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- Jun 18, 2017
Just back from our trip. We went to SWGE on Saturday evening (8p-12m) and Sunday morning (8a-12n)-with very little sleep in between 
. No issue with picking up the wrist bands. We were directed to use the Critter Country entrance and headed over there about 7pm. There were two "unofficial" lines that had formed, one on each side of the walk way. Cast members walked by often stating that the lines were unofficial and not true lines. At about 7:45, they took us up the path near Hungry Bear and were held at the entrance until 8p. We were about 1/3 of the way back. My DD(28) and I divided up and I followed the cast member with the stick leading to the Cantina line, while my daughter headed to Savis. When we reached the line up areas for the cantina, they cut the line off about 25 people after me. When I got to the front of the wait list line, I gave my # and was told it would be 2 1/2-2 3/4 hrs until I would get another text. (first wait list text at 8:21p, return text was eventually received at 11:08p).
My daughter was not as lucky. Line was cut off two people ahead of her. They wouldn't allow her to stay in line in case they miscounted or had any room. She was told she had to leave the area.
Ate popcorn (I really liked it), Ronto Wrap (very good), and drank both blue and green milk (Glad I tried them but didn't like either one).
Got one drink in the cantina and hung out in there about 1/2 hr. Rode SR 4 times together, then my daughter did single rider (walk on) about 4 more times. (she was told single rider is always assigned Engineer-not sure if this is true)
On Sunday, we got an early start-Got in line at the gate about 5:40a behind about 25-30 people. Quick walk to Launch Bay and then we were held in tomorrowland under monorail track. We were very close to the front this time. Since we already did Oga's and didn't have an interest in the droid experience, we were focused solely on Savi's. We walked with purpose and was able to make it about the third or fourth group. SUCCESS!! This experience was the highlight of our SWGE time for me. The ceremony, the music, the Gatherer's participation, and the look on my daughters face was amazing and worth every $$.
I agree that the merchandise was disappointing. Very few shirts. I understand the difference in merch in the land and out. There was one adult shirt and 2 sweatshirts in the whole area that said Black Spire outpost. Some resistance/dark side merch, and then the toys/animals/collectibles.
It was great overall though. We made the trip from Oklahoma just to see this and experience the new land and I'm really glad we did.
Regarding the park as a whole-last Sat and Sun were really light crowd-wise still. It was noticeably more crowded Mon evening and Tues evening. All 4 days, there were FP available into the evening for everything other than RSR
. No issue with picking up the wrist bands. We were directed to use the Critter Country entrance and headed over there about 7pm. There were two "unofficial" lines that had formed, one on each side of the walk way. Cast members walked by often stating that the lines were unofficial and not true lines. At about 7:45, they took us up the path near Hungry Bear and were held at the entrance until 8p. We were about 1/3 of the way back. My DD(28) and I divided up and I followed the cast member with the stick leading to the Cantina line, while my daughter headed to Savis. When we reached the line up areas for the cantina, they cut the line off about 25 people after me. When I got to the front of the wait list line, I gave my # and was told it would be 2 1/2-2 3/4 hrs until I would get another text. (first wait list text at 8:21p, return text was eventually received at 11:08p).My daughter was not as lucky. Line was cut off two people ahead of her. They wouldn't allow her to stay in line in case they miscounted or had any room. She was told she had to leave the area.
Ate popcorn (I really liked it), Ronto Wrap (very good), and drank both blue and green milk (Glad I tried them but didn't like either one).
Got one drink in the cantina and hung out in there about 1/2 hr. Rode SR 4 times together, then my daughter did single rider (walk on) about 4 more times. (she was told single rider is always assigned Engineer-not sure if this is true)
On Sunday, we got an early start-Got in line at the gate about 5:40a behind about 25-30 people. Quick walk to Launch Bay and then we were held in tomorrowland under monorail track. We were very close to the front this time. Since we already did Oga's and didn't have an interest in the droid experience, we were focused solely on Savi's. We walked with purpose and was able to make it about the third or fourth group. SUCCESS!! This experience was the highlight of our SWGE time for me. The ceremony, the music, the Gatherer's participation, and the look on my daughters face was amazing and worth every $$.
I agree that the merchandise was disappointing. Very few shirts. I understand the difference in merch in the land and out. There was one adult shirt and 2 sweatshirts in the whole area that said Black Spire outpost. Some resistance/dark side merch, and then the toys/animals/collectibles.
It was great overall though. We made the trip from Oklahoma just to see this and experience the new land and I'm really glad we did.
Regarding the park as a whole-last Sat and Sun were really light crowd-wise still. It was noticeably more crowded Mon evening and Tues evening. All 4 days, there were FP available into the evening for everything other than RSR
