Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[jesemeca]

I am going to an all day music festival today. So hopefully nothing big is announced and I miss it.

 

[CinderElsa]

I am going to an all day music festival today. So hopefully nothing big is announced and I miss it.

Doesn't life understand that we have Star Wars Weekends to plan?

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Thought this was cute, from @DeathStarPR on Twitter:

Congrats to Kate and William on the birth of the #RoyalBaby. We'd suggest Princess Leia but we don't want anyone else blowing up our stuff.

 

[MooksterL1]

I think that they intended for this to open up for booking today. They wrote the DPB article, they added it to the WDW site and the SW site. Something has gone terribly wrong with their IT dpt. I'm not tech savvy at all, others can speculate on what happened. Or they just realized in 3 days is May the 4th and they had nothing special for that day so they decided to release then

I would lean towards a coding issue since it impacted dining as a whole yesterday. I work with a web based system and we occasionally have issues after a release even with quality control testing. I am completely speculating that Disney had to remove it so everything else could function while the developer fixes the code.

 

[soniam]

I'm getting Donald - ugh!

DH and I are already coordinating Monday morning - he's going to take the cat to the vet for the early morning follow up visit and I'm going to stalk the Rebel Hanger!

Our community pool opens today -way to cold for me (cold blooded) to go swimming but DD wants to go so I'll hang out and talk to the other moms Problem is none of them share our Disney obsession and one of them even said she felt "sorry for me" when we told her about our plans to go to SWW last year - her kids have never even seen Star Wars!!! That's just wrong on every level!

That's one good thing about being in Austin. There are so many geeks, that's it is hard to throw a rock without at least hitting a casual Star Wars fan. Most people here would think SWW was fairly cool. Although, I think many think we are nuts for the number of times we have gone to Disney, and we are tame compared to a lot of others on this board.

Our neighborhood pool opens this weekend too. I'm not sure if we will go or not. I am trying to wake up and get out the door to yoga and get groceries; I stayed up until 2am for no good reason. Luckily, DH will take DS to karate. We might go biking this weekend if we don't go swimming. DS and I really need to practice on our ukeleles, because we have a recital coming up in a couple of weeks and only one more class before the recital It's a group of kids and parents, so we probably won't be the only bad ones.

DH and I will have to get up early Tuesday to see who's coming to the Austin City Limits Festival. Tickets go on sale just a few hours before the show. They also tend to have different acts between the two weekends. So we need to figure out which weekend. I told DH if the Foo Fighters are coming, then I want tickets no matter who else comes.

Everyone have a good weekend.

 

[MooksterL1]

Doesn't life understand that we have Star Wars Weekends to plan?

Or Avengers to watch! I keep reading about it here and on FB, but no time for it this weekend. Cry.
8th grade formal tonight (and my son doesn't have a wrist corsage for his date yet, but at least he has a tux), 2 baseball schedules and packing for a business trip on Monday are consuming my weekend plans. We will manage to find time to stop in for free comic day though.

 

[MooksterL1]

That's one good thing about being in Austin. There are so many geeks, that's it is hard to throw a rock without at least hitting a casual Star Wars fan. Most people here would think SWW was fairly cool. Although, I think many think we are nuts for the number of times we have gone to Disney, and we are tame compared to a lot of others on this board.

Our neighborhood pool opens this weekend too. I'm not sure if we will go or not. I am trying to wake up and get out the door to yoga and get groceries; I stayed up until 2am for no good reason. Luckily, DH will take DS to karate. We might go biking this weekend if we don't go swimming. DS and I really need to practice on our ukeleles, because we have a recital coming up in a couple of weeks and only one more class before the recital It's a group of kids and parents, so we probably won't be the only bad ones.

DH and I will have to get up early Tuesday to see who's coming to the Austin City Limits Festival. Tickets go on sale just a few hours before the show. They also tend to have different acts between the two weekends. So we need to figure out which weekend. I told DH if the Foo Fighters are coming, then I want tickets no matter who else comes.

Everyone have a good weekend.

A ukulele recital is one of the coolest things I have heard of!

 

[drlaurafsu]

Run, fencing for DS first communion party, block party...for which I need to grocery shop and figure out what I am making! And talk to the landscaper so we can get started putting in our yard! Moved in just before Christmas so too cold, but now weeds are starting to grow.

I'll be out of town for 4 days but I need to start packing lists this weekend too. DS goes from Disney to road trip out west with grandparents to soccer camp to visit family in S America all without coming home. I will meet him in the middle of the trip to take him to Colombia...but serious planning for clothes and stuff needs to be done! And I still need to figure out what fits and what I need to buy...with only 2 weekends to shop.

 

[NebrMom]

Yay, glad the images are working - I still have the tab open from last night. I'll post the rest -

I'm glad someone was able to get them loaded.

 

[SalmonPink]

I'm glad someone was able to get them loaded.

I had a sneaking suspicion things would disappear overnight, so I just left all my tabs open when I went to bed. My laptop probably hates me for it but, hey, we haven't lost the photos this way.

 

[lovethattink]

I started a Trip report for May the 4th, Galactic Gathering, all 5 SWW, Frozen Summer Fun and the Star Wars Cruise.

http://www.disboards.com/threads/st...sww-24-hour-day-fsf-and-a-day-at-sea.3406184/

 

[Skywise]

After all my planning is close to 95% done you'd think I'd be happy and not like Veruca Salt... It's not like I'm extremely fortunate to be able to go to DisneyWorld at all, let alone SWW and it's not like there isn't tons of other things to do at Disney World and Hollywood Studios that I couldn't just... I WANT MY REBEL HANGAR RESERVATION NOOOOWWWW!!!!!

 

[Skywise]

FYI - the Rebel Hangar page is still showing "Server is Busy" as of 11:11am EDT.
I doubt they'd open the reservations today - I'm thinking Sunday night at the earliest.

 

[Metz172]

After all my planning is close to 95% done you'd think I'd be happy and not like Veruca Salt... It's not like I'm extremely fortunate to be able to go to DisneyWorld at all, let alone SWW and it's not like there isn't tons of other things to do at Disney World and Hollywood Studios that I couldn't just... I WANT MY REBEL HANGAR RESERVATION NOOOOWWWW!!!!!

My sentiments exactly. I have a 10 day dream trip planned. I have a Back Stage Tales tour planned, we have a BOG dinner, we have 2 SDMT FP, we have an A&E FP, I am surprising my family during the trip with a move to AKL CL for three nights, we have the deluxe premium package for our SWW day, but unless I get my Rebel Hangar ADR I will be so ooooooo unhappy.

 

[Tltorrez]

Then it's off to DTD to check out Super Hero Headquarter and ride the balloon (we have a Groupon that's actually still available on line) really cheap. Maybe some lunch at DTD (no, not the Boathouse, who can afford that with all that's coming up)

For months I've resisted the urge to go to DTD on our off day. I was determined that our off day would be all rest and no walking. Then you lured me in with your siren song of cheap balloon rides. I just can't resist a good photo op.

So I called my Mom to talk me out of it. She's afraid of heights. And she said "I'll try anything once." Enablers - all of you.

 

[itsthatdisneygirl]

So far we have dropped off the BF's SVX at Subaru for some maintenance we might hit up Pettys meats. Tonight the plan is Epcot to see Taylor Dayne. Tomorrow I know we'll do something but who knows what. And the of course after work on Monday we are headed to DHS for May the Fourth.

Also I'm with yall on the whole lounge thing. I mean how am I supposed to be happy with just being an AP holder who has a Galactic Breakfast a SW merch budget to rival Scrooge McDuck and awesome FP's for the whole month. Really Disney Really

 

[Cluelyss]

I need an ADR for 2 people at 4. This will be the end of our first SW day...after we head to pool then early to bed so we can catch the last few hours of the 24 hr event. It's been our schedule for the last couple of years. We get to MK at 3 am. DS8 loves it! I will message you to confirm if we don't see anything show up tomorrow

Sounds great, thx!!!

 

[Tltorrez]

I would lean towards a coding issue since it impacted dining as a whole yesterday. I work with a web based system and we occasionally have issues after a release even with quality control testing. I am completely speculating that Disney had to remove it so everything else could function while the developer fixes the code.

I definitely agree they were planning the release but held it back because of the site being down. It is possible that the site issues were related to the SW stuff (especially if the were trying to set up the Lounge reservations in some way that's different than normal TS). But it's also possible it was completely unrelated, and once they realized the site would be down all morning they opted to release on Monday rather than in the afternoon or on Saturday.

 

[Tltorrez]

I also thought the Jabba cupcake looked gross. Like a big blob with a face. Much like Jabba!

I thought the same thing.

Doing chores this morning while my son's at his baseball game. Then I'm taking him to the school carnival fundraiser. This is the first time in four years (since its inception) that I'm not *running* the entire event. Looking forward to taking it easy.

 

[CJK]

Could someone post the link for the rebal hangar ressie? I know the site doesn't work as of now, but I just want to be ready to go once it's accessible! TIA!