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

[CodeGoddess]

Question for those who purchased BB8 on day 1...are you still playing with it? Do your kids still play with it? Is it worthwhile?

I have a "pre-order" with ThinkGeek placed 9/4 to he one for DS for Christmas. Just curious what people are thinking who have had them a couple of weeks...fun or an expensive paperweight?

We played with it the first couple nights but I purchased it for the purpose of community outreach so have not done much. I coach robotics teams for kids and we use different robots to attract new students during outreach events. It will get a lot of use there but not sure about at home...

 

[LoKiHB]

So, as I have been obsessing over this cancelation rumor, I have been scouring "The Googles" trying to find more evidence of it. Still seeing only the one article on WDWNT and any other article is just a reference back to that one. I for one feel that if a rumor about an even this huge being canceled, that it would have spread like wildfire by now.

That's my two cents anyway...

 

[HCinKC]

Question for those who purchased BB8 on day 1...are you still playing with it? Do your kids still play with it? Is it worthwhile?

I have a "pre-order" with ThinkGeek placed 9/4 to he one for DS for Christmas. Just curious what people are thinking who have had them a couple of weeks...fun or an expensive paperweight?

I got my 6yo the one from Target. It will be from Santa. It is a little bigger than the sphero one. I also like that is is remote controlled versus app controlled. And it is half the price, too. They had been out of stock online and in store, but I saw 8 or so at Target on Monday.

All that being said, I haven't used it yet. I don't have enough batteries around unless I canabalize other things. I suppose that is a downside. I don't think Sphero's requires additional batteries. Anyway, I plan on getting some batteries in the next day or two and testing it out. I have read/watched several reviews online, and I am excited to try him out. Santa's elves pre-test all the toys, right?

 

[mesaboy2]

I got my 6yo the one from Target. It will be from Santa. It is a little bigger than the sphero one. I also like that is is remote controlled versus app controlled. And it is half the price, too. They had been out of stock online and in store, but I saw 8 or so at Target on Monday.

All that being said, I haven't used it yet. I don't have enough batteries around unless I canabalize other things. I suppose that is a downside. I don't think Sphero's requires additional batteries. Anyway, I plan on getting some batteries in the next day or two and testing it out. I have read/watched several reviews online, and I am excited to try him out. Santa's elves pre-test all the toys, right?

The Sphero's rechargeable battery is in the sealed body and as far as I know cannot be replaced. I will be curious to see how long it lasts, that's certainly an unanswered question at this point.

I have played with the Sphero just a few times since I got it, but my time is split between that and Infinity 3.0 these days. (It's a tough life. ) My iPhone 5 battery dies quickly when using it, that's been a bit of a bummer.

 

[Skywise]

Question for those who purchased BB8 on day 1...are you still playing with it? Do your kids still play with it? Is it worthwhile?

I have a "pre-order" with ThinkGeek placed 9/4 to he one for DS for Christmas. Just curious what people are thinking who have had them a couple of weeks...fun or an expensive paperweight?

Not really. For all intents and purposes it's a remote control ball. A very clever remote control ball with a cool magnetic head but it's still... a ball.

You can say that about a lot of toys though. (But maybe not so expensive ones. )

 

[jennab113]

I'm still playing with my BB-8, but mostly because I like my dog's reaction to it. I'm also trying to get better at driving it. I have read that you can use the regular Sphero app with it as well to do basic programming with it which interests me too. I haven't heard anything about the original Sphero having battery issues, so I don't foresee that being a problem.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

I'm hoping that the Sphero BB8 will have some sort of Black Friday special associated with it. I can't justify buying a cool rolling ball for $149.99 but if it's under $100, I might pull the trigger.

 

[AThrillingChase]

I play with my sphero BB-8, but I would play a lot more if I did not live in an old apartment building with hardwood floors that do not muffle squat. If only my upstairs neighbor's toddler that they let run back and forth and jump up and down above my bedroom at 1am was so considerate. I can't wait to move. Only 6 more months BB-8...

 

[yulilin3]

thanks to @mmafan This came in his mail thru Disney Destinations, let the uncertainty continue

 

[mmafan]

thanks to @mmafan This came in his mail thru Disney Destinations, let the uncertainty continue

there was no PIN code with it but it was for the month of may.......

 

[yulilin3]

there's an announcement. I'm just going to leave it here and tomorrow I'll update the first posts accordingly http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...november-16-to-disneyland-park-in-california/
so if we have the same offerings as DL we get meet and greet with Vader and Chewie and the new JTA show will be named Jedi Training:Trials of the Temple with Rebels and possible the Inquisitor as the villain

 

[mmafan]

there's an announcement. I'm just going to leave it here and tomorrow I'll update the first posts accordingly http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...november-16-to-disneyland-park-in-california/
so if we have the same offerings as DL we get meet and greet with Vader and Chewie and the new JTA show will be named Jedi Training:Trials of the Temple with Rebels and possible the Inquisitor as the villain

ill be in HS in the beginning of December so.......hopefully some of this stuff in HS is ready for than.....

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

there's an announcement. I'm just going to leave it here and tomorrow I'll update the first posts accordingly http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...november-16-to-disneyland-park-in-california/
so if we have the same offerings as DL we get meet and greet with Vader and Chewie and the new JTA show will be named Jedi Training:Trials of the Temple with Rebels and possible the Inquisitor as the villain

Saw this on Twitter and FB... Would it KILL them to just announce EVERYTHING SW-related in all parks at once?? :-/

 

[yulilin3]

ill be in HS in the beginning of December so.......hopefully some of this stuff in HS is ready for than.....

the new Jedi Training should open the first week of December, Launch Bay I'm not sure

 

[drlaurafsu]

there's an announcement. I'm just going to leave it here and tomorrow I'll update the first posts accordingly http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...november-16-to-disneyland-park-in-california/
so if we have the same offerings as DL we get meet and greet with Vader and Chewie and the new JTA show will be named Jedi Training:Trials of the Temple with Rebels and possible the Inquisitor as the villain

Super excited to check this out when we visit Disneyland in Jan for the SW races. Next trip to WDW for DS will be in May though. He might miss SoF there so glad he will get to hit the DL version.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Super excited to check this out when we visit Disneyland in Jan for the SW races. Next trip to WDW for DS will be in May though. He might miss SoF there so glad he will get to hit the DL version.

Same here!!

 

[pangyal]

So, apologies if I missed the details somewhere, but can anybody shed some light on the Vader/Chewie Meet and Greet- are they really planning only to let certain credit card holders' kids meet these characters? Do I have this right?

 

[yulilin3]

So, apologies if I missed the details somewhere, but can anybody shed some light on the Vader/Chewie Meet and Greet- are they really planning only to let certain credit card holders' kids meet these characters? Do I have this right?

We don't have details for DHS yet but I think that it'll be regular meet and with both while they will have a special time/area for Vader with the Disney chase costumers

 

[mesaboy2]

We don't have details for DHS yet but I think that it'll be regular meet and with both while they will have a special time/area for Vader with the Disney chase costumers

Agreed.

 

[pangyal]

Phew! That sounds much more reasonable. Thank you both !