Star Wars Weekend

[Donna Abshere]

I have searched and have not been able to find anything about this subject. Is Star Wars weekend no longer going on? If not, will/when will it return?

 

[rteetz]

Hasn’t happened for a few years now and isn’t coming back.

 

[DanBoris]

Hasn’t happened for a few years now and isn’t coming back.

Yeah, Disney wants people to see DHS as the Star Wars park 365 days a year, not just on special weekends.

 

[1lilspark]

The only Star Wars weekend anymore so to speak is the RunDisney race weekend.
Hollywood Studios is now Star Wars all the time especially when galaxy’s edge opens though they on occasion do galactic nights and wouldn’t be surprised that if toy story land opens earlier or later them Memorial Day weekend that they will do another hard ticket event to coincide with Solo premiering

 

[only hope]

They ought to take a hint from Universal Orlando. There are two Harry Potter lands yet they still have A Celebration of Harry Potter annually, and it is included with admission. Having a Star Wars land is not an excuse to skip having included-with-admission SWW. From what I've read, the Galatic Nights don't offer nearly as much as SWW did, and they are extremely expensive.

 

[Canesfan3234]

Galactic nights is nowhere near as good as Star Wars weekends was. Also, Harry Potter Weekend is really poorly done by universal. such a missed opportunity by them

 

[vicb]

So does that mean there will be nothing special on May 4th ?? Also does the Starwars fireworks run every night or is that what "Galactic Nights" is that only runs occasionally?

 

[rteetz]

So does that mean there will be nothing special on May 4th ?? Also does the Starwars fireworks run every night or is that what "Galactic Nights" is that only runs occasionally?

The Star Wars fireworks run every night.

Galactic nights is usually only around a Star Wars release.

 

[vicb]

The Star Wars fireworks run every night.

Galactic nights is usually only around a Star Wars release.

Thank you! I didn't see the fireworks times listed in the May hours yet, perhaps they don't list that far out. Good to know we will get to see the show which will be new for us since our last visit.

 

[JVazz29]

I'm a huuuuuuuuuge Star Wars fan. Our last trip to Disney was a few years ago and I believe it was during the last Star Wars weekend. It was a blast!!! We were able to spend an entire day and a half in HS celebrating all things Star Wars. I keep seeing that WDW wants HS to be seen as celebrating SW year round, but there was so much more offered during those Star Wars weekends. We got to run around the park meeting and interacting with Boba Fett and Darth Maul and Ahsoka Tano, etc etc...characters you never see anymore. Geez, they used to bring out R2 and 3PO for short periods of time and people would go nuts! Now that I'm planning our next trip, I really expected there to be a Star Wars character dining. Last time we met Jedi Mickey, Darth Goofy, and others. There was also a villains themed breakfast. They don't exist now. Each Star Wars weekend had celebrity guests. The last time we went I think Ray Park (Darth Maul) was that weekend's headliner, but other weekends had the likes of Mark Hamill and Peter Mayhew. "Rebels" would attempt to sabotage patrolling Stormtroopers...there was a huge parade with all of the characters, celebrities...exclusive WDW Star Wars merchandise (you can make an action figure out of your likeness!)...a cantina style pop-up restaurant that included visits from star wars 'aliens.' People actually raced to be first to Chewie. Sometimes Luke Skywalker would hang out near Star Tours...find a lucky family, and in character, would join them for the ride. Lines as long as 90 minutes to meet Chewie...at rope drop people literally ran to hug him first. The time my daughter, wife, and I had during that weekend are some of my fondest memories.

It doesn't exist anymore. I don't understand. They killed Star Wars weekend just as Star Wars fever once again spread across the nation. I don't see how they can try to market HS as a year round Star Wars park when it offers a tenth of what a Star Wars weekend had. You don't have to throw everything into the park all at once, but it would be nice if there was a little more effort than the Launch Bay that has opened since shutting down those weekends.

I know that it will be a true Star Wars park/experience when Galaxy's Edge is ready to go, but until then I think they should have kept the weekends.

 

[kbelle8995]

No more Star Wars Weekends sadly. I thought they were great fun. I miss them and the Hyperspace Hoopla. But you can check it out on youtube. Also I found lots of things that were interesting in the Launch Bay.