Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[yulilin3]

Thanks for the info about how to go in & select "New FP" instead of "change FP" which is what I was trying to do. So I was able to change things. However, I don't know if our VIP FP is for Obi Wan, or "the 3rd show", which if that goes in order, would be My Short Story. I wish I could have talked to someone at VIP, but I had to leave a msg. So currently, I have Obi Wan for the Tier 1 FP. If it turns out that our FP is specifically for Obi Wan, then I'll need to try & change it to My Short Story.

***Has anyone doing the VIP talked to them about which specific show the FP is for? If it's the 3rd show of the day, or specifically for Obi Wan, which would actually be the 4th show?***

Thanks again for everyone's help. This has been so hard trying to figure out what to do without having all of the info at once. Vacations are not suppose to be this stressful!

I don't think anyone talked to VIP today about it. When they say 3rd show it's not the order of the shows but from the main core of shows: Behind the Force Rebels, Stars of the Saga and Obi Wan and Beyond.
Just my advice grab the Ewok's Tale fp better, this show is very popular and will be out of fp sooner than Obi Wan.
You really don't even need a fp for Obi Wan because it's very easy t get in even with a 20 minute line on standby but Ewok's Tale has a very long line so I would grab that as a fp until you get confirmation from VIP

 

[coluk003]

Me: *reads about FP selection* OMG I GOTTA BOOK
-Website shows zero SotS FP available-
Me: IT'S ONLY BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR 4 HOURS! HOW DID I MISS MY WINDOW!?
-reads someone's comment about how you can't see events if a tier2 fp is in the way-
*adjusts little mermaid ride times, sees SotS*
Me: Thank you, sweet sweet boards. For you have delivered unto this man and his wife a perfect weekend.

if it was my post i do accept galactic credits

 

[Buddyex]

managed to snag FP for Stars Of The Saga on Friday 15th, hopefully we can do Standby for the other shows

 

[Buddyex]

is it just me, or has My Disney Experience site just gone down?

 

[lovingeire]

If you don't have a fp for Visit to the Maul you need to line up an hour before.
You could send your husband and son early for the Jeremy fp and then you can come in later

I did change my FP so we have one for visit to the Maul. Was just curious if I had time for ToT afterwards and if so what time? Would a FP window starting around 6 work?

Yes, I think I will probably have DH & DS drive over and I can bus over the littles prior to opening and meet up with them. No autograph FP's for us probably, but I can survive. Sometimes you gotta take one for the team!

 

[disneygrandma]

Yulilin, I took your advice and went with the Ewok's Tale for our FP. Hopefully, I hear back from VIP in the am, but I'm worried since it's Sat. I don't know if they staff that line on the week-end. I looked at the 1st page here, and clicked on the link about VIP to see what it said. It mentioned to call the WDW Tour line, so I did. Well, true to what we've come to expect, the Tour line had no idea what I was talking about. They said they won't start booking the SW tour until next week, and she didn't even have the info on it. I told her it's on the website now, and she came back that I must be looking at last year's info because this year's info isn't available yet. I read her the dates, and she put me on hold to check the website. When she came back, I was told that even though it's on the website, they still aren't booking it, and there's no way I could have done it already.......and she still doesn't have any info. Unbelievable!! (not to mention frustrating)

 

[AThrillingChase]

I am quite sure that my heart stopped when I read this.
as in Booooooooooop..... nada, nothing, zilch.

Then I came to my senses and booked Stars Of The Saga for Friday May 15th, Rebels for Sat. May 16th and Obi Wan and Beyond w/JAT on Sunday May 17th. Add to that Breakfast on Monday at 9:15 am at Sci Fi and I am set!

~NM

NM I think you are stealing my life. Or, at least copying my SWW.

 

[DisneyLove2015]

With SW REBELS not being brand new and unknown this year, do you think think the line will be relatively long? We grabbed FP for this one day since DS7 loves SWR but may rethink it and go with Ewok's tale. Not sure? We have SotS on Friday and BtF on Saturday. We were thinking of doing Ewok as standby on Saturday.

 

[MomBird]

:-(

Do I even want to ask about the likelihood of getting FP+ for SOTS 30 days out?

I can't even see SOTS there for me in my 60 days window (3rd and 4th SWWs) I am just getting back home and trying to catch up but are only the first couple of weekends available so far?

 

[Buddyex]

bit confused, according to the Disparks blog:

• “Star Wars: Rebels” – Relive the adventurous twists and turns of the first exciting season of the Disney XDseries “Star Wars: Rebels,” in an all-new show with Star Wars Weekends host James Arnold Taylor and a special guest from the show’s voice cast … along with a few surprises!

but the photo on the fastpass page it looked more like it was a meet n' greet with Exra, Chopper and Sabine

 

[MomBird]

I can't even see SOTS there for me in my 60 days window (3rd and 4th SWWs) I am just getting back home and trying to catch up but are only the first couple of weekends available so far?

Okay, whew, I got it. User error.

 

[jagfanjosh3252]

When were the dates announced for this year? I have a friend who is planning next year and she is worried since she has to book her room(DVC) in June. She is looking at May 13/14/15

 

[mesaboy2]

When were the dates announced for this year? I have a friend who is planning next year and she is worried since she has to book her room(DVC) in June. She is looking at May 13/14/15

According to the OP, December 3.

 

[coluk003]

ok i cant find it and the search here wheres the whole write up with whole VIP stuff and price?

 

[hydrotony]

nothing has been announced for weekend 5 yet. I'm thinking they are still ironing the details on A Conversation with Frank Oz.

A Conversation with Mark Hamill was at 3:00 PM which then caused all the other shows to have different times on his weekend. Expect weekend V show times to be different than the first 4 weekends.

 

[hydrotony]

not sure how they will manage the lines. But this was done with no problem when the shows were at Premiere.

Yeah, they had a CM with a counter who asked how many in your party so the real total could be estimated.

 

[Itinkso]

ok i cant find it and the search here wheres the whole write up with whole VIP stuff and price?

Here's info yulilin has posted:

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/hollywood-studios/star-wars-weekend-vip/
Price per person is $399 plus tax and theme park admission
Annual Pass Holders, Disney Vacation Club Members and Disney Rewards Visa Cards Holders will receive our first ever 15% discount on theUltimate Day at Star Wars Weekends
Max people per VIP group is 40

 

[coluk003]

Here's info yulilin has posted:

yeah sorry not that link. there was a whole write up of what as included, if i send that to the person they wont see everything it has.

Someone typed out the whole thing somewhere in here

 

[katrina1122]

Why is An Ewoks tale, Visit to the Maul showing closed for refurbishement for fp+ for weekend 1?
And is FtF package out yet? Thanks again all!

 

[MakiraMarlena]

1) Because neither Warwick Davis nor Ray Park will be present on Weekend 1.

2) not yet.