Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[The Sunrise Student]

can't wait to see you guys march

To tell you the truth I am in a panic attack... I still don't have my stormtrooper body armor just my helmet kit.

I have everything for the officer, I just don't want to trash the house with my sewing machine until after the holidays.

We can still working on the helmets and what not in the garage though during the holidays We bought a heater system to heat the garage this year so we could keep working in the cold months.

 

[msmama]

I just turned into an absolute maniac this morning, lol!! I've booked and cancelled meals several times in the last 30 minutes or so!!

But my question for you experts is - are there certain times I should avoid booking meals because something else is going on?

(I had an early b-fast, but changed it to 11:00 to make it more of a lunch. But now I read that the parade is at 11. But if the parade is the same every day, it doesn't matter because we can see it another day, right?)

I could conceivably do a meal (dinner especially) sometime during the week but it'd mean leaving another park to go back to HS (wasn't planning on hitting HS except on weekends). Is dinner and dessert party a lot for one day?

I assume the feel the force package is all used in one day? Like I'd have to see parade, dessert party and fireworks all on the same day, right?

I knew the dates were supposed to be announced in December but I wasn't prepared for dining yet, lol!! At least my dates are ok!!

 

[kappyfinn]

Are the ADRs only available out to 180 days? I'm not seeing anything after 6/1.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Not planning on any meals this time (I did the breakfast in 2014) but I might grab Feel the Force if they do that again. I'd expect a price increase though.

 

[yulilin3]

I just turned into an absolute maniac this morning, lol!! I've booked and cancelled meals several times in the last 30 minutes or so!!

But my question for you experts is - are there certain times I should avoid booking meals because something else is going on?

(I had an early b-fast, but changed it to 11:00 to make it more of a lunch. But now I read that the parade is at 11. But if the parade is the same every day, it doesn't matter because we can see it another day, right?)

I could conceivably do a meal (dinner especially) sometime during the week but it'd mean leaving another park to go back to HS (wasn't planning on hitting HS except on weekends). Is dinner and dessert party a lot for one day?

I assume the feel the force package is all used in one day? Like I'd have to see parade, dessert party and fireworks all on the same day, right?

I knew the dates were supposed to be announced in December but I wasn't prepared for dining yet, lol!! At least my dates are ok!!

in regards to the character meals: last year the people that had breakfast later in the day complained about how backed up it was. For example they had a ressie for 10am and they got seated around 10:30am. If you're doing breakfast during a SWW day I recommend going early, to be one of the first in and out. For dinner it doesn't really matter unless you are planning on doing any of the shows.
For the Feel the Force package you have to do it all in one day, parade and dessert party.
Plan to spend about an hour for each character meal.

 

[lovethattink]

It was delayed at least an hour for our breakfast.

 

[CJK]

It was delayed at least an hour for our breakfast.

Yikes! What time was your breakfast? With a 9:10am reservation, are we pushing it to see the 11am parade?

 

[MakiraMarlena]

I'm pretty sure I had 9:10 and I just walked right in. There was nobody behind me either so I got to hang with Darth and Boba for a couple of minutes.

I believe that was May 17 and they did have problems in the beginning. Had a friend who went to one of the first breakfasts and she wrote about the delays.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

I just turned into an absolute maniac this morning, lol!! I've booked and cancelled meals several times in the last 30 minutes or so!!

But my question for you experts is - are there certain times I should avoid booking meals because something else is going on?

(I had an early b-fast, but changed it to 11:00 to make it more of a lunch. But now I read that the parade is at 11. But if the parade is the same every day, it doesn't matter because we can see it another day, right?)

I could conceivably do a meal (dinner especially) sometime during the week but it'd mean leaving another park to go back to HS (wasn't planning on hitting HS except on weekends). Is dinner and dessert party a lot for one day?

I assume the feel the force package is all used in one day? Like I'd have to see parade, dessert party and fireworks all on the same day, right?

I knew the dates were supposed to be announced in December but I wasn't prepared for dining yet, lol!! At least my dates are ok!!

You are correct, Feel the Force is all in one day package!

I would leave at least a 2 hour gap before the parade to get seating. Heck even the Feel the Force package line up was an hour in advance... seriously!

I can not answer you on how long JTA sign up work and how long, never done that before, they won't let me, they say I am too tall (6 feet) to be a padawan

 

[Music City Mama]

Thank goodness they're doing a 5th weekend. I felt pretty confident they would given how the dates of mid-May through mid-June fall next year (and that they had 5 weekends last year AND with the new movie coming out next year), but it's a relief to know for sure.

While we were fortunate enough to attend 2 weekends last year, we've changed our schedule next June due to going to US/IOA and how our WDW AP's will fall for 2015-2016, so we'll only be able to go on the very last day, June 14th, but I'm beyond excited that we'll even get to do that since I wasn't sure if it would happen for us at all if they only had 4 weekends.

I don't have to worry about character meals -- won't be doing that again, but now I'll just have to bide my time to find out who the celebrities will be that weekend!

 

[Music City Mama]

Star Wars Rebels Marathon in Disney XD on Sunday. Didn't catch the time. I think it said 5pm?

Do you (or anyone) happen to know when the new episodes start back?

 

[yulilin3]

Thank goodness they're doing a 5th weekend. I felt pretty confident they would given how the dates of mid-May through mid-June fall next year (and that they had 5 weekends last year AND with the new movie coming out next year), but it's a relief to know for sure.

While we were fortunate enough to attend 2 weekends last year, we've changed our schedule next June due to going to US/IOA and how our WDW AP's will fall for 2015-2016, so we'll only be able to go on the very last day, June 14th, but I'm beyond excited that we'll even get to do that since I wasn't sure if it would happen for us at all if they only had 4 weekends.

I don't have to worry about character meals -- won't be doing that again, but now I'll just have to bide my time to find out who the celebrities will be that weekend!

Glad you're coming back!!

 

[ZachnElli]

Ok I just booked then switched days. First call no problems and no prepayment! Yeah! Second call she said only DVC and AP holders could book, but I gave her my reservation number and she looked it up and switched days for me. Just an FYI!

 

[Music City Mama]

Glad you're coming back!!

I'm sure we'll run into each other!

 

[jtowntoflorida]

Dining isn't open for dates greater than 180 days out, so we June travelers can't play today.

Has anyone tried to book the Feel the Force package for greater than 180 days out?

 

[yulilin3]

Dining isn't open for dates greater than 180 days out, so we June travelers can't play today.

Has anyone tried to book the Feel the Force package for greater than 180 days out?

Feel the Force is not open at all

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Feel the Force isn't currently available for 2015.

 

[lovethattink]

Do you (or anyone) happen to know when the new episodes start back?

Path of the Jedi airs Jan 5

 

[sweetnjmom]

I won't be there for SWW but I DID get the Star Wars Dine-In Galactic Breakfast for Wednesday May 6th!!!

I am SO happy!!!

 

[jimim]

ok just to make sure i got this straight. i can book the character dining on my 180 window for june 12th but not the package for the parade and fireworks yet?

jim