What's New Wednesday Part 1: Star Wars Dining During Star Wars Weekends at Hollywood Studios

For all my Star Wars Fans out there, Disney is doing something brand new this year - Star Wars-themed Character meals for a limited time! 

(Pick yourselves up off the floor so you can keep reading!) 

Booking begins TODAY for Star Wars Character Meals. The meals will start effective May 4th, and features dining at TWO restaurants!

Sci-Fi Dine-In Theatre for breakfast, which features your favorite TRADITIONAL Star Wars characters, like the Stormtroopers, Jawa, Greedo, Boba Fett, and Darth Vader. 

Breakfast reservations will be from 8am until noon, at $47.99 for adults and $29.99 for children. You will have one digital download credited to your Photopass card (or Magic Band). 

Then, over at Hollywood and Vine, catch dinner with your favorite Disney pal, like Ewok Chip & Dale, Jedi Mickey, Leia Minnie, Darth Vader Goofy, and even Stormtrooper Donald! 

Dinner begins at 4:15pm and lasts until park closing and is $55.99 adults and $33.99 for padawans (i.e. kids) 3-9. For under $5 per person additional, you can add on the Fantasmic Dinner Package with reserved seating as well, and meals will included one digital download of a photograph with Chip and Dale (one per party)!

 I would not recommend walk-ins for these meals. In fact, if you are not our client but want reservations, I would make them ASAP and use The Force to call (407) 939-5277 to secure your reservation. Note: as of this time, characters are NOT limited to Star Wars weekends, which is great news!

°○° ~ Karen

Star Wars Weekends 2013 - Part 1 of 3 - Who to see, what to know, andwhere to go this summer at Disney...

Part 1: Who to See...

You know it, you love it - Star Wars Weekends is back at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Who to see: Actors and voice actors from Star Wars amd Star Wars: The Clone Wars are back for this annual event. Each weekend, the following stars will appear as well as your hosts, James Arnold Taylor and Ashley Eckstein.  Here's a list of scheduled celebrities for this year's event:

Weekend I (May 17–19)
Ray Park (Darth Maul – Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace)
Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett – Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi)
Dee Bradley Baker (voice of Captain Rex – Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Weekend II (May 24-26) - Also Memorial Day Weekend, AND 24-hr day weekend
Ray Park (Darth Maul – Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace)
Warwick Davis (Wicket the Ewok – Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi)
Jim Cummings (voice of Hondo Ohnaka – Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Weekend III (May 31 – June 2)
Warwick Davis (Wicket the Ewok – Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi)
Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar – Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi)
Sam Witwer (voice of Darth Maul – Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Weekend IV(June 7-9)
Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian – Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi)
Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca – Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Tom Kane (voice of Yoda – Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Things to do: 

1) Take your photo with a “life-size” rancor. For you Star Wars newbies, a rancor is a giant beast, and Jabba the Hutt’s prized pet in Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. 

2) See “Obi-Wan & Beyond” (each event day), a special show which stars James Arnold Taylor. 

3) See a martial arts demonstration by the actor who portrayed Darth Maul in the special show “Visit to the Maul” (Weekends I and II) featuring Ray Park.

4)  “An Ewok’s Tale – my short story” (Weekends II and III) stars Warwick Davis. Guests get a unique look into the fascinating world of this Star Wars legend.

5) Catch Chip and Dale dressed as Ewoks, and even grab a photo with them.

6) Permanently cast yourself in stormtrooper gear. 

Yes, D-Tech Me is back, an experience where you can literally have your own likeness made into a 3-D figurine. A few simple 3-D full-face scans later, and voila! You have a permanent Stormtrooper in your mailbox a few weeks later. For hard-core fans, this one-of-a-kind souvenir is more valuable than a Picasso print!

Make sure you arrive early, as the shows do fill up quickly, and lines will form early for celebrity autographs. (And send me a picture of your D-Tech Me figurine! I might just feature it on my Facebook page!)