Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[love__goofy]

Th Galactic Breakfast is held everyday between May 4th through the last SWW. You have a better chance of getting a mid-week ADR. Check the a Dining Cancelation a Threads in the Dining forum as DISer will announce their canceled ADRS.


YIPPEE! Thank you so much! I did not realize they were available during the week. I was able to snag a reservation on a Thursday. I love the DIS!

 

[hiroMYhero]

Th Galactic Breakfast is held everyday between May 4th through the last SWW. You have a better chance of getting a mid-week ADR. Check the a Dining Cancelation a Threads in the Dining forum as DISer will announce their canceled ADRS.


YIPPEE! Thank you so much! I did not realize they were available during the week. I was able to snag a reservation on a Thursday. I love the DIS!

Yay! I'm glad that worked out for you and that you were able to decipher my strangely word-predicted message.

 

[TLMcMarks]

Jedi Mickey's Star Wars Dine at Hollywood and Vine.... Can anybody tell me what this is exactly? Character Dinner maybe?

 

[Itinkso]

Jedi Mickey's Star Wars Dine at Hollywood and Vine.... Can anybody tell me what this is exactly? Character Dinner maybe?

A two-credit dining plan character meal. It's held from May 4th through the very last SWW day in June. The characters are Jedi Mic, Leia Minnie, Trooper Donald, Vader Goofy, and Ewok Chipmunks. It can also be booked as the Fantasmic Dining Package for the reserved seating.

 

[disneygrandma]

It's a SW themed buffet meal at H&V. Disney characters are in SW costumes.

 

[minerva78]

Hello all. After going back and forth for the past two months about whether or not to do a Disney trip, I finally decided to take the plunge and commit, and we plan to be there for a Star Wars weekend! . My tentative dates are May 23 (or 24) to May 30 and we plan to be at HS on Friday May 29 for SWW. It will be me, my husband, and our two girls who will be 6 and 7 at the time. This is our first family Disney trip, but I've been researching Disney for years, I just feel like I'm finally able to commit to a trip! I am a casual Star Wars fan, my girls watched some of the animated series, but my husband is a huge fan, so SWW is mainly for him. But I am the trip researcher so I've got a lot to learn about SWW.

I've got ADRs booked, but I am still deciding on where to stay - I have a reservation at the Embassy Suites LBV South, but I am considering an onsite stay at POFQ or CS Business class, or offsite at Wyndham Bonnet Creek. I got a nice pin code that is better than the current spring discount, so that is tempting. So many decisions. Once our dates are completely set (I'm still looking to see if the week or two before may be better) I'll post up here about any SWW character meal cancellations in case someone wants to coordinate trying to get the spot. It looks like I've got a lot of reading on this thread, lol. But I'm lookng forward to learning as much as I can!

 

[yulilin3]

Jedi Mickey's Star Wars Dine at Hollywood and Vine.... Can anybody tell me what this is exactly? Character Dinner maybe?

Here's the info on the Disney site. You can click on the meal you're interested for more information
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/hollywood-studios/star-wars-weekend/

 

[yulilin3]

Wanted to wish you all a Happy 2015. I have a friend that doesn't say "Have a great day", instead he says "Create yourself a great day". So with that in mind I say "Create Yourself a Great Year...one day at a time".



Let the planning continue....

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Congrats on your savings!

Thanks... we are splurging big time with a CL at AKL so every bit helps... Never done CL room before... since we are going to be there for 11 nights thought it would be worth a try this trip. We are normally park commandos but with the length of this one I figure we will have to breathe some where

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Th Galactic Breakfast is held everyday between May 4th through the last SWW. You have a better chance of getting a mid-week ADR. Check the a Dining Cancelation a Threads in the Dining forum as DISer will announce their canceled ADRS.


YIPPEE! Thank you so much! I did not realize they were available during the week. I was able to snag a reservation on a Thursday. I love the DIS!

Very awesome!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Hello all. After going back and forth for the past two months about whether or not to do a Disney trip, I finally decided to take the plunge and commit, and we plan to be there for a Star Wars weekend! . My tentative dates are May 23 (or 24) to May 30 and we plan to be at HS on Friday May 29 for SWW. It will be me, my husband, and our two girls who will be 6 and 7 at the time. This is our first family Disney trip, but I've been researching Disney for years, I just feel like I'm finally able to commit to a trip! I am a casual Star Wars fan, my girls watched some of the animated series, but my husband is a huge fan, so SWW is mainly for him. But I am the trip researcher so I've got a lot to learn about SWW.

I've got ADRs booked, but I am still deciding on where to stay - I have a reservation at the Embassy Suites LBV South, but I am considering an onsite stay at POFQ or CS Business class, or offsite at Wyndham Bonnet Creek. I got a nice pin code that is better than the current spring discount, so that is tempting. So many decisions. Once our dates are completely set (I'm still looking to see if the week or two before may be better) I'll post up here about any SWW character meal cancellations in case someone wants to coordinate trying to get the spot. It looks like I've got a lot of reading on this thread, lol. But I'm lookng forward to learning as much as I can!

Congratulations on taking the plunge, what a real treat your first family Disney vacation and to SWW no less. Even if you are not a super SW fan the SWW has alot to offer for every type of SW fan.


If you see my signature, I have stayed off property and on. It all depends on how you travel.

Here's a few questions that might sway you either way:

1. are you driving or flying?

2. Is your only plan to visit WDW or do you plan to see alternate locations in Orlando while you are there?

I will have additional questions once you answer those... but here is why I started this line of questioning and it might help you spin some ideas around.

IF you are flying and are only planning to visit WDW I suggest staying on property. Here's why....

1. Magical Express will pick you up from the airport and take you right to your resort (they even get your bags for you)!

A. HUGE benefit here is you don't have to make transportation arrangements!​

B. You can used Disney Transportation to get around to the parks.​

C. They check your bags back in at the airport, you do that at the resort and then they take you back to the airport, no fuss there either!​

2. You can make your FP reservations earlier than people who stay off property.

So weight the cost of your transport to the additional cost of on property resort. Then add to it you can start paying on your resort now and not have a large bill on your credit card after.

We have done both, and depending on what we are doing... this year with a long trip we are actually going to take a two day venture over to Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure. But in 2014 we did a long weekend and just used all the Disney transport cause we were only going to see WDW and not venture out.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

 

[Koh1977]

When do they usually do the special fireworks? Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights?

 

[yulilin3]

When do they usually do the special fireworks? Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights?

yes, only on the weekends during SWW

 

[pucknasty]

just committed to June 6-13. SWW on the 7th with my step dad and mom. stoked!

 

[yulilin3]

just committed to June 6-13. SWW on the 7th with my step dad and mom. stoked!

awesome. Check out the SWW Roll Call thread if you want your name to be added to the list.

 

[Koh1977]

just committed to June 6-13. SWW on the 7th with my step dad and mom. stoked!

Planning for the week before that! Trying to figure out specific dates...not die-hard SW fans, but definitely want to see the fireworks (probably on the 31st) and do the HV dinner with Jedi Mickey and friends sometime during the week. Any other not-to-miss things?

 

[The Sunrise Student]

just committed to June 6-13. SWW on the 7th with my step dad and mom. stoked!

Congrats, have a wonderful time! Keep reading at least the first page of this thread, planning with Yulilin is the only way to travel to SWW

 

[yulilin3]

Planning for the week before that! Trying to figure out specific dates...not die-hard SW fans, but definitely want to see the fireworks (probably on the 31st) and do the HV dinner with Jedi Mickey and friends sometime during the week. Any other not-to-miss things?

on the first page is all the info on the shows that were offered during last years SWW.

 

[yulilin3]

Congrats, have a wonderful time! Keep reading at least the first page of this thread, planning with Yulilin is the only way to travel to SWW

you are too kind, it's a team effort. I enjoy helping everyone plan their SWW day(s). Hope I can meet all of you this year.