Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[yulilin3]

What Star Wars items have you taken to have signed during Star Wars Weekend? My kids want to do something other than autograph books.

For the celebrities we do a Star Wars 30th anniversary calendar that have all 6 movies, It's easy to put in a backpack and lightweight to carry around.

bump it up!

I just reserved dining for May 8th 2015 at the Vine with Fantamic...ugh I've read some not so nice reviews online...but I love characters so it's like a double edged sword.

Yay!! Don't worry to much on reviews, to each their own, that's why I always hesitate when people ask "is it worth it" to anything. Some people might find it great while others don't.

Questions:

1.) I really want to meet Mickey Minnie Donald Goofy in their Star Wars attire...is it worth it to book Hollywood & Vine - are the characters hard to get to in the park?

2.) Is it worth it the whole Star Wars event if I'm going for One day?

3.) Can you wear robes like the jedis??

4.) Are the parks insane crowded or just close to what Very Merry Christmas and Halloween Party levels?

thanks

1.) The meal is a timesaver for the characters. Especially the Disney gang in SW attire, they rotate at their regular spot meet so you night be doing a 40 minutes line for Jedi Mickey and just as you are about to get your pic he leaves and in comes Darth Goofy. You need to plan for at least 2 hours to be able to get all 4. Maybe your lucky and get them faster but I would plan on 2 hours
2.) That really depends on what you want to do. People come just to sit and enjoy the atmosphere and get a couple of shows in. Some people want to do it all and that's not possible in one day
3.) Adults and kids are encouraged to wear any SW costume that they want. Just remember the heat, bring an extra set of regular clothes in case someone wants to change
4.) DHS is not insanely crowded, you will find a lot more traffic around the Star Tours area and where characters are. It's still crowded but not shoulder to shoulder crowded

 

[yulilin3]

I'm thinking of doing 2 meets every Saturday and 1 on Sunday
Every Saturday:
After the parade at Backlot Express (we usually grab lunch here, look for us inside the sun room, as you go in the room to your left)
Before Fireworks: around 8pm we'll be at the tables around Echo Lake across from 50s Prime Time. We will be there all the way until 10pm.
Every Sunday:
After the parade at Backlot Express (we usually grab lunch here, look for us inside the sun room, as you go in the room to your left)

My DD14 and I will be at DHS every Saturday and Sunday so if anyone wants to meet at a different times let me know. I'll only be going to the first Friday for my character challenge.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Thanks for the offer...I've been picking Sunshine's brain for help. I think I got the bases covered. I'm going to do a trial run on a bit of material and depending on how easy/complicated I'll let all of you know what it is.

Be sure to send me pictures some time of your trails and might be able to help more with suggestions I think this idea is super cool and your daughter will look amazing!

 

[yulilin3]

Be sure to send me pictures some time of your trails and might be able to help more with suggestions I think this idea is super cool and your daughter will look amazing!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

I din't post very often, but will be attending again this year with my son for our annual "father son" trip. I hope to see many of the same faces again this year as we have seen the pat four years.

As you are, we are super excited to be there.

Rick

RedM94 that's awesome! Hope to see you there again this year, we are going to be there for the first two weekends this year.

 

[lovethattink]

I'm thinking of doing 2 meets every Saturday and 1 on Sunday
Every Saturday:
After the parade at Backlot Express (we usually grab lunch here, look for us inside the sun room, as you go in the room to your left)
Before Fireworks: around 8pm we'll be at the tables around Echo Lake across from 50s Prime Time. We will be there all the way until 10pm.
Every Sunday:
After the parade at Backlot Express (we usually grab lunch here, look for us inside the sun room, as you go in the room to your left)

My DD14 and I will be at DHS every Saturday and Sunday so if anyone wants to meet at a different times let me know. I'll only be going to the first Friday for my character challenge.

Sounds good. We were there almost each time you were and saw you. But didn't meet anyone else as we were eating by the time people arrived. Hopefully, this year we'll meet more DISers.

 

[Barbara C]

What Star Wars items have you taken to have signed during Star Wars Weekend? My kids want to do something other than autograph books.

We have a book where each Star War character has his/her/it's own page. It think it might be a DK book and it's a little beat up from use bu I was thinking we might bring that to be signed??

 

[lovethattink]

We used a DK book for some. And the Star Wars autograph book for others. One year a baseball

 

[Artax]

What Star Wars items have you taken to have signed during Star Wars Weekend? My kids want to do something other than autograph books.

Two years ago we did pillow case and ironed on a photopass photo for my son. posted here

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52841422&postcount=1091

Last year we did quilt squares. Printed out a collage of photopass pictures on a quilt panel and my mother put it all together. Posted here

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52840903&postcount=1083

Not sure what we will do this year. Hoping maybe I wont have to haul stuff around this time.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

For the celebrities we do a Star Wars 30th anniversary calendar that have all 6 movies, It's easy to put in a backpack and lightweight to carry around.


Yay!! Don't worry to much on reviews, to each their own, that's why I always hesitate when people ask "is it worth it" to anything. Some people might find it great while others don't.



1.) The meal is a timesaver for the characters. Especially the Disney gang in SW attire, they rotate at their regular spot meet so you night be doing a 40 minutes line for Jedi Mickey and just as you are about to get your pic he leaves and in comes Darth Goofy. You need to plan for at least 2 hours to be able to get all 4. Maybe your lucky and get them faster but I would plan on 2 hours
2.) That really depends on what you want to do. People come just to sit and enjoy the atmosphere and get a couple of shows in. Some people want to do it all and that's not possible in one day
3.) Adults and kids are encouraged to wear any SW costume that they want. Just remember the heat, bring an extra set of regular clothes in case someone wants to change
4.) DHS is not insanely crowded, you will find a lot more traffic around the Star Tours area and where characters are. It's still crowded but not shoulder to shoulder crowded

Thank you so so so much

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Two years ago we did pillow case and ironed on a photopass photo for my son. posted here http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52841422&postcount=1091 Last year we did quilt squares. Printed out a collage of photopass pictures on a quilt panel and my mother put it all together. Posted here http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52840903&postcount=1083 Not sure what we will do this year. Hoping maybe I wont have to haul stuff around this time.

Great ideas! It could be fun to do iron on's on the quilt squares, get them signed and do a bed SWW bed runner.

 

[yulilin3]

Thank you so so so much

You're welcome so, so much. And welcome to the thread

 

[Artax]

Great ideas! It could be fun to do iron on's on the quilt squares, get them signed and do a bed SWW bed runner.

Thanks, I do have to say the iron on did not hold up over the past 2 years and the picture is pretty much gone because he uses it every night (he has asked me to put a new picture on it a couple times but I havent done it yet). So I wouldn't recommend iron on for something as labor intensive as a quilt if it would be used at all. I had the panel printed out on fabric from an online website fabrics on demand. I wanted it to hold up over time and still be able to use it.

I would also recommend using fabric markers and a embroidery hoop to help characters out when signing.

 

[Itinkso]

Questions:

1.) I really want to meet Mickey Minnie Donald Goofy in their Star Wars attire...is it worth it to book Hollywood & Vine - are the characters hard to get to in the park?

2.) Is it worth it the whole Star Wars event if I'm going for One day?

3.) Can you wear robes like the jedis??

4.) Are the parks insane crowded or just close to what Very Merry Christmas and Halloween Party levels?

thanks

I can answer a couple of questions because we did a one-day trip last year.

2. We found our fun-filled final SWW day to be worth it. Our group was 6 adults: 4 had just come off a cruise the day before + 2 CMs - 1 a SWW CM. Because I had heard about SWW for 4 years and followed yulilin's thread for 3 years, we had a specific list of must-dos for our one day visit:
Stormtrooper opening show to watch DD's Trooper "friends" in action, meet Chewie, Darth Mall, ToT, Star Tours, trade with Jawas, Obi Wan show, dessert at HBD only because I couldn't get the 6th FtF that we needed, fireworks, and meet yulilin. Sadly, the only thing we didn't accomplish was meeting yulilin.

We also fit in lunch at Coral Reef and a bit of World Cup soccer in Epcot. We were even stuck at the Fairfax Fair CS area for close to an hour due to lightning over the park. Our strategy worked because we followed all the Tips from here and I even over-ruled the 2 CMs by saying, "yulilin said!"

4. You'll find the park crowded in the areas that yulilin described. The only times we noticed the crowd level was when we left for Epcot before the parade and when we left HBD to walk to the Echo Lake/Prime Time area. Even when we were searching for specific Jawa "friends," there were a lot of wide open spaces in the Streets of America. When we were in Darth Mall at 8:30 in the morning, only a handful of guests were in there. We were the only people taking Aurasma photos.

It will really depend on what you want to accomplish. We didn't watch the parade nor wait to meet any other characters - mainly because the one CM in our group had been involved with SWW since May 4th and we didn't want to subject her to even more than what was our must-dos.

 

[yulilin3]

I can answer a couple of questions because we did a one-day trip last year.

2. We found our fun-filled final SWW day to be worth it. Our group was 6 adults: 4 had just come off a cruise the day before + 2 CMs - 1 a SWW CM. Because I had heard about SWW for 4 years and followed yulilin's thread for 3 years, we had a specific list of must-dos for our one day visit:
Stormtrooper opening show to watch DD's Trooper "friends" in action, meet Chewie, Darth Mall, ToT, Star Tours, trade with Jawas, Obi Wan show, dessert at HBD only because I couldn't get the 6th FtF that we needed, fireworks, and meet yulilin. Sadly, the only thing we didn't accomplish was meeting yulilin.

We also fit in lunch at Coral Reef and a bit of World Cup soccer in Epcot. We were even stuck at the Fairfax Fair CS area for close to an hour due to lightning over the park. Our strategy worked because we followed all the Tips from here and I even over-ruled the 2 CMs by saying, "yulilin said!"

4. You'll find the park crowded in the areas that yulilin described. The only times we noticed the crowd level was when we left for Epcot before the parade and when we left HBD to walk to the Echo Lake/Prime Time area. Even when we were searching for specific Jawa "friends," there were a lot of wide open spaces in the Streets of America. When we were in Darth Mall at 8:30 in the morning, only a handful of guests were in there. We were the only people taking Aurasma photos.

It will really depend on what you want to accomplish. We didn't watch the parade nor wait to meet any other characters - mainly because the one CM in our group had been involved with SWW since May 4th and we didn't want to subject her to even more than what was our must-dos.

if only this would work in the house
We definitely need to meet

 

[disneygrandma]

Whenever I read about someone who has family or friends that are CM's, I think about how much fun that would be to have an acquaintance that would be able to give you an inside perspective of all things Disney. How funny that Yulilin's advice turned out to be better than the CM's!

Since Yulilin no longer has access to the Hub, maybe one of the CM's on the Dis, or an acquaintance of a Dis'er, would be able to tip us off when SWW details come out........especially a head's up for the FtF Pkg. I really feel like FtF will be the BOG & A&E of SWW, all rolled up in to one.

 

[yulilin3]

Whenever I read about someone who has family or friends that are CM's, I think about how much fun that would be to have an acquaintance that would be able to give you an inside perspective of all things Disney. How funny that Yulilin's advice turned out to be better than the CM's!

Since Yulilin no longer has access to the Hub, maybe one of the CM's on the Dis, or an acquaintance of a Dis'er, would be able to tip us off when SWW details come out........especially a head's up for the FtF Pkg. I really feel like FtF will be the BOG & A&E of SWW, all rolled up in to one.

Believe me I'm working hard to try and get some insight into the HUB and get some advance warning on the package. I have a couple of friends of friends that work there and I'm trying in a polite, non creepy way to ask if they could check for me.
I also think Disney is tracking more and more what their CM do on social media. A friend of mine got called to the principals office (his manager) and was told that he shouldn't be posting some things on Fb just because he made a joke about how every attraction he worked in closed. He had worked in backlot tour, Jack Sparrow Pirate attraction at DHS and now at LMA. So he said something like "hey guys I guess LMA will be closing soon because I'm working there" all of us took is a a joke but management didn't like him saying that

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Believe me I'm working hard to try and get some insight into the HUB and get some advance warning on the package. I have a couple of friends of friends that work there and I'm trying in a polite, non creepy way to ask if they could check for me.
I also think Disney is tracking more and more what their CM do on social media. A friend of mine got called to the principals office (his manager) and was told that he shouldn't be posting some things on Fb just because he made a joke about how every attraction he worked in closed. He had worked in backlot tour, Jack Sparrow Pirate attraction at DHS and now at LMA. So he said something like "hey guys I guess LMA will be closing soon because I'm working there" all of us took is a a joke but management didn't like him saying that

"non creepy way"

I have my fingers crossed... would LOVE that heads-up! Things like this, Villains Soiree, etc. seem to go pretty quickly once announced...

 

[The Sunrise Student]

What Star Wars items have you taken to have signed during Star Wars Weekend? My kids want to do something other than autograph books.

My Fav is buying the SWW poster and having that signed. Then you can hang it up in their room and have something fun for them to remember the trip.

I normally do celebrities on mine however I can totally see doing characters that way!

 

[CampbellzSoup]

I think I might do the dinner then just so I can ensure I meet everyone in it Star Wars attire...I'll be wearing Jedi robes but like said here def something underneath lol.

What do you guys suggest to do if I got one day there trust me to bring my significant other it's a big deal lol. I guess all the standard Hollywood studio rides - anythjng directly Star Wars going on there That's a not to miss in your opinion