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I don’t know if this matters, but we just booked a last minute trip from July 1-5th. I was shocked at the hotel availability. I had no problems getttjng a room and getting it for a good price. Then grand legacy offered 50% off for July and we took that. That is shocking to me. I also had zero issues getting all the dinning I wanted.. at 30 days out. WOC dessert party, fantasmic, early morning Minnie breakfast, parade package. All with lots of openings.

I mean I’m expecting big crowds, but when my husband said let’s go my first words to him were “there probably isn’t any hotel availability”
Yeah, we’ve been talking about that on a lot of the crowd-prediction type of threads. I’ve been saying all along that (other than periods of time that I’m sure will be crazy), I don’t think the crowds will be what people seem to expect this summer. We’ll see. But with the lower passes blocked out of DL and the hotels wide open... where are these capacity-closure crowds supposed to come from? FlexPass adds a bit of a wild card, but I just don’t see where this “every single day will be slammed” mentality is coming from. 🤷‍♀️
 
Yeah, we’ve been talking about that on a lot of the crowd-prediction type of threads. I’ve been saying all along that (other than periods of time that I’m sure will be crazy), I don’t think the crowds will be what people seem to expect this summer. We’ll see. But with the lower passes blocked out of DL and the hotels wide open... where are these capacity-closure crowds supposed to come from? FlexPass adds a bit of a wild card, but I just don’t see where this “every single day will be slammed” mentality is coming from. 🤷‍♀️
I foresee a lot of locals that don’t have passes buying one day tickets to go see SWGE.
 
New DAS information as of today, 5/26/19: There will be a kiosk with a green umbrella outside the entrance across from the old Big Thunder smoking section (under the train bridge). Guests can request a DAS return time for MFSR there before entering SWGE.
Thanks so much for the information. I find the location outside the land very interesting, especially since a reservation holders cannot leave and re-enter (I believe that is correct, yes?). That means you would have to remember to get that set up before you enter.

On the other hand, what about 8 am folks? Usually, if the line and wait time is short enough (especially at the beginning of the day, when there is nobody there yet), then the rider should be able to ride, since wait time (the purpose of DAS) is not a concern. Does this mean that 8 am folks (who would NOT encounter a line leftover from the overlap of reservation times) MUST ride MFSR immediately without really using DAS because the line would already be pretty short first thing, OR would the still be able to receive a return time for later? I'm not complaining, because I do in fact find this a fair way to do it, but my brain is just running into this "purpose of DAS vs there is no wait first thing," so are we rushed into a MFSR rope drop since we cannot leave to get a return time even if the line gets long early. Again, my question only applies to 8 am reservation times. This all makes perfect sense for all other reservation periods, virtual queue months, and wide open times come Phase 2.
 


Thanks so much for the information. I find the location outside the land very interesting, especially since a reservation holders cannot leave and re-enter (I believe that is correct, yes?). That means you would have to remember to get that set up before you enter.

Yeah, everything so far has said no re-entry. I think it would be a bit concerning for 8am entry holders if they expect them to just go straight to the ride since there's "no wait" - it would definitely make it harder to experience the cantina, lightsaber building, or droid building without long waits.
 
Thanks so much for the information. I find the location outside the land very interesting, especially since a reservation holders cannot leave and re-enter (I believe that is correct, yes?). That means you would have to remember to get that set up before you enter.

On the other hand, what about 8 am folks? Usually, if the line and wait time is short enough (especially at the beginning of the day, when there is nobody there yet), then the rider should be able to ride, since wait time (the purpose of DAS) is not a concern. Does this mean that 8 am folks (who would NOT encounter a line leftover from the overlap of reservation times) MUST ride MFSR immediately without really using DAS because the line would already be pretty short first thing, OR would the still be able to receive a return time for later? I'm not complaining, because I do in fact find this a fair way to do it, but my brain is just running into this "purpose of DAS vs there is no wait first thing," so are we rushed into a MFSR rope drop since we cannot leave to get a return time even if the line gets long early. Again, my question only applies to 8 am reservation times. This all makes perfect sense for all other reservation periods, virtual queue months, and wide open times come Phase 2.
Yeah, everything so far has said no re-entry. I think it would be a bit concerning for 8am entry holders if they expect them to just go straight to the ride since there's "no wait" - it would definitely make it harder to experience the cantina, lightsaber building, or droid building without long waits.
Since the DAS return time does not have an expiration window like a FP (only that it must be used that same day), you can play it by ear. If you wanted to go to the ride immediately to ride without using DAS, then use your return time later, fine. If you wanted to build a droid or a lightsaber first, then use your return time afterward, fine. And keep an eye on the ride line wait time -- there have been reports that the wait can vary from as short as 10 minutes to as long as 45 minutes on average. SR is pretty short consistently, if that is an option. So you might hit a good wait time without using DAS, then be able to use your DAS -- and get two rides during your reservation time! I'm looking forward to reading real life reports from this Friday onward.
 
So you might hit a good wait time without using DAS, then be able to use your DAS -- and get two rides during your reservation time!

This seems to be a likely scenario to me. I think the DAS will definitely be an advantage over everyone else in the land, I would not worry about being disadvantaged by it.
 


Since the DAS return time does not have an expiration window like a FP (only that it must be used that same day), you can play it by ear. If you wanted to go to the ride immediately to ride without using DAS, then use your return time later, fine. If you wanted to build a droid or a lightsaber first, then use your return time afterward, fine. And keep an eye on the ride line wait time -- there have been reports that the wait can vary from as short as 10 minutes to as long as 45 minutes on average. SR is pretty short consistently, if that is an option. So you might hit a good wait time without using DAS, then be able to use your DAS -- and get two rides during your reservation time! I'm looking forward to reading real life reports from this Friday onward.

This seems to be a likely scenario to me. I think the DAS will definitely be an advantage over everyone else in the land, I would not worry about being disadvantaged by it.
Right, I was just thinking, at WDW, when you go straight to the ride to get your return time (not to a kiosk), our experience has been a return time is denied and not given, if the current time is already very low. So, maybe the whole ride vs kiosk and WDW vs DL is providing a false assumption. At DL, if you go to a kiosk for a return time for a ride, do they always grant a return allotment? Or are there times where they say, " Well, the wait time for ride X is only about 10 minutes right now, so just get on now, you don't need us to grant a return time for his ride." Again, I fully recognize that there are implicit advantages that a DAS affords, and we really don't want to "take advantage" or abuse anything. Maybe the kiosk vs ride at DL vs WDW is causing me to see this the wrong way. Does my question make sense? Or is it being supposed that EVEN IF we are near the front of the entrance at 8 am, we would still be eligible to receive an "open-ended" (within reservation time, of course) to return at any point that we decide to use that?
Again, I apologize if my questions are based on faulty assumptions based on our recent WDW experience.

Thanks!
 
I did not mean that you are "taking advantage" I only meant that however Disney makes it work they will not make it worse for DAS users. It will still be worth it to get DAS which makes it advantageous, not "taking advantage" by abusing the system. Sorry for the confusion.
 
I did not mean that you are "taking advantage" I only meant that however Disney makes it work they will not make it worse for DAS users. It will still be worth it to get DAS which makes it advantageous, not "taking advantage" by abusing the system. Sorry for the confusion.
@alvernon90 I understood you, and I didn't think you meant it negatively, but indeed other readers may, so that's why I wanted to couch my words appropriately.
Thanks!
 
Trying to think strategy here for Sat 6/1 morning, which is EMH at DL...I have an 8 am no-cost reservation, but we're staying onsite from Fri-Sun, and also have an evening hotel-linked reservation. I was told by a SWGE reservation cast member that hotel guests can check in at Launch Bay once EMH starts, and then join the queue for SWGE entry, rather than being escorted back to Main Street for rope drop. Has anyone been told this? And, we don't usually do EMH at DL, so what time should we arrive for EMH? 6:30 am, 7:00am?
 
Hey everyone! I've been in Europe for the past few weeks and haven't had the opportunity to look on the DIS. I've tried to read some of the posts, but there are about 30 new pages since I last hopped on (plus new boards lol).


We have an 8am-12pm 05/31 reservation.
Has anyone found out about lining up? Are reservation holders required to line up or early will we be let in?

Sorry in advance if this has already been extensively discussed!!
 
Has anyone heard about Docking Bay 7 breakfast hours? I can’t seem to find it online and I was interested in one of the dishes, so need to plan my ordering time appropriately!
I have not heard when it would switch over but if its like a lot of other places I would guess it would be in that 11AM range.
 
Wish I was going but so excited for this opening! Should be getting a lot of info, video, and photos the next couple days as media descends on the planet of Batuu.
 
Right, I was just thinking, at WDW, when you go straight to the ride to get your return time (not to a kiosk), our experience has been a return time is denied and not given, if the current time is already very low. So, maybe the whole ride vs kiosk and WDW vs DL is providing a false assumption. At DL, if you go to a kiosk for a return time for a ride, do they always grant a return allotment? Or are there times where they say, " Well, the wait time for ride X is only about 10 minutes right now, so just get on now, you don't need us to grant a return time for his ride."...
CMs at DLR understand that anything can happen between the time you request your DAS return time and the time you actually make it to the ride. So even if the actual wait time at the moment you make your request is very short, e.g. just a few minutes, they understand that you may have a situation or need that delays you so that you don't make it to the ride until hours from when you made your request. I have never had a CM say anything like that -- if the line is short, they'll give me a return time, then suggest I go try the stand by line, too, because the line is currently short. If a CM denies a return time, it is usually because the ride is down -- and then they will just suggest getting a return time for a different ride.
 
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