Star Wars Weekends

On our most recent trip to Florida we spent a day at Disney's Hollywood Studios and took in Star Wars weekends. We've been once before, so with a little experience under our belt we spent a day with some amazing Star Wars fans and celebrities.

If you have never been to Star Wars Weekends (SWW) and are a fan of the movies and TV shows it is a blast.  We were lucky to be in town for weekend number 5 and were lucky enough to see some amazing celebrities in the parades and in some shows.  

 Up close and personal with an Ewok during the parade.

 Trading with a Jawa (we traded an elastic hair band for a coin)

 Storm Troppers escorting Darth Vader through out the park

 Chocolate and peanut butter Darth Vader Cupcake (yum!)

 Yoda cupcake which was also amazing!

 Jango Fett posing for pictures.

 Jawas in the parade

 Ray Park (Darth Maul) in the Celebrity Motorcade.

 Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca)

 Tuskan Raidar

 Mace Windu and Kit Fisto

Last but not Least Frank Oz (the voice of Yoda)

We really enjoy the fun atmosphere and the celebrities. Last year we saw Mark Hamill in the parade. This year we had fast passes to see the Celebrity Talk show with James Arnold Taylor (Obi Wan Kenobi in the Clone Wars). We got to experience the fun pre-show with some comical Storm Troopers and listened to both Ray Park and Peter Mayhew talk about their Star Wars experience.  We had a great time. One of our daughters favourite moments was having Ashley Eckstein (the voice of Ashoka Tano in the Clone Wars) speak directly to her during the motorcade.

If you are a Star Wars fan, it's time to start thinking about planning a vacation during  SWW 2016.  If you need a place to stay we can help!