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

[DLgal]

To do a speed test, just go to your internet browser (I use chrome) and search "speed test." Then just use the first result.

 

[ironband74]

Well, It's 2pm...time to punch ROTR in the face...and it goes down.

We managed 57 groups by 1:45 and there we presently sit. We'll see if this is a shorter break or a longer one.

Still, a good 4.5 hours of ops to start the day, for the fourth day in a row. If it happens again tomorrow, I might dare to call it progress.

 

[manicmonkey]

We did not, grandma and grandpa took her while we were on!

Doh! We are not lucky enough to have a grandparent along when we go.

 

[ironband74]

Still down...looks like a full cycle situation.

 

[ironband74]

Hey, look, it's back up .

I'm just having fun with the conjecture because it's all I've got, with no trips scheduled in the near future. My engineer side enjoys thinking through the scenarios. The coolest job I can imagine right now would be as a QA /failure analysis engineer on this beast.

I have reasons for my optimism, though. The system will improve and eventually meet a minimum standard of reliability.
It'll take time to get there, but it will.

At least ticket prices didn't go up with the debut. If they had, I'd probably cry foul.

In a year... maybe two... we'll be trying to remember what the problem was.

 

[JWelch62]

Hey, look, it's back up .

I'm just having fun with the conjecture because it's all I've got, with no trips scheduled in the near future. My engineer side enjoys thinking through the scenarios. The coolest job I can imagine right now would be as a QA /failure analysis engineer on this beast.

I have reasons for my optimism, though. The system will improve and eventually meet a minimum standard of reliability.
It'll take time to get there, but it will.

At least ticket prices didn't go up with the debut. If they had, I'd probably cry foul.

In a year... maybe two... we'll be trying to remember what the problem was.

I was shocked that I was able to renew my AP without a price hike this year.

 

[dina444444]

I was shocked that I was able to renew my AP without a price hike this year.

They’ve done that before. There were two years my pass was the same price before skyrocketing up this past year. Let’s hope we can make it to July without another price hike.

 

[mmkaiser]

Fearing long lines at the entrance gate, I got 7:30 AM reservations for our family at the Plaza Inn for Minnie & Friends breakfast so that we would be in the park for sure by 8AM to get our ROTR BG. I thought maybe that would allow us to bypass some crowds if things were backed up. So, several questions... anyone know what our chances of getting cell reception to get our ROTR BG from the Plaza Inn? Not sure if we can run off from breakfast to the flagpole with our phones. Also, if the crowds are really bad then since they do seem to be opening the gates around 7:30 will we be able to jump any lines if we have reservations in the park? I remember many years ago there was a separate gate opened for us when we had reservations before the park opened. (This is for Saturday, 2/15 - park opens at 8AM and it is a MM/EMH day).

 

[Winnowill]

One time, prior to MP, I left our Plaza Inn breakfast to run over to Splash Mountain to get a FP. No problem - just left everyone else at breakfast.

 

[deejdigsdis]

I'm curious...has anyone following this thread and utilizing the tips shared NOT gotten a Boarding Group? It seems like most people returning to post are sharing which BG they ended up with. I get that's more exciting to post than sharing a BG wasn't secured. Just curious.

 

[DLgal]

Fearing long lines at the entrance gate, I got 7:30 AM reservations for our family at the Plaza Inn for Minnie & Friends breakfast so that we would be in the park for sure by 8AM to get our ROTR BG. I thought maybe that would allow us to bypass some crowds if things were backed up. So, several questions... anyone know what our chances of getting cell reception to get our ROTR BG from the Plaza Inn? Not sure if we can run off from breakfast to the flagpole with our phones. Also, if the crowds are really bad then since they do seem to be opening the gates around 7:30 will we be able to jump any lines if we have reservations in the park? I remember many years ago there was a separate gate opened for us when we had reservations before the park opened. (This is for Saturday, 2/15 - park opens at 8AM and it is a MM/EMH day).

With AT&T, Plaza Inn is one of the spots in the parks with the fastest network speeds. You should be fine there.

 

[DLgal]

I'm curious...has anyone following this thread and utilizing the tips shared NOT gotten a Boarding Group? It seems like most people returning to post are sharing which BG they ended up with. I get that's more exciting to post than sharing a BG wasn't secured. Just curious.

Yep. I didn't get one the first time I tried. All my buttons remained greyed out. Many people on this thread have reported having multiple people in their party trying at the same time and only one person actually scoring them, while experiencing various glitches and errors on other phones.

 

[Fuzeon]

A lot of that depends on what your priorities are beyond ROTR.

If it were me, I'd use the opening afternoon/evening to enjoy Galaxy's edge, maybe do the Cantina (get a reservation ASAP if you want to do this), and any other GE experiences (Droid/Lightsaber etc), hit the Millenium Falcon, and maybe some other attractions in DL.

Thursday would be MM in DL, so I'd plan on that - enjoy MM and attempt a BG.

Friday would be EMH in DCA, so I'd plan on that...depending on if you rode ROTR the day previous you might bug out early to go scan into DL so you can get a BG. Or you could just make this your DCA day and not worry about it. You could also gamble and go over to DL after EMH is over since on Fridays the backup BGs have so far lasted over half an hour, so if you got over there say 10 after 8 you could probably get a backup with a decent shot at riding.

Saturday is again MM in DL.

I can't speak to doing security at GCH, only that most folks for the DCA EMH agree that using the main gate is better than trying to use the GCH entrance to get in.

Have a great trip.

Thank you for your response! I took your advice from my previous post and have planned Wednesday after we arrive for GE and maybe some other big rides. We have a 5 pm reservation for Oga’s, just to grab a drink, then will head somewhere in the park or DTD for dinner. Park closes at 8, which is 10 our time, so kids should be ready for bed in order to wake up in time for MM next day.

I’ve read all the entire thread, but can’t remember what time is recommended to arrive at the turnstiles for DL MM?

 

[brightlined]

One thing I wanted to add about my experiences on Monday and Tuesday (S10/Android):

As mentioned before, I had tremendous luck on Monday getting Group 1.

Tuesday was different.

On Tuesday, I set up the same situation in relatively the same spot. At 9:00am, I went through the same process, and was shocked to get the gray button. I blanked for a second - through all of my practicing at home, I'd never had that happen. I heard people cheering before my brain reminded me to go to My Status, and I managed to get BG 51.

Afterward, I thought about, and realized that I had been a lot less meticulous in prepping on Tuesday (probably out of a little bit of hubris from Monday), and I think one major thing had an impact.

On Monday, I opened the DL app, booked an FP, then Force Stopped the app and cleared its cache, and re-opened it at 8:59am.

On Tuesday, I opened the DL app, booked an FP, then re-opened the app at 8:59am.

I think the Force Stop and cache-clearing on the app made a difference. We've had that discussion before about the Info page resisting a reload after an initial load, and I know I loaded that page before I booked the FP.

So I think the Force Stop / Clear Cache on the DL app might be a helpful part of the process if it's not already on people's list.

(On Android, go to Apps > Disneyland. Force Stop is at the bottom of the first page, Clear Cache is under Storage. Just make sure not to Clear Data.)

Btw - BG 51 ended up being absolutely perfect for the day. My good fortune came around in a completely different way than Monday. (Though I honestly thought it was almost unfair that I got two great rides in two days while people later that day had to suffer through all of that downtime.)

I needed to leave DL around 2pm. I ended up getting called just after 1pm, so I finished in perfect time - my last ride of the trip. I walked off the ride, headed out to the Esplanade, and said goodbye to two and a half absolutely lovely days at Disneyland.

 

[deejdigsdis]

Yep. I didn't get one the first time I tried. All my buttons remained greyed out. Many people on this thread have reported having multiple people in their party trying at the same time and only one person actually scoring them, while experiencing various glitches and errors on other phones.

The glitches/errors would be especially frustrating when you are familiar with the process of how to get a BG. I have to wonder about the people who are less in-the-know, and what those statistics are. Just thinking of my SIL who is going in a few months. I needed to correct a lot of info she has received regarding BG attempts. Glad I had this thread to prepare me before I went last week.

 

[unveilmyeyes]

No, like an extra hour! We woke up at 6:45 today to be there by 8, for a park open at 9.

I usually can wake up at 8 or 8:30 and be there by 9:15.

Did you read your post before sending? You have an hour fifteen both cases. And why show up at 8 when you don’t need to be there til 8:55?

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Did you read your post before sending? You have an hour fifteen both cases. And why show up at 8 when you don’t need to be there til 8:55?

Ummm... this is a weird response.

I’m not the poster you’re responding to, but we live close as well. Currently, if the park opens at 8, I’d typically leave my house at about 7:45 and be fine getting in between 8:15-8:30. That’s what we usually do... sometimes we get lucky with timing and get in pretty close to rope drop, sometimes we’re in up to half an hour later. That’s about the same time we leave for school each day, so it doesn’t involve “getting up early” or any real effort on our part.

There is a substantial difference between that and last Sunday, when we left our house at 6:30am, which involved waking up at 6. Getting out of our house at 6:30 is a FAR CRY from 7:45. And that was pretty much necessary to ensure we’d get in to have a chance at a BG... we had 20 minutes to spare, so you could argue we could have left at 6:50 (still earlier than I’d be out of bed on a normal Disney day); HOWEVER, there’s so many variables to being certain you’re in by park open that that’s not really a fair claim. 20 minutes isn’t a huge cushion given all of the potential delays.

 

[socaldisneylover]

Looks like 95 is the last group called today.

 

[dina444444]

Looks like 95 is the last group called today.

Thank you

 

[dina444444]

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