Star Wars Weekend VIP - Year of a Million Dreams Winner

[cajunlace]

Great pictures, my DS is loving them.

 

[CaptHomer]

Part 5 Sec 1

Our next event is a meet and greet with the celebrity guests for the weekend. We go to a building that is right across the street from Star Tours. This is a place that they take celebrity guests when they are at the park to get away from the crowds. It is a nice shaded area with tables all around.

The 2 other families that won a trip are there as well. Disney has a photographer there to take our picture. First we get our pictures taken with Chewbacca and a Ewok and then Queen Amidala. The last characters that we met were Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker.

Part 5 Sec 2 coming soon.

 

[Busymom85]

How fun. Congratulations on winning at trip.

 

[CaptHomer]

How fun. Congratulations on winning at trip.

Where in Tx are you from?

 

[heaven2dc]

Part 5 Sec 1

Part 5 Sec 2 coming soon.

Princess Leia sure is latched onto your arm

How awesome that you got to have your own tour and pics taken with the Star Wars characters! My DS31 is so jealous!

 

[CaptHomer]

Part 5 Sec 2

We then met Matthew Wood who is the voice of General Grievous and is sound engineer at Skywalker Ranch. He signed a picture that we had bought at Wicket's Warehouse of General Grievous for my DS.

Next we met Ashley Eckstein who signed the kid’s autograph book and a picture she had of her character.

The last person that we met was Peter Mayhew. He is very tall as you can imagine since he plays Chewbacca. He walks with a cane but what you notice about the cane is it isn't an ordinary cane, it is a lightsaber with a rubber tip on the end.

We didn't get to meet Jay Laga'aia.


Part 6 Coming Soon!

 

[CaptHomer]

Part 6

We had lunch reservations at Mama Melrose's restaurant at 1:30 so we had a little bit of time before then so we watched Muppetvision 3D. It was time to go to lunch when we finished the Muppets so we headed over.

This was the first time we had ever eaten there. The food was very good and it was good to sit down for a while. The best part of it though was that Disney paid for it.

The last scheduled event that we had was "Behind the Force" which is a look at how they make the Clone Wars cartoon series. While waiting for the theater to open we went over to the AFI showcase and saw the "Villains" exhibit.

There were also assorted Star Wars characters out in front of the theater stopping for photo ops.

When it was time for the theater to open we were seated at the front of the theater. The show was interesting. It was Ashley Eckstein and Matthew Wood showing how they do the voices for the Clone Wars animated series.

Part 7 Coming Soon!

 

[cajunlace]

My DS (8) is LOVING you pictures. Your thread is teaching us alot about star wars weekend that we are planning on going at that time. Please keep those updates coming because he asks me everyday if you have posted more.


Cheryl

 

[CaptHomer]

Part 7

We know had to rest of the day to do whatever we wanted. We decided not to stay for the Hyperspace Hoopla since we would have to fight the crowd.

We wanted to go to the Magic Kingdom but my DS’s favorite ride is Test Track at EPCOT. We told him that it would take to much time to get over to EPCOT and then get to the Magic Kingdom. Matt says if you want to ride Test Track it won't take long because we park right behind it.

It took us about 10 minutes to get into the parking lot behind Test Track. We went through the fastpass line and got on the ride. It was the 4 year olds first time on the ride. She loved it.

We got off the ride and went through a back door and made our way back to the van. From the time we arrived in the parking lot and got back into the van to leave it was 20 minutes exactly.

That is getting in and out in a hurry!


Part 8 Coming Soon.

 

[CaptHomer]

Part 8

We then headed over to the Magic Kingdom and parked right behind Main Street. We rode Winnie the Pooh, Splash Mountain, Jungle Cruise, and Pirates of the Caribbean.

It was close to 7:30 so we decided to head out. We wanted to get our picture with Matt before we left so we stopped by in front of the castle to get one on our photopass.

One of the other things Disney gave us was a code to get a free photopass cd. We made our way back to the van and headed on our way back to the Boardwalk. We went to Spoodles for dinner and waited about 30 minutes for a table.

We watched the magician again before dinner. It was quite a long day and everyone was exhausted so we made an early night of it.

What a great day!


Final Day Coming Soon!

 

[cajunlace]

Waiting for Final day.

 

[CaptHomer]

Sunday was check out day so we checked the bags at the front since our plane didn't depart until 8:00 PM. My 4 year old DD and I went to the Magic Kingdom and my DW and DS went to EPCOT.

My DS really wanted to do the Kim Possible adventure. At the Magic Kingdom we managed to ride Snow White, Winnie the Pooh, Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean and the 4 year old's favorite ride, Haunted Mansion.

We also had to get the greatest dessert at Disney, the Dole Whip. We then got on the monorail and headed to EPCOT to meet up.

Before we got there my DS finally got his wish and was picked by the candy lady at the Japanese pavilion. She made him a dragon.

We had lunch at Cantina de San Angel in the Mexico section and then walked around the World Showcase until it was time to head back to the hotel and catch Magical Express to the airport.

We managed to catch Sleeping Beauty before we left.

We had a great time on the trip. We spent a lot of (Disney) money as well. I think we have around $100 left on a gift card.

You just can't beat the VIP service. I would suggest to everyone who can afford the $1,800 (minimum per day) to do it (Ask for Matt). That is a little out of my price range but one can always hope.

Thanks to everyone at Disney who made our trip a magical one.

Homer

 

[MOM POPPINS]

Great trip report. Thanks for sharing. We were at the Boardwalk from May 22 until June 2nd. Were you there during this time?

 

[heaven2dc]

What a great trip you had! How Magicial it all was - I'm sure your family will remember this for a long time to come!

 

[Stefy]

Just read through your TR and it looks like you had an amazing time and congrats for being a lucky YOAD Winner

Me and DF love your T-shirts of Star Wars characters, v cool

I love how Disney sent you the gift basket, was v cool I love the light sabres. I must admit I am not a huge SW fan but seeing your photos and what a great time you had, I wouldn't mind going for a SW weekend, also coincides with F&GF which I sooo want to do.

Thanx for sharing, your pics are awesome and your family are adorable

 

[CaptHomer]

I think this finally will work. I tried to post this video when I was writing this portion of the trip report. It is Remy at Chefs de France.

 

[CaptHomer]

Great trip report. Thanks for sharing. We were at the Boardwalk from May 22 until June 2nd. Were you there during this time?

We were there. Our trip was from the 28th until the 31st. Our VIP day was Saturday the 30th. I bet our paths probably crossed at some point especially on Friday or Saturday if you were at the Star Wars festivites.

 

[aspen37]

Congrats on winning the trip.
It sounds like you guys had a trip of a lifetime.
I enjoyed reading you TR. Thanks for sharing you adventure with us!!!

 

[goofy's_gurl]

sounds like you had one Magical trip! you guys will be remembering it for years to come

 

[CaptHomer]

Me and DF love your T-shirts of Star Wars characters, v cool

Thanks we ordered them at www.zazzle.com