D23 EXPO 2019 Superthread - dates announced!

[kpd6901]

6/2 11a slot. They are now processing the line for the Catina by putting people on a waitlist. They then text you when it is your time to enter the Catina. They had numerous people doing the check in for the waitlist. It only took us a few minutes to get through that line.

We're you able to notice whether or not the ENTIRE group needed to be in line for the wait list? Like, could our group split up, have half our group wait in line and put our full group of 5 on the wait list?

 

[ateam79828592]

We're you able to notice whether or not the ENTIRE group needed to be in line for the wait list? Like, could our group split up, have half our group wait in line and put our full group of 5 on the wait list?

They were actually going through the line and saying only one person could wait in the line and everyone else in the party should leave line.

 

[midnight star]

I am not sure if I missed someone commenting on this, but for those who head straight to the droid area for their time slot, do you need a reservation for that too? How full does it get? Should I speed walk over there when I get in at 11? I know to purchase my personality chip and bag first then put my droid together

 

[DennieC]

Is there a chicken exit on the Falcon ride? My wife gets motion sick but wants to see the queue.

Yes, in the hold area before they call your boarding group to the cockpit, there is an exit if you change your mind.

 

[Tink1987]

Chewie and Rey checking out the marketplace

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

6/2 11a slot. They are now processing the line for the Catina by putting people on a waitlist. They then text you when it is your time to enter the Catina. They had numerous people doing the check in for the waitlist. It only took us a few minutes to get through that line.

This sounds SO much better!

 

[midnight star]

Oops another question, sorry if this shows my Star Wars ignorance, but what types of personality chips are there? Like what do they make them do?

 

[Tink1987]

I am not sure if I missed someone commenting on this, but for those who head straight to the droid area for their time slot, do you need a reservation for that too? How full does it get? Should I speed walk over there when I get in at 11? I know to purchase my personality chip and bag first then put my droid together

The droid building is fine - you don’t need to rush there like you do with Savi’s or the Cantina. We did it at around 10:15, so 2 hours and 15 minutes into our reservation period. We waited around 30 mins in the queue and was out in under 50 mins in total.

 

[kpd6901]

Just curious, anybody have any experiences with the earned galactic credits through the app and the results from MFSR? Like, you earn credits, but are they really just "play" credits or can they actually be used/redeemed for anything?

 

[midnight star]

On my Facebook group, people also posted that you can get magic shots with Porgs and Monkey Lizards. Haven’t seen people mention anything about photo pass on here yet.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

6/2 11a slot. They are now processing the line for the Catina by putting people on a waitlist. They then text you when it is your time to enter the Catina. They had numerous people doing the check in for the waitlist. It only took us a few minutes to get through that line.

This is excellent news! I figured they for sure weren’t going to keep the system they had, but this is very quick implementation for a correction.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

On my Facebook group, people also posted that you can get magic shots with Porgs and Monkey Lizards. Haven’t seen people mention anything about photo pass on here yet.

The photographer in front of the droids punched stuff into his scanner before his last picture as if he was enabling a magic shot, but we never got one. I just checked and nothing came through later.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Please keep the reports coming. I'm having a moment of cold feet about my last minute trip on Thursday night for SWGE on Friday. I read on another board that due to the short park lines a standby queue could be implemented in early June. Ugh!!! Just my luck I'd book something, and they'd implement something that would cause much bigger crowds and wait times than are being reported right now. I'm 90% sure we are still going to book, but if any of you guys have heard anything please let me know. All these reports of short times are worrying me that they'll do something to screw it up! I also noticed that Friday was a grad night at Disneyland and I'm wondering how that might impact things.

I’d still book.

They’ve published “NO STANDBY LINE” so many places (including all of the traffic signs around the resort) that I just don’t see them implementing one. They’d lose out on even more hotel sales - I mean, we’d cancel our hotel reservation that we booked to get my husband in (he had a work conflict come up and can’t make our free reservation anymore). They’d piss off a lot of people.

They might do something to try to get more people into the parks if the current deadness continues. But I don’t see that extending to getting more people into SWGE. I could be wrong! But I just don’t see how that would make a lot of sense for them.

 

[cxr]

this weekend and next weekend are various graduations. SO people/families were probably tied up with these activities. After that school is out the parks will be crowded again

 

[rteetz]

Oops another question, sorry if this shows my Star Wars ignorance, but what types of personality chips are there? Like what do they make them do?

There are a bunch of them. They range from light side to dark side to neutral.

 

[SteveNZ]

When the details of SW:GE were announced, it was widely reported that guests would build a "reputation" in the land - that crashing the Millenium Falcon would impact on the way Cast Members reacted to you, etc.

Has any of that panned out? If so, how does it work?

 

[SteveNZ]

Also, just an observation. It seemed odd to me that Ridemakerz would give up their Downtown Disney spot. Now that we've seen how incredibly similar the Droid Depot (and, to a lesser extent, Savi's workshop) is to the Ridemakerz product and business model, do we think maybe the Ridemakerz folks are actually operating those outlets? Did Disney cut a deal with them to design / operate those businesses, letting them into the actual park but closing their traditional Downtown Disney premises in the process?

 

[Skyegirl1999]

this weekend and next weekend are various graduations. SO people/families were probably tied up with these activities. After that school is out the parks will be crowded again

People graduate every year, though - that’s not the cause of the current crowd conditions. Or lack thereof.

 

[midnight star]

The photographer in front of the droids punched stuff into his scanner before his last picture as if he was enabling a magic shot, but we never got one. I just checked and nothing came through later.

I'm just seeing pics of the magic shots from yesterday and today. So maybe they weren't ready on opening day? Or maybe CM's didn't know how to set it up. Not going to lie, that monkey lizard is a little frightening lol

 

[dina444444]

On my Facebook group, people also posted that you can get magic shots with Porgs and Monkey Lizards. Haven’t seen people mention anything about photo pass on here yet.

We only did the photopass in front of the falcon which I don’t think had magic shots available. For pictures from Friday at that location there’s a border that had the date on it.