Official Star Wars Weekends Thread Tips and Tricks 2015

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Our boys (2 & 6) are HUGE star Wars fans and we are taking them this year for SWW and going on nJune 14th (its the best day for us with the rest of our schedule. Our 6yo really wants to do Jedi Training Academy, do Rockin Roller Coaster, and meet Anakin Skywalker (His 3 choices for the day). We did FtF pkg and will do Sot show fo rour one show. Our plan is to get there EARLY like 7 or a little before, get our oldest signed up for JTA and then book it over for Rockin Roller coaster with rider swap and then we have a fast pass for ToT from 9:20 to 10:20 and then do the FtT sign in and parade, and plan to take it easy the rest of the day and go with the flow. Is the morning we are planning sound feasible? Our tier one FP+ went for Toy Story because our 2yo can ride it and not Rockin Roller coaster.
 
I will be cancelling an ADR for 3pp on Saturday 5/30 at 9:25am for the Star Wars Galactic Breakfast if anyone would like to coordinate.

Cheers!
 
Skywise said:
I'm using a similar service - If they notify you via text, keep your phone by you AT ALL TIMES. ;) (I once got a text ford an opening for Ohana, and missed it, at 3am!

I think I've got all my dining plans settled except for lunch at Beaches and Cream on Sunday 6/7 - I've currently got ADRs for 11:10am but I'd like to have a nice breakfast at Kona Cafe and that's not enough time to digest food for 11:10am... :D
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Ha Ha! I was up at 4 am when the BOG lunch ADRs were released!

Good luck with the Beaches and Cream!
 
JenStemp said:
Our boys (2 & 6) are HUGE star Wars fans and we are taking them this year for SWW and going on nJune 14th (its the best day for us with the rest of our schedule. Our 6yo really wants to do Jedi Training Academy, do Rockin Roller Coaster, and meet Anakin Skywalker (His 3 choices for the day). We did FtF pkg and will do Sot show fo rour one show. Our plan is to get there EARLY like 7 or a little before, get our oldest signed up for JTA and then book it over for Rockin Roller coaster with rider swap and then we have a fast pass for ToT from 9:20 to 10:20 and then do the FtT sign in and parade, and plan to take it easy the rest of the day and go with the flow. Is the morning we are planning sound feasible? Our tier one FP+ went for Toy Story because our 2yo can ride it and not Rockin Roller coaster.
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Sounds good. Try and be there by 7am at the latest. Stay on the left side of Hollywood Blvd, as close to Vine St. as possible so when you go sign up you can be one of the first people there.
RnRC should have about a 15 min. wait by the time you get to it. so that way you'll be able to ride ToT at 9:20am and then go check in for FtF
 
yulilin3 said:
Sounds good. Try and be there by 7am at the latest. Stay on the left side of Hollywood Blvd, as close to Vine St. as possible so when you go sign up you can be one of the first people there.
RnRC should have about a 15 min. wait by the time you get to it. so that way you'll be able to ride ToT at 9:20am and then go check in for FtF
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Great TY! We are staying at Saratoga Springs this year and will be driving over to HS so being there by 7am shouldn't be a problem. My husband is active duty Army and 5am wake up call is a regular thing in our house! Does Anakin Skywalker have a meet and greet? If so what is the typical line/demand to meet him?
 
JenStemp said:
Great TY! We are staying at Saratoga Springs this year and will be driving over to HS so being there by 7am shouldn't be a problem. My husband is active duty Army and 5am wake up call is a regular thing in our house! Does Anakin Skywalker have a meet and greet? If so what is the typical line/demand to meet him?
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He meets, rotating with the rest of the Jedi Council. So Shaak Tii, Kit Fisto and Mace Windu. The rotate about every 20 to 30 minutes. This year they are meeting on Mickey Avenue. So I'm thinking they are taking over the empty space between One Man's Dream and TSMM where the line used to form for the Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow.
Now that they will be so close to TSMM I'm afraid they will be very popular. In the past it took about 20 minutes to meet each one.
 
yulilin3 said:
He meets, rotating with the rest of the Jedi Council. So Shaak Tii, Kit Fisto and Mace Windu. The rotate about every 20 to 30 minutes. This year they are meeting on Mickey Avenue. So I'm thinking they are taking over the empty space between One Man's Dream and TSMM where the line used to form for the Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow.
Now that they will be so close to TSMM I'm afraid they will be very popular. In the past it took about 20 minutes to meet each one.
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20 minutes isn't so bad and very doable with my 2, let's hope it stays that way! Thanks for your help! I am very comfortable with many aspects of the parks since we go so often but SWW is totally foreign to me as we have never been!
 
wdwalice said:
During SWW, are there Disney Photographers at some of the M&G's? Trying to figure out if Memory Maker is worth it this trip. Thanks!
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all the characters with a dedicated line (one spot) will have a Disney Photopass Photographer. There are one or two PP roaming with the roaming characters
No PP for the celebrity autographs
 
wdwalice said:
During SWW, are there Disney Photographers at some of the M&G's? Trying to figure out if Memory Maker is worth it this trip. Thanks!
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Everyone with a scheduled M&G will have a PP photographer on hand. Not always the case with the roaming characters, though.
 
wdwalice said:
During SWW, are there Disney Photographers at some of the M&G's? Trying to figure out if Memory Maker is worth it this trip. Thanks!
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This is going to be our first year without a pre-purchase photo package. I'm kind of bummed. It was worth it for us in the past because we pre-purchased the Archive Disc and it was good for 45 days after the first picture, so I could get all or most of the 4/5 weeks of SWW. It's gone up in price a lot since. We had MM free with our room package for FSF. I didn't care for the downloads, I prefer a disc. Can't teach an old dog new tricks, I guess.
 
yulilin3 said:
all the characters with a dedicated line (one spot) will have a Disney Photopass Photographer. There are one or two PP roaming with the roaming characters
No PP for the celebrity autographs
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Thank you! Getting MM today. The budget is way blown on this trip and we haven't even made it to Disney yet!! :laughing:
 
yulilin3 said:
Even though I would love for Hoopla to come back I'm almost 100% sure it's not. The only thing announced before the fireworks is Summon the Force which is the same show they did last year.
The only characters they auditioned for this year was Vader and Ewoks. If hoopla was coming back they would've auditioned for more characters with ability to dance. I would LOVE be wrong on this though
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The no auditions tidbit is enough for me to know that we won't have anything better this year... UNLESS that Vader and those Ewoks can REALLY DANCE and I mean dance enough for a whole Hoopla!

:dogdance::dancer::dogdance: (This is as close as I could get with the Disboard's smiles)

~NM
 
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