Rise of the Resistance BOARDING GROUPS Superthread Part 1 *No Ride Spoilers Please* *PLEASE READ POSTS 1-4*

[Mathmagicland]

I posted earlier about my concerns re: the slowness of my iPhone 6s when opening and using the most recent DL app. Posting an update in case it helps anyone else! I loaded the app on my DH and DD phones (theirs are the same model) signed in under my account and noticed their apps opened in a few seconds. Finally realized mine was super slow due to being in low power mode! I’m so glad I discovered this before our trip, since I am always in low power mode in the parks.

another tip, make sure fhe Disneyland app itself is set up for Cellular on. I’ve been checking lots of settings today in prep for next weekend and found that the app itself had cellular turned off. Likely I had done that at some point to save battery life...no wonder I’ve had spotty service in the parks, as it would only work in a,WiFi area. Now I’ve got cellular on and my portable chargers all charged up!

 

[Geemo]

The Chart:

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I look forward to see this info for the upcoming days
Thanks

 

[DLgal]

Meh. I’m not sure it’s going to work well long-term. I don’t find it “unfair” or “unsuitable,” and I got on just fine yesterday, so I’m certainly not a fit for “it doesn’t suit my style or a didn’t get a boarding group.” I’m honestly thinking, “if I’m Disney, and I’ve got a huge hit on my hands, but people aren’t coming to my parks and a lot of people are unhappy anyway,” I’m looking to change that system. People love the ride. But park attendance doesn’t look great for MLK weekend. And that’s gotta be a problem for them.

It’s too early to say if that’s the case long-term, but if it DOES stay that way, I could see them changing it up.

ETA: I’m not complaining about the current system at all. I have zero emotional investment in what they do. I’m just considering whether it’s working well for Disney’s bottom line, which is what they care about, because they’re a business. And again, it’s way too early to tell right now! But what works at WDW, where this ride is in one of the less-popular parks, may be different than what works best here. That’s all I’m saying.

This is how I feel. Heck, I went to the park yesterday and didn't even attempt to be there before opening. I got there at 8:40 and had a great day with my son, not doing anything Star wars related at all.

I don't feel that anything is unfair or doesn't suit my touring style. TBH, I don't really HAVE a "touring style." We go at all different times and days, spend anywhere from 2 hours to 10 hours in the parks. There's no set way we do things.

HOWEVER, I have one child who is very into Star Wars. He is also autistic and trying to explain this BG system to him is just not computing in his brain. He doesn't understand why the ride is open, but I can't tell him that we will be able to ride or not. I think about all the excited kids out there whose parents will have to explain this lottery system and take a kid to the park super early, and then maybe not even get a BG that day, or the next time they try, or the next.

There has to be a better way, is all I'm saying, and I don't expect that people will be happy to just "keep trying" day after day with no reasonable guarantee that they will ever get a chance to ride. At some point, the aggravation. and uncertainty is going to turn into anger.

I also find it a bit disingenuous how heavily this ride is being advertised locally on television and radio, without a caveat about how difficult it is to actually get to ride it.

 

[DLgal]

This ride really isn't here to improve attendance. Right now, it'll be lucky to get 10,000 through it per day, and Disneyland's average daily attendance is 50,000. Most people who go to DL this weekend won't be able to ride it.

Honestly, ROTR is there to be the diamond in the Imagineering portfolio, proving that Disney does theme park rides better than anyone else. So far, so good.

Disney didn't spend a billion dollars and add a 14 acre land to NOT boost attendance. The land itself was designed to increase capacity by 25%.

 

[lorenae]

This is how I feel. Heck, I went to the park yesterday and didn't even attempt to be there before opening. I got there at 8:40 and had a great day with my son, not doing anything Star wars related at all.

I don't feel that anything is unfair or doesn't suit my touring style. TBH, I don't really HAVE a "touring style." We go at all different times and days, spend anywhere from 2 hours to 10 hours in the parks. There's no set way we do things.

HOWEVER, I have one child who is very into Star Wars. He is also autistic and trying to explain this BG system to him is just not computing in his brain. He doesn't understand why the ride is open, but I can't tell him that we will be able to ride or not. I think about all the excited kids out there whose parents will have to explain this lottery system and take a kid to the park super early, and then maybe not even get a BG that day, or the next time they try, or the next.

There has to be a better way, is all I'm saying, and I don't expect that people will be happy to just "keep trying" day after day with no reasonable guarantee that they will ever get a chance to ride. At some point, the aggravation. and uncertainty is going to turn into anger.

I also find it a bit disingenuous how heavily this ride is being advertised locally on television and radio, without a caveat about how difficult it is to actually get to ride it.

Yes, BUT......if you get there “super early”, you will get a boarding group and will get to ride the ride. It’s not a lottery, it’s a matter of “first come, first served”, at least if the WDW is a good model.

The VQ is better than waiting in line for 10 hours for a ride that may go down. It’s not an 100% absolute guarantee, but it’s pretty good. If you get there at park opening, you will be able to ride in most cases.

 

[Lewdannie]

Sat on the benches at the Main St train station facing the castle .

Sitting up higher should help, good thinking

 

[DLgal]

Yes, BUT......if you get there “super early”, you will get a boarding group and will get to ride the ride. It’s not a lottery, it’s a matter of “first come, first served”, at least if the WDW is a good model.

No, that's not how it works. Not everyone who gets there prior to park opening gets a boarding group. Literally thousands of people didn't, both yesterday and today. Everyone gets on the app right when the park opens and tries, and many people miss out.

There are people in a FB AP group I'm on that were there both yesterday and today, prior to park opening, and did not get a BG either time. Being there early is no guarantee.

We are going tomorrow, and are going to try, but I already told my son we probably would NOT get to ride. I give my odds of getting a BG at approx 50%.

 

[brightlined]

Disney didn't spend a billion dollars and add a 14 acre land to NOT boost attendance. The land itself was designed to increase capacity by 25%.

Galaxy's Edge was designed for that. ROTR by itself was not.

 

[DLgal]

Galaxy's Edge was designed for that. ROTR by itself was not.

Yeah, and the attendance went DOWN year over year after GE opened without RotR. Disney themselves said that they hoped the opening of this ride would reverse the low attendance phenomenon seen after GE opened.

 

[kirlij]

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to post your experiences over the last two days. It is a great help for those of us who will be trying to snag a boarding group in the near future.

 

[SirBill]

Have a great idea, people proposing alternate ride schemes for ROTR need to have ridden Hagrids 10 times at high season.

 

[PaintsWithAllTheColors]

Quick update - as posted previously, we got boarding group 115 right around 8:01am after glitched didn’t let us in right away.

We left around 11am and monitored from home throughout the day. We figured it was roughly 10 groups an hour. We live 40 minutes away so when it hit 105 we got in the car to head back and just entered the park. It’s currently at group 111 but appears to have been there a while. We’ll see!

 

[disneylover102]

Well, BGs are up to 111 now. I have hope that it will get up to 120!

 

[DLRExpert]

didn’t see this mentioned.

Btw the park opened 15 minutes early on Friday and 10 minutes today.
Meaning typical rope drop intro played and all attractions available.

However I wouldn’t risk riding something before original park opening time.

ME

 

[Amunet]

another tip, make sure fhe Disneyland app itself is set up for Cellular on.

How do you do this?

 

[montreid]

for the back up groups -- are you given 1 or 2 hours to return back to ride? Yesterday there were varying reports of 1-3 hours instead of the standard 2 hours

 

[brightlined]

Yeah, and the attendance went DOWN year over year after GE opened without RotR. Disney themselves said that they hoped the opening of this ride would reverse the low attendance phenomenon seen after GE opened.

That's nowhere near what you started out saying, and not at all what I was arguing with you about.

For the record: you have a much better chance getting your son on the ride under the current system (by being there at open) then you would using any of the other suggestions you've made. Spreading the BGs out or having them try to organize some kind of quasi-managed line would lessen your odds of getting on it, and would force you to wait hours for those lessened chances. The current method puts all of your chances into one really good chance.

This is just like a hard-to-get concert ticket. Sometimes you score a ticket when they go on sale, sometimes you don't. Fortunately, here, there's a new concert every day for the foreseeable future. And the tickets should be easier to get as the season progresses.

 

[nutshell]

I've mentioned Japan's lottery before, and this would be another option. I personally like the existing system, but this is how they do it in Japan. https://tdrexplorer.com/how-to-use-the-lottery-system-at-tokyo-disney-resort/

TDR’s lottery is for shows not rides. Much less availability. I’ve NEVER snagged a show lottery at TDR after several attempts. I’d much rather do the current BG method.

 

[PaintsWithAllTheColors]

Just walked by RotR. The line is crazy and people look like they’ve been sitting and waiting awhile. Seems like it’s down

 

[EmJ]

How do you do this?

Assuming you have an iPhone, open "Settings", then scroll all the way down until you see all of your individual apps. Click the Disneyland app and you should be able to see if Cellular is on. You can also confirm that the notification and location settings are how you want them.