Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[yulilin3]

Ok Guinea Pigs here's your schedule, all we are missing are autograph times for Amy Allen and Tiya Sircar
Weekend I: May 15-17
James Arnold Taylor (not signing)
Ian McDiarmid: Senator/Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; Star Wars: Attack of the Clones; Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi) (not signing)
Amy Allen: Aayla Secura (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith)
Tiya Sircar: Sabine Wren (Star Wars Rebels)
Ashley Eckstein (Voice of Ahsoka Tano – Star Wars: The Clone Wars) Autograph session 12:45pm-2:15pm
Tie for 1st would be Tiya and Amy arrive around 5:00am. Ashley around 6:30am

JTA 8:45 AM 9:20 AM 10:05 AM 10:35 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM sign up at Indiana Jones Theater

PMC 12:15pm and 2:30 sign ups at ABC Sound Studios (kids only PMC)
4:15pm and 6:00pm no sign up required (Family Edition, picked at random, hosted BY Ashley Eckstein)

Star Wars Rebels The Ultimate Guide playing continuously at ABC Sound Theater from 10am until 9:30pm (30 minute show)

Legends of the Force celebrity motorcade and welcome 11am

Behind the Force Rebels 1:45pm
Stormtrooper Pre Show SotS 3:15pm
Stars of the Saga 3:30pm
Obi Wan and Beyond 7pm
Summon the Force Pre Show and Symphony in the Stars 9:45pm

Character locations what we have confirmed so far:
Chewbacca speeder bike across ST
Jedi Council in between One Man's Dream and TSMM (shady area to the right)
Clone Wars Blister Pack Streets of America behind the Monsters Inc meet and greet
Darth Vader old entrance to Backlot Tour 8am- 7:30pm
Queen Amidala between ABC Sound Studio Theater and the Restrooms
Disney SW Fab 4 between exit to GMR and ABC Commissary (maybe until 4pm and then Luke, Leia and the Droids take over)
Darth Maul at the exit to Darth's Mall 8am to 7:30pm
The Fetts by the Coke Bottle
Chipwoks One Man's Dream (I'm thinking outside?)
Roaming characters of the Dark Side by old Backlot Tour
Roaming Characters of the Good Guys Star Tours area

 

[itsthatdisneygirl]

Not completely SWW related but Tee Public is having a 1 day sale all their shirts are $14 they have some Star Wars Shirts

Their shirts are a great quality too

 

[yulilin3]

Not completely SWW related but Tee Public is having a 1 day sale all their shirts are $14 they have some Star Wars Shirts

Their shirts are a great quality too

Can. Not. Buy. More. T-Shirts.
my Mother's day present will be the Her Universe At At shirt

 

[wdhinn89]

Pretty exciting! I don't fly until Friday night but I can see what's going up here.

Me too!!! I am getting soooo excited!!

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Not completely SWW related but Tee Public is having a 1 day sale all their shirts are $14 they have some Star Wars Shirts

Their shirts are a great quality too

My Fiance just rushed out there to check when he saw this.... (he's reading over my shoulder and is a lurker And we just cleaned out our drawers while packing cause we have so many of them

 

[tots05]

i have that stormtrooper magic band already they sold it on may the 4th its nice. its kind of strange that in the video he called those two the limited release when they arent.. also i noticed that there were way more than two bands in the opening shot of the stuff.

I want to get one of these for my DH, possibly one for both of my sons too if these are the designs they want but from what I can tell, they are only sold at Hollywood Studios. We won't be there until the second to the last day of our trip. Is there a way to buy the magic band somewhere else? If not, can we possibly buy it somewhere in Hollywood Studios without going inside the park and using our tickets? any help on this matter will be truly appreciated. DH will be very excited to get one in the beginning of our trip

 

[AThrillingChase]

Ok Guinea Pigs here's your schedule, all we are missing are autograph times for Amy Allen and Tiya Sircar
Weekend I: May 15-17
James Arnold Taylor (not signing)
Ian McDiarmid: Senator/Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; Star Wars: Attack of the Clones; Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi) (not signing)
Amy Allen: Aayla Secura (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith)
Tiya Sircar: Sabine Wren (Star Wars Rebels)
Ashley Eckstein (Voice of Ahsoka Tano – Star Wars: The Clone Wars) Autograph session 12:45pm-2:15pm
Tie for 1st would be Tiya and Amy arrive around 5:00am. Ashley around 6:30am

JTA 8:45 AM 9:20 AM 10:05 AM 10:35 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM sign up at Indiana Jones Theater

PMC 12:15pm and 2:30 sign ups at ABC Sound Studios (kids only PMC)
4:15pm and 6:00pm no sign up required (Family Edition, picked at random, hosted BY Ashley Eckstein)

Star Wars Rebels The Ultimate Guide playing continuously at ABC Sound Theater from 10am until 9:30pm (30 minute show)

Legends of the Force celebrity motorcade and welcome 11am

Behind the Force Rebels 1:45pm
Stormtrooper Pre Show SotS 3:15pm
Stars of the Saga 3:30pm
Obi Wan and Beyond 7pm
Summon the Force Pre Show and Symphony in the Stars 9:45pm

Character locations what we have confirmed so far:
Chewbacca speeder bike across ST
Jedi Council in between One Man's Dream and TSMM (shady area to the right)
Clone Wars Blister Pack Streets of America behind the Monsters Inc meet and greet
Darth Vader old entrance to Backlot Tour 8am- 7:30pm
Queen Amidala between ABC Sound Studio Theater and the Restrooms
Disney SW Fab 4 between exit to GMR and ABC Commissary (maybe until 4pm and then Luke, Leia and the Droids take over)
Darth Maul at the exit to Darth's Mall 8am to 7:30pm
The Fetts by the Coke Bottle
Chipwoks One Man's Dream (I'm thinking outside?)
Roaming characters of the Dark Side by old Backlot Tour
Roaming Characters of the Good Guys Star Tours area

Ok is it close enough to discuss weather yet?? I am just expecting some showers during the late afternoon for every day.

 

[yulilin3]

Ok is it close enough to discuss weather yet?? I am just expecting some showers during the late afternoon for every day.

yes, afternoon showers and thunderstorms are likely

 

[Itinkso]

I want to get one of these for my DH, possibly one for both of my sons too if these are the designs they want but from what I can tell, they are only sold at Hollywood Studios. We won't be there until the second to the last day of our trip. Is there a way to buy the magic band somewhere else? If not, can we possibly buy it somewhere in Hollywood Studios without going inside the park and using our tickets? any help on this matter will be truly appreciated. DH will be very excited to get one in the beginning of our trip

There is a shop located to the far left of all the entrance tapstiles. You can buy items from outside of the park as well as from inside the park. The CMs in the shop will locate the item for you - we were inside the park when we remembered we needed to buy Wheezy the Penguin (older DD loves penguins) and the CM walked over to the display that was outside the park and located the last Wheezy for us.

Then the inside the park register wasn't working so the CM walked over to the outside register to complete our transaction. I can't remember if I saw MagicBands there but it's worth a try.

 

[tots05]

There is a shop located to the far left of all the entrance tapstiles. You can buy items from outside of the park as well as from inside the park. The CMs in the shop will locate the item for you - we were inside the park when we remembered we needed to buy Wheezy the Penguin (older DD loves penguins) and the CM walked over to the display that was outside the park and located the last Wheezy for us.

Then the inside the park register wasn't working so the CM walked over to the outside register to complete our transaction. I can't remember if I saw MagicBands there but it's worth a try.

if we can do this, do we still need to pay parking even if we will just be there for maybe 15mins?

 

[jillmc40]

We leave in one week!!!!!

I am just combing over our schedule once again and realized that the movies at the resort have now crowded our fireworks...grrr...

The one night we were going to stay for fireworks BWV is playing Big Hero 6 Under the Stars and the kids really want to watch it. They missed it when we were there in April. I guess we could come back after Beaches and Cream dinner (6:30) on Friday night.....

One week away and I still don't have firm plans - what the heck is wrong with me??!!

Thanks for the schedule posting where characters will be!!!

 

[jane2073]

Not close enough to discuss specific weather!!!

Just count on sun, humidity and maybe rain. Just not sure how much of each!

I can guarantee that it will not be cold!

 

[Itinkso]

if we can do this, do we still need to pay parking even if we will just be there for maybe 15mins?

Yes, you would have to pay. What you could do is park at the Boardwalk and ride the boat over or walk. It's an easy walk - maybe 15 minutes or so.

When is your Epcot day? You can ride the boat from International Gateway to DHS and then return the same way.

 

[tots05]

Yes, you would have to pay. What you could do is park at the Boardwalk and ride the boat over or walk. It's an easy walk - maybe 15 minutes or so.

When is your Epcot day? You can ride the boat from International Gateway to DHS and then return the same way.

our epcot day (Tuesday) is on the second day of our trip. We are arriving on a Sunday, possibly by 7pm, I was hoping this will be the time to get the magic bands. How about if DH parks close to the pay parking without really going inside and then me taking the walk? Will it be a long walk if that happens?

 

[seigyoku]

So far, insanely late to work, still missing a boot, forgot my SotMK cards, forgot some clothes, Excel decided it wanted to stop working, flight is already delayed 30 minutes AND a thunderstorm just started.

Whee? SWW, I'm TRYING to get to you!

 

[yulilin3]

our epcot day (Tuesday) is on the second day of our trip. We are arriving on a Sunday, possibly by 7pm, I was hoping this will be the time to get the magic bands. How about if DH parks close to the pay parking without really going inside and then me taking the walk? Will it be a long walk if that happens?

you can't, there's no walkway to do that. Are you staying onsite? you could bus over

 

[keishashadow]

phew, managed to pick up a stomach bug now way behind and need to get cracking on packing but...

want to shout out to all the guinea pigs: safe travels & see yinz guys on Sunday the 17th!

don't have time to read all the pages I've missed, is lunch meet after the parade still on @ Backlot Express?

 

[yulilin3]

phew, managed to pick up a stomach bug now way behind and need to get cracking on packing but...

want to shout out to all the guinea pigs: safe travels & see yinz guys on Sunday the 17th!

don't have time to read all the pages I've missed, is lunch meet after the parade still on @ Backlot Express?

no, it's at ABC Commissary go thru the main entrance make a right and I'll try and get a table at the back of the restaurant

 

[yulilin3]

Attention Annual Passholders:

Bring a Piece of Star Wars Weekends Home
Passholders: Don't miss your chance to collect a complimentary set of Star Wars Weekends posters—a different one for all 5 exciting weekends! Available in limited quantities, each poster features popular characters from a galaxy far, far away and can be found while supplies last at Mickey Ave between One Man's Dream and Toy Story Mania every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from May 15 to June 14, 2015!

Please note: You must have your Annual Pass and corresponding photo ID on hand to collect your poster—one available per Passholder per weekend of the event.

 

[Itinkso]

our epcot day (Tuesday) is on the second day of our trip. We are arriving on a Sunday, possibly by 7pm, I was hoping this will be the time to get the magic bands. How about if DH parks close to the pay parking without really going inside and then me taking the walk? Will it be a long walk if that happens?

There is a guest drop off area near the taxi stands. Not sure if he can park there for very long. Maybe he can drive around while you run to the shop.