thanks

 

[Weedy]

This video has lots of info

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Just wanted to report back on our last minute trip on Friday, June 7th--the one week opening anniversary Thanks to all the great information in this thread, it turned out to be an amazing day.

I booked the Disneyland Hotel for Thursday night 6/6 last Sunday through a third-party. I was able to get 16% off the room rate with a coupon code through an online travel agency that I believe is a competitor of Dreams so I don't want to post the info (sorry). But try google

As we booked through a third party, we never received an email, but as others have reported it wasn't a big deal at all. I called, got my reservation period (8 am slot on Friday), and when I checked in late Thursday night the desk agent had to add the names of my party as the Star Wars specific desk was shut down for the night. She then set me email with the code to show at the gate and check in.

Our goal was Oga's, and we succeeded beyond my hopes as we were among the first people into the cantina that morning and ended up with a table. To give you an idea of our timeframe:

5:45 am wake up. We'd showered the night before so we quickly got ready and took our bags down to the bell desk.

By 6:05 am: we're going through security. A few groups are around us and there are allready a good number of people walking Downtown Disney. I'm a little worried at that point that we might be too late but shouldn't have been.

We are fast walkers and by 6:15 we are through the gates and on our way to launch bay. I wanted to be checking in by 6:20 and we were right on time. There seemed to be a lot of people, but it only took a few minutes and we were walking out of LB by about 6:23. We didn't bother with merchandise, which was a good thing as there was much better stuff inside SWGE. We got into the already formed line right in front of the Matterhorn. DH picked up breakfast burritos and coffee from the food place that's right there that was open. Both weren't very good, but we were hungry Should have grabbed one of the cinnamon rolls from the stand right by Launch Bay. They looked much better.

Here is the line at the matterhorn: I have no idea why the new system is turning pictures so sorry! If anyone knows how to fix let me know.


Had a great time in line with the people around us, and by time 7:45 am came around everyone was buzzing with excitement. My original plan was to sit in line by myself, and have DH and DS join me later inside the park after I'd gotten to Oga's. I'm glad they decided not to do that as we were in the first group. DS22 is special needs and has a really hard time, but everyone around us was really understanding when I explained what was going on. He was so amped up (we describe it like pop rocks in a coke bottle shaken up), but everyone was really sweet and understanding, and it worked out okay.

We thought we were supposed to move at that time, and the five minute or so delay caused the buzzing to increase. Finally we were moved to the GE entrance area a little after 7:50 am. It went really fast after that. The CMs walked very fast, which was good. The people we were around in line all made a "block" to prevent people from trying to go around. Inevitably there were a few that tried, but they were all called out By time we made it to the entrance, we'd naturally separated into Cantina people and Lightsaber people (i.e. left and right), and I was very close to the front. At that point, they had a cast member with a flag who led us to Oga's in a relatively orderly fashion. She informed everyone that if they tried to go around her, they'd be sent back. Once we got inside, she told us to get in a single file line and led us around a loop before arriving at the cantina. It was very orderly, and I was happy to see all my line friends around me. There was only one choke point where people lost their place a little and others pushed forward and that was when they scanned tickets. We banded together though with all the people that had been in line and that helped [I'm looking at you man with small child who tried to push through from beyond using your kid!]

Here's my view into the new land where they were holding us:


Our walk to the cantina:



At the entrance to Oga's we received a laminated ticket that I think was colored by entrance groups/waves. We were about 15-20 people back and easily in the first wave. I want to say we were the 4th group seated and ended up at a table with another couple. It was virtually empty for the first 10 minutes or so while they were seating people and we were able to order right away and get tons of pictures. We got two alcoholic drinks (a yummy spiced sider and the tropical one in the Porg), the carbon freeze (cool but are you kidding me on the size/cost??), and the snacks. It was *so* much fun in there. The atmosphere was fabulous. Could have stayed in there for hours. But DS22 special needs was *dying* to see Rey so reluctantly we left. In retrospect, I wish I'd gotten that quick second drink as we had more than enough time in the rest of the land. Our cantina experience was worth the price of admission and an experience that I'm sure we will look upon later as a very magical moment. I can't imagine we'll ever be in there again like that (almost empty and at a table). I'm not a morning person, but I was so happy we'd made the effort. Thanks to all of you for all the great info ahead of time that allowed it to happen.

More sideways pictures ... UGH.








I have to admit that once we left the cantina it was a little deflating. I think they really need the "E ticket" ride to open. The Millennium Falcon ride was fun and well done, but we are huge ride people and twice was enough. We spent the rest of the time poking around in the shops, hanging out waiting to see characters (which wasn't as easy as I'd expected), and trying out some of the food. I was shocked by how much I liked the Ronto Wrap (I eat about 1 hotdog a year, LOL). The milk drinks were fun--I preferred the green and DH like the blue. But our favorite by far was the popcorn. It reminded us of our favorite snack crackers that we discovered in China and I order off amazon. They are rice cakes with one side sugared and the other salted. We also had to buy all the coke/water bottles. Along with the PORG drink (they give you a new boxed one when you are done), the bottles were our souvenirs. We weren't tempted by anything else. I saw someone wearing a really cute track jacket, but couldn't find it anywhere. The shirts/merchandise were my biggest disappointment. I also tried to find that metal gift card, but didn't see it.

Heres's our food:




The only real disappointment was the Kylo Ren outdoor show with the first order officers. My son really wanted to see it--he'd found in on youtube--but the CMs won't tell you when or if it will happen. We waited around there at various times FOREVER and nada. Finally we left the land a little before noon. I hope they will eventually publish show times as that was kind of a bummer.

We also didn't have the greatest interactions with CMs in SWGE. They seemed a little abrupt and not overly friendly, which I thought was a little strange. We probably talked to 5 or 6 different ones and only one was really great. The characters, when we did see them, were fun though. DS had a long walk with Rey although they wouldn't take staged pictures. You had to take pics as they were taking or walking.

All in all though it was an amazing day. We'd planned to stay until about 8 pm and drive back to the SF Bay area late that night, but we were all exhausted and decided to head back around 1:30 pm. The ride lines were generally short, although Matterhorn and Space Mountain did have waits. Not the ghost town of last weekend, but not the crowds that would be expected at this time of year.

I hope this helps and if anyone is on the fence ... do it!

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

There’s a queue bypass set up. We got sent up there as pixie dust.

Glad you and your DS had a good visit!

No, I am talking about using a DAS return time for MFSR for those who have reservations now. Guest Relations CMs have been talking about DAS being available to guests in GE for months now, but have not had much information to give beyond the fact that the service would exist and that there would be no Information Kiosk in GE. A week before the land opened, plaids said a new Information Kiosk would be placed outside the land. When the land opened, the Kiosk was inside the land. These changes are great and are happening to adjust to guests' needs. So news updates are needed as things happen.
There is a DAS return line for MFSR. I think it is the (currently unused) FP line. I have been told by plaids that right now only the Kiosk inside GE can issue a return time for this ride. So, during this "reservation only" period, DAS cannot get you into SWGE if you don't already have a reservation.

The FP queue is there. They just aren’t using it for anything other than DAS and rider switch right now.

Awesome! I didn't notice it, but great that it's there.

 

[rteetz]

I understand the single rider line... but what is standby?
Is there a difference between Fastpass and Fastpass+?
Also how long is the MFSR ride itself?
Thanks

Standby is the regular line. They have standby lines at every attraction in DL and WDW.

FastPass+ is only at WDW. Disneyland has legacy FP or MaxPass.

4-5 minutes.

 

[DisMomMT]

One thing to note is the "bathroom pass" system is apparently not in place yet for the reservation period - or at least wasn't when we were there. One person in our party had to leave line to use the restroom and asked but she just had to say excuse me to catch back up to us in the line to SR.

 

[DLRExpert]

Question. Do I need to purchase a custom Lightsaber to be able to sign up for the Lightsaber show?

 

[Weedy]

Standby is the regular line. They have standby lines at every attraction in DL and WDW.

FastPass+ is only at WDW. Disneyland has legacy FP or MaxPass.

4-5 minutes.

Thanks. Why is it not called the regular line??? Lol

 

[dina444444]

Question. Do I need to purchase a custom Lightsaber to be able to sign up for the Lightsaber show?

Yes. You can’t go into Savi’s unless you are building one or are the guest of the builder.

 

[crystal1313]

Just wanted to report back on our last minute trip on Friday, June 7th--the one week opening anniversary Thanks to all the great information in this thread, it turned out to be an amazing day.

I booked the Disneyland Hotel for Thursday night 6/6 last Sunday through a third-party. I was able to get 16% off the room rate with a coupon code through an online travel agency that I believe is a competitor of Dreams so I don't want to post the info (sorry). But try google

As we booked through a third party, we never received an email, but as others have reported it wasn't a big deal at all. I called, got my reservation period (8 am slot on Friday), and when I checked in late Thursday night the desk agent had to add the names of my party as the Star Wars specific desk was shut down for the night. She then set me email with the code to show at the gate and check in.

Our goal was Oga's, and we succeeded beyond my hopes as we were among the first people into the cantina that morning and ended up with a table. To give you an idea of our timeframe:

5:45 am wake up. We'd showered the night before so we quickly got ready and took our bags down to the bell desk.

By 6:05 am: we're going through security. A few groups are around us and there are allready a good number of people walking Downtown Disney. I'm a little worried at that point that we might be too late but shouldn't have been.

We are fast walkers and by 6:15 we are through the gates and on our way to launch bay. I wanted to be checking in by 6:20 and we were right on time. There seemed to be a lot of people, but it only took a few minutes and we were walking out of LB by about 6:23. We didn't bother with merchandise, which was a good thing as there was much better stuff inside SWGE. We got into the already formed line right in front of the Matterhorn. DH picked up breakfast burritos and coffee from the food place that's right there that was open. Both weren't very good, but we were hungry Should have grabbed one of the cinnamon rolls from the stand right by Launch Bay. They looked much better.

Here is the line at the matterhorn: I have no idea why the new system is turning pictures so sorry! If anyone knows how to fix let me know.
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Had a great time in line with the people around us, and by time 7:45 am came around everyone was buzzing with excitement. My original plan was to sit in line by myself, and have DH and DS join me later inside the park after I'd gotten to Oga's. I'm glad they decided not to do that as we were in the first group. DS22 is special needs and has a really hard time, but everyone around us was really understanding when I explained what was going on. He was so amped up (we describe it like pop rocks in a coke bottle shaken up), but everyone was really sweet and understanding, and it worked out okay.

We thought we were supposed to move at that time, and the five minute or so delay caused the buzzing to increase. Finally we were moved to the GE entrance area a little after 7:50 am. It went really fast after that. The CMs walked very fast, which was good. The people we were around in line all made a "block" to prevent people from trying to go around. Inevitably there were a few that tried, but they were all called out By time we made it to the entrance, we'd naturally separated into Cantina people and Lightsaber people (i.e. left and right), and I was very close to the front. At that point, they had a cast member with a flag who led us to Oga's in a relatively orderly fashion. She informed everyone that if they tried to go around her, they'd be sent back. Once we got inside, she told us to get in a single file line and led us around a loop before arriving at the cantina. It was very orderly, and I was happy to see all my line friends around me. There was only one choke point where people lost their place a little and others pushed forward and that was when they scanned tickets. We banded together though with all the people that had been in line and that helped [I'm looking at you man with small child who tried to push through from beyond using your kid!]

Here's my view into the new land where they were holding us:
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Our walk to the cantina:
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At the entrance to Oga's we received a laminated ticket that I think was colored by entrance groups/waves. We were about 15-20 people back and easily in the first wave. I want to say we were the 4th group seated and ended up at a table with another couple. It was virtually empty for the first 10 minutes or so while they were seating people and we were able to order right away and get tons of pictures. We got two alcoholic drinks (a yummy spiced sider and the tropical one in the Porg), the carbon freeze (cool but are you kidding me on the size/cost??), and the snacks. It was *so* much fun in there. The atmosphere was fabulous. Could have stayed in there for hours. But DS22 special needs was *dying* to see Rey so reluctantly we left. In retrospect, I wish I'd gotten that quick second drink as we had more than enough time in the rest of the land. Our cantina experience was worth the price of admission and an experience that I'm sure we will look upon later as a very magical moment. I can't imagine we'll ever be in there again like that (almost empty and at a table). I'm not a morning person, but I was so happy we'd made the effort. Thanks to all of you for all the great info ahead of time that allowed it to happen.

More sideways pictures ... UGH.

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I have to admit that once we left the cantina it was a little deflating. I think they really need the "E ticket" ride to open. The Millennium Falcon ride was fun and well done, but we are huge ride people and twice was enough. We spent the rest of the time poking around in the shops, hanging out waiting to see characters (which wasn't as easy as I'd expected), and trying out some of the food. I was shocked by how much I liked the Ronto Wrap (I eat about 1 hotdog a year, LOL). The milk drinks were fun--I preferred the green and DH like the blue. But our favorite by far was the popcorn. It reminded us of our favorite snack crackers that we discovered in China and I order off amazon. They are rice cakes with one side sugared and the other salted. We also had to buy all the coke/water bottles. Along with the PORG drink (they give you a new boxed one when you are done), the bottles were our souvenirs. We weren't tempted by anything else. I saw someone wearing a really cute track jacket, but couldn't find it anywhere. The shirts/merchandise were my biggest disappointment. I also tried to find that metal gift card, but didn't see it.

Heres's our food:
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The only real disappointment was the Kylo Ren outdoor show with the first order officers. My son really wanted to see it--he'd found in on youtube--but the CMs won't tell you when or if it will happen. We waited around there at various times FOREVER and nada. Finally we left the land a little before noon. I hope they will eventually publish show times as that was kind of a bummer.

We also didn't have the greatest interactions with CMs in SWGE. They seemed a little abrupt and not overly friendly, which I thought was a little strange. We probably talked to 5 or 6 different ones and only one was really great. The characters, when we did see them, were fun though. DS had a long walk with Rey although they wouldn't take staged pictures. You had to take pics as they were taking or walking.

All in all though it was an amazing day. We'd planned to stay until about 8 pm and drive back to the SF Bay area late that night, but we were all exhausted and decided to head back around 1:30 pm. The ride lines were generally short, although Matterhorn and Space Mountain did have waits. Not the ghost town of last weekend, but not the crowds that would be expected at this time of year.

I hope this helps and if anyone is on the fence ... do it!

Thanks for the awesome review! More excited now for our trip next week!

 

[crystal1313]

We called today and found out our time is 11-3. We have decided that the cantina is a must. Should we start hanging around hungry bear around 10:30 to line up? And stay to the right for the cantina? This thread has been invaluable. Thank you so much to everyone for all the great info.

 

[DLRExpert]

Yes. You can’t go into Savi’s unless you are building one or are the guest of the builder.

Building equals paying? damn

 

[DLRExpert]

We called today and found out our time is 11-3. We have decided that the cantina is a must. Should we start hanging around hungry bear around 10:30 to line up? And stay to the right for the cantina? This thread has been invaluable. Thank you so much to everyone for all the great info.

1015am. They usually start moving people near Rise 15 or so minutes early.

 

[crystal1313]

1015am. They usually start moving people near Rise 15 or so minutes early.

Awesome! Thank you!!

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Building equals paying? damn

I mean, considering that they have enough people who want to pay that they’re out of spots within minutes of each time slot opening... I can’t imagine why they’d take non-paying customers over paying ones.

 

[Angrose]

So, did he eat it? I have a couple of picky eaters, and I worry that that dish will turn them off because of how it looks, even though the actual food is clearly in their wheelhouse.

I’d love to know too. My kids are the same!

Yes, he did and said it was good! The chicken kinda looks like a big chicken nugget, which he doesn’t even eat normally. It’s not a huge dish though. It helped that I had some fruit too. Good luck with all your picky eaters!

 

[Tinkerbell19672]

Any info on when the other ride will open?