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

[soniam]

Hey y'all, I haven't had a chance to read through the entire thread yet, but I've read a good chunk of it including the important posts on page 1. My husband and I were planning on going down for what we assumed would likely be the second SWW 2016. We've never been to SWW before, nor have we been to WDW in May. So here's my question:

What's the deal with Season of the Force? We love going to WDW in January, so when I saw something about it today I got excited. Is it actually happening? I see so many conflicting reports! We're debating potentially changing our trip dates from May to January and trying out SOTF instead. We figure the crowds might not be as bad as SWW and nothing beats the weather in January. We were dreading the May heat. So I'm conflicted. I can't tell if SOTF is really a thing or if Disney was just teasing us. Anyone have any insight? Thanks!

It's definitely a thing. The dates for Disneyland were already announced. We think, just speculation, that we should be hearing something within a month, hopefully much sooner, about the official dates. The AP website had dates for a bit, but it was taken down. I think those dates are on the first page, and they started in January. We still don't know everything that will be at SOTF, but we know about Launch Bay, the new Star Tours scenes, and the weekend night fireworks. SOTF is a safer bet IMHO. We still don't know if SWW will even happen. We think it will, but there has been no official announcement from Disney. They didn't announce SWW 2015 dates until December 2014, so we may need to wait until next month to know for sure.

 

[Cynister]

Just picked this bad boy up at the grocery store! DD13 was completely excited to trade in our normal gingerbread house for this! It should help ease the wait for the movie release.

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What store please?

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

What store please?

yes, please tell us - "have it, we must" !

 

[maiapapaya]

What store please?

yes, please tell us - "have it, we must" !

It was from Sobeys which is a grocery chain here in Canada. The box says Disney though, so I'm sure someone in the US must have them too.

 

[pangyal]

It was from Sobeys which is a grocery chain here in Canada. The box says Disney though, so I'm sure someone in the US must have them too.

Omg!! Did you get it anywhere near Toronto? I am on a MISSION!!!

 

[maiapapaya]

Omg!! Did you get it anywhere near Toronto? I am on a MISSION!!!

We're about 2 1/2 hrs north west of Toronto in a small town. I'm sure if we've got them here they would have them in the GTA! Try Loblaws too since they own Sobeys!

 

[soniam]

I saw some cute stuff at Gap and Old Navy. Both had cute boys SW shirts. Didn't look at girls, since I only have a boy. Also, got DS an R2D2 watch. I picked up an SW pencil case for me to carry money for penny presses. They didn't have much, but they were having big sales.

Just saw the new James Bond movie for my birthday (Monday actually). It had the best opening scene of any Bond movie, and I have seen them all, even the the weird one that had that one time Bond guy. Craig has still got "it" as ever, and the Bond girl was the best since Grace Jones IMHO.

 

[maiapapaya]

I saw some cute stuff at Gap and Old Navy. Both had cute boys SW shirts. Didn't look at girls, since I only have a boy. Also, got DS an R2D2 watch. I picked up an SW pencil case for me to carry money for penny presses. They didn't have much, but they were having big sales.

Just saw the new James Bond movie for my birthday (Tuesday actually). It had the best opening scene of any Bond movie, and I have seen them all, even the the weird one that had that one time Bond guy. Craig has still got "it" as ever, and the Bond girl was the best since Grace Jones IMHO.

Thanks to the tip about Old Navy, they have some shirts in their online store! (they are marked down a bit plus 15% off)
We saw Spectre last night, and yes about Daniel Craig Wish this wasn't his last Bond movie. BTW, happy belated birthday!

 

[yulilin3]

I saw some cute stuff at Gap and Old Navy. Both had cute boys SW shirts. Didn't look at girls, since I only have a boy. Also, got DS an R2D2 watch. I picked up an SW pencil case for me to carry money for penny presses. They didn't have much, but they were having big sales.

Just saw the new James Bond movie for my birthday (Tuesday actually). It had the best opening scene of any Bond movie, and I have seen them all, even the the weird one that had that one time Bond guy. Craig has still got "it" as ever, and the Bond girl was the best since Grace Jones IMHO.

Feliz Cumpleaños!!
So we were at Target yesterday ( I had a bad feeling about it) and we decided then and there that this year we would do a Dark Side Christmas tree. Got gray, silver and white ornaments a Star Wars tree skirt and the set of 9 ship to decorate. Will slowly buy more ornaments (they're not cheap) and then for the topper we are thinking about Vader's helmet and a red lightsaber to run through the middle of the tree....what did I get myself into?
And then Stephanie had the brilliant idea to do our yearly Christmas village with a Hoth theme, but I'm not really sure how we would do that so that's still on the planning stages, not sure if we will do it

 

[OZMom]

Possibly off topic, but has anyone checked out the Star Wars play area on the dream? I'm looking at booking a cruise for late next year and it's really drawing me in, but it seems like that ship is more expensive? Maybe I'm imagining things

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

It was from Sobeys which is a grocery chain here in Canada. The box says Disney though, so I'm sure someone in the US must have them too.

OK folks in the US if you see that Star Wars gingerbread kit anywhere in the US (I've googled it and checked Walmart.com and Amazon with no luck) Please let me know!!! We won't "die" without it but it would be fun to have!

 

[Sammyjo199]

OK folks in the US if you see that Star Wars gingerbread kit anywhere in the US (I've googled it and checked Walmart.com and Amazon with no luck) Please let me know!!! We won't "die" without it but it would be fun to have!

I haven't checked yet but our target typically has all that kind of stuff related to Disney. They had a ton of packages that looked similar to that for Halloween stuff. I haven't made it to target yet but if anyone does, check there.

 

[lovethattink]

Possibly off topic, but has anyone checked out the Star Wars play area on the dream? I'm looking at booking a cruise for late next year and it's really drawing me in, but it seems like that ship is more expensive? Maybe I'm imagining things

It looks amazing! My son will be turning 12 on his next bday. Would love to book before he's too old to go in there!

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

fun question what are your 10 favorite things (characters, animals, symbols, specific scenes - whatever) in the Star Wars Universe (all of the movies plus Clone Wars and Rebels)?

 

[soniam]

Thanks to the tip about Old Navy, they have some shirts in their online store! (they are marked down a bit plus 15% off)
We saw Spectre last night, and yes about Daniel Craig Wish this wasn't his last Bond movie. BTW, happy belated birthday!

Actually, it's not until tomorrow, so you're not late. Thanks

Feliz Cumpleaños!!
So we were at Target yesterday ( I had a bad feeling about it) and we decided then and there that this year we would do a Dark Side Christmas tree. Got gray, silver and white ornaments a Star Wars tree skirt and the set of 9 ship to decorate. Will slowly buy more ornaments (they're not cheap) and then for the topper we are thinking about Vader's helmet and a red lightsaber to run through the middle of the tree....what did I get myself into?
And then Stephanie had the brilliant idea to do our yearly Christmas village with a Hoth theme, but I'm not really sure how we would do that so that's still on the planning stages, not sure if we will do it

Thanks.

The tree sounds awesome. I bought a Leia and R2D2 ornament for our tree. I might get the BB8 one too. We also have Dr Who stuff, so it's hard to do a theme on ours.

 

[soniam]

Possibly off topic, but has anyone checked out the Star Wars play area on the dream? I'm looking at booking a cruise for late next year and it's really drawing me in, but it seems like that ship is more expensive? Maybe I'm imagining things

It looks amazing! My son will be turning 12 on his next bday. Would love to book before he's too old to go in there!

Touring Plans did a review on their blog. It looks really cool. I wonder if they will do the same thing to the Fantasy. I don't think the Dream does the 7 day cruises out of Port Canaveral; I think only the Fantasy does that. That's usually the cruise we would want to do.

http://blog.touringplans.com/2015/11/04/10-favorite-things-new-disney-dream/

 

[soniam]

fun question what are your 10 favorite things (characters, animals, symbols, specific scenes - whatever) in the Star Wars Universe (all of the movies plus Clone Wars and Rebels)?

R2D2!
Chewie
Han
Hoth
Hera
Camino
Scene in the original where Leia is recording the message to Obi Wan
Old and new Obi Wan
Yoda
Darth Maul

 

[soniam]

@lovethattink
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[lovethattink]

@lovethattink
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[mesaboy2]

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