Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[The Sunrise Student]

Glad that they are at least, showing it on the map
After the stormtroopers let us in, the Mall will be open to everyone so the VIP shopping should be done before 8am. I know I saw the VIP groups enter the park around 7am last year, I assume they went straight to the Mall.
Did you ever do the Backlot Tour? It's the store where you exited the attraction.

Does this mean the backlot tour warehouse just became Darth's Mall?

 

[The Sunrise Student]

So, hair chat. I have a Leia shirt, so I'm thinking Leia braids, but I have only med length hair. Any suggestions? If I can't come up with something, I may chop it off, lol. I've tried a few things and its just been weird.

PS, bonus if it is easy enough for me to do to myself or have my husband do it. Otherwise perhaps I'll get lucky and a Guinea Pig will braid my hair while waiting for the parade

Go to the store and buy those foam things you stick your hair through and make a bun on each side... alot of medium length hair girls do that when they where their Leia costumes for Rebel Legion.

there are different types but they are all similar to the ones in the amazon link below.

http://www.amazon.com/Brown-Donut-T..._1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430352228&sr=8-1&keywords=bun

 

[jennab113]

Anyone going on the 4th wanna get me the 4th and 5th pins? I could trade you a red lightsaber Magic band.

 

[delmar411]

Anyone going on the 4th wanna get me the 4th and 5th pins? I could trade you a red lightsaber Magic band.

I would make that trade. Send me a message and we can work out the details.

 

[coluk003]

Anyone going on the 4th wanna get me the 4th and 5th pins? I could trade you a red lightsaber Magic band.

i can try id be sending them out from DL but the pins are the same. I plan on getting to DTD early but you never know. Not sure the are LE though that might make it harder

 

[jennab113]

Thanks @coluk003. I think @delmar411 and I have it worked out.

 

[beanz418]

If anyone is interested, I live 6 minutes from DHS and will be going first thing on the morning of May 4th to buy the pins and any other shirts or fun merch...

I would be more than happy to help anyone out, however I'm in search of the light saber magic bands from the galactic gathering...please let me know if you'd like to work something out...so excited for SWW!!!!!!!

 

[MooksterL1]

There is a Jedi Mickey dinner for 4, 6/12 at 7:20 if anyone is looking for that day.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Thanks to @pookadoo77 I designed my own Chopper magic band. Well, I guess my boyfriend mostly did it. But I told him how to design it.

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I am pretty pleased with it. Chopper is on one side of the mickey head and Star Wars Rebels is on the other.

 

[JenStemp]

I got this in an email from Toys-R-Us today. For anyone with kids. We will definitely be at our local store on Sunday.

Here is the link for more information.
http://www.toysrus.com/shop/index.j...ERN&csep=79bf280b-8bc7-43fe-a971-5f5dfe47abe5

 

[AThrillingChase]

So fun story, I just got my magical express tags and info in the mail. They changed my friends last name to mine. smh. I assume this won't really matter?

 

[soniam]

So fun story, I just got my magical express tags and info in the mail. They changed my friends last name to mine. smh. I assume this won't really matter?

As long as you are traveling together and going to the same hotel. I don't remember needing any ID to get claim our bags.

 

[mamadragona]

Go to the store and buy those foam things you stick your hair through and make a bun on each side... alot of medium length hair girls do that when they where their Leia costumes for Rebel Legion.

there are different types but they are all similar to the ones in the amazon link below.

http://www.amazon.com/Brown-Donut-T..._1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430352228&sr=8-1&keywords=bun

I didn't even know this was a thing. What kid of local store can I get it at? Walmart?

 

[AThrillingChase]

As long as you are traveling together and going to the same hotel. I don't remember needing any ID to get claim our bags.

Thank you, I don't remember them asking either. I guess if all they do is scan the bags they won't notice the names don't really match. This is especially funny since the only other time my friend (my old roommate) and I traveled to Disney together they sent us mail to our apartment for the "first name and first name family" so I don't know why I'd expect anything less lol

 

[Itinkso]

I didn't even know this was a thing. What kid of local store can I get it at? Walmart?

WalMart and Target should have them. You can also make Leiabuns out of two side ponytails that you twist and spiral around the ponytail's base. Use a hairnet and bobby pins to secure.

 

[JayLeeJay]

My boyfriend and I ordered t-shirts from TeePublic and they arrived today! I wasn't sure what to expect from them but they are great and I can't wait to wear them. He has more traditional Star Wars shirts and mine are mostly disney inspired. Now I just need to figure out which one to wear on which day. One day we are doing more character pictures and I can't figure out which one I want to have in all the pictures.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

Nothing happened for me like last year... then again I never could get this to work right at the parks... But this is a different phone and still nothing

I had to turn my phone horizontally. It wouldn't work with the screen in the vertical position.

 

[BobaFettFan]

So I think I remember them saying "check out the "Rebel Hangar/Cantina/Backlot" thing on the 1st WINK WINK" earlier? I'm thinking about staying up that Thursday night and calling in the morning, but have they rolled something out on a Friday before?

 

[BobaFettFan]

I finally had a chance to make some mickey ears

Great job on the boba fett! Awesome design to use.

 

[Beezle2]

Morning everyone I have been following this thread and I'm grateful for all the information. I think I have everything I want nailed down except for the Visit to the Maul on 6/12. I never did see a Fastpass for that and just want to be sure I am not doing something wrong. Did I read we have to sign up for that in the morning? Can someone point me in the right direction because I think my DH would love to see the show!