Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[yulilin3]

If you have the Feel the Force package, plan on the 2nd Fantasmic. You can try for a Fant FP as your 4th or 5th FP of the day. Or, just go in as Standby as soon as the fireworks end.

Thanks! So a Fantasmic package and Feel the Force package on the same day is a no-go, it sounds like... assuming all is the same as last year...

Agree with Itinkso. The 2nd F! is always less busy and you'll have no problem finding a seat, even if you're going as standby

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

If you have the Feel the Force package, plan on the 2nd Fantasmic. You can try for a Fant FP as your 4th or 5th FP of the day. Or, just go in as Standby as soon as the fireworks end.

Agree with Itinkso. The 2nd F! is always less busy and you'll have no problem finding a seat, even if you're going as standby

Sounds good! Thank you both!!

 

[lovethattink]

New merchandise at Tattooine Traders. A new Vader pin and a new Boba Fett pin. Also some new women's shirts. And lots and lots of those latex Jabba the Hutt from sww.

 

[dmband]

Going weekend 2
Never been, kids love ws and will be pumped once they find out we are going the add to it sww.
Only real "must" I know of is son meeting chewy and getting a picture. I assume their is a chewy in costume but have lots of reading to do between now and then.

 

[lovethattink]

Chewing is great. Best to get in line for him at park opening or as close as you can. His line can easily become an hour long wait. Sometimes he meets with an Ewok and sometimes just himself.

 

[dmband]

Chewing is great. Best to get in line for him at park opening or as close as you can. His line can easily become an hour long wait. Sometimes he meets with an Ewok and sometimes just himself.

Awesome thanks

Am I reading this right, the character meals DURING the week are Star Wars too
Just the special events and stuff are weekend only?
Tia Everyone

 

[Itinkso]

Awesome thanks

Am I reading this right, the character meals DURING the week are Star Wars too
Just the special events and stuff are weekend only?
Tia Everyone

Yes, the SW Character meals begin on May 4th and continue daily through the very last SWW. If you can fit them in during the week, it frees up the weekends for you.

 

[yulilin3]

Going weekend 2
Never been, kids love ws and will be pumped once they find out we are going the add to it sww.
Only real "must" I know of is son meeting chewy and getting a picture. I assume their is a chewy in costume but have lots of reading to do between now and then.

just a reminder that I keep the first post updated with all new information so you don't have to read thru all the pages. Follow the link to Kenny The Pirate and it'll show you all the character meets and greets and the ranking in priority.
Like Ilovethattink said Chewie is very, very popular. If you want to meet him be outside of the park before it opens and go straight to his line so you're one of the first ones to meet him. He comes out with the official park opening time, so at 8am

 

[poison ivy]

Hi everyone.
Just a quick heads up that I've finally written a couple more installments to my trip report w/ last years weekend IV w/Mark Hamill

to recap -
camping out for celebrity autographs: (previously posted here) http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52409549&postcount=235

new!
1) rope drop 6/6/14 - http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52723693&postcount=236 gives a great idea of crowds (hopefully we'll see one another in these photos)

2) sci-fi galactic breakfast review w/photos - http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52723707&postcount=237
includes a park map I labeled with various places and our arrival times.

enjoy!

 

[mom2febgirls]

I would love to get a tshirt with this picture on it...can anyone with better google skills than me help?

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/4a/fb/2f/4afb2f20dda3ea4b92502e7dc90ed4c4.jpg

 

[Itinkso]

redbubble.com has a lot of Dark Side shirts:

http://www.redbubble.com/shop/dark+side+t-shirts?page=1

 

[jennab113]

I would love to get a tshirt with this picture on it...can anyone with better google skills than me help?

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/4a/fb/2f/4afb2f20dda3ea4b92502e7dc90ed4c4.jpg

Not exactly the same but here are some options -
Amazon
Tshirt Laundry
TeePublic

 

[yulilin3]

Hi everyone.
Just a quick heads up that I've finally written a couple more installments to my trip report w/ last years weekend IV w/Mark Hamill

to recap -
camping out for celebrity autographs: (previously posted here) http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52409549&postcount=235

new!
1) rope drop 6/6/14 - http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52723693&postcount=236 gives a great idea of crowds (hopefully we'll see one another in these photos)

2) sci-fi galactic breakfast review w/photos - http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52723707&postcount=237
includes a park map I labeled with various places and our arrival times.

enjoy!

got some reading to do

 

[lovethattink]

Hi everyone.
Just a quick heads up that I've finally written a couple more installments to my trip report w/ last years weekend IV w/Mark Hamill

to recap -
camping out for celebrity autographs: (previously posted here) http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52409549&postcount=235

new!
1) rope drop 6/6/14 - http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52723693&postcount=236 gives a great idea of crowds (hopefully we'll see one another in these photos)

2) sci-fi galactic breakfast review w/photos - http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=52723707&postcount=237
includes a park map I labeled with various places and our arrival times.

enjoy!

Very nice updates to your report. I spotted dh in line.

 

[poison ivy]

Very nice updates to your report. I spotted dh in line.

sending this his way.

 

[ibela]

My boyfriend is a HUGE Star Wars fan and I decided to surprise him with a SWW trip. Do you guys think the character meals are worth a time save if we're going without kids? Right now I booked breakfast and dinner. Maybe cancel and bok the premium party instead? If it matters, I'm planning on attending on a Friday. Thanks!

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Character meals are great for meeting and getting character photos if you don't want to spend a bunch of time waiting in line to meet them - kids or no kids. Breakfast had some of the "darker side" SW characters, dinner is Disney characters in Star Wars costumes. I had no interest at all in the Disney characters, just the SW ones so I did the breakfast. Not only did I not go with kids, I went by myself. I have photos with Darth Vader and Boba Fett together, you meet them as you enter. And a cool one with Greedo. You can do some trading with the jawas if you give them some crazy stuff, they like glow cubes. The characters don't care if you have kids with you or not, assuming your boyfriend would like having the photos. And the film clips they showed were fun.

 

[yulilin3]

My boyfriend is a HUGE Star Wars fan and I decided to surprise him with a SWW trip. Do you guys think the character meals are worth a time save if we're going without kids? Right now I booked breakfast and dinner. Maybe cancel and bok the premium party instead? If it matters, I'm planning on attending on a Friday. Thanks!

if you guys are planning on meeting the characters it's a huge time saver. Vader's line alone could go as long as an hour+ For any Star Wars fan the Sci Fi breakfast is neat, there's a lot of elements on the big screen.
The dinner is good for people wanting to meet the disney characters in SW costumes.
From this years SWW you have to pay for the Feel the Force package once you book. So if you want you can book the pkg when it becomes available, make your character meal ressies and save up for those since you pay for them the day you use it.

 

[ibela]

Character meals are great for meeting and getting character photos if you don't want to spend a bunch of time waiting in line to meet them - kids or no kids. Breakfast had some of the "darker side" SW characters, dinner is Disney characters in Star Wars costumes. I had no interest at all in the Disney characters, just the SW ones so I did the breakfast. Not only did I not go with kids, I went by myself. I have photos with Darth Vader and Boba Fett together, you meet them as you enter. And a cool one with Greedo. You can do some trading with the jawas if you give them some crazy stuff, they like glow cubes. The characters don't care if you have kids with you or not, assuming your boyfriend would like having the photos. And the film clips they showed were fun.

if you guys are planning on meeting the characters it's a huge time saver. Vader's line alone could go as long as an hour+ For any Star Wars fan the Sci Fi breakfast is neat, there's a lot of elements on the big screen.
The dinner is good for people wanting to meet the disney characters in SW costumes.
From this years SWW you have to pay for the Feel the Force package once you book. So if you want you can book the pkg when it becomes available, make your character meal ressies and save up for those since you pay for them the day you use it.

Thanks! I know he would definitely be into the breakfast characters - def a pic with Darth Vader, Boba Fett. Those 2 and Yoda are his favorites. Not sure about the dinner but I booked both just in case and will read through this thread over the new few weeks to finalize. I'm trying to keep it as a surprise for him (May birthday) so don't want to ask.

 

[yulilin3]

Thanks! I know he would definitely be into the breakfast characters - def a pic with Darth Vader, Boba Fett. Those 2 and Yoda are his favorites. Not sure about the dinner but I booked both just in case and will read through this thread over the new few weeks to finalize. I'm trying to keep it as a surprise for him (May birthday) so don't want to ask.

I'm sure he'll love the breakfast. Remember that it has a 1 day cancellation policy so you can decide even the day before to cancel or keep it.