Star Wars Weekend brings fanatics to Disney
4 views - published on June 5th, 2013 in Disney News tagged Disney, disney star wars, movies, star warsThe force stays clever in executive Florida, where Disney’s annual “Star Wars Weekend” lets middle-age fanatics channel their middle Skywalkers and Leias.
The renouned event, that runs by this weekend, is hold during Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
When we went final month, we determined my galactic domicile in walking stretch from a park opening during Disney’s Yacht Club Resort.
Park sheet in hand, we headed out during 7 a.m., after all we was on a mission. we wanted to land a FASTPASS sheet to accommodate my favorite actor, Ray Park, a double lightsaber-wielding Darth Maul.
Little did we know that a FASTPASS placement had started outward of a categorical opening during 6:30 a.m. and that even some-more revolutionary fans had been camping out in a parking lot of The Studios given 4 in a morning to waylay a sheet for a event with their favorite character.
I staid on a a FASTPASS to accommodate with Ashley Eckstein, a voice behind Ahsoka Tano from “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”
About half of Disney’s Hollywood Studios is set adult as a thesis park. The other half is off-limits solely for a not to be missed behind-the-scenes-tour called a Studio Backlot Tour.
There are of march a iconic rides such as Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, a Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Staring Aerosmith, Star Tours: The Adventures Continue and a park’s hottest ticket, Toy Story Mania!
And while good shows such as Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!; Lights, Motor, Action! Extreme Stunt; a Beauty and a Beast — Live on Stage!, and a night uncover Fantasmic! are contingency see for first-time visitors, many guests, like me, were here for a special Star Wars events.
Premiere Theater is home to shows divulgence a fascinating universe of voice acting, special effects and a life and movie-making adventures of Star Wars celebrities.
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Young Jedis in training take on an majestic walker.
Different shows are shown over a march of a 4 weekends and a weekly special Star Wars Weekend park map is accessible on entering a park, inventory all shows, special events as good as a impression meet-and-greet locations.
And so we set out to revisit with Darth Maul, Darth Vader, a friendly Chewbacca, Princess Amidala, Boba Fett, a operation of Jedis and Clone Wars characters, and even Jedi Mickey.
There is also some critical selling inside a aptly named Darth’s Mall, where we can batch adult on themed merchandise, specialty drinks and Darth Vader cupcakes.
And while we did not get my correspondence on a three-dimensional figurine, we could not conflict a Lightsaber umbrella.
Free of assign is a revisit to Roxy, a 17-foot-long illustration of a rancor. The fan-made pet of Jabba a Hut has done a rounds around a universe though it is creation a initial revisit to Star War Weekends.
It is such a fanciful print event that even George Lucas has acted with it.
At a impression meet-and-greet we assimilated a prolonged line of fans wanting to shake hands with Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, R2D2 and C-3PO.