Walt Disney World News and Rumors 3/30/15 - 4/5/15

News


Disney's Hollywood Studios

• The full lineup of celebrities has been announced for Star Wars Weekends.  They include:
  Weekend I (May 15 – 17)
  
  
  • Ian McDiarmid: Senator/Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; Star Wars: Attack of the Clones; Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi)
  • Amy Allen: Aayla Secura (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith)
  • Tiya Sircar: Sabine Wren (Star Wars Rebels)

  Weekend II (May 22 – 24)

  • Warwick Davis: Wald, Wicket W. Warrick (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; Star Wars: Return of the Jedi)
  • Silas Carson: Ki-Adi-Mundi, Nute Gunray (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; Star Wars: Attack of the Clones; Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith)
  • Vanessa Marshall: Hera Syndulla (Star Wars Rebels)
  
  

  Weekend III (May 29 – 31)

  • Warwick Davis: Wald, Wicket W. Warrick (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; Star Wars: Return of the Jedi)
  • Daniel Logan: Boba Fett (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones)
  • Steve Blum: Zeb Orrelios (Star Wars Rebels)
  
  

  Weekend IV (June 5 – 7)

  • Ray Park: Darth Maul (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace)
  • Jeremy Bulloch: Boba Fett (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; Star Wars: Return of the Jedi)
  • Ashley Eckstein: Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars: The Clone Wars; Star Wars Rebels)
    
  
  Weekend V (June 12 – 14)
  
  
  • Frank Oz: Yoda (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; Star Wars: Attack of the Clones; Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi; Star Wars Rebels)
  • Ray Park: Darth Maul (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace)
  • Peter Mayhew: Chewbacca (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith; Star Wars: A New Hope; Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; Star Wars: Return of the Jedi)
  • Taylor Gray: Ezra Bridger (Star Wars Rebels)

Downtown Disney 

• The BOATHOUSE is expected to open on April 13. Guests will also be able to a water tour on an amphicar, if they choose, which will cost $100 for a 20 minute cruise. There is seating for 3 guests, plus the boat captain - guests will not be able to drive themselves.

General Walt Disney World News

• The Richard Petty Driving Experience's closing date has changed. It is now expected to close now on August 9.

Rumors

• The Disability Access Service (DAS) could be seeing a few changes beginning at the end of April.  The new way the system could work would have the FastPass+ system itself directly assign a return time to Guests with disabilities based on the current wait time of the attraction (For example, if the ride's wait time is 60 minutes, the system will assign Guests a return time that is 5minutes in the future). There are two possibilities for how this is to happen.  One is that a guest will need to utilize the touchpoints to make the reservation. The other option will be that guests may be able to make the reservation in the My Disney Experience app.  

  

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