Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[hydrotony]

As soon as you get off of ToT, stop by the FP kiosks and ask an iPad CM to move up your Star Tours FP. We've always had good luck moving things up to "right now" if we ask nicely and chit chat a little.

That's a trick many people do. If you use your FP+ at the start of your hour, then you can move your next FP sooner even if it is in that first FP+ original hour. If slots are open, you can theoretically use all FP+ in an hour so that the 4th, 5th, etc. FP+ can be gotten sooner.

 

[Koh1977]

https://teechip.com/rebels#id=0&c=131313

just saw this on FB...too funny! "It's all about the Base...no Rebels."

 

[bgg319]

Little advice from you knowledgeable folks. We will be at WDW from 6/7 to 6/15. The first day will be a partial day so we will be doing MK that day. I initially thought about SWW on Friday 6/12, but read on a crowd calendar site that Sunday 6/14 would be a better day crowd wise. What do you all think. That Sunday will be the last day so maybe crowds will be lighter. The site said that Sunday is usually a departure day for most visitors. Another question, if we watch the Fireworks on that Sunday will we have enough time to get to the second showing of Fantasmic? We will probably visit HS earlier in the week to see the non Star Wars sights so whichever day will be SWW dedicated outside of Fantasmic.

 

[Itinkso]

Another question, if we watch the Fireworks on that Sunday will we have enough time to get to the second showing of Fantasmic?

Yes, you'll have plenty of time to find seats in the amphitheater. The scheduling is set so that the fireworks occur between the two Fantasmics.

Sunday morning you'll find very light crowds. We were there last year and were surprised that there were very few guests in Darth Mall and even in the character lines. The only drawback to waiting until the last day is that a lot of merchandise has been sold out.

If you don't need SWW souvenirs, you'll enjoy the Sunday crowd.

 

[yulilin3]

@bgg319 the only thing about waiting for Sunday is the weather. If there's a storm the parade and all of the characters that meet outside Will be cancelled. So just keep an eye on that

 

[coluk003]

This thread is to quite this weekend

 

[yulilin3]

Completely unrelated but this is my view at this moment from the Wishes fp area. Something to keep the magic alive until ya'll get here

 

[R2D2]

@bgg319 the only thing about waiting for Sunday is the weather. If there's a storm the parade and all of the characters that meet outside Will be cancelled. So just keep an eye on that

That's a good point. I didn't even consider that.

On a tangential note, how far in advance do you think they will let folks book the fast passes for the shows for Memorial Day weekend?

Sorry to ask again if you have already answered.

 

[OZMom]

That is a great view! Totally makes me rethink the whole we don't need a FP for wishes attitude

 

[yulilin3]

@R2D2 Not sure. I would think they will wait for the 30 day mark to allow ap and off site to book them.
@OZMom I don't like the fp for the parades but the Wishes one is really nice. And I got them yesterday for all 3of us

 

[jennab113]

Last week I did the Wishes FP twice and loved the view and the lack of crowd. The first time I had it preplanned because I was only in the park in the evening and the second time I picked it up as a 4th (or actually 6th) fp. I did my FPs for SWWI this morning and decided I am going to go over to MK after the Galactic Gathering, so I picked Wishes again.

 

[bgg319]

Thanks everyone. Merch isn't that big a deal to us. The kids picked up a few things that were marked down last year on the last Saturday. Good point about the weather. I had not even considered that, but will keep things flexible just in case.

 

[jeeperwy]

In response to the person who asked about the VIP tour and doing other things (sorry can't remember who!), we didn't get any autographs because your day from 645 am to 4 (or 430 in our case) is REALLY structured. We had virtually no down time. Usually we had about 10 to 15 minutes between the shows in the afternoon and if you needed to use the restroom or get something to drink that's when you had to do it. Otherwise we were always together. So I would say that autographs were the only thing I think we really "missed" that was SWW related.
My DS was the only child on the tour the day we did it. Perhaps your child(ren) will be more engaged in the shows than my son was but I can tell you that by 4 o'clock and nearly 3 1/2 hours of straight talking (shows) he was DONE! That was really one of the negatives of the experience. I know that it can't be done any other way but it would be really nice to be able to split up the shows instead of having them all back to back. I think all of us would have enjoyed them more.
Kari

 

[lovethattink]

Completely unrelated but this is my view at this moment from the Wishes fp area. Something to keep the magic alive until ya'll get here

Are you dressed for Dapper Days? !

 

[yulilin3]

Are you dressed for Dapper Days? !

No...but they all look amazing
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[Buddyex]

I just did my fastpasses, only going to DHS on May 15th.
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Toy Story Midway Mania!
8:40 AM - 9:40 AM
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The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™
9:40 AM - 10:40 AM
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Star Tours® – The Adventures Continue
10:50 AM - 11:50 AM

I am hoping to be able to hit TSMM, RnRC and Star Tours before 9:30 before I start my fastpasses! I like to try to squeeze in 4 or 5 rides on Star Tours

others will be able to confirm, but I'm pretty sure the Big SWW parade is on at 11AM, you may want to rethink moving STAR TOURS and Possibly TOT in the afternoon.

 

[yulilin3]

The parade was at 11:30 last year

 

[mexxican]

In response to the person who asked about the VIP tour and doing other things (sorry can't remember who!), we didn't get any autographs because your day from 645 am to 4 (or 430 in our case) is REALLY structured. We had virtually no down time. Usually we had about 10 to 15 minutes between the shows in the afternoon and if you needed to use the restroom or get something to drink that's when you had to do it. Otherwise we were always together. So I would say that autographs were the only thing I think we really "missed" that was SWW related.
My DS was the only child on the tour the day we did it. Perhaps your child(ren) will be more engaged in the shows than my son was but I can tell you that by 4 o'clock and nearly 3 1/2 hours of straight talking ) he was DONE! That was really one of the negatives of the experience. I know that it can't be done any other way but it would be really nice to be able to split up the shows instead of having them all back to back. I think all of us would have enjoyed them more.
Kari

Thanks for the info. Did your DS do JTA on the tour? My DS is 5 & our DD turns 2 the day we check out of WDW. I really am only worried about not getting to see Chewbacca and doing the DTech appt, but I guess that's the price I pay for skipping lines all day (that and $340x3 of course). We were planning on hitting AK on Saturday morning but I don't want to make an ADR for lunch in case we have to hit HS again.

 

[The Sunrise Student]

My FP window opens up in 19 minutes, and I am DYING... trooped with 501st and Rebel Legion folks at Indiana Comic Con today and I am so ready for bed... Here's hoping I can get the FP I want and staying up late like this is worth it

UPDATE: Well it was worth it, got my FP for Wishes on the 20th like I wanted, and other items... now going to wait and play the shuffle game when the shows are released. They were still not on the FP selection list.

 

[coluk003]

I know theres never been and never will be an official word as to why, but has anyone heard why they stopped doing the hooplas? I know not everyone loved it, some complained, not sure why. Any thoughts?