Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[Itinkso]

How hard is it to get to the 10:30 Fantasmic after the SoS fireworks?

You'll have plenty of time whether you are close to the stage or at Echo Lake where yulilin will be. Even if you hang back for 5 minutes or so to let the crowd disperse, you'll still be at Fant well before showtime.

 

[yulilin3]

OK, so they don't come out first thing in morning at all? Seems like that is when they should? Cooler out then. But what do I know lol! These have set lines, but Aurra does not. Im trying to keep it all together here. Is KTP map of character spots accurate? I know it is from last year, but I was wondering if it seems to stay the same year to year.

Last years map is going to change a bit because of construction around the old Backlot Tour but they should stay around the same area.
The droids came out rotating with Luke and Leia by ABC Commisary

 

[inkedupmomma]

Last years map is going to change a bit because of construction around the old Backlot Tour but they should stay around the same area.
The droids came out rotating with Luke and Leia by ABC Commisary

thank you once again! You're the best! Now, I just hope they release FtF soon...and that they don't pull a dessert party and up the prices!

 

[yulilin3]

thank you once again! You're the best! Now, I just hope they release FtF soon...and that they don't pull a dessert party and up the prices!

Thank you, happy to help. I do expect the price of FtF to go up

 

[mexxican]

Thank you, happy to help. I do expect the price of FtF to go up

I heard someone say that the price of the VIP tour went down and that it was eligible for discounts (a first?)

 

[yulilin3]

I heard someone say that the price of the VIP tour went down and that it was eligible for discounts (a first?)

It did go down, $100 and they have a 15% discount for AP, DVC and DIsney Visa Chase holders. Now the Ftf package I really don't expect to go down, or even stay the same. But we'll see, anything is possible

 

[Brandiwlf]

If I'm meeting dh in the chewie line is it open so easy to get to him or do we have to weave through people in line? Thanks so much for your help!

 

[yulilin3]

If I'm meeting dh in the chewie line is it open so easy to get to him or do we have to weave through people in line? Thanks so much for your help!

The line is open and very easy to get in and out of

 

[Mimsy Borogove]

CF Glitter Bomb - Yup that is what they looked like... One guy that came up to take a picture with me had his whole upper right temple and around his cheek glittered.

I love her so much! I read Postcards from the Edge at a far-too-young age because Leia meant so much to me. She's brash, unabashed and brutally honest. And she does a killer imitation of her mom that just cracks me up thinking about it. I would probably freak out if I had the opportunity to meet her and she'd think I was a drooling troglodyte.

If you (the general "you" not anyone specifically) haven't seen her HBO special Wishful Drinking, it's a bit old but hilarious!

 

[Ninja Mom]

Harrison Ford has a cracked pelvic bone, that poor man ain't going anywhere for a while...

With his latest mishaps, ~If~ he did manage to make it to Star Wars Weekends he would have to be encased in bubble wrap for safety's sake!

~NM

 

[Brandiwlf]

Where can I get those star wars autograph books?

 

[yulilin3]

Here's a video I took 2 years ago. Minute 5:17 shows you the line for Chewbacca

 

[yulilin3]

Where can I get those star wars autograph books?

each year they have them with that years logo. You'll find them in the gift shop outside the park, Darth's Mall, Tattoine Traders, and other gift shops around the park.
They don't sell them in any other parks or DTD

 

[The Sunrise Student]

can you imagine a pic with R2D2 and R2MK

I would so totally faint.... then add to it if I was wearing my R2D2 dress!!!!

I just loved the first time I met R2D2 in that dress, he supposedly asked CP30 if they made it in his side then he chased after me when it was time for me to go.... I totally loved it... wish I could have thanked the "R2D2 operator" cause it made my day!

 

[MakiraMarlena]

I definitely expect the FTF to increase in price but not greater than 80% like the Wishes dessert party did. We shall see.

 

[OZMom]

The line is open and very easy to get in and out of

AHHH that's adorable. I wonder if it's too late to convince DH we need to bring the kiddos

 

[Skywise]

Thank you, happy to help. I do expect the price of FtF to go up

I'm afraid it's most likely a certainty - Did you see what they did with the Tomorrowland Dessert party?! It's now almost $50 per person and very little change to the desserts. (Maybe slightly larger items and sparkling cider! oooh!)

 

[yulilin3]

I'm afraid it's most likely a certainty - Did you see what they did with the Tomorrowland Dessert party?! It's now almost $50 per person and very little change to the desserts. (Maybe slightly larger items and sparkling cider! oooh!)

It's crazy. Wishes fireworks party is not worth it to me, especially if you grab a fp for it

 

[The Sunrise Student]

And have you tried to book a desert party?! The Tomorrow Land Terrance Fireworks Dessert Party is almost as hard to get as a reservation at Cindy's royal table... no kidding...

I was able to book the Illuminations Dessert Party at EPCOT, but haven't had any luck at all for the Tomorrow Land Terrance Desert Party for Wishes Fireworks.

This is why they are charging an arm and a leg, cause they can, and they are getting their money and booking to capacity on top of it!

 

[HCinKC]

Looking up from my computer I focused on my R2-MK figure and wondered if I am ever gonna get my picture with him!

That would be awesome! Perhaps they took him away for the same reasons they ended hoopla? It would be out of character...or maybe there was a Disney World a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, and it would, indeed, be accurate! Really Disney, you can have a wee bit of fun even if it isn't "accurate".

It's doable. If C3PO has a more set time that he comes out. Last year I was told he wasn't being run by entertainment but from an outside source, not sure about that, but he kept overheating and such.

Poor 3PO. He seemed to function well enough on Tatooine. I can't imagine Florida is hotter! Maybe he needs an oil bath.