Official Star Wars Weekends 2013 Tips and Tricks

[yulilin3]

Sitting at the table closest to the jumbotron of AIE. loving the dj, it was pretty boring before waiting in silence... apparently some guests had to park at epcot

 

[cgattis]

Wow....and I thought yesterday was busy. Sounds like today was nuts!!! MTFBWY'all as you Hoopla like sardines!!

 

[baler31]

Here now..sitting behind Farefax. While its exceptionally busy, we are finding it quite manageable. Got here at about 7:45 did rn'r, ToT, star tours 2x, muppets, lunch and just got FPs for ToT again. We saw darth goofy, stormtrooper donald, chewy, darth vader and some stormtroopers...plus shopping at darths mall. So all in all a very managable crowd if you have a plan.

On a side note. I was under the impression dogs weren't allowed in the park except service dogs. 3 times now we've seen a women in a 2 child stroller sitting with a yorkie in some type of bag being pushed by someone...i thought the dog was a service dog but there was no id on it...just its collar...odd

We found it very manageable, much more so than Fri. The weather was beautiful today. We saw the dog several times as well, when we saw it in the stroller it was wearing a leia costume.

With much strategic planning on our final day we got Minnie, Mickey,Donald and Darth Goofy by getting in line at 9:10. This line moved fast with few autograph books. We got in the same line on Fri at 9:16 and were two families away from the 4 but lots of families with multiple autograph books that day. This weekend the 4 came out at 9:40amR

Hats off to Ray Parks for tonights show. There was a very sick child on stage and he did not hesitate to assist her despite the huge gross out factor.

All in all today was wonderful. We also really enjoyed Warwick's show.

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[obx_mama]

On a side note. I was under the impression dogs weren't allowed in the park except service dogs. 3 times now we've seen a women in a 2 child stroller sitting with a yorkie in some type of bag being pushed by someone...i thought the dog was a service dog but there was no id on it...just its collar...odd

Service dogs come in all shapes and sizes. Most likely the smaller dogs are for seizure awareness or something similar.

We are home but getting ready to watch hoopla via YouTube! Forgot to post but we saw Oopla on Friday while waiting for Chewie! I yelled out her name and DD got a high five!

 

[lovethattink]

Sitting at the table closest to the jumbotron of AIE. loving the dj, it was pretty boring before waiting in silence... apparently some guests had to park at epcot

Yes, we had friends arrive around 2 and they were told the lot was filled. They parked at the overflow lot at the hess and walked.

 

[Karpkg]

Was at ray's show. There was a boy he brought out that showed off some new moves he last did for ray a few years ago. Ray had broken the boy's light saber at that time. I was there when that happened and was videoing ray and I have that video on utube right now! I couldn't find that boy afterwards but I now have video showing off his new moves I'll post later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnvvst81FB4

This was so ironic. Wish I knew who he was so I can sen him the 2 videos now.

 

[cgattis]

My son got an Ewok high five, but in his case, it was just a same-level five LOL! Thanks to everyone who posted about previous days. Our family had (IMO) a great first SWW experience. Decided to forego all the shows and the parade in lieu of more characters. Got there just in time to see the opening, did TSM with hardly any wait, then hit Mickey and Minnie with a short wait. Rode ST, then got Chewie and Logray. Saw Rex, Anakin, Amidala, and a Clone Trooper. Had lunch (stuffed chicken Caesar sandwich from Min and Bill's--yum!). Rode ToT, shopped the Mall, saw C3PO and R2D2, then managed to catch (IMO) the holy grail--Luke AND Leia. Took kids on their first spin on RNRC (loved it), dinner at Brown Derby (always excellent), then Hoopla. The character roulette is tricky, but the folks here made it doable!!! Also, why the heck can't the just have Hoopla in the Indy theater so the kids can see?? I had my 55 lb son on my shoulders (I'm a 5'7 150 lb girl with an iffy knee) and DH had our 61 lb DD on his shoulders. I thought we'd both go out of there on stretchers. I was assuming the big number would be Gangnam Style, though, so I was willing to risk it LOL!!! Again, thanks to all who've helped us newbies plan!

 

[fallen_angel727]

Well...waiting for Fantasmic! Now...did toy story, met chip and dale, fantastic mama melrose dinner, the great movie ride and one mans dteam...considering the crowds today I'd say we did well. Except our tot fp's we didn't use (45 min fp wait at 7:50...no time before F!) All in all a good day with managable crowds!

 

[Illinistifler]

Wow....and I thought yesterday was busy. Sounds like today was nuts!!! MTFBWY'all as you Hoopla like sardines!!

We had FP for TSM at 245p and the line for FP return was out the door past the FP machines and almost to that Cpt Jack show. It took 25 minutes to get on the ride

 

[baler31]

We had FP for TSM at 245p and the line for FP return was out the door past the FP machines and almost to that Cpt Jack show. It took 25 minutes to get on the ride

The FP line was ridiculous, over half of the people in our line were turned away because they did not have FP's. They were holding up the line. When we got inside there were literally 40-50 people in the standby line (I would not get in line either with a wait of 180 mins posted). In the end it took less than 10 minutes for us to get on and most of that was spend outside.

We were lucky and the Jawas traded my children several FP's that we were able to use for Star Tours and TSMM.

 

[d-r]

had another great day, kids are watching ush on video. Need sleep.

 

[RenaissanceBabe]

This may have been asked already, but is Bobba Fett a character you can get a picture with in the parks. This is my fiance's only MUST HAVE plus our only day in the park and his first time. I don't want to waste our entire day standing in lines for just pictures, as there is so much more to the park than that. I'm conflicted. We'll be there on the last weekend and I get the feeling things are going to be insane. I wanna experience the park but also not miss out on any SWW awesomeness. What's a girl to do??

 

[jagfanjosh3252]

This may have been asked already, but is Bobba Fett a character you can get a picture with in the parks. This is my fiance's only MUST HAVE plus our only day in the park and his first time. I don't want to waste our entire day standing in lines for just pictures, as there is so much more to the park than that. I'm conflicted. We'll be there on the last weekend and I get the feeling things are going to be insane. I wanna experience the park but also not miss out on any SWW awesomeness. What's a girl to do??

You can meet him or Jango. They switch out. They meet across from Backlot Tour entrance.

 

[d-r]

boba fett is pretty easy. Just go past toy story mania in to pixar place, and the fett's meet there on the left (facing away from toy story mania) of the street. You won't miss their spot. They alternate boba and jango, so that is the only hard part. The line is probably 1/2 hour or so, easily doable.

 

[jagfanjosh3252]

Oh. And the TSMM had me upset as well. I had my lunch at Brown Derby and went to use my FP before seeing the Warwick Davis show, I thought I would be able to get there by 1pm. I walked up to TSMM around 1240. Line was by new pirate show. Thn I saw the standby had like 120 mins but looked empty. I should have tried it. I love that ride, but didn't want to waste 30 mins in the FASTPASS line for crying out loud!!

 

[MacClemsons]

Great SWW! Went all 3 days. Friday was definitely the least crowded this weekend. Kids not interested in celebs or shows (although we went to Behind the Voice). Did JTA and PMC. Met all characters we wanted (which was all except Leia, C3PO, R2D2 - met last year and R2MK) thanks to Kenny's list. Today was busy that's for sure. Never Been here when people were turned away from Disney Jr and had to wait to get into Honey I shrunk the kids. Still got Mickey, Minnie, Donald,& Goofy then Ewoks by 9:15. Rode Star Tours twice, TSMM twice and RnRC today. Making RD was crucial even though it was hard to be there with 4 kids by 7:15 every am.

 

[spritna]

We walked by tsmm at 11 and all fp gone with fp line back to almost mermaid! I had to take my video recorder out and tape it

 

[DVC Mary]

What does one trade w/ an Ewok? Pins, small SW toys, ????

 

[jedigirlama]

had another great day, kids are watching ush on video. Need sleep.

I was sitting right in front of you this morning in warwicks line. "it's a small world after all!" great pics and I hope you all have fun in Hawaii next week!

 

[jagfanjosh3252]

What does one trade w/ an Ewok? Pins, small SW toys, ????

Lol. ANYTHING!! The family I was talking to waiting for Warwick Davis show to begin traded a bag of Sun Chips and the other son traded a box of Honey Nut Cheerios. I also saw a kid trade some fruit snacks (which is what Sun Chips kid ending up getting) and someone even tried to trade their kid which started an auction. It was great. Basically, anything. I did see that Jawa turn a few things away, but really couldn't make out what it was. I'm guessing they don't take anything valuable in case a kid got a hold of it when he/she wasn't supposed to.

Oh, if you see them; make the noise that they make in the movie "Oh T-D" basically. Hilarious reactions.