Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[yulilin3]

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

you just have to buy a drink, any drink, and add the cubes. You cannot ask for a cup of water and add a cube to it

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

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

As yulilin said... we bought lime aid for the kids and added the cubes.

 

[delmar411]

@Good Morning Dewdrop I'm so sorry about your kitty.

 

[yulilin3]

Just got a survey from Disney all about SWW.
It asked what experiences I had done during SWW. Asked about both character meals, Rebel Hangar, both packages and the VIP tour
Just general questions , did you like it or not, scale of 1 thru 10. where did you hear about the SWW experiences
I rated everything fairly high minus the viewing area for the DPP. There was a place you could add why you felt that way.
They did ask about RH and if saw any characters while there

 

[jbc18]

selling them for $35 on EBay, I just checked

Cool, thanks. I honestly have never ever heard of or seen this item before hearing of it a few pages ago on this thread.

 

[pbb322]

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

Just FYI, we completely just changed our plans on Sat. June 5 to have a second SWW day, and when I was just now changing FP+ from MK to HS, B&B was an option for the first show (8:30 am FP+ time). I had it reserved for a few minutes before it popped up that I could get another TSMM near the same start time as what I got for DH.

I actually got really lucky and got everything I wanted at both HS and MK when I switched our second HS day from Tues to Sat. almost the exact times I wanted, even Wishes.

 

[DisneyLove2015]

Is 2:30 an Ok Return time for SotS FP+? I believe some reports from last weekend said to arrive before the 2:50-3:05 return time.

 

[tinkerpea]

Did anyone notice if the stormtrooper magic band from this years May The 4th is still available at SWW?

It is still available they originally said if was sold out everywhere, we managed to buy 5 of them, ans a luke one.
But it was from the muppet gift store not the Starwars ride one.

 

[yulilin3]

Just FYI, we completely just changed our plans on Sat. June 5 to have a second SWW day, and when I was just now changing FP+ from MK to HS, B&B was an option for the first show (8:30 am FP+ time). I had it reserved for a few minutes before it popped up that I could get another TSMM near the same start time as what I got for DH.

I actually got really lucky and got everything I wanted at both HS and MK when I switched our second HS day from Tues to Sat. almost the exact times I wanted, even Wishes.

So beauty and the beast is open as a fp option during sww? That's interesting

 

[yulilin3]

Is 2:30 an Ok Return time for SotS FP+? I believe some reports from last weekend said to arrive before the 2:50-3:05 return time.

I would get there by 2:45pm

 

[tinkerpea]

I having burning questions for the board There might be answers already but I have to get to work..so.

Is Darth Goofy still wearing his red Mickey boxers? I am about to make 3 pairs for our H&V dinner and I wouldn't want to look silly or anything if he isn't wearing his

And second we have Rebel Hangar reservations at 4:10 and then Oz FP= at 4:50-5:05 I think we will be at the hanger a bit before 4. Is the service pretty quick? Will we be able to eat and get over to the theatre without killing ourselves to make our FP time?

If you want to be standing right at the rope or directly behind the kids' area or wheelchair area so that there isn't anyone standing in front of you (if you are standing behind the wheelchairs then you will be standing behind the first row of standees who are accompanying the wheelchair users) then you need to get into the entry line as soon as possible. Having the package doesn't mean you won't need to wait, just that you would be waiting less time than you would if you had to stake out a curbside spot in the shade without the package. There isn't space for everyone to be right up next to the rope.

You can pick up your credential and then leave until they let the line go in at 10 AM, but if you do that, you will not be at the rope and may be two or three persons back.

Yes, there's a kids' seating area, on Saturday they were letting parents in there too, but everyone in it had to stay sitting on the ground.

Just wanted to add that there was no special kids area on the deluxe ftf we did the first Friday was first inline with another family, ( we are two adults) and we was able to sit right on the curb,
There was a few family's who turned up really late, and then thought they was going to push to To the front, after others had sat in the blistering heat for over 35-40 mins.

 

[pookadoo77]

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/listings/listByCat.asp?catID=399&ending=Items&orderby=itemEndTime&page=1

Star Wars collectibles section available, in case we are not all already or soon to be broke, lol........

 

[JayLeeJay]

I have a DPP FTF reservation for 2 on Sunday, May 24 I need to cancel. PM to coordinate. I would like to cancel tonight. Feel free to share this on Facebook or anywhere else.

 

[coluk003]

If you have to take your child to the bathroom, are you allowed back in and able to return to your same seat? No matter if we go beforehand, as soon as DS7 sits still for a few minutes he tends to have to go.

. Don't worry I know how you feel , my sister is in her 50's and does the same thing lol

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

. DUHHHHHH why didn't I think of that. Thank you, all set now.

 

[delmar411]

Just wanted to add that there was no special kids area on the deluxe ftf we did the first Friday was first inline with another family, ( we are two adults) and we was able to sit right on the curb,
There was a few family's who turned up really late, and then thought they was going to push to To the front, after others had sat in the blistering heat for over 35-40 mins.

We didnt notice anything like that. Were you all at the end by the corner? We sat towards where you entered and had no issues. Mmafan's family was behind us and we left space for their son to come forward when the parade started. There was lots of space to move on the sidewalk. I probably would have gotten grumpy had late comers tried to relocate us.

 

[lovethattink]

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

If you want to save yourself some walking.

 

[CJK]

I'm 15 pages behind, but I just wanted to post my update from tonight. From about 5:40pm to 6:40pm tonight, we enjoyed the Rebel Hangar! We saw 3 Storm Troopers, Chewie, 2 Jawas and a guy I wasn't sure about (bald with big eyes)? I'm embarrassed to say I wasn't sure who he was? We had great photo ops with all the characters and the interaction was really fun! The drinks were delicious and the food was average. If any of you are on the fence about going or not - go for it! It was a blast!

 

[Mnctaylor13]

I have a RH reservation for 5:00 on Saturday May 30th to cancel If anyone would like please let me know!

 

[acndis]

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.

Thank you! This was the post I was looking for! We will prepare to tip but understand there may not be an opportunity.

 

[Teamanderson]

[Ok I'm getting carried away with photos today but this was our towns summer parade last year. You can make a float and sign up to be in it. Most made patriotic sets but my husband got creative and not the norm here and made this out of wood, a old DVD player and solo cups and mâché! My boys were thrilled! He made it so it sat on top of their radio flyer wagon. I was a little surprised the boys didn't win best float but I guess not surprised since it was totally random in a patriotic parade. Lol. I walked behind them the whole way down the street the day after a tonsillectomy. We will be at SWW weekends the same time as our towns festivities this year so we won't be making a sweet ride for them to be in it but hey we are going to be at SWW!! I think they will like that better!