One of Disney World’s public relations experts tweeted that fans should prepare for a new augmented reality experience at Star Wars Weekends this year at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Fun #AugmentedReality @ @StarWars Weekends this year. Attending? download @Aurasma app for iPhone/Android. More details to come.… Read More »Augmented Reality Coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios for Star Wars Weekends
What happens when a Darth Vader cupcakes is introduced to one of Disney World’s famously tasty pastry displays? Show your #DisneySide and find out: Yep, that’s a promotion for Star Wars Weekends. I have to give them kudos for being creative enough to come up… Read More »A Journey To The Disney Dark Side with a Darth Vader Cupcake, Really
As the Disney representative mentioned in our video interview, many of the Star Wars weekends premier theatre experiences are now available on the Fastpass+ system. It also looks like Darth’s Mall might have a Fastpass+ line too (it was visible, but not available for reservations when I last checked). What she didn’t mention was that they’ll all tier 1 offerings.
This means you’re limited to one Star Wars Weekend show Fastpass+ entitlement a day. I totally understand why they did this. There is very limited seating inside the Premier theater and only a portion of those will be Fastpass+ seating. So one show a day without the wait seems reasonable. It’s tough to pick just one, but I understand.
If there are two shows you really want to see, and are only here for one weekend, you’ll have to use your Fastpass+ allotment both days at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
However, there are some complications for locals and off-site guests that result from including Star Wars Weekend Fastpass+ in with the regular system, that I don’t think Disney has quite worked out yet.
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One of the benefits of the media event for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train was that I got a chance to talk with some of the planners involved in upcoming events at Walt Disney World. Below is a brief talk with Randi Hoffert from Disney Destinations… Read More »Star Wars Weekends – What’s New and What Not To Miss
from Instagram Are you part of the rebellion or the galactic empire? Disney is pushing the MyMagic+ enabled MagicBands hard. There are a ton of accessories you can add to yours. Above are a few of the Star Wars themed ones, perfect for the upcoming… Read More »Instapic: Star Wars Bandits. All the cool kids will be wearing them at Star Wars Weekends
Oh boy, this is literally the biggest Star Wars Weekends yet. Disney just released the celebrity lineups for Star Wars Weekends at Disney Hollywood Studios for 2014. Hosts James Arnold Taylor and Ashley Eckstein will appear during all five weekends and the following talent will appear weekend by weekend (subject to change, of course).
Weekend I: May 16-18
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Looking for the perfect t-shirt to wear to Star Wars Weekends? Go no further, “Red Five” by Obvian is a recent t-shirt of the day over on Tee Fury. I like it because it’s not immediately obvious there’s a Star Wars theme, but when you… Read More »Red Five – Star Wars Merchandise Find
Big news on the intergalactic newswire today. Luke Skywalker, aka actor Mark Hamill, will be making his first ever appearance at a Disney Star Wars Weekends event. He’ll be one of the celebrity guests on June 6-8. Celebrity guests appear daily in the “Legends of… Read More »Luke Skywalker, AKA Mark Hamill, confirmed for Star Wars Weekends June 6-8