Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[CJK]

Just booked a FP for SATS as an annual pass holder, 30 days out. Woohoo!! So glad I wasted so much energy worrying about availability these last couple weeks! LOL Thanks to everyone on this thread for keeping me sane, hopeful & excited!!

 

[pollyanna30]

Anyway, speaking of scaredy cat kids - my son LOVES the fluffy characters - Goofy, Tigger, Balloo, no problems at all with giant animals. However, he is afraid of Princesses (literally hid under the table the whole meal at CRT a few years ago, won't watch parades because too many princesses). Has anyone else experienced this (probably not 'cause he's looney)? How did your kids do with Star Wars Characters?

I assumed it was a face character thing (he doesn't really like the fuzzy human characters a ton, but deals with them - hated Phinneas and Ferb for instance, was okay with the Mad Hatter at Disneyland a year later(as long as I was nearby). I'm just wondering how he'll do with Star Wars because they're more human like, but many (like Boba Fett and Vader) don't actually show their faces. Seriously doubt he'd do Luke and Leia, or Anakin. Maybe Padme or Ashoka.

Luckily H&V dinner is our first character experience so that should break the ice (I hope). Oh, and he's 7 so it's not like we're talking toddler crazies here.

Oh my goodness @msmama, your post was enough to bring me out of my lurkdom on this thread. My nephew also hid under the table at CRT for the majority of our meal three years ago when he was 8 years old. He did finally come out, but stayed huddled next to his grandmother with his head buried on her. I think there was something about those face characters that messed with his head because he knew they were not really princesses, but they seemed so real and he just couldn't reconcile that in his head. He also has always avoided those mall Santas too! I am hopeful that his love of Star Wars will supersede his being freaked out by the face characters and being a few years older should help too. I am just glad to know that we aren't the only people that had a child under our table at CRT. Snow White even peeked under the table and said, "I thought Bashful was working at the mine." Darth Vader has nothing on those scary princesses!

 

[mamadragona]

If it is a QS, why dinner only? The only meal without the SW theme is lunch! Do lunch too! *just in case anyone is watching* lol

 

[forgondor1]

Maybe because it's a bar. Wonder what the other drinks are? How much do you want to bet everyone will be re-enacting the bar scene with Luke? I know I will, if I can get it! Star Wars Weekends this year is gonna be awesome!

 

[yulilin3]

If it is a QS, why dinner only? The only meal without the SW theme is lunch! Do lunch too! *just in case anyone is watching* lol

Maybe because it's a bar. Wonder what the other drinks are? How much do you want to bet everyone will be re-enacting the bar scene with Luke? I know I will, if I can get it! Star Wars Weekends this year is gonna be awesome!

It's a lounge style, so more of an appetizers and drinks sort of thing

 

[yulilin3]

Maybe because it's a bar. Wonder what the other drinks are? How much do you want to bet everyone will be re-enacting the bar scene with Luke? I know I will, if I can get it! Star Wars Weekends this year is gonna be awesome!

to our SWW family

 

[yulilin3]

4 weeks

 

[BobaFettFan]

Good morning fellow adr-snipers

 

[BobaFettFan]

Backlot express on my disney experience has zero changes. When BOG lunch adr went live, it switched at 2am-ish.

 

[BobaFettFan]

Sorry, that's 5 am wdw time. I'm west coast.

 

[yulilin3]

Just booked a FP for SATS as an annual pass holder, 30 days out. Woohoo!! So glad I wasted so much energy worrying about availability these last couple weeks! LOL Thanks to everyone on this thread for keeping me sane, hopeful & excited!!

I'm so glad you got them!! I had to actually get 1 SotS fp for each day of the weekend because we don't know when my son will be able to go because he gets his schedule only 2 weeks out. SO I'll be releasing some fp each weekend

 

[forgondor1]

Yay! thanks! @yulilin3

to our SWW family

 

[southernfriedmom]

So now to decide... Do I blindly book something I have no real idea what it is or wait for more information and risk it booking up??? We all know that answer!! Hoping it doesn't go live from 8:30-2:00- teaching is not a very flexible job when trying to SWW plan. I guess that's not a legitimate reason to switch careers.

 

[yulilin3]

So now to decide... Do I blindly book something I have no real idea what it is or wait for more information and risk it booking up??? We all know that answer!! Hoping it doesn't go live from 8:30-2:00- teaching is not a very flexible job when trying to SWW plan. I guess that's not a legitimate reason to switch careers.

Yeah, the one day cancellation policy answers that question
I'm booking for the first Friday (cause who doesn't love being a guinea pig) and will post a full report Friday night

 

[Disney Diva Mom]

Trying .....

 

[Disney Diva Mom]

I stumped the CM. She can't find it available.

 

[yulilin3]

Not gonna lie, I slept with my wallet next to me in case I woke up and people were already booking...I think I have a problem

 

[Disney Diva Mom]

So....nothing. I was told the Rebel lounge is in the system but not bookable yet. Backlot Express is there but does not have reservations option. Ugh!!! If someone else is able to book, let us know what it was booked under.

 

[slaveone]

Not gonna lie, I slept with my wallet next to me in case I woke up and people were already booking...I think I have a problem

i would say yes but my credit card resides in my phone case right now

 

[SalmonPink]

The FtF packages, while awesome, don't really fit our touring style, and while I would have loved to do the SW meals I couldn't justify the high price. But there's no way in the Outer Rim I'm missing out on this Cantina lounge!

Since I'm in the UK, I'm gonna be booking through MDE rather than a phone line. Hopefully it comes online at the same time it's available over the phone.