Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[DisHeels]

Kenny the Pirate is showing a full schedule. Not sure if he knows something or he's just guessing.

http://www.kennythepirate.com/2015/...dules-and-who-will-not-be-signing-autographs/

I hope he's wrong about Frank Oz at 5:15pm. I have my DTech Me at 6pm then Jedi Micky at 6:30pm.

 

[Disney Diva Mom]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!

@Disney Diva Mom How did you create this masterpiece?! Please share!!

I used the free Star Wars font and my Brother Scan n Cut machine with black vinyl. Came out pretty good. Lots more to try out including the Star Wars logo and an R2D2 image.

 

[HCinKC]

@Itinkso posted this on the roll call thread. We are all wearing I'm Celebrating buttons and writing our Garrisons names according to weekend:
The SWW Garrisons have been named!

SWW I: Guinea Pig DISers
SWW II: DISers Strike Back
SWW III: Revenge of the DISers
SWW IV: Phantom DISers
SWW V: DISers Take Oz

Please stop by the "I'm Celebrating" Button Cart located at the front of the park(s) and pick up your FREE button. The CM located there will have a Sharpie for you to proudly add in your DISer Garrison!

Thanks for reposting and @Itinkso for telling us where to get these buttons. I would have had no idea lol.

Been playing with decorating magic bands. Gotta kill a lot of time until weekend V.
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Love it! Did you free hand that with nail polish, acrylic...maybe nail polish pen? Now I am just thinking out loud about how I might do it. I don't trust my free hand. Maybe a stencil though. I do have the font on the computer.

Ahhhh, OK. Sorry, I'm relatively new to the boards, I've been here under a year, so I have never seen anything about the Mickey heads before. Thanks!!

Me too. I was about to ask but was catching up and saw you asked first.

 

[Disney Diva Mom]

Thanks for reposting and @Itinkso for telling us where to get these buttons. I would have had no idea lol.



Love it! Did you free hand that with nail polish, acrylic...maybe nail polish pen? Now I am just thinking out loud about how I might do it. I don't trust my free hand. Maybe a stencil though. I do have the font on the computer.



Me too. I was about to ask but was catching up and saw you asked first.

I used a cutting machine and vinyl, but I've done similar with a stencil and an exacto knife. I didn't seal it yet. The vinyl is supposed to be permanent, but I'm going to test it out. Put it in a cup of water to see if it will last in the pool. I didn't have much luck with nail polish in the past, so I'll have to see how everyone else did it.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

Well, jtown, in the name of research, I stalked my DD's Fb friends and from there went to the pages of every "friend of" a Prince and Flynn to see if anyone was a friend of Luke.

If you asked this question last year, I remember saying Luke's friend was in Paris... but he isn't the "friend" you are looking for but he is back from Paris. The Luke in your photo does resemble a friend of a Dream Along Prince. I can ask my DD when I get to FL... arriving there on Sunday and will get back to you.

I thought we had a conversation about a friend of Luke last year, but I didn't want to seem like a crazy stalker about him (like i need to worry about that with this group! LOL) and I wasn't sure if you remembered. I also think I didn't have a picture of him to refer to. It's a bummer he's not the French guy, but if you find out if he's going to be friends with Luke again, let me know!

 

[HCinKC]

I used a cutting machine and vinyl, but I've done similar with a stencil and an exacto knife. I didn't seal it yet. The vinyl is supposed to be permanent, but I'm going to test it out. Put it in a cup of water to see if it will last in the pool. I didn't have much luck with nail polish in the past, so I'll have to see how everyone else did it.

Oh good idea to test in a cup of water. I know we will be swimming, so I'll have to do that, too.

I have been wondering about the nail polish. It is hard to believe it works, but so many people say it does. Same goes for temporary tattoos. Following in true SWW1 fashion, the poor baby will be a different kind of guinea pig...his MagicBand will be my practice. Haha! Whatever I end up doing, I will have to copy your test!

 

[msmama]

Thought this was interesting on Kenny the pirate site:

"they should offer another fun closing show this year as well, after cancelling it last year."

Sounds like he thinks they'll bring back hyperspace hoopla?

 

[BobaFettFan]

My wife found STAR WARS: Rebels tattoos at party city. Don't care for the cartoon, but the empire symbol and tie fighters will 100% grace my magic band.

 

[mmafan]

Ok, I'm no DISigner but here are the LGMHs that I made. Most of them have room at the bottom to add your DIS name.

I plan to print some out on cardstock or photo paper and glue them back to back. Then I usually laminate them and put them on a key ring or jump ring.

There are three different PDF sheets. I'm posting JPG images here so you can see what they look like but to print them you'll want to download the PDF file from Google Drive.


Download Sheet 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5I5yufNJ51SQ0dKS2RyYzVRQTA/view?usp=sharing

Download Sheet 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5I5yufNJ51SQVJXSkl5NzZKYkU/view?usp=sharing

Download Sheet 3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5I5yufNJ51SM2ZBNkJ0OFZDWkE/view?usp=sharing

Let me know if there are any issues.

EDIT - Any ideas why the pics aren't working? I haven't had issues with them before but it's been a while since I posted pics.

lol at the guine pigs....because that's us........

 

[BobaFettFan]

Ok, I'm no DISigner but here are the LGMHs that I made.

Awesome designs! Could you put together a bobafett/disney badge???

 

[Tltorrez]

Ahhhh, OK. Sorry, I'm relatively new to the boards, I've been here under a year, so I have never seen anything about the Mickey heads before. Thanks!!

Me too. I was about to ask but was catching up and saw you asked first.

The Lime Green Mickey Heads used to be a lot more popular when Home Depot carried the Disney paint chips in actual Mickey Head shapes. DISers used to clean out their entire stock of Alien Green paint chips. After they stopped carrying them, the trend died down some. But a lot of us still carry them. And when we have a thread like this with a strong community we often make custom ones.

I just like to do creative stuff to pass the time while waiting for a trip. You can see some of the elaborate pixie dust I've done for my family in the link in my sig. But since my family isn't going with me this time, I'll just have to vent my creative excesses here. ;-)

Tomorrow I'll tweak the guinea pig and make some new ones for the weekly themes.

 

[HCinKC]

The Lime Green Mickey Heads used to be a lot more popular when Home Depot carried the Disney paint chips in actual Mickey Head shapes. DISers used to clean out their entire stock of Alien Green paint chips. After they stopped carrying them, the trend died down some. But a lot of us still carry them. And when we have a thread like this with a strong community we often make custom ones.

I just like to do creative stuff to pass the time while waiting for a trip. You can see some of the elaborate pixie dust I've done for my family in the link in my sig. But since my family isn't going with me this time, I'll just have to vent my creative excesses here. ;-)

Tomorrow I'll tweak the guinea pig and make some new ones for the weekly themes.

Oh neat! I remember those paint chips. I didn't know they stopped carrying them. Too bad the ease is gone. It sounds like a neat tradition! I love your character ones. They are so fun!

 

[Tltorrez]

Awesome designs! Could you put together a bobafett/disney badge???

I'll try. The hardest part is finding a good image.

 

[lovethattink]

My wife found STAR WARS: Rebels tattoos at party city. Don't care for the cartoon, but the empire symbol and tie fighters will 100% grace my magic band.

The Easter Bunny dropped of those tattoos in ds' basket. They did not stay on him very well. Please let me know how it works out on your mb. And if you put clear polish over it? Brand? Dh put Chopper on his mb. Hoping he has better luck than ds did on his arm.

 

[rpcvpanama]

Premium or deluxe? If the are deluxe I definitly want them!!

Sorry for the confusion. They are the Deluxe package, the $99 one.

 

[OZMom]

The Easter Bunny dropped of those tattoos in ds' basket. They did not stay on him very well. Please let me know how it works out on your mb. And if you put clear polish over it? Brand? Dh put Chopper on his mb. Hoping he has better luck than ds did on his arm.

I did a homemade tattoo with a nail polish topcoat on DS4's band in November and it held up well. I don't paint my nails at all, so it hurt to spend $10 on a clear nail polish, but it worked well!

 

[OZMom]

His is the blue one. It's not a great picture, but if you put white paint under the tattoo it shows up better. I used Sharpie paint pens for the clouds

 

[lovingeire]

Ok, I'm no DISigner but here are the LGMHs that I made. Most of them have room at the bottom to add your DIS name.

I plan to print some out on cardstock or photo paper and glue them back to back. Then I usually laminate them and put them on a key ring or jump ring.

There are three different PDF sheets. I'm posting JPG images here so you can see what they look like but to print them you'll want to download the PDF file from Google Drive.


Download Sheet 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5I5yufNJ51SQ0dKS2RyYzVRQTA/view?usp=sharing

Download Sheet 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5I5yufNJ51SQVJXSkl5NzZKYkU/view?usp=sharing

Download Sheet 3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5I5yufNJ51SM2ZBNkJ0OFZDWkE/view?usp=sharing

Let me know if there are any issues.

EDIT - Any ideas why the pics aren't working? I haven't had issues with them before but it's been a while since I posted pics.

Super cute! Love them!

 

[FAMof5Cruisers]

Looking for some help. Where is Darth Mall going to be located. I've heard it's where the old Blacklot Tours used to be, but I have no idea where that was. Can anyone tell me, on the current map, where this will be?

 

[delmar411]

Sorry for the confusion. They are the Deluxe package, the $99 one.

Oh you would be my hero!!! I will message you to coordinate!