We were there today. Our only goal was for ds(7) to do JTA with either DM or Asajj. So, we get there at 6:45am and walk right up to a turnstile. First in line. We wait until around 7:25 and they open the turnstiles. Our machine jams and won't take my fingerprint. So we stand there for a couple of minutes while hundreds of people get into the park before us. By the time we get to rope drop, the entire left side is packed. So we wait and follow the cast members with the JTA signs. This was very organized with no one running. We get through the line and I tell the cm that my son really wants to fight darth maul. So, even though there are spots available for the 9:20 show he tells me that DM won't be out until 10:05 so we sign up for that one. Do not lose the ticket they give you. Somehow In my constant rearranging of my bag, I lost the ticket. Talked to the first cm at the orientation and he said, "look really hard for it" . Couldn't find it. So I asked someone else while ds is panicking. She finally said we can print another one for you. thanks! Then I asked 3 different cm's whether the kids would fight Darth Vader or Darth Maul. The said they didn't know. That the Jedi's picked when they got to the show. Sooooooo guess who we got to fight? Ds was in the group that fought darth Vader while the other half of his group fought darth maul, so know we are completely exhausted and could have definitely slept past 5 am this morning as they were still sighing kids up when I went to have my ds's ticket reprinted at 9:45. Also, we did carbon freeze me and the special effects photos with the storm troopers and darth Vader. I've checked them online and the look great. All in all, a long fun day.
I think you were the turnstile next to us. We had trouble too. We had the two kids in strollers behind you, then moved over to the next one. I had talked my kids into doing Jedi training another time. We were trying to see as much Star Wars . We saw the opening show and there were tons of people at the rope when we got there due to the hold up at the turnstiles.
We got in line for fab 4. We were first in line, only saw Minnie. The cast member had told us that it was going to be Mickey and Minnie. Then saw Chewbacca, rode star tours twice, saw ewok chip and dale, used our fast pass for TSM, and got a seat on the shaded side of the street at 9:45. The parade was super crowded by 10:30ish.
We had lunch at Backlot Express. Then headed to Darth Maul. We did the magic shots with darth vader outside the tent. We spent a long time in the tent. The character line was really long. We saw Leia and we were in line a long time. We saw Roxy and did some shopping.
We then headed to TSM with another fastpass. My oldest and DH went to Indiana jones show. We took my youngest to see the JAke, storm troopers, Jedi, Jango Fett, Aurra Sing, and Tusken raider. We had a 5pm sit down. Then ride Star Tours. We saw Cantina Band, guard from Jabbas palace, and Greedo. We got a snack and sat down about 7:20 in front of the AI screen for Hoopla.
We got a lot done in our one day. Sorry for the misspelling of characters, I don't know all their exact titles. We were looking for Jawas, but didn't see them out at the designated time in the evening.
