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BIG Star Wars Weekends news! (for Star Wars geeks anyway ;) )
Attention fellow Star Wars geeks! While the schedule of celebrity appearances for Star Wars Weekends (every weekend between May 16 - June 15) has not yet been announced, there are little bits of goodness starting to be leaked! Just this afternoon the official Disney Parks Blog announced that, for the first time ever, LUKE SKYWALKER himself, actor Mark Hamill, will be appearing for Weekend IV (June 6-8)!
We will be at WDW at that time (arriving on June 7th) but will not be in the parks for another couple of days and won't be at HS doing SWW "stuff" until the following weekend (Weekend V, the final weekend). Mr. Skywalker . . . erm, I mean, Mr. Hamill . . . needs to add the final weekend to his schedule! (I'm just sayin' )
Darlene, apparently one year (last year, maybe?) there was a many hours long wait to meet Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian). I imagine the wait for Mark Hamill could be MUCH worse. I also wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find that folks are starting to (or at least attempting to) camp out the previous afternoon to be first in line the following morning. I think they may allow folks to start the actual camping out/lining up stuff after the parks closes at night but I wouldn't be surprised to find people trying to do it much earlier.
However, the only thing they are saying he will be doing is appearing in the daily motorcade and participating in the talk show so there may not be an opportunity for autographs necessitating an hours long line up!
I'm a Star Wars nerd but I am not *that* crazy. I would just be happy to get a photo from afar and see him in the parade!
I know this sounds crazy, but I'm suddenly so glad we're headed to DLR for my son's high school graduation! He is a Star Wars nut, and Luke is his absolute favorite. He would absolutely wear me out over the chance to see Mark Hamill, so I'm glad I can legitimately tell him there's no way.
We've been to SWW weekends twice, and we really enjoy it. I heard the stories of the lines for Billy Dee Williams last year, and while I would love to have seen him, I'm not going to camp out for anything like that. I hope WDW has a good plan in place to deal with the crowd on weekend IV this year. Surely they do! Good luck to everyone involved. This really is big! What's next? George Lucas? Harrison Ford? Talk about c'razy!!
However, the only thing they are saying he will be doing is appearing in the daily motorcade and participating in the talk show so there may not be an opportunity for autographs necessitating an hours long line up!
I'm a Star Wars nerd but I am not *that* crazy. I would just be happy to get a photo from afar and see him in the parade!
DF, Jamie, heard that Mark Hamill would be there the weekend before we arrive. I said "Maybe we will get lucky and he will stay to enjoy the parks for a few days. Maybe we can catch a glimpse of him if he did." His response was "There is not enough security that could keep me away from meeting him!" LOL
but oh wouldn't it be nice that Mark Hamill was making this one time appearance to help Announce the addition of Star Wars Land to DS? I mean come on...he's already there....let's make this thing official!
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We were there when Billy Dee Williams was there and while we didn't wait in line to see him, it was still cool to see him in the parade. I image Mark Hamill will amp up the crowds. We had planned to be there that weekend but had to cancel. I was a bit bummed.
I will be there that weekend and have a Star Wars Dinner reservation for Friday night. I am hoping that the crowds aren't too bad in the rest of the park. I have my FP+ ressies already made and a game plan in place.
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