Ok, here goes. I can only report what transpired tonight and is not an assessment of what some people have experienced in the past or will experience in the future. This is what took place tonight only.
There were 39 tour guests with the the total number of guests being slightly over 200, as a few walk-up guests were accepted.
When I entered the party area at about 30 minutes before leaving for the viewing area, there were no tour guides in the venue and I didn't see any after that. Were the tour guests escorted to the viewing area by the tour guides before I arrived? If they were, it wasn't all of them as many remained behind.
Tour guests did not get any preferential treatment as far as the the Stormtrooper march is concerned. I was behind the the "Honorary Guide Family" who were directly behind the Stormtroopers.
The Tour guests that were in the Stormtrooper march to the viewing area did not enter the viewing area ahead of the regular guests. They lined up for the march along with everyone else.
There was no announcement regarding the start of the new projection show.
They have switched to mostly low tables.
The stage at Center Stage is gone.
If there were any bad feelings regarding the tour group entering the party area before the regular guests, they kept it to themselves. It's also important to remember that things can and do vary from night to night, so take what I've posted with a grain of salt. It's only a snap shot. Will it be different tomorrow or the day after, possibly. I won't be there for a least another week so I can't comment on the consistency from day to day, I just know that things do change.
Side Note: The Diser who has posted on this thread and attended tonight was, for some unknown reason, the recipient of a Magical Moment. I'm guessing she wasn't able to see what was going on behind where she and her family were during the march, which was directly behind the Stormtroopers.
So, friends I am the Diser that was there on June 5th. I am 5 pages behind the thread so I may be bringing up old subject matter, but figured I would go ahead and reply to
@FastPasser. since he was talking about the same night. I'll preface this by saying I was a tad worried about doing it on a tour night but my two choices were both tour nights so I just accepted it and figured we would make the best of it.
First off, I think we arrived semi-early but not really really early. We definitely were not one of the first ones checking in. We got to the area fairly early but had to do a little bit of shopping and bathroom breaking first. When we checked in, we got to meet our resident CM Fastpasser and it was a wonderful meeting. He is a great CM and we made sure to send a tweet about him to WDWToday. We did, coincidentally
, receive a Magical Moment where we (aka my boys with borrowed lightsabers) got to lead the Storm Troopers out to the viewing area. This was such an amazing, magical opportunity for my boys! We are very appreciative.
Back to the party. When we went down to the party area there were definitely people already there. I'm assuming most were the tour group but we did not get stopped entering so maybe we weren't as early as I thought and it was some regular guests as well. In any case, we very easily found a low top table (worked best for us with our two young boys) that was not reserved. I did hear people mention they couldn't get a table but I think that was a little bit later on. There were lines for both food and alcohol in the beginning but I expected that, tour or not.
The party was a little awkward for us because we wanted to meet the characters but we did not want to give up our table. So we had to take turns. BTW, the lines for the characters were longer than I had heard they usually are during the party. At least in the beginning. My DH took our youngest to meet Chewie and he had a meltdown right before it was their turn so they left the line. I believe if we had all been in the line, maybe he could've been subdued long enough for the visit. My DH met Kylo Ren by himself. I didn't really care for that meet. We did it last year and I think the character is a whiny brat in the movies, so I didn't mind missing it. I took the boys to meet BB-8 near the end of the party. The listed wait was 10 minutes. It was rough by myself bc my youngest doesn't do that great in lines and after 10 minutes, we were not at the front of the line and I had no idea how much longer it was going to be, plus we needed to be back to lead out the Storm Troopers, so we left the line. #CharacterMeetFail Oh well.
As far as the treats, my DH isn't a huge fan and it was just very hot plus we had had an early dinner at Backlot Express, so none of us were very hungry. I did make sure to try everything I wanted to and the lines definitely went down as the evening progressed. The drinks were very sweet but the bartender had a heavy pour so it was easy to get your monies worth that way if you are so inclined, especially drinks at Disney prices.
We didn't notice any lightsaber fighting - though guests had lightsabers, nor any tour guides inside the party. The Storm Troopers marched through the party several times, even stopping for guest interactions. And as far as tour guests, I didn't notice anything different about anybody there so I didn't know who was who as far as tour guest or dessert party only guest.
We enjoyed the party but I think it would have been better if my DH and I had been without our children or if our children had been older. They spent the party coloring and playing on my iPhone. They had a few desserts but that's about it.
When it was time to be led out we were met by FastPasser and I assume his supervisor who had also talked with us when we checked in. They lent my boys the lightsabers and we got to go to the top of the stairs to be the first of the group to walk out. Again, such an amazing opportunity and we are incredibly thankful!
The tour guests were up there looking for their guide but there were no guides there and the party CMs directed them to join the regular dessert party guests at the bottom of the stairs. They did not, as far as I saw, get led out earlier nor get preferential treatment in the viewing area. The supervisor then announced us as the Magical Family and off we went, leading the Storm Troopers and all the guests out to the viewing area. Once there, we got a spot very close to the rope, though not right up against it as there were some guests already there who had obviously walked out early. It was a great view though with plenty of room. They handed out the steins and waters to anyone that wanted them in the area. The show was wonderful, though I still prefer the original. My DH was very impressed. My boys fell asleep in the stroller...lol.
As far as the other earlier projection show, I do not know if they showed it that night or not. I did not pick up a times guide that day and they never made an announcement about it within the party.
I think I have covered most everything but if you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
Yes, it was wonderful to meet 
