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

[ironband74]

The extended downtime overnight is when they can patch bugs and re-test. Do you want the ride to improve reliability or stagnate at this throughput before the project managers move on to other pastures?

From an operations standpoint, it makes a lot of sense. As someone who will be going sometime in the next year, I like it a lot. But for people who are going home without having ridden it and will not be returning for quite some time, that's little consolation. Hopefully they still had a great day at the parks and can simply look at this as something to look forward to next time, whenever that might be.

 

[panda123]

Well, day 2 in the books. Tales of triumph and tales of woe - adventure, intrigue, joy, and sorrow. I have never been so invested in the highs and lows of strangers at a theme park. My wife definitely thinks I'm crazy...

So, logistical question. The boarding pass grab approaches. What's working? What's not working?

1. Open the app at park open, go to (Find Out More), if Join Boarding Group is red, tap it, if not, go back and then (Find Out More) until it is.
2. Open the app before park open, go to (Find Out More), at park open click (My Status). If Join a Boarding Group is not greyed out click it, if it is, go back and click (My Status) again.
3. Open the app before park open, go to (Find Out More, at park open click (My Status). If Join a Boarding Group is not greyed out, click it, if it is, drag down and release to refresh until it is not greyed out.
4. ???

This morning, playing along from home, option 1 didn't work very well and I didn't see a lit button until well into the backup BGs.

Tomorrow I'm thinking I'll try option 3 which I saw on twitter somewhere today.

It is looking more and more like a President's Weekend trip may be in the cards.

I think the other option I've heard is

Open the app before park open, open a clock app with seconds displayed and exactly at park open, switch back to the Disneyland app and click (Find Out More) and hopefully find a red Join a Boarding Group button. If Join a Boarding Group is red, click it, if it is gray, go back to the Home page of the app and click (Find Out More) again.

 

[ckb_nc]

The more I think about it the more I think Disney is using the best solution there is.

In WDW they really need to restructure fast pass tiers for holly wood studios before they add add ROR to the mix there. Having the boarding group I think there actually makes it possible to ride ROR and have a fastpass for another tier 1 ride..

mans disneyland if your added it to maxpass without a standby it would just the same exact thing except fastpasses for it would be gone in seconds.. the only thing is that they could use the standby line is stead of back up BG... but then you have the standby line craziness.

I’ve watched some YouTube videos of when avatar land opened at WDW and holy cow... yeah I think Disney knew exactly what they were doing opening 2 Star Wars lands and then opening it in phases..

I think we will see this boarding group situation for awhile.

one thing is bugging me. I dunno just rubs me the wrong way I guess. Seeing a lot of you tubers and instgramers who got to ride multiple times at the media event, then came opening day, and are there again today. I know we can’t control people but at least this system limits everyone to 1 ride per day.... it would be nice if people accepted 1 ride per trip...

Pandora was a lesson learned and we experienced it in October 2018. The queuing system is a good answer to the let’s wait for 6 hours for one ride - it actually frees up guests but you have to be there first thing. I felt bad that some of the middle school band groups had no chance.

 

[GoldeneyezCA]

Pandora was a lesson learned and we experienced it in October 2018. The queuing system is a good answer to the let’s wait for 6 hours for one ride - it actually frees up guests but you have to be there first thing. I felt bad that some of the middle school band groups had no chance.

I agree. We rode FOP in Aug 2017, 3 months after opening. We woke up at 4 am PST for 4 mornings in a row trying to get FP+’s, and finally scored one evening slot for the last day of our trip. But since part of our family was only there for the first few days of the trip, we ended up at AK at 6:15 am for an 8 am opening with a group that included a 4 yo and my FIL with hip problems. We were nearly trampled as everyone speed-walked to the ride, where we waited another hour in line. The ride was incredible, the experience of getting to the ride was not, and we technically still ended up waiting in line for almost 3 hrs.

I agree that this process isn’t fully fair or fun, but it’s still better than that chaos. I mean, we did Indy, Space Mtn, and a yummy breakfast at Carnation Cafe while waiting for our BG to be called today, which was sooooo much more pleasant than 3 hrs in line.

That said, we didn’t take the kids this morning and have decided to go back tomorrow, and I’m worried about dragging them out of bed so early and maybe not getting a BG. We’ll see....

 

[Mathmagicland]

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

For those of us on the west coast who have never been to UO and don’t follow it in the news, what is the Hagrid’s line wait experience that has been mentioned a few times in the debate on BG vs FP & lines here?

 

[midnight star]

For those of us on the west coast who have never been to UO and don’t follow it in the news, what is the Hagrid’s line wait experience that has been mentioned a few times in the debate on BG vs FP & lines here?

it opened sometime last year and had a 10 hour stand by wait

 

[Mathmagicland]

it opened sometime last year and had a 10 hour stand by wait

Thanks! Oh my—and I thought GotG was bad at 6 hours on opening weekend here.

 

[GoldeneyezCA]

duplicate post, sorry

 

[Mainyo]

We're going on Feb 7-9. We'll be headed down from the bay area on the 7th, which is a Friday, so we'll probably get to the park around 7p or so. I'm super excited about RotR, but unfortunately my SO doesn't share my same enthusiasm.

Throw into the mix that we'll be bringing our 3 year old, I'm really hoping that we can get a BG on Saturday because I would be a little scared to ask them to wake up early again on Sunday, especially since Saturday will most likely be a long day for us.

Luckily we'll be staying within a 15 min walk from DLR, so we won't have to worry about parking. I'm thinking if we leave the hotel by 7ish, we should be okay. I practiced using the app this morning and had no problem getting the red button, but I'll make sure we both have our phones ready just in case.

Anyways, I just wanted to thank everyone for sharing their experiences with us here. Without it, I'd be totally unprepared and without a chance of getting a BG.

Looking forward to continuing to read about everyone's experiences and I look forward to hopefully sharing a positive one with you all in a few weeks!

 

[theluckyrabbit]

Oh, my... today's posts have been an emotional roller coaster! For those who got to ride: congratulations! For those who didn't: I'm so sorry! (And hope that you get a chance to try again soon!)
For everyone who posted updates, data, tips, and other information: Thank you! So helpful! Keep up the great work, DISers!

 

[Vysecity]

No updates so far today. I'm probably getting to parking Structure around 7:15. Hope I have enough time to get in before 8

 

[handyl03]

Left GCH at 6:34, through security at 6:35. Only 2 people at security. To DL gates at 6:39. Lines to monorail tracks.

 

[Mar Mar Binks]

Ok we are giving it a try today! Staying at GCF and will head over around 7:15. Think good thoughts! Gonna have only 2 phones for the 5 of us.

 

[Mar Mar Binks]

No updates so far today. I'm probably getting to parking Structure around 7:15. Hope I have enough time to get in before 8

Good luck! I will post an update on the lines around 7:40.

 

[vharris2828]

We will be there this week and I can’t even decide if I want to attempt tomorrow morning with crowds likely being higher. Or if I should just go for Tuesday through Friday. Curious what lines to get in do this morning.

 

[handyl03]

7:09 and they haven’t opened the gates yet. Lines heading back to DCA.

 

[Lesley Wake]

For those of us on the west coast who have never been to UO and don’t follow it in the news, what is the Hagrid’s line wait experience that has been mentioned a few times in the debate on BG vs FP & lines here?

it opened sometime last year and had a 10 hour stand by wait

It also breaks down frequently (seems to have stabilized more in the past month or so), so guests either had to continue waiting in the queue with only the hope it would come back online, or leave the queue after waiting hours. So it was a constant gamble if you’d get to ride or not.

The breakdowns got so bad they started shutting the ride down for portions of the day-either opening it late (at an unannounced time, so people would just try hovering around the entrance hoping it would open), or closing early (so people didn’t know what time they had to get there in order to get in line in time). Basically a guest relations nightmare!

 

[Mathmagicland]

We will be there this week and I can’t even decide if I want to attempt tomorrow morning with crowds likely being higher. Or if I should just go for Tuesday through Friday. Curious what lines to get in do this morning.

No harm in trying today, but I’m very curious to see how different it might be Tuesday thru Thursday as the park opens at 9am those days. I wonder if the later open time might mean fewer APs who might be able to come in to try before work with an 8am opening but not 9am?

 

[Avery's mom]

Left Tropicana at 7:06, through security at 7:13. Lines at gate are long - almost to DCA. Not being let in yet...

 

[Avery's mom]

Left Tropicana at 7:06, through security at 7:13. Lines at gate are long - almost to DCA. Not being let in yet...

At 7:15. Gates opened!