Official Star Wars Weekends 2013 Tips and Tricks

[lovethattink]

An ewok came back with chewy after his break this am, right after 9....

I don't know abut this am, but when i walked by to easy lunch at 1 an ewok was with chewie, and the queue was closed

 

[quietgirll]

Majority of LE items were still in stock sans most of the pins as of 12 today.

Any word on whether they got the cars items in?

 

[tryplm]

I don't know abut this am, but when i walked by to easy lunch at 1 an ewok was with chewie, and the queue was closed

No ewoks with chewie at 2:50 set start. Fab 4 were rotating when I was in line, then I got pixie dusted with all 4 when it was our turn. As far as I know, they went back to rotating after that set.

 

[avgeek81]

Any word on whether they got the cars items in?

Somebody I'm friends with on facebook said Darth's Mall had them this mourning

 

[lovethattink]

We got a few of the Cars Star Wars cars. Darth mater, luke mccqueen, and yoda filmore. Saw some vinylmation, nut i don't collect so not sure if it's something special or not.

 

[lovethattink]

No ewoks with chewie at 2:50 set start. Fab 4 were rotating when I was in line, then I got pixie dusted with all 4 when it was our turn. As far as I know, they went back to rotating after that set.

Wow! That's some nice pixie dust! Congrats!

 

[lovethattink]

No ewoks with chewie at 2:50 set start. Fab 4 were rotating when I was in line, then I got pixie dusted with all 4 when it was our turn. As far as I know, they went back to rotating after that set.

Wow! That's some nice pixie dust! Congrats!

 

[kmcdougan]

I had another troop here in New Orleans before heading down to Florida. Glad I did. Got a couple fixes to my costume I need to make tonight and tomorrow. nothing serious - mostly some loose threads and a shoe polishing. But, I need to repaint my belt buckle. Not too bad, considering that it only took me a day to get it painted the first time. The parade pics and videos look great so far. I can't wait until next Saturday when I will be part of it!

Ash

 

[yulilin3]

I got a spot on a ledge close to the sound tent for hoopla, wearing my red her universe shirt and my daughter her black, Vader inspired dress.... the first Padawan mind challenge is about clone wars second is about return of the jedi... the stormtroopers pre show for stars of the saga is hilarious... you could've gotten in line around 2:45 and still make our in.

 

[GeekyGirl]

Hi!! I saw a picture of the merchandise preview and saw a shirt with an ewok wearing mickey ears does anyone know if that's available for purchase? and how much....thanks!

I've seen it in Darth's Maul and its only in children sizes, don't know the price, sorry.

 

[yulilin3]

Does anyone know the size of the SWW autograph book, how many pages it has, and the price? I found a picture of it but can't seem to find this info. TIA

Looking at it right now...15 sheets for pictures and 15 for autographs hold 4 x 6 photos....16.95. Comes with a pen

 

[PrincessKida]

Looking at it right now...15 sheets for pictures and 15 for autographs hold 4 x 6 photos....16.95. Comes with a pen

Wow, that's kind of useless considering there are 36 Star Wars characters meeting. Would need at least 2 to fit everyone. Glad I didn't buy it. I LOVE the idea of it but... not for that price and that amount of pages.

 

[yulilin3]

Wow, that's kind of useless considering there are 36 Star Wars characters meeting. Would need at least 2 to fit everyone. Glad I didn't buy it. I LOVE the idea of it but... not for that price and that amount of pages.

That's what I thought. Very tempted to stop someone that had it and actually count... maybe they can user it front and back?

 

[lovethattink]

We bought one yesterday. We'll have to get two if we see all the characters. So fat in two days we only have 2 autographs so far. However wet have done One mans dream quite a bit and have hung out in the shops a lot. Did 2 celeb autographs took Dee Bradley Baker yesterday and Ashley today.

 

[visegrip72]

Barely made it into James Arnold Taylor's voice show (timewise). He was really awesome. Crowd for hoopla barely to popcorn stand with 10 min to go.

 

[JayCeeDoubleU]

Anyone tried the pillow case idea for autographs? We'll be there for our second year with my 6 year old sister and 4 and 2 year old brothers. They're all Star Wars obsessed (especially with Clone Wars). Last year we tried the autograph book and thing and it was a mess There weren't enough pages and my sister was particularly upset because there were no "girl characters" on her book and her brother ripped her Ahsoka autograph (cue end of the universe).

This year we're embroidering a pillow case for each kid with an appliqué of their favorite character, their name, and the year. We've done this for previous "special" Disney trips and it worked great! No fighting about whose book was whose, no ripped or ruined pages, and they're super easy to throw in a bag or stroller. Plus it's a fun souvenir!

Even if you don't have the ability to embroider or appliqué there are Star Wars iron ons or even paint pens!

Just a thought for those who might be interested. We've had great success!

 

[obx_mama]

Yeay! Almost time for Hoopla!

We aren't doing a pillow case but today I made T-shirts for DD and friend to get autographs for SW characters. Looks cool!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Hiya Folks,

As advertised by a lot of you fine people Ray Park was awesome. We didn't stay for Hoopla, after getting up at 3 am yesterday and 2:15 am today we burnt the candle from both ends and just barely made it back to the Swan using up the wax drippings.

We were the first to ride Star Toys this morning and did do 4 more times through out the day.

Going to bed now, and Jeremy Bullock's line awaits us in the morning...

 

[yulilin3]

Saw Hoopla tonight and, this is just my opinion, I found it fun but like something was. missing... still a must see...

 

[cgattis]

we burnt the candle from both ends and just barely made it back to the Swan using up the wax drippings.

LOL!! That is EXACTLY how I felt after doing the Haunted Trail 5K with DD, 1-mile with DS, the ToT 10-miler, and the Villains Bash! Could never have said it as well as you did! BUT at least we met Vader (with DS in his Maul makeup), so at least it saved us one line next weekend!!

Thanks so much to ALL who've been posting all this great info! Gives all of us later-weekenders a leg up on the uninformed!