Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[luvallprincesses]

I would LOVE some help in planning out two days of weekend V, Fri June 12 and Sun June 14, as we are newbies to SWW. I will list the plans we already have along with the other things we'd like to do. Anyone who wants to cross reference character times and help me out with a solid plan it would be greatly appreciated.

Friday, June 12:
Take first bus from CBR to HS
Rope drop Stormtroopers show
9:25 Galactic ADR
2:50-3:05 SotS FP
4:25-5:25 TSMM FP
5:30 RH ADR
6:35-6:50 VTTM FP

Sunday, June 13:
Epcot at rope drop to ride TT and Soarin'
Boat to HS late morning
1:20-1:35 Rebels FP
3:40-4:40 RnR FP
4:50-5:05 Oz FP
Obi-Wan standby?

Where I need help fitting other things in:
We want to do Star Tours at least once, preferably twice.
The parade is not high importance. We may try to do it Kenny the Pirate style on Friday after our Galactic.
We'd like some time in Watto's, maybe to build a Lego too.
We'd like to see the fireworks show one night.
We are not interested in celebrity autographs (except maybe Ashley), content to see them in their shows.
The characters DS8 would like to meet one day or the other (in order of importance):
Anakin
Mace Windu
Commander Cody
Captain Rex
Darth Vader
He does not want to do JTA or PWC or be on the stage with Ray Park so our morning "run" can be something else.

DD14 priorities:
Meet Ahsoka
Make a Her Universe purchase, hoping to meet Ashley at that time.

If this is too much to do in 1.5 days, we can be flexible on changing Sunday morning at Epcot to a full HS day, but I felt that without celebrity autos or spending 1.5 hours waiting for the parade that we'd be okay.

Thanks to anyone who wants to suggest a plan to fill in between FastPasses!

 

[KKBDisMom]

can you tell me more about where these locations are? we don't want to miss these.
I think I have a good understanding of the other ones ... near the coke bottle / red gate. (both vader and force push are there, correct?)

will all photographers know what I am talking about when I ask?
Once at MK we had one that was trying to be coy ... "there may be a surprise, you never know" and I was thinking, just tell me if you take the magic shot or not!!!

thanks all!

we always come right out and ask for the magic shots and the photographers all know what you're talking about. If you see photopass photographers outside the entrance to HS I think they should be able to do it- it's right in front of the movie scroll (on the right hand side) and there's a Star Wars weekends star next to it.

Any of the photographers on Hollywood Blvd (the main st when you walk in) should be able to do the Sabine and Ezra one.

The photographers are also very helpful in pointing you in the right direction on where to get certain Magic Shots if they can't do them. They'll also do both Vadar and Storm trooper at the same time as long as the line's not too bad.

Hope that helps!

 

[momofallsons]

Well that doesn't seem fair! Guess I shouldn't have mentioned them to my kids

Ditto!

 

[delmar411]

@luvallprincesses

For friday I would do the vader dash at rope drop and knock him out quick. Then maybe do Anakin next. Mace meets in the same place as Anakin but you would need to check his schedule. All the thers meet in one spot rotating and dont meet until the afternoon. Those are the ones you may need to spread over both afternoons.

Then hit up ST and you should be able to ride twice very quickly.

For the shopping, go later in the afternoon, early evening and there wont be a line. HU stuff is in wattos.

As for Ashley, unless you get a celeb FP time in the early AM, your FP schedule doesnt allow you to meet her at the HU signing either day. She signs from 3:30 to 4:30 and you have to be in line over an hour+ to see her.

The lego build moves quick so anytime either afternoon works.

Dont forget to build in time to drink and eat and get out of the heat.

 

[Skywise]

I just realized I saw zero mystery falls merchandise. I'm a bit disappointed.

Hopefully it's not because the CMs didn't realize you were asking for Gravity Falls merchandise.

Actually yeah, there seems to be zero Gravity Falls merchandise and I'm surprised there's nothing about the franchise even mentioned in the parks at all. Phinneas and Ferb yes, Gravity Falls -

 

[Skywise]

Well I will be very disappointed if galactic breakfast sabers are gone and continue to be gone! And if glow cubes/falcon etc are out by weekends IV & V. That will warrant a rather unhappy letter to guest relations. I mean sheesh!! How friggen hard is it to order ENOUGH? It's not like they wouldn't be able to sell the stuff later

Oh yeah.. if there's no glow cubes by weekend IV this year they're gonna have a Marvel Character in their parks... legal or not!

HULK SMASH!!!

 

[jane2073]

I would give it a little more time for Gravity Falls merchandise. It took a good two to three years before there was anything for Phineas and Ferb.

 

[JenMags]

What time do characters stop dropping by Rebel Hangar on weekdays? Thanks so much to everyone on here, I have been lurking for a couple of weeks and am looking forward to using this info during our first time at SWW this weekend.

 

[gatorheather]

Sorry if only half of this has to do with Star Wars...

Family and I are headed to WDW and will be around for SWW V. We will be in HS for the evening of June 12th to enjoy Jedi Mickey's H&V dine and the park thereafter. We are then planning on spending the whole day at HS on June 14th, the very last day of SWW's. Anyway, of course, I'm trying to plan our time as best as I can. I want us to meet a ton of SW characters, and while my daughter loves them, she also loves Baymax.

With the time that we are spending at HS, is it accurate to say that, in order to enjoy most of what the park has to offer, we may have to sacrifice time with a big name SW character like Chewie or Vader? How long have waits been for Baymax during these SWW's? I've heard that you need to get to Baymax real early or else waits have been pretty crazy. If we decide to pass up Vader/Chewie, what time should we get to Baymax to limit the wait? Is there a 'Baymax Run' similar to Chewie's at RD?

Planning has been tough because I want to 'do everything' and I realize it's not possible. While we want to meet characters, we also want to do rides/attractions...what I am hoping plays in our favor is that we are not doing any of the Star Wars related shows or parade (GASP! I know...I know

We got to meet Hero and Baymax yesterday just by chance. We got to the animation place and noticed their area with only a couple people in line just before 10. We went ahead and sat in the air conditioning, they came out at 10:30 and we were out of there just before 11. No autographs but my daughter was very excited.

 

[hiroMYhero]

What time do characters stop dropping by Rebel Hangar on weekdays? Thanks so much to everyone on here, I have been lurking for a couple of weeks and am looking forward to using this info during our first time at SWW this weekend.

On weekdays, the SW characters will be cycling through RH until it closes at 9:00.

 

[lizard1]

I need to cancel a Galactic Breakfast on June 7 at 8:00 and a Jedi Mickey's on June 7 at 5:55. Both are for a party of 8. I know someone was looking for the breakfast, but I don't remember who or know if they may have found a ressie already. PM me if interested.

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

@luvallprincesses

For friday I would do the vader dash at rope drop and knock him out quick. Then maybe do Anakin next. Mace meets in the same place as Anakin but you would need to check his schedule. All the thers meet in one spot rotating and dont meet until the afternoon. Those are the ones you may need to spread over both afternoons.

Then hit up ST and you should be able to ride twice very quickly.

For the shopping, go later in the afternoon, early evening and there wont be a line. HU stuff is in wattos.

As for Ashley, unless you get a celeb FP time in the early AM, your FP schedule doesnt allow you to meet her at the HU signing either day. She signs from 3:30 to 4:30 and you have to be in line over an hour+ to see her.

The lego build moves quick so anytime either afternoon works.

Dont forget to build in time to drink and eat and get out of the heat.

agree with doing Vader first thing - when we saw him (First Saturday , first in line) he was out when we got there - moved it from the Stormtrooper opening so we knocked him out in like 5 minutes. Anakin doesn't come out until 9. Would you like to meet any of the others that are out before 9 - for example Chewie (his line will get long quickly so probably not recommended) - Mickey and Minnie in their star wars outfits will be out as will Chip and Dale dressed as Ewoks.. Queen Amidala comes out early (8:15?) she is also a good early morning meet. Also you could get Star Tours in there quickly. Do get in line for Anakin before 9 - I believe Shaak Ti comes out immediately after him but check the first post of this thread for exact times.

 

[yulilin3]

remember there's a link to the characters schedules from MDE on the first post. Right above the map
Vader is out starting at 7am to greet people from the VIP tour. We were walking to Darth's Mall this past Saturday and walked by his line and there were only about 5 people in front of us.

 

[luvallprincesses]

So if we do a dash to Darth at rope drop (maybe Amidala) then a quick Star Tours, then in line for Anakin by 8:45....doable?

Plan on meeting Cody/Ahsoka/Rex/Mace in the 12:30-2:30 block, as much as we can tolerate in the heat of the day? We have these times available both days so its doable to get those 4 over two afternoons?

 

[yulilin3]

I would LOVE some help in planning out two days of weekend V, Fri June 12 and Sun June 14, as we are newbies to SWW. I will list the plans we already have along with the other things we'd like to do. Anyone who wants to cross reference character times and help me out with a solid plan it would be greatly appreciated.

Friday, June 12:
Take first bus from CBR to HS
Rope drop Stormtroopers show
9:25 Galactic ADR
2:50-3:05 SotS FP
4:25-5:25 TSMM FP
5:30 RH ADR
6:35-6:50 VTTM FP

Sunday, June 13:
Epcot at rope drop to ride TT and Soarin'
Boat to HS late morning
1:20-1:35 Rebels FP
3:40-4:40 RnR FP
4:50-5:05 Oz FP
Obi-Wan standby?

Where I need help fitting other things in:
We want to do Star Tours at least once, preferably twice.
The parade is not high importance. We may try to do it Kenny the Pirate style on Friday after our Galactic.
We'd like some time in Watto's, maybe to build a Lego too.
We'd like to see the fireworks show one night.
We are not interested in celebrity autographs (except maybe Ashley), content to see them in their shows.
The characters DS8 would like to meet one day or the other (in order of importance):
Anakin
Mace Windu
Commander Cody
Captain Rex
Darth Vader
He does not want to do JTA or PWC or be on the stage with Ray Park so our morning "run" can be something else.

DD14 priorities:
Meet Ahsoka
Make a Her Universe purchase, hoping to meet Ashley at that time.

If this is too much to do in 1.5 days, we can be flexible on changing Sunday morning at Epcot to a full HS day, but I felt that without celebrity autos or spending 1.5 hours waiting for the parade that we'd be okay.

Thanks to anyone who wants to suggest a plan to fill in between FastPasses!

you get to meet Vader at the Galactic breakfast. If you need to meet him a second time then I would do it on Friday after rope drop. Then ride ST, wait times in the morning stay at 10 minutes for the first couple of hours. If you are at the park for rope drop you would be able to get a fp for Ashley.

 

[luvallprincesses]

you get to meet Vader at the Galactic breakfast. If you need to meet him a second time then I would do it on Friday after rope drop. Then ride ST, wait times in the morning stay at 10 minutes for the first couple of hours. If you are at the park for rope drop you would be able to get a fp for Ashley.

Sounds good. We can get a FP for Ashley being there around 7 am?
I think DS will want a Vader autograph which I read we don't get at breakfast...or doesn't he sign at all?

 

[hauntedcity]

Hi, all. If I go alone to get an autograph fast pass at Crazy O'Clock in the morn, can the whole family go up to meet the celebrity? Or does everyone in the family have to have a FastPass, even though we only need one autograph as a group?

Thanks,
Doug

 

[yulilin3]

@lovethattink and @jennab113 could you let me know when you get the money refunded to your cards from RH? I'll let you know as soon as I get mine as well.

 

[yulilin3]

Sounds good. We can get a FP for Ashley being there around 7 am?
I think DS will want a Vader autograph which I read we don't get at breakfast...or doesn't he sign at all?

he signs at his regular spot during the day. For the breakfast you can ask for an autograph card of both Vader and Fett

 

[RedM94]

Last call on a Sci-Fi ADR for 2 5:50 Saturday May 30. I am trying to finalize my plans and would like to cancel tonight so I don't end up with a fee.