Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[Jennifer Cooke]

Not possible because it'll take you at least 15 minutes to be able get our of the F! Theater.
You can watch fireworks and then do second F! with no problem

Thank you ! That is what I thought, but wanted to make sure !

 

[AThrillingChase]

I'm back lol. Three questions. 1....Is one day enough for SW weekends? We had planned on just going on a Friday but now wondering if we need Friday and Saturday. Maybe one day doing strictly Star Wars stuff and the second day doing part Star Wars and part regular HS stuff. I guess it's really just a personal preference but just curious what you guys think. Our children are 2 and 5 and are obsessed with Star Wars. I feel like I'm going nuts planning it all into just one day. Our favorite show is fantasmic so we definetly want to see it but dont want the first show because of fireworks. 2....If for some reason we can not get the fast pass for second show, will we still get in? I'm imagining the second show is going to be packed due to no one going to first show because of fear of missing fireworks. Probably should do 2 days. 3....which dining experience is better, Jedi or galactic? I was able to get a galactic for 3 from a very kind person on here but there is a total of 4 of us. I was hoping I could get by with just reserving 3 since our youngest is 2. But I read about fire capacity and am nervous. My 5 year old really wants this meal and it's one of their birthdays so I don't want to walk up and they turn us down. I guess I need a galactic for 4 on 6/5 for back up. Thank you all! This page is a lifesaver!!

Just re: capacity. No way to now for sure of course, but I am guessing this is less of an issue at Sci-fi vs other restaurants based on how it is set up with the seating being in cars. Seating there is moreso stuck and adding chairs to a table isn't really happening (We sat in the car in the back with chairs too and there really isn't room to add more). So if a spot is open in a car, I imagine it is open in capacity also. Plus, it is possible someone could only get an ADR for a party of 3, but they only have 2 people. I know this because that was me! I kept looking and found a 2 person ressie for the same time so I dropped the 3 so someone else could nab it. I'd keep checking too if I were you for a 4 person though!

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I wonder if you might want to take a cab?
You could also grab a bus from MK to any Epcot resort and cab over from there.

I like the cab idea!

I was going to recommend the same. You could get a cab from the Contemporary (walk or take the monorail). If you do a bus from MK, you can bus it to an EPCOT resort and take a cab or even walk, because I am sure you will still be full of energy after 24 hours in MK

OK, I am combining both of your responses. I believe what we'll do is leave the car at the resort and take the bus to MK for the 24 hour day, then when we leave at 6 am we'll walk to the Contemporary and grab a cab to DHS. Hopefully we can get in the tail end of Vanessa Marshall's line, get our wristband, then bus back to our hotel. Haha, we'll be the only ones leaving DHS at 7. Even funnier is we'll be in our costumes from the 24 hour event. Should be quite a sight. If anyone is going to be at DHS Saturday morning of the second weekend keep an eye open for us, we'll be easy to spot.

I know we're going to be exhausted so I think cab from the Contemporary would be the fastest way to get there.

Does anyone know if cabs always hang out at the Contemporary or will we have to wait until the front desk calls one?

 

[JayLeeJay]

I like the cab idea!
OK, I am combining both of your responses. I believe what we'll do is leave the car at the resort and take the bus to MK for the 24 hour day, then when we leave at 6 am we'll walk to the Contemporary and grab a cab to DHS. Hopefully we can get in the tail end of Vanessa Marshall's line, get our wristband, then bus back to our hotel. Haha, we'll be the only ones leaving DHS at 7. Even funnier is we'll be in our costumes from the 24 hour event. Should be quite a sight. If anyone is going to be at DHS Saturday morning of the second weekend keep an eye open for us, we'll be easy to spot.

I know we're going to be exhausted so I think cab from the Contemporary would be the fastest way to get there.

Does anyone know if cabs always hang out at the Contemporary or will we have to wait until the front desk calls one?

I will be there the second weekend but you will probably already be resting in your hotel by the time my group arrives. I think you have a good plan and hope that it works out for you!

 

[seigyoku]

No Kidding, I will never complain about any lines at SWW ever again.... SWC taught me that... and I am VERY extremely thankful that we got in on Galactic Gatherings so we can jump to the front of the line to pay for merch, rather than what happened to us at Celebration where we waited over 4 hours to buy a blessed poster!

Have you been to SDCC? I suspect my line tolerance took an extreme nosedive after two of those...

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Oh yeah...

 

[coluk003]

FWIW my source for the breakfast said that they were ordering (xxxx) and they wouldn't be able to exchange if the batteries didn't work

Ummm I'm lost here what did I miss lol

Heh... these are going to be lightsaber keychains aren't they?

Again lost but didn't they sell lightsaber key chains in the past? I have the whole set.

 

[soniam]

Does anyone know if cabs always hang out at the Contemporary or will we have to wait until the front desk calls one?

We walked to Contemporary from MK during the rain after Wishes in March. We had to wait for them to call a cab. There were others in front of us waiting too, which didn't help. Hopefully, that early in the morning it won't be a big deal. I bet the cabs are waiting nearby to take people to the airport.

As we were walking over, I heard someone talking to a cab company or Uber on their cell. They called ahead and met them at the front but before the bell/cab desk. That might work too. They didn't wait at all; the car was there as they walked up. They must have called it before leaving MK.

 

[soniam]

Ummm I'm lost here what did I miss lol



Again lost but didn't they sell lightsaber key chains in the past? I have the whole set.

They are going to be giving out light sabers to each person at the Galactic Breakfast. People are speculating that it is a key chain. Yulilin was told it needed batteries.

 

[momofallsons]

If anyone is looking... Jedi Mickey H&V available for 6/12 at 8:30pm for 5 people!

 

[momofallsons]

Woo hoo!!! Got a Galactic breakfast reservation for 5 like I wanted! I have one for 4 that I will need to cancel for 6/12 at 10:25am.

 

[markmcalear]

Heres hoping that BB-8 is there to meet and greet. Or at the very least have him in the parade

 

[ArielRae]

This is a really smart idea

Can anyone help me with logistics? I doubt buses would be running from the MK to DHS at such an early time...so we'd have to drive and then go straight to DHS. @yulilin3 , do you think there would be any FP left for Vanessa Marshall at that time? I imagine by the time we get to the car and get to DHS a 6:30 arrival time might be lucky.

I really hope they will be running direct DHS buses cause if not the contemporary resort is going to get real busy with us all trying to get to DHS that morning.

 

[SalmonPink]

Maybe it would be a good idea for everyone hoping to transfer from the MK 24 Hour Party to HS for SWW to e-mail Disney and ask if direct MK-to-HS buses will be running early that morning (try and specify the time you plan to be travelling, if possible). While Disney aren't always great about giving out definitive answers to questions like that, multiple enquiries might lead them to consider offering the service if they're not already.

 

[slaveone]

Always could bus mk to yacht or beach and walk over.

 

[yulilin3]

I like the cab idea!



OK, I am combining both of your responses. I believe what we'll do is leave the car at the resort and take the bus to MK for the 24 hour day, then when we leave at 6 am we'll walk to the Contemporary and grab a cab to DHS. Hopefully we can get in the tail end of Vanessa Marshall's line, get our wristband, then bus back to our hotel. Haha, we'll be the only ones leaving DHS at 7. Even funnier is we'll be in our costumes from the 24 hour event. Should be quite a sight. If anyone is going to be at DHS Saturday morning of the second weekend keep an eye open for us, we'll be easy to spot.

I know we're going to be exhausted so I think cab from the Contemporary would be the fastest way to get there.

Does anyone know if cabs always hang out at the Contemporary or will we have to wait until the front desk calls one?

I'm not sure but I don't think cabs hang out inside the Resorts. They do at the theme parks. The only cabs I see at MK are at the TTC, where the drop off is. At that time in the morning I'm not sure but I would schedule one ahead of time. Or like other have said take a bus to Boardwalk (it's the closes in walking distance) and walk to DHS

 

[yulilin3]

Heres hoping that BB-8 is there to meet and greet. Or at the very least have him in the parade

when I saw him during the panel that's one of the first things I thought. Not sure if for this years but I'm expecting it more for next year

 

[yulilin3]

Any special requests for TBT? I got pictures of parade, food, characters, celebrities?

 

[db99]

Any special requests for TBT? I got pictures of parade, food, characters, celebrities?

I'm feeling like today is a Darth Maul kind of day.

 

[yulilin3]

I just went "screw it" I'll die poor and in debt. Just got a ressie for 2 at Jedi Mickey's dinner for mother's day...We didn't do this one last year and after posting the review and reading it I got very excited about it. YOLO right? (my kids would be mortified if they ever heard me saying that out loud )