Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[jennab113]

Has anyone had any issues traveling with a JTA lightsaber in their carry-on luggage? I am bringing my decorated one for my costume Friday and am going back and forth with putting it in my checked bag versus my carry-on. TIA!

ETA - fixed JTA acronym

I had my build your own one in my carry-on the last two weekends and it wasn't a problem. The JTA one folds down even smaller, so it shouldn't be a problem.

 

[yulilin3]

Has anyone seen next week's schedule? Will she be doing the rebel's time block (3 and 5) so that she can be in the rebel's show, or will she be doing the Ashley time block (12:45) so she can do her universe signing?

she posted her autograph times on her blog before Disney released map of weekend I. Her times for this weekend for autograph session will be 4:45pm to 5:45pm. So she can do Her Universe signing, Rebels show and PMC Family Edition
Whoever you are lining up for this weekend will be harder, even Ashley since she only has one hour and has to be on time since she does the PMC right after it.

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So my kids have been "studying" for SWW for the past few weeks...been watching the movies and reading some books. Please don't vote me off the island when I admit this...but we never had any exposure to the Clone Wars (except for one book for beginning readers) until this weekend when we watched the movie/pilot on Netflix. So while we've only seen the one thing, it gave a pretty good introduction to more of the characters.

Anyway, tonight, my 5 year old (who I was afraid was going to be a pill about SWW because of his age, but now is super excited!) asked me when Star Wars Rebels happens...is it before or after the Clone Wars? I was like a deer in headlights, since I now must also confess no knowledge of Rebels beyond this thread. **hangs head in shame** Is there any way to get a quick exposure to Rebels before Thursday (like maybe this recap you guys were talking about earlier)? We have DirecTV and Amazon.

Yes, Rebels is between III and IV. If you have time while at the park remember there's a 22 minute recap of season 1 inside ABC Sound Studio. Nice air conditioning as well

 

[yulilin3]

a look at Ashley Eckstein's schedule this week...I blame Freddie Prinze Jr:
Rebel show 1:45pm
PMC Family Edition : 2:30pm
Her Universe signing: 3:30pm-4:30pm
Regular autograph session: 4:45pm-5:45pm
PMC Family Edition: 6pm

 

[lovethattink]

a look at Ashley Eckstein's scheudule this week...I blame Freddie Prinze Jr:
Rebel show 1:45pm
PMC Family Edition : 2:30pm
Her Universe signing: 3:30pm-4:30pm
Regular autograph session: 4:45pm-5:45pm
PMC Family Edition: 6pm

She's going to be super busy!

 

[yulilin3]

She's going to be super busy!

yeah. Her regular autograph session will be the first 40 people in line. We were hoping to get her this weekend since we've been doing Rebels cast but I think we will skip it and get her next weekend on the last Sunday
Plus her autograph session conflicts with our 5pm Rebel Hangar and we're celebrating Gustavo's birthday so we can't miss that

 

[yulilin3]

Anyone here now and staying on property please ask for weekend IV SWW map, they seem to get them Wednesday evenings or Thursday mornings. We still need to verify if Ray Park will do only one autograph session or two

 

[Sonya2489]

a look at Ashley Eckstein's schedule this week...I blame Freddie Prinze Jr:
Rebel show 1:45pm
PMC Family Edition : 2:30pm
Her Universe signing: 3:30pm-4:30pm
Regular autograph session: 4:45pm-5:45pm
PMC Family Edition: 6pm

This may be a silly question, but what does freddie prinz jr have to do with it?

 

[lovethattink]

yeah. Her regular autograph session will be the first 40 people in line. We were hoping to get her this weekend since we've been doing Rebels cast but I think we will skip it and get her next weekend on the last Sunday
Plus her autograph session conflicts with our 5pm Rebel Hangar and we're celebrating Gustavo's birthday so we can't miss that

Happy bday to Gustavo.

We missed a fp each day because of autograph times. Dh said he's hitting the shows Saturday when I take ds to a class.

 

[yulilin3]

This may be a silly question, but what does freddie prinz jr have to do with it?

he was supposed to come for weekend IV but the negotiations never panned out. Vanessa Marshall and Tiya Sircar both told us that he had some family events that he was attending and couldn't come this weekend So they had to have Ashley running like crazy this weekend

 

[yulilin3]

Just a reminder:
thru pm conversation with Moderator he will most likely close this thread June 15th. If you want to post your impressions, reports, highlights, of your SWW experience post them before that day. I know it doesn't give weekend V DISsers a lot of time but I just wanted to let all of you know.
I'll start working on my report and post it sometime next week.

 

[cvjpirate]

Just a reminder:
thru pm conversation with Moderator he will most likely close this thread June 15th. If you want to post your impressions, reports, highlights, of your SWW experience post them before that day. I know it doesn't give weekend V DISsers a lot of time but I just wanted to let all of you know.
I'll start working on my report and post it sometime next week.

Guess I have to do my trip report before I go. My and my two daughters had a great time thanks to yulilin and everyone on this board being so helpful and free flowing with information!!!! (June 14th 2015)

 

[kpd6901]

Anyone here now and staying on property please ask for weekend IV SWW map, they seem to get them Wednesday evenings or Thursday mornings. We still need to verify if Ray Park will do only one autograph session or two

Well......if his sharpie functions like his lightsaber, then perhaps one autograph session will serve the same number of people as two sessions.

 

[lovethattink]

Just a reminder:
thru pm conversation with Moderator he will most likely close this thread June 15th. If you want to post your impressions, reports, highlights, of your SWW experience post them before that day. I know it doesn't give weekend V DISsers a lot of time but I just wanted to let all of you know.
I'll start working on my report and post it sometime next week.

So glad it will stay up til the 15th!

 

[yulilin3]

Well......if his sharpie functions like his lightsaber, then perhaps one autograph session will serve the same number of people as two sessions.

I wish...he's one of the slowest meet and greets cause he's awesome and likes to talk. He only sees about 50 people per session. You should see the CM and his handler exchange worried looks each year because he takes so much time with each person.
Jeremy Bulloch and Peter Mayhew on the other hand are signing machines, very little chi chat

 

[kpd6901]

I wish...he's one of the slowest meet and greets cause he's awesome and likes to talk. He only sees about 50 people per session. You should see the CM and his handler exchange worried looks each year because he takes so much time with each person.
Jeremy Bulloch and Peter Mayhew on the other hand are signing machines, very little chi chat

Maybe he's trying to make up for his lack of dialogue in Episode I. Actually, it's a shame that's all he was in. I mean, I get it. You need to have a cool Sith for a long-awaited origin story...but it would be rather difficult to have him still alive 10 years later, just for story-continuity's sake. But anyway, unless they use him in one of the Anthology movies, it's a bummer that his character is pretty much written off.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

I wish...he's one of the slowest meet and greets cause he's awesome and likes to talk. He only sees about 50 people per session. You should see the CM and his handler exchange worried looks each year because he takes so much time with each person.
Jeremy Bulloch and Peter Mayhew on the other hand are signing machines, very little chi chat

I would love for my dates to pan out with Ray park next year. I met him once at a sw con and it was more like love struck teenager... That's what my favorite phantom menace character looks like... Then I went brain dead and don't remember a thing. Ah well, I still have a picture.

That was the sw con where I was able to walk around the autograph tables and get pictures with everyone I didn't have an autograph ticket for. Bet that wouldn't be allowed anymore.

In good news for me, the bf approved another short weekend trip for September (even though we're going in November for wine and dine). I think it helps that allegiant air has 1 ways for $55 and about $15 per carry on. I think he wanted this trip because it was so insanely crowded for our sww II trip.

Did anyone else feel it was so much more crowded than last year? Last year we were there the first and second weekends and didn't really feel it was too crowded. This year we thought it was insane.

 

[RedM94]

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@cinder-ellah @yulilin3

First day back at work for me and have come to the realization that I am getting too old to leave for the airport at 5 am Thursday, hit a park Thursday night, all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at SWW, to catch a 7am flight on Monday.

With that in mind, I propose starting a SWW conditioning thread and the same time.

 

[yulilin3]

Maybe he's trying to make up for his lack of dialogue in Episode I. Actually, it's a shame that's all he was in. I mean, I get it. You need to have a cool Sith for a long-awaited origin story...but it would be rather difficult to have him still alive 10 years later, just for story-continuity's sake. But anyway, unless they use him in one of the Anthology movies, it's a bummer that his character is pretty much written off.

the character lived on for the Clone Wars cartoon but yeah, no more Ray Park

I would love for my dates to pan out with Ray park next year. I met him once at a sw con and it was more like love struck teenager... That's what my favorite phantom menace character looks like... Then I went brain dead and don't remember a thing. Ah well, I still have a picture.

That was the sw con where I was able to walk around the autograph tables and get pictures with everyone I didn't have an autograph ticket for. Bet that wouldn't be allowed anymore.

In good news for me, the bf approved another short weekend trip for September (even though we're going in November for wine and dine). I think it helps that allegiant air has 1 ways for $55 and about $15 per carry on. I think he wanted this trip because it was so insanely crowded for our sww II trip.

Did anyone else feel it was so much more crowded than last year? Last year we were there the first and second weekends and didn't really feel it was too crowded. This year we thought it was insane.

Definately busier. And it'll only get worse with Force Awakens coming out in December

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

Maybe he's trying to make up for his lack of dialogue in Episode I. Actually, it's a shame that's all he was in. I mean, I get it. You need to have a cool Sith for a long-awaited origin story...but it would be rather difficult to have him still alive 10 years later, just for story-continuity's sake. But anyway, unless they use him in one of the Anthology movies, it's a bummer that his character is pretty much written off.

Don't even get me started on my 'the prequels would have been so much better if Darth maul had lived rant'. So many storyline options.... Like how obi wan handles wanting revenge versus how anakin handles it. Plus maul is so much cooler than dookie (dooku).

@cinder-ellah @yulilin3

First day back at work for me and have come to the realization that I am getting too old to leave for the airport at 5 am Thursday, hit a park Thursday night, all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at SWW, to catch a 7am flight on Monday.

With that in mind, I propose starting a SWW conditioning thread and the same time.

Tell me about it. I can no longer do trips with 4 or less hours of sleep a night. I have been down for the count ever since.

When I'm super exhausted I sleep walk and talk and poor Brian says even last night I was talking up a storm in my sleep. I'm exhausted today.

 

[cinder-ellah]

@cinder-ellah @yulilin3

First day back at work for me and have come to the realization that I am getting too old to leave for the airport at 5 am Thursday, hit a park Thursday night, all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at SWW, to catch a 7am flight on Monday.

With that in mind, I propose starting a SWW conditioning thread and the same time.

Going to WDW /SWW we had no problem with catching our 6am flight from PDX to MCO..... We couldn't sleep "Too excited" !!!!!!
Departing MCO / heading back to reality ........ So darn hard to get up and leave all the magic behind. I can sympathize with you.
LOL ! A conditioning thread (great idea) and definitely a later flight out of MCO.