Collection update from the last time, I need a bigger room. I only have Disney's Legacy Lightsabers, some bought from Disney online, some at Galaxy's Edge and some I found from people selling them. Not shown: 6 we have built at Savi's and the Star Cruiser Hilt.
SO WE GOIN'!
I wanna make this experience as perfect for them as I can - and for me also who's been an obsessive OG 1977 Star Wars fan from jump street.
I've already made my Lightsaber and Droid reservations; I've made a reservation at the Cantina...what else do I have to reserve now to make the experience perfect?
I'm sorry if this is such a n00b/broad-based question but I figure I can get all my information in one thread and then just keep it so I have it at my fingertips.
Thanks so much for your patience and understanding and help!
I went to Savi’s East today and built myself a Power and Control saber. Unfortunately, when they told everyone to raise their sabers and turn them on, mine didn’t.
They were very good about it, having three staff rush over and rebuild my saber and then did a second lighting ceremony.
Afterwards they took it back for “quality control” and in about 5 minutes a manager came out with my saber, verified it was working and that I was satisfied, then let me pick out an extra kyber crystal for the inconvenience.
Though a little bit of a letdown when the force initially wasn’t with me, everything turned out ok.
I had an amazing (albeit swelteringly hot) time with my best friend visiting GE East over 7 park days - we interacted with almost everybody and we even initiated the rarely seen skit of Rey hiding in plain sight behind Kylo by telling her he was heading out of the outpost and towards the falcon! Very cool to experience, and she even remembered talking to us from two days prior and the conversation we’d had! This Rey face character cast member was I think the best Rey we’ve seen after only Daisy Ridley herself, she was really accurate and so charming.
I’m going to Batuu east this year and I wanted to know if this holocron is worth it when you have the other 2 holocrons (Jedi and Sith)
The V3 one is chromed
I just bought my first house and my wife gave me permission to turn the basement into my space! This is what I did to the stairway. I placed a motion sensor alarm and programmed the sound to be the opening fanfare so you hear the music whenever you open the door!!!!
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but went to Disneyland yesterday and the price of Savi’s Salvage went up from $24.99 to $29.99. NONE of the cast knew about this as I was the first one to purchase since the increase as they were all shocked when it rang up for the new price. They even had to call it in to verify. Also, Bob Iger was in the park yesterday so I do t know if there was any correlation but even at $24.99 it was hard to justify picking up extra pieces, but I guess who builds a lightsaber if they are being budget minded?
While I enjoyed myself, May the 4th here in Florida felt more like a sales event, without any actual sales…as opposed to an actual celebration like in the West Coast. But I was still happy to buy in and picked up some merch on Monday, and came back on Wednesday for the restock. I even got the whole Din Djarin Mandalorian costume. The blue milk I bought at Publix though lol. Would highly recommend anybody looking to go for future May the 4th merch releases, go a day or two after for the restocks and to avoid the chaos. MTFBWY!
Today is [very likely] the last day to interact with Vi Moradi! Spotted in Batuu West near the resistance base.
MTFBWY
What is everyone doing with all the spare red Kybers collected trying to get black? I got a pretty good pile going on at this point 😭
My boyfriend and I got last minute Star Wars nite tickets for may 4th for super cheap and I left feeling pretty disappointed and underwhelmed. I think my favorite part of the whole night was hyperspace mountain, which we usually get on with single rider so since we waited in line we asked to be in the front which I haven’t done in years and it was a much better experience and the overlay was super cool.
Other than that, it didn’t really seem like there’s much of a reason to go. The merch was so ugly and not even exclusive, it was in downtown Disney the next day. We got the millennium falcon Bundt cake which was one of the worst foods I’ve ever tried at Disney, both the light saber churros were nasty. We saw the march of the first order “show” which was just storm troopers marching around, the rivers of America show was funny and we liked, we stayed for the lightsaber instructional which dragged on and on, lightsaber summoning with Luke was cool for about 30 seconds but could have been 10 minutes shorter, darth maul I was expecting to be a show but it was just a photo op. We’ve seen shadows of a memory + fireworks a million times. So I feel like we didn’t miss anything major or do the night “wrong.” Am I just depressed or brain rotted from instagram? It feels like one of those viral hyped spots that turns out to be super mid but no one will admit. We had so much fomo but I don’t think Star Wars nite is worth it at all and I’d actually be mad if I paid full price.
I love Star Wars and galaxy’s edge but I feel like the overall experience of it is much better on a regular non event park day. We spent the next day in the park and got our black caf cold brews, met Leia and Han, saw chewie, watched shadows, talked to r2d2 and Luke, watched people meeting Ahsoka, saw the new darth Vader show. Literally the most perfect day. All I’ve seen online is the opposite opinion!
Celebrated May 4th with breakfast Ronto Wraps before school, complete with coffee and BD1
I found my way to Batuu this past weekend, and as a long-time magic key holder, it has always been such a peaceful place to hang out with family and friends. I found Galaxy's Edge to be the most captivating area of any Disney park I've ever been to.
After hearing the announcement, I was a bit hesitant to support the new music and change of time period prior to visiting. Due to the tranquility that I feared was going to disappear, I was worried the entire premise of the area was going to change. This was only confirmed once I visited.
I absolutely adore John William's score in the films, however, Galaxy's Edge used to be focused on immersion, instead of feeling like a Star Wars franchise museum. The new music really takes me out of the fantasy of traveling to the planet of Batuu.
Also, I really wonder if they have any plans for fixing Darth Vader's entrance out of Kylo Ren's ship? Quite frankly, this just looks wrong to me.
I realize there's a major nostalgia factor to being able to meet the original trilogy characters in the parks, but I still find it to be a bit off. Anyone have any thoughts?