**Official** Star Wars at DHS, Galactic Spectacular Dessert Party/Galactic Nights/Launch Bay/JT

[jtowntoflorida]

I'm on my phone, so sorry for not quoting the posts i'm responding to.

We took our 5 year old to Uni twice this year. He really enjoys it even though he can't do all the rides. He does spend A LOT of time in Suess Landing when we're not doing Harry Potter stuff, but also really enjoys the Jurassic Park areas, especially the play area. I wish we wouldn't have bought into the "Universal isn't for little kids" myth for so long. We have a ton of fun at Universal and have come to enjoy our vacations there more than Disney because you can have an enoyable vacation without all the extreme planning than is now required at Disney if you want to do headliners multiple times and eat at table service restaurants, which is how we vacation.

We had a rental car to get back and forth between Universal and Disney. I was shocked at how easy the drive is.

 

[soniam]

I'm on my phone, so sorry for not quoting the posts i'm responding to.

We took our 5 year old to Uni twice this year. He really enjoys it even though he can't do all the rides. He does spend A LOT of time in Suess Landing when we're not doing Harry Potter stuff, but also really enjoys the Jurassic Park areas, especially the play area. I wish we wouldn't have bought into the "Universal isn't for little kids" myth for so long. We have a ton of fun at Universal and have come to enjoy our vacations there more than Disney because you can have an enoyable vacation without all the extreme planning than is now required at Disney if you want to do headliners multiple times and eat at table service restaurants, which is how we vacation.

We had a rental car to get back and forth between Universal and Disney. I was shocked at how easy the drive is.

I agree about Uni being easy and relaxing. I prefer to do it at the end of our trips, so that I have a vacation after Disney

 

[yulilin3]

thanks to @lovethattink for reminding me I needed to pick up my mail
Got the Winter Mickey Monitor and the Disney Visa card newsletter
In the Visa newsletter there's a cool little Force Awakens mini poster
Mickey Monitor has no new information other than to say
"Fridays through Sundays during early 2016 you can enjoy a fireworks show set to the sights and sounds of Star Wars"
No mention anywhere to Seasons of the Force

 

[DisDadDVC]

thanks to @lovethattink for reminding me I needed to pick up my mail
Got the Winter Mickey Monitor and the Disney Visa card newsletter
In the Visa newsletter there's a cool little Force Awakens mini poster
Mickey Monitor has no new information other than to say
"Fridays through Sundays during early 2016 you can enjoy a fireworks show set to the sights and sounds of Star Wars"
No mention anywhere to Seasons of the Force

What are we expecting from SoF other than fireworks?

 

[yulilin3]

What are we expecting from SoF other than fireworks?

nothing really, it's just strange that they have seemed to drop the name. We'll see if we get an announcement on that.
My first thought was that they were moving SotF to the dates when SWW would've been, but that's me just hopefully wishing for something

 

[soniam]

nothing really, it's just strange that they have seemed to drop the name. We'll see if we get an announcement on that.
My first thought was that they were moving SotF to the dates when SWW would've been, but that's me just hopefully wishing for something

I wonder if they are going to apply the SOTF moniker to the stuff at Disneyland, since they are doing something special with Space Mountain and maybe some other different stuff. Whereas, at DHS, it was announced with new ST scenes, Launch Bay, & fireworks. ST and Launch Bay will not be seasonal.

 

[no one]

What are we expecting from SoF other than fireworks?

You didn't see the rest of the Disney blog post:
1. Jar Jar Binks will be available for meet and greet;
2. Hayden Christensen will be available for autographs
3. New video clips of the Han Solo scene being frozen in carbonite with the Frozen soundtrack "let it go";

and finally Disney can now confirm
4. Han Solo shot first.

That should make all the star wars fans happy

 

[PSULion]

from WDWMagic.
http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions...ence-to-soft-open-at-star-tours-next-week.htm

So does this mean that on our February trip, the only scenario playing will be from the Force Awakens? My family rides Star Tours over and over because my son likes to try and see all the different scenes. The same one over and over will get boring fast.

 

[soniam]

So does this mean that on our February trip, the only scenario playing will be from the Force Awakens? My family rides Star Tours over and over because my son likes to try and see all the different scenes. The same one over and over will get boring fast.

Since they show multiple scenes in one ride, you will probably get the new scene every ride, but the others will probably still be random. I can't remember how many different scenes/places are in one ride, 3-4 maybe.

 

[PSULion]

Since they show multiple scenes in one ride, you will probably get the new scene every ride, but the others will probably still be random. I can't remember how many different scenes/places are in one ride, 3-4 maybe.

Ah. That makes more sense. If you couldn't tell, I don't ride it. And the trip is a surprise so I couldn't ask my son.

 

[yulilin3]

So does this mean that on our February trip, the only scenario playing will be from the Force Awakens? My family rides Star Tours over and over because my son likes to try and see all the different scenes. The same one over and over will get boring fast.

Since they show multiple scenes in one ride, you will probably get the new scene every ride, but the others will probably still be random. I can't remember how many different scenes/places are in one ride, 3-4 maybe.

No word on how long the new scene will be a fixed scene. I'm going Monday and will let you guys know in what part the added the new scene.
It usually is:
Opening (Vader or Droid/Millenium Falcon)
First destination: (Kashyyk, Hoth or Tattooine)
Hologram (Leia, Yoda, Ackbar)
Ending (Naboo, Battle over Coruscant or Death Star above Geonosis)
I'm thinking they'll add it to the ending, but we will see

 

[justmeinflorida]

just checked the perks page and they updated it
https://disneyrewards.com/vacation-perks/
Star Wars™ Imperial Meet ‘N’ Greet6
Beginning December 1st, 2015, feel the power of the Force at the Star Wars™ Imperial Meet ‘N’ Greet, offered daily from 11am to 4pm at the Star Wars Launch Bay in the Animation Courtyard at Disney’s Hollywood Studios®.

Simply present your Disney Visa Credit Card to enter this exclusive location.

YOU ARE THE BEST!!! Does that wording mean this is not available to anyone without a Disney Visa card or just between 11am and 4pm?

thanks to @lovethattink for reminding me I needed to pick up my mail
Got the Winter Mickey Monitor and the Disney Visa card newsletter
In the Visa newsletter there's a cool little Force Awakens mini poster
Mickey Monitor has no new information other than to say
"Fridays through Sundays during early 2016 you can enjoy a fireworks show set to the sights and sounds of Star Wars"
No mention anywhere to Seasons of the Force

We got ours today also...the poster is pretty cool. Our son wants it but he can't have it

 

[Skywise]

Hopefully there's 3 scenes (a new opening, first destination and end) and you're just forced to see one of those while the others occur randomly too.

 

[yulilin3]

YOU ARE THE BEST!!! Does that wording mean this is not available to anyone without a Disney Visa card or just between 11am and 4pm?



We got ours today also...the poster is pretty cool. Our son wants it but he can't have it

that's a long period of time. I think he will use the Force to be in 2 rooms at once
I know the poster is going into my daughter's room for sure, she's got all the SWW ap posters and the celebrities signed headshots plastered on her wall...it's a bit of a mess

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Bold part totally not accurate... I could handle a SWW...

"More Star Wars Than You Can Handle: New TV Spot Awakens, Anna Kendrick Feels the Force, and Star Tours Footage Debuts"

http://blogs.disney.com/insider/201...atural|disney-insider|2015-11-11|insider|hero

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

thanks to @lovethattink for reminding me I needed to pick up my mail
Got the Winter Mickey Monitor and the Disney Visa card newsletter
In the Visa newsletter there's a cool little Force Awakens mini poster
Mickey Monitor has no new information other than to say
"Fridays through Sundays during early 2016 you can enjoy a fireworks show set to the sights and sounds of Star Wars"
No mention anywhere to Seasons of the Force

I hope I get the visa newsletter - seems like it and the Mickey Monitor are a little hit or miss for us!

 

[Gianfootography]

Those new theatre seats a very nice and actually comfortable. We went to see We Love Disney a few days ago there.

About time! those seats have been uncomfortable since the Monster Sound Show. But I would take those horrible seats again to see Monster Sound Show once more.

 

[Gianfootography]

Evening too.

I got one for the morning, I usually work Monday nights.

 

[Gianfootography]

thanks to @lovethattink for reminding me I needed to pick up my mail
Got the Winter Mickey Monitor and the Disney Visa card newsletter
In the Visa newsletter there's a cool little Force Awakens mini poster
Mickey Monitor has no new information other than to say
"Fridays through Sundays during early 2016 you can enjoy a fireworks show set to the sights and sounds of Star Wars"
No mention anywhere to Seasons of the Force

Makes me wish I had good credit so I could get a credit card.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

So in one of the Star Tours opening scenes during my last trip I saw Han Solo get into a firefight with some stormtroopers and then blast away on the Falcon. Has this always happened and I've just been too short to see it? (I was sitting in the front row for that ride).