natebenma
Beach Club Dee
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2008
I just wanted to issue a belated, but heartfelt "THANK YOU!" to this group.
I shared some of our BG adventures while we were there on Feb 4 & 5, then we were off to Hawaii for a week so I didn't have a chance to properly debrief.
I can't emphasize enough how important it was to practice getting a boarding group before the trip. My husband thought I was crazy when I told him I needed to train, but then I made him go through the process for a few days before our trip. He ended up getting a BG our first morning (but didn't know it), and readily admits that going through the process a few times helped.
First morning, Tuesday - we were staying at the DLH, so we entered at 8 am for EMM. Went to Peter Pan, it was down
and then Space Mountain. After that we stopped for photos in front of the castle. Another couple ahead of us were chatting with their photographer about trying for a boarding group, and when it was our turn, the photographer wished us luck. We went over to the left side of the castle. There were a few benches and two other couples there. One was the couple who was in line for pictures in front of us. After chatting a bit prior to the big moment, we learned that they are from the same state as us and they were also going to Hawaii after their DL stay.
It's a Small World!
When the big moment came, something went wrong for me, my husband said "Oh, no, I screwed up!" and then I saw the message "Not so fast, you are already in a boarding group!" He had somehow managed to book BG 70. The other two couples in our area got lower BG numbers. As they walked away, my husband heard one of them say "That's so cute. He didn't know he got a group!"
Some sort of Samsung, AT&T
(Are you here on this thread kind and helpful friend?)
Of course, things didn't go great for us when it came to ride. We were in CA when we got the push notification* and had a FP for Guardians which we used first. (OMG, awesome, fun ride). Unfortunately about 30 min after getting into line for RotR, ride broke down. 3 attempted reboots and 3 hours later we finally rode. Thanks for all the encouragement from this group while we were in line!
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On Wed Feb 5, we had EMM for DCA, went in and rode Cars and then entered DL. They started letting in around 8:30-8:35 I think, and we were in by 8:50. We went up the steps to the train station, took some pictures that I posted on this thread and went on to successfully score BG 23. Rode around 10:30 that day.
iphone 11, AT&T. Groups around us seemed to be getting low BG numbers from what we heard.
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* My favorite thing is that I impressed my software developer husband by using the term "push notification" correctly. So thanks y'all!
Good luck to all in your future BG quests!
I shared some of our BG adventures while we were there on Feb 4 & 5, then we were off to Hawaii for a week so I didn't have a chance to properly debrief.
I can't emphasize enough how important it was to practice getting a boarding group before the trip. My husband thought I was crazy when I told him I needed to train, but then I made him go through the process for a few days before our trip. He ended up getting a BG our first morning (but didn't know it), and readily admits that going through the process a few times helped.
First morning, Tuesday - we were staying at the DLH, so we entered at 8 am for EMM. Went to Peter Pan, it was down
and then Space Mountain. After that we stopped for photos in front of the castle. Another couple ahead of us were chatting with their photographer about trying for a boarding group, and when it was our turn, the photographer wished us luck. We went over to the left side of the castle. There were a few benches and two other couples there. One was the couple who was in line for pictures in front of us. After chatting a bit prior to the big moment, we learned that they are from the same state as us and they were also going to Hawaii after their DL stay.It's a Small World!
When the big moment came, something went wrong for me, my husband said "Oh, no, I screwed up!" and then I saw the message "Not so fast, you are already in a boarding group!" He had somehow managed to book BG 70. The other two couples in our area got lower BG numbers. As they walked away, my husband heard one of them say "That's so cute. He didn't know he got a group!"
Some sort of Samsung, AT&T
(Are you here on this thread kind and helpful friend?)
Of course, things didn't go great for us when it came to ride. We were in CA when we got the push notification* and had a FP for Guardians which we used first. (OMG, awesome, fun ride). Unfortunately about 30 min after getting into line for RotR, ride broke down. 3 attempted reboots and 3 hours later we finally rode. Thanks for all the encouragement from this group while we were in line!
********************************************************************************************************
On Wed Feb 5, we had EMM for DCA, went in and rode Cars and then entered DL. They started letting in around 8:30-8:35 I think, and we were in by 8:50. We went up the steps to the train station, took some pictures that I posted on this thread and went on to successfully score BG 23. Rode around 10:30 that day.
iphone 11, AT&T. Groups around us seemed to be getting low BG numbers from what we heard.
**********************************************************************************************************
* My favorite thing is that I impressed my software developer husband by using the term "push notification" correctly. So thanks y'all!
Good luck to all in your future BG quests!
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