Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[LATJLP]

If you do a search for Her Universe, you will see there are some great shirts, skirts, and dresses in girls, misses, and women sizes. They are sold from Her Universe, Hot Topic, and other retail and online outlets.

The products came about when Ashley Eckstein who played Ahsoka Tano in the Clone Wars was unable to find clothes for herself to wear. She began Her Universe.

A word of caution on Her Universe products.....when she first started they were high quality, but she has definitely moved to a lower quality in the last two years or so.....very thin fabric, tears easily, and no warranty on faulty products. My daughter saved her money and bought a shirt....we got it in the mail and it had a pull in the fabric....asked for a return authorization to exchange it and was told sorry, it was fine when we shipped it.....ummm, so the post office kept the box is good shape but ripped the fabric inside? $35 for a shirt she can't wear.

Search and read reviews (that aren't on her blog/website) and you'll see we aren't the only ones with complaints about both quality and customer service.

Hot Topic on the other hand is nice quality and great customer service!

 

[lovethattink]

I did not realize that Ashley had her own SW clothing line! I'll be sure to check it out.

I love buying many items online, but when it comes to clothing, that's harder to do. From store to store, brand to brand, the sizing is so different. For clothing, I prefer to be able to hold the items up and see what they look like. However, if most of the SW clothing for girls is online, then that's what I'll need to do.

Thanks!

During SWW, Her Universe had an area inside Darth's Mall and there was a dressing room.

redbubble.com has a long list of SW clothes, womens shirts are in the dropdown for each style:
http://www.redbubble.com/shop/star+wars

I ordered some Baymax shirts as gifts and the screen-printing was of good quality. One tip: redbubble sends out their shirts with an essence of grape bubblegum... My DD thought it was a little strange that her shirt smelled like grape... We had to google to find it's a redbubble "thing."

I'll have to check that out.

A word of caution on Her Universe products.....when she first started they were high quality, but she has definitely moved to a lower quality in the last two years or so.....very thin fabric, tears easily, and no warranty on faulty products. My daughter saved her money and bought a shirt....we got it in the mail and it had a pull in the fabric....asked for a return authorization to exchange it and was told sorry, it was fine when we shipped it.....ummm, so the post office kept the box is good shape but ripped the fabric inside? $35 for a shirt she can't wear.

Search and read reviews (that aren't on her blog/website) and you'll see we aren't the only ones with complaints about both quality and customer service.

Hot Topic on the other hand is nice quality and great customer service!

I've bought a lot from Her Universe both online, from Hot topic and at Darth's Mall. I had a problem with a shirt I bought last Christmas to wear for SWW (2014) which got a hole in it the first time and an older one which got a hole right where the button is at the waist on my jeans over time. I talked to someone from Araca group. Each shirt was made by a different company for Her Universe, even though they were the same style. As for the return, I had no problems. The one was too old to return as they don't cover normal wear and tear. But the new one that got a hole right away, was taken care of. And the replacement shirt has been worn many times with no issues.

Did you speak to a manager? That's too sad that a shirt was never able to be worn.

 

[Itinkso]

(Sorry, Dream Along's Castle Party song is stuck in my head, for some reason...)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3358654

I'll try to post the Roll Call link every so often.

 

[yulilin3]

Between my daughter and I we have many Her Universe items, not only Star Wars but Marvel and while some have been of poor quality most of them have stood the test of time and wear.
Hot Topic is the other store we frequent for geek/nerd fashion and we've always been happy with their products.
There's a couple of cool SW shirts for women on the Disney Store site, as well as create your own items
http://www.disneystore.com/star-war...3D96%26numDim%3D&sort=sortProductsMostPopular
If you are buying from Her Universe online make sure to check the size chart, she has items for juniors, women and plus women

 

[yulilin3]

(Sorry, Dream Along's Castle Party song is stuck in my head, for some reason...)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3358654

I'll try to post the Roll Call link every so often.

Love it.
Join the Roll Call, the SW roll call, you're all invited to come and plan along
So let's get started, so much to do. Come join the Roll Call
The Feel the Force Roll Call, aha, Oh Boy!!

 

[Itinkso]

Love it.
Join the Roll Call, the SW roll call, you're all invited to come and plan along
So let's get started, so much to do. Come join the Roll Call
The Feel the Force Roll Call, aha, Oh Boy!!

This is absolutely perfect, yulilin!!! I've added it to the Roll Call! Because your family is so very talented, we now need a parody video to add to the Thread. I think I know a CM who can help with DAWM choreography and official Padawan moves!

 

[msmama]

I got 4 Her Universe shirts for Xmas and every one of them fits differently (same size).

Zulily has Star Wars stuff every once in awhile and I've found stuff there, too.

 

[yulilin3]

This is absolutely perfect, yulilin!!! I've added it to the Roll Call! Because your family is so very talented, we now need a parody video to add to the Thread. I think I know a CM who can help with DAWM choreography and official Padawan moves!

OMG!! that would be awesome!! I'll tell my son to start working on that

 

[tots05]

hello everyone... we have been to one star wars weekend in 2013 and we absolutely love it. My son went and did the jedi training and was absolutely thrilled. Im planning on making him and my youngest (4) do it in 2015 as well. Our last visit was when there was no fastpass+ yet. My question is, are the jedi training sign up done after rope drop or are they now via fastpass+? any help will be truly appreciated.

 

[Cluelyss]

hello everyone... we have been to one star wars weekend in 2013 and we absolutely love it. My son went and did the jedi training and was absolutely thrilled. Im planning on making him and my youngest (4) do it in 2015 as well. Our last visit was when there was no fastpass+ yet. My question is, are the jedi training sign up done after rope drop or are they now via fastpass+? any help will be truly appreciated.

Currently there is no FP+ for JTA, it's still done the old fashioned way!

 

[tots05]

Currently there is no FP+ for JTA, it's still done the old fashioned way!

thank you! I am glad as we are booking offsite and I think fp+ will only be available for me 30days in advance and not the 60days afforded to others...

 

[bandmhmommy]

New to SWW, but not to Disney. Gonna be there for the last day of SWW and have a couple of questions. My Son and daughter (9 and 5) both LOVE Star Wars, and would be most interested in Jedi Academy (which they have both done before, just not on a special weekend) and meeting characters like Vadar, C-3PO, etc... But not really interested in meeting any of the actual actors. So, what is the best way to tackle getting to do those things? (I did make reservations for the Hollywood and vine special meal...)

 

[lovethattink]

New to SWW, but not to Disney. Gonna be there for the last day of SWW and have a couple of questions. My Son and daughter (9 and 5) both LOVE Star Wars, and would be most interested in Jedi Academy (which they have both done before, just not on a special weekend) and meeting characters like Vadar, C-3PO, etc... But not really interested in meeting any of the actual actors. So, what is the best way to tackle getting to do those things? (I did make reservations for the Hollywood and vine special meal...)

For JTA sign ups, you need to be at the gate before rope drop. The park opening time for SWW is usually up to 30 minutes before the posted opening time.

Kennythepirate's website is a great place for character times and locations.

 

[yulilin3]

New to SWW, but not to Disney. Gonna be there for the last day of SWW and have a couple of questions. My Son and daughter (9 and 5) both LOVE Star Wars, and would be most interested in Jedi Academy (which they have both done before, just not on a special weekend) and meeting characters like Vadar, C-3PO, etc... But not really interested in meeting any of the actual actors. So, what is the best way to tackle getting to do those things? (I did make reservations for the Hollywood and vine special meal...)

For JTA sign ups, you need to be at the gate before rope drop. The park opening time for SWW is usually up to 30 minutes before the posted opening time.

Kennythepirate's website is a great place for character times and locations.

Just to add: make a list of the characters you want to meet and prioritize them
Darth Vader and Chewbacca are extremely popular and their lines stay consistently long all day. If you want to meet them plan to get in line as soon as you're done signing up for JTA.
Also JYA is basically the same as on non SWW days, it's less of a hassle to do it on non SWW if you can. Read the first post of this thread for further inside info on how the shows differ

 

[lovethattink]

Discounted room and package rates were just released today for SWW dates through June 15 up to 30% off!

 

[39CINDERELLA]

Discounted room and package rates were just released today for SWW dates through June 15 up to 30% off!

I jumped on this as soon as I saw it this morning and saved 3000.00 on our BCV stay!!

 

[lovethattink]

I jumped on this as soon as I saw it this morning and saved 3000.00 on our BCV stay!!

Wow! That's a huge savings!

 

[yulilin3]

FYI Her Universe is having end of the year sale:
http://www.heruniverse.com/sale.html

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Here's the link for the discount rates, and who gets what

http://www.mousesavers.com/walt-dis...ey-world-resort-hotel-discounts-codes/#spring

Looks like we (my BF and I) are going to get 20% OFF... WOOT WOOT, will be call about that tonight!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

they re only 11 each....

I love the Kessel Run shirt...

http://www.teefury.com/