Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[KAT4DISNEY]

@KAT4DISNEY I was there that day too. Where you in the media stands area? This is a great picture

Thanks! Wasn't that fun to have George Lucas there!

We had watched the parade from a spot about 1/4 of the way from the start down Hollywood Blvd - (on the sunny side ) - and at the end jumped in to follow along to the stage area so we went right to the middle of the street and were approx 8 to 10 people deep. A telephoto lens and cropping was my friend for this photo! The very funny thing was on the SWW thread that year someone posted a picture of everyone following the parade down the street - and DH and I were in it walking just a little in front of them. lol

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I think it's still too early for "last minute" cancellations considering we have no schedule. Personally, I have a couple of ADRs I'm holding onto since our plans aren't final yet, so I'd keep checking if I were you. There are also services you can pay for (some which cannot be mentioned on the DIS so you'll have to Google) that will ping Disney's system and alert you when a desired ADR comes available. We used one of these to get a BOG ADR in December on a party night. I want to say I got notices of 10 cancellations in the month that I had a notification set up. I think I want a H&V ADR on June 5th, so I'll check the ADR cancellation thread for awhile, but once we get to 50 days out or so, I'll sign up for the ADR service. With BOG, there were a whole bunch of cancellations between about 60 and 30 days, and then nothing. With these SWW meals, I think we'll see more ADR cancellations when the schedule becomes available.

Why can't a service like that be mentioned on DIS?

 

[jtowntoflorida]

Why can't a service like that be mentioned on DIS?

I don't know. But every post I've made that mentioned the one that I used has been deleted and/or edited without explanation from the Moderators.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I don't know. But every post I've made that mentioned the one that I used has been deleted and/or edited without explanation from the Moderators.

Seems odd. It's not advertising to say we used a service and liked it. People do that with Touring Plans all the time, for instance. Odd... Unless dis has an advertising deal with one such service and doesn't want others mentioned (which I still think is odd)?

 

[yulilin3]

@KAT4DISNEY I was probably standing next to you. We had a spot right by the tip board and jumped behind the parade as well

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

@KAT4DISNEY I was probably standing next to you. We had a spot right by the tip board and jumped behind the parade as well

Haha - you probably were!

 

[Monykalyn]

Yeah I'm checking in for my daily fix too. My 8 year old son is sitting beside me (engrossed in watching minecraft videos on his Kindle-why is this(watching videos of a video game) a thing??) He saw the video with Aurra Sing and immediately said "she's scary-she is on my game" (his Star wars game for xbox). I asked him if he would go up to take a pic with her and he says "yes" (from the safety of home lol-will see in a couple months if that happens!). He loved the Frozen pic of the Clone wars cast too. Getting harder to keep the secret (they still don't know we are going).

I vote for tomorrow as the FtF package release-perfect 45th birthday present to me!

 

[keishashadow]

Note that these aren't guaranteed but they definitely help and the sooner you start watching, the better. I was trying to avoid using them for this SWW trip but I've got 2 sides of the family seeing each other personally for the first time in 5 years and I realized that Ohana would be a good place for the entire family to eat and at 165 days out I jumped on to make the ADRs and... they're booked solid (well there's an opening at 9:30... :/) After bashing my head on the table for not thinking of it sooner I setup a watch for it on the service I used for NYE. That was back in January and just last night, when I was at dinner with one of the family members, I got a text saying an ADR had opened up for the date/time/size I was looking for. My family member was shocked and wondering why I was going through all this hassle.

families are usually blissfully unaware of all the hoop-jumping that is required in the process

I did find 2 sites, noticed one didn't list sci-fi for breakfast

 

[Koh1977]

families are usually blissfully unaware of all the hoop-jumping that is required in the process

I did find 2 sites, noticed one didn't list sci-fi for breakfast

wdw tools does NOT have the special SWW meals... :-( Which is crappy because that's the one I signed up for...

Dining buddy one does though I've heard.

We really should have a FB page for this thread!!

 

[wdhinn89]

Subscribe to the June cancellation thread. A lot of cancellations get posted there
http://www.disboards.com/threads/new-guidelines-june-cancelled-adr-thread-read-1st-post.3359488/

Thank you, that is encouraging! Yep, I've already been checking at least once a day and I'm sure that will intensify as June gets closer [/QUOTE

 

[AuntieK]

wdw tools does NOT have the special SWW meals... :-( Which is crappy because that's the one I signed up for...

Dining buddy one does though I've heard.

We really should have a FB page for this thread!!

Yes, I used the Dining Buddy site successfully and scored a Galactic Breakfast ADR. It was the only service I found that had the SW meals mentioned by name.

 

[CJK]

Does anyone have much info on DJ Lobot Dance Party? I didn't see any details on the first page, but I may have missed it. Is this a fun dance party? What time does it typically begin/end?

 

[yulilin3]

Does anyone have much info on DJ Lobot Dance Party? I didn't see any details on the first page, but I may have missed it. Is this a fun dance party? What time does it typically begin/end?

It's just a dance party. I believe it starts around 7pm and ends right before the fireworks pre show.

 

[PinGorilla]

Sorry if this has been asked already...

When is the Fastpass+ online reservations expected to be released for the SWW shows like Stars of the Saga, etc...?

 

[yulilin3]

No one knows. Last year they were released May 5. Maybe they're waiting for the 30 day mark so anyone with a ticket can get them?

Sorry if this has been asked already...

When is the Fastpass+ online reservations expected to be released for the SWW shows like Stars of the Saga, etc...?

 

[Fire14]

http://www.disneyparksmerchandise.com/events/galactic-gathering/?instance_id=

I found this tid bit while looking at other things.

 

[pld5]

to the thread @pld5 love your picture

Thank you! The picture was my son's consolation prize when his JTA got rained out last February. He was happy with the new experience because he was able to do JTA the previous year.

I added more days to my trip today so we now plan to arrive on Saturday 6/6 instead of 6/9. This means we can now be part of 2 SWW!

 

[Mimsy Borogove]

I wish I'd have known about this board/thread years ago! But we've been enjoying SWW even without the insider knowledge all these years. Now we'll just be better informed and able to strategize!

@thesunrisestudent I have to admit to a little fangirling since Mara Jade is one of my very favorite characters - EU and Canon.

 

[Mimsy Borogove]

Does anyone have much info on DJ Lobot Dance Party? I didn't see any details on the first page, but I may have missed it. Is this a fun dance party? What time does it typically begin/end?

Just as @yulilin3 said, it's just a dance party near the main stage. Club music mixed with SW dialog. And it was glorious. For me, at least. DH, who is typically shy, danced with me while we were waiting for the fireworks. It is what you make of it.

 

[drlaurafsu]

Monykalyn - I agree. My 8yo boy watches mine craft videos too. I would al,ost rather him play the game all that time! He met Aurra Sing last year. She is creepy but a cool meet. She snuck up on a group of late 20 something's a couple of years ago while we were waiting for the Fett switch. One of the girls totally freaked...she was so excited. They were posing in the shackles to pass the time taking pics...and AS photo bombed them.