Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[mesaboy2]

Glow Cubes have a battery inside them that operates the lights. They have a button that turns the light on and off, changes colors too. If the battery dies, no more light.

Here's something I should have asked earlier--are the batteries replaceable? I thought they were with others I've gotten, but suddenly I'm not sure....

 

[itsthatdisneygirl]

Here's something I should have asked earlier--are the batteries replaceable? I thought they were with others I've gotten, but suddenly I'm not sure....

with the X-Wing there is a screw where the battery is stored so yes I believe so. On the Falcon the battery is stored in a "receptacle" below the glow part so I'm not sure I will check tonight and report back. I'm 95% sure its a no for the death star but I shall confirm that as well

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

That makes much more sense! I was picturing a glow cube like the glow things you can buy that after a few hours they don't ever work again. Now I get why they are appealing!

Giant R2 not included.

 

[drlaurafsu]

On the plane! Headed south....hooray. Managed to snag a 450 RH for Friday this morning. Hoping we get to see Ezra and Sabine!

 

[drlaurafsu]

Time to switch to airplane mode! Special surprise for when we change planes in ATL....DH will be waiting for us. He is passing through on his way home. But since he wont see DS until July its an extra special treat.

 

[Mimsy Borogove]

By chance, has anyone noticed the price of the HU Sabine hooded tunic for adults? It's not yet online.

Thanks to @yulilin3 not only for the knowledge of this thread but also for the links to DJ Elliot - we've been jamming out to him for a couple weekends now.

And to @Good Morning Dewdrop so sorry for the loss of your kitty. :,(

 

[yulilin3]

By chance, has anyone noticed the price of the HU Sabine hooded tunic for adults? It's not yet online.

Thanks to @yulilin3 not only for the knowledge of this thread but also for the links to DJ Elliot - we've been jamming out to him for a couple weekends now.

And to @Good Morning Dewdrop so sorry for the loss of your kitty. :,(

the kids one is $40 so I would think around $45? I didn't check the price, sorry. I'll check it Saturday. I'm going there at rope drop to see if they have the At At shirts
I love Dj Elliot. I have to meet him and tell him how he has gotten me thru some sad/stressful times

 

[JayLeeJay]

Opinions needed please. I currently have FTF booked for Saturday and Sunday. I only need it for one day. I know it is a little early for the weather forecast and even closer to the weekend I won't really trust it, but right now Saturday is showing 80% chance and Sunday is showing 50% chance of rain, both in the afternoon/evening. What has me more concerned than this, though, is that Saturday is my birthday and no matter where I am, for as long as I can remember, I have been rained on on my birthday. Always. The day we are not doing FTF, we plan on doing characters, meals, and rides. It seems like if it rains the parade could be cancelled and outside characters would not be available to meet. The dessert party would continue but be inside. The shows would only be cancelled for really bad storms, right? So if we keep FTF on the day with the higher chance of rain, it seems like we would still get to do most everything, where as if we keep FTF on the day with the lower chance of rain, our character hunting could be affected. I'm thinking we should cancel FTF for the day with the lower chance of rain to optimize our overall experience (i.e., see and do the most as nothing is really more of a must-do than anything else). What do you guys think?

 

[acndis]

I have been lurking on this board for weeks. You are all amazing! Thanks for the great information.

We are VIP'ing on Saturday (Strike Backers) and I have a question that's probably been answered but I haven't seen it. Did you tip your VIP guide? And, if you did, I would love it if anyone would be willing to share how much or give a range. Thanks. We can't wait.

 

[boiledpeanut]

I'm so confused. Is the Beauty and the Beast Show going on in addition to the special SW events that are in that theater? BATB is showing up on my FP selections and I was wondering if it could be for one of the special events.

 

[yulilin3]

Opinions needed please. I currently have FTF booked for Saturday and Sunday. I only need it for one day. I know it is a little early for the weather forecast and even closer to the weekend I won't really trust it, but right now Saturday is showing 80% chance and Sunday is showing 50% chance of rain, both in the afternoon/evening. What has me more concerned than this, though, is that Saturday is my birthday and no matter where I am, for as long as I can remember, I have been rained on on my birthday. Always. The day we are not doing FTF, we plan on doing characters, meals, and rides. It seems like if it rains the parade could be cancelled and outside characters would not be available to meet. The dessert party would continue but be inside. The shows would only be cancelled for really bad storms, right? So if we keep FTF on the day with the higher chance of rain, it seems like we would still get to do most everything, where as if we keep FTF on the day with the lower chance of rain, our character hunting could be affected. I'm thinking we should cancel FTF for the day with the lower chance of rain to optimize our overall experience (i.e., see and do the most as nothing is really more of a must-do than anything else). What do you guys think?

I've lived in Orlando for 18 years now. This morning it was nice and clear and sunny. As of 30 minutes ago we have a thunderstorm warning.
The 11am parade will unlikely be cancelled due to rain. Even this past Sunday there was a fast moving shower that delayed the parade for about 15 minutes but the parade still went on.
Like you said dessert party will happen rain or shine and so will fireworks unless it's really stormy. At that hour of night it's unlikely.
Try and get your characters meets in the morning and early afternoon to minimize the chance of them having to go inside due to weather

 

[yulilin3]

I'm so confused. Is the Beauty and the Beast Show going on in addition to the special SW events that are in that theater? BATB is showing up on my FP selections and I was wondering if it could be for one of the special events.

B&B is going on only in the morning of weekends I thru IV and it's only standby on SWW. The show is dark for weekend V

 

[yulilin3]

I have been lurking on this board for weeks. You are all amazing! Thanks for the great information.

We are VIP'ing on Saturday (Strike Backers) and I have a question that's probably been answered but I haven't seen it. Did you tip your VIP guide? And, if you did, I would love it if anyone would be willing to share how much or give a range. Thanks. We can't wait.

sounds like a question for @MickeyMinnieMom

 

[RapunzelsBFF]

Wow, this thread is incredible. I have been lurking for a while and although I've tried to read it all, 840 pages is a lot! I have some questions if anyone has any insight...

The only day I'll be able to make it to SWW is this Sunday. My main priorities for the day are meeting Chewie with Ewoks (Ewoks are my favorite) as well as the Chipwoks.

Would arriving at DHS at 6:45 am put me in a good position to grab a good spot in line for Chewie/Ewoks?
How possible is it to meet Chewie/Ewoks first thing in the morning, and then go straight to the Chipwoks line without a long wait for either?

Lastly, I have been searching for a Sci-Fi lunch reservation for a month and cannot get one. I have a "Dinner" reservation for 4:05, anyone know if I could check in at 2:30-3:00 and be seated around that time? I'm thinking that I will need to get in line for My Short Story around 4:30ish since it starts at 5:15, so eating at 4:00 isn't possible. Thanks if anyone can advise

 

[cvjpirate]

B&B is going on only in the morning of weekends I thru IV and it's only standby on SWW. The show is dark for weekend V

Has anyone figured out why it is dark for weekend V? (not that I wish to see it, just hoping something exciting happens)

 

[Itinkso]

Lastly, I have been searching for a Sci-Fi lunch reservation for a month and cannot get one. I have a "Dinner" reservation for 4:05, anyone know if I could check in at 2:30-3:00 and be seated around that time? I'm thinking that I will need to get in line for My Short Story around 4:30ish since it starts at 5:15, so eating at 4:00 isn't possible. Thanks if anyone can advise

You can let the SciFi CMs at the podium know you have a reservation and would like to be seated early if possible. Let them know you will be fine with a "satellite table" in the back and that improves your chances of being seated quickly.

If it's raining at 2:30/3:00, the chance of getting seated at that time is very low. Guests walk-in for shelter and a meal during downpours.

 

[Teamanderson]

They aren't listed separately, but you have the option to get a drink without it and there are 2 line items on the receipt. I imagine if you asked, you could get all three in one drink. I think they were $5 each.

My kids definetly want the cubes so can we just add them to the blue milk or something?

 

[pookadoo77]

Something I thought of as I read the review from the other page. Looking at my ftf package my name is the only one they have listed, and actually now that I try to remember, it was the only name they took, will that be a problem for someone in my group to pick up? I'm assuming knowing my name and confirmation number would work. After my job interview this afternoon I'll call and ask but curious if anyone sees all the members names on the mdx site

our ressie shows all names, click update guests and add names on reservations MDE screen maybe??

I'm sure this was mentioned before, so I guess this is just a reminder. If you get in line for watto's grott at Darth's Mall and after being in the mall, you decide to go see collectibles, they make you exit the whole complex. Go back around to tram circle. Walk past Watts Grotto. However, you can exit the collectibles building then get in line for Watts grotto without exiting the entire Darth's Mall complex.

So... if you wanna do collectibles better to do it then Wattos Grotto??

Wow, this thread is incredible. I have been lurking for a while and although I've tried to read it all, 840 pages is a lot! I have some questions if anyone has any insight...

The only day I'll be able to make it to SWW is this Sunday. My main priorities for the day are meeting Chewie with Ewoks (Ewoks are my favorite) as well as the Chipwoks.

Would arriving at DHS at 6:45 am put me in a good position to grab a good spot in line for Chewie/Ewoks?
How possible is it to meet Chewie/Ewoks first thing in the morning, and then go straight to the Chipwoks line without a long wait for either?

Lastly, I have been searching for a Sci-Fi lunch reservation for a month and cannot get one. I have a "Dinner" reservation for 4:05, anyone know if I could check in at 2:30-3:00 and be seated around that time? I'm thinking that I will need to get in line for My Short Story around 4:30ish since it starts at 5:15, so eating at 4:00 isn't possible. Thanks if anyone can advise

Try the facebook group page for SWW ADR cancels if you see one to pick up.... link is blue at the bottom of my signature

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I have been lurking on this board for weeks. You are all amazing! Thanks for the great information.

We are VIP'ing on Saturday (Strike Backers) and I have a question that's probably been answered but I haven't seen it. Did you tip your VIP guide? And, if you did, I would love it if anyone would be willing to share how much or give a range. Thanks. We can't wait.

We had intended to, but in the end did not. The way they run the tour, we kept either switching off from one guide to another, or being together as one large group with all guides. We were 36 people touring with 6 guides and 1 tour leader. One guide led us to Brown Derby in the morning, another led us to Darth's Mall, another took us around to 3 attractions, all guides took us to lunch, then two groups ended up together with two other guides for another portion, etc. Not sure if any other groups really just stayed with one guide, but our party didn't -- just didn't work out that way.

If we had one guide all the way through, I would have tipped for sure. We thought about giving a small amount to each of the guides at the end of the tour, but when we made our way to the 3:15 show for seating (which we thought would be our opportunity to do so), we only saw one of the 6 guides -- the others had left.

I'm big on tipping, so it made me sad not to. In the end, I opted to instead use some of our free time from 4pm to 8pm to go to Guest Relations at the front of the park to leave glowing, specific feedback about each guide. Hope that translates into something good for each of them.

ETA: I'll also add specific feedback on each guide in any survey I receive... we always seem to get a couple after each trip.

 

[yulilin3]

Wow, this thread is incredible. I have been lurking for a while and although I've tried to read it all, 840 pages is a lot! I have some questions if anyone has any insight...

The only day I'll be able to make it to SWW is this Sunday. My main priorities for the day are meeting Chewie with Ewoks (Ewoks are my favorite) as well as the Chipwoks.

Would arriving at DHS at 6:45 am put me in a good position to grab a good spot in line for Chewie/Ewoks?
How possible is it to meet Chewie/Ewoks first thing in the morning, and then go straight to the Chipwoks line without a long wait for either?

Lastly, I have been searching for a Sci-Fi lunch reservation for a month and cannot get one. I have a "Dinner" reservation for 4:05, anyone know if I could check in at 2:30-3:00 and be seated around that time? I'm thinking that I will need to get in line for My Short Story around 4:30ish since it starts at 5:15, so eating at 4:00 isn't possible. Thanks if anyone can advise

as long as you're at the entrance by 7:15am you'll be fine to do the Chewie run. (make sure to watch the video on page one to take the best route to get in his line) I'm not sure at what time the Chipwoks come out but they don't have a long line at all, so after Chewie and the ewok you can go to the Chipwoks.
Does anyone remember at what time the Chipwoks came out?