Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[Arich01]

And looking at the prices I could see them making it a 2 table credit place. Yikes is it pricey- but darn does the food sound good!

 

[sairell]

Regarding ADRs for the special Star Wars meals, will they seat you even if you arrive 30 minutes after your reservation time?

We have a Jedi Mickey dinner at 6:00 but our D-Tech reservations are at the same time. I've been trying to look for a later dinner reservation, but haven't been lucky yet.

 

[MooksterL1]

Just in case anyone is interested, The BOATHOUSE just opened reservations on opentable.com for booking starting May 15th just in time for SWW! We are going Sunday May 17th after the fireworks at HS for a late dinner. We are planning on watching the fireworks from down the street closer to the entrance, and then right when they finish running to a Saratoga Springs bus. I haven't been to DTD since they have been doing all the construction, but it looks like the walkway from SSR ends right around the boathouse location? (I have never been to SSR so if any of you are experts I'd love your thoughts!)

Thanks!! I am hoping to grab 6/13, but right now the options only go through 6/10.

 

[lovethattink]

My daughter uses a graphic program and she adds borders and magic shots for our photos....there is more than enough graphics available free online.

Please let me know the links!

I really think they are planning to wait until 30 days out.....so many AP and offsite guests are upset about the possibility of not getting FP for the first 4 weekends......but luckily so far it appears they are all still available.....but I think everyone knows that like Mark Hamill last year, the Frank Oz FP will be gone within hours of appearing. At least that's my theory.

I can only make FP+ up to May 10th today? Since I have multiple stays planned, it's letting me book as many days as I want between the stays. When my window first opened, I was allowed 60 days plus 10 days for some reason.

Seriously?!?!

Yes, they were quite scared. We told ds not to point at people and hold it pointing up or down.

Just read this from another thread. Apparently FP+ is available to book a day in advance of your 60 days out. Not sure how to explain it. If your window opens tomorrow you might be able to book them today. I don't believe any shows for weekend 5 are showing up yet though but for all the other attractions and parks you could check

I'm still too early to check. Each day one more day opens up. Right now I'm at May 10th.

 

[xApril]

I'm hoping weekend 5 fastpasses don't get released super early. I'm still annoyed I can't make any fastpasses at all yet. I still have af ew more days until I can get the first weekend.

 

[yulilin3]

I'm hoping weekend 5 fastpasses don't get released super early. I'm still annoyed I can't make any fastpasses at all yet. I still have af ew more days until I can get the first weekend.

Same boat

 

[yulilin3]

Regarding ADRs for the special Star Wars meals, will they seat you even if you arrive 30 minutes after your reservation time?

We have a Jedi Mickey dinner at 6:00 but our D-Tech reservations are at the same time. I've been trying to look for a later dinner reservation, but haven't been lucky yet.

I think the grace period is 10 minutes. They won't hold the reservation for more than 15

 

[yulilin3]

Please let me know the links!



I can only make FP+ up to May 10th today? Since I have multiple stays planned, it's letting me book as many days as I want between the stays. When my window first opened, I was allowed 60 days plus 10 days for some reason.



Yes, they were quite scared. We told ds not to point at people and hold it pointing up or down.



I'm still too early to check. Each day one more day opens up. Right now I'm at May 10th.

When I go on it, it shows that I can get fps for May 11

 

[yulilin3]

For anyone interested in Her Universe merchandise line that she announced would go to Celebration and come over to SWW. Someone on her fb page asked about pricing and this is what she answered:
Our pin-up dresses are beautiful woven dresses and they will retail for $150. The woven Lightsaber skirt will be $75 and the cardigans will retail for $50. The quality is just beautiful! The rest of our items will range from $30-$60. Our jewelry will range from $40-$85. All my best, Ashley
The dresses are way over my budget, hoping the shirt will be around $40

 

[xApril]

Yikes! I was hoping the dresses would be $60 or cheaper. I love both the Cloud City and Hoth one but I don't make enough to drop $150 on a dress.

 

[Dugette]

Just read this from another thread. Apparently FP+ is available to book a day in advance of your 60 days out. Not sure how to explain it. If your window opens tomorrow you might be able to book them today. I don't believe any shows for weekend 5 are showing up yet though but for all the other attractions and parks you could check

I had this happen awhile back. We have two stays, before and after our cruise (weekends 1 & 2). The first opened when expected, but the second was open 24 hours early - I had just happened to look and glad I did!

 

[mexxican]

Just in case anyone is interested, The BOATHOUSE just opened reservations on opentable.com for booking starting May 15th just in time for SWW! We are going Sunday May 17th after the fireworks at HS for a late dinner. We are planning on watching the fireworks from down the street closer to the entrance, and then right when they finish running to a Saratoga Springs bus. I haven't been to DTD since they have been doing all the construction, but it looks like the walkway from SSR ends right around the boathouse location? (I have never been to SSR so if any of you are experts I'd love your thoughts!)

I have been known to indulge in some fancy meals at times, but I don't think I've ever paid $9 for French fries... Not sure I wanna be a guinea pig there. Any word on Morimoto Asia? Best meal ever was at his Philly restaurant, but I was underwhelmed with his first expansion concept - Pauli moto's

 

[SalmonPink]

For anyone interested in Her Universe merchandise line that she announced would go to Celebration and come over to SWW. Someone on her fb page asked about pricing and this is what she answered:
Our pin-up dresses are beautiful woven dresses and they will retail for $150. The woven Lightsaber skirt will be $75 and the cardigans will retail for $50. The quality is just beautiful! The rest of our items will range from $30-$60. Our jewelry will range from $40-$85. All my best, Ashley
The dresses are way over my budget, hoping the shirt will be around $40

Ouch, that puts the dresses out of my budget. Which is maybe a good thing, no matter how much I wanted that Hoth one, because I'm not sure where I'd fit on their sizing chart and I doubt there'd be a fitting room area in Darth's Mall. Maaaaay be able to afford the skirt, will have to try and put some money aside for it. Thanks for the info, yulilin.

 

[pookadoo77]

Yep, just keep watching this thread because it will explode when Weekend V FP are available, lol. Last year I was extremely lucky....was at our rental doing work instead of being in the park with the girls when it was announced on the thread that A Conversation with Mark Hamill was available for FP.....I grabbed it immediately of course.....and by the time I went to pick up the girls they were sold out....so had I gone to the park we'd have missed out. They were literally gone within a couple hours. I just wish that DIS notifications worked better.....I don't get emails consistently telling me things have been posted (for this thread or the others I follow). It's really hit and miss. So...I check here everytime I have a moment. Stalking is not easy work, I tell ya.

What time of day was it when they announced it last year?

A Conversation with Mark Hamill was scheduled, by the Disney Parks Blog , to begin booking FP at 8am. We were all on the computer, MDE, laptops, kindles,etc. refresh...refresh...refresh...it finally went live around 8;20am. I remember because my DD almost missed her bus because she was on the kindle while I was trying on the computer.
Last year the announced that they would be opening the fp, I think about a day or two before. Not sure if they will do the same this year or just open them up without warning

Can anyone think of a way we can quickly and easily notify others on this thread that weekend V fastpasses are released ? Any ideas are appreciated... Maybe a mailchimp account or something we can join and whoever finds out first can blast the email list? Ideas appreciated so we can work together TY!

 

[yulilin3]

Ouch, that puts the dresses out of my budget. Which is maybe a good thing, no matter how much I wanted that Hoth one, because I'm not sure where I'd fit on their sizing chart and I doubt there'd be a fitting room area in Darth's Mall. Maaaaay be able to afford the skirt, will have to try and put some money aside for it. Thanks for the info, yulilin.

Her Universe actually has had a small dressing room inside Darth's Mall for the last couple of years. I'm sure she'll have it again this year

 

[SalmonPink]

Her Universe actually has had a small dressing room inside Darth's Mall for the last couple of years. I'm sure she'll have it again this year

Ooh, that really helps! If there's a chance I'll be dropping $75 on a skirt (which is a lot for me) I'd definitely want to know it fits. I've also been looking for in-store stockists of the range, so I could try and check out the quality and sizes before SWW hits, but the only one I can find is Hot Topic, which only carries a limited range. (Finding cute affordable ladies geek clothing in the UK is no easy task, so I'll likely be waiting until we're Stateside to stock up.)

 

[Cad0587]

We booked the Feel the Force Premium package for the FIRST weekend when the fireworks are later than all the other weekends. Anyone know when check in is for the dessert party and when we can start to arrive to it?

 

[yulilin3]

We booked the Feel the Force Premium package for the FIRST weekend when the fireworks are later than all the other weekends. Anyone know when check in is for the dessert party and when we can start to arrive to it?

Last year they allowed people inside the area around 8:30. No real need to line up early unless you have to have a table for . Last year my daughter and I grabbed a table and shared out with a complete stranger. It's more of a party Atmosphere and I love meeting new people, but I know some people want more privacy

 

[AThrillingChase]

Regarding ADRs for the special Star Wars meals, will they seat you even if you arrive 30 minutes after your reservation time?

We have a Jedi Mickey dinner at 6:00 but our D-Tech reservations are at the same time. I've been trying to look for a later dinner reservation, but haven't been lucky yet.

I have been told the 15 minute rule multiple times by both disney dining and CM's. But, if you want the other side of the coin, I am late all the time. I dont know what it is about disney, but I have a 50% on time arrival rate lol. I have never been turned away. And I once had a party of 8 be 90 min late to mothers day breakfast at the grand floridian cafe after grandma lost her jewelry. They usually put you on a sort of waiting list, so I have waited say an extra 20 minutes.

That said, it is a special event type dining and you are risking paying the no show fee if they turn you away.

 

[keishashadow]

OT - After reading the success stories, decided to sign up early this morning for the ADR 'booking friend' helper. I selected 3 days trying to get times that would better fit our plans.

Paid my fee & see the requests on the website, but didn't get any sort of confirmation to my email address. I did add them to my contacts & see nothing in spam folder.

Does any one remember receiving a confirmation when they signed up? Don't want to mess it up, not very techie

TIA