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

[Bigrob37]

On the bright side, you're not stuck in line.

I got boarding group 11 and stuck in line... 30 minutes so far..

 

[JWelch62]

I got boarding group 11 and stuck in line... 30 minutes so far..

Uggh.

 

[DLRExpert]

This video starting at the 2 minute mark is a great example as to why you only want the tickets that are going to be in the park for the day scanned into your Disneyland App.
As he was removing the tickets that are not in the park his return time got later and later.

ME

 

[Cupcaker]

We got to the esplanade at 7:10 and was backed up to DCA. They started letting people in around 7:20. We got in about 7:35. I stood in front of the hat shop next to great moments with Abraham Lincoln. Got BG 11 on an iPhone XR on sprint. There were full bars there. They started calling BGs around 9am. They started with 10. We went in promptly right after. Went through the entire line, and as soon as we were going to board, it broke down. They gave us passes to come back anytime today. Glad we didn’t have to wait there!

 

[montreid]

yeah 2minutes! 100% improvement
crowds that much lower on a Friday? Interesting.

 

[thedarksyde]

Boarding group 20 was just called, so I guess it is back open.

 

[lalasmama]

Any thoughts about how long they will keep BGs going?

Thinking of my Parkeology plan for May.... Trying to figure out the best schedule 3 months in advance, hahahaha!

 

[HydroGuy]

Well...shoot. There goes my theory. They couldn't go 15 minutes without falling apart.

The Jawas decided to mix things up?

 

[ironband74]

Boarding group 20 was just called, so I guess it is back open.

Yeah...now let's see if it stays up. Fingers crossed!

 

[ironband74]

Any thoughts about how long they will keep BGs going?

Thinking of my Parkeology plan for May.... Trying to figure out the best schedule 3 months in advance, hahahaha!

Plan for the worst, hope for the best.

I would hope that by May the shakedown is done and this thing has 95% uptime and BGs are no longer necessary.

But it is possible that it will take longer and BGs will remain part of life through the summer or beyond.

 

[vickiea]

yeah 2minutes! 100% improvement
crowds that much lower on a Friday? Interesting.

Ugh, the lines to get in today were crazy.

They handled them pretty efficiently, although the CM that dropped my daughters ticket while scanning it at 7:59 stressed me out. Then she asked us why everyone was cheering and yelling. I wanted to I ask her which rock she lived under.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

Then she asked us why everyone was cheering and yelling.

SERIOUSLY???? That is kind of frightening.

 

[LizzyS]

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.

Thank you so much for the clear cache tip! I knew to Force Stop, but had no clue about this, too!

 

[njchris]

Thank you so much for the clear cache tip! I knew to Force Stop, but had no clue about this, too!

Use the Force, Luke

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

My friend and her family boarded the ride, got a certain way through and then it broke down. They were escorted off and given multiple experience passes.

 

[ironband74]

ROTR today be like:

And I had such high hopes.

 

[ironband74]

And we're back up. Can we go 6 hours straight to make a run at a decent day? Show us what you got!

 

[ironband74]

NOPE.

It's going to be a rough day for the resistance.

At this point I realize that my commentary is very far afield from getting boarding groups, and so I shall cease. I may start a separate thread on failure modes.

 

[JWelch62]

NOPE.

It's going to be a rough day for the resistance.

At this point I realize that my commentary is very far afield from getting boarding groups, and so I shall cease. I may start a separate thread on failure modes.

That would be a good thread

 

[Beachwood58]

We'll be trying tomorrow morning. Friend is there this morning and got BG 19 and I've been practicing. I think I would have got one this morning also, go to the Not So Fast page since I wasn't scanned in. So excited, work is going to be really Looooong today....

How does one "practice" this? I just watched a video of someone obtaining a BG and am seeing they are typically GONE in about one minute.....should I just resign myself to touring without this on my plan?