Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[The Sunrise Student]

Just got confirmation from my inside source at Sci Fi that you do not get a free download picture this year, the CM will take pictures for you with Fett and Vader.
Also, for anyone doing breakfast remember that your entire party must be together for you to be seated. They have had some issues with people checking in, being seated and then half of their party goes to sign up for JTA, it messes their table turning. What should've taken an hour took one hour and 45 minutes because this family left only 1 person in their table while the rest left. So the staff had to wait for them to come back to deliver warm food, they actually sat thru 2 character rotations.

Will there still be photo pass photographer with memory maker?

 

[yulilin3]

What in the world... When you got to the people eat now after they buy food at Min and Bills' Dockside Dinner?

Min and Bills still have their tables and chairs...this is around the bend right in front of 50s Prime Time.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

the lower seats will be protected from the creeping sun all the time, I'm afraid the last 5 rows will probably have sun for Rebels and SotS. The sun will be hitting your back all the time.

That will suck, hopefully the glare will not be there, hard to see those small screens as it is... I know they are fairly big, but not near as big as they need to be for that size theater.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Min and Bills still have their tables and chairs...this is around the bend right in front of 50s Prime Time.

That's crazy because those seat were always full of people...

 

[yulilin3]

Ok, this really sounds like it's not going to be that cool now. They are going to have the trow that stuff up every day?! They should have just shut down backlot and change the whole thing to RH, and then have it an all day experience!

My thoughts exactly...we will see.

Will there still be photo pass photographer with memory maker?

yes, photopass photographers at both meals for the main pictures, with Vader/Fett and Jedi Mickey. No photographers with the characters that come to your table

 

[slaveone]

That's crazy because those seat were always full of people...

Disney philosophy on seating seems to have become sitting does not equal spending.

 

[wdhinn89]

the lower seats will be protected from the creeping sun all the time, I'm afraid the last 5 rows will probably have sun for Rebels and SotS. The sun will be hitting your back all the time.

How is the air circulation? Are there fans set up? I am afraid it will feel, tight, clammy and hard to breath in. It is supposed to be in the mid 90's and humid

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Disney philosophy on seating seems to have become sitting does not equal spending.

If I have no where to sit to eat my counter service food then I will not bother with it... that's who I saw sitting there the most. Either people eating food from the Dinosaur and eating their ice cream, or people getting SW themed drinks from the little bar that is always near there... or over flow from Min and Bills.

 

[delmar411]

Will there still be photo pass photographer with memory maker?

Still a photopass photog for te main photo but the 2nd guy snatched my phone from me and wouldnt give it back until After the photos. I wanted interaction shots of my son with MY phone and seriously he was doing this rude keep away thing. I didnt want to upset my son by making a scene so I let it go but it was weird and rude and he took a crap pic of me with my son. I had to go back in the middle of our meal to get it retaken.

 

[msmama]

I think I saw one at Wal-Mart. Don't know if it is the exact same one. I know I will eventually get an Inquisitor Lightsaber and Ezra's and Kanan's. Now I am mostly focusing on getting the Jedi Training ones from the parks. I would love to have a different one for each day of the event.

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My son (7) got the Inquisitor lightsaber for his birthday (from Target). It doesn't light up but it really doesn't take away from it's awesomeness! He declared it the best bday present ever.

I have to admit that the theater is a little more shaded than I had originally imagined.

How was the temp in the theater? (Couldn't tell if you actually went down further). Is air circulating at all?

I asked this over on the Resorts board, but no answer as of yet....if we decide NOT to walk to HS from Beach Club for our VIP day, does anyone know the approximate cost and time for a taxi? Seems like it should be cheap and quick, but it also wouldn't surprise if it there was some round about way we had to go (and how close can a taxi get us to the gates)? I'm assuming we wouldn't have to worry about parking gates because we'll be there well before 7 (but correct me if I'm wrong).

 

[yulilin3]

the thing with this specific area is that they usually take out the tables and chairs because this was one of the locations where they placed a tent for celebrity autographs, that's why I've never arranged a meet there (I've used this area for fireworks viewing for Frozen, 4th of July and NYE)
But since they announced that the celebrity autographs would be inside this year I thought that the table and chairs would remain in this area....
with the removal of the tables and chairs it makes me think that this could be a character spot...they sued this entire area for the first DHS Villain Party, so maybe some characters will be located all around Echo Lake, fairly simple for them to come and go backstage since there's an entrance right between 50s Prime Time and the Indiana Jones gift shop.
The problem with this is that now, we won't have a meeting place for fireworks, unless we move it to Min and Bills...but we'll find out on Friday night how it all works out

 

[AngiTN]

How is the air circulation? Are there fans set up? I am afraid it will feel, tight, clammy and hard to breath in. It is supposed to be in the mid 90's and humid

We've seen the B&B show in the late afternoon on a hot day and found it comfortable in there. As long as you aren't setting in the sun

 

[yulilin3]

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My son (7) got the Inquisitor lightsaber for his birthday (from Target). It doesn't light up but it really doesn't take away from it's awesomeness! He declared it the best bday present ever.


How was the temp in the theater? (Couldn't tell if you actually went down further). Is air circulating at all?

I asked this over on the Resorts board, but no answer as of yet....if we decide NOT to walk to HS from Beach Club for our VIP day, does anyone know the approximate cost and time for a taxi? Seems like it should be cheap and quick, but it also wouldn't surprise if it there was some round about way we had to go (and how close can a taxi get us to the gates)? I'm assuming we wouldn't have to worry about parking gates because we'll be there well before 7 (but correct me if I'm wrong).

we like to sit on the sides of this theater and toward the top because the air circulates better, even though the temp was in the mid 90s, while we were there it felt alright. My daughter needs to sit on the aisle side cause she gets claustrophobic with stadium seating, especially if there are strangers sitting next to her so we always go to the sides and stay on the aisle

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Still a photopass photog for te main photo but the 2nd guy snatched my phone from me and wouldnt give it back until After the photos. I wanted interaction shots of my son with MY phone and seriously he was doing this rude keep away thing. I didnt want to upset my son by making a scene so I let it go but it was weird and rude and he took a crap pic of me with my son. I had to go back in the middle of our meal to get it retaken.

I would be saying, that's alright I got it to any photographer that tried that number on me... We normally have both of us in the picture so I haven't run into this yet... But if I bring my Granddaughter and they tired that crap... well....

 

[The Sunrise Student]

How was the temp in the theater? (Couldn't tell if you actually went down further). Is air circulating at all?

I asked this over on the Resorts board, but no answer as of yet....if we decide NOT to walk to HS from Beach Club for our VIP day, does anyone know the approximate cost and time for a taxi? Seems like it should be cheap and quick, but it also wouldn't surprise if it there was some round about way we had to go (and how close can a taxi get us to the gates)? I'm assuming we wouldn't have to worry about parking gates because we'll be there well before 7 (but correct me if I'm wrong).

@yulilin3 can you answer this... I personally have never been in that theater. I saw Beauty and the Beast the Musical when it was out so I never bothered to see the shortened park version.

 

[yulilin3]

@The Sunrise Student until what time are you going to be around DHS on Thursday? I'm going in the evening, around 6pm to see if the backdrops for characters are up so we can have a better plan on our wild SWW character hunt on Friday.

 

[yulilin3]

@yulilin3 can you answer this... I personally have never been in that theater. I saw Beauty and the Beast the Musical when it was out so I never bothered to see the shortened park version.

already did

 

[msmama]

I would be saying, that's alright I got it to any photographer that tried that number on me... We normally have both of us in the picture so I haven't run into this yet... But if I bring my Granddaughter and they tired that crap... well....

Wait, What?!?! You have a Granddaughter? For real? You don't look old enough to have a Granddaughter?!?!

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

Ok, this really sounds like it's not going to be that cool now. They are going to have the trow that stuff up every day?! They should have just shut down backlot and change the whole thing to RH, and then have it an all day experience!

I agree! I was hoping for a whole experience not just some things put up - hopefully I'm underestimating what they will get done during those 2 hours and Disney magic will amaze us

If not our ADR is on Sunday and we'll cancel it - looking forward to the first day reports of RH!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

@The Sunrise Student until what time are you going to be around DHS on Thursday? I'm going in the evening, around 6pm to see if the backdrops for characters are up so we can have a better plan on our wild SWW character hunt on Friday.

Thursday we are only hopping into DHS for GG, then leaving by 1:30 - 2 because we have a the Wanyama Safari (includes a meal at Jiko) - 3:30 start and check in at the resort it by 3 for this. And we still will not have seen our room yet, unless they have it ready when we arrive, which doubt since we are getting there at 9 - 9:30 am.