D23 EXPO 2019 Superthread - dates announced!

[Sandeep1]

I've seen a few people post this already but not much conversation on it. I have an 8am reservation for one of the early days. I'm planning to skip the ride to begin with (I'm pretty sure 90% of the crowd will run to the ride). Instead, I'll go and enjoy the land in peace. Explore. Get some photos. Build a saber and try the blue milk.

Then later on, hop in the line (maybe around 11am).

 

[Barnabus Collins]

I've seen a few people post this already but not much conversation on it. I have an 8am reservation for one of the early days. I'm planning to skip the ride to begin with (I'm pretty sure 90% of the crowd will run to the ride). Instead, I'll go and enjoy the land in peace. Explore. Get some photos. Build a saber and try the blue milk.

Then later on, hop in the line (maybe around 11am).

My reservation is 11am to 3pm, and I plan on doing the same thing. I figure I will walk around and experience as much of the land as possible, and when they say you need to get in line for the Falcon ride, I will do so at that moment. I already plan on waiting in line for the ride for a while, so the more time I get to explore the land the better.

 

[Sandeep1]

My reservation is 11am to 3pm, and I plan on doing the same thing. I figure I will walk around and experience as much of the land as possible, and when they say you need to get in line for the Falcon ride, I will do so at that moment. I already plan on waiting in line for the ride for a while, so the more time I get to explore the land the better.

The only thing with your time slot is that a lot of the 8am to 12pm crowd would have probably funneled to the land area. I suspect at noon, or maybe 12:15ish, the land will clear out.

Hard to say exactly though.

 

[wench]

Gotcha! We have the Visa too so that would be really awesome if they honor the merchandise discount in SWGE. Especially considering the expected cost of those lightsabers....

But I also wouldn’t be surprised if they exclude discounts, guess we’ll find out?

They won’t block the discount completely, but there could be specific items they don’t allow. I would not be surprised if the lightsabers at Savi’s are not discounted. Especially since it is a real experience & not just a merchandise location.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

Gotcha! We have the Visa too so that would be really awesome if they honor the merchandise discount in SWGE. Especially considering the expected cost of those lightsabers....

But I also wouldn’t be surprised if they exclude discounts, guess we’ll find out?

Have we heard if AP discounts will be honored in the land for merch and food?

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Have we heard if AP discounts will be honored in the land for merch and food?

Regular merch and food, I don’t see how they could be excluded - it’s part of DL. But as far as the lightsabers and droids and stuff, I’m pretty sure they’ll code those so there’s no discounts. Like Princess Breakfast Adventures doesn’t take AP discounts even though other character breakfasts do.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

Regular merch and food, I don’t see how they could be excluded - it’s part of DL. But as far as the lightsabers and droids and stuff, I’m pretty sure they’ll code those so there’s no discounts. Like Princess Breakfast Adventures doesn’t take AP discounts even though other character breakfasts do.

Carts and kiosks and ice cream and the Mint Julep bar and the new Tropical Hideaway do not have AP discounts, so there's a lot of even regular food that is excluded. If you look at the 5 new Star Wars food places on Disneyland's own site, you will see that 3 are classified as cart/kiosk, one as quick service, and one as table service. All have the notation that there are no AP discounts.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Carts and kiosks and ice cream and the Mint Julep bar and the new Tropical Hideaway do not have AP discounts, so there's a lot of even regular food that is excluded. If you look at the 5 new Star Wars food places on Disneyland's own site, you will see that 3 are classified as cart/kiosk, one as quick service, and one as table service. All have the notation that there are no AP discounts.

Reaaaaally, that’s interesting. I would have expected the quick/table service ones to, since that’s in line with the rest of the parks (of course, as you noted, carts don’t discount). Maybe the shops won’t, either, then? I mean, I guess they can do what they want, and I’m sure no one will be cancelling their AP over it, but it’s kind of misleading to advertise discounts and then exclude so many places...

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

Reaaaaally, that’s interesting. I would have expected the quick/table service ones to, since that’s in line with the rest of the parks (of course, as you noted, carts don’t discount). Maybe the shops won’t, either, then? I mean, I guess they can do what they want, and I’m sure no one will be cancelling their AP over it, but it’s kind of misleading to advertise discounts and then exclude so many places...

I wouldn’t expect the carts and such but quick service and table service? That’s pretty lame. If all merch is excluded too I have to agree with you that it’s misleading at best.

 

[RomCom]

I think it would be understandable to exclude anything custom like lightsabers and droids but just everything in the stores would be frustrating. So many questions, I feel like opening weekend people are going to be bombarded.

 

[rteetz]

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

I think it would be understandable to exclude anything custom like lightsabers and droids but just everything in the stores would be frustrating. So many questions, I feel like opening weekend people are going to be bombarded.

Original aretwork, special order and custom stuff is already usually excluded from AP discounts, so I would fully expect that to continue. I doubt that all SWGE merchandise would be excluded from AP discounts though. I feel the mark-ups on all the merch have been creeping up significantly enough over the years to maintain the same Disney profit margins even with the higher tier 20% discount.

 

[agamble]

Where was this announced?

It was in a flyer I received in the mail.

 

[Sandeep1]

So I called, the girl was very helpful. She took the extra guest name but she said it wasn't guaranteed. Just that they were trying their best on a solution. So fingers crossed, if not, I'll use my 8pm reservation although 8am sounds a bit more appealing.

Whether this is successful probably depends on how many people are calling in to add someone. If it's a lot, I suspect Disney won't be able to help without creating additional crowding that they can't deal with.

Folks, update on this:

My reservation was updated successfully with the additional guest and I just received an email about it.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

https://www.ocregister.com/2019/05/...nd-to-celebrate-star-wars-galaxys-edge-debut/

In case anyone over here on this thread didn’t see this.... I’m so so so excited!

 

[kristenabelle]

I wouldn't want anyone getting their hopes up about a Rise of Resistance debut for D23 panel Parks and Resorts panel watchers. Last time with Fantasmic was the first time they ever did anything like that at the expo. Not sure if I'd expect it again.

Great point - I'm just crossing fingers it'll even be open come D23 time. At the very least, would love an estimated opening date during the panel!

 

[soniam]

Great point - I'm just crossing fingers it'll even be open come D23 time. At the very least, would love an estimated opening date during the panel!

I suspect the opening will be announced at D23, but I don't think it will open at either park until toward the end of the year.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

The Cantina serves Bloody Marys; I’m excited. https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...galaxys-edge/?CMP=SOC-DPFY19Q3wo050920190004G

 

[SomeGuyInOz]

That's great news. When I called on Sunday they took my details and the name of my mate, said they would see what they could do and would call me back. I still haven't had a call nor an email. Hopefully I'll hear something soon, otherwise I'm going solo, I guess.

Just got my email with my amended reservation They added my +1 I hope all these additional +1s don't increase the crowd numbers too much...

 

[Sandeep1]

Just got my email with my amended reservation They added my +1 I hope all these additional +1s don't increase the crowd numbers too much...

I don't think it will have a huge impact.