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

[AngiTN]

Glad to see this. I wrote an e-mail about the planning frustrations those of us going in July are currently having (like the months before us have had, and those after us continue to have) with the park hours. I specifically mentioned this show, and the dessert party- as well as the (at that point) 8:30 park closing for DHS. I got a call back, and the woman I spoke to told me that DHS is closing early because "with everything that is closed to build the 2 new lands it didn't need to be open later. You can get through everything much faster now without much waiting". She also is supposed to be looking into the dessert party for me for the week we are there- she found it "odd" that she/her section did not have any information on it going past the 9th as well. Though she could tell me that the show would be at 9:15. She was going to call me back when she found out more information. So far, no news...

Where do they find these people? Or more specifically, the people who direct these GS people to call a guest and give that kind of answer?
My question to her would have been, if the park will remain closing at 8:30 just how will you have the fireworks in the daylight?
I mean, fine you don't know. Does calling a guest who complains and feeding them a line of BS like above really gain you anything?

 

[jbish]

Pictures from yesterday. A Sunday, no rain, amazing temps, not too hot and a nice breeze
Dessert party set up
The CM did an amazing job keeping everyone moving in the walkway. There was a specific CM Jeff, he works at Fantasmic! and has a blue name tag (that means he's a Legacy Award CM, was fantastic. He kepts telling bad punny SW jokes and giving facts about WDW. He also told us early "You guys in the front, you got the best seats and we are all here so you can have the best experience, so if anyone comes later and wants to stand in front of you let us know and we'll take care of it"
Also the Stormtroopers were on patrol using the walkway about 4 times, just walking and talking.
Starting around 9:35pm you saw a lot of people coming from F! looking for spots in the front. CM kept yelling to keep moving, at about 9:43pm the walking on the walk way stopped considerably, only CM were walking around it and a couple of people here and there.
This is the best spot if you don't have the dessert party. I know it's a very long time to wait and it's up to you and your families priorities if you want to wait that long.
The spot in front of Center Stage by those ropes is not bad either you just get a more limited view of the side screens.
Next time I go I'll watch from in front of Center stage right in front of GMR and report back

Glad to hear they patrolled the walkways well. We got a table in the middle of the party, third back from the front. By the time the fireworks were about to start, we noticed that the wheelchair accessible table in front of us was still open and available so I had my boys stand there. That's a big drawback for people with kids - they can't use the hightop tables well to eat these desserts. Then about halfway through the show, some dude with his kid on his shoulders decides to stand at the back of the section in front of us. So my kids view got blocked again. That guy came out of nowhere and basically just decided to stop in the middle with no care to anyone around him. I was annoyed but, fortunately, my boys didn't complain.

 

[need2travel]

Quick question about the new SW Fireworks, is it possible to see the higher up fireworks from outside the park? Maybe around the boat dock or even back toward the BW? I know most of the show is w/ laser lighting on the theater, etc. but DH & I know nothing about Star Wars so that imagery would be lost on us. (I saw the original Star Wars movie back in the '70's at the age of 8 & thought Harrison Ford was cute but that's the extent of my SW knowledge). So we're really just looking for a view of the actual fireworks.

Thanks in advance (& please don't make fun of me for my lack of experience about SW

 

[AngiTN]

Quick question about the new SW Fireworks, is it possible to see the higher up fireworks from outside the park? Maybe around the boat dock or even back toward the BW? I know most of the show is w/ laser lighting on the theater, etc. but DH & I know nothing about Star Wars so that imagery would be lost on us. (I saw the original Star Wars movie back in the '70's at the age of 8 & thought Harrison Ford was cute but that's the extent of my SW knowledge). So we're really just looking for a view of the actual fireworks.

Thanks in advance (& please don't make fun of me for my lack of experience about SW

I'm going to say yes you can see the very few high up ones there are. The issue is there are not many high fireworks. Majority are off to the sides. So sure you can watch them but it's going to be a lot of time to see very little.

I don't think you need to know SW to enjoy the show with it's projections. But you do need the projections to totally get the fireworks. Hopefully that makes sense.

 

[yulilin3]

Quick question about the new SW Fireworks, is it possible to see the higher up fireworks from outside the park? Maybe around the boat dock or even back toward the BW? I know most of the show is w/ laser lighting on the theater, etc. but DH & I know nothing about Star Wars so that imagery would be lost on us. (I saw the original Star Wars movie back in the '70's at the age of 8 & thought Harrison Ford was cute but that's the extent of my SW knowledge). So we're really just looking for a view of the actual fireworks.

Thanks in advance (& please don't make fun of me for my lack of experience about SW

I would think so, maybe not the boat dock but more towards the mickey topiary. Probably a better view on the walkway towards the boardwalk. Since these new fireworks are not centered behind the Chinese theater I'm not 100% sure

 

[need2travel]

Thanks AngiTN!

 

[need2travel]

Thanks yulilin3. Maybe we'll walk down there one night early in our trip (staying at BWI) & see what we can see & then come back later in our trip to actually go into HS for it.

 

[preemiemama]

Where do they find these people? Or more specifically, the people who direct these GS people to call a guest and give that kind of answer?
My question to her would have been, if the park will remain closing at 8:30 just how will you have the fireworks in the daylight?
I mean, fine you don't know. Does calling a guest who complains and feeding them a line of BS like above really gain you anything?

Exactly. Not really a stellar way to sell the $65 park hopper add-on either! She was not the easiest person to have a conversation with- and it took me a while of playing phone tag with her to get to talk to her. (I was told she was the only one who was able to deal specifically with my case...) I also complained about the MK 10 pm closings- relieved that they are now mostly 11 pm. I cannot remember a July trip when the hours have been so early for these 2 parks! I would not have been surprised if I had called and randomly gotten this response, but to be called specifically to address the issues I have had trying to plan without updated park hours and be given that answer? Odd!

 

[Iowamomof4]

Dessert party is showing up on the events operations team page on the HUB until 7/23, so it will continue on

Why do I suddenly feel a Celine Dion song coming on?? "Near... far... wherever you are..."

 

[tropicalstorm]

k

The area above in front of the dessert party - that's a walkway right?
What's to stop people coming along and standing there once the show starts?
Did you see anyone doing so?

 

[yulilin3]

The area above in front of the dessert party - that's a walkway right?
What's to stop people coming along and standing there once the show starts?
Did you see anyone doing so?

There are cm patrolling the area, keeping everyone moving.

 

[Kebby]

Are they accepting reservations into the fall for the dessert party yet?

 

[yulilin3]

Are they accepting reservations into the fall for the dessert party yet?

It's only opened until July 9th.they haven't updated beyond that date. I keep the first page updated with all info

 

[jknc]

Where do they find these people? Or more specifically, the people who direct these GS people to call a guest and give that kind of answer?
My question to her would have been, if the park will remain closing at 8:30 just how will you have the fireworks in the daylight?
I mean, fine you don't know. Does calling a guest who complains and feeding them a line of BS like above really gain you anything?

I find nothing wrong with what the CM said. You can do everything you want to during their operating hours.

FWIW, a CM told me the same when I complained about MK hours. The crowds are predicted to be smaller and there is plenty of time to tour the parks.

 

[Cluelyss]

I doubt it, seems to me an easy way for them to make some money. My guess around the lateness in getting the calendar extended may be to an uncertainty in the timing on when to start the party? Total guess on my part. I'm waiting as impatiently as the next person for August to open up.

Assuming the same....they are extending as they update park hours and can confirm a start time for the show. I'm guessing that's why the haven't released a fall schedule too?

 

[ravenclawtrekkie]

I've just gotten home from the park and I'm going to bed, but I just wanted to say that I _LOVED_ the show. The actual fireworks, as in the stuff that explodes in the air, were somewhat more impressive in the old show, but the entire package with this one is just amazing. Everything comes together really well. I had high expectations and they were definitely exceeded. I wish they'd been able to take down the rigging for the screens on the stage, though - it did get in the way a bit. And frankly, I'm still not impressed with that daytime stage show at all. It just seems like they've got all these character costumes and nothing better to do with them. But, I digress.

The dessert party was pretty good. I had one alcoholic drink, which makes my total for the year... three alcoholic drinks. (I had a couple glasses of wine during Flower & Garden.) My favorite dessert was the Darth Maul mini-eclairs. The frozen... whatever it was was also quite good. The cupcakes were hard to unwrap and I made a mess of my shirt with them.

Also, shoutout to the nice women from Ireland who I spent a bunch of pre-party time having a conversation with! If you're reading this, it was good to meet you!

Anyhow, goodnight.

 

[once_upon_a_dream]

Debating whether or not I should bite the bullet now and grab the tickets for the Dessert Party on 7/9, or wait until pay day next week. Think they will still be available next Thursday?

 

[AngiTN]

Debating whether or not I should bite the bullet now and grab the tickets for the Dessert Party on 7/9, or wait until pay day next week. Think they will still be available next Thursday?

I wouldn't wait if I didn't have to. I think once word spreads that the views for it are much more limited and it's much easier to see the show with the dessert party I'd worry about a sell out

 

[yulilin3]

I wouldn't wait if I didn't have to. I think once word spreads that the views for it are much more limited and it's much easier to see the show with the dessert party I'd worry about a sell out

Agree.

 

[tropicalstorm]

There are cm patrolling the area, keeping everyone moving.

That's great. Do they keep patrolling during the show?