Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[yulilin3]

@RedM94 thanks for sharing the story about the 501st. They are an incredible organization along with the Rebel Legion. They volunteer their time, build their own costumes to perfection and help so many people

 

[d-r]

@d-r

I am sorry we missed at this year's SWW. That makes two in a row. Hope we don't make it three.

I just wanted to add that Peter signed the SWW event poster for us three years in a row. He was never the first autograph on it, so maybe he understood what we were doing.

yes I kept thinking that we were going to run into you. MH has been feeling bad and so we have been making sort of "hit and run" missions to the park. Holden really just wants to do the celebrities so I've been taking him over early and then going back hitting the bed for a few hours.

I haven't seen fire works or the parade yet, lol.

That is so cool that you have three years in a row of event posters signed now!

 

[d-r]

@kpd6901 @yulilin3

Mrs. Skywalker is fun to talk to and I always get a picture of my son with her. The CM's have taken her under their wings and make sure she has a place to store here things and look over her. As @yulilin3 mentioned, she is a sweet person.

I don't know if this is folklore or fact, but last year I was talking to a cast member about her. The CM told me that Mrs. Skywalker's landlord dramatically raised her rent and that she could not afford to renew her annual pass. Word some how got back to Dave Filoni, and he paid to renew her AP.

Yes Linda is a very sweet person. I just posted to vouch for the story about Dave Filoni. Linda wasn't at the first SWW and word got around that she couldn't renew her pass.

 

[yulilin3]

Yes Linda is a very sweet person. I just posted to vouch for the story about Dave Filoni. Linda wasn't at the first SWW and word got around that she couldn't renew her pass.

I was outside the park waiting for autograph when Jay Lagaia came out and sang Happy Birthday to her. I think that was the same year of here AP renewal

 

[Delilah1310]

I asked at contemporary yesterday but they didnt have one. YMMV.

Are you staying at the contemporary? We are ... Arrive tomorrow but not doing rope drop for SWW until Sunday.
Do you know how early the busses run from contemporary? Thnx

 

[d-r]

Are you staying at the contemporary? We are ... Arrive tomorrow but not doing rope drop for SWW until Sunday.
Do you know how early the busses run from contemporary? Thnx

We checked out today. We were in bay lake tower, basically I just took the kids over for the night to go to magic kingdom and play sorcerers and go swimming in the pool.

I drove over so I'm sorry I didn't check about the busses, usually they are one hour before park opening, I would guess like 7:15 or 7:30 but you will want to ask them when you check in.

 

[julluvsdisney]

Omg! We had an amazing time at sww! Because of you @yulilin3 and all of the other great dissers on this thread! We were able to meet Warwick Davis and see his show as well as obi wan and beyond plus we did the chewie run successfully as well the race to the JTA sign ups! We also loved the premium package! We were all amazed with the fireworks !

I'm so grateful for all of your help!

One last question ! Do we think/ know that SWW will return the same dates next year? We are dvc members and would like to go again next year ( yes we loved it that much !!). So we would like to book at the 11 month mark to ensure we have a room! What weekend is less crowded 1 or 2?

Thank you so much!!

 

[xApril]

Just got off work. Having dinner with my friend whose birthday is tomorrow and then I'm going home and getting my stuff to camp out for Ray.

 

[yulilin3]

Just got off work. Having dinner with my friend whose birthday is tomorrow and then I'm going home and getting my stuff to camp out for Ray.

Good luck. Let us know how early you got there

 

[Billabongi]

@RedM94 thanks for sharing the story about the 501st. They are an incredible organization along with the Rebel Legion. They volunteer their time, build their own costumes to perfection and help so many people

I love the 501st, they are slowly bringing my wife to the dark side through their charity work. We went to their charity talk at celebration and she was amazed.

I hope to join one day.

 

[yulilin3]

Omg! We had an amazing time at sww! Because of you @yulilin3 and all of the other great dissers on this thread! We were able to meet Warwick Davis and see his show as well as obi wan and beyond plus we did the chewie run successfully as well the race to the JTA sign ups! We also loved the premium package! We were all amazed with the fireworks !

I'm so grateful for all of your help!

One last question ! Do we think/ know that SWW will return the same dates next year? We are dvc members and would like to go again next year ( yes we loved it that much !!). So we would like to book at the 11 month mark to ensure we have a room! What weekend is less crowded 1 or 2?

Thank you so much!!

So glad to hear you had a great time.
My prediction for next year would be
May 13th thru June 12th

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

@Good Morning Dewdrop so adorable, love dogs. Wish I could have one

To be fair I should also share a picture of our other dog Disney. (A Newfoundland mix)....here he is with little Ahsoka last July....

 

[julluvsdisney]

So glad to hear you had a great time.
My prediction for next year would be
May 13th thru June 12th

Awesome! I can't wait to do a full weekend!

 

[pmaurer74]

To be fair I should also share a picture of our other dog Disney. (A Newfoundland mix)....here he is with little Ahsoka last July....
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What a beautiful dog!

 

[delmar411]

We got here about 9:30 and Ray's line is approx 20 deep after counting chairs and the usual held spots. Jeremy ' s is approx 10 deep.

No idea how many fps Ray will have though.

 

[soniam]

We got here about 9:30 and Ray's line is approx 20 deep after counting chairs and the usual held spots. Jeremy ' s is approx 10 deep.

No idea how many fps Ray will have though.

Wow! That's impressive. Some real die hard fans, including yourself. Sleep tight. Don't the let the park bugs bite.

 

[RebelScumRunner]

Maybe I'm trying to cram too much stuff into too little time;

My family has FP's for Voyage of the Little Mermaid, the times state 8:50-9:05 PM...the plan is to hopefully get a quick spin on GMR rather than this show, however, if that doesn't workout or my DD5 wants to see the show, does anyone know approximately how long the it is? I want to know if it's possible to see it and still get over to Echo Lake area to view the SOS Fireworks show. If not, well, then Voyage of what? Nope, never heard of it.

OR...

Just smarter to pass it up and hitch another ride on ST? That's my choice, may not necessarily be the choice of the fam thought

 

[DanielWhitney]

We got here about 9:30 and Ray's line is approx 20 deep after counting chairs and the usual held spots. Jeremy ' s is approx 10 deep.

No idea how many fps Ray will have though.

Would love to know this info. I will be arriving about 3ish next Friday morning and trying to do Ray. I know there is one less person signing this week so that should be in my favor. Hope you enjoy meeting him.

 

[LoveMickeyMouse]

it's been pretty easy these first 3 weekends. Line up 45 minutes before the show. So around 2:30pm. They will let you in at 2:45pm. They've been really good letting everyone in early.
The other thing you can do is get to the standby line, if it's not busy you can hang out inside the store (there's a window that you can see the line from there) and then jump in when you feel it's long.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[soniam]

@yulilin3
I was thinking that since you like DHS so much, especially the lake area, that I think you would like DCA a lot too. Have you ever been? It seems to get a bad wrap, but we really loved it, especially the entrance & Carthay Circle and the old-time feel near the boardwalk and lake. Man, I have Disney on the brain way too much. This is going to be a long year