Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[CinderElsa]

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

I'm shocked the logo tee is only $25. I'll wait to purchase, though, for the AP discount.

Oh, and that Good Guys Heart Dress comes in YXL... nobody will know, right...

 

[yulilin3]

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.

I just want to see the price and hoping she brings it to SWW. I'll buy it there

 

[ADisneyQueen]

Patiently waiting for the June 12-14 weekend fastpass for Frank Oz to open up!

 

[yulilin3]

My daughter was eyeing the cardigans but now that the bad guys heart dress is only $10 more I'm not sure if she'll change her mind

 

[yulilin3]

Patiently waiting for the June 12-14 weekend fastpass for Frank Oz to open up!

to give some perspective. The fp for weekend 1-4 opened April 3rd. By my calculations, if they wait the same time, fp for weekend V would open on May 1st...or they might actually wait this time for the AP 30 days out

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I'm shocked the logo tee is only $25. I'll wait to purchase, though, for the AP discount.

The ap discount will be nice but I'm mostly waiting because of sizing and quality -- from my experience with her products so far I feel like I need to see in person.

 

[yulilin3]

The ap discount will be nice but I'm mostly waiting because of sizing and quality -- from my experience with her products so far I feel like I need to see in person.

100% agree.

 

[CinderElsa]

The ap discount will be nice but I'm mostly waiting because of sizing and quality -- from my experience with her products so far I feel like I need to see in person.

Good point.

 

[lvstitch]

The Youtube link for the Live Stream:

 

[yulilin3]

The Youtube link for the Live Stream:

Yay!!!! @The Sunrise Student just got there 30 minutes ago and were in line for the other room where they are going to simulcast it and got pulled out of line and given wristbands for the main room

 

[Candleshoe]

Yay!!!! @The Sunrise Student just got there 30 minutes ago and were in line for the other room where they are going to simulcast it and got pulled out of line and given wristbands for the main room

Yay for Sunrise!! What a magical moment!

 

[wdwalice]

Hi there! Not a question about SWW but SW related.... Where can I find Star Wars party goods other than SW Rebels? I want to have a SW theme for my hubby's birthday dinner where I will surprise him with the FtF DPP and that we will be leaving on his birthday (two days sooner than he thinks our trip begins). Thanks!!

 

[yulilin3]

Yay for Sunrise!! What a magical moment!

Her boyfriend and her were wearing the Haunted Mansion/SW shirt yesterday at Disneyland and I told her they need to bring it to SWW and we can coordinate and do the hitchhiking ghost pose

 

[yulilin3]

Hi there! Not a question about SWW but SW related.... Where can I find Star Wars party goods other than SW Rebels? I want to have a SW theme for my hubby's birthday dinner where I will surprise him with the FtF DPP and that we will be leaving on his birthday (two days sooner than he thinks our trip begins). Thanks!!

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=star+wars+party

 

[jtowntoflorida]

I am most excited about my kid's reactions. My 14 year old has been a Star Wars fanatic since he was 5. He went to his first SWW when he was 6 and it was magical. The character interactions were so great - Anakin showed him how to hold his lightsaber and Darth Maul crept up behind him. But, my favorite was during the parade. He was standing there with his little Jedi lightsaber and when the bounty hunters started his way he handed me his lightsaber and whispered "Hurry! Hide this so they won't know I am a Jedi!" I am hoping for more of this magic!

In thinking back to SWW 2013 (our one and only)...this was definitely the best part of the weekend, and definitely what I'm looking forward to the most. Sometimes at Disney character interactions are just meh...it's autograph-quick picture-shooed out the door (Anna & Elsa on our last trip...I'm looking at you!)...but at SWW all the characters are so into it and they all do a great job with their characters. It really is magical.

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?

You pick a time and they search for all spots +/- 2 hours. So since they're searching a 4 hour range for you, the entire length of breakfast is easy if you pick a mid-range time. You can't cover all the dinner hours with one search, but you can get most of them. So you're really only spending $8 per meal per day to search. I set up my search March 20th, got my first alert on the 29th, and got my ideal time on April 8th. I've received 11 alerts so far (albeit for H&V and not Sci Fi).

Just doing my daily checking and saw that the Frozen Sing Along is back on the schedule for the month of June it looks like it won't have any dark days while they transition from Premiere to the Hyperion Theater

Thanks for posting this. I can now go in and change one of my placeholder FP+s.

 

[wdwalice]

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=star+wars+party

Awesome! Thank you!

 

[yulilin3]

what is it about a countdown clock that get your heart pumping!?!?

 

[lovingeire]

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 signed up over a month ago, once I had to change our dates. I've received about 4 notifications total, but the last was the money one because it was an 8:15am time. I think we'll see more cancellations last minute too, but we are around 45 days for those traveling the first couple weeks of June. We had only one day for the watch too, a Friday, and I feel really lucky to have gotten the breakfast. My boys don't know about it yet since I wasn't sure it would happen!

Just doing my daily checking and saw that the Frozen Sing Along is back on the schedule for the month of June it looks like it won't have any dark days while they transition from Premiere to the Hyperion Theater

Awesome! Time to update my FastPasses! Thank you!

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.

I also show my kids videos on YouTube of the characters. We actually need to start that up again since it's the youngest's first trip. Kids can be finicky though. My middle did great on his first trip (2 1/2) but was a little more standoffish and shy with the characters at 3…yep, 6 months later! So we're all going to work on it again!

For the Her Universe. I love that Ewok purse, but I'm not sure I feel like dropping $50 on it. Maybe with the AP discount, but I'm still not sure I feel compelled to spend that much…We'll see when I'm there and caught up in the moment. I normally don't get pricey souvenirs for myself, because I'm more focused on the kids experiences.

 

[mexxican]

what is it about a countdown clock that get your heart pumping!?!?

I don't know, but for some reason I'm not feeling the Kylo Ren design that is all over the web now. It seems very derivative (a little Khan from Star Trek 2, a little Dr. Doom, a little Flash Gordon). Darth Maul was awesome, so maybe Kylo will take of his (or her!!) mask at some point

 

[soniam]

Looks like I picked a good day to work from home with a sinus headache. At least I can watch the streaming now.