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[liz109]

Hello all! New to posting to this forum............and new to the whole DISNEYLAND experience. I have just planned our very first family trip to DL. We're going on Valentine's weekend and will be staying in the Grand Californian. Taking advantage of the awesome military discounts Disney just announced!

Anyways, my first question to this forum is:

Has anyone seen/had their selected for the Jedi Training? If so, how cool was it? DS6 is a huge, gigantic, to the brim Star Wars fan. I haven't told him that this even exists. I probably won't until we actually get there.

I also see that participants are randomly selected from the crowd. Anyone know how they randomly select the participants? Anything you know that will improve my sons chances of being a participant?

Thanks! This is my first of MANY questions. LOL! I'm so lost and I still have 3 weeks until we go. I still need to find out how these fastpass things work that I've seen others post about.

[Princess Charming]

Our son was selected for Pirate training with Jack Sparrow. We are going to go to the Jedi Training when we are at WDW next week. We went twice - he wasn't selected the first time to fight with Jack.

Arrive early so your son gets a front row seat. Encourage him to be enthusiastic but make sure that he understands that not everyone can get picked. Our DS was also willing to "play" with the CMs during the pre-show.

[liz109]

Thanks!
My son is VERY sociable and VERY outgoing.
I plan on getting a shirt made for him and bringing signs and his own lightsaber. Hopefully it works, but if now, he's such a good sport I don't think he will be TOO disappointed.

[Princess Charming]

Good luck! I hope he gets picked!

[wishingKathy]

Our son got chosen first time we tried at Disney Hollywood - He is six and it was over the top for him!! He wore his obi wan costume and the jedi master commented on his "attire" as he was choosing him. We prepped him for the possibility of not getting picked, I'm not sure how he would have handled not being chosen. He jumped up and down a lot and we got there very early and we were in the front row. A little boy next to him told me that "IT is an opportunity of a lifetime!!" I felt bad for him when he was not chosen. I would start early in the day so you can try again - GOOD LUCK!!

[Goofy jj]

Another suggestion that worked for us at DL is that my kids made a small sign. They wrote that they were visitors from one of the cold planets (I can't remember which one it was - but they say it is just like our home - cold and rainy - LOL). They went early, sat in the front row, held up the sign, and jumped and screamed and got the Jedi Master to look at them. They were so happy to be picked.

We have gone before a few times and have not had any success. The worst time was when one was picked and the other was not.... I felt so bad for him, but he tried to be happy for his brother.

So, after that sad trip, I asked a CM at the Grand during our next trip about being selected. She suggested that we make a sign. In fact, she got us paper and crayons. They had fun making the sign together and wanted to keep it after our trip.

It is the cutest show! The Jedi Master is a pretty funny guy. He makes lots of comments about each child as they approach Darth Vader and fight. I will always regret not having my video camera the time that they were FINALLY choosen.

Hope that helps.

[HeatherD]

It's a great show. We watched it on our last visit.... Darths Vader and Maul are there (he loves snarling for the pictures). They pick lots of kids, but it is important to remember that there will be kids that don't get picked. They provide a robe and light saber, so his will have to stay with you if he does bring it. I saw kids that just looked like they'd be able to do it getting picked. If the child was really quiet or shy, they didn't get picked, because each one of them faces one of the bad guys one on one during the show.

Even if you can't participate, it's a great show for any Star Wars fan.

[Tink and co.]

Both my son and daughter were chosen. We think it's because they were right up front, very enthusiastic, and my son was wearing a bright orange shirt! We had a CM tell us to make a sign since there was another kid with us that wasn't chosen. We came to the next show with a sign, and he was chosen! Our sign said something like "It's my dream to be a Jedi."

[TLisi]

The more enthusiastic your kid is, the more likely they are to be picked...noted while observing. My son wrote a small sign too that said, "I want to be a Jedi" and he got picked. He was taller than the other kids and the Jedi robe was quite short on him...but he still had fun...I have a video shot of him fighting Darth Maul. It was fun. You're kid(s) will enjoy it.

[liz109]

Thanks everyone!
I think we'll make a project out of making a sign before we leave!

Still haven't told him yet, but we went looking on Youtube for videos of the Star Tours ride. It started with C3PO and R2D2. His eyes got big and said in a high pitched voice "Mommy, are they really reall? For real?" I responded with "They are real robots!" He got all teary eyed, jumped up and down and screamed and gave me a big hug and said "I love you mommy! This is gonna be SO MUCH fun!"
It was so cute to see him that excited. Although, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches give him about that much excitement, so................. LOL!