And still no Qui-Gon Jinn saber....... my adult son has wanted one ever since the movie cam out. Sucks Disney couldn't figure out a way to keep the workshop running, but at least people can still see the space if they want. It is pretty cool.
Experience is the same as far as I know. I think you should be fine with both kids too. Likely will just be allowed 1 adult with the two of them in the area.
Thank you! Fingers crossed.
The cm that work the experience are equity actors and their union and Disney has not come to an agreement
Ah, gotcha. My kids (12/14) have worked odd jobs all summer to save $ towards their sabers. I'm hoping that if Savi's is still in it's current retail state that the kids don't just "settle" on a legacy saber. I think building their own would be more meaningful when coupled with the experience and the fact that they worked hard for the $.
Well, no I'm sure anyone of us can follow a script. That said, there's more to it than that. Nonverbals, facial expressions, tone, inflection, improvisation when needed, etc. Those are skills and while I realize that Sir Anthony Hopkins isn't needed to provide the best experience, to charge $200 a head we need a little more than what you get out of a Safari driver. I don't remember a thing about any particular Jungle Cruise or Safari driver over the years, but I remember the gentleman leading the Jedi Training Academy from the last time my kids all enrolled in 2012 like it was yesterday. He was awesome and very funny with the kids. There may be something contractually that we aren't aware of as well that requires a union actor.
I mean, when Savi's was formally announced my kids and I were in "shut up and take my money" mode. Now we have our trip booked and ready to roll, had Savi's reservations...then the rona came...Oh, I totally agree and I love that Disney goes that extra mile having those cm perform but under the current circumstances if I had the choice of no Lightsaber or a Lightsaber with a slightly less “professional” cm, I’d take the latter.
Is there any sort of outlook when it might be resolved? Not sure if anyone would know this but are they at least talking? It has been going on for almost a month now. My family (w/ 3 young boys) has plans to go end of July but our last showstopper to overcome is Savi's being open. If not we'll have to cancel and wait a full year all because the Union and Disney couldn't work out covid testing of CM in over a month's time, ridiculous.
No clue, and it's a lot more complex than that
yes the marketplace is open, they do limit entrance to it by the refreshers, so depending on the time you go you might have to wait
