Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[HCinKC]

I recall someone mentioning SW mickey ears somewhere in this thread, but I'm not about to go searching lol. They have R2 and 3PO? Have they had any others unique to SWW in the past? This will be one of the things we buy for ODS...and possibly ourselves.

 

[tinkerpea]

We will be at the first starwars wk.end, I managed to get a sci-fi starwars breakfast for the day before,so that we could concentrate on the activities around us, and not rush through the meal.
Been doing disney for 27years this our first starwars wk end

 

[coluk003]

hmmm missed 3 pages of info for today nothing showed up in my alerts

 

[lovethattink]

I recall someone mentioning SW mickey ears somewhere in this thread, but I'm not about to go searching lol. They have R2 and 3PO? Have they had any others unique to SWW in the past? This will be one of the things we buy for ODS...and possibly ourselves.

The R2-D2 ears have been around. C3P0 was added this past year after sww.

 

[coluk003]

I was not impressed with the c3po ears. They also have leia ears also but they looked horrible ill find the pictures i took at DL and show everyone

 

[coluk003]

 

[coluk003]

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[KAT4DISNEY]

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Hmmmmm.....those are interesting.

 

[coluk003]

Hmmmmm.....those are interesting.

My sister might have been puffing out the ears a bit but you get the idea lol

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

My sister might have been puffing out the ears a bit but you get the idea lol

Oh - whew! I was thinking Leia was trying to glide in for a landing with those "wings".

 

[lovethattink]

Those are different.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

families are usually blissfully unaware of all the hoop-jumping that is required in the process

I did find 2 sites, noticed one didn't list sci-fi for breakfast

Isn't that the truth.... in 2009 I went down for a family trip in JUNE with my Cousins, Aunt and Uncle, my two cousins had kids who were having a birthday that month and wanted a character meal with goofy for a kinda joint birthday dinner, and oh the trip was only two weeks out... I actually got us a character meal at the grove with goofy as the star for 15 people! And they all were blissfully unaware how lucky they were that I pulled that off!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

I wish I'd have known about this board/thread years ago! But we've been enjoying SWW even without the insider knowledge all these years. Now we'll just be better informed and able to strategize!

@thesunrisestudent I have to admit to a little fangirling since Mara Jade is one of my very favorite characters - EU and Canon.

It's too bad Disney will no let Mara Jade march during SWW, I love the character and was so jazzed when I got to meet her creator in person Timothy Zahn.

EDIT Well crap tried to post pictures and it didn't work, still must be having problems

 

[yulilin3]

8 weeks

 

[ConnieB]

thanks, it was driving me crazy, I know the Dis was down around 4am (been having trouble sleeping)

Dis seems to be down around 2-3am my time almost every day. I have come to the conclusion that it is their maintenance window....thankfully it always comes back after about 30 minutes.

 

[yulilin3]

since there's nothing else to discuss, unless any of you have more questions (I really don't mind, small, big, weird, dumb questions, I love them all) can we speculate of why Weekend I the fireworks are scheduled for 9:45pm when all the other weekends they are at 9:30pm?
Maybe an additional show that first weekend, like last years A Conversation with Mark Hamill??

 

[OZMom]

since there's nothing else to discuss, unless any of you have more questions (I really don't mind, small, big, weird, dumb questions, I love them all) can we speculate of why Weekend I the fireworks are scheduled for 9:45pm when all the other weekends they are at 9:30pm?
Maybe an additional show that first weekend, like last years A Conversation with Mark Hamill??

Harrison Ford. I can't speculate, but that would be really cool if there was an extra show. Are there ever 4th FP's available for the shows? Did Mark Hammill do both SOTS and conversation with Mark Hamill or only the second?

 

[yulilin3]

Harrison Ford. I can't speculate, but that would be really cool if there was an extra show. Are there ever 4th FP's available for the shows? Did Mark Hammill do both SOTS and conversation with Mark Hamill or only the second?

No, he only appeared in the parade and in his show. And when he was walking around the park from point A to point B (That's how we got his autograph and picture )
4th fp weren't an option last year but I seriously doubt they would be available

 

[CJK]

Our first Star Wars weekends was in 2013. We didn't care about getting any autographs (celebrities or characters), but we did enjoy the opening show, parade and Hoopla show. We did several of the afternoon shows (Ray Park was there the weekend we were there). We would line up for one show in the Muppet theatre area, watch the show, and then get back in line for the next show, etc... It worked great and we got to see everything we wanted without having to wait in crazy long lines. Very little planning went into that trip. For this trip, things are so different with my friends wanting to do the Jedi Training Academy, get a celebrity autograph, must-see Disney characters and a fast pass for SOTS. I feel badly for people who don't research and haven't found this wonderful thread!!!
Edited to add: We went to Darth's Mall around 7pm at night and literally walked in with no wait. It was located behind Tower of Terror that year and it was practically a ghost town!

 

[CJK]

Here's a question! When's the best time to visit Darth's mall? Early evening?