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

[soniam]

Yah! I got one batch of cantaloupe/mint jam done. I have been canning jam for Xmas the last few years. In order to get fruit in season, I have to do it all through the year. Since it's a holiday weekend, I decided I would do a couple. Pear with red wine or port, haven't decided which yet, is tomorrow.

And for viewing pleasure, @OhioStateBuckeye and I had a small DIS meet, since we both live in the same city and apparently have at least two things in common: Disney and Star Wars.




Starting from left to right, me (Sonia), Brian (Rachel's boyfriend), Alex (my son), Paul (my husband), and Rachel (@OhioStateBuckeye). I guess DS is taking after me by generally looking weird in photos. I am a little surprised they didn't ban us from the restaurant, because we may have exceeded the Disney/Star Wars t-shirt limit I am also unsure as to how we got all jumbled together. Usually people clump to their family in photos Anyway, we had a great time, and it was nice to meet a fellow Disney/Star Wars fan in person. Looking forward to hopefully meeting more of you at WDW.

EDIT: Wow! That photo came out big. Sorry about that.

 

[soniam]

Super excited to report back that photo pass reloaded my images and I was able to download all of them! They sent me an email earlier today.

Yah!

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Yah! I got one batch of cantaloupe/mint jam done. I have been canning jam for Xmas the last few years. In order to get fruit in season, I have to do it all through the year. Since it's a holiday weekend, I decided I would do a couple. Pear with red wine or port, haven't decided which yet, is tomorrow.

And for viewing pleasure, @OhioStateBuckeye and I had a small DIS meet, since we both live in the same city and apparently have at least two things in common: Disney and Star Wars.

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Starting from left to right, me (Sonia), Brian (Rachel's boyfriend), Alex (my son), Paul (my husband), and Rachel (@OhioStateBuckeye). I guess DS is taking after me by generally looking weird in photos. I am a little surprised they didn't ban us from the restaurant, because we may have exceeded the Disney/Star Wars t-shirt limit I am also unsure as to how we got all jumbled together. Usually people clump to their family in photos Anyway, we had a great time, and it was nice to meet a fellow Disney/Star Wars fan in person. Looking forward to hopefully meeting more of you at WDW.

EDIT: Wow! That photo came out big. Sorry about that.

Those are some good looking geeky tshirts.

I was once in a bowling league with some friends, we called ourselves the geeky tshirts and all 4 of us wore a different geeky tshirt every week and we never repeated.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Ugh. The more I think about BB-8 the more I want him. He is just so small...though I know size matters not, and I don't dare judge by size.

But he is so expensive....argh....but so cute....

He is probably sold out everywhere, right? That makes my decision for me.

 

[soniam]

Ugh. The more I think about BB-8 the more I want him. He is just so small...though I know size matters not, and I don't dare judge by size.

But he is so expensive....argh....but so cute....

He is probably sold out everywhere, right? That makes my decision for me.

Wait until after your vacation and closer to Xmas/Force Awakens and then see how you feel. I suspect we will have an extra or two for a while

 

[soniam]

I broke down and bought the SW Lego AT AT. We thought about the sandcrawler. It looks really cool, but it's a little big and expensive. DS already has a ton of Lego stuff, including the large R2D2. I also got some minifigures, including more Simpsons, and Darth Maul keychain for myself. Since DS birthday is in February, I tend to buy xmas and birthday at the same time and then decide later which is which. Things are usually sold out still in February. I will have to order the Xmas toy shop when it comes out in October. I started collecting the Xmas kits. We start putting them together as a family on Thanksgiving. They are also going to release a Wall-E. It's looking like droids falling from the sky in our house for the next year

 

[hiroMYhero]

Ugh. The more I think about BB-8 the more I want him. He is just so small...though I know size matters not, and I don't dare judge by size.

But he is so expensive....argh....but so cute....

He is probably sold out everywhere, right? That makes my decision for me.

I haven't even checked to see if he is sold out everywhere... BB-8 was in my Amazon cart on Thursday night at 9:01, but as soon as a fellow DISer confirmed he also had BB-8 in his cart, I released mine back to the droid world.

Kinda regret it because he is so cute and the tech is intriguing, but I've watched the BB-8 and Corgi video and I know with our two Shiba Inus (hunters, by nature), BB-8 would be decapitated within a matter of seconds. That's what makes me feel better about my "catch and release!"

Hope everything works out if you decide to get him later!

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I haven't even checked to see if he is sold out everywhere... BB-8 was in my Amazon cart on Thursday night at 9:01, but as soon as a fellow DISer confirmed he also had BB-8 in his cart, I released mine back to the droid world.

Kinda regret it because he is so cute and the tech is intriguing, but I've watched the BB-8 and Corgi video and I know with our two Shiba Inus (hunters, by nature), BB-8 would be decapitated within a matter of seconds. That's what makes me feel better about my "catch and release!"

Hope everything works out if you decide to get him later!

I love shiba inus!! Was thinking of getting one before we found our husky at the shelter.

You guys....I finally went to Target and look at this!



It is a BB8 bicycle helmet!! But how sweet would that be as part of a costume?!?!

I love it.

I got a starry backfield may the force be with you shirt.

I am also now in love with the lego xwing, @soniam, did you guys look at that one? Going to look for it on amazon.

 

[soniam]

I love shiba inus!! Was thinking of getting one before we found our husky at the shelter.

You guys....I finally went to Target and look at this!



It is a BB8 bicycle helmet!! But how sweet would that be as part of a costume?!?!

I love it.

I got a starry backfield may the force be with you shirt.

I am also now in love with the lego xwing, @soniam, did you guys look at that one? Going to look for it on amazon.

I saw that helmet. It's pretty cute. I'm not crafty enough to come up with a costume around it though. It could be good for disbounding, but I bet it's a kid's size, right? I also saw an R2D2 one on some site.

You mean Poe's X-Wing? They have it in stock on the Lego website. If you get a lot of Lego, you might consider the VIP. You get some points that equal a small amount of money. It's nice, since Lego is rarely discounted. I thought about the X-Wing, but Alex has specifically mentioned liking the AT ATs. He doesn't really know the Force Awakens stuff yet. He might want more after he sees the movie though.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

So we ended up going to Toys R Us today (for reasons completely unrelated to this weekend's events) and my son ended up standing in front of the little TV whether they were playing video of various weapons, ships, etc. I showed him a doll of the Inquisitor and told him that this is who we think they might replace Darth Vader with in JTA, and he said, "Cool! So I get to fight someone with a double lightsaber?" LOL. So all of that worry for nothing, I guess.

Now the kids just need to accept that we're taking a break from Disney for awhile after our October trip.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I broke down and bought the SW Lego AT AT. We thought about the sandcrawler. It looks really cool, but it's a little big and expensive. DS already has a ton of Lego stuff, including the large R2D2. I also got some minifigures, including more Simpsons, and Darth Maul keychain for myself. Since DS birthday is in February, I tend to buy xmas and birthday at the same time and then decide later which is which. Things are usually sold out still in February. I will have to order the Xmas toy shop when it comes out in October. I started collecting the Xmas kits. We start putting them together as a family on Thanksgiving. They are also going to release a Wall-E. It's looking like droids falling from the sky in our house for the next year

DS10 has the AT-AT and loves it! I'm in the same boat... His bday is in Feb so I buy a bunch of stuff heading into Christmas and split up the loot.

 

[yulilin3]

@OhioStateBuckeye BB8 is still available at Watto's Grotto at DHS.
@jtowntoflorida that's funny this is my theory and I could be completely wrong
JTA: will still have Vader as the main bad guy but the padawan helpers will be Ezra and Sabine
Seeking:
Male or Female Actors- Actors with strong delivery and timing and ability to interact and connect with guests. Athletic build, good physical shape, moves well, sword work a plus.
If they were battling the Inquisitor as the main guy a casting call would've gone out for him, he's not a mask character so they would have to find someone with the right look, unless they already have a couple of him. These are just my thoughts

 

[Kelleydm]

I hope they find a way to work the current cast members into the show. I loved the Jedi Master last year he was so patient with all the kids especially my nephew. He has sensory processing disorder and was scared to death to be up on that stage. The cast members put him at ease very quickly and were just fantastic. Of course the opportunity to fight Vader helped I'm sure!

 

[TigerTown]

So I'm gone for a few days and now I've got ten pages to catch up with!

On the bright side, my #forcefriday was a total success. I got all of the 3 3/4 inch figures, the Aftermath book, a bookcase for all of my Disney and Star Wars books, and my own Shpero BB-8. Now I need to sit back a while and build my build my savings back up

 

[Meeko5]

Anyone know if I can get my 10% disney visa discount on the bb8 at watto's grotto? My son wants him so bad (me too!) And I was planning to get it for Christmas anyway.

Maybe I should have just bought it on force Friday? Now I'm afraid it'll be sold out everywhere. Me and my stupid deal searching lol.

 

[mesaboy2]

@OhioStateBuckeye BB8 is still available at Watto's Grotto at DHS.

I asked there yesterday, the Sphero was out of stock early afternoon. Did they got more afterwards? Tons of the spinning top version though.

 

[yulilin3]

Anyone know if I can get my 10% disney visa discount on the bb8 at watto's grotto? My son wants him so bad (me too!) And I was planning to get it for Christmas anyway.

Maybe I should have just bought it on force Friday? Now I'm afraid it'll be sold out everywhere. Me and my stupid deal searching lol.

Yes you can get the discount for him but it looks like he sold out

I asked there yesterday, the Sphero was out of stock early afternoon. Did they got more afterwards? Tons of the spinning top version though.

I had a friend there early yesterday morning and saw him so I'm not sure

 

[mmafan]

Where are the shoes from? Those are great!


IMO, Kohls is always overpriced on everything. I only go there if I get one of those free $10 gift cards in the mail. I got a tank top, $12.99, and long sleeve shirt, $19.99, at Target. Both Target and Wlamart have a range of prices, most of which I felt were reasonable. Even TRU and the Disney Store weren't marked up like that.


Ods and I did the Walmart and Target events this morning. Walmart had Droid Tales posters, a BB8 coloring sheet, those Topps discs, and a cupcake! They also did a drawing for. Big R2 Mylar balloon, but we didn't win. Target only had a couple of toys out for demo. I was hoping to see the blade builders in action, but they only had a single saber open. They were giving the kids plastic lunch boxes. Generally, the action figures are pretty picked over. I also didn't have luck with kids clothing. Otherwise, it seems like the suppliers/stores did pretty well with stock. I am certainly not worried about anything running out which will be good as the holidays approach.

shoes are from target...............

 

[HCinKC]

I love shiba inus!! Was thinking of getting one before we found our husky at the shelter.

You guys....I finally went to Target and look at this!



It is a BB8 bicycle helmet!! But how sweet would that be as part of a costume?!?!

I love it.

I got a starry backfield may the force be with you shirt.

I am also now in love with the lego xwing, @soniam, did you guys look at that one? Going to look for it on amazon.

We saw that the other day. I have decided to make the baby a BB8 costume for Halloween. If this would fit his head, I would totally get it. ODS could have it after. It is way too big though. I still might get it since Ods's current helmet is getting small. I'll probably wait for Spring though.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Even the Times Square M&M store is in on the action...