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

[yulilin3]

Same! I literally got the exact same sequence four times in a row. I told the guy at the front, and he told me that I was wrong. I just must not have realized something was different. I told him I was not wrong and what I had seen. I still don't think he believed me. I was really excited to finally see something different.


Ha, same! Even if it is just my oldest son and me. We didn't do any of the celebrity stuff, but we loved all of the rest.


This is interesting. It would essentially be shutting off half the park. Obviously, we'd all love to see them get a move on with SWL, but that is an awful lot going on! I tell ya what...you can't put anything off when you go to Disney. It might be closed, basically without notice, before you get back lol. Glad ODS made it back over to LMA after a long wait at the bus stop caused us to miss our original attempt at it. I am bummed we won't get to see OsLights. I always thought we'd have more time.

Osborne lights announcement is a good indication that at least they are giving the guests time to plan a quick trip to enjoys ome of their favorites, I know that 3 months sounds like not much time but it's an improvement on how they announced the closing of Backlot Tour (3 weeks before they did) So I think for the major attractions they will give people enough time for a heads up.
Toy Storyland will use a lot of the old Backlot Tour so they could start construction without impacting park operations but SWLand is another story

 

[JayLeeJay]

I'm very disappointed with Disney already and will be even more disappointed if they cancel/really reduce what is offered for SWW. They better not touch the gardening demos at the Flower and Garden Festival! They've already taken too much away. If it is the last year for SWW, they better have some good packages (for reasonable prices, and that can be booked starting on a Monday, Tuesday, or Friday - not Wednesday or Thursday, and that involve ice cream and adult beverages).

 

[inkedupmomma]

Is the Soarin closure official?? This is DS's favorite ride and he will be incredibly disappointed if it is closed, especially in addition to potentially no SWW.

Wondering the same as I have not seen this listed or mentioned anywhere

 

[drlaurafsu]

Talk about a half day park...with all these closures and no SWW it won't even be that. I think they could go back to 4 weekends and still have 2016 sww. Keep the shows, drop the autographs. There are spots to move some characters if they only block the streets of America , lma and backlot to start. They can move darths mall back to the tent, put a m&g in the tent, heck they can set up character queues in the line up area for fantasmic. There is no sw over there other than the shows this year.

I really wish I had an AP or was a DVC member (both are on my list!!). Hope to be able to register for the 5K on Sept 22.

5k registration shouldn't sell out as fast as the others (10k and challenge first).

My thought is SW half moves to May 4 weekend next year. Couldn't do it this year because Tink is already scheduled that weekend at DL. Plus early Easter means mid April wont be as busy this year. 2017 Easter moves back to the weekend the race is scheduled for 2016 so they wont keep it there. But they can move 2017 Tink a week without as much trouble...i would think.

I would be very upset if they cancelled this coming year. They should say this will be the last or that they will suspend them during construction after 2016.

 

[yulilin3]

Talk about a half day park...with all these closures and no SWW it won't even be that. I think they could go back to 4 weekends and still have 2016 sww. Keep the shows, drop the autographs. There are spots to move some characters if they only block the streets of America , lma and backlot to start. They can move darths mall back to the tent, put a m&g in the tent, heck they can set up character queues in the line up area for fantasmic. There is no sw over there other than the shows this year.



5k registration shouldn't sell out as fast as the others (10k and challenge first).

My thought is SW half moves to May 4 weekend next year. Couldn't do it this year because Tink is already scheduled that weekend at DL. Plus early Easter means mid April wont be as busy this year. 2017 Easter moves back to the weekend the race is scheduled for 2016 so they wont keep it there. But they can move 2017 Tink a week without as much trouble...i would think.

I would be very upset if they cancelled this coming year. They should say this will be the last or that they will suspend them during construction after 2016.

they can't put the merchandise tent behind RnRC cause there's already a theater built

 

[drlaurafsu]

I missed that somehow.

 

[yulilin3]

I missed that somehow.

here's my latest blog post, you can see pics of it here
http://parksintransition.weebly.com/blog/construction-update-quadruple-whammy

 

[drlaurafsu]

Have they said what it will be used for?

 

[yulilin3]

Have they said what it will be used for?

special events, so basically it'll be the new Premiere Theater. They use it for Magic Music Days, during the holidays they use it for the Comedy Warehouse and SWW. The CM at RnRC were told it should be done in a month

 

[LoKiHB]

The more I read and the more I think about it, it would be ludicrous for Disney to cancel SWW for 2016. If I read correctly- or maybe it's rumors, they won't break ground on the new lands until late next year. This would allow for one last HUGE SWW. I mean, it's such a huge thing for us SW Geeks and there are millions of us, and the new movie will be out and the Star Wars craze could potentially rival that of the original Star Wars release (maybe). Maybe they'll give us one more before they wall off 3/4 of DHS. I think we should start drafting our petition to bring back SWW just in case though....

 

[CheshireCrazy]

I can't see Disney taking away SWW completely at least in 2016.

With all the closures and construction, something will have to get people in the gates at HS. Plus they are not going to let an (money-makin') opportunity like The Force Awakens go by the wayside. There's going to be a ton of new and old fans wanting a Star Wars experience with plenty of cash in hand. I don't think the Launch Bay is going to be enough to satisfy that either.

I'm just saying I will be sad if there's no stage shows and JAT though. I will chain myself to Gertie in protest.

 

[yulilin3]

The more I read and the more I think about it, it would be ludicrous for Disney to cancel SWW for 2016. If I read correctly- or maybe it's rumors, they won't break ground on the new lands until late next year. This would allow for one last HUGE SWW. I mean, it's such a huge thing for us SW Geeks and there are millions of us, and the new movie will be out and the Star Wars craze could potentially rival that of the original Star Wars release (maybe). Maybe they'll give us one more before they wall off 3/4 of DHS. I think we should start drafting our petition to bring back SWW just in case though....

 

[jtowntoflorida]

Personally, I think that SWW as we know it going away is inevitable. It's essentially going to be SWW all the time when this new land opens. I think the celebrity autograph sessions are almost a holdover from when DHS used to host celebrities regularly and I just don't think they're that big of a draw to continue to incur the expense associated with having them present. I think they'll have some sort of shows during "Season of the Force," but I have no idea what those will look like.

Maybe we'll get a final SWW in 2016, but I think that will be it. They're not going to have the space to bring big crowds into the park once half the park is under construction. I think we'll see a big regular Star Wars presence after construction is complete, but who knows when that will be.

 

[CheshireCrazy]

I have literally sat at my work desk all day thinking about SWW. Is that bad?

 

[jane2073]

Know I don't know what to do.
Our passes are up for renewal in November. I hate that everything I love at DHS is going away but I was going to renew for one more year. That way I could have one last season with the lights and enjoy SWW. But now if there is not going to be SWW...
I like the other parks too but DHS holds my heart.

 

[JimmyBean42]

Here I was hoping the new breakfast at Sci-Fi would fail and Disney would realize you need the Star Wars characters involved to make that breakfast work. Wishful thinking of course.

 

[Kelleydm]

I am determined to stay positive and hope that SWW will still be around...but can't help feeling a little bummed that my first ever SWW won't happen. My hope is that the Launch Bay will have more than one or two character meet and greets.

I thought they were already working on Soarin' expansion? And phase 1 of toy story is this the new track? I think I'm confused with everything going on at once.

 

[Jfine]

On our trip just over a week ago, we were talking to a cast member and they said SWW were going away, basically very similar to the rumors floating around. We went ahead and booked the bounceback that was available for a historical SWW timeframe. The reason is - its still listed on the WDW and says "coming summer 2016". Now I know they could redo it and change that, but doesn't that give anyone else hope? It seems to contradict the rumors? I mean, I agree with pp that Disney seems to be giving better warnings. Or am I way too hopeful that my wonderful bounceback will be useful?
Edit - realized I'm about 30 pages behind and someone already brought this up. Ignore my ramblings as I try to patiently wait. So sad as we won't visit Disney at all from late April- early September if this is true and I don't know if I can go that long! SWW is about the only thing that makes me want to visit WDW in the summer!

 

[yulilin3]

The only thing we know is that we don't know, which makes it very hard to be patient.
Some CM and management say that SWW are not coming back, some CM associated with the event say it is.
The official site says it is
I'm almost 100% that both character meals are not coming back
I'm almost 100% sure that we will see the return of Rebel Hangar (so maybe characters there)
I really feel for all of you that have booked trips or are in the process of booking trips without knowing, they should know by now if it's happening or not.
I don't know what else to say.

 

[TigerTown]

...The CM at RnRC were told it should be done in a month

How is that even possible when it took them two years to build a basic parking structure for Disney Springs ???