Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[Candleshoe]

with regards to the parade. . . so is being up at the premium parade spot better than the deluxe spot down at beginning of park then? with the deluxe spot you won't be able to see the preshow?

word is that you walk (march) following the parade and are brought to the stage to see the preshow.

Who knows though.

Yay for Guinne pigs!

 

[yulilin3]

with regards to the parade. . . so is being up at the premium parade spot better than the deluxe spot down at beginning of park then? with the deluxe spot you won't be able to see the preshow?

there is no pre show for the for the parade. They have two hosts on the stage just talking about the characters coming down Hollywood Blvd. but no real pre show . After the entire motorcade goes thru then the DPP people will walk behind it and have front row spots to see the welcome show once all the characters and celebrities are up on stage

 

[jimim]

oh ok got cha. ya never did sww before can you tell from today and last night. lol i have been to disney countless times and this trip is very stressful! lol

so better to be down at beginning of park. if you wanted to see the show after and be close.

thanks so much for all t he help over the past few weeks. you have been soooo helpful!

jim

 

[MakiraMarlena]

if you mean the hosts talking before the parade then you will not be able to see them from the deluxe spot, but you can hear them.

As to whether the spot for deluxe will actually be better meaning can you get a spot right at the rope without having to wait in line and can you see if you don't have a spot at the rope, jury's out on that. I'm not deluxe but I'm now having to decide if I really want any photos of the celebrities in the parade, or do I want to hang back and have a coke and just watch where it isn't crowded. Because I'd like having a couple pictures of Ian especially, but if I leave a rope spot to grab a drink I won't be getting it back. Maybe I can do a couple photos over heads when the celebs come by.

 

[tinkerpea]

Split up after check in? He goes to grab a parade spot for both of you and you go get the bag? My only concern is that check out lines for merchandise have at times been over an hour long. What is your date?

Should have made it more clear, I will be doing the first day so the 15th, which will have a crazy amount of people! Do you think if I went after the parade there will be anyway of the bag still being available

 

[kmcdougan]

THis is my 4th SWW trip in as many years. I came to these boards for information before the first trip, and have been here since. Yulilin is and has always been right on with her information and is a valuable resource. With the additional fine folks on here getting and sharing information, the only way you could screw up planning is to just not listen at all.

Whether or not you have a package, VIP, or whatever, does not matter. The most important thing is that you make a plan that works for you and your group. One year, my plan included hitting all the shows in one day. It worked. In fact, the only thing I missed that day was the parade, and that was because I did not take into account how long the line for the Build-A-Droid was (first year they had it). With that exception, I successfully got all of SWW done in one day. So, just have a plan that works and execute it.

Ash

 

[OZMom]

I vote guinea pig shirts / lanyards on the 15th and 16th. At least we would be able to identify the other DISers!!

 

[yulilin3]

Should have made it more clear, I will be doing the first day so the 15th, which will have a crazy amount of people! Do you think if I went after the parade there will be anyway of the bag still being available

Well the good thing is that you have the DPP and you can enter Darth's Mall without waiting in line. The paying for merchandise will be another matter but if you really want it I would give it a try

 

[Tltorrez]

I love the quotation marks! Yes, I know I'm blessed to be able to do the cruise and be at SWW most of the 5 weekends.



I canceled the dinner to save the money. Thinking of canceling the breakfast, but haven't been able to bring myself to do it.

Counter services prices have gone up a bit. There's not too much difference between them and ts. Though those SW event meals cost a pretty penny.

But add in appetizers, desserts, drinks and tip and TS can come out a lot higher. I budgeted for one full TS meal at Trattoria al Forno. I just can't bring myself to give that up for any of the mediocre meals at DHS with or without characters.

We're also doing a few meals that are on the high-end of CS but have the advantages of table-service -- BOG lunch, the substantial appetizers at Crew's Cup Lounge YC (lunch on our SWW day) and appetizers at Spice Road Table (during Illuminations, of course). All of them should give us a much-needed break out of the heat at a reasonable cost.

 

[AriesAriel]

 

[yulilin3]

speaking of merchandise...Her Universe dress. Not sure if she'll bring it and the cardigan to SWW

 

[sunnygal041]

Guinea pig here for May 16th, Deluxe premium package!! Woooowhooo

 

[yulilin3]

Guinea pig here for May 16th, Deluxe premium package!! Woooowhooo

I have the DPP for that day as well

 

[MakiraMarlena]

I don't order appetizers, entrees, drinks and desserts at TS meals. It'll be either an entree or a couple appetizers and drinks. No desserts. desserts at TS aren't that good.

My go-to will be the Brown Derby lounge (lounges are not counter or quick service. they pretty much are a table service without the huge menu.)

 

[disneydreamin23]

That is cool, I had no idea they had those for sale last year or I would have probably had to buy the vader one for my son. Did they make the noises in all parks everytime it was used? or just during SWW?

Just Hollywood Studios and I'm actually not sure about the second question. Maybe someone here will chime in. Rumor was it was supposed to work everyday in Hollywood Studios until the end of SWW. But I don't actually know if they stopped then or not.

How long did it take before you got them? I have only found SW Rebels tattoos so far, so I am considering doing something like this instead. Thanks for sharing, too. They look fab!

Thanks! It only took eight days to arrive from the day I ordered. Don't know if it's a standard practice but they sent 6 of each design, while I only ordered 1 of each. So if you wanted the same design you *might* could get away with just ordering one.

speaking of merchandise...Her Universe dress. Not sure if she'll bring it and the cardigan.

ooooh I must have that dress. I hope it's available online before June 6 so I can wear it to our only SWW day.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

Thanks for the replies! Had to go pick up the kiddo from school- didn't have any luck with the earlier reservation. I'll keep trying, ya never know! Worst case I plan to show up pretty early to dinner and hope to get out in time.

Hey, I was able to find an even more ideal time for my H&V ADR on the 5th, and once again, for some reason, it's letting me hold my new one AND my old one. So I have an ADR on June 5th for 4 people at 4:25 now available if you want to try to coordinate so you can get it. It's a little early to eat dinner, but at least you'd be able to catch the fireworks for sure.

 

[Monykalyn]

FWIW-I got a call from Disney in regards to email yesterday with questions on the Premium FtF package and to confirm the differences. She had no clue on snacks (just read of description already posted)-even when I mentioned DPB mention of snack. Also this CM thought both packages get lanyards with credentials? She did confirm that one person can check in and get the credentials though-she said it should be just like any other dining reservation and the person managing the reservation does the checking in. They do keep asking about resort reservations though (which we actually have ).

IF they were considering NOT having the ice cream at parade then I hope all these inquiries/emails etc would encourage them to keep the snacks. I just wonder if it's so vague as the Deluxe peeps will have opportunity to walk after parade and maybe the logistics of snacks/walking/cleaning up is too much to handle? Sooo not giving them a pass on this - as they should have people who can plan this in their sleep!!

 

[MakiraMarlena]

I'm sort of glad that I don't care whether they have ice cream available at the parade or not.

There actually were a couple of kids when I went who ended up smearing mickey bars all over the ground.

 

[Skywise]

speaking of merchandise...Her Universe dress. Not sure if she'll bring it and the cardigan to SWW

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Heh... needs a poodle on the skirt...

 

[Skywise]

I'm sort of glad that I don't care whether they have ice cream available at the parade or not.

There actually were a couple of kids when I went who ended up smearing mickey bars all over the ground.

That's probably the actual reason why they're not doing it.

Think they'd at least provide hot churros or hot turkey legs though...