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

[yulilin3]

An interesting story in this week's issue of Businessweek talks about Pandora - World of Avatar, Harry Potter' Wizarding World at Univeral, and Star Wars Land:

Wizarding World of Harry Potter was the best thing to happen to Disney, IMO, it kicked butt and Disney had been honing it in, on autopilot for a while. Now they are stepping up to the plate again, ready to battle
I was in the room during the SWLand panel at SW Celebration and the excitement was palpable. The Imagineers and LucasFilm people seemed genuinely proud and optimistic about the new land and the immersive aspect of it. I can't wait

 

[cvjpirate]

Question for anyone that has done the SW tour since BB8 meet has come out; are you getting front of line for the BB8 meet like the others?

 

[HydroGuy]

Wizarding World of Harry Potter was the best thing to happen to Disney, IMO, it kicked butt and Disney had been honing it in, on autopilot for a while. Now they are stepping up to the plate again, ready to battle
I was in the room during the SWLand panel at SW Celebration and the excitement was palpable. The Imagineers and LucasFilm people seemed genuinely proud and optimistic about the new land and the immersive aspect of it. I can't wait

You may be right, but I think the expense Disney incurred to implement MDE approached $2 Billion. That took a lot of resources away from building theme park rides. I guess I am saying that maybe Disney was not on autopilot but was investing in IT infrastructure that was hard for the typical guest to see.

 

[yulilin3]

2019 gearing up to be a huge year for SW fans, Celebration, SWLand and now

The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm announced today that Star Wars: Episode IX is now set for release on May 24, 2019. Directed by Colin Trevorrow, the film will close out the third Star Wars trilogy.

 

[ArielSRL]

2019 gearing up to be a huge year for SW fans, Celebration, SWLand and now

The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm announced today that Star Wars: Episode IX is now set for release on May 24, 2019. Directed by Colin Trevorrow, the film will close out the third Star Wars trilogy.

Do you think there is any way Disney will try to open SWLand around the same time frame? We will back June 2019 but I wasn't figuring on it being open by then.

 

[yulilin3]

Do you think there is any way Disney will try to open SWLand around the same time frame? We will back June 2019 but I wasn't figuring on it being open by then.

that would be really early, also movies change opening dates all the time, no real way of knowing

 

[ArielSRL]

that would be really early, also movies change opening dates all the time, no real way of knowing

That's kind of what I figured. We will get APs and book our 2019 and 2020 trips so we can use APs for both trips. So I figure if it opens later in 2019, we could come down for a weekend and check it out. Really hoping for some AP previews...

 

[cvjpirate]

I would assume they will try to have SW Land open by summer of 2019 but wouldn't expect them to announce a date like that any time soon.

 

[grumpy28]

Hi! My family will be at the dessert party in early May. My DH is a type 1 diabetic. He needs to avoid sugar and can have limited carbs. Will there be anything he can eat? TIA!

 

[yulilin3]

Hi! My family will be at the dessert party in early May. My DH is a type 1 diabetic. He needs to avoid sugar and can have limited carbs. Will there be anything he can eat? TIA!

I know there are special items for people with gluten, dairy, nut allergies but not sure about type 1 diabetes, tbh, I'm not familiar with it. Best thing is to email them at
Special.Diets@disneyworld.com

 

[grumpy28]

I know there are special items for people with gluten, dairy, nut allergies but not sure about type 1 diabetes, tbh, I'm not familiar with it. Best thing is to email them at
Special.Diets@disneyworld.com

Ok, thanks for the address!

 

[soniam]

Hi! My family will be at the dessert party in early May. My DH is a type 1 diabetic. He needs to avoid sugar and can have limited carbs. Will there be anything he can eat? TIA!

Possibly the dips, ie hummus and black bean. Olive & cheese and tomato & cheese swords. Most other things were bready, so it depends how much bread he is allowed. They have some crackers and crostini things too. I would try calling though. I can't remember if they had veggies for the dip, possibly. I don't remember if they had fruit. Not much in the way of good protein though.

 

[grumpy28]

Possibly the dips, ie hummus and black bean. Olive & cheese and tomato & cheese swords. Most other things were bready, so it depends how much bread he is allowed. They have some crackers and crostini things too. I would try calling though. I can't remember if they had veggies for the dip, possibly. I don't remember if they had fruit. Not much in the way of good protein though.

Thanks for this info!

 

[Shellbells]

We're going in December and the SW dessert party is my #1 choice for an "extra". Any chance it will be going on them or will be have to do the Jingle dessert party?

 

[yulilin3]

We're going in December and the SW dessert party is my #1 choice for an "extra". Any chance it will be going on them or will be have to do the Jingle dessert party?

Last year when they had both shows going on on the same nights they did the jingle bells dessert party and no sw party, but who knows what will happen this year

 

[Shellbells]

Thank you, that's what I was worried about. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

 

[WestieCrazy]

Possibly the dips, ie hummus and black bean. Olive & cheese and tomato & cheese swords. Most other things were bready, so it depends how much bread he is allowed. They have some crackers and crostini things too. I would try calling though. I can't remember if they had veggies for the dip, possibly. I don't remember if they had fruit. Not much in the way of good protein though.

Yes, there is a big tray of pita bread to dip in the hummus and black bean dip. No fresh fruit when we were there 2 weeks ago. Also to drink were things like lemonade and soda, but I think there was diet soda. The dessert party was a lot of fun, but there is a great deal of sugar, would be nice if they did have carrot & celery sticks, pepperoni. Here's a picture of the amount of non-sugar food:

 

[WestieCrazy]

The black bean dip was delicious, though. For my 12 yr old son, who loves dessert, the black bean dip was his favorite food of the night!

I do agree with a previous reply - call before you go and see if they can accommodate your husband. At every sit-down meal we had, the first thing the wait-staff asked was if there were any food allergies or concerns. So, to me Disney seems to be pretty aware and willing to work with dietary needs. Have fun!

 

[pooh'smate]

The black bean dip was delicious, though. For my 12 yr old son, who loves dessert, the black bean dip was his favorite food of the night!

My dd (11) loved the black bean dip and she too has a sweet tooth. If I could ever find the recipe for it I would make her day.

 

[Elliemay2]

We're going in December and the SW dessert party is my #1 choice for an "extra". Any chance it will be going on them or will be have to do the Jingle dessert party?

We went in Dec and they switched from SW to the Jingle party right before we booked it. We were hoping for SW, but it didn't happen. Still had a blast though!