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My source indicates that there have been some facility walk throughs this week and the following things are moving forward regarding SWW
1. Premiere Theatre will continue to host Frozen Sing Along until June. AIE/SSTV theatre will be the home of the Disney Performing Arts competitions during March/April. Additions to AIE/SSTV for the revamped Frozen Sing A Long will be ongoing and rehearsal will begin in earnest in May. The goal is to have ZERO dark days for the show. It will close at Premiere and open at AIE/SSTV the next day.
2. SO....all of the SWW shows that were held at Premiere will be moving to Theatre of the Stars. B&B shows will still be held each day during SWW at TOS...in the Morning. They will cease around lunchtime, when the stage will changeover for the "Behind The Force" shows & any specialty shows with that weeks' Special Guests. They are working on getting a Video Wall to run the width of the stage to create the various SWW themed backdrops.
3. There is serious talk of the Autograph tents around the Lake going away. Someone proposed moving the autograph locations indoors & management likes that idea. Current info says they will be using the old Idol Audition Rooms (3 rooms behind Idol by Commisary Lane). Those rooms would get a SWW overlay, and the prevailing thought is they would use the Queue for Idol Theatre for those waiting for Autographs. Instead of going into the theatre, guests would be led through a door at the bottom of the queue then down the hall to the autograph locations. This way people waiting in line would be in the shade and in an area with circulated air.
4. My source has not completely eliminated the idea that Darth's Maul will be a tent behind RnR, however the idea that they are moving forward with is revamping the AFI area (Oaken's 2nd home). There will be 3 "areas" for Merchandise encompassing the old AFI/Backlot Tour bldgs.
A. The open air merchandise location next to the Monster's Inc M&G will be SWW themed and have a generic overall SWW vibe to it.
B. The AFI location (Oaken's) will be gutted & remade with a Tatooine Overlay and likely have a Bounty Hunter/Empire vibe to it
C. The bldg next to it (the bldg next to the Hanna Montana Barn - Tram Load In) will also be gutted and turned into a Rebel Base Overlay.
5. As of now most of the Character M&G locations are staying in the usual spots. However with the BackLot Tour closed, the Darth Vader location will move into the old entrance to the BLT. They will try and do a slight makeover to the entrance so it has more of a Star Wars look to it. The Darth Maul M&G will move over to where the old Vader spot was.
6. Yes Fireworks are back.
7. I've heard conflicting reports on if a May the 4th event will take place. As of now the walls around the BAH aren't coming down until the end of April, so installing the Stage in time for May 4th would be extremely challenging. That being said, I wouldn't rule out the idea of at least having characters around the park...or possibly an expanded trailer of the movie being released that day
As always, things are subject to change.
