Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[yulilin3]

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!

I'm not sure that the app would be useful for him since he said he only has that one day at sww. KtP will be gathering info the same day that's he's there
BTW him or her, not sure

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I'll try to do the same for May 17: I created @MickeyMinnieMom on Twitter as well.

Just realized it would be great if we had a spot to indicate everyone's twitter accounts. Does the awesome roll call thread do this? I need to check it out again...

Tried adding a little graphic I put together to my signature with Twitter info...

 

[Tltorrez]

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!

I wonder if more characters will start meeting at 8:00am because the parade moved up.

Will the characters be on the Times Guide or will we just have to literally walk over to them and see when they come out?

 

[yulilin3]

I wonder if more characters will start meeting at 8:00am because the parade moved up.

Will the characters be on the Times Guide or will we just have to literally walk over to them and see when they come out?

In the past we get a general area (by Darth's or on Streets of America) and then a general from 8am until 7pm. The map gives very little info on characters. It just shows a dark side general area and the light side general area

 

[jtowntoflorida]

In the past we get a general area (by Darth's or on Streets of America) and then a general from 8am until 7pm. The map gives very little info on characters

Yep. And that's why Kenny's app is so useful. In 2013, when I was planning out our day, I put together a spreadsheet showing when each character met each day. I put character names on the vertical axis, each half hour of the day on the horizontal axis, and then I shaded in each character's schedule so I could try to discern the best order for meeting them. You can't meet everyone at RD/in the first hour, so you really need a sensible plan of attack. I'm waiting to put my plan together until after the first weekend. THANKS GUINEA PIGS!

 

[yulilin3]

Yep. And that's why Kenny's app is so useful. In 2013, when I was planning out our day, I put together a spreadsheet showing when each character met each day. I put character names on the vertical access, each half hour of the day on the vertical access, and then I shaded in each character's schedule so I could try to discern the best order for meeting them. You can't meet everyone at RD/in the first hour, so you really need a sensible plan of attack. I'm waiting to put my plan together until after the first weekend. THANKS GUINEA PIGS!

Guinea Pigs are useful that way. I'll be posting constantly on Friday, I'll talk to each character handler to get a tentative schedule and post it here in real time so people coming Saturday have an idea on schedules. Let's see how many characters I can meet that day

 

[jahexom]

Still getting Server is Busy Donald page for Rebel Hangar. Has anyone tried calling?

 

[Dugette]

Still getting Server is Busy Donald page for Rebel Hangar. Has anyone tried calling?

Someone I was trying to coordinate with called this morning and the CMs couldn't access it either.

Personally, I'm starting to wonder (after all these glitches) if the whole Rebel Hangar thing was a joke by someone in Disney IT. We'll all show up and it will be just normal Backlot Express.

 

[soniam]

Guinea Pigs are useful that way. I'll be posting constantly on Friday, I'll talk to each character handler to get a tentative schedule and post it here in real time so people coming Saturday have an idea on schedules. Let's see how many characters I can meet that day

Besides your suggestions on the first page and KTP as to the best time to meet each character, didn't Josh (easyWDW) do this too? I winder if/when he's going this year?

 

[yulilin3]

Besides your suggestions on the first page and KTP as to the best time to meet each character, didn't Josh (easyWDW) do this too? I winder if/when he's going this year?

yeah he did it last year. Not sure when he's going. I don't know if KtP will actually post times on the site now that the has the app.

 

[JayLeeJay]

With all the talk of Rebel Hangar cancellations and such, I have been worried since reservations began that they were allowing too many to be made. The place isn't that big and it just seemed like the number of reservations made by people on this board would fill the place each night. Maybe we really were the only ones able to book. I also wonder how they are going to handle the outdoor seating. The Disney Parks Blog said there would be "limited" outdoor seating but I wonder what limited actually means.

 

[lovethattink]

We had decided we'd only hit the 24 hour party for a little and do mostly Star Wars Weekends. But now the 3pm parade looks more appealing since ds loves Disney XD and Disney Channel.

 

[Tltorrez]

Besides your suggestions on the first page and KTP as to the best time to meet each character, didn't Josh (easyWDW) do this too? I winder if/when he's going this year?

I know he booked RH for Monday. But I didnt see when he'll be there on the weekend.

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Just to confirm - with the fireworks schedule at 9:45 on weekend I that most likely means pre-show at 9:45 and fireworks at 10?

 

[yulilin3]

We had decided we'd only hit the 24 hour party for a little and do mostly Star Wars Weekends. But now the 3pm parade looks more appealing since ds loves Disney XD and Disney Channel.

It'll be such a mess with all the tweens. We did Disney Channel Games when they were held at Wide World of Sports and I've never been so afraid in my life
My daughter did manage to meet the Jonas Bros. Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Zack and Cody, Brenda Song...but you don't know fear until you see a whole bunch of tween and teenage girls running toward you.
I'm sure it'll be better in MK since you have to buy a ticket for it. I wish they would release more info to see if we go at night or not. I'm just interested in are characters, I value my sleep too much I guess and don't want to look like a Zombie on Saturday for SWW

 

[Tltorrez]

With all the talk of Rebel Hangar cancellations and such, I have been worried since reservations began that they were allowing too many to be made. The place isn't that big and it just seemed like the number of reservations made by people on this board would fill the place each night. Maybe we really were the only ones able to book. I also wonder how they are going to handle the outdoor seating. The Disney Parks Blog said there would be "limited" outdoor seating but I wonder what limited actually means.

I agree. And who knows how quickly tables will turn over. Really glad I stuck with my 4:10 ADR.

 

[yulilin3]

Just to confirm - with the fireworks schedule at 9:45 on weekend I that most likely means pre-show at 9:45 and fireworks at 10?

right, the fireworks will be done around 10:10 weekend I

 

[momofallsons]

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.

Hmmm... I was kind of hoping DiningBuddy would save me the time, but I might have to go back to stalking it myself too!

 

[yulilin3]

With all the talk of Rebel Hangar cancellations and such, I have been worried since reservations began that they were allowing too many to be made. The place isn't that big and it just seemed like the number of reservations made by people on this board would fill the place each night. Maybe we really were the only ones able to book. I also wonder how they are going to handle the outdoor seating. The Disney Parks Blog said there would be "limited" outdoor seating but I wonder what limited actually means.

If you are familiar with Backlot Express, I think that they are going to close off the outdoor area close to the JTA stage, that will be the main entrance for the RH. And then they'll leave the main entrance (walking down the steps and you're right in front of the counters to order food) for Backlot Express. Let me see if I find a good video of what I mean

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

right, the fireworks will be done around 10:10 weekend I

Thanks yulilin!