Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[yulilin3]

I actually knitted myself a Leia bun hat a couple years ago...but thinking its waaaaaaay too hot for FL summer. Totally planning on knitting some wearable SW stuff on my day off on the 15th. Now just to figure out what

can I just tell you each time I see any of your comments I imagine that it's the gentleman in the picture talking, I guess cause he's the one closer to the camera

 

[mamadragona]

As soon as I see you I'll yell "Mama Dragona with my spanish accent. I'm from Venezuela. I love your username

Awesome. My father is from Peru. . Be sure to introduce yourself to my daughter if she's with me. Her name is similar to yours. .

 

[Candleshoe]

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Thanks yulilin! We. Did. Fly!!

It was 55 degrees when the 5K began and we "wogged" the 2nd half in the rain! Had so much fun!! Now we are warming up before we hit the parks.

Safe travels to all the Guinea Pigs! MTFBWY

Nice-ta-meetcha Itinkso! Which lovely lady are you in the pictures?

 

[jtowntoflorida]

Rasm fasm basm... it's been 4 days since they "sent" the MagicBands but the USPS tracking site still only says "Shipment Accepted."

Same with mine:
Your shipment was accepted/picked up at 11:17 pm on May 5, 2015 in MEMPHIS, TN 38136.

Parcel Select, which is how the MBs are shipped, is the cheapest and also the slowest delivery method the USPS offers. Everything is ground shipped so it moves very slowly. USPS also doesn't do departure scans like UPS and Fed Ex usually do, they only do arrival scans. So our bands are likely on the move, on a truck somewhere, but just haven't made it to the next delivery hub yet.

 

[prgal0715]

Same with mine:
Your shipment was accepted/picked up at 11:17 pm on May 5, 2015 in MEMPHIS, TN 38136.

Parcel Select, which is how the MBs are shipped, is the cheapest and also the slowest delivery method the USPS offers. Everything is ground shipped so it moves very slowly. USPS also doesn't do departure scans like UPS and Fed Ex usually do, they only do arrival scans. So our bands are likely on the move, on a truck somewhere, but just haven't made it to the next delivery hub yet.

I was going through the same thing; they shipped on the 4th but didn't show up in USPS until yesterday. But according to the tracking info, they're out for delivery today. Yay!

 

[yulilin3]

Stage progress. Let's see if they leave it like this or add the stairs and second level like last year

 

[itsthatdisneygirl]

can I just tell you each time I see any of your comments I imagine that it's the gentleman in the picture talking, I guess cause he's the one closer to the camera

Lol...yeah I've been meaning to change it I'm just a procrastinator.


Yep figured no time like the present. Plus its a SWW pic so I got that

 

[Artax]

Oh nooos.. I'm sorry this happened. Fingers crossed! Will the airline -- or your schedule -- allow you to push out your return date by a day to adjust for this? They should! Free! (as long as you have a day extra you can stay).

Thanks, they are giving us the option to extend our stay. But considering our return date is on Sunday and our places of work are both expecting us back Monday it's not feasible. Lucky we actually have more days this year than the past. We normally only stay 7 nights. This year we had planned 10nights, now 9 nights. We also originally planned to drive and get there today so Caribbean beach wasn't expecting us until later today. We had a holiday inn scheduled closer to legoland for last night that I need to try and get he airline to reimberse for the no show that was prepaid for. Waiting to get boarded now, plan is waiting for us. Crossing fingers

Thanks everyone for the thoughts.

 

[DisneyMama21]

I was also wondering about the number of shows for the VIP tour, so I emailed the CM I had booked with and he told me we would have access to the first THREE shows. He was emphatic that it was only 3. So since I'm going weekend V, I booked VttM with a FP+ since that would be the fourth show on the day of my tour.

 

[coluk003]

I'm going to ask in hopes it works. I'm looking for a 930 tusker house on May 26, if anyone sees on or has one lmk.

The new swr show at dhs they just announced any indication of how long that show is?i think it will be good for my sisters to see since either of them have ever watched it

 

[soniam]

I was also wondering about the number of shows for the VIP tour, so I emailed the CM I had booked with and he told me we would have access to the first THREE shows. He was emphatic that it was only 3. So since I'm going weekend V, I booked VttM with a FP+ since that would be the fourth show on the day of my tour.

I hope that changes, because it seems nonsensical compared to the DPP.

 

[yulilin3]

I'm going to ask in hopes it works. I'm looking for a 930 tusker house on May 26, if anyone sees on or has one lmk.

The new swr show at dhs they just announced any indication of how long that show is?i think it will be good for my sisters to see since either of them have ever watched it

It's about 25 minutes.

 

[Mimikpapam]

Though this is my first post, have been following thread for months and can't thank everyone enough for their tips and advice. This will be our first SWW and exciting for us because it will be a three generation trip. Saw Empire Strikes Back in 1980 at the drive-in with our year old son sleeping in his car seat. Like to say that's when his love of sw began. Will be May 15 guinea pigs. Unfortunately the 15th is our last day of vacation so it's the only chance to experience the power of the force.
Character m&g are priority, because of heat, parade not so much. RH is not working in schedule. Would appreciate any feedback, schedule advice.
7:00 Park arrival
8:00 Chewie run
9:00 FP ToT
9:45 Queen Amidala
10:30 Jedi Council
11:30 Mama Melrose ADR
1:00 Ahsoka
1:45 Cantina Band
2:30 FP SotS
4:15 FP Star Tours
5:00 50's Prime Time ADR
7:00 Luke Leia and the Droids
8:30 Fireworks

BTW releasing May 15th Galactic Breakfast ADR 9:40 for 7. DD will also be releasing a few ADRs for both Jedi Mickey and Galactic Breakfast.

 

[DisneyMama21]

I hope that changes, because it seems nonsensical compared to the DPP.

I agree!

 

[yulilin3]

Though this is my first post, have been following thread for months and can't thank everyone enough for their tips and advice. This will be our first SWW and exciting for us because it will be a three generation trip. Saw Empire Strikes Back in 1980 at the drive-in with our year old son sleeping in his car seat. Like to say that's when his love of sw began. Will be May 15 guinea pigs. Unfortunately the 15th is our last day of vacation so it's the only chance to experience the power of the force.
Character m&g are priority, because of heat, parade not so much. RH is not working in schedule. Would appreciate any feedback, schedule advice.
7:00 Park arrival
8:00 Chewie run
9:00 FP ToT
9:45 Queen Amidala
10:30 Jedi Council
11:30 Mama Melrose ADR
1:00 Ahsoka
1:45 Cantina Band
2:30 FP SotS
4:15 FP Star Tours
5:00 50's Prime Time ADR
7:00 Luke Leia and the Droids
8:30 Fireworks

BTW releasing May 15th Galactic Breakfast ADR 9:40 for 7. DD will also be releasing a few ADRs for both Jedi Mickey and Galactic Breakfast.

at what time does you ToT fp time start? you might be able to do Amidala right after Chewie, also depending on how fast you are you could squeeze in a ride on ST right after Chewie, before Amidala. I believe last year she came out at 9am. Then you could to ToT and then meet the Council. Not sure at what time they would go in to get ready for the parade

 

[momofallsons]

FWIW, the DisneyDiningBuddy notifications don't come right when an ADR becomes available, because they're not constantly pinging the system, apparently. Since I've switched my H&V ADR so many times and still have a notification set up, I actually get notified when my dropped ADR becomes available. The notification time has varied between 5 and 20 minutes after dropping before I get a notification.

Also, when I was coordinating a drop from another DISer, the ADR he was dropping, showed up, then disappeared, then showed back up about 20 minutes later. So I do think there's a delay in the system sometimes.

Agreed... I don't know if the pinging time varies, but for one of my alerts I was getting texts almost exactly an hour apart for the same ADR until it was booked by someone. (I think I got about 6 of them... I didn't book when the alert came because the time was super late.)

 

[Pygmypuff07]

I can't believe in 1 week we will be at Star Wars Weekends! I am getting very excited!

 

[momofallsons]

YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just got my Galactic Breakfast at an earlier time, so I can do the parade. It didn't make me cancel my 10:35 on June 7 for 5. Let me know if you want it.

Did you use DiningBuddy? I'm trying to do the same thing for weekend V to catch the parade. Fingers crossed!!

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

at what time does you ToT fp time start? you might be able to do Amidala right after Chewie, also depending on how fast you are you could squeeze in a ride on ST right after Chewie, before Amidala. I believe last year she came out at 9am. Then you could to ToT and then meet the Council. Not sure at what time they would go in to get ready for the parade

I think Amadala came out at 9:15 last year and the Jedi Council at 9:30. I wonder if your Ahsoka timing will work out - the parade time has shifted so those that start meeting after the parade may have their times shifted as well. Also remember she rotates with Cody, Rex and Ventress so you can get in line while Ahsoka is meeting and end up meeting someone else if she rotates out.

Do you have the Character Locater app from @kennythepirate ? He'll be there day one and from what I understand he'll update the apps with meeting times during the day. Might be very handy for you!

 

[RookieLady]

Did you use DiningBuddy? I'm trying to do the same thing for weekend V to catch the parade. Fingers crossed!!

I did use DiningBuddy, but they did not notify me of this. I was literally making my request over and over and over again at work for the last 3 days and it hit. I left the page up, and every time I switched tasks, I just hit search.