D23 EXPO 2019 Superthread - dates announced!

[princess_jamie]

It will be interesting to see how the schedule fills out. I'm guessing the phasing out of Disney Infinity left a hole and it made sense to shift Parks to Sunday. But now I'm interested to see the expanded Parks panel.

Ah, the hard choices begin!

Hard choices is right! Super tough. Only thing I know is unless they do something different to get into the panels, I'll likely be there at midnight for the Saturday panel

 

[tobikaye]

Well, this makes some things easier, but other things hard. I wanted to do the Live Action panel and my sister wanted the Parks panel. Now, we do not have to choose one, but it means that Sunday is now a busier day than we were planning. It also makes me wonder if heading over to the convention at 3 am, on Saturday, my original plan, is going to be early enough to secure seating for the Studios panel.

Has anyone done the D23 Expo with a wheelchair and sat in the HA sections? How quickly did these fill up? I am wondering if my plant to head over around 3 am will be early enough to get in line.

My sister will be in her wheelchair for the Expo and that will limit us on seating availability. She can walk decently for a bit, but has stamina/standing issues, so she could leave her wheelchair and sit in a regular seat. That brings on a new set of issues though with her anxiety as she worries about her mobility devices when she cannot see them. When we used her EVC at WDW the year before last, if it was outside a restaurant, during the hour we were inside, she would ask about it about multiple times.

Edited to correct typo.

 

[socaldisneylover]

It would be really cool if they could take the existing fireworks show and put some Star Wars themed music to it, just for those that are in GE. Seems like it would only take the initial investment in putting the soundtrack together but would create a whole new fireworks experience.

Except that would create even more of a mob scene in GE, as people all head there to hear the special Star Wars music during the fireworks. Not to mention the show itself is designed around the music already playing everywhere else in the park, so syncing the Star Wars music into the display would be difficult if not impossible. That's not even getting into the fact it would cost Disney money, which we all know is something they hate doing.

 

[Mathmagicland]

I’d be curious how many people bought Saturday only tickets based on prior Expo panel scheduling & now there is the parks panel on Sunday...

 

[Disnewbies]

Thanks to all that shared their experiences as they are so helpful. Anybody did DCA EMH first before hopping to SWGE? I am thinking of visit the Cars Land during EMH and hop to DP at 7:30 for SWGE reservation 8-12 noon. We are not planning to go to Cantina or Savi, so just shopping, taking photos & Falcon ride. I wonder if it'll be too much and I don't want to get stuck waiting in line at the DP entrance. Thanks all in advance!

 

[LizzyS]

Thanks to all that shared their experiences as they are so helpful. Anybody did DCA EMH first before hopping to SWGE? I am thinking of visit the Cars Land during EMH and hop to DP at 7:30 for SWGE reservation 8-12 noon. We are not planning to go to Cantina or Savi, so just shopping, taking photos & Falcon ride. I wonder if it'll be too much and I don't want to get stuck waiting in line at the DP entrance. Thanks all in advance!

I can't speak to doing this now with GE's in consideration, but I did this on our trip this past February and I will likely not do it again because I felt like we wasted a lot of time waiting in line to get into Disneyland after the EMH at California Adventure. This was a Monday in February, also.

 

[kristenabelle]

I’d be curious how many people bought Saturday only tickets based on prior Expo panel scheduling & now there is the parks panel on Sunday...

Agreed. I wonder if this will spur Friday/Sunday ticket sales.

 

[Lesley Wake]

Thanks to all that shared their experiences as they are so helpful. Anybody did DCA EMH first before hopping to SWGE? I am thinking of visit the Cars Land during EMH and hop to DP at 7:30 for SWGE reservation 8-12 noon. We are not planning to go to Cantina or Savi, so just shopping, taking photos & Falcon ride. I wonder if it'll be too much and I don't want to get stuck waiting in line at the DP entrance. Thanks all in advance!

Yeah, you'd have to do Carsland at 7am, then go back over to Disneyland, check-in at Launch Bay, then walk over to SWGE. I would feel too rushed and stressed to enjoy any of that.

 

[ktlm]

We were there this morning 8-12. Got there at about 6:10. Didn’t take much time to get through the check in line. They were encouraging people to walk around and shop in launch bay. We went straight to the holding point and instead of being a few hundred back, moved up to being probably 50 back. Walked us to the gate (they were not allowing people to cut around the castle way)- still within the first 50 to 100. At 8:00 they walked people down with the cast members in a line to keep people from running. As you got closer a cast member started a line for the Cantona. Somehow we wound up being the 2nd group in. Amazing!!!
We are not morning people- but 8-12 was with it because you have 3 hours with no overlapping group.

Beware if you are a small or medium women’s size do not get your hopes up on buying the clothes. My DD has been talking about that for weeks and everything she wanted was sold out in her size. They even sent someone to check stock, but no luck. No smalls or mediums in the Leia dress and or in the Rey vest which she really really wanted that vest. We saw other people looking for smalls in different things too. Still plenty to buy though. That was our only disappointment of the day. Great morning!

 

[bwvBound]

Shoot. I didn't understand the "add a guest" and now have a problem. I have two different reservations (the first one, me only, my account) and a second in a different time through my husband's account with both names on the reservation. I'd like to either cancel the first or move hubby to my reservation (earlier time in the day). Ugh.

EDIT: Seems I'm not alone as I scan earlier posts. I'll try phoning in when the fury dies down some and hope for that pixie dust y'all talk about. Sigh.

Surprise! Surprise!

Earlier today I received an email from Disney noting my "solo" reservation with an invite to add members to my flight crew! I was able to add my husband to my earlier reservation. YIPPIE! So unexpected and so perfect. Really helped my other dilemma as I was booking dining today for the upcoming visit and struggling to work around my husband's later time slot. WIN!!

 

[durantigger]

I have another question about Savi's! If I understand correctly, you go straight there at the start of your time slot, wait, pick your lightsaber options, pay, and get a return time to build. Correct? If this is the procedure, can I wait alone and pick/pay for two and have my other party just come to the build return time?

 

[Gaugersaurus]

I have another question about Savi's! If I understand correctly, you go straight there at the start of your time slot, wait, pick your lightsaber options, pay, and get a return time to build. Correct? If this is the procedure, can I wait alone and pick/pay for two and have my other party just come to the build return time?

I believe you'll both have to be there to pay. They're being pretty strict about the 1 of each item per person rule across all of SWGE.

 

[durantigger]

I believe you'll both have to be there to pay. They're being pretty strict about the 1 of each item per person rule across all of SWGE.

Thanks for the quick response!

 

[Tink1987]

We were there this morning 8-12. Got there at about 6:10. Didn’t take much time to get through the check in line. They were encouraging people to walk around and shop in launch bay. We went straight to the holding point and instead of being a few hundred back, moved up to being probably 50 back. Walked us to the gate (they were not allowing people to cut around the castle way)- still within the first 50 to 100. At 8:00 they walked people down with the cast members in a line to keep people from running. As you got closer a cast member started a line for the Cantona. Somehow we wound up being the 2nd group in. Amazing!!!
We are not morning people- but 8-12 was with it because you have 3 hours with no overlapping group.

Beware if you are a small or medium women’s size do not get your hopes up on buying the clothes. My DD has been talking about that for weeks and everything she wanted was sold out in her size. They even sent someone to check stock, but no luck. No smalls or mediums in the Leia dress and or in the Rey vest which she really really wanted that vest. We saw other people looking for smalls in different things too. Still plenty to buy though. That was our only disappointment of the day. Great morning!

We had the same with the shirts. Could have strangled my husband as he bought a hat he wanted but didn’t get the tee at the same time as he didn’t want to carry it. I offered to carry it. Went back at the ending of our 8am opening day reservation and they were gone. Same with the Droid Depot tee. Now he’s gone on about nothing else!

They only had S and 3XL’s left. Luckily we are visiting Orlando in December so he will just have to wait.

 

[Nonsuch]

My refrigerator will not run away


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(droid depot restraining bolt)

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Thanks to all that shared their experiences as they are so helpful. Anybody did DCA EMH first before hopping to SWGE? I am thinking of visit the Cars Land during EMH and hop to DP at 7:30 for SWGE reservation 8-12 noon. We are not planning to go to Cantina or Savi, so just shopping, taking photos & Falcon ride. I wonder if it'll be too much and I don't want to get stuck waiting in line at the DP entrance. Thanks all in advance!

So, we’re planning to do this on Sunday, kind of. (We’re staying at Paradise Pier so that we could get another reservation since my husband had a work conflict with our free one on Tuesday.)

We’re going to head into to DL around 6:40 and check in at Launch Bay. Then I’m going to go wait in line for the land while my husband and my daughter go do a few things at EMH at DCA. Then they’ll head back around 7:45 and just meet me inside SWGE. I’m going to try to get Oga’s, but it’s fine if they don’t get in until after 8. They’d rather hit a few attractions than stand in line for SWGE for over an hour, even if it means hitting a line to get into DL.

I’ll report back if you’re trying it after Sunday.

I’d check in before going to DCA so that you’re already wristbanded and ready to head straight to the land, but if you’re not doing Savi’s or Oga’s, I see no reason why this wouldn’t work.

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

We were there this morning 8-12. Got there at about 6:10. Didn’t take much time to get through the check in line. They were encouraging people to walk around and shop in launch bay. We went straight to the holding point and instead of being a few hundred back, moved up to being probably 50 back. Walked us to the gate (they were not allowing people to cut around the castle way)- still within the first 50 to 100. At 8:00 they walked people down with the cast members in a line to keep people from running. As you got closer a cast member started a line for the Cantona. Somehow we wound up being the 2nd group in. Amazing!!!
We are not morning people- but 8-12 was with it because you have 3 hours with no overlapping group.

Beware if you are a small or medium women’s size do not get your hopes up on buying the clothes. My DD has been talking about that for weeks and everything she wanted was sold out in her size. They even sent someone to check stock, but no luck. No smalls or mediums in the Leia dress and or in the Rey vest which she really really wanted that vest. We saw other people looking for smalls in different things too. Still plenty to buy though. That was our only disappointment of the day. Great morning!

So helpful! Thank you so much. This is pretty much what I was planning to do so great to hear. Olga’s is #1 for us so I want to be in position Really appreciate the great detail!

So, we’re planning to do this on Sunday, kind of. (We’re staying at Paradise Pier so that we could get another reservation since my husband had a work conflict with our free one on Tuesday.)

We’re going to head into to DL around 6:40 and check in at Launch Bay. Then I’m going to go wait in line for the land while my husband and my daughter go do a few things at EMH at DCA. Then they’ll head back around 7:45 and just meet me inside SWGE. I’m going to try to get Oga’s, but it’s fine if they don’t get in until after 8. They’d rather hit a few attractions than stand in line for SWGE for over an hour, even if it means hitting a line to get into DL.

I’ll report back if you’re trying it after Sunday.

I’d check in before going to DCA so that you’re already wristbanded and ready to head straight to the land, but if you’re not doing Savi’s or Oga’s, I see no reason why this wouldn’t work.

I didn’t even think about splitting up after we get wristbands! I’m going to definitely do thiis. I’ll get in line while my husband and son relax and eat breakfast. Thank you!

 

[FrozenCrown]

I was actually really surprised by todays news I figured they would talk about the streaming service but I thought they would do a small panel for it and not rearrange everything to accommodate it. The panels I was most looking forward to are now merged into one and Im excited about it because thats one less line I have to go to lol. Though I am now even more worried about getting into it. I like that they moved Parks into Sunday because Sunday needed a big presentation panel imo.

 

[mafpi]

I almost never do a trip report, but here I go because of all the help and info I received here.

I went yesterday. I had two reservations. 8-12 and 5-9. Wanted to just enjoy it. Cantina quickly became a top priority because of what I read here, it wouldn’t happen if I didnt go straight there. No lightsaber or droid for me. Just me and my daughter. I left my house at 3. My wife thought I was crazy. When I pulled into M&F parking at 4:30 and I was the only car there, I thought maybe she was right. But three cars pulled in right after me. They let us park at 5. I was second in my line at the gate. I walked with a purpose when they let us in the park to register. I was third in line to register. After we registered we went straight to the holding area and waited. If you were there, my daughter and I were the ones that were chosen to do the impressions. Then they led us to the land. Again walked with a purpose And was in the front. I will have to say that walking into Battu for the first time seeing it empty with just the residents there was worth everything by itself. A feeling I know I won’t feel again. Went straight to the guy leading us to Olga’s, the guy with the orange flag. Again third in line. So glad I did that. Hearing people complain and get upset that they couldn’t get in made me so glad I did what I did. Did our shopping and just enjoyed the area. Talked to Rey, stormtroopers and chewie. The interactions with them and the cm was fun. We got the blue milk, rode SR 5 times, and was done about 11:30. Made me wonder what we were going to do at the 5-9 reservation. We enjoyed Disneyland and went to check in at 5. No need to rush now since we went earlier. Walked right in and now we just savored everything. The only we didn’t do was see Kylo Ren in the morning. My daughter loves him. Lo and behold, they started their little show a kylo came out and walked the crowd. He called me over and asked me a few questions. My daughter caught a pic with him and she was happy. We rode SR 4 more times and I was able to do every spot. Was ready to leave but wanted to see the fireworks there. We lounged around and waited. The fireworks were amazing to see. Left right after. I was galaxys edged out by then, but so worth it. What a difference in crowds between the two slots. I’m so glad I had the early spot. Hardly any lines. So many more for the evening for everything. Thanks again to everyone here. It really helped.

 

[crystal1313]

When you follow the person with the flag for Oga's, does your entire party need to be with you to put your name on the list? Thank you!