Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[Gianfootography]

Gian, I posted a picture of them in my Trip report just now. They are glow in the dark from the breakfast. If you want one, let me know and I'll keep mine aside for you. Just remind me next time you see me. They are miniature (pen sized), glow red or blue.

Sweet! Those are cool but it would look like I was holding a glowing Tic-Tac in my Wookiee sizes hands. So thanks anyways. I really want to go to the Sci-fi Diner breakfast this year. I will probably go some random weekday.

 

[Gianfootography]

Have you seen the Inquisitor lightsaber at Disney Store.com?

EDIT: WARNING I just read that it doesn't light up

I think I saw one at Wal-Mart. Don't know if it is the exact same one. I know I will eventually get an Inquisitor Lightsaber and Ezra's and Kanan's. Now I am mostly focusing on getting the Jedi Training ones from the parks. I would love to have a different one for each day of the event.

 

[HCinKC]

Possibly between 3 and 6 but I am waiting for that series to end before I include it in my saga watching order. It is a good show but at the moment it does not (for me) have a major impact on the main arc like Clone Wars did. It does look like the show is building itself to be an important part of the saga with season 2 answering some unanswered questions that Clone Wars posed by ending so abruptly.

True, just thinking in theory since it obviously wouldn't go before 4, so it would have to go after 3. Season 2 looks like it is going to be awesome. That teaser was SO DANG GOOD.

New picture options on Street of America, the cheapest package is $30 a lot of options

I am digging #361. ODS would obviously want Obi-Wan. DH could do Mace, and I would be Aayla. Do you guys think it would be weird to have our baby boy's face on Adi Gallia?

 

[Gianfootography]

EDIT: WARNING I just read that it doesn't light up

I don't need them to light up, just to look epic in my photos:

And that they stay in the locked position so they don't extend while clipped on my belt as I run to get more Yoda Cupcakes. I hate the ones you just have to flick your wrist to extend (current Rebels branded ones they sell at Wal-Mart and at the parks) I still can't find a proper Episode 2-4 Obi-Wan push button to extend lightsaber.

 

[Itinkso]

That's actually not true. Last year we had a late breakfast ADR at sci-fi and they put us at a car because they were backed up. We were pretty disappointed.

You were seated at a car and didn't want to be? Last year the rotations and timing were not running smoothly because the characters couldn't see and couldn't sign autographs quickly. If you were disappointed in your seating, Guest Relations would have provided some type of guest recovery for you to compensate you for the mix-up in seating.

 

[jennab113]

I read and loved everything written by Timothy Zahn, but when I tried some other authors they were so awful I gave up. I would happily take recommendations for authors or books in the EU that were well-written.

I'm still relatively new to the EU, but I like James Luceno and John Jackson Miller. I haven't read the X-Wing series yet but I am looking forward to it and people seem to love it.

 

[Artax]

here's our free, downloaded picture

Very cool yulilin. I was watching out for you today as I knew you had a Mother's Day Jedi mickey meal today too. We checked in to our Jedi mickey meal at 4:55 and we left the restaurant at about 6:30. Somehow I missed you.

Anyhow they would not let mickey sign during picture taking. I told them we were spending $300 on a character meal and I wanted to speak to the manager in charge of characters. They took our pillowcases backstage and had all characters sign them for us. I also asked if the roaming characters would sign and they just said they would take care of all of them backstage. But we did see Minnie sign something for another child a few tables over, so i am pretty sure they would have.

So far we are having a great time and things have been going much better after our 21 hour flight delay. But it does sound like I am going to have to skip saturday SWW for legoland since it's the only day we still have somewhat open.

 

[mom2of2]

For the PP who asked about not sitting in a car, ask for a Town Car..those are the tables with 4 chairs with a car front. There are 4 of those available

 

[lovethattink]

here's our free, downloaded picture

Love it! Do we get one with the breakfast?

 

[momofallsons]

Awesome -- following you now!


What size do you need? I have a medium (I think) that I haven't gotten around to sending back yet. But I do think she'll have all sizes at SWW.

I was planning to order a small, so that might be too big unless they run really small... I figure worst case, I can buy it at SWW. I just kind of wanted to get it ahead of time & wash it so I could wear it while there. We're only at DHS & SWW for one day, and I'm assuming they're only sold in DHS and not the other parks. Thanks so much for the offer though!!

 

[momofallsons]

Just with a beauty and the beast theater manager. He says the lining up strategy is still tentative. But it looks like fps will be done to the far left of the theater. Standby thru the front main entrance and packages and vip thru the far right.
I asked him about the fifth weekend and why the show is dark. And he be reluctantly, after pushing him allot said that there MIGHT be shows added in the morning and they are waiting for celebrities to announce anything....this guy was really hard crack.
Took some pictures from different angles from the top of the theater. The two large screens look good. Right now, at 5:20 the sun is only in the back of the theater. The earlier shows will have more sun. From the bleachers all the way in the back you can see the screens but there's a lot of glare

Wow! Can't put anything past you yulilin!! How did you even catch that the show was dark for week V? It would be exciting if they add something new in, although my day's already getting jam packed!

 

[lchuck]

Moving the shows to the Theater of the Stars is probably the worst Star Wars idea since Greedo shooting first. View attachment 95412

Wait, Wait, Wait...So the shows aren't in the Premiere Theater? Crap, my parents were looking forward to being indoors a bit more during our days at HS.

 

[mackeymouse4eva]

What happened to Darth Goofys Boxers ....I was so looking forward to that in pictures...it cracks me up

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

One more check for interest in these reservations before I release them:

Premium packages are taken
Sci Fi Galactic bkfst for 8am for May 16th for 2ppl

If anyone is interested please PM me and let me know.

 

[yulilin3]

Very cool yulilin. I was watching out for you today as I knew you had a Mother's Day Jedi mickey meal today too. We checked in to our Jedi mickey meal at 4:55 and we left the restaurant at about 6:30. Somehow I missed you.

Anyhow they would not let mickey sign during picture taking. I told them we were spending $300 on a character meal and I wanted to speak to the manager in charge of characters. They took our pillowcases backstage and had all characters sign them for us. I also asked if the roaming characters would sign and they just said they would take care of all of them backstage. But we did see Minnie sign something for another child a few tables over, so i am pretty sure they would have.

So far we are having a great time and things have been going much better after our 21 hour flight delay. But it does sound like I am going to have to skip saturday SWW for legoland since it's the only day we still have somewhat open.

I knew you would be around because of the Roll Call thread as well. This is what generally happens when characters can't sign on stage, they take your item backstage and they sign it there. I really think it gives the characters more time to play around with everyone, but that's just me, I really never got into the autograph thing. I'm glad you got your item signed.

Love it! Do we get one with the breakfast?

No, the free download, that I've heard, is only for dinner. But if you got a Photopass card you could check

Wow! Can't put anything past you yulilin!! How did you even catch that the show was dark for week V? It would be exciting if they add something new in, although my day's already getting jam packed!

Once weekend V schedule came out it showed as being dark on the calendar. The show could very well be Visit to the Maul and Obi Wan and Beyond being performed the days that they are not done at 5:15pm for weekend V, but again, only time will tell

Wait, Wait, Wait...So the shows aren't in the Premiere Theater? Crap, my parents were looking forward to being indoors a bit more during our days at HS.

First page has the entire schedule with times and locations

What happened to Darth Goofys Boxers ....I was so looking forward to that in pictures...it cracks me up

We were ready to tell him he had forgotten his pants as well, when he came over to us we were like "Goofy you got pants now" he motioned that he remembered to put them on this time...I guess they are really walking away from the funny SW and going more into the classic one.


BTW the CM this year have been properly trained to say they don't know yet or they really don't know. Each and every CM I asked about something SWW related they all got very fidgety and said, oh, we don't have that information yet, or the plans are still tentative, or the map is not out yet I even asked a character handler about the location of Luke and Leia this year and she said the schedule doesn't come out until Thursday for them, sheesh. They are really keeping everything under wraps. I really hope they release the map before Friday

 

[yulilin3]

Also I was talking to the ladies at the podium for Jedi Mickey's Dinner and they said that they have been taking walk ups everyday. She doesn't know if during the actual SWW this would be the case but it's worth the try.
She said they have been taking walk ups for the first hour and the last hour of the experience.

 

[jthornton94]

Did you read the xwing series? I really enjoyed those, the stackpole and allston ones

Funny you mention Stackpole. My husband reads all the books as well. He was also in the Army. One time, on deployment, he is reading w book and happens to read the dedication. It says something about to my brother in the Army.....my husband immediately walks up to one of the guys he works with and asks, is your brother an author? Sure enough, same guy. Small world sometimes.

 

[lovethattink]

Backlot express showed no changes yesterday in decor.

 

[yulilin3]

I forgot to post this pics yesterday...they took away our tables and chairs at Echo Lake Not sure what's going on. There's a nice ledge if anyone still wants to hang around for the fireworks viewing but this really upset me.

 

[RedM94]

@lovethattink

Thank you for posting the new allergy friendly menu for Sci-Fi!! I would love to show my son, but the Senate Council in my house (my wife), has asked me to slow down the SWW talk with my son. He is on the Asperger's spectrum and needs to focus on school work.

I did email Chef Albert at Sci-Fi and he is going to check on the RH Maul Hummus for me. Fingers crossed that it won't pose any cross contamination concerns. I mentioned this in an earlier post, Chef Albert is awesome when it comes to food allergies or special diet requests.