Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[yulilin3]

its been hard for me to get back on here, but a HUGE thank you to @yulilin3 for all of her expert advise! We had a blast at SWW and hope to return another year, hopefully sooner than later! It was great meeting you and the other diners (I didn't catch all of your names, so sorry!) Did you post the group pic of us? Would love to see it! @The Sunrise Student , awesome seeing you march in the parade! I hope it was everything you wanted it to be!

nice chatting with you as well. Glad you and your family had fun

 

[cinder-ellah]

nice chatting with you as well. Glad you and your family had fun

Great memories of that day ! It was fun meeting you all.

 

[pbb322]

Has anyone taken a cab to HS with a small child? We are at the Poly this weekend, and I don't want to take a chance on the bus being late and not getting JTA for DS7, but we will have DD who is not quite 3, and we will not have a car seat with us. Will they be able to send a cab with a car seat (that hopefully won't be gross) or should I just take DS in the cab and let DH come on the bus a bit later (although breakfast reservations are 8:30).

 

[pookadoo77]

Anyone know if the Dtown Disney "Once Upon a Toy" Build a light saber is any different than the Darth's Mall or Tatooine Traders as far as pieces available and selection?? Any special pieces or colors offered at DHS for SWW?? Thanks! Trying to see if we can knock that out the first day so we wont have to stop for it on our SWW day

 

[yulilin3]

Has anyone taken a cab to HS with a small child? We are at the Poly this weekend, and I don't want to take a chance on the bus being late and not getting JTA for DS7, but we will have DD who is not quite 3, and we will not have a car seat with us. Will they be able to send a cab with a car seat (that hopefully won't be gross) or should I just take DS in the cab and let DH come on the bus a bit later (although breakfast reservations are 8:30).

almost all cabs that service Disney have car seats in their trunks.

Anyone know if the Dtown Disney "Once Upon a Toy" Build a light saber is any different than the Darth's Mall or Tatooine Traders as far as pieces available and selection?? Any special pieces or colors offered at DHS for SWW?? Thanks! Trying to see if we can knock that out the first day so we wont have to stop for it on our SWW day

I haven't looked piece by piece but I think they are the same. Plus DTD has Earl of Sandwich (not related but it's delicious)

 

[pbb322]

almost all cabs that service Disney have car seats in their trunks.

Thank you!!! You are such a great resource!!!!

 

[FoolishMortal82]

Wow, I am several hundred pages behind on this haha. Just got back from my SWW trip! This is probably in here somewhere but I didn't get my lightsabre at the breakfast like we thought we were going to I was so sad. Also, I went to the RH twice. When I went during a weekend I saw Greedo, Sabine and Ezra, and jawas. I went again during a regular week day and got to hang out with the cantina band, jawas and Chewie! Imagine my surprise getting a big furry hug from behind not knowing he would be there lol. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks to everyone for keeping me up to date on all things SWW. I had a great vacation and found myself telling my sister how grateful I was for this thread every time we went to something I only had planned because of you great people. I'm already ready to plan for next year!

 

[yulilin3]

Wow, I am several hundred pages behind on this haha. Just got back from my SWW trip! This is probably in here somewhere but I didn't get my lightsabre at the breakfast like we thought we were going to I was so sad. Also, I went to the RH twice. When I went during a weekend I saw Greedo, Sabine and Ezra, and jawas. I went again during a regular week day and got to hang out with the cantina band, jawas and Chewie! Imagine my surprise getting a big furry hug from behind not knowing he would be there lol. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks to everyone for keeping me up to date on all things SWW. I had a great vacation and found myself telling my sister how grateful I was for this thread every time we went to something I only had planned because of you great people. I'm already ready to plan for next year!

I love hearing happy stories, I bet that was a furry, chewie surprise thanks for sharing. Yeah they were out of lightsabers fr a couple of days but they got them back.
in bold : coming to the Disboard September 1st 2015

 

[yulilin3]

there's a galactic breakfast for 2 at 10:25am for Saturday 13th

 

[jennab113]

I'm going to miss you @jennab113 next year you need to come every weekend so we can hang out.

I miss you too! Last night I was making plans for next year and somehow ended up at being there all weekends before reminding myself how busy and tired I was all of May. Maybe I should just move to Orlando.

more talkative one is Josh - quieter one is John. Josh usually works the line talking to people - we broke him in this year quizzing him with our line placement I'm fairly certain he was working the same line last year - but last year was our first year so it was a bit of a blur! John usually stands under the umbrella with the photopass person - he is also very nice but much quieter than Josh.

Yes, Josh then. He was really nice and chatty. Not that others weren't nice, but he seemed extra nice about being asked the same questions over and over again and helping people out.

 

[morrison2951]

That sounds like a plan for me too- if it could somehow be done, moving to my Orlando 3 BR studio timeshare year round!

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I'm with everyone else about moving to Orlando. Actively job searching but coming up empty so far.

If anyone has materials science engineer or attorney/human resources contacts please pm me

 

[yulilin3]

I'm with everyone else about moving to Orlando. Actively job searching but coming up empty so far.

If anyone has materials science engineer or attorney/human resources contacts please pm me

OMG, no kidding I was just looking thru the reports thread looking to see if you were doing a trip report. I love your pictures, especially when you add the goofy ones

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

OMG, no kidding I was just looking thru the reports thread looking to see if you were doing a trip report. I love your pictures, especially when you add the goofy ones

I'm just about over the 'omg my trip is over the world holds no more brightness for me' phase. Should be getting started in the next day or two. We should have somewhere people can link thier sww trip reports so I can find them easily. Maybe next year a post near the top can be saved so we could add links?

On that note, if your doing a sww Trip report this year please pm me or something so I can join in.

 

[nolacindy]

I'm getting ready to cancel our Galactic Breakfast reservations for 2 if anyone is interested 06/06 at 9:20 am at Sci-Fi if anyone is interest. I'll wait a few minutes for a reply to see if anyone wants to coordinate

DH got a new job and we unfortunately cant make it

 

[yulilin3]

I'm just about over the 'omg my trip is over the world holds no more brightness for me' phase. Should be getting started in the next day or two. We should have somewhere people can link thier sww trip reports so I can find them easily. Maybe next year a post near the top can be saved so we could add links?

On that note, if your doing a sww Trip report this year please pm me or something so I can join in.

your first sentence is the reason I'm looking forward to your trip report
I don't write trip reports, I'm more of a "give the facts, no fuss, no fluff" so it wouldn't be entertaining at all. I'll give all my impressions of this years event at the end of weekend V

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

I'm with everyone else about moving to Orlando. Actively job searching but coming up empty so far.

If anyone has materials science engineer or attorney/human resources contacts please pm me

Have you checked the disney careers site? There are some things on their related to engineering, but it's over my head. Also, with legal expertise, I think you have a shot just depends on what level you need. For instance, one disney position required assistance for DVC contracts and required real estate or para legal experience. Just saying that you might need to check out the site specifically for what you are looking for. You also may need to widen the specifics a tad. Any possibility for one or both of you to go remote? It worked for both of us! Happy FL hunting. A dream is a wish your heart makes, and all that stuff.

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

Also, I saw someone post that they can eat at the RH all week (not just weekends) and there are still characters there?! As locals, this might work for us, and be easier to get into then the weekends....

 

[yulilin3]

Also, I saw someone post that they can eat at the RH all week (not just weekends) and there are still characters there?! As locals, this might work for us, and be easier to get into then the weekends....

yes there are characters. The characters that have come out during the week are Chewbacca, Rodian mechanic, Bith Pilot, Jawas and stormtroopers

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

yes there are characters. The characters that have come out during the week are Chewbacca, Rodian mechanic, Bith Pilot, Jawas and stormtroopers

Nice! Anything else SWW going on during the week? (Other than, you know, ST and JTA)