Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[lovingeire]

Working in retail all my life and knowing these are made in a foreign country, the order had to be placed 8 or more months ago. Long befor ADRs started.

Yes it is disappointing for me as well as for everyone else. My guess is that it has to do more with the west coast dock workers strike than anything else.

Just my opinion.

It could be impacted by the dock workers strike, however as someone who worked in event planning you order any swag for the number of invites or capacity, not for ADRs or RSVPs. Not rocket science.

 

[Monykalyn]

It could be impacted by the dock workers strike, however as someone who worked in event planning you order any swag for the number of invites or capacity, not for ADRs or RSVPs. Not rocket science.

Completely agree with this!! Have planned several charity events and planning for capacity is just basic common sense-Especially given how popular SWW have been AND the issues with them running out of glow cubes in previous years. Frankly someone who had a major (yes-it is a MAJOR planning fail) like this would NOT be working with me again.

Disney seems to hire some very young "pretty" faces (judging off pics on the blog) who appear to lack basic real world experience...Good gravy I can name about 5 Dissers off the top of my head who do a better job on passing information along than Disney does-bet they could plan better too (and not just this thread but others as well)

So I will hold out hope that it is a miscommunication (cuz that never happens) and the sabers will be fully stocked and loaded remaining weekends

 

[DisHeels]

How long is "A Conversation With Frank Oz"?

 

[RebelScumRunner]

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

I hope this works out for you. I am planning the same days for HS. We visit Disney roughly once every 5 years, and this will be our first SWW so trying to cram everything in is already stressing me out. We are skipping out on the SW related shows though. My DD5 loves Star Wars, but she's 5 and could care less about that stuff as well as the autographs. Frozen and Muppets will be our 'breaks.' She does want to meet the characters though and ride Star Tours repeatedly.

Anyway, I really just wanted to thank you for your post, you're in a similar position as me and I can't thank everyone enough for the answers they provided you, as they also helped me. My DD also has Ahsoka at the top of her list. I think Saturday morning we're making the Vader run as we are not doing the breakfast to see him. Maybe I'll let the little one decide on an additional Star Tours ride or an Amidala m&g. I'm nervous about the characters rotating and missing out on Ahsoka. My DW is not big on character meets, so I worry her patience would run thin if we waited so long only to miss out. I like the idea of 'splitting up' in line.

Maybe I'll throw my plan up here at a later time for some feedback too

 

[yulilin3]

How long is "A Conversation With Frank Oz"?

The site says 45 minutes

 

[RebelScumRunner]

Geez. Not even weekend III and they are running out of stuff. I'm guessing, at this rate, by the time I go during SWW V, tumbleweeds will be blowing through the Mall and gift shops....shelving empty and knocked over, flickering lightbulbs dangling, snarling packs of people running together in search of Boba-steins.

Sorry...I've been watching a lot of horror flicks while Disney planning. It's an odd combination....

I just want a Falcon glow cube and Solo bucket. If not, well, oh well. As long as my DD gets to build a purple lightsaber, we'll all be happy. ...Has to be built at Tatooine Traders, however, I told her that she needs to prove her bravery as a Jedi on the Star Tours ride first.

 

[HCinKC]

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

DH and ODS waited from about 4:30-almost 6 on a non-SWW for Baymax & Hiro. I would be prepared for longer on SWW. They do a lot of interacting and take frequent breaks, so the line moves beyond a snails pace. You must be committed. DH was not and did not handle it well lol. I arrived in time to swap waiting with ODS before DH morphed into something inhuman lol.

Is Darth's Maul only open on the weekends, or would it be open on, oh, say, a Tuesday?

The Prop Shop was open during the week, actually the Thurs before w1.

Thanks everyone for answering my questions!

I have... One. Last. Question. (Until I think of some more, that is)

I was able to snag a Rebel Hanger reservation for Thursday. Do characters still show up on "off days", like at H&V and sci-Fi?

Thanks,
Doug

We had Chewie, blue pilot, Rodian mechanic, jawas, and storm troopers. On a side note, if you see a Rodian, it is only Greedo if he is wearing all green with an orange vest. Anyone else is a "random" Rodian. Ours was not Greedo and took offense to being mistaken for a criminal. We did not make the mistake, but others did.

Yesterday we spent about 20 minutes just watching R2D2, Leia and Luke meet people and you guys should've seen the faces on everyone, especially the kids, when meeting R2. This little girl had a Millennium Falcon glow cube and just kept showing it to R2 (to what she thought was his eye) and kept touching him in the most loving way...I turned my eyes to R2 dad (the guy with the big backpack and hands inside of it ) and he had the biggest grin...just sooo magical

It is awesome! ODS took it so seriously. His pictures from JTA and meeting everyone, especially the Jedi Council, he is so serious! He insisted on wearing his Jedi costume 3 days in a row. I am sure it was stinky by day 3, but how could I tell him no! It has been contemplating a trip back, just the two of us, either next year or 2017.

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.

Manager told us they get there "group" at 4, and that is who rotates for the night until closing at 9. You should catch all of them over an hour.

 

[aggietwins03]

Magic shots are special pictures taken by Disney photopass photographer's around the parks. For sww they have two. One it's where you are fighting Vader, and the other where you are force pushing stormtroopers.

Where do you find the "force pushing stormtroopers" option.

 

[yulilin3]

Where do you find the "force pushing stormtroopers" option.

Same location for both. By the red gate near the coke bottle

 

[aggietwins03]

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.

If I'm not too late, i would LOVE to have 4 of your Galactic Breakfast spots.

 

[shannon006]

Are there Star Wars autograph books with the picture you can add later? If so, where can we find them. We will be there this Sunday, but heading straight to Chewie.

 

[lovethattink]

Are there Star Wars autograph books with the picture you can add later? If so, where can we find them. We will be there this Sunday, but heading straight to Chewie.

We got the autograph book at Darth's Mall. I didn't look anywhere else though

 

[yulilin3]

Are there Star Wars autograph books with the picture you can add later? If so, where can we find them. We will be there this Sunday, but heading straight to Chewie.

They have them at Mickey of Hollywood and villains in vogue. There's also a small gift shop outside the park that open at 7am during sww that had them

 

[lovethattink]

Heads up, the Ezra lightsaber is $59.95 @ Darth’s Mall and $35.97 @ Target and Walmart. Thanks to the DISer who have us the heads up.

 

[Koh1977]

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

When do they START cycling through? (Weekends and Weeknights)

 

[hiroMYhero]

When do they START cycling through? (Weekends and Weeknights)

At character meals, the characters begin their rotations soon after the restaurant opens - this should occur on weekdays at RH as I believe the SW characters are going in specifically for RH shifts.

On weekends, characters should begin roaming after the first wave of guests are seated. Characters who are in the pre-fireworks show will end their roaming well ahead of that show.

 

[goofyinohio]

We have a 6:35 Rebel Hangar on a Friday. Any chance we will see any characters during our meal? Worried it's too late now.

 

[mamadragona]

Posted this on Twitter... DS wanted to watch the SW with Darth Maul, then asked to rewind back to the Darth Maul music so he could perform:

Your kid after #sww2015

#PalpatineApprentice #Republic #DarthMaul #Disneyside

I'm suffering from a little withdrawal. I hope it gets better once we all go back to work/school tomorrow.

 

[yulilin3]

@mamadragona So awesome. Reminded me so much of my son, he was Maul obsessed. Enjoy every second of this and record it all

 

[luvallprincesses]

They have them at Mickey of Hollywood and villains in vogue. There's also a small gift shop outside the park that open at 7am during sww that had them

Oh good I was hoping they had them outside the park in the morning. Anyone know the price of them?