Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[yulilin3]

Me, DH and DD are fine with single rider, but my in-laws will need to ride together first time

So.... line up about 11:15 for Chewie?

Yes, that would be your best bet. Last year he came out about 30 minutes after the parade was over

Love this idea ! I actually bought my boys these mini light up lightsabers at Hobby Lobby for their Easter baskets thinking they were a little more complex to battle with, but I have a sneaking suspicion the middle son will want to build his own. Will it be frowned upon for my 15 year old to have his. He built it when he was 9, but still plays with it when his little brother wants to battle….if he can pry it out of the middle's hands! He'd probably have fun with the littles with it.

not frowned upon at all. I love seeing people just play around with them, especially the little ones are soo cute.

 

[yulilin3]

Thank you for the suggestions. I wasn't sure about SotS versus Behind the Force and was planning on a FP for Visit to the Maul. (We all love the movies, additionally DH and DD love Clone Wars while DS loves Rebels. So really we can't lose.) But which of the 2, SotS or Rebels is likely to have a better standby chance?

BtFRebels will be the easier to get into. SotS is very popular. Not interested in A Conversation with Frank Oz at all? That one will take the top spot for weekend V
Also remember that Ashley Eckstein will be there every weekend and she'll probably be signing autographs. If your DD loves Ahsoka that would be really cool. She is the loveliest person you could ever meet
She will def. be signing autographs at Darth's Mall for her Her Universe line of clothing and accesories

 

[yulilin3]

Thanks for your response. Since I posted, I was able to score a 12:15 reservation, so that buys me a bit more time. I'll still proceed to H&V immediately after the parade.

No, I don't have a FP+ for Behind the Force, yet. I'm going the last weekend, and my FP+ window doesn't open until this Friday. I also purchased the premium FtF package, so I'm hoping to use the 1 FP+ from that package for the Behind the Force show. (I'm counting on your previous post about Behind the Force being the least popular of the shows!!) Hopefully, the shows on the last weekend are at the same time as the previous weekends' shows.

last year they had A Conversation with Mark Hamill and Ray Park doing his Visit to the Maul and the schedule was
Behind the Force 1:30pm
A Conversation with Mark Hamill 3pm
Stars of the Saga 4:30pm
A Visit to the Maul 6:15pm
Obi Wan and Beyond 7:45pm
I'm sure the schedule for weekend 5 will be very similar if not the same since that weekend they will offer A COnversation with Frank Oz and Ray Park is here so he'll do his Visit to the Maul

 

[slaveone]

I May get Jeremy Bulloch again. I just don't know if I have anything he hasn't signed.

So is anyone planning on getting celeb autographs?? who are you excited to meet?
We are doing Tiya Sircar on the first Sunday, that's the day my daughter will debut her Sabine Wren cosplay so we want a picture with Tiya. Not sure if we'll do all of the Rebels with her wearing her costume.
Everyone else that's signing autographs we have met before so no real priority

 

[yulilin3]

I May get Jeremy Bulloch again. I just don't know if I have anything he hasn't signed.

exactly. We don't really collect a lot of stuff to get signed. We have a calendar from 2005 that how all the movies an also the Star Wars flip book with all the characters and that's what we usually get signed. We have all of the actors/actresses already on both items. Maybe we'll go for Daniel cause he's such a sweetheart and shares the same birthday with my son (June 6)

 

[luvallprincesses]

BtFRebels will be the easier to get into. SotS is very popular. Not interested in A Conversation with Frank Oz at all? That one will take the top spot for weekend V
Also remember that Ashley Eckstein will be there every weekend and she'll probably be signing autographs. If your DD loves Ahsoka that would be really cool. She is the loveliest person you could ever meet
She will def. be signing autographs at Darth's Mall for her Her Universe line of clothing and accesories

Don't tempt me with Frank Oz...I was a killer Yoda for Halloween in 1981 and didn't mind the other little girls picking on me for it. DS has a severe dislike of Yoda, Luke, etc; he's faithful in his 8 year old concrete mind to Anakin from beginning to end. Won't this be more of an adult geared conversation? I realize it's a FP for this or nothing.

 

[pookadoo77]

I May get Jeremy Bulloch again. I just don't know if I have anything he hasn't signed.

He has not signed our picture lol

 

[yulilin3]

Don't tempt me with Frank Oz...I was a killer Yoda for Halloween in 1981 and didn't mind the other little girls picking on me for it. DS has a severe dislike of Yoda, Luke, etc; he's faithful in his 8 year old concrete mind to Anakin from beginning to end. Won't this be more of an adult geared conversation? I realize it's a FP for this or nothing.

yes it'll probably be a more adult show. I'm sure they'll do the same they did last year. They had the show broadcast around the park. You could watch it from the Jumbotron of the old AIE, they set up a huge screen on Streets of America, probably also on the event stage screen so you could always catch it without being inside the theater

 

[pookadoo77]

will celebrities (Peter Mayhew specifically) sign anything ? I mean pics, action figures, etc.. He is the one we are trying for, my hubby wants his and plans on arriving to line up outside HS the last Friday at 4-4:30 am to get it.
Will he sign more than one item? Maybe 2?
Trying to figure out what to get signed, We have 2 circa @1996 action figs in package or maybe print out a pic for him to sign? Any ideas of items other than that? I do have the first edition star wars release on VHS maybe sign the box?....
And if you get there early to get the fastpass you have more of a selection of autograph return time right? Any ideas of autograph times or time slots roughly Peter Mayhew final weekend? I watched the video you posted Yulilin and it seemed there were 2 times for jar jar that day and yall got a choice, is that usual?
TY!!!!!

 

[lovethattink]

@yulilin3 when we were at dhs last there was a broadcast radio throughout the front of the park. it told guests how to get to JTA among other things. Is this new? We haven't been in the morning since fsf.

 

[keishashadow]

might take some extreme convincing to get my better half to wear it, let alone explain it LOL, but sorely tempted to order.

somebody mentioned a button, is there a crafty way to make your own?

 

[yulilin3]

will celebrities (Peter Mayhew specifically) sign anything ? I mean pics, action figures, etc.. He is the one we are trying for, my hubby wants his and plans on arriving to line up outside HS the last Friday at 4-4:30 am to get it.
Will he sign more than one item? Maybe 2?
Trying to figure out what to get signed, We have 2 circa @1996 action figs in package or maybe print out a pic for him to sign? Any ideas of items other than that? I do have the first edition star wars release on VHS maybe sign the box?....
And if you get there early to get the fastpass you have more of a selection of autograph return time right? Any ideas of autograph times or time slots roughly Peter Mayhew final weekend? I watched the video you posted Yulilin and it seemed there were 2 times for jar jar that day and yall got a choice, is that usual?
TY!!!!!

Peter Mayhew will sign anything but he won't personalize it. All the celebrities will only sign one item per person that has a fp and wristband. Almost all of the actors/actresses have 3 sessions. Last year his sessions were at 10am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm. Each session lasts one hour. He was very, very fast last year and after he signed all of his guaranteed fp he took a ton of standby and even some walk ups.
The process to get the fp is very fast, sometimes you can ask quickly to change your session but for the most part they try to keep the line moving fast during that process
EDIT TO ADD: That day with Ahmed Best the CM had one fp left for that time and since my DD was the only one getting an autograph she offered to change it, this is not usual. They are just trying to give out all the tickets as fast as possible

 

[yulilin3]

@yulilin3 when we were at dhs last there was a broadcast radio throughout the front of the park. it told guests how to get to JTA among other things. Is this new? We haven't been in the morning since fsf.

that's done thru the citizens of hollywood. They do it when it's very busy not all the time.

 

[luvallprincesses]

yes it'll probably be a more adult show. I'm sure they'll do the same they did last year. They had the show broadcast around the park. You could watch it from the Jumbotron of the old AIE, they set up a huge screen on Streets of America, probably also on the event stage screen so you could always catch it without being inside the theater

Well this just made my night. Perfect solution. You're running an amazing thread. I've never been part of a thread that requires 10+ pages for consecutive days to catch up on when I get home from school. It's exhausting, but exciting, fun, and so informative. Kudos!

 

[Itinkso]

somebody mentioned a button, is there a crafty way to make your own?

A really inexpensive way is to stop by the cart that has the I'm Celebrating buttons and write "SWW Guinea Pig" or something pertaining to the thread. Cheap, supplied by Disney, and easy to obtain.

 

[yulilin3]

this is how last year schedules for autographs looked like:
All Star Wars Actors (movies) 10am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm
All Voice Actors (Rebels) 10am, 4:30pm, 6pm
Ashley Eckstein 3pm
Ray Park 1:30pm
JAT did sign last year but he's not signing this year (per DPB)
I'm expecting this year that the first session will move up to 9:30am since the parade was moved up half an hour

 

[yulilin3]

A really inexpensive way is to stop by the cart that has the I'm Celebrating buttons and write "SWW Guinea Pig" or something pertaining to the thread. Cheap, supplied by Disney, and easy to obtain.

THIS IS AN AWESOME IDEA!! WE SHOULD ALL GET BUTTONS AND COME UP WITH A NAME FOR EACH WEEKEND.
I know I'm yelling but this is a smart way of doing it

 

[yulilin3]

Well this just made my night. Perfect solution. You're running an amazing thread. I've never been part of a thread that requires 10+ pages for consecutive days to catch up on when I get home from school. It's exhausting, but exciting, fun, and so informative. Kudos!

I'm thinking they will do this again because it'll be a very popular show. Thanks for your kind words.

 

[Itinkso]

THIS IS AN AWESOME IDEA!! WE SHOULD ALL GET BUTTONS AND COME UP WITH A NAME FOR EACH WEEKEND.
I know I'm yelling but this is a smart way of doing it

It's your thread, yulilin...you can yell if you want to!

After you decide on names/slogans, I'll add it to the Roll Call for you.

 

[Dugette]

This is our plan too! It was one of the first entries into my schedule Thanks to some awesome advice from *someone* on the Disboards

That's our plan right now too!