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

[shosh1530]

Playing from home again this morning and at first I got Join Boarding Group after hitting My Status. Was showing my husband the process for the first time, so I backed out to gove over it again and then I got that same message about not admitting new guests (saw it yesterday too). It looked a bit different then it did in screen shot above. I backed out again and then finally had Join Boarding Group button light up on the first screen. On third attempt I got back up message.

We'll be arriving in the parks in 3 weeks! I hope we'll get on the ride at least one time in our four days there. We got park hoppers just so we can try every day.

 

[pokee99]

I was playing from home today, and I received a different error message for the first time. It’s a red message saying “not admitting new guests. The experience is currently closed to guests not already in a boarding group.” This was a few seconds after 8 before backup groups even started. I had already gone through the whole process once with no issue, and then this message came up. Do you guys sometimes get this message too? I don’t remember this one before.

I got this message for the first time this morning playing from home, but I was a little "late" this morning (maaaaybe close to 8:01). My "guess" is that error appears the nanosecond after all regular groups are assigned and backups are released?

 

[pokee99]

I got this too. I got in right at 8 and then backed out, went back in and the message came up. I wonder if it was at the switch between regular and backup groups?

I just posted that theory! Great minds....!!!

 

[pokee99]

Playing from home again this morning and at first I got Join Boarding Group after hitting My Status. Was showing my husband the process for the first time, so I backed out to gove over it again and then I got that same message about not admitting new guests (saw it yesterday too). It looked a bit different then it did in screen shot above. I backed out again and then finally had Join Boarding Group button light up on the first screen. On third attempt I got back up message.

We'll be arriving in the parks in 3 weeks! I hope we'll get on the ride at least one time in our four days there. We got park hoppers just so we can try every day.

We arrive in 3 weeks, too - with 4 day hoppers. I'm nervous. I think it's gonna be a gong show!

I personally think more people "play from home" more often on the weekends and overload the system!

Something to keep in mind, I think

 

[sherilaine]

We arrive in 3 weeks, too - with 4 day hoppers. I'm nervous. I think it's gonna be a gong show!

I personally think more people "play from home" more often on the weekends and overload the system!

Something to keep in mind, I think

I agree - I think it's great to try it - see how it works and then there really is no need to play around with it from home anymore than that. Unless of course you are actually trying to book a boarding group at home for people who are physically in the park. I am not going to do it anymore until we are actually in the parks trying for real.

 

[Chenalex]

What time does the ride usually open? Looks like they’re not boarding anyone yet

 

[montreid]

any moment now hopefully - they've been able to push the opening earlier in 10 groups; but since it's Sunday -- no bets.

 

[ironband74]

We arrive in 3 weeks, too - with 4 day hoppers. I'm nervous. I think it's gonna be a gong show!

I personally think more people "play from home" more often on the weekends and overload the system!

Something to keep in mind, I think

We've all but established that playing at home doesn't do anything appreciable to the system. The app doesn't send any data until tickets are selected and the second "Join Boarding Group" button is pressed. Gate 1 (are you in the park) might get a little stressed if you have a lot of people selecting tickets who aren't in the park and submitting those, but that gate can be multi-threaded and easily weed out anyone who is not scanned in so that the heavy lifting done by Gate 2 (do you already have a group?) and the scheduler don't get bogged down with bad requests.

 

[ironband74]

What time does the ride usually open? Looks like they’re not boarding anyone yet

Anyone's guess. On a day when everything is ready to go and there are no issues, 15-30 minutes after opening seems to be the norm. We are experiencing a lot of issues and are in the valley of our worst time ever (4 days straight of less than 100 groups called, before this we never had more than two consecutive days like this), so it is hard to say how things will progress. But don't let it bring you down - the Resistance is built on hope!

 

[Chenalex]

Thanks! Looks like it started at 9am with group 10 today. Also hoping for a good day!

 

[franandaj]

I hope it perks up. Tomorrow is my first day to try for it at DL. We've been planning for this day since the day the ride opened!

 

[sherilaine]

So now that people are very focused on joining the boarding groups - which requires entering the DL gates - are the lines for DCA noticeably shorter? I mean I have always seen much longer lines of people trying to get into DL at park opening compared to DCA but I am just wondering if this has actually moved the needle even further?

We will have 5 days in the parks - 1 will just be regular entry at DL our first day, 2 will be early entry at DL and 2 will be early entry at DCA - so on the DCA EMH days I know full well we will not have any possibility of riding ROTR. So all of this information is so valuable!!

 

[HydroGuy]

I just tried it from home right now at 8:01 PST and I was of course told we are not yet in the park - ha ha - which we are not since we are in Calgary!! But it worked smooth as anything! Just tried it again and now it shows backup boarding groups being offered.

I won't play around anymore from home as I do wonder if that could interfere with those actually in the parks - hope it works well for everyone there today!!

The consensus is this will not have an impact on those in the park, FYI.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

So now that people are very focused on joining the boarding groups - which requires entering the DL gates - are the lines for DCA noticeably shorter? I mean I have always seen much longer lines of people trying to get into DL at park opening compared to DCA but I am just wondering if this has actually moved the needle even further?

We will have 5 days in the parks - 1 will just be regular entry at DL our first day, 2 will be early entry at DL and 2 will be early entry at DCA - so on the DCA EMH days I know full well we will not have any possibility of riding ROTR. So all of this information is so valuable!!

First, the day I went to try to ride ROTR, the lines for DCA were non-existent. We walked right in at park open (after first entering DL and then leaving).

Second, you could try for ROTR on your DCA days if you want. Just leave DCA 10 or 15 minutes before park open. If the lines are reasonable you should get into DL quickly now that they’ve been admitting people so much earlier. if it doesn’t work just head back to DCA. (This is all provided you have park hoppers of course.)

 

[HydroGuy]

First, the day I went to try to ride ROTR, the lines for DCA were non-existent. We walked right in at park open (after first entering DL and then leaving).

Second, you could try for ROTR on your DCA days if you want. Just leave DCA 10 or 15 minutes before park open. If the lines are reasonable you should get into DL quickly now that they’ve been admitting people so much earlier. if it doesn’t work just head back to DCA. (This is all provided you have park hoppers of course.)

I suspect the PP knows this, but lately Disney has been viewing suspiciously anyone who scans into DL then DCA, or vice versa, in a short time frame. The second scan can result in you not being admitted and needing to talk to a Disney manager. Apparently Disney has been doing this to come down on people falsely sharing their tickets with others.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

I suspect the PP knows this, but lately Disney has been viewing suspiciously anyone who scans into DL then DCA, or vice versa, in a short time frame. The second scan can result in you not being admitted and needing to talk to a Disney manager. Apparently Disney has been doing this to come down on people falsely sharing their tickets with others.

This is true! And it’s why I waited a good 20 minutes after scanning into DL before scanning into DCA. However, if the PP is scanning into DCA for EMH I think more than enough time will pass if they then try to scan into DL before park open.

 

[socaldisneylover]

So now that people are very focused on joining the boarding groups - which requires entering the DL gates - are the lines for DCA noticeably shorter? I mean I have always seen much longer lines of people trying to get into DL at park opening compared to DCA but I am just wondering if this has actually moved the needle even further?

Yesterday I scanned into DL, then went over to CA Adventure. My card got flagged because they have a security lock when you enter one park, leave and then enter the other right away. The CM asked if I scanned at other park to get ROTR, and I said yes, while she overrode the block.

Walked to rope drop by Pixar Pier, they dropped at 7:55 AM, and I made my way to Toy Story Mania. Got there at 7:58, walked to the side where I unfortunately was missing 1 bar on the signal, then at 8:00, got Group 43.

I then proceeded to ride Toy Story Mania 4 times in a row, with 0 wait each time. Also picked up FP's for RSR & Soarin'. By then it was 8:40, and there looked to be about a 10 minute line, so I bailed and went over to RSR, stopping on the way to do Emotional Whirlwind & Little Mermaid. Ended up going into the single rider line since it was shorter than the FP one, and went on it twice. Met a nice lady who was behind me in SR line both times. She was with her son and grandchildren, who rather than go single rider, decided to wait in 30 minute standby line. The 2nd ride she pointed them out in line, and the grandkids looked at her like, "how come she's about to get on ride, and we're still standing in this line?" We laughed about how she'll probably be able to do a 3rd ride before they get through, and maybe she'll even be close to getting on ride at same time.

Then I did Soarin', so I was able to do 5 separate rides a total 9 times in about 90 minutes. I wanted to do Goofy's Sky School too, but it was down when I walked by. I truly think that the park was extremely empty while everyone tried over at DL for the boarding group. Which is actually unnecessary once you scan in. The fact, which I was aware of, that DL had the Magic Morning that day, meant even fewer people at CA Adventure. If you want to cover a ton of rides before lunch, when things start to get really busy, pick a Non-MM day at CA Adventure, and be there for rope drop.

 

[sherilaine]

First, the day I went to try to ride ROTR, the lines for DCA were non-existent. We walked right in at park open (after first entering DL and then leaving).

Second, you could try for ROTR on your DCA days if you want. Just leave DCA 10 or 15 minutes before park open. If the lines are reasonable you should get into DL quickly now that they’ve been admitting people so much earlier. if it doesn’t work just head back to DCA. (This is all provided you have park hoppers of course.)

We are going to try to ride ROTR on our first two park days as we will be in DL first those days. We will want to take full advantage of the days where we have EMH at DCA so we won't be sneaking out before park opening. We will still have one early entry day at DL to try after those so hopefully out of three tries, two where we are in the park for MM/EMH we will get on it.

 

[socaldisneylover]

This is true! And it’s why I waited a good 20 minutes after scanning into DL before scanning into DCA. However, if the PP is scanning into DCA for EMH I think more than enough time will pass if they then try to scan into DL before park open.

I just mentioned in my post a couple of minutes ago that when I did this yesterday, the CM at entrance knew exactly what I was doing, and she overrode the block herself. I asked her how long I would have had to wait to avoid any issue, and she said 5 minutes, which seemed a bit low, since I did in fact take about that long in between scans. In any case, I'm sure in the last 5 weeks, they've seen this become more common since more people know that you don't have to hang with the crowds at DL, once you've scanned in there.

 

[sherilaine]

Yesterday I scanned into DL, then went over to CA Adventure. My card got flagged because they have a security lock when you enter one park, leave and then enter the other right away. The CM asked if I scanned at other park to get ROTR, and I said yes, while she overrode the block.

Walked to rope drop by Pixar Pier, they dropped at 7:55 AM, and I made my way to Toy Story Mania. Got there at 7:58, walked to the side where I unfortunately was missing 1 bar on the signal, then at 8:00, got Group 43.

I then proceeded to ride Toy Story Mania 4 times in a row, with 0 wait each time. Also picked up FP's for RSR & Soarin'. By then it was 8:40, and there looked to be about a 10 minute line, so I bailed and went over to RSR, stopping on the way to do Emotional Whirlwind & Little Mermaid. Ended up going into the single rider line since it was shorter than the FP one, and went on it twice. Met a nice lady who was behind me in SR line both times. She was with her son and grandchildren, who rather than go single rider, decided to wait in 30 minute standby line. The 2nd ride she pointed them out in line, and the grandkids looked at her like, "how come she's about to get on ride, and we're still standing in this line?" We laughed about how she'll probably be able to do a 3rd ride before they get through, and maybe she'll even be close to getting on ride at same time.

Then I did Soarin', so I was able to do 5 separate rides a total 9 times in about 90 minutes. I wanted to do Goofy's Sky School too, but it was down when I walked by. I truly think that the park was extremely empty while everyone tried over at DL for the boarding group. Which is actually unnecessary once you scan in. The fact, which I was aware of, that DL had the Magic Morning that day, meant even fewer people at CA Adventure. If you want to cover a ton of rides before lunch, when things start to get really busy, pick a Non-MM day at CA Adventure, and be there for rope drop.

Wow - Sounds like you knew what you were doing!!