Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[Disneyonthe5]

Was disappointed with whoever mentioned that the Galactic Breakfast dates would not come out until March! Missed out on being able to book it for my family for the weekend we will be there at the end of May! Please don't post information if you don't really know!

 

[Itinkso]

Was disappointed with whoever mentioned that the Galactic Breakfast dates would not come out until March! Missed out on being able to book it for my family for the weekend we will be there at the end of May! Please don't post information if you don't really know!

No one predicted March for the booking of SW meals. It was shared that it didn't open until March last year.

yulilin and lovethattink provided non-stop posts as to what was happening with the dining schedules for SciFi lunches and H&V Dinners. This was occurring before the 180-day ADR window for May 4th. The ADR changes were a sure sign that the SW meals were about to become available.

yulilin begins the Thread months in advance to keep everyone abreast of SWW and all that it entails. Guest planning for ADRs should always begin well before the 180-day window.

 

[CinderElsa]

No one predicted March for the booking of SW meals. It was shared that it didn't open until March last year.

yulilin and lovethattink provided non-stop posts as to what was happening with the dining schedules for SciFi lunches and H&V Dinners. This was occurring before the 180-day ADR window for May 4th. The ADR changes were a sure sign that the SW meals were about to become available.

yulilin begins the Thread months in advance to keep everyone abreast of SWW and all that it entails. Guest planning for ADRs should always begin well before the 180-day window.

This thread is made up of UNPAID VOLUNTEERS who kindly share their (extremely valuable) information with us. The onus is on you to do your part by continuing to check back for the most up-to-date information.

 

[jillmc40]

This thread is made up of UNPAID VOLUNTEERS who kindly share their (extremely valuable) information with us. The onus is on you to do your part by continuing to check back for the most up-to-date information.

I second that!!! They had the info posted here right as it was announced! I hopped online right when they posted the links and got it done. In no way is this board lacking up to the minute info and details, but you as a planner have to stay on top of it and constantly check the board.

If I haven't said it before, I truly appreciate this board and all that you do to keep it updated!!

 

[elbarto007]

Very much looking forward to it this year. Didn't make it last year, but we've met most of the actors and my son has a light saber signed by everyone from "The Clone Wars". Here's hoping for Harrison Ford this summer. I can dream.

 

[DisneyMama21]

Here's hoping for Harrison Ford this summer. I can dream.

Ditto

 

[ConnieB]

I second that!!! They had the info posted here right as it was announced! I hopped online right when they posted the links and got it done. In no way is this board lacking up to the minute info and details, but you as a planner have to stay on top of it and constantly check the board.

If I haven't said it before, I truly appreciate this board and all that you do to keep it updated!!

Yep...AND this thread was ALIVE with posts about it for days and days....and the availbility was really good for almost 2 weeks after it first was announced, so if you didn't check this board to find out the latest....well, the information was available.

Just an FYI.....if you go up to the top of everypage.....find the list of page numbers....right under that is "Thread Tools"....pull down the menu and choose "subscribe to this thread" and you will receive an email when a new post is made.

 

[ConnieB]

Sorry about that, not sure why it double posted.

 

[hydrotony]

wondering if they will have the Star Wars Rebels characters out this year…DS LOVES the new show and was so excited to see Ezra and Chopper (and the girl) in the fireworks pre-show, but I didn't think they were anywhere else…?

I don't know what you were doing last year, but Ashley Eckstein hosted a Star Wars Rebels talk show everyday with the SWR voice actors as guests and some characters also, in fact the very ones you listed as wanting to see. Below is a summary of last year:

Behind the Force "Star Wars:Rebels" celebrities appearances at 1:45 pm:
Celebrity Host - Ashley Eckstein the voice of Ahsoka Tano in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” ]
* May 16, 17 & 18 Vanessa Marshall (Hera Syndulla SWR)
* May 23, 24 & 25 Tiya Sircar (Sabine Wren SWR)
* May 30, 31 & June 1 Taylor Gray (Ezra Bridger SWR)
* June 6, 7 & 8 Taylor Gray (Ezra Bridger SWR)
* June 13, 14 & 15 Steve Blum (Zeb Orrelios SWR)

 

[Koh1977]

I don't know what you were doing last year, but Ashley Eckstein hosted a Star Wars Rebels talk show everyday with the SWR voice actors as guests and some characters also, in fact the very ones you listed as wanting to see. Below is a summary of last year:

Behind the Force "Star Wars:Rebels" celebrities appearances at 1:45 pm:
Celebrity Host - Ashley Eckstein the voice of Ahsoka Tano in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” ]
* May 16, 17 & 18 Vanessa Marshall (Hera Syndulla SWR)
* May 23, 24 & 25 Tiya Sircar (Sabine Wren SWR)
* May 30, 31 & June 1 Taylor Gray (Ezra Bridger SWR)
* June 6, 7 & 8 Taylor Gray (Ezra Bridger SWR)
* June 13, 14 & 15 Steve Blum (Zeb Orrelios SWR)

We've been watching YouTube videos (which is where he saw the characters in the fireworks pre-show). This will be our first SWW trip. But thanks for the info! I don't know if he's as interested in the voice actors since he's only 8, but I think it's cool.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

My family and I started watching the movies this week. Once the movies are done we are moving on to all the Clone Wars and Rebels episodes. Still wishing we had info on the VIP Package and the Feel the Force Package.

We're doing the same thing the prequels are torture...

 

[CampbellzSoup]

Was disappointed with whoever mentioned that the Galactic Breakfast dates would not come out until March! Missed out on being able to book it for my family for the weekend we will be there at the end of May! Please don't post information if you don't really know!

Calm yourself and do your own research. These people are working their hardest to provide the community with useful information.

 

[ConnieB]

Was disappointed with whoever mentioned that the Galactic Breakfast dates would not come out until March! Missed out on being able to book it for my family for the weekend we will be there at the end of May! Please don't post information if you don't really know!

I was thinking about this and just couldn't imagine that anyone would have predicted when the meals would open up....since last year was the first time ever. So...I went hunting and message #512 was the only one where I saw anything even close. Yulilin3 wrote:

This year bookings began in March but I'm thinking they will announce the meals and open up reservation sooner. Keep an eye out on this thread and on the Disney Parks Blog​

So I think you misread her message as she clearly said it might open sooner...AND she advised you to keep an eye out here and at the Blog (though I gotta say this thread seems to have news before the Blog quite often, lol). As others have said (and I may have said too, lol)....keep watching the ADR website.....people have been known to make more than one reservation because they haven't yet finished their planning, so eventually those will be cancelled and you might be able to snag one. It takes patience, but it can be done. When I'm looking for a hard to get ADR, I tend to make the habit to check it every time I'm on the phone with someone....it's easy to check and I'm just sitting talking on the phone anyway, lol.

 

[yulilin3]

Thanks for the welcome and the words of advice!!!

Do you think 3 days is too much? We have both dining events booked, with another night being. F! Dining package for Mama Melrose. DS wants to meet as many characters as possible.
We've thought about possibly spending some time leaving to go to Epcot for lunch one day and then heading back to DHS ... Not sure if it's a good idea but the food options at DHS are so limited. The Big River Grille and Brew has definitely been something we've considering stopping at while there, too.
With 3 days, do you think we would still be able to accomplish everything (characters, dining events, parade, fireworks, eating outside (close) to DHS?

If you're not interested in the shows then yes, even in 2 days you should be able since you get a lot of the popular characters thru the character meals. The shows are a little bit more time consuming since you have to line up and then they are 30 min. shows.
As to the fact that you want to hop to go eat and such, In my personal opinion I don't like going out of the park just because, again, it's time consuming and the heat can tire you out easily, with extra walking it might not be such a good idea, but I know many people do it and are fine.

Very much looking forward to it this year. Didn't make it last year, but we've met most of the actors and my son has a light saber signed by everyone from "The Clone Wars". Here's hoping for Harrison Ford this summer. I can dream.

Can you imagine the mess that DHS would be if Harrison Ford came. Still it would be very cool if he did

We've been watching YouTube videos (which is where he saw the characters in the fireworks pre-show). This will be our first SWW trip. But thanks for the info! I don't know if he's as interested in the voice actors since he's only 8, but I think it's cool.

the Behind the Force show is very cool if he likes the cartoon, also the voice actor talk about their many other characters on other cartoons and shows. It's really interesting even for kids

 

[lovethattink]

No one predicted March for the booking of SW meals. It was shared that it didn't open until March last year.

yulilin and lovethattink provided non-stop posts as to what was happening with the dining schedules for SciFi lunches and H&V Dinners. This was occurring before the 180-day ADR window for May 4th. The ADR changes were a sure sign that the SW meals were about to become available.

yulilin begins the Thread months in advance to keep everyone abreast of SWW and all that it entails. Guest planning for ADRs should always begin well before the 180-day window.

I posted the second I got off the phone making the breakfast and dinner resies the very first day it opened so everyone would know.

 

[disneygrandma]

Disneyonthe5, We're also going the end of May. I did (and continue to do so) check this thread several times per day for new info. I also go to Disney's website & look under "Star Wars", and then I go down thru the list of locations for Dining. I do that at least once per day.

180 days out from the end of May was at the end of Nov. We happened to be on vacation at that time, at DL. I would forget to check this thread every day, and in fact went for a few days without doing so. Sure enough, it had been announced, so I logged in to Disney's site & made our SW dining ADR's. That was in the 1st week of Dec... from our hotel room...at midnight....with everyone else asleep.

Continually everyone has said that they don't know when something will happen. Because of this we are all checking constantly for anything at all that will help us have a wonderful experience at SWW.

I'm sorry that you didn't get your resv's, and hope that you will be able to pick up some that are cancelled. That happened to us last year with BOG. So, this year, just as soon as our 180 day +10 opened up, I planned to call Disney Dining to get our BOG ADR. Unfortunately, this was the day after we arrived in CA. So that meant 4 am, in the bathroom of our hotel room, I was on the phone. Happy to say, it worked!

Please don't blame any one here for you not getting your ADR's. It falls on all of us to do the work, and planning, to make our trips successful.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Was disappointed with whoever mentioned that the Galactic Breakfast dates would not come out until March! Missed out on being able to book it for my family for the weekend we will be there at the end of May! Please don't post information if you don't really know!

Seriously? Nobody said that. It was posted that they were opened for booking in March last year (which is true). Which does not mean it will be the same from year to year. They were not even offered before last year.

Keep looking, you may be able to pick up a cancellation.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Those whom have never experienced the craziness of planning a Disney SWW vacation may not understand that nothing is set in stone when it come to Disney until it is announced.

That is why we say IF and Maybe, then get excited to tell each other when Disney finally finalized this or that.

IF you do not have time to read everything in this thread keep your eye on the first page, Yulilin edits it as events come into finalization. Other items listed are what occurred last year for reference.

I know those of us whom have been planning and reading this thread religiously are easily irritated that people would question how valuable this thread is, and want to defend it's creator and others whom help make it what it is, BUT... we must not give in to the dark side of the force, and let anger cloud our judgement.

This thread is the as valuable to alot of us as a good blaster is to Han Solo! The majority of us Yulilin and others whom help make this thread valuable. Heck we wouldn't have bugged the crap out of her to start it up again this year if we didn't know how fun and valuable this thread can be.

LET'S get back the good side and to the fun! MTFBWYA!

 

[yulilin3]

in the words of that wise Stormtrooper, let's Move Along...Move Along

 

[The Sunrise Student]

Very much looking forward to it this year. Didn't make it last year, but we've met most of the actors and my son has a light saber signed by everyone from "The Clone Wars". Here's hoping for Harrison Ford this summer. I can dream.

Very awesome that you will be making it out this year... for my BF and I SWW has become and addiction, only second to our costuming addiction with the 501st.

If Harrison Ford showed up I can't even imagine the craziness... I know last year when Mark Hamill came they didn't even offer an autograph session he just did a few shows...

But if Harrison Ford did come to SWW I would swoon... he's my favorite scruffy looking nerf herder