Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[CJK]

For you AP and off siters. fp are available for all the shows May 15 and 16. It looks like demand isn't that high

Thank you!!!! Tonight I start booking!!

 

[ConnieB]

I could not find a better visual than this. This was taken by a friend of mine at Celebration. He is making the overnight line for the JJ Abrams presentation. THIS is why we can't have huge names sign autographs at SWW, there's just no place for all the people to camp out. This was taken at hour six of the wait.
JJ Abrams did send free pizza to everyone in line though
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While it was probably uber cool to get pizza sent by JJ Abrams....and to see JAT......my girls just arrived at 4:10am....they were hoping to at least get a seat in one of the "live streaming" rooms....and instead they were told they WILL be in the main stage arena where Abrams and Kennedy will be live. And there were still about 400 more seats left before they start on the first auxilary room. So glad I was the mean mom and wouldn't let them sleep on the floor overnight, lol.

Ok, off to get ready for my first day working at Celebration!

Anyone else at Celebration? Today the girls are in the same outfit as in the little photo that is my ID here.....tomorrow they "debut" their new outfit.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

While it was probably uber cool to get pizza sent by JJ Abrams....and to see JAT......my girls just arrived at 4:10am....they were hoping to at least get a seat in one of the "live streaming" rooms....and instead they were told they WILL be in the main stage arena where Abrams and Kennedy will be live. And there were still about 400 more seats left before they start on the first auxilary room. So glad I was the mean mom and wouldn't let them sleep on the floor overnight, lol.

Ok, off to get ready for my first day working at Celebration!

Anyone else at Celebration? Today the girls are in the same outfit as in the little photo that is my ID here.....tomorrow they "debut" their new outfit.

Very cool!!

I'll be live streaming from my living room via starwars.com... Fun that my kids are still on their spring break. We'll pop some popcorn and enjoy together.

 

[lvstitch]

since the conversation pretty much has died down and everyone is (or should be) basically done planning I wanna know:
What are you most looking forward to, excited about Star Wars Weekends??

Everything since it's my first time

PS: just saw this on Twitter
Good Morning America ‏
Big news... the trailer for the next @StarWars film comes out today!

 

[yulilin3]

Everything since it's my first time

PS: just saw this on Twitter
Good Morning America ‏
Big news... the trailer for the next @StarWars film comes out today!

There's a live feed starting at 1pm est of the JJ Abrams Panel at Celebration, I'm thinking that's where they will show it first

 

[yulilin3]

doing something a little different for TBT. This is video I shot SWW first Friday of 2013

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

There's a live feed starting at 1pm est of the JJ Abrams Panel at Celebration, I'm thinking that's where they will show it first

That's the one we're going to be tuned into.

 

[yulilin3]

That's the one we're going to be tuned into.

yep...me too. http://www.starwars.com/news/watch-...aheim-live-on-starwars-com-powered-by-verizon

 

[msmama]

Off topic here, but I think some here will appreciate. My husband just told me that Doctor Who is coming to Disney XD. The series with the 10th doctor. I'm super excited about this because my son is developing an interest in the episodes on BBC and will be nice to have the show on "his " channel.

Really? That's so cool (though I still think my son will be too scared to watch it, even on Disney, lol).
I have a giant poster of Belle (from B&B) and the Tardis over my bed (was going to try to insert a picture, but couldn't resize it and it was huge). Rapunzel and The Doctor are in my living room.

Anyway, speaking of scaredy cat kids - my son LOVES the fluffy characters - Goofy, Tigger, Balloo, no problems at all with giant animals. However, he is afraid of Princesses (literally hid under the table the whole meal at CRT a few years ago, won't watch parades because too many princesses). Has anyone else experienced this (probably not 'cause he's looney)? How did your kids do with Star Wars Characters?

I assumed it was a face character thing (he doesn't really like the fuzzy human characters a ton, but deals with them - hated Phinneas and Ferb for instance, was okay with the Mad Hatter at Disneyland a year later(as long as I was nearby). I'm just wondering how he'll do with Star Wars because they're more human like, but many (like Boba Fett and Vader) don't actually show their faces. Seriously doubt he'd do Luke and Leia, or Anakin. Maybe Padme or Ashoka.

Luckily H&V dinner is our first character experience so that should break the ice (I hope). Oh, and he's 7 so it's not like we're talking toddler crazies here.

 

[MooksterL1]

I had looked at the Dining Buddy and wondered if it worked. Did it take a while to find what you wanted with them? Just curious, if you're open to pretty much any time frame, do you need to set up multiple searches with them to cover the day?

I used Dining Buddy for the Galactic Breakfast and Jedi Mickey Dinner. I didn't choose a specific time though. For both, I received a notification in about 3 days. My breakfast overlaps the parade so unless I get a better option we will miss the parade.
I did receive 3 alerts last night, exactly one hour apart for Jedi dinner at 8:55, but my 8:40 is better.. It has been a week since I signed up for the breakfast and received only one alert so far.

 

[Arich01]

since the conversation pretty much has died down and everyone is (or should be) basically done planning I wanna know:
What are you most looking forward to, excited about Star Wars Weekends??

I am so excited to surprise my son with the Premium package and to see his face when he meets Jeremy Bulloch! DH collects hockey memorabilia and when I told my son he could have something signed by "Boba Fett" like my husband collects, he got so excited!!!

We went to the Galactic Breakfast last year for my birthday and my Grandma's birthday, secretly I really wanted to go to Jedi Mickey to meet the Disney SW...so that's what I'm looking forward to personally!

 

[yulilin3]

Really? That's so cool (though I still think my son will be too scared to watch it, even on Disney, lol).
I have a giant poster of Belle (from B&B) and the Tardis over my bed (was going to try to insert a picture, but couldn't resize it and it was huge). Rapunzel and The Doctor are in my living room.

Anyway, speaking of scaredy cat kids - my son LOVES the fluffy characters - Goofy, Tigger, Balloo, no problems at all with giant animals. However, he is afraid of Princesses (literally hid under the table the whole meal at CRT a few years ago, won't watch parades because too many princesses). Has anyone else experienced this (probably not 'cause he's looney)? How did your kids do with Star Wars Characters?

I assumed it was a face character thing (he doesn't really like the fuzzy human characters a ton, but deals with them - hated Phinneas and Ferb for instance, was okay with the Mad Hatter at Disneyland a year later(as long as I was nearby). I'm just wondering how he'll do with Star Wars because they're more human like, but many (like Boba Fett and Vader) don't actually show their faces. Seriously doubt he'd do Luke and Leia, or Anakin. Maybe Padme or Ashoka.

Luckily H&V dinner is our first character experience so that should break the ice (I hope). Oh, and he's 7 so it's not like we're talking toddler crazies here.

have you tried showing him characters on youtube? Maybe he can tell you if he's willing to meet them or just skip it. I have 2 nephews and 1 niece. My oldest nephew wants nothing with characters, not interested at all and never has been (he's 8 now) last year I asked him if he wanted to meet anyone at SWW and the only one he wanetd to meet was Luke
My other nephew and niece looooove the fluffy characters, they run to them, so much so that we have to restrain them during parades cause they would just go (DN6 DN3) but do not like the face characters, unless it's princesses for my DN.
It's funny how kids are

 

[MakiraMarlena]

I am happy with the packages for getting out of the crowd and having some extras, but those who are considering them with elderly party members should know that for the parade and dessert party/fireworks there will basically be NO place to sit. So if having the option for a seat is necessary, the person who needs to sit may have to provide their own seating like a wheelchair, or possibly leave the area.

I would not have thought that I would be able to go to a live presentation by Luke Skywalker himself with no real fuss, but I did that last year at SWW. This year I get to see Emperor Palpatine! I'm looking forward to that.

 

[Cluelyss]

I used Dining Buddy for the Galactic Breakfast and Jedi Mickey Dinner. I didn't choose a specific time though. For both, I received a notification in about 3 days. My breakfast overlaps the parade so unless I get a better option we will miss the parade.
I did receive 3 alerts last night, exactly one hour apart for Jedi dinner at 8:55, but my 8:40 is better.. It has been a week since I signed up for the breakfast and received only one alert so far.

Tried to find the OP to reply to, but couldn't. Just wanted to add that I signed up nearly a month ago and have gotten only 2 hits so far on the breakfast. I am looking for a weekend date, which I'm sure is higher in demand, but I'm honestly shocked I haven't seen more availability. Good news is that I HAVE a ressie, just looking for a better slot so we can get to FtF check-in on time. But it does not appear that folks are canceling the breakfast!

 

[Candleshoe]

There's a live feed starting at 1pm est of the JJ Abrams Panel at Celebration, I'm thinking that's where they will show it first

Do you have a link to the live feed? It's, you know, right during my lunch hour ;-)

 

[Candleshoe]

Tried to find the OP to reply to, but couldn't. Just wanted to add that I signed up nearly a month ago and have gotten only 2 hits so far on the breakfast. I am looking for a weekend date, which I'm sure is higher in demand, but I'm honestly shocked I haven't seen more availability. Good news is that I HAVE a ressie, just looking for a better slot so we can get to FtF check-in on time. But it does not appear that folks are canceling the breakfast!

You know I still have one to cancel. I posted it in ITINKSO's thread.

 

[aggiejnny]

The new Star Wars Her Universe clothes went on sale today. I was also able to use my 20% off code on them to save money (even with shipping cost YMMV).

http://www.heruniverse.com/brands/star-wars/new-products.html

 

[yulilin3]

The new Star Wars Her Universe clothes went on sale today. I was also able to use my 20% off code on them to save money (even with shipping cost YMMV).

http://www.heruniverse.com/brands/star-wars/new-products.html

and the At At shirt is not there

 

[yulilin3]

Do you have a link to the live feed? It's, you know, right during my lunch hour ;-)

this is the only link for now
http://www.starwars.com/news/watch-...aheim-live-on-starwars-com-powered-by-verizon
as soon as the livestream opens up I'll post it here

 

[aggiejnny]

and the At At shirt is not there

Keep refreshing. At first only a few shirts popped up for me, then the dress and sweaters were all loaded at once. It was literally just posted so it may still be loading.

I've been refreshing the site all morning.