I am so excited. I just booked a surprise trip for DD19 to go in June. We are both Star Wars fans. I was just checking what is happening and just came across the SWW. We will be there for the last weekend. Is it difficult to get into the park on those weekends? Anyone have experience and/or tips to share?
It is not difficult to get in to the park...it will be more crowded than usual for the season, with most of that crowd focused on the SWW-specific locations, generally on the left side of the park centered around Star Tours and the Streets of America.
There will be characters located in various locations for meet and greets. They rotate them out somewhat frequently - do not be surprised if the the character you got in line for is not the one you end up meeting. But the handlers are usually good at letting you know who will be next, how long, etc. It took a couple tries for DD to get her pic with Ahsoka, and on the second time we stepped aside and let others pass until Ahsoka returned.
There are also free-roaming characters you can take pics with - but they also stay in character in general, so some of those nasty bounty hunters can be a bit of a pain...
(I actually saw a kid cry when he tried to get Aurra's signature, but she just stared menacingly...)
The hyperspace hoopla is not to be missed! Hopefully it is being done at the center stage in front of the hat again this year. Past years it was done on the JTA stage - and it was far, far too crowded and people kept trying to get in front of other people for better viewing.
The talk sessions in the theater can be pretty interesting, depending on who the guest is. There are two - one for the primary guests that weekend, and one for the behind the scenes stuff, usually about The Clone Wars (hosted by Ashley Eckstein, who is the voice of Ahsoka).
If James Arnold Taylor does his one man show again, I'd catch that - his voices are amazing!
If you want to do a meet and greet with a primary guest, you REALLY need to get to the park EARLY. Not sure what the times are in particular these days, but lines will form for each to get "fastpasses" with particular meet times. You'll need to pick one to get first, and then get in line again for another, etc.
