Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[SalmonPink]

I just received the following from the IPO office at the Beach Club:

"Good Afternoon XXX Family,


The Rebel Hanger Lounge booking window opens Monday. It will be available Fri, Sat & Sun, May 15th - Jun 14th only, 4-9pm. It is not covered by any dining plan.


Please contact us if you have any questions or need additional assistance."

Good to have confirmation, although uuuuuurgh at waiting until Monday. But it's like people have been saying, they're so close to May 4th that they may as well hold back their SW announcements until then.

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

I think I love @kennythepirate even more than before! I recently signed up for his character locater - got an e-mail today that he has now got touring plans on the site. So I'm poking around on there and he has Star Wars Weekend touring plans! Only error I've seen so far is he has Jedi Mickey etc in Darth's Mall and from what I've read they'll be back near Great Movie Ride not in the Mall. I'm having fun looking at it - nice to have something else SWW to do besides stalk the Rebel Hanger for an ADR!

edit found another error he has the Jedi Council on Streets of America rather than in the old Pirates area... I think he did the list/ touring plan but hasn't changed the character locations yet....still love him!

 

[Disney Diva Mom]

Okay - I guess I can stop refreshing my computer and get the kidos their dinner. LOL

 

[mexxican]

Okay - I guess I can stop refreshing my computer and get the kidos their dinner. LOL

Dinner?? I haven't gotten them their lunch yet!

 

[Cluelyss]

Wonderful to have some info....though this news will not stop me from randomly checking the website throughout the weekend!

 

[Mimsy Borogove]

Whew! I've been about 30 pages behind all week (no discussion board sites allowed at work and poor cell service in my office), finally caught up! Y'all have been busy.

Re: drinks, last year during SWW I (we went on the 17th), no Death Star cubes left, we ended up with lightsaber swizzle sticks (green for The Force, red for Dark Side) at Brown Derby Lounge as it opened at noon - I told DH that Disney clearly underestimated the drinking power of the fans! By weekend IV, they'd all been relegated to normal glow cubes. All were included in alcoholic/non-alcoholic drinks.

I got 404 errors on both links for Rebel Hangar, maybe someone released info too early? Registration for WDW marathon weekend had a snafu on Monday where it was open, but wasn't supposed to be until Tuesday. Not saying it's related but apparently the tech side of Disney could use some upgrading.

 

[Barbara C]

Wonderful to have some info....though this news will not stop me from randomly checking the website throughout the weekend!

I feel the same way. We got that email directly and I'm still going to check randomly this weekend. We all know how reliable info about this has been...

 

[tschaan]

So, the stalking will commence at 6am Monday?

 

[itsthatdisneygirl]

Funny I just got off the phone with Disney Dining and the most unhelpful person ever who claimed that ALL the time for the lounge was already reserved. And refused that she could be wrong when I told her about the website issues.

 

[RedM94]

Funny I just got off the phone with Disney Dining and the most unhelpful person ever who claimed that ALL the time for the lounge was already reserved. And refused that she could be wrong when I told her about the website issues.

. Yes, I was told the exact same thing earlier today. The CM I spoke with was very helpful, so I just went along with it and called a second time. Crazy. Right!

 

[Willow tree]

When do the adr's open on Monday?

 

[coluk003]

good thing i skipped 15 pages of panic to find out nothing was announce. Now wheres that staples button

 

[slaveone]

Hmm went to mall made the mistake of walking through JCP. My poor bank account 4 new Star Wars shirts.

 

[mom2febgirls]

I am in a 2 week class for work from 8-5...I logged on and saw 20 pages and freaked out...lol

Glad/Sorry that the RH is not available yet and I REALLY hope it gets announced before Monday.

Can you guys suggest the best time to make my ADR for the Rebel Hangar in my schedule...this is for May 15

Park opens (745)
Meet Chewbacca
FP+ Star Tours (820-920)
Sci Fi Breakfast (915)
Indiana Jones (1115)
Animation Academy
Meet Luke, Leia, C3P0 and R2D2
FP+ ToT (140-240)
FP+ Stars of the Saga (3)
RnRC
Visit Darth's Mall
Fireworks
Fantasmic!

 

[jimim]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I hope if it's tomorrow, it's early

It better not be tomorrow. There are fish to catch and that takes priority on weekends. Lol

 

[Itinkso]

I am in a 2 week class for work from 8-5...I logged on and saw 20 pages and freaked out...lol

Glad/Sorry that the RH is not available yet and I REALLY hope it gets announced before Monday.

Can you guys suggest the best time to make my ADR for the Rebel Hangar in my schedule...this is for May 15

Park opens (745)
Meet Chewbacca
FP+ Star Tours (820-920)
Sci Fi Breakfast (915)
Indiana Jones (1115)
Animation Academy
Meet Luke, Leia, C3P0 and R2D2
FP+ ToT (140-240)
FP+ Stars of the Saga (3)
RnRC
Visit Darth's Mall
Fireworks
Fantasmic!

Try for 4:00 or as early as possible. Because it's the first day, it will get backed up same as what happened with the Galactic Breakfast last year. If you get in too late, you really don't want to miss the fireworks.

 

[mom2febgirls]

Try for 4:00 or as early as possible. Because it's the first day, it will get backed up same as what happened with the Galactic Breakfast last year. If you get in too late, you really don't want to miss the fireworks.

Thanks. I think SotS gets out at 4, right?

 

[DisneyLove2015]

I Tried clicking on all of the links (parks blog, Star Wars.com, etc) and none worked. The DPB just said page cannot be found. I got the Death Star on the Star Wars page. I just wanted to see the yummy food pics!

 

[msmama]

I got my email for the VIP tour today!!

The only new thing is that the guaranteed Jedi training can appparently be done any day of the week, it just has to be scheduled several days in advance. My son still isn't interested, but I think that's nice. We are certainly going to need a break after leaving BC at 6 am and having to be up for the end of fireworks!

 

[drlaurafsu]

I have to get on a plane at 7am on Monday...ugh. If they don't release it before would someone be willing to grab an ADR for me then we can coordinate a change?

Looking for May 22 at 4.