Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[Itinkso]

Sabine and Ezra came out for 10 minutes only. We feel very lucky to have had such great interaction with them.

@yulilin3 - Sabine feels the same about the interaction!

Last night as DH and I were making our way home from San Diego after celebrating older DD's 30th bday, CM DD began a flurry of excited texts. Sabine added the graffiti photo to her Fb page!

Please let Stephanie know it is a very high honor ~ out of two full SWWs, Sabine has only chosen 10 of the best and most beautiful photos from Instagram to upload to her account. Sabine will NEVER forget her awesome time meeting Stephanie!!

 

[yulilin3]

Question: was DJ Lobot there this weekend?

DJ Elliot took place of DJ Lobot this weekend (I just think it was too hot for Elliot to get into costume)

 

[yulilin3]

@yulilin3 - Sabine feels the same about the interaction!

Last night as DH and I were making our way home from San Diego after celebrating older DD's 30th bday, CM DD began a flurry of excited texts. Sabine added the graffiti photo to her Fb page!

Please let Stephanie know it is a very high honor ~ out of two full SWWs, Sabine has only chosen 10 of the best and most beautiful photos from Instagram to upload to her account. Sabine will NEVER forget her awesome time meeting Stephanie!!

thank you so much. We talked to her handler that we saw inside the Hangar yesterday and he told us she was very excited about Stephanie We're going to print the picture and write a little message in the back and give it to her handler next weekend. It's the little things that make this event so awesome. Most of them come from the awesome characters that despite the horrible weather conditions stay in character and play the part to perfection.
Yesterday we spent about 20 minutes just watching R2D2, Leia and Luke meet people and you guys should've seen the faces on everyone, especially the kids, when meeting R2. This little girl had a Millennium Falcon glow cube and just kept showing it to R2 (to what she thought was his eye) and kept touching him in the most loving way...I turned my eyes to R2 dad (the guy with the big backpack and hands inside of it ) and he had the biggest grin...just sooo magical

 

[stasijane]

What time did you arrive morning?

I think I got there right about 6am. I was trying for earlier but I overslept.

 

[yulilin3]

Thanks...this is our first time to WDW so it's really hard to get a mental visual on things. Here are my questions:

1. Is it reasonable to show up for the shows 15 minutes in advance?
2. Is there an optimum spot to snag at the dessert party for the best stag viewing?
3. Should we stay at the stag to watch the firework or move somewhere else? I keep reading the view isn't the best.
4. How does the "walk behind the mortorcade to the stage" work and does it give us a good view of the show?
5. Is there a "best place" to try and stand for the parade?

Thank you!

1.- You could show up 15 minutes before the show with no problem. There's a big section reserved for both packages and VIP so you will have a spot. They open the theater 15 minutes before each show so you can just walk in and sit down
2.- Anywhere on the DPP area will be fine. If you want you can try and stay as close to the stage to see the pre show but then move back to have a better viewing of the fireworks
3.- The view for fireworks isn't the best but the stage only blocks a little bit of it. So as long as you go to the back of the area you'll be fine. As soon as the pre show is done they jump right into the fireworks so there's no time to move to another location and not miss anything
4.- The CM tells you to be ready to walk, as soon as the parade comes thru there's a black rope with managers holding it, you jump right behind this rope, then more CM have more ropes to block everyone else from jumping in. Stay as close to the back rope as you walk down and you will have an unobstructed view of the welcome show
5.- Not really, every spot is good. They have umbrellas now that seem to cover only the people standing back but if you want to have the best view then you need to sit on the curb

 

[yulilin3]

I think I got there right about 6am. I was trying for earlier but I overslept.

did you get to meet him?

 

[Itinkso]

It's the little things that make this event so awesome.

And I hope when Guests complain about the lack of character interaction at RH, the comments are directed to Entertainment and Dining management about the restricted onstage timing for the characters. Once a character steps outside, their meet time is reduced due to the horrendous temperature conditions for someone in full costume.

The character Attendant has to get the character offstage at the end of their set time for safety reasons and RH is the only DHS dining location where a character is required to leave an air conditioned building to meet guests.

Overall, it is not ideal conditions for the characters at RH. To have more character onstage time, RH may become a very pricey dining experience.

 

[msmama]

Home after a very long 10 days at Disney. 2 awesome Star Wars days. A tummy bug. Fun at the other parks, brutally hot weather. I think we had it all.

Hopefully now that I am home I will be able to keep up better with this thread. We've already decided we can't do SWW weekends next year (my ap will expire before it starts) but I'll be looking at 2 years from now.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Went to see Tommorrowland yesterday and after The Force Awakens trailer, my DS7 spontaneously starts applauding like crazy!
I'm sure others in the theater thought that was strange, but I know my people here could appreciate how that made me smile!

It was everything I could do NOT to do the same as your DS!!!!

How was Tomorrowland? Was thinking about taking my son today to see it

My two cents: meh. I thought the beginning dragged and should have been cut, the "message" was delivered in a heavy-handed way - felt almost preachy to me. Our whole group: myself, DH, DS10, DD8 said it was "ok", but we wouldn't watch it again. I feel like it was a better IDEA than it was a movie.

 

[stasijane]

did you get to meet him?

No. Unfortunately I didn't get to, but It appears I underestimated how awesome Warrick is because the CM came out and handed a few of us that had been sitting for about 2 hours waiting these cards Warrick signed for us.

 

[yulilin3]

Just posted this on the Roll Call thread:

Attention weekend III, IV and V garrisons
We have been grabbing 3 tables, a total of about 10 spots at ABC Commissary for our Saturday meets. I know that sometimes it's hard to know what you will be doing at a specific time of day but I just wanted to get a feel to know about how many will actually be going to the meet for lunch. It gets VERY BUSY right after the parade and I hate grabbing tables and chairs and then people in general don't have a place to eat.
So if you are planning on actually eating at ABC Commissary for our lunch meet could you let me know on the Roll Call thread?
If you plan to just come and say Hi, and meet without eating then that will be ok too. I just don't want to grab more spots than what we need.
Also posting this in the SWW tips thread.
As far as the fireworks meet on Saturday that's a bit easier to grab spot cause it doesn't get that busy there. But I will move all my stuff away and open up spots for other people by 9pm. So if you plan to watch fireworks from the Echo Lake ledge please be there by 9pm so you can have a place to sit on, otherwise you could always stand or sit on the floor

 

[Teamanderson]

Happy birthday Star Wars

 

[yulilin3]

No. Unfortunately I didn't get to, but It appears I underestimated how awesome Warrick is because the CM came out and handed a few of us that had been sitting for about 2 hours waiting these cards Warrick signed for us.

that was nice of him. He is a very cool and funny guy

 

[KKBDisMom]

Magic shots are special pictures taken by Disney photopass photographer's around the parks. For sww they have two. One it's where you are fighting Vader, and the other where you are force pushing stormtroopers.

Going through our Memory Maker there's also 2 animated ones! One on the main st with Ezra and Sabine and then one at the park opening in front of the movie scroll HS sign Storm Troopers walk past. I hunted down the Photopass guys for the 2 regular ones, but the animated were surprises, Yay!

 

[Koh1977]

Anyone by chance thinking of canceling their DPP this coming weekend? Would love to upgrade our PP, but nothing's available...looking for the 31st (2 adults, 2 kids).

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Going through our Memory Maker there's also 2 animated ones! One on the main st with Ezra and Sabine and then one at the park opening in front of the movie scroll HS sign Storm Troopers walk past. I hunted down the Photopass guys for the 2 regular ones, but the animated were surprises, Yay!

I wish I had the movie scroll one - sounds cool! We did get the Ezra and Sabine one, but we are a larger party and they just walk in front of us. I guess if it was a long shot the final shot with them standing on the left and right would have had us in the middle. Oh well.

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

Home after a very long 10 days at Disney. 2 awesome Star Wars days. A tummy bug. Fun at the other parks, brutally hot weather. I think we had it all.

Hopefully now that I am home I will be able to keep up better with this thread. We've already decided we can't do SWW weekends next year (my ap will expire before it starts) but I'll be looking at 2 years from now.

We are in the same boat AP-wise. Our APs expire in January and we're not getting new ones until late September (huge Disney withdrawal!!). We should be back at SWW in 2017 - ready to race @Artax to Chewie again on the first Friday Of course DH and DD are already after me to go again next year and I'm standing strong saying 'no' (it's great to be the good guy...). I will however be reading the SWW thread with interest!!

Wish we lived closer - DH has 2 days off in a row one of which is Friday June 5th...

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

story from DD regarding 'teaching' Assaj Ventress to shake hands....

DD stretched out her hand and said "it was a pleasure to meet you" and then Ventress looked at her like she had 2 heads.

DD then said 'so you don't shake'

Then DD took back her hand and a moment later Ventress stretched out her hand and DD shook it - Ventress then said "it's an odd custom"

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

Zam Weasel story from last year. DD met her and then as we were walking away DD said "no more trying to kill Jedi" and Zam replied "I'll try"

 

[yulilin3]

REMEMBER TO PICK UP YOUR SWW MAPS AT FRONT DESK WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING (please let me know if you do so I can verify autograph times)

SWW III - May 29, 30, 31
Garrison: Revenge of the DISers

@@yulilin3 - 30, 31 (RH)
@@ebtbmom - 29
@@lovethattink - 29, 30, 31
@@jennab113 - 29, 30 (FTF DP), 31
@@Cluelyss - 29 (H&V), 31 (SciFi, FTF, RH)
@@ConnieB - 29, 30, 31
@@stasijane - 29 (SciFi), 30,
@@AriesAriel - 29, 30 [May 28 (SciFi)]
@@disneygrandma - 29 (FTF DP), 30 (FTF DP) [May 28 (SciFi, H&V)]
@@MunchkinandSugarBear - 29, 30, 31
@@Koh1977 - 30 (RH), 31 (H&V, FTF) [June 3 (SciFi)]
@@alayne - 29, 30, 31 (VIP)
@@Barbara C - 29 (VIP), 30, 31 [May 28 (H&V), June 1 (SciFi)]
@@trara1375 - 31 (H&V)
@@volfan1978 - 29
@@djock19 - 29 (H&V)
@@Dani C - 29, 30 (RH), 31 (FTF DP) [June 1 (SciFi)]
@@Nello - 29
@@coluk003 - 29 (SciFi, FTF DP), 30, 31 [May 28 (H&V)]
@@Pygmypuff07 - 29 (RH), 30, 31
@@missthatgator - 29, 30, 31 (FTF DP) [May 28 (SciFi)]
@@JimBo Fett - 29 (SciFi, H&V), 30, 31 (SciFi, H&V)
@@jane2073 - 29, 30, 31
@@jeanneg4of4 - 29, 30 (FTF), 31
@@MomBird's Fam - 31
@@slaveone - 30 (RH)
@@elphie101 - 30, 31
@@AdamsPrincess - 29, 30, 31
@@jthornton94 - 30 (SciFi, FTF, RH)
@@CindySwims - 31 (FTF) [June 2 (SciFi)]
@@CheshireCrazy - 30 (SciFi, FTF, RH), 31
@@mesaboy2 - 29
@@AliceIn - 30, 31
@@spc67carr - 29 (FTF DP) [May 26 (SciFi, H&V)]
@@delmar411 - 29, 30, 31(FTF DP)
@@paysensmom - 31 (H&V)
@@Boski - 29, 30 (RH)
@@heidi8 - 29, 30, 31 (RH)
@@RedM94 - 29 (SciFi, RH), 30 ( VIP), 31
@@NebrMom - 29 [May 27 (SciFi)]
@@lchuck - 30 (RH), 31 (RH)
Here's your schedule
James Arnold Taylor (not signing)
Warwick Davis: Wald, Wicket W. Warrick (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace;Star Wars: Return of the Jedi)Autograph Sessions ( 1pm and 2:15pm)
Daniel Logan Boba Fett –Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones; and the voice of Boba Fett –Star Wars: The Clone Wars Autograph Sessions (tentative 1pm, 2:15pm and 4:30pm)
Steve Blum Voice of Zeb Orrelios –Star Wars Rebels)(Star Wars Rebels)Autograph Sessions ( tentative 3pm and 5 pm)
Ashley Eckstein(Voice of Ahsoka Tano –Star Wars: The Clone Wars) Autograph session 12:45pm-2:15pm

Giving priority to Warwick Davis arrive by 5am. Second Daniel Logan. Arrive around 5:30am. Steve Blum arrive by 6:30am. Ashley same as weekend 1
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
Ewok Tale My Short Story 5:15pm
Obi Wan and Beyond 7pm
PMC kids edition 12:15pm and 4:15pm sign ups at ABC Sound Studios (kids only PMC featuring Sabine and Ezra)
2:30pm and 6:00pm no sign up required (Family Edition, picked at random, hosted BY Ashley Eckstein)
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
DJ Lobot Dance Party 7 pm

Summon the Force Pre Show and Symphony in the Stars 9:30pm