Hello, I am going to
Disneyland in October 2020 and am very excited about Galaxy Edge. My family: husband, son (7), daughter (5), are all Star Wars fans and are planning to spend a lot of money there. I've been reading a lot to know what to save up for. My husband and I are planning on building our own light sabers, and each kid will make a droid.
Some questions I have are:
- I've read that the droids we build interact in Galaxy Edge, but that is all I have read. Does anyone have a better explanation?
If you carry them around so you can see the droids, at times they will start chirping in reaction to other droids being nearby - like in the droid workshop itself, or in a few other areas. This aspect seems to be a little more limited than I was hoping for, the droids are pretty fun and work well but just be aware they may not interact a lot.
- A lot of posts I've read were back when GE first opened and reservations to get into the land were needed. I know we need reservations for the cantina, but I've read blogs that said they weren't seated even with reservations and had to stand at a bar with kids. Is this still true? I wouldn't want to pay so much money on drinks and not get to sit especially with kids.
Lots of others have responded, basically it is true that even with reservations you may not get to sit. Honestly I think what I would try for, is to go to Ogas fairly early when the line is short, and ask if you can wait for a seat - or if not just go in for a short time, a lot of times in the morning it seems like you can wait just a short time in the morning and get in without a reservation. It's worth going inside as it is very cool and the kids would enjoy DJ Rexx, if you can't get a seat just don't stay long (you do need to order at least a drink). The other benefit of going in the morning is they have some things the kids might like to eat and or drink that are not there later.
- Do many people bring their kids into the Cantina? I imagine a lot of people do because if you are traveling with kids it is your only option. My kids are fairly well behaved in public, but it does seem weird to bring my kids into a bar, even a cool Star Wars bar.
Yes there are a fair number of kids, it's defiantly more Star Wars than bar so it's totally fine.
- I've read lots of accounts of people flying home with their light sabers that they built. Some had no problems others had to check them in as extra luggage. If my husband and I are each building one, I wonder if we could tie them together so that would count as one carry on item? Does anyone have any advice about flying home with light sabers?
See my other post about what I did, basically took hilts off, folded case ends over and strapped two cases together to make one item. It was one carryon even though it can fit behind other bags in a standard overhead bin. I think international bins would still be long enough to hold them, if not you could probably keep the cases at your feet.
- What personally made me love Star Wars as a kid was the unusual animals in the movies. Tuan Tuans are amazing and tears were shed when one died from the cold. I've seen a picture of a stuffed animal Tuan Tuan at the critter store. Does anyone have an idea what this small stuffed animal costs? I'm guessing $20, but this is Disneyland so I could be way under estimating. I imagine I will want all the stuffed animal creatures and it will be hard for me not to spend my savings on all of them. Any info or tips about this particular store would be greatly appreciated.
They do have a lot of fun stuffed animals and other unique Star Wars toys there for sure, as someone else noted they have gone up a bit in price since opening so it's going to be a little expensive.
Thanks in advance for and information or tips you can give about Galaxy Edge.
Just wanted to also mention building a light saber is very worth while experience so don't drop that, also you may want to think about getting a few other color Kyber crystals at Dok Ondars to go in your sabers. It's very easy to change them out.
Also getting the max pass for the parks may be something you want to do as they have some fun magic shots your family could get inside Batuu. Make sure to go both day and night, as the place really looks amazing all lit up, but is also fun to see everything during the day when you can see all the details.
October should be a great time to go, they should have both rides running pretty smoothly by then so you should have a great trip!
