Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[jennab113]

I'm so sorry about Bullseye @Good Morning Dewdrop

 

[Felipe4]

I'm so sorry about Bullseye, @Good Morning Dewdrop. Losing furbabies is always a hard time.

 

[yulilin3]

DISer Strike Back...here's your schedule. The only thing we don't have confirmed are the autograph Sessions for Warwick, Silas and Vanessa. I'm going to go ahead and write the tentative times for Vanessa and Silas based on weekend I. Warwick is a bit more of a challenge to figure out since he has a show of his own

Park opens at 7:30 am. Rope Drops at 7:45am

GMR closes at 8pm due to fireworks fall out

TSMM closes at 8:15 pm due to fireworks fall out

Fantasmic! At 9pm and 10:30pm

Weekend II: May 22-24
James Arnold Taylor (not signing)
Warwick Davis: Wald, Wicket W. Warrick (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace;Star Wars: Return of the Jedi)Autograph Sessions (tentative 1pm and 2:15pm)
Silas Carson: Ki-Adi-Mundi, Nute Gunray (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace;Star Wars: Attack of the Clones;Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith)Autograph Sessions (tentative 1pm, 2:15pm and 4:50pm)
Vanessa Marshall: Hera Syndulla (Star Wars Rebels)Autograph Sessions (tentative 3pm and 5 pm)
Ashley Eckstein(Voice of Ahsoka Tano –Star Wars: The Clone Wars) Autograph session 12:45pm-2:15pm

Giving priority to Silas Carson, arrive by 5am. Second Warwick Davis since he has 2 weekends locals will split up. Arrive around 5:30am. Vanessa Marshall arrive no later than 6am. Ashley same as weekend 1
Legends of the Force celebrity motorcade and welcome 11am

Behind the Force Rebels 1:45pm
Stormtrooper Pre Show SotS 3:15pm
Stars of the Saga 3:30pm
Ewok Tale My Short Story 5:15pm
Obi Wan and Beyond 7pm
PMC kids edition 12:15pm and 4:15pm sign ups at ABC Sound Studios (kids only PMC featuring Sabine and Ezra)
2:30pm and 6:00pm no sign up required (Family Edition, picked at random, hosted BY Ashley Eckstein)
JTA 8:45 AM 9:20 AM 10:05 AM 10:35 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM
DJ Lobot Dance Party 7 pm

Summon the Force Pre Show and Symphony in the Stars 9:30pm

 

[yulilin3]

Remember about our meets
Saturday at ABC Commissary as you go thru the main entrance make a right and I try to get tables in the back. If you plan on having lunch here, go as fast as possible the line goes all the way out the door after the parade. I'll be there from 11:30am until around 12:30pm
Echo Lake ledge across from 50s Prime Time. I'll be there around 8pm all the way until the end of fireworks
Sunday at ABC Commissary as you go thru the main entrance make a right and I try to get tables in the back. If you plan on having lunch here, go as fast as possible the line goes all the way out the door after the parade. I'll be there from 11:30am until around 12:30pm
SWW II - May 22, 23, 24
Garrison: DISers Strike Back

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[OhioStateBuckeye]

@Good Morning Dewdrop so sorry to hear about your bullseye

We had to put our cat Toulouse, the one in my avatar, to sleep a month ago and it was very difficult, I feel your pain.

 

[Metz172]

selling them for $35 on EBay, I just checked

People are paying $35 for that?

 

[tigger1972]

People are paying $35 for that?

That's exactly what I said. Personally, if I am going to wear a hat, I prefer it offer me a little actual protection, but that's just me.

 

[Barbara C]

I'm so sorry about Bullseye @Good Morning Dewdrop

 

[Barbara C]

We've leave exactly one week from today and I'm starting to get nervous. We are going to Cape Cod for this holiday weekend which means I'll need to do all laundry and pack on Tuesday since we won't get home until very late on Monday night - and somehow I have to manage to go to work on Tuesday and Wednesday next week! It's all good though and I'm more excited than nervous. My boys are beyond excited and each night we talk about all the fun things we're going to do while we're there. We'll be at SWW for all 3 days next weekend - Fri-Sun. YAY!!!

 

[Mrs D]

I need opinions from those who have seen the shows.
Which show would appeal to a 9 year old boy more; Stars of the Saga or Obi Wan & Beyond?
We will be there for Wknd 4 and have the DPP. Visit to the Maul is a must do (we'll be running over after our 4pm RH).
If we have time to do one more show, which of the two would you all recommend?

 

[yulilin3]

I need opinions from those who have seen the shows.
Which show would appeal to a 9 year old boy more; Stars of the Saga or Obi Wan & Beyond?
We will be there for Wknd 4 and have the DPP. Visit to the Maul is a must do (we'll be running over after our 4pm RH).
If we have time to do one more show, which of the two would you all recommend?

I would say Rebels but that's not an option...from the 2 I would say Obi Wan and Beyond because he'll be able to see Ray Park at VttM and Peter Mayhew is a great guest but not as entertaining.

 

[yulilin3]

We've leave exactly one week from today and I'm starting to get nervous. We are going to Cape Cod for this holiday weekend which means I'll need to do all laundry and pack on Tuesday since we won't get home until very late on Monday night - and somehow I have to manage to go to work on Tuesday and Wednesday next week! It's all good though and I'm more excited than nervous. My boys are beyond excited and each night we talk about all the fun things we're going to do while we're there. We'll be at SWW for all 3 days next weekend - Fri-Sun. YAY!!!

Can't wait to meet you and thank you in person

 

[Cynister]

I know they did Darth Donald at the Animation Academy during SWW I, does anyone have any insight if there will another SW character offering for it this week? Any chance they'd be doing it on Thursday or would it only be on Sat/Sun? Do they only do them at certain times?

 

[mesaboy2]

I'm in the market for an X-Wing glow cube if anyone's there on the 29th (and they are still available). I didn't book RH but I might try a walk-up.

 

[Barbara C]

Can't wait to meet you and thank you in person

Thanks!! I forgot to add that we have a lot of fun stuff lined up because of Yulilin and this thread

 

[yulilin3]

I know they did Darth Donald at the Animation Academy during SWW I, does anyone have any insight if there will another SW character offering for it this week? Any chance they'd be doing it on Thursday or would it only be on Sat/Sun? Do they only do them at certain times?

I think the person that posted said they do Darth Donald every hour, so one session will be DD and then regular character then DD...not sure if they do it during the week.
I haven't heard of any other SW characters but you can ask at the podium to the Animation class

 

[tylerbeachclub#1fan]

First time posting on this thread. My girlfriend and I are going to the third weekend and have ftf package for May 29th. We are so excited and cant wait. I just have one question and i would really appreciate the help. I have a reservation for rebel lounge at 8:10 on may 29th and reading the thread it seems the dessert party starts at 8:45pm. Do you guys think its possible to do the rebel lounge and still make it for the dessert party? We are willing to cancel the reservation for rebel lounge but we are hearing its amazing from you guys and so it would be terrible to miss out on it.

 

[tigger1972]

A suggestion for those wishing to collect and trade AP posters: Considering buying the SWW poster which comes in a hard poster tubing container.

Either that or bring a mailing tube. As others have mentioned, this past Sunday the skies opened and we got dumped on pretty significantly. Not only did this delay the parade by 15 minutes or so, but it likely soaked everyone's AP posters.

Thankfully I had bought this SWW poster not just for DS's bedroom, but also for the purpose of keeping our AP posters safe and dry. The AP posters went straight into this container after we procured them. I'd think the humidity alone (not to mention being placed in one's bag/stroller) could transform an AP poster from Mint to Acceptable over the course of a day at SWW.

 

[JennStars9]

I'm sorry for your loss @Good Morning Dewdrop

 

[yulilin3]

First time posting on this thread. My girlfriend and I are going to the third weekend and have ftf package for May 29th. We are so excited and cant wait. I just have one question and i would really appreciate the help. I have a reservation for rebel lounge at 8:10 on may 29th and reading the thread it seems the dessert party starts at 8:45pm. Do you guys think its possible to do the rebel lounge and still make it for the dessert party? We are willing to cancel the reservation for rebel lounge but we are hearing its amazing from you guys and so it would be terrible to miss out on it.

You won't miss the dessert party, just part of it. They leave the desserts and drinks out until the fireworks start, so they will be out until 9:30pm. The are opens around 8:30pm so you would miss some of it. Is there no way you can do Rebel Hangar another day? During the weekday maybe?
The reports from RH is that characters walk around until about 7ish, then only a Jawa comes out, not sure how important characters are to you.
EDIT TO ADD: Reports from weekend I say that the service got increasingly slower as the evening progressed. Maybe it's something they will fix for weekend II and on. It looks like there was a lack of wait staff