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

[ffugitive]

If the fireworks are cancelled because of rain, do they refund your money?

 

[yulilin3]

If the fireworks are cancelled because of rain, do they refund your money?

No. Only way to get refunded is to cancel a day before

 

[soniam]

Congratulations to everyone who is getting the party and has been able to swap their days successfully. I have been trying to get an appointment for Global Entry/TSA Precheck. It feels just like trying to get late ADRs and FP+. I have been reloading the page constantly. I finally got one for June 1 in Austin, which is better than the July 20 in Orlando But we are flying Memorial Day weekend. I am so excited, because tonight, after reloading all day with no luck, I got an appointment for Tuesday morning At least Disney has prepared me for other very frustrating, potentially dehumanizing things
I hope everyone's schedules work out. Good luck

 

[soniam]

Has anyone looked at Soarin FP+ lately? Are they available yet? I can only look 30 days out right now. It's not even listed on June 16, but on June 17, the last day I can see, it's listed, and it says that there are none available. I know it's unrelated to SW, but if they have just shown up for availability, I would prefer our gang know about it before the unwashed masses Thanks

 

[chicagodisfan]

We just got back from our trip for my DS's 10th birthday and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone in this thread for all the great information and tips! We had a wonderful trip and our two HS days were full of Star Wars fun! We loved meeting Chewbacca! My 2 year-old DD has a Chewbacca plush that makes Wookie sounds when you squeeze it and we brought it with us. We had the funniest meet and greet with him while he held the plush trying to figure it out and then jumped when he squeezed it and it make a noise. They he made Wookie noises back at it. Hilarious! I thought Kylo Ren was great. He seemed to be careful not to be too scary since my kids are 10 and younger. (My oldest told me later that he was pretty intimidated by him but he hid it well). My 10 year old DS was wearing his Kylo Ren shirt and he told him, "You have potential" which was really fun. We had a lot of fun trading with the Jawas and traded a bunch of sparkly costume rings and fake coins for a metal slinky, which seemed like a great trade to us! They liked our Obi Wan keychain too and gave us a pen in exchange for that. Both boys were asked to hold light sabers to guard Launch Bay during Captain Phasma's March. I think it was just for effect, but they thought it was awesome and the CM's were so nice and gave them a certificate with their names written in a Star Wars language.

We did Jedi Training both days and all the tips here about the lines helped a bunch since one of my DS wanted to fight Vader and the other wanted to fight Seventh Sister. It was just as everyone said, the line closer to the lake fought Vader and the inside line fought Seventh Sister. I wanted to let everyone know that on the next day, Friday, May 13, they did the line-up procedure differently. They lined the kids up in the covered area where sign-ups are and there were rope chains between the kids and parents. This was DS's actual birthday and he really wanted to fight Vader again so DH and I had a mild panic attack trying to figure out if he was in the right line. They were not taking requests of any kind and did not even hint if we were in the right line. It so happened that they walked out pretty much the same way, to the right, so the line closest to the chains (where the parents were standing) fought Vader and the inside line closest to the wall fought Seventh Sister. Thankfully, we guessed right. I'm not sure if they'll keep that same line up or not. They said it was because of the sun, so I'm guessing they might. As far as timing, DH and the boys got there our first day at 8:15 am for a 9:00 am open, were let in at 8:35 and we're signed up by 9:00 am for the 10:40 a.m. show (earliest possible). The next day we were moving a little slower and all got there at 8:40 a.m., and line for sign-up was already crazy long. They got into the 11:40 a.m. show but waited about 40 minutes to sign-up.

We loved the stage show, it could have been more, but it was really cool to see all the characters as we never were there for SWW. It is hot waiting out there, so be prepared for that. Stormtroopers patrolling were hilarious and we enjoyed following them around and watching them give people a hard time.

We loved the Star Wars dessert party and are so glad we did it! We got a great centrally located table thanks to yulilin3's great review. We stopped by after our dinner ADR at 7:45 pm for an 8:45 pm open just to make sure we knew where it was and there were already 3 groups in line. One of our party waited and I would say that by 8:15/8:20, the line was probably 50 deep. They checked us in when we first stopped by at 7:45 pm, gave us our wristbands and told us that they would start letting people in at 8:30 pm, which they did.

We found the desserts, savory items and drinks to all be very good. They ran out of a few things, the Blue Milk Panna Cotta was one so grab that early if you want to try it (I thought it was great). The bread pudding with all the toppings was excellent! We enjoyed the drinks and we're excited to find out that the coffee with Bailey's was iced as it was 90 degrees that day. The caterers had a lighter and were great about coming over to light a candle that we had brought so we could sing to DS for his birthday. It felt pretty crowded at the party but I'm not sure if it was sold out. The dessert line moved quickly and the two drink lines were a consistent 4-5 deep throughout the party. It was an evening EMH and it didn't feel horribly crowded in the park after the fireworks. We went on Tower of Terror afterwards with maybe a 20 minute wait and GMR after that with a 10 minute wait.

And here's one other great story that fellow Disney and Star Wars fans will appreciate! The day before DS's birthday, I stopped and told the check-in greeter at the Beach Club that it was his birthday the next day and asked if they still sent a card and balloons to the room or anything like that. She said they did send cards but not balloons, but Mickey might be able to send "a little something extra" and took his name and our room number. That night after park closing we came back to find a personalized birthday card with DS name and a picture of Mickey all written in Mickey script and a pair of BB-8 Mickey ears! It was a PERFECT gift and completely unexpected! He was over the moon and wore them the rest of the trip! Pure Disney Magic!

So, thank you all again for all the tips, advice and stories these last 10 months! I've read every page of this thread and had such a great time planning and following along with all of you!

 

[smiths02]

Has anyone looked at Soarin FP+ lately? Are they available yet? I can only look 30 days out right now. It's not even listed on June 16, but on June 17, the last day I can see, it's listed, and it says that there are none available. I know it's unrelated to SW, but if they have just shown up for availability, I would prefer our gang know about it before the unwashed masses Thanks

I booked ours for June 19 when it first opened for booking (like 2 days after our 60 days, April 21. to be exact). The new Soarin' opens June 17. It won't open with the new film before that to give Shanghai the first opening. However, there was a rumor that old Soarn' might come back before then.

 

[smiths02]

Has anyone looked at Soarin FP+ lately? Are they available yet? I can only look 30 days out right now. It's not even listed on June 16, but on June 17, the last day I can see, it's listed, and it says that there are none available. I know it's unrelated to SW, but if they have just shown up for availability, I would prefer our gang know about it before the unwashed masses Thanks

http://disboards.com/threads/epcot-fp-watch-thread-soarin-frozen-ride.3502853/
This is the thread about that

 

[Mikeb1892]

Both boys were asked to hold light sabers to guard Launch Bay during Captain Phasma's March. I think it was just for effect, but they thought it was awesome and the CM's were so nice and gave them a certificate with their names written in a Star Wars language.

This sounds so cool. I want to do this!

Glad you had a great trip and everything worked out well.

 

[leiaorgana]

Just got a reservation for the dessert party on the 24th June. Got a confirmation number and everything. Thanks to @yulilin3 for keeping this thread up to date. Its really helped to plan our DHS days this year so I appreciate it. Good luck to everyone trying for parties!

 

[scottishgirl1]

Thanks for posting, just booked 19th June also!

 

[smiths02]

Just booked my oldest son and I for June 17th. I was charged one adult and child. I'm concerned because my son's 10th birthday is right before our vacation (I have the correct birthday in MDE, he is 9 now). Will there be a problem when we get there because technically it will be two adults?

 

[Tiggerette]

My reunion group is considering the dessert party. I was very surprised, because I thought it might be too costly for most of our families with children. I should just stick to being a plastic space-person! hehehe.
I've let them know the blast doors are open! Right now I'm a mixture of and, but mostly.

Thanks y'all!

 

[mgreene2]

I still can't get June 5th to come up....

Edit: I had to refresh and refresh but I finally got it to come up

 

[Tiggerette]

I still can't get June 5th to come up....

Keep trying. I had to refresh my browser entirely. I was also looking for June 5th and was able to secure it. It is running slower than yesterday morning.

(Can't wait till 7am EST when the ADR and Fastpass all hit for searches/bookings! Different servers? I hope so!)

May the Force be with your Booking!

 

[mgreene2]

Keep trying. I had to refresh my browser entirely. I was also looking for June 5th and was able to secure it. It is running slower than yesterday morning.

(Can't wait till 7am EST when the ADR and Fastpass all hit for searches/bookings! Different servers? I hope so!)

May the Force be with your Booking!

I finally got it to come up! You are correct....the system was very slow.

 

[oceanscape]

Booked for 06/19! Woohoo!

 

[kraeurb]

Booked for 6/22

 

[yulilin3]

Just booked my oldest son and I for June 17th. I was charged one adult and child. I'm concerned because my son's 10th birthday is right before our vacation (I have the correct birthday in MDE, he is 9 now). Will there be a problem when we get there because technically it will be two adults?

It won't be a problem

 

[yulilin3]

Has anyone looked at Soarin FP+ lately? Are they available yet? I can only look 30 days out right now. It's not even listed on June 16, but on June 17, the last day I can see, it's listed, and it says that there are none available. I know it's unrelated to SW, but if they have just shown up for availability, I would prefer our gang know about it before the unwashed masses Thanks

I'm on the one month ahead boat as well being an ap. Maybe it'll all be revealed on may 20th

 

[yulilin3]

@chicagodisfan I'm so happy you and your family had lots of fun, a great way to celebrate a birthday and you got a lot of pixie dust sprinkled in too