Not sure if this is in the right place, my apologies if not. Anyways...
During the weekends of May 21-23, May 28-30, June 4-8 & June 11-13, Star Wars was at Walt Disney World in Florida.
I had a holiday booked for the final weekend but have a friend who lives there who is Star Wars crazy like me, so she did all the meet & greets for me for the three previous weekends.
I have a pair of Adidas Star Wars Stormtrooper Superstars, which I'd send in advance, in early May, so they could be taken to all the signings.
For the first couple of weekends, there was no one I really wanted a meet with (although, having just checked, Temuera Morrison was there the first weekend - which I didn't know about until now).
So the third weekend:
First up was Ray Park:
Then Jeremy Bulloch:
Next up Stormtroopers TX-352 & TK-422 (from The 501st).
The final signing for the third weekend was Billy Dee Williams:
A picture of Billy Dee signing the shoes (taken by an official starwars.com photographer. It actually ended up on the website - see below):
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The Fourth weekend, I was there and met:
Peter Mayhew:
And then Ray Park:
This is me, asking him if he remembered signing my shoes the previous week:
He replied that he did. Then, just as he started signing the print under his hand he said "So Gareth, is your name spelt with one "R" or two?
Not only did he remember signing my Adidas, he actually remembered my name. I was amazed.
He insisted we should take this picture:
This is the print he signed:
Myself and my friend Amy with Ray Park:
Also, the Dancing With The Star Wars Stars videos that you might have seen on Youtube, well I was there for that. It was brilliant. Nothing much tops Jawas dancing to Walk This Way while dressed as Run DMC or watching Boba Fett dance to Lady Gaga. I also shook hand with an Ewok and two members of the Cantina band.
All in all, it was a fantastic experience and Ray Park is one of the nicest people you could meet.
The Adidas are still in Orlando, waiting patiently for Celebration V. Hopefully, more signatures can be added. Carrie Fisher & Mark Hamill are both there.