Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

[yulilin3]

Logan did the VttM show today and he got a certificate and a diecast ship from 2006 comic con. Which is awesome since he was born in 2006.

That's great, happy they are still giving kids something

Dessert party moved to the Indiana Jones set due to weather. Fun location!

That is awesome

 

[delmar411]

I have been MIA since last weekend busy fitting the rest of our WDW vacation in and am trying to catch up now because we are ending our 9 day vacation tomorrow at SWW. Have we heard any more info about people signing up for VttM besides the report of 7:56 and the second to last spot? We were hoping to do Park autographs with my sons but with the new time estimates, we just can't give up our last night at BW so I am desperate to compromise with them to get in the show. I'll also be hunting for the elusive Yoda poster again. BTW I have a couple extra GM SW posters with me if anyone is looking for one of those. Hope to run into some if you tomorrow- just look for the lady in the boot riding a pink scooter with 4 wild children following behind.

My son was the first to sign up for Vttm but require him to flat out run from those bronze busts to the info desk and I did the 'I'm not running' run. We signed up at approx 7:48am with a lot of people on our heels.
We were at the rope for rope drop too.
DH and the other 2 did the Chewie run and we caught up to them very shortly after they arrived in line. I think my daughter actually ran though. They were 2nd in line and were there approx 7:50am.

So my advice is run, safely, but run. And be at the rope. Even if you have to wiggle to the front, just get there.

 

[southernfriedmom]

My son was the first to sign up for Vttm but require him to flat out run from those bronze busts to the info desk and I did the 'I'm not running' run. We signed up at approx 7:48am with a lot of people on our heels.
We were at the rope for rope drop too.
DH and the other 2 did the Chewie run and we caught up to them very shortly after they arrived in line. I think my daughter actually ran though. They were 2nd in line and were there approx 7:50am.

So my advice is run, safely, but run. And be at the rope. Even if you have to wiggle to the front, just get there.

Thanks!! My husband was 3rd or 4th in line for Chewie last weekend but he said it was only because he was playing by the rules & was passed by runners while he was fast walking. He said he won't let that happen with this. Haha Today was my DS birthday and he was determined to ride all thrill rides at all 4 parks today- my DH got him first in line for RnRC this morning. How early did you get to the turnstiles? Was there parent seating for VttM? If so, how did it work? Hopefully I'll run into you tomorrow. We are off to complete my son's challenge- TT closed for weather before we could finish.

 

[JayLeeJay]

I'm taking a solo trip tomorrow and was just able to get some FPs for the shows. If anyone else has a FP for Rebels, SoTS, or Visit to the Maul and wouldn't mind me sitting with you please let me know.

 

[yulilin3]

I'm taking a solo trip tomorrow and was just able to get some FPs for the shows. If anyone else has a FP for Rebels, SoTS, or Visit to the Maul and wouldn't mind me sitting with you please let me know.

We'll be there for rebels

 

[momofallsons]

Who all is going Friday 6/12? We will be there FtF premium and doing VttM/chewie run.... see yall there?

We're there that day. Thinking of doing the VttM/chewie run as well.

 

[JayLeeJay]

We'll be there for rebels

WooHoo. What time do you plan on lining up for the show? I can come find you.

 

[momofallsons]

Sounds like a plan @momofallsons! I'll be there with my 9 year old son, who will be wearing a darth maul duck tank top! Say hi! Do you have anyone waiting in the Chewie line that morning?

Will keep an eye out for you! I'll likely be there with 2 boys - not sure which shirts they'll wear yet, but I'll most likely have the lightsaber logo tshirt on. No, I won't have anyone waiting in the Chewie line, so I'll be heading there myself after VttM. You?

 

[yulilin3]

WooHoo. What time do you plan on lining up for the show? I can come find you.

Around 1:15pm. We wanna try and get the seats behind the sound booth

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

here's my confession...I have actively started lying to my family (DH and DD)... I told them that I came up with a great idea - that next year since we aren't going to SWW (have APs that expire in January and aren't planning on getting new ones until September) - that we'll go to CT (to see friends - we used to live up there) during SWW. I told them it would be fun for us to go back to CT and that going during SWW would take our mind off of missing it

Secretly I'm planning on loading up the car and driving South instead of North and hitting SWW (thus starting the APs in May instead of September) <grin> IF I can keep the secret it's going to be SO much fun to surprise them!

 

[Disney Diva Mom]

Finally starting to pack and pulling out the stuff I have been stashing away for the kids for the last few months. I must have really liked one of the vader shirts because I bought the youngest two of them. One week to go!!!

 

[delmar411]

Thanks!! My husband was 3rd or 4th in line for Chewie last weekend but he said it was only because he was playing by the rules & was passed by runners while he was fast walking. He said he won't let that happen with this. Haha Today was my DS birthday and he was determined to ride all thrill rides at all 4 parks today- my DH got him first in line for RnRC this morning. How early did you get to the turnstiles? Was there parent seating for VttM? If so, how did it work? Hopefully I'll run into you tomorrow. We are off to complete my son's challenge- TT closed for weather before we could finish.

We were at the studios from 9:30pm since we slept out for celeb fps. We were about 5 people back from entering at our tapstile and hustled to the rope.

There was parent seating, 1 parent could enter with their child and then right behind the parent/child entry was the rest of your group up to a max of 4 per child signed up. We sat front left. The kids sat in the first 2 rows and the parents in the 3-4 rows behind them.

 

[soniam]

Finally starting to pack and pulling out the stuff I have been stashing away for the kids for the last few months. I must have really liked one of the vader shirts because I bought the youngest two of them. One week to go!!!

I just realized last night that I bought two Joy of Pickling books. I haven't even used one yet, but I must be really interested to start pickling

 

[aggietwins03]

It doesn't matter if DH is linked to your account, it will just ask if he wants to remove himself from the conflicting ADR. Say yes and you can proceed with the new booking. I did this several times with my and DH's account while I was finalizing our plans.

And I got probably 8 alerts for the breakfast in the 48 hours before, so don't give up hope!!! You can also try walking up right at 8 am if all else fails.

Thanks. I created a second account with a different email address and was able to get an 8:00am.

If we arrive at 7am tomorrow and get in the JTA line can we sign up for JTA and make it to breakfast by 8?

 

[xApril]

I gave up on the droids today. Ended up getting to see Stars of the Saga, Visit to the Maul, and Obi-Wan and Beyond again. I'm hoping the weather is better tomorrow. Going to line up for Jeremy, probably won't go until after midnight...not sure on the time yet. I will try for the droids tomorrow if the weather looks nicer. I am shy and have seen a few DISers in passing, but I shall try to say hi if I get the chance to. Always on the go somewhere.

Did Great Movie Ride today. The preshow and postshow are nice, but I don't like the ride portion itself now that it's basically completely recorded and the sound system got upgraded. So the narration is loud enough where you can basically feel it in your chest and I didn't really enjoy that.

 

[Monykalyn]

Around 1:15pm. We wanna try and get the seats behind the sound booth

Apparently if you are a teensy bit late with fast pass check in then you get the seats behind the booth. Great spot (and the fans worked). We were s few rows behind the booth for Rebel show today

 

[Teamanderson]

We were first in line to meet Fisto and it started pouring so we walked in the pouring rain to RH. Before the rain started they warned us that if lighting was within 7 miles the characters had to leave their stations. The wait for RH was SO long. I think people were holding their tables so they didn't have to get out in the rain. We waited an hour to be seated. DS had a 7:30 JTA and it sprinkled but they continued with show, I was glad. Went back to hotel to change and got back in time for fireworks! They were awesome!! We are now seated for fantastic now. Lots of empty seats. We tried so hard to meet Chewie but it never worked out. Line was cut off or it was raining. Did not get fast passes for sign up kids at VTTM. Was told they went instantly. JTA was a 40 minute wait at park open so we left and went to our galactic breakfast at 8:05. After our breakfast I retuned back to JTA just to see if their will spots (I figured there weren't) but there were a couple evening times left. So if you don't have time to go first thing to sign up, just check back later. I hope you get lucky like we did! Maybe Friday's aren't as busy as weekends, I don't know.

 

[aggietwins03]

We have the FTF package for tomorrow. I already have a fast pass for VttM, so what should I choose for my other show. It's me, DH and twin 9-yr olds.

 

[jimim]

At Rebel Lounge now, been here for almost an hour and no characters yet. Plus it is POURING outside and flooding in front of the quick service entrance. Everyone be careful!

How has the weather been? Lots of rain? We leave next week. Ha met done summer in a few years. Try to stick with April/May and then oct/nov so we haven't dealt with the Disney rain lately.

 

[jimim]

Dessert party moved to the Indiana Jones set due to weather. Fun location!

Very very cool! I would rather that!