Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[rdesisto]

Weekdays as well, beginning May the 4th.

Thank you very much!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Just as an add to this there is also

Red Bubble:http://www.redbubble.com/

Tee Public: https://www.teepublic.com/

And because there are SOOO many sites like Tee Fury that only sell their shirts on a daily basis Day of the Shirt is a collection of all of them
https://dayoftheshirt.com/

I had Tee Public already on the list but I must say I never have been to redbubble I just did a search and found these fun shirts.

http://www.redbubble.com/shop/starwars

Some of the shirts I have seen on other sites, some are brand new Good find MunchkinandSugarBear

 

[ammag]

Does anyone know if they will have special merchandise available the week before the weekends actually start? I know the character meals are available so I am hoping for some unique items.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Does anyone know if they will have special merchandise available the week before the weekends actually start? I know the character meals are available so I am hoping for some unique items.

There are a few general Star Wars items that will come out about a month prior but there aren't just for SWW they will continue to sell them after the event. I have never seen SWW specific items sold prior, infact last year they had a special event that you had to pay to get into to see the merch first and have the opportunity to buy it before anyone else (the event I am referring to was called Rebel Rendezvous).

 

[itsthatdisneygirl]

I had Tee Public already on the list but I must say I never have been to redbubble I just did a search and found these fun shirts.

http://www.redbubble.com/shop/starwars

Some of the shirts I have seen on other sites, some are brand new Good find MunchkinandSugarBear

See this is what happens when I Dis at work...dang! I go to Day of the Shirt daily to see all the new stuff. Sometimes Junk Food Clothing http://www.junkfoodclothing.com/ has some as well...they provide shirts to Tren-D in DTD. 50% of my wardrobe is either Star Wars or HP stuff so ANY shirt company I can find is great!!!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

See this is what happens when I Dis at work...dang! I go to Day of the Shirt daily to see all the new stuff. Sometimes Junk Food Clothing http://www.junkfoodclothing.com/ has some as well...they provide shirts to Tren-D in DTD. 50% of my wardrobe is either Star Wars or HP stuff so ANY shirt company I can find is great!!!

You are so not alone. I too am at work, waiting on things to finish or information from other people that I need I will always pop out here and look at stuff. I am so bad

PS the Junk Food clothing site does have KIDS Star Wars shirts

 

[lovethattink]

During the week days between SWW, they will not be selling SWW specific merchandise either.

 

[jennab113]

Another site is https://www.qwertee.com/. Their shirts are available for 24 hours at one price, then go up a couple dollars for another 12 hours or so. I follow them on Twitter so I can easily see when the new shirt(s) go up and decide if it's something I want. I got my most favorite shirt ever there: The Empire Strikes Out.

 

[Koh1977]

So, I had DS make a list of his top 5 Star Wars characters he wanted to see...

Chewy
Darth Vader
Stormtrooper
Ewok
Luke Skywalker

Would these be possible to do/get all in 1 day?

I'm not sure if he would even mind missing the parade...have an ADR for the Jedi Mickey dinner already and want to hit the fireworks for sure. Haven't decided on the Galactic breakfast yet or not. DS is 8. Thought of maybe having DH and DS do the breakfast and DD (4) and I can do something else...?

 

[Cluelyss]

So, I had DS make a list of his top 5 Star Wars characters he wanted to see... Chewy Darth Vader Stormtrooper Ewok Luke Skywalker Would these be possible to do/get all in 1 day? I'm not sure if he would even mind missing the parade...have an ADR for the Jedi Mickey dinner already and want to hit the fireworks for sure. Haven't decided on the Galactic breakfast yet or not. DS is 8. Thought of maybe having DH and DS do the breakfast and DD (4) and I can do something else...?

You can get Vader and a Stormtrooper at the breakfast if you opt to do it. It's also my understanding that if you wait to meet Chewy until after the parade, he meets with an Ewok. I'd recommend heading right there after the parade to minimize wait time. Then you would just need to find Luke, so seems totally doable in 1 day.....probably well before dinner and the fireworks!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

So, I had DS make a list of his top 5 Star Wars characters he wanted to see...

Chewy
Darth Vader
Stormtrooper
Ewok
Luke Skywalker

Would these be possible to do/get all in 1 day?

I'm not sure if he would even mind missing the parade...have an ADR for the Jedi Mickey dinner already and want to hit the fireworks for sure. Haven't decided on the Galactic breakfast yet or not. DS is 8. Thought of maybe having DH and DS do the breakfast and DD (4) and I can do something else...?

Keep an eye on Kenny the Pirates site (heck he even has an app) and he puts the schedule of characters and where they appear, and how frequent.

Here is the link to his website http://www.kennythepirate.com/

 

[Artax]

So, I had DS make a list of his top 5 Star Wars characters he wanted to see...

Chewy
Darth Vader
Stormtrooper
Ewok
Luke Skywalker

Would these be possible to do/get all in 1 day?

I'm not sure if he would even mind missing the parade...have an ADR for the Jedi Mickey dinner already and want to hit the fireworks for sure. Haven't decided on the Galactic breakfast yet or not. DS is 8. Thought of maybe having DH and DS do the breakfast and DD (4) and I can do something else...?

From my experience I would say yes but will take some timing to get luke and the ewok since they rotate from what I recall.

As sunrise said check with kennythepirate. After the first weekend he should have some times available. If going the first weekend it will be a bit trickier.

If that was my list I would shoot for Darth Vader first thing in the morning. Chewy and Darth Vader have about the same line length, but the Ewoks meet with Chewy and they do not come out first thing in the morning. Stormtroopers are roamers so they are easy. I believe Luke rotates with the droids so that one will depend on timing also I believe. You can ask the cast members but from my experience only about half of them know who is coming out and of those only half will actually tell you the timing of them.

 

[Artax]

I know I am sooo late but I still wanted to reply.... THAT is an awesome quilt! Everything about it is great. Haha back to the thread as it were.

Thanks My son loves it, I am just dreading him asking to do autographs again. I am hoping I can go one trip without doing them. Or maybe I will do the cop out with autograph books.

 

[jennab113]

Are there Photopass photographers at the meals? I've only ever done one character meal and there was a photographer, but only when Stitch was around (at Ohana).

 

[lovingeire]

Thanks My son loves it, I am just dreading him asking to do autographs again. I am hoping I can go one trip without doing them. Or maybe I will do the cop out with autograph books.

I have been trying to think of an alternative to autograph books. We have so many and they just sit around. I am thinking maybe a photo mat or pillowcase. But I do t think we'll be at SWW again anytime soon. Decisions, decisions!

 

[Itinkso]

Are there Photopass photographers at the meals? I've only ever done one character meal and there was a photographer, but only when Stitch was around (at Ohana).

Photopass is there for the posed photos before you are seated. At SciFi it's with Vader and Boba Fett. At H&V, Ewok Chip and Dale are there for the photo op.

Inside the restaurant, you'll take your own photos as the characters come to your table. SciFi is very dark so you may want to use a flashlight as a lightsource. Because camera flashes were too bright, many guests kept taking multiple pictures to get some that weren't washed out. That also slowed the character rotations.

 

[jennab113]

Photopass is there for the posed photos before you are seated. At SciFi it's with Vader and Boba Fett. At H&V, Ewok Chip and Dale are there for the photo op.

Inside the restaurant, you'll take your own photos as the characters come to your table. SciFi is very dark so you may want to use a flashlight as a lightsource. Because camera flashes were too bright, many guests kept taking multiple pictures to get some that weren't washed out. That also slowed the character rotations.

Okay, thanks. I'll be by myself, so I guess I'll have to hope for nice people seated near me or just take pictures of the characters by themselves.

 

[Itinkso]

Okay, thanks. I'll be by myself, so I guess I'll have to hope for nice people seated near me or just take pictures of the characters by themselves.

There will be Servers, Attendants, and Captains who can assist you with photos.
Also, I can add your ADRs to the Roll Call and you can coordinate with others to sit in a car with them at SciFi. Our SciFi servers have always helped with our group photos as its such a great place for group photo ops.

You will definitely be assisted at SciFi.

 

[jennab113]

Oh that's good to hear. At Ohana, servers didn't stop long enough to help or be asked for help, so my friend and I took pictures of each other with characters until the PP guy showed up and we got one together with Stitch.

I'll definitely add my ADRs to the Roll Call when I figure out which ones I'm going to keep.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Because of this young chap forever will my plastic spacemen costume be referred to as a Storm Wooper!

http://youtu.be/pXOwPWFeV4M

I just love his excitement, and his big eyes watch as the Storm Woopers and Vader board the ship!