Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Opening Day *August 29* Planning Thread

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I don't anticipate needing it Friday because I have a droid reservation, but it would be good to know. It's also possible they won't need the VQ on Friday.
 
yes, i want to do epcot food and wine same day. no clue how. i have info. that parking lots will open at 2 a.m. and resort buses at 3:45. i will be at coronado. i regret not getting a walkable resort like yacht now. i think 3:45 would be way too late. so i will do lyft or uber or even mears (?) . what time do you all think and i assume we go bagless?


now i'm really regretting no yc for me...
what time are you walking over for swe?


I'm curious about this as well. I'm staying at the Swan with my sister, who has decided she would rather sleep in that join me in walking to the Studios. What time is everyone heading over at? Would 3 am be ok? I'm assuming there will be lots of walkers, so I won't feel to creeped out walking in the dark.
 
Is anyone trying to do both GE and F&W at EP on opening day? If so what is your plan/schedule?

If we leave HS in the middle of the day how much time should we leave for travel back and forth to EP?


I am. My plan is to hit GE, and then maybe take a nap before taking on opening day of Food and Wine.
 


Are any of you Disney bounding? I have a black and white top with little storm troopers on it, a black skirt, and the black/white storm trooper knee high socks. Plus my silver Mickey ears! And the grey storm trooper magic band.
 
VQ is just to enter GE?

We have reservations for droid and lightsaber. We can enter with those. I thought the VQ was going to be used for smugglers run?
 


VQ is just to enter GE?

We have reservations for droid and lightsaber. We can enter with those. I thought the VQ was going to be used for smugglers run?
no VQ is to enter the land when the land hits capacity. They have not come out with info on how the will handle people with "in land" reservations, but I believe if you have a reservation inside the land you'll be allowed inside up to an hour before your reservation, even if the land is at capacity
There will be no VQ or FP for SR just yet
 
Are any of you Disney bounding? I have a black and white top with little storm troopers on it, a black skirt, and the black/white storm trooper knee high socks. Plus my silver Mickey ears! And the grey storm trooper magic band.

I’m going as Rey. Got green capris and a white shirt at Goodwill, already have a brown belt, and am almost done building a replica of the lightsaber out of pvc pipe and stuff. I couldn’t find a grey vest type thing anywhere though so I’m Rey when she’s swinging the lightsaber around and didn’t wear the gray vest thing. :p Now if only I could get my hair into three buns...all the tutorials said it’s easy, anyone can do it, but apparently they don’t have my long thin hair. It didn’t look good and I broke a band and pulled out a lot of hair trying to get it out.
 
I called today and was told that if you have reservations you will be granted access to galaxies edge...so now I wonder with all the chaos how long before a reservation should we plan to head over? We have multiple reservations for the 1st 4 days, so missing them due to logistics would be ugly. My hope is they have that somewhat organized and it goes somewhat smooth, but you never know. As far as Lyft and Uber goes....be prepared for surge pricing, but it may be the best option.
 
no VQ is to enter the land when the land hits capacity. They have not come out with info on how the will handle people with "in land" reservations, but I believe if you have a reservation inside the land you'll be allowed inside up to an hour before your reservation, even if the land is at capacity
There will be no VQ or FP for SR just yet

Thank you for clarifying that.

Yes, it states on our confirmation we can enter 60 mins prior to our reservation. Wonder how they handle AFTER the reservation? I’d like to take photopass pics with my son and his lightsaber. I hope they don’t plan on escorting us directly to the exit!
 
I called today and was told that if you have reservations you will be granted access to galaxies edge...so now I wonder with all the chaos how long before a reservation should we plan to head over? We have multiple reservations for the 1st 4 days, so missing them due to logistics would be ugly. My hope is they have that somewhat organized and it goes somewhat smooth, but you never know. As far as Lyft and Uber goes....be prepared for surge pricing, but it may be the best option.

Uber and Lyft are so reasonably priced in Orlando. I can’t imagine surge pricing will be that exorbitant. Regardless of the price, it might be the only option to avoid the high cancelation fees if you miss a reservation.
 
Thank you for clarifying that.

Yes, it states on our confirmation we can enter 60 mins prior to our reservation. Wonder how they handle AFTER the reservation? I’d like to take photopass pics with my son and his lightsaber. I hope they don’t plan on escorting us directly to the exit!
I don't think they will do that
 
Uber and Lyft are so reasonably priced in Orlando. I can’t imagine surge pricing will be that exorbitant. Regardless of the price, it might be the only option to avoid the high cancelation fees if you miss a reservation.

I wouldn't be too sure about that. People leaving the football game Saturday night were getting hit with $200 surge pricing from both companies.
 
We have been hit with surge pricing quite a few times at Disney...the worst was $28.00 from boardwalk to Disney Springs. We would rather do an Uber for time sake. Also may just Uber from Coronado to Beach Club and walk over, with the plan of grabbing some breakfast 1st. I did see that Disney is opening a lot of food places at certain hotels at 2:30 am, but Coronado is not one of them.
 
We have been hit with surge pricing quite a few times at Disney...the worst was $28.00 from boardwalk to Disney Springs. We would rather do an Uber for time sake. Also may just Uber from Coronado to Beach Club and walk over, with the plan of grabbing some breakfast 1st. I did see that Disney is opening a lot of food places at certain hotels at 2:30 am, but Coronado is not one of them.

Cafe Rix is opening at 3:30am 8/29-9/4
 
Finally have my plans finalized, at least as much as Disney is allowing me to finalize them. (Just booked flights last week.) DH and I arrive on property Wed 8/28 around noon. Staying at Boardwalk so I will stroll over to DHS throughout the evening for line updates. We have a couple alternatives as to when I will get in line depending on what we see. We head home late Friday night so it will be an all-DHS trip. I am totally geeking out.


If anyone else is interested. I created a ******* channel for all to use. It would be an easier way to stay in communication during opening day. It would allow us to stay more up to date with someone who happens to get there around 12am-3am. They can give those people wanting to come in earlier or later information about parking, lines and etc. We can give the others who are arriving much later information on merchandise and other things. Plus, we could entertain one another while waiting in those long lines to get into the park. Link is below.

Stars Wars Galaxy's Edge - Opening Day ******* Channel
I have never even heard of *******. I guess I'm old. I was hoping to just create a single thread here that I would update as time allowed.
Would that be ok?


Are any of you Disney bounding? I have a black and white top with little storm troopers on it, a black skirt, and the black/white storm trooper knee high socks. Plus my silver Mickey ears! And the grey storm trooper magic band.
DH and I will be sporting tees from our families' Droid Salvage and Spare Parts business. I have a whole back story in my head for us.
 
I have never even heard of *******. I guess I'm old. I was hoping to just create a single thread here that I would update as time allowed.
Would that be ok?

You can totally have a thread. The more information we can get out the better. ******* is like a free chat app people use like WhatsApp but without requiring a phone number to register, so far the chat is 15 members strong! :)
 
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