Everything Virtual Queue - Please Read Post 1

[godfather927]

Given the recent reports of guests waiting 30+ minutes in the VQ return line before boarding, it does sound like GotG is still popular enough - imagine how long the standby lines would be if they were entirely physical rather than virtual!

Although, I just looked at the $ILL times on Thrill Data and it looks like you can pretty much buy these well into the afternoon if I'm reading that right? Wouldn't have expected that for such a popular new ride, but I suppose that's due to so many people preferring to use a BG instead of paying for an $ILL?

 

[CarolynFH]

Although, I just looked at the $ILL times on Thrill Data and it looks like you can pretty much buy these well into the afternoon if I'm reading that right? Wouldn't have expected that for such a popular new ride, but I suppose that's due to so many people preferring to use a BG instead of paying for an $ILL?

Yes, I agree - and the 1:00 PM VQ have been lasting a long time too, long enough for guests to hop to Epcot after 2 PM and still get one. Kind of interesting!

 

[lovethattink]

Yes, I agree - and the 1:00 PM VQ have been lasting a long time too, long enough for guests to hop to Epcot after 2 PM and still get one. Kind of interesting!

I once got a VQ at 7:30pm, it was a very rainy evening and the park had really cleared out. We got called to board around 8pm. Exited the ride around 8:40pm.

 

[boogienights]

I'm getting conflicting reports on whether deluxe guests (Swan) have to be in Epcot at 6 pm to join virtual queue. We'll be at Boma having dinner at 6 and then hopping to Epcot for extended evening hours. Anyone know?

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

I'm getting conflicting reports on whether deluxe guests (Swan) have to be in Epcot at 6 pm to join virtual queue. We'll be at Boma having dinner at 6 and then hopping to Epcot for extended evening hours. Anyone know?

In August, on our deluxe night, I tried to make my boarding group early so that I'd be ready and it said no one in our group was eligible. I tried again once we were tapped in and was able to make the group and had to wait until 6 to actually book.

It's possible that I was just trying too early the first time and the system thought I was angling for the 1pm drop. But I'd say I'm 90% sure I was in the deluxe VQ when I got the warning and that you do have to be tapped in to make the group and book.

I didn't think to pull screenshots at the time. Apologies.

 

[robinb]

I was successful at getting a Boarding Group each time I tried. I got one at 1:00 pm twice and one at 7:00 am once. I messed up on setting an alarm to get the 6:00 pm one on the PM Deluxe EMH days . I tried at 6:30 both days and they were already gone.

We park hopped to Epcot yesterday to get a couple more snacks before heading home and the VQ was open at 2:00 when we entered and *still* open when we left 90 minutes later! Every time I looked at the LL+ for Cosmic Rewind, I could buy it for a return time of less than an hour from the current time. My spidey sense says that Disney is going to get rid of the VQ pretty soon. I'll be bummed because it's the 2nd best ride at WDW and a real queue will be brutal.

 

[CarolynFH]

I'm getting conflicting reports on whether deluxe guests (Swan) have to be in Epcot at 6 pm to join virtual queue. We'll be at Boma having dinner at 6 and then hopping to Epcot for extended evening hours. Anyone know?

No, you don’t have to be in Epcot (and you don’t have to have tapped in earlier, either) for the 6 PM DEEH VQ drop. Just make sure your group is set up and that everyone has tickets and eligibility to enter Epcot. Then at 6 PM, and not a moment before, you can try. We booked ours at 6 PM in Beaches & Cream!

 

[conandrob240]

I'm getting conflicting reports on whether deluxe guests (Swan) have to be in Epcot at 6 pm to join virtual queue. We'll be at Boma having dinner at 6 and then hopping to Epcot for extended evening hours. Anyone know?

We did it from our room at Beach Club before entering the park this week.

 

[Mrs.AMC]

Wow, didn't realize it was that short-lived for Remy. I guess GotG must still be popular enough to justify keeping it for the time being.

Remy isn't even remotely as popular as GotG. Like, not even in the same galaxy (pun intended)
Remy has a wider audience due to no HR and it's a lot of fun, don't get me wrong but GotG is hugely popular and without VQ it would have a massive line and probably a disastrous effect on rope drop at Epcot.
I mean, just this morning I saw a nationwide commercial still running advertising GotG ride at Epcot. I don't believe they ever ran one for Remy

 

[hulagirl87]

My 2 experiences this week... On Sunday I got the 1pm virtual queue and called back to ride at 6:30pm. As it was my first time, I didn't know what to expect. It was quite busy in line and at one point we were stopped for about 10 minutes and I thought "oh no, it went down" but now I know that's part of the wait. They take in large groups at a time for the "preshow" thing. I wish I had known that, so I hope that info helps someone else On Wednesday, I was on right at 7am and got group 87. Ironically, it's my lucky number and I really hoped it would work out as it was my check out day and I only had until noon in the park. Unfortunately my group wasn't called until I was on Sunshine Flyer back to the airport around 1:00. So that was a bummer, but I really really loved riding it and it's unlike anything else. Quite spinny, and had a headache when it was done, but really worth it!

 

[*pixie*]

We have a large group heading to Epcot for the day before a destination wedding at Disney's Vero Beach Resort. Of our 15+ group, only a handful have been to WDW before. At 7 a.m. WDW time, we will be getting ready to take off. From what I understand, we can try for a boarding group at that time? We probably won't actually be in Epcot until 2ish in the afternoon. I'm only planning on trying to get a boarding group for about four of us. Can we also try for an ILL? We aren't staying onsite as we are headed to Vero at the end of the night, so I'm not sure if we are eligible for the ILL? Most of our group doesn't have a clue what GOTG even is, so I'm not too concerned if they aren't able to ride, but do ILL sell out pretty quickly or should I try and purchase for everyone in the group?

 

[scrappinginontario]

We have a large group heading to Epcot for the day before a destination wedding at Disney's Vero Beach Resort. Of our 15+ group, only a handful have been to WDW before. At 7 a.m. WDW time, we will be getting ready to take off. From what I understand, we can try for a boarding group at that time? We probably won't actually be in Epcot until 2ish in the afternoon. I'm only planning on trying to get a boarding group for about four of us. Can we also try for an ILL? We aren't staying onsite as we are headed to Vero at the end of the night, so I'm not sure if we are eligible for the ILL? Most of our group doesn't have a clue what GOTG even is, so I'm not too concerned if they aren't able to ride, but do ILL sell out pretty quickly or should I try and purchase for everyone in the group?

If you are not staying onsite you will not be eligible to purchase ILL$ for your group until the park opens. If only 4 of you plan to ride I would not recommend purchasing it for everyone as that is a lot of wasted money.

If you have a park reservation for Epcot you will be eligible to try for a Virtual Queue (VQ) for Guardians. They go quickly at 7AM but last longer at the 1 PM drop so you will have another opportunity to try later.

VQ return times have not been enforced so if you get a VQ at the 7AM drop but are not in the park when your group is called, you should still be able to go to the park later and ride.

I would recommend checking thrilldata.com to see how ling the ILL$S are lasting. They don’t appear to be selling out quickly at the moment.

 

[Rush]

Yesterday we got BG 14 on the 7am drop. It initially said estimated time of 9:48am, so we planned for around that time. I know it’s been going quicker, especially at park opening, but the previous days it would open with BG1-30 and slowly work its way up from the top and bottom of that window. So while we knew it would likely reach us earlier we thought it wouldn’t pass us by until after that estimate. Today seemed to operate differently. At early entry opening it called our group and by 9am it said our boarding group had expired. We had been late by a little bit a couple of times and never had any issue getting in, yesterday was no different. Despite our MDE saying our boarding group expired it allowed us in with no noticeable change once we arrived around 9:45.

We are going to try again for EEH tonight. Does anyone know the general success rate for the 6pm BG drop? We’ve had great success at 7am so far, should we expect that, or has 6pm been tougher since it’s a smaller time window for ride availability?

 

[*pixie*]

If you are not staying onsite you will not be eligible to purchase ILL$ for your group until the park opens. If only 4 of you plan to ride I would not recommend purchasing it for everyone as that is a lot of wasted money.

If you have a park reservation for Epcot you will be eligible to try for a Virtual Queue (VQ) for Guardians. They go quickly at 7AM but last longer at the 1 PM drop so you will have another opportunity to try later.

VQ return times have not been enforced so if you get a VQ at the 7AM drop but are not in the park when your group is called, you should still be able to go to the park later and ride.

I would recommend checking thrilldata.com to see how ling the ILL$S are lasting. They don’t appear to be selling out quickly at the moment.

Thank you! So it looks like we will be in the air when our time opens to purchase ILL. I should've been more clear, four of us have our heart set on trying to ride, but I was wondering if the entire group would have a better chance of riding with ILL. I will check out that site!

 

[disprincess2213]

Day 4 of not getting a BG at 7am from disney hotel. Im so frustrated. I tap refresh as fast as i could at 7am and it does nothing!! After about 5 seconds of hitting regresh it turns white and says boarding group full. Its as if its not registering my fast pushing of refresh. Only one day left here in disney. Should i be "pulling down" to refresh instead? Totally stinks.

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

Day 4 of not getting a BG at 7am from disney hotel. Im so frustrated. I tap refresh as fast as i could at 7am and it does nothing!! After about 5 seconds of hitting regresh it turns white and says boarding group full. Its as if its not registering my fast pushing of refresh. Only one day left here in disney. Should i be "pulling down" to refresh instead? Totally stinks.

Are you on Disney wifi or phone data? Are you using time.gov to know when 7am actually is?

 

[disprincess2213]

Are you on Disney wifi or phone data? Are you using time.gov to know when 7am actually is?

1000% yes ahd disney wifi. I tap refresh and nothing.

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

1000% yes ahd disney wifi. I tap refresh and nothing.

Get off of Disney wifi. It's way slower than your standard data plan.

Try going to speedtest dot net both on and off of WiFi and you'll see. For me, data was 10x faster than wifi.

 

[Mrs.AMC]

Day 4 of not getting a BG at 7am from disney hotel. Im so frustrated. I tap refresh as fast as i could at 7am and it does nothing!! After about 5 seconds of hitting regresh it turns white and says boarding group full. Its as if its not registering my fast pushing of refresh. Only one day left here in disney. Should i be "pulling down" to refresh instead? Totally stinks.

7am is too late to click refresh.
You need to click refresh when time.gov shows 6:59:58/59, so before 7am
If you wait till 7am you miss the roll over already
You do have your boarding group set prior to starting, correct?
Get off Disney’s wifi, use time.gov to refresh your preset group and I think you’ll have success
Are you trying again at 1?

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

Day 4 of not getting a BG at 7am from disney hotel. Im so frustrated. I tap refresh as fast as i could at 7am and it does nothing!! After about 5 seconds of hitting regresh it turns white and says boarding group full. Its as if its not registering my fast pushing of refresh. Only one day left here in disney. Should i be "pulling down" to refresh instead? Totally stinks.

Update? How'd you do once you switched from wifi to data? I hope you were able to get a VQ...