Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

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Ooops..just showed my ignorance about the voice actors didn't I? Not into the animated shows.

Reason I was asking is I'm really really hoping that the last weekend will again be the animated series that my family isn't as interested in meeting. Our original plan was to be there all 5 weekends, but the girls have applied to staff encampment and they just changed the dates to start on June 9 instead of 16.....putting a wrinkle in our plans. I'll head for home while they head for Colorado.....unless Harrison Ford will be there that weekend, lol. (Sorry, had to poke ya).
I'm not sure if the Clone Wars actors will be back (obviously other than JAT and Ashley Eckstein) I think that them coming the last weekend (the added last minute one) was all because JAT wanted to give the Clone wars cast a last big send off.
 
Some Clone Wars actors have appeared in Rebel's and are rumored to be in season 2 as well!
true, I'm hoping Jim Cummings comes back.
But if you think about it, five weekends, that's: Freddie Prinze Jr., Taylor Grey, Vanessa Marshall, Tiya Sircar and Steve Blum
It would cover all the voice actors slots
 
C'mon guys - were well within the 60 day period for SWW and there's no guest listings and no FtF announcements but we're already supposed to have made our 60 day FP+ plans, let alone the 180 day ADRs?!

I respect the logistics Disney has to go through to pull this off but you can't put us under these sorts of planning constraints then toss out events and schedules that force us to rework our plans forcing poor Yullin here to monitor a discussion thread about past histories so we can make educated guesses about itinerary planning - all so we can have a magical time with an overpriced vacation?!

Rant off! :D

(It's so bad that I was planning a trip to Vegas a few weeks back for a few weeks from now. Disney has "trained" me so well that I booked tickets for a show we wanted to see about 2 months in advance coz I wanted to get good seats. Not Tier 1 $$$$ seats but Tier 2 $$$ seats. :) ...
I got front row seats. No, you don't understand... I got seats A1 and A2 because NOBODY else had bought seats yet!!! )

I don't know that it is the same, but I would assume quite similar...DH and I worked in the music industry for many years. He was on the record label side, I was on the radio side. It can be very difficult to wade through both the formal and informal bits of getting a celebrity to come to an event. For the music biz, we had record labels, managers, the celebrities themselves (even trickier for groups), the event timeline and any groups involved (ie the radio station, a charity, the venue staff, etc) all to coordinate and satisfy. You have to start planning for the next year almost as soon as the current event ends. Even starting well in advance, it often still comes down to the wire. Trust me. It is just as frustrating for the folks working on this at Disney as it is for guests waiting on news.
 

Hi there! I just booked my first ever SWW trip June 12-14th...I have a question I'm hoping someone could help with...I was able to get 8:35pm Jedi Mickey dinner....do you think I will be done in time to see the fireworks? Thank you!
 
Hi there! I just booked my first ever SWW trip June 12-14th...I have a question I'm hoping someone could help with...I was able to get 8:35pm Jedi Mickey dinner....do you think I will be done in time to see the fireworks? Thank you!
To be honest..no. You will probably be seated close to 8:45pm and then it takes a minimum of 1 hour to eat and get all the characters. The good news is that you can easily see the fireworks from Echo Lake so if you hurry you might just catch it. Def. not the pre show though
 
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Now if he would meet with his wife, Sara Michelle Gellar then it would be insanity!!

I just purchased my tickets for autographs during Star Wars Celebration Anaheim on Monday, even though the other Rebels that are there are going to do autographs on Sunday Freddie is not :(

So I wonder what Freddie's deal is... I will let you know how much of him (and his wife SMG) and the rest of the Rebels crew are out during SWC Anaheim (26 days till I leave, 28 days until SWC Anaheim begins)....
 
My DS7 is obsessed with the SW Rebels shows. It's great to hear that the voice actors from SW Rebels may be back this year - he might get a kick out of seeing them.
What are those shows like? Q and A with the audience? or what is the format? Would it hold the interest of a 7yo? How long are they?

Also, what do you think are the chances of having characters from SW Rebels in some of the character signing locations? I'm thinking perhaps where Captain Rex, Commander Cody and others from Clone Wars have been in previous years, perhaps they could use that space for the Rebels this year?

thanks for any insight as we continue to plan for our first SWW!!
 
true, I'm hoping Jim Cummings comes back.
But if you think about it, five weekends, that's: Freddie Prinze Jr., Taylor Grey, Vanessa Marshall, Tiya Sircar and Steve Blum
It would cover all the voice actors slots

I'm hoping for some villains this year. Stephen Stanton is genius as Tarkin!
 
My DS7 is obsessed with the SW Rebels shows. It's great to hear that the voice actors from SW Rebels may be back this year - he might get a kick out of seeing them.
What are those shows like? Q and A with the audience? or what is the format? Would it hold the interest of a 7yo? How long are they?

Also, what do you think are the chances of having characters from SW Rebels in some of the character signing locations? I'm thinking perhaps where Captain Rex, Commander Cody and others from Clone Wars have been in previous years, perhaps they could use that space for the Rebels this year?

thanks for any insight as we continue to plan for our first SWW!!
Behind the Force is kinda a Q&A, Ashley has been the host of that one, the voice actors are awesome at showing all of their voices, not only SW but anything else they've done. I think it's neat for kids to see where the actual voice of their favorite characters comes from. If your son love Rebels he will love this show. They also show scenes from the show. I'm pretty sure we will see a meet and greet with Ezra and Sabine this year
 
Do you generally need a FP for the Behind the Force show?
not really. In ranking of popularity this one is on the low end if Visit to the Maul or My Short Story is playing. I would say you could get in line 30 minutes before and still make it inside.
 
To be honest..no. You will probably be seated close to 8:45pm and then it takes a minimum of 1 hour to eat and get all the characters. The good news is that you can easily see the fireworks from Echo Lake so if you hurry you might just catch it. Def. not the pre show though
Thank you! Good to set my expectations. Luckily I should be able to catch the fireworks the other night I will be there. I appreciate your help!
 
I know this is waaaaaaaay off topic, :offtopic: but if any of you are in New England with me, there's a pretty good chance we will see the Northern Lights tonight :thumbsup2 There's supposed to be a KP# of 9 at about 9PM

Did you see them? I'm in NY and we were supposed to be able to see them, too, but no luck.

We have more clues as to where exactly Darth's Mall will be this year and as rumored it'll be a 3 part sort of thing. Each area will have a SW theme. The current store next to Monsters Inc meet and greet (in front of Studio Catering) then the old AFI location (recently used for Oakens Trading Post) and the old Prop Shop (used to be part of the queue of Backlot Tour) permits were filed Monday to "provide labor, materials, and/or electric for construction" for the last 2 building areas.

So, that's 3 separate buildings right? Or are you able to get from one to another? (I'm bad at names of things at HS, everything is "studio something"). Wonder if they'll make people wait in line 3 different times to get in?

My middle school self is excited about this. :lovestruc

Me too!! (Only, it's more my high school self.) :(

Now if he would meet with his wife, Sara Michelle Gellar then it would be insanity!!

She's joining Rebels for season 2 (did we already have this conversation here?) I think they could break SWW, lol.
 
I just wanted to confirm that the shows are all kid friendly, right? Like things are mostly kept PG-ish?
 
Did you see them? I'm in NY and we were supposed to be able to see them, too, but no luck.



So, that's 3 separate buildings right? Or are you able to get from one to another? (I'm bad at names of things at HS, everything is "studio something"). Wonder if they'll make people wait in line 3 different times to get in?



Me too!! (Only, it's more my high school self.) :(



She's joining Rebels for season 2 (did we already have this conversation here?) I think they could break SWW, lol.

I just wanted to confirm that the shows are all kid friendly, right? Like things are mostly kept PG-ish?
The gift shop next to the Monsters Inc meet and greet is a separate bldg. They have used this location in the past, they just put general SW merchandise here. The other two are connected, not by an indoor corridor but still they could work it out so you only have to pay once.
If Buffy comes it'll be crazy!!!
All shows are kid friendly.
 
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