D23 EXPO 2019 Superthread - dates announced!

[Michele King]

The lightsaber is at the top of my son's list. I'm sure that if only one thing goes home with us, it will be that.

 

[midnight star]

Saw a video of one of the droids on Facebook. It's cute..not sure if it's $100 cute though

 

[theluckyrabbit]

I mean, I’ve reported here that I’ve gotten this same info from five different phone CMs...

Yes, you've been our voice of reason crying in the wilderness (thank you!), but isn't it nice finally to have independent confirmation that you're not alone or making this up?

 

[Castillo Mom]

The lightsaber is at the top of my son's list. I'm sure that if only one thing goes home with us, it will be that.

Thank goodness my three sons are all working adults now. All are getting a droid, light saber and who knows what else on opening day.

 

[ej119]

On the subject of snacks: I would highly recommend bringing food with you from wherever you're coming from. The night before the 2017 Expo, I went to the CVS at the corner of Katella and Harbor and spent $10 on 6 bananas! It's not just Disney that knows they can charge more...

 

[leholcomb]

Hi! Me again. So there will be two of us attending. On Friday, can one of us line up for Legends and another for main entry (Store/Stagepass) then meet back up at Legends or is this frowned upon? I cannot remember all of the etiquette from last time. Thanks!

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Yes, you've been our voice of reason crying in the wilderness (thank you!), but isn't it nice to finally have independent confirmation that you're not alone or making this up?

Haha, I am quite unreliable.

 

[wench]

Not sure if this has been pointed out but Disneyland's website has been updated with pricing for the lightsabers and droids.

$199.99 per lightsaber, comes with a carrying case- no discounts.

$99 per droid and they have to be carried through the land and will have Bluetooth capabilities.

Well, better up that souvenir budget..

So, the lightsabers are more than I expected, but the base price of the droids are less. I guess it kinda evens out. Except I’m gonna need to upgrade my droid some. Good thing I’ll have my first born with me in case I need to sell him for some credits.

But, seriously, I’m not worried about buying my son a lightsaber. Actually he has enough money to get his own this trip anyway. It’s the future lightsabers that worry me. No matter how many times/trips I told him no more building lightsabers at Star Traders, we always ended up coming home with a new one.....every.....single.....time. And these ones are so much cooler. Sigh!

 

[Lesley Wake]

My son just came in with his list. He has $400 saved up and plans to blow it all .

Ultimately, its his money, but I wish he would hold some of it back. I'm trying to talk him into buying just one thing on the first trip. Then if he really wants more, he can get it later in the summer.

Don’t forget, tax isn’t included in those prices!

So base prices (no add-ons):
Lightsaber $215
Droid $107

I’m already a bit nervous about how much it’s going to cost me, but I have serious FOMO. Also, I’m a bit worried that if I was to wait later in the summer, they may end up changing the whole experience to make it faster. Like by the time I visited Pandora, they no longer did a whole adoption thing with the banshees-just had you pick a color, hand you a box, and go. I know these will be signature parts of the land, but I still don’t really trust Disney operations!

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

So, the lightsabers are more than I expected, but the base price of the droids are less. I guess it kinda evens out. Except I’m gonna need to upgrade my droid some. Good thing I’ll have my first born with me in case I need to sell him for some credits.

But, seriously, I’m not worried about buying my son a lightsaber. Actually he has enough money to get his own this trip anyway. It’s the future lightsabers that worry me. No matter how many times/trips I told him no more building lightsabers at Star Traders, we always ended up coming home with a new one.....every.....single.....time. And these ones are so much cooler. Sigh!

And you have Kyber Crystals! And Holocroms which translate what your crystals are saying! And better, more detailed holders! Not to mention the multiple options on just building one lightsaber.. All available at Dok-Onder's for the low low price of...your firstborn. LOL

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

Thank goodness my three sons are all working adults now. All are getting a droid, light saber and who knows what else on opening day.

Jedi robes?
A Porg?

DD#2 will be working in Savi's opening day. She's been practicing all the time; she did her part for a couple of groups of DL/Disney bigwigs over the last week, including the President and VP of DL. She said she met them both, stayed in character, completed her work with them, and didn't cry...so that's a win in her book!

 

[FrozenCrown]

You’d want to have some idea of what times you’d want for your store pass, as when you get one it is for a specific entry time ie 10:00 or 1:30. Some times and some stores go faster. Sometimes the line for the store passes was long & other times not too bad. You could probably ask someone to hold your spot, ie most of us do that for bathroom breaks, but you not sure how that might work if the store pass line was on the long side and the panel line started moving, compressing, etc.

Can you pick your store pass times or are they selected for you? I guess I'll have to check the line status at 9 and then run back to the panel line if I see its too crowded. Is the first panel at 10 or 1030am? I assume theyll start filling it in 30 minutes prior or do they start earlier than that?If its 1030 I think I can get a pass and make it back in time for the panel.

 

[Mathmagicland]

Can you pick your store pass times or are they selected for you? I guess I'll have to check the line status at 9 and then run back to the panel line if I see its too crowded. Is the first panel at 10 or 1030am? I assume theyll start filling it in 30 minutes prior or do they start earlier than that?If its 1030 I think I can get a pass and make it back in time for the panel.

Last Expo, each of the three stores had specific pass time options, I can’t recall the increments for sure for 2017 but every 30 minutes was what they offered for 2015. You can pick your pass time from what is available. The line for store passes can be busier first thing - on Friday last Expo I did not plan to get one but when I wandered by around 10 & saw passes were still available I was able to get one with less than 5 min wait. The next day I went shortly after opening and had to wait maybe 15 or 20 minutes. Hard to say which times go first- some want the earliest times while others pick a time around other panels they want to see.

The first panels last year were at 10:00 in some rooms and 10:30 for other rooms. The larger venues will open at least 30 min ahead to allow time for people to get seated. I didn’t queue up for Hall D23 where the major panels are, ie Legends, Animation, etc, so don’t know how early those opened but given the size and number of people to seat I’d guess earlier than 30 min in advance.

 

[DisMomMT]

The part where it says only one person will be allowed in with the guest making the lightsaber (and I believe same for the droid) and 1 of them must be over 14 worries me. I am traveling with my DS(11) and DD(8) and was going to consider letting them do at least 1 of these experiences but I’m not going to leave my DD by herself. Our reservations are for 6/1 so if anyone there 5/31 can post some insight on this I will really appreciate it.

 

[kristenabelle]

Thanks I'll definitely do layers then and I guess I will rethink my cosplay since the only none "busy" day will be Sunday and I don't plan on hanging out for that long

If you have your heart set on Anna, go for it - wouldn't want you to miss out on cosplay fun! Just sharing my own experience

 

[agamble]

The part where it says only one person will be allowed in with the guest making the lightsaber (and I believe same for the droid) and 1 of them must be over 14 worries me. I am traveling with my DS(11) and DD(8) and was going to consider letting them do at least 1 of these experiences but I’m not going to leave my DD by herself. Our reservations are for 6/1 so if anyone there 5/31 can post some insight on this I will really appreciate it.

This is about crowds. It isn't about separating families. I think they'll consider this on a case by case basis. I don't see a CM saying you must leave an 8 year old alone in a crowded park.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

This is about crowds. It isn't about separating families. I think they'll consider this on a case by case basis. I don't see a CM saying you must leave an 8 year old alone in a crowded park.

DD says they will most likely make an exception if it's 2 kids and 1 adult. They aren't heartless; they know you'll spend more money on two kids, and if you lose one kid, that's money out of their pocket..........

 

[RedM94]

Looks like it might be difficult to purchase opening day dated merchandise, if you have a May 31 8 am SWGE. Am I reading this correctly?

If you’re looking for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Opening Day dated merchandise, including AP items, Disneyland park is your destination, only while supplies last. For the best selection, visit the Emporium, the upper level of Star Wars Launch Bay, Star Trader, or Pooh Corner.

 

[DisMomMT]

DD says they will most likely make an exception if it's 2 kids and 1 adult. They aren't heartless; they know you'll spend more money on two kids, and if you lose one, that's money out of their pocket..........

Thank you, I didn’t think they were heartless . I just wasn’t sure the reason behind the rule and sometimes these rules are put in place for reasons that really don’t allow for exceptions. I really appreciate you asking your DD and will not cross it off the list to try.

 

[midnight star]

Looks like it might be difficult to purchase opening day dated merchandise, if you have a May 31 8 am SWGE. Am I reading this correctly?

If you’re looking for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Opening Day dated merchandise, including AP items, Disneyland park is your destination, only while supplies last. For the best selection, visit the Emporium, the upper level of Star Wars Launch Bay, Star Trader, or Pooh Corner.

Yes that is correct. That is why a few posts upthread people were annoyed.

1. No matter what, people are going to show up opening day, reservation or not. Disney knows this. So I'm assuming this is why parking is opening at 12am and line up for merch is 2 am. If people are going to add to crowds, you might as well entice them to come to the opposite end of where SWGE is located and make money off of them. Although this is sort of encouraging people to come now.
2. It sounds like there will be no merchandise at all in SWGE. Maybe it's to help those who have reservations leave on a timely manner? Yes, the reservation is only 4 hours, but you know people are going to stay as long as possible. If people have in the back of their minds that the only place to get merchandise for SWGE, they may want to head out to go get it.

This is going to be an interesting day. New land opening, big merchandise release, and a grad nite all in one lol