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.