Star Wars Orlando attractions.

Nice. Sounds like a lot of fun.

One addition.

The coolest things to purchase at Galaxy’s Edge.

My kids have been saving their money all year in anticipation.

Jedi and Sith holocrons $50
Kyber crystals that change the voices of the holocron messages. They got Yoda, obiwan and Vader. $12.99/ea.

Build a droid $100

dejarik chess game $50

Sabacc cards and dice $19

Go early to Black Spire outpost and try to score a Batuu Spira credit. It’s a $100 gift card but it a nice hefty metal coin. It’s a really nice souvenir. They sell out fast so go straight there.

Lots of other cool things but not really worth the steep Disney markup.

Here’s the lowdown for Rise.

Show around 6am at the turnstiles. We set our alarm for 4:45 am. Wife wasn’t too happy about day one of our vacation. 🤣 Hey! She wanted boys.

We hit the turnstiles around 6:30 after a magic band glitch.

Main Street opens at 6:30. Head up into the park as far as you can go. Make sure you have good cell service. Don’t use WiFi as everyone can bog it down. Be clear of structures.

Practice with the app so you know what buttons to press. Make sure you’re logged into the app.

They make a loud announcement at 7am.

When you hear the announcement click the button for join boarding group.

You have zero time for delay. People around us were shouting out they had boarding groups and our “join boarding group” button was grayed out for at least 20-30 seconds. If finally lit up and I scored group 59 around 7:01-7:02. It wasn’t a minute or two later that I heard a guy yell out he didn’t get one. Have your wife, friend etc try at the same time you do. There’s no room for error. The ride breaks down a lot. Our group should have gone in around noon and we ended up in around 2:30. That messed up our afternoon FP’s to Rockin, Ogas, and droid build. I went to cast members and they all assured me they would work with us if we missed our slot. We missed Ogas by about 30 mins and they squeezed us in. Our biggest issue was because of the delay we had to run several times from opposite ends fo the park to try to stay within our FP windows. My little guy was exhausted from walking. My iPhone said we walked 25,000 steps that day. 😳

It was stressful but the ride was FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!

GE is fun. It could have been so much better if it was a familiar place like Tattoine but it’s still fun. FO troops are always out somewhere, along with chewie and a very good looking Rey. The troopers are very interactive, stopping people in the streets and messing with them. When I was talking with the staff at Ogas about missing our slot they approached me and asked the girl if there was trouble, ie me. I told him I was 501st TK42119 and they had some fun with that. Wished I brought my trading card with me.

Enjoy. You’ll love it.

Smugglers runs 60-80 minutes or longer all day. We finally hit it when it briefly dipped to 45 mins.

If you find yourself at the back of the pack for smugs, go the opposite direction. There’s a huge morning rush. Like I said earlier, we saw the massive crowd and opted for TT and had no line. Make use of that crowd to hit a ride or two with no wait.