Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[The Sunrise Student]

[Creaks open the door and peeks, checks the board... closes the door.]

(I was trying to find a YouTube clip from ST:TNG to put here that reminded me of checking for FtF but can't find it - There's a scene where the transporter is broken and the engineer is beaming up a crate to see if it's working just as Picard walks in to check the status -
"Just wanted to check how things are going?"
Crate appears on the transporter pad completely dilapidated and broken.
Picard does a 180 and walks out without missing a beat
"Excellent, excellent - carry on."

Yeah this place is a shambles of people on pins and needles waiting for any type of news!

 

[yulilin3]

It's always like this in March, people are just so eager to finalize all of their plans being so close. Remember last year we saw the big announcements of celebrities and FtF April 23 and 24, so....

 

[Ninja Mom]

Yeah this place is a shambles of people on pins and needles waiting for any type of news!

Amen sistah!
It could be awhile before the information we are looking for comes out.

At least the chatter is entertaining and this picture \/ \/ \/ is priceless!

~NM

 

[Astylla]

I JUST now snagged a May 14th 10:35am Star Wars Galactic breakfast and my ONLY concern is being so late will we miss seeing any or all the characters ? Anyone else with experience or insight on this ? I have been hunting for this reservation the last few days and didn't want to chance not doing it at all..still searching for an earlier time ( my preference) but since we may never be back during the event am willing to chance it if needed. Thank you in advance !

 

[The Sunrise Student]

It's always like this in March, people are just so eager to finalize all of their plans being so close. Remember last year we saw the big announcements of celebrities and FtF April 23 and 24, so....

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This goes along with them waiting until after SWC to make announcements... because of whatever they are going to announce during SWC.

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My 501st Character is Dark Side for a reason... would have kicked me to the curb long ago. I have none of this patience you speak of

 

[The Sunrise Student]

I JUST now snagged a May 14th 10:35am Star Wars Galactic breakfast and my ONLY concern is being so late will we miss seeing any or all the characters ? Anyone else with experience or insight on this ? I have been hunting for this reservation the last few days and didn't want to chance not doing it at all..still searching for an earlier time ( my preference) but since we may never be back during the event am willing to chance it if needed. Thank you in advance !

EDIT Wait 14th is a Thursday, prior to the event... there will be no character out for SWW except for in the restaurants with the special SWW Character meals AND inside the Galactic Gatherings event. HOWEVER Last year at Scifi breakfast we not only got the opening picture with Darth Vader and Boba Fett we got pictures inside with Stormtroopers, Jawas, and Greedo

 

[yulilin3]

@Astylla exactly what @The Sunrise Student said. If you're there before the park opens you can get Chewbacca, Chipwoks and maybe a couple of more characters before breakfast but will miss the parade

 

[Astylla]

You will miss getting a good spot for the parade, however if I were you I would go like up for Chewie right when park opens and that will get something done prior to breakfast. Last year at Scifi breakfast we not only got the opening picture with Darth Vader and Boba Fett we got pictures inside with Stormtroopers, Jawas, and Greedo

May 14th is a Thursday and we aren't super concerned about the parade ( if it's even going on that day/other meet and greets in park) but more concerned about the actual breakfast itself and seeing the characters inside that are there/any interaction being the breakfast "ends" at 11am. I appreciate your insight though

 

[The Sunrise Student]

May 14th is a Thursday and we aren't super concerned about the parade ( if it's even going on that day/other meet and greets in park) but more concerned about the actual breakfast itself and seeing the characters inside that are there/any interaction being the breakfast "ends" at 11am. I appreciate your insight though

@Astylla I edited my first answer when I realized this was a Thursday reservation... have no fear, they have dun characters walking around during your meals as well as the picture they take of you with Vader and Fett in the beginning when you first arrive.

 

[yulilin3]

May 14th is a Thursday and we aren't super concerned about the parade ( if it's even going on that day/other meet and greets in park) but more concerned about the actual breakfast itself and seeing the characters inside that are there/any interaction being the breakfast "ends" at 11am. I appreciate your insight though

OMG didn't check the date. Yeah there's nothing else sww related going on.
You'll be able to see the characters don't stay about that

 

[The Sunrise Student]

@Astylla exactly what @The Sunrise Student said. If you're there before the park opens you can get Chewbacca, Chipwoks and maybe a couple of more characters before breakfast but will miss the parade

@yulilin3 I whoopsed when I first answered I didn't realize it was a Thursday reservation I fixed my answer.... I need to read more carefully... too much multi tasking on my end

 

[yulilin3]

@yulilin3 I whoopsed when I first answered I didn't realize it was a Thursday reservation I fixed my answer.... I need to read more carefully... too much multi tasking on my end

Yeah, I didn't check either

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Yeah, I didn't check either

at least it wasn't just me

 

[Astylla]

Haha no worries , I had figured it was a misunderstanding which is why I added the Thursday to it. I am SO excited and think I might try and keep this a secret from the hubby , as of last night he knows I was looking to no avail..or so he thinks muaha.

I'll still be on the hunt for an earlier reservation but I am seriously STOKED about this now. We booked our trip 5 days ago and I have managed by some small miracle to snag Jedi Mickey Fantasmic , Star Wars Galactic Breakfast , BOG dinner ( thanks to the cancellation boards) , BOG breakfast and BOG lunch today phew ! I love the DIS ! I'm in California so typically on that side but am enjoying my WDW planning !

 

[HCinKC]

My DH and ODS will be at the Thursday breakfast at 10:40. I had read somewhere that being towards the end can be nice because the characters aren't as rushed to keep moving through people. *shrug* As long as ODS gets his pics, I'm not worried!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Haha no worries , I had figured it was a misunderstanding which is why I added the Thursday to it. I am SO excited and think I might try and keep this a secret from the hubby , as of last night he knows I was looking to no avail..or so he thinks muaha.

I'll still be on the hunt for an earlier reservation but I am seriously STOKED about this now. We booked our trip 5 days ago and I have managed by some small miracle to snag Jedi Mickey Fantasmic , Star Wars Galactic Breakfast , BOG dinner ( thanks to the cancellation boards) , BOG breakfast and BOG lunch today phew ! I love the DIS ! I'm in California so typically on that side but am enjoying my WDW planning !

VERY AWESOME! You must now run to Disney and recharge your magic wand! I have noticed that those from CA and use to Disneyland get in a bit of a shock when they find out us WDW planners start planing 6 plus months in advance and make dinning reservations 180 days out. When starting to make my dinning reservations for Disneyland trip I noticed they didn't even have park hours yet listed until 60 days out let along reservation slots for meals... Very eye opening!

 

[coluk003]

I don't think this has been asked but in the 215 pages I'm sure it has. Has Disney in the past announced when the Fp for these shows will open or is a "omd I was looking at my Fp selection and saw the shows were open". I'm sure it's the later.

And glad I found out star tours is not tier one

 

[Itinkso]

@Astylla: SciFi won't be changing over for lunch until after 12:00. You'll have plenty of time to watch the complete SW movie clips as well as meeting all the roaming characters.

 

[coluk003]

Things are very different her. It seems the powers that be in dl try to get every penny out of someone. From what I'm told wdw doesn't raise their prices based on occupancy if the standard is 100 buck it's 100 today or 6 months from now as long as the standard is still open. Disneyland does not do this, their rates go up constantly based on occupancy. The dl portion I know to be true, I never tracked wdw reservations when I had access to them.

 

[jennab113]

@jennab113

David wasn't part of the M&G, but Ashley had called him from back stage to come out and say hi. As you can tell, ds was in his glory! View attachment 84390

That is soooo cute! That's basically what my face would look like too. I'm a huge baseball fan and tend to get more fangirly about baseball players than about celebrities.