D23 EXPO 2019 Superthread - dates announced!

[Lesley Wake]

That's interesting. Our time is next week, and we already have 6, but might swap a person if the opportunity presents.

I'm guessing there won't be much notice, though.

They are only offering it to people who had a single person on the reservation and missed/didn't get the option to add guests.

 

[donaldanddaisy]

Crazy question, but might have a chance to head to the parks that weekend -- does D23 make the park out of control crowded?

 

[crystal1313]

How soon can you call to find out your SWGE reservation after you book? Booked using a 3rd party. So no email....thanks!!

 

[Gaugersaurus]

How soon can you call to find out your SWGE reservation after you book? Booked using a 3rd party. So no email....thanks!!

I'd give a couple days but it doesn't hurt to call and ask, just have your hotel confirmation ready to give them.

 

[crystal1313]

I'd give a couple days but it doesn't hurt to call and ask, just have your hotel confirmation ready to give them.

Thank you!!

 

[pharmama]

How soon can you call to find out your SWGE reservation after you book? Booked using a 3rd party. So no email....thanks!!

The email does take a couple days. Mine went to my spam folder (even though all my other Disney emails get through just fine...) but I knew to look since I'd seen other people report the same thing with it going to Spam or to the Promotions tab in gmail so check those spots too.

 

[Trevler]

That's interesting. Our time is next week, and we already have 6, but might swap a person if the opportunity presents.

I'm guessing there won't be much notice, though.

It would be nice if we could swap a person. I just had one of my friends drop, and I have another friend who didnt get a reservation whose dying to go. But I know it'd open it up to selling reservations and abuse.

 

[MonocularVision]

Saw this article and thought I would pass it along:

https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/3/18639030/disneyland-star-wars-land-galaxys-edge-droid-building

 

[smartlabelprint]

This thread is moving fast!

The droid works just fine without a chip. And it will interact with the land. I think mine started to sound nervous in the First Order area, even without the Resistance chip in her. The most fun area is near the "cantina" bathrooms (behind the Milk Stand) - it's themed like the back exit from the Droid Depot so there are lots of droids being worked on. My girl definitely perked up when I walked near there. I saw plenty of droids interacting and expect most of them didn't have personality chips in. (That droid area I mentioned is sort of the hang-out spot where I've seen several droid owners interacting with their new companions.) I haven't had the chance to see if one with a Resistance chip will interact differently near a droid with a First Order chip, but that would be cool! I'll be bringing her back on Saturday, so hopefully will get to see more interactions!

One thing for the BB units, they will turn off automatically after not being used. It's pretty easy to get them back on - you just need to twist open the base and flick the switch to off/on again. I think when they are in the land, they are more actively receiving signals, so won't turn off, but after a few minutes out of signal range, they may turn off and you need to turn them back on to get them to interact again.

Wow! I think this is my dh anniversary present.

 

[Rich M]

Wow. That kind of sucks if its only for 1 person people. I would love to add a few people to my reservation since we decided to get passes for my whole family and now they are coming with us on June 22nd. I am hoping they do it for me too.

 

[ten6mom]

My favorite item from GE is this gift card available only at the Droid Depot. You have to load with $100. It is heavy metal and has a scannable barcode on the back so it can be used throughout Disney.

I love that! Are there different designs? If I'm not planning to build a droid can I still buy one?

We got ours yesterday (6/4). What we found is that “sold out” means “we aren’t putting more out now” which I understand kinda...but is disappointing when you can’t go back a different day. But we had some luck checking back at the same store later during our time. I didn’t find my hoodie, but my husband found his red light saber crystal.

Oh no! I'll be so sad if they're "sold out"!

They are really cool, but just be wary of using them "off-planet". I ran into issues trying to use my Batuuan Spira at the Red Rose Tavern because they didn't have a gun to scan it and the pad on the credit card terminal where you typically would place a giftcard does not seem to work with these.

Good to know... someone later on said you can transfer the balance to your "regular" Disney gift card so I'll try that if I get one.

 

[dawnball]

It would be nice if we could swap a person. I just had one of my friends drop, and I have another friend who didnt get a reservation whose dying to go. But I know it'd open it up to selling reservations and abuse.

Exactly. I'm thinking that's why I was thinking they wouldn't give much notice - harder to have a buyer lined up if it's a surprise/not guaranteed for all time slots.

 

[Lesley Wake]

I love that! Are there different designs? If I'm not planning to build a droid can I still buy one?



Oh no! I'll be so sad if they're "sold out"!



Good to know... someone later on said you can transfer the balance to your "regular" Disney gift card so I'll try that if I get one.

It looks like just one design, but to be honest, I haven't seen them in-stock in person. You can get them at a counter for Droid Depot - there are 3 counters, one for build a droid, and the other 2 for normal store purchases.

For transferring use disneygiftcard.com. It works wonderfully and will transfer pretty much instantly! Before big Disney purchases, I go to Target online and buy $500 e-gift cards (with 5% savings) and can transfer those onto the physical cards to make it easier in a store or whatever.

 

[dawnball]

They are only offering it to people who had a single person on the reservation and missed/didn't get the option to add guests.

Oh? Is that being discussed elsewhere? I've been focusing on other things and hadn't heard.

 

[midnight star]

Saw this article and thought I would pass it along:

https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/3/18639030/disneyland-star-wars-land-galaxys-edge-droid-building

I read the article and was actually wondering about what it mentioned. So you can only pick from what comes out on the belt...you can't request certain colors? I want a pink droid.

 

[midnight star]

Oh? Is that being discussed elsewhere? I've been focusing on other things and hadn't heard.

on the main star wars superthread someone mentioned it

 

[dawnball]

on the main star wars superthread someone mentioned it

Thanks! There are so many threads it's hard to keep up.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

I read the article and was actually wondering about what it mentioned. So you can only pick from what comes out on the belt...you can't request certain colors? I want a pink droid.

They don’t have pink. They do have purple, but you have to pay extra to make the body accessories on your R2 purple.

Ask me how I know... haha.

 

[midnight star]

They don’t have pink. They do have purple, but you have to pay extra to make the body accessories on your R2 purple.

Ask me how I know... haha. View attachment 406577

Yours is so cute! And so is your daughter! Hmmmm I thought I liked the BB8 styles, but I've seen some really cool R2 style ones.

 

[midnight star]

Reportedly people are receiving emails that they can add guests to their reservations! I’m guessing because the crowds are so low!

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@dawnball Here is the post I mentioned. It is a few pages back on this thread.