D23 EXPO 2019 Superthread - dates announced!

[disneylover102]

I’m thinking of doing a day trip to Disneyland in July or August because I just can’t wait until the end of the year to see SWGE! But I’m confused how the virtual queue is going to work. Will you only be allowed into the land once and will it be for a specific amount of time? I just love repeating my favorite rides and my favorite strategy is to do the ride (in this case Smuggler’s Run) at rope drop and at park closing. Would that be possible at all?

 

[njchris]

I post about my reservation on facebook and my friends call me "DORK!". I know they are just jealous!

 

[BadPinkTink]

I’m thinking of doing a day trip to Disneyland in July or August because I just can’t wait until the end of the year to see SWGE! But I’m confused how the virtual queue is going to work. Will you only be allowed into the land once and will it be for a specific amount of time? I just love repeating my favorite rides and my favorite strategy is to do the ride (in this case Smuggler’s Run) at rope drop and at park closing. Would that be possible at all?

we dont know. Disney have not released ANY information as to what will happen on June 24 and onwards from there. Im in the same situation from you. My park days are June 30, July 1 and July 2. We just have to wait

 

[gypsy_at_heart]

I just want May 31st to hurry up and get here so that people can report back!

 

[RedM94]

I just want May 31st to hurry up and get here so that people can report back!

I will definitely be reporting back after being there May 31 and June 1. Super excited.

 

[dina444444]

I will defiantly be reporting back after being there May 31 and June 1. Super excited.

Same here

 

[ardanxela]

I would expect very few guest would purposely make a reservation for 1, so Disney can easily look through all reservations to see the extent of the issue. Guests that do not read Disney fan sites might not be even aware of the issue until actually attempting to enter SWGE, which is going to be a Guest Relations nightmare.

Disney should proactively reach out to guests with a reservations for 1, to avoid families being refused entry.

The website could easily have been designed to avoid this issue by not defaulting to a party of 1, and requiring the party size be explicitly selected before continuing to the next page

That would have been smart, having to enter the number of guests and then their names before proceeding.

I wonder if those who didn’t see the “add guest” button were on computers? It was pretty obvious to my on my phone... but then again I was really looking for it.

I was on my lap top and had no issues making my reservation.

 

[B3rlingirl]

Based on attending AP events at Disneyland park, I would guess there will be a dedicated check in turnstiles at the main gate so that all of the confirmations happen there and guests are lined up separately beyond the rope drop area, so that no other guests can get confused as being a part of the group. That way the line to get in isn’t a part of your 4 hours.

Yes that’s exactly what I was thinking about this morning...

We were all wondering here in this thread how full the land might be and how the mange to get the people out...

But actually how to get them all as fast as possible in the land is a far more interesting question...Because just scanning the reservation will take some time... and if I think about the process at the turnstiles and the fastpass Scanners just scanning one document already takes a lot of time... so just doing the „Check in“ process at the SWGE entrance would create a really long queue and it would likely result in a big mess with reservation timeslotes... someone mentioned it yesterday just like boarding a plane when blaring group A is card and group B-F is already lining up... and I don’t even think it would work with the given timeslots because everyone will be mad if they wait in line to get scanned for the first 2h of their window instead of exploring the land...

Really the only idea I can think of to make that work is doing the full and long „check in“ process with ID and everything else and then just link that to the ticket or something like that and you get a wristband to show your timeslot..
then the check when you enter the land wouldn’t take longer than (re)entering DL/DCA through the turnstiles (and even that would probably create a long line...)

I really hope Disney has a good idea for that... because I would be really sad for all those people with a non 8am timeslot if they have to wait in the „Check in“ queue for hours and even miss some of their 4h timeslot... not to mention that there will be already long waiting queues for everything when they finally enter...

I do hope I am to much of an pessimist right now and that disney has a good plan... ( I mean they should have a lot of people who get paid a lot of money to just think that through and find a great solution for it ...)

I am really exited how it will work and how the land will be... I am already looking forward for all of your trip reports!

 

[njchris]

I could see them pre-checking people in and have them in a holding area in between the check in point and the entrance to the land. I think that area and the walkway could be blocked off for people that get their prior to 8 can be put to wait.

 

[RedM94]

FWIW

 

[Michele King]

This is a big issue for a lot of people. I am not sure what Disney can really do about it if they had a hard number they wanted to go by. If they accommodate everyone who did 1 person and needs to do 4 or more then there number is going up huge numbers. If they allow people to come in that weren't reserved and others witness this then others are going to be upset. I think there is no way to correct this without making the number go up by a large amount of people. I saw on Facebook that many people only registered 1 guest so its going to be a huge problem.

This happened to me, and I was even looking for a spot to add people, yet I still missed it. Fortunately, I had two screens running at the same time and was able to create an account with a different email and still make my reservation for the desired number of people in the party at the time I wanted. So, I got lucky. I imagine there are people who are really upset. It wasn't obvious what to do or where.

 

[CO2CA]

I called the CM line for another question about our other reservations and asked about another topic, and she said they aren't telling them specifics exactly but uppers are working behind the scenes on the technical side of the reservations. Per her words, things aren't 100% set in stone yet and they will be smoothing out the more obscure details. No one is absolutely guaranteed entry with the reservations procured yesterday and she said to be watching for further announcements...

It'll definitely be interesting to wait and see as it gets closer. Based on what she was saying, I think Disney has a very solid plan on how to handle everything.

 

[CO2CA]

View attachment 398805 FWIW

Interesting - thanks for sharing this!

 

[alvernon90]

I called the CM line for another question about our other reservations and asked about another topic, and she said they aren't telling them specifics exactly but uppers are working behind the scenes on the technical side of the reservations. Per her words, things aren't 100% set in stone yet and they will be smoothing out the more obscure details. No one is absolutely guaranteed entry with the reservations procured yesterday and she said to be watching for further announcements...

It'll definitely be interesting to wait and see as it gets closer. Based on what she was saying, I think Disney has a very solid plan on how to handle everything.

Funny, I read it and think just the opposite -- how solid can it be if it's not set in stone? More to the point, if the reservations will not guarantee entrance to SWGE, the outrage will be beyond what Disney can possibly imagine. Any plan that allows for turning away people with valid advance reservations cannot be a very solid plan.

 

[CO2CA]

Funny, I read it and think just the opposite -- how solid can it be if it's not set in stone? More to the point, if the reservations will not guarantee entrance to SWGE, the outrage will be beyond what Disney can possibly imagine. Any plan that allows for turning away people with valid advance reservations cannot be a very solid plan.

She was a lot more specific, but I don't want to do any more details because it'll start getting into topics we're not allowed to discuss atm. Just sharing the info to be watching for further announcements and they're smoothing out details.

 

[CO2CA]

Does anyone know when they open the Esplanade up with security? Trying to do some preplanning lol

 

[dina444444]

Does anyone know when they open the Esplanade up with security? Trying to do some preplanning lol

What they are doing now and what they will be doing 4 weeks from now are going to likely be two very different answers. But as of now typically security is ready by 6/6:30am.

 

[CO2CA]

What they are doing now and what they will be doing 4 weeks from now are going to likely be two very different answers. But as of now typically security is ready by 6/6:30am.

Great thank you!

 

[Nonsuch]

Funny, I read it and think just the opposite -- how solid can it be if it's not set in stone? More to the point, if the reservations will not guarantee entrance to SWGE, the outrage will be beyond what Disney can possibly imagine. Any plan that allows for turning away people with valid advance reservations cannot be a very solid plan.

 

[Dr.Mickey]

I have a question about the reservation lottery. What is the sense of how it went for those looking for reservations? Did it seem like a ton of people got them, or was it really rare? Thanks!