Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[Teamanderson]

Has anyone been to RH at 8:10? Any characters there or have they headed to pre show? Will we make it fireworks echo lake in time after?

 

[yulilin3]

if anyone is planning on coming to the lunch meet this Saturday please let me know...managers have started giving us the stink eye cause we are holding tables for 8 people while it's only 2 of us.
This Saturday is my sons 19th birthday and he and my ex husband are coming so we'll be able to hold spots easier but if you are planning on coming please let me know.
On Sunday it was Steph, @jennab113 and I, and around 11:50am we left cause there were so many people with full trays of food looking for tables.

 

[yulilin3]

Has anyone been to RH at 8:10? Any characters there or have they headed to pre show? Will we make it fireworks echo lake in time after?

not sure about characters but you will be able to get to the fireworks with plenty of time

 

[K_Timon]

Has anyone been to RH at 8:10? Any characters there or have they headed to pre show? Will we make it fireworks echo lake in time after?

On Friday with a 7:55pm reservatation, we only had Jawas coming through. They did trade with us. We made it to fireworks with no problems at all. Even with out multiple characters our group had an awesome time.

 

[Monykalyn]

if anyone is planning on coming to the lunch meet this Saturday please let me know...managers have started giving us the stink eye cause we are holding tables for 8 people while it's only 2 of us.
This Saturday is my sons 19th birthday and he and my ex husband are coming so we'll be able to hold spots easier but if you are planning on coming please let me know.
On Sunday it was Steph, @jennab113 and I, and around 11:50am we left cause there were so many people with full trays of food looking for tables.

We have the FtF package saturday-so if we can book it over quick after the parade we will be there-I figure even with the snacks we will be wanting an ac break We are a party of 5 so we will try to get at least a couple of us there early so as to keep the "stink eye" to a minimum

 

[Monykalyn]

Waiting for our ride to the airport-thanks to the awesome people who have shared their experiences so far! Hope to meet you Saturday @yulilin3 - and any other dissers there for this weekend and weekend V on Friday...I will have the Celebration Button too

 

[yulilin3]

Waiting for our ride to the airport-thanks to the awesome people who have shared their experiences so far! Hope to meet you Saturday @yulilin3 - and any other dissers there for this weekend and weekend V on Friday...I will have the Celebration Button too

Have a great flight

 

[TwinPrincessMermaids]

Just popping into let you guys know I started a new thread in communities. http://www.disboards.com/threads/in...kends-does-your-dog-look-like-chewie.3415533/

 

[jennab113]

I am so sad to be back at work with no more SWW to look forward to. Last night getting home ended up being crazy because weather delays elsewhere in the country meant that we didn't have a flight crew for my flight, then when I got to Atlanta, crazy weather here made the airport nuts. So despite trying really hard to actually get rest this weekend, I am so tired today. Oh well! It was worth it.

@yulilin3 Thanks for the heads up on the no show refund. I just called and it took a few minutes, but she was able to refund it.

On Saturday, I had the FTF DP package. I wasn't in a hurry to get to the dessert party area, so was probably the last person in. There were still a couple open tables available. I grabbed the one right in front of the bar, which was perfect for the number of tiny bottles of water I drank. The view of the stage show wasn't the best (the support beam was kind of in the middle of the stage) but I could see the screen fine and could see most of the stage. It was a pretty good view for the fireworks because I was off to the right of the stage and had a big chunk of night sky. Not as ideal as the view from further back, like @yulilin3's ledge, but good for being that close to the stage. And Warwick's family had a reserved area right in front of the dessert party area. His son clearly loved DJ Elliot and had a blast dancing to the music.

Someone asked about timing Ahsoka - the list that @yulilin3 put together for the Blister Pack meet is pretty spot on, though it seems like Ahsoka may come out at least once more later in the evening that isn't listed on MDE. I've found that the line takes 20-30 minutes if it is backed up all the way through the ropes, but is quicker when just Rex and/or Cody are there because Ahsoka and Ventress talk, but the clones don't. Also, the character minders (whatever the redshirts are actually called) are super nice there, especially one that is either named Josh or John. He was great about telling people who they were likely to see based on where they were in line and gave suggestions on times to get in line if you're looking for specific characters.

 

[lovethattink]

Has anyone been to RH at 8:10? Any characters there or have they headed to pre show? Will we make it fireworks echo lake in time after?

We had an 8pm one. Saw jawas once then no characters.

 

[cinder-ellah]

@jennab113 @lovethattink if you haven't gotten your cc refunded for the no shows at Rebel Hangar call again today. I did and it didn't show like I called them 2 weeks ago to get it fixed. She just did and sent me a receipt of the refund to my email

I just called and had my reservation number handy, very nice CM said it would show as a refund within 7-10 business day. I didn't get an email confirmation, but will keep up to date on my CC to make sure its refunded. She had to talk to a supervisor to get this resolved, but she was nice about it and it really didn't take long on the phone. I appreciated her attitude with the call.

 

[sophy1996]

We were seated @8 pm Sat. Saw one Jawa and no other characters. On Sun @6:15 there was a Jawa, then the Rodian pilot. Ezra and Sabine walked through but didn't stop at many tables.

 

[yulilin3]

I'm going to miss you @jennab113 next year you need to come every weekend so we can hang out.

 

[wdwalice]

Anything from Darth's Mall can be shipped to the front of the park (I saw CM packaging big art items) they just ask for 3 hours to send it to the front. Not sure until what time they hold it but I assume that after fireworks the lines to pick up items should be long
I would just try it on in one of the restrooms before leaving. You can also just put it over your clothes, she has a full size mirror that you can use (you won't be the only one doing this) Don't know how you would go about returning it once at home
There are pins, magnets, little keychains, shot glasses, all for under $10[/QUOTE]

Sorry messed up the quote feature! LOL!!

@yulilin3 @Delilah1310 HI! Just to add my experience regarding the return question- I purchased shirts from Darth Mall and returned it to the hotel gift ship I was staying in. No questions, problems or weird looks.

 

[dktnLegends]

@yulilin3 thank you so much for the PMC video, my DS6 absolutely wants to see Chopper now. Looks like we're going to be doing JTA signup Friday morning and PMC on Sunday. I'm hoping we can get through one of those two quickly to hit Chewie before his line spirals out of control. We'll see

 

[yulilin3]

@yulilin3 thank you so much for the PMC video, my DS6 absolutely wants to see Chopper now. Looks like we're going to be doing JTA signup Friday morning and PMC on Sunday. I'm hoping we can get through one of those two quickly to hit Chewie before his line spirals out of control. We'll see

if you have another adult the best strategy is to split up. One starts making the line for Chewie while the other takes your son and signs him up.
PMC had no wait whatsoever on Saturday morning.

 

[lovethattink]

I will be writing to GS. I have been charged 3 dates of no show fees for RH. 2 where I had reservations and ate there. 1 where I did not make a reservation, but they charged me $30. I'm looking at mde often. And now my cc charges.

Spent way too much time last week and now this week trying to sort this all out.

I hope RH makes the necessary changes so that this doesn't keep happening! !

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

I am so sad to be back at work with no more SWW to look forward to. Last night getting home ended up being crazy because weather delays elsewhere in the country meant that we didn't have a flight crew for my flight, then when I got to Atlanta, crazy weather here made the airport nuts. So despite trying really hard to actually get rest this weekend, I am so tired today. Oh well! It was worth it.

@yulilin3 Thanks for the heads up on the no show refund. I just called and it took a few minutes, but she was able to refund it.

On Saturday, I had the FTF DP package. I wasn't in a hurry to get to the dessert party area, so was probably the last person in. There were still a couple open tables available. I grabbed the one right in front of the bar, which was perfect for the number of tiny bottles of water I drank. The view of the stage show wasn't the best (the support beam was kind of in the middle of the stage) but I could see the screen fine and could see most of the stage. It was a pretty good view for the fireworks because I was off to the right of the stage and had a big chunk of night sky. Not as ideal as the view from further back, like @yulilin3's ledge, but good for being that close to the stage. And Warwick's family had a reserved area right in front of the dessert party area. His son clearly loved DJ Elliot and had a blast dancing to the music.

Someone asked about timing Ahsoka - the list that @yulilin3 put together for the Blister Pack meet is pretty spot on, though it seems like Ahsoka may come out at least once more later in the evening that isn't listed on MDE. I've found that the line takes 20-30 minutes if it is backed up all the way through the ropes, but is quicker when just Rex and/or Cody are there because Ahsoka and Ventress talk, but the clones don't. Also, the character minders (whatever the redshirts are actually called) are super nice there, especially one that is either named Josh or John. He was great about telling people who they were likely to see based on where they were in line and gave suggestions on times to get in line if you're looking for specific characters.

more talkative one is Josh - quieter one is John. Josh usually works the line talking to people - we broke him in this year quizzing him with our line placement I'm fairly certain he was working the same line last year - but last year was our first year so it was a bit of a blur! John usually stands under the umbrella with the photopass person - he is also very nice but much quieter than Josh.

 

[yulilin3]

I will be writing to GS. I have been charged 3 dates of no show fees for RH. 2 where I had reservations and ate there. 1 where I did not make a reservation, but they charged me $30. I'm looking at mde often. And now my cc charges.

Spent way too much time last week and now this week trying to sort this all out.

I hope RH makes the necessary changes so that this doesn't keep happening! !

that's horrible, I'm glad you're sending them an email, they are the only ones able to fix this

 

[inkedupmomma]

its been hard for me to get back on here, but a HUGE thank you to @yulilin3 for all of her expert advise! We had a blast at SWW and hope to return another year, hopefully sooner than later! It was great meeting you and the other diners (I didn't catch all of your names, so sorry!) Did you post the group pic of us? Would love to see it! @The Sunrise Student , awesome seeing you march in the parade! I hope it was everything you wanted it to be!