Guardians of the Galaxy today !

[pigletto]

We are currently staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge. I booked a reservation for Epcot today months ago and then heard Guardians of the Galaxy would be opened to the general public on our day.

That made me stress all week but this morning my husband and son and I all tried for a virtual boarding group at 7am . We got boarding group 2!!!

We leisurely made our way over to the ride and decided to check out the area while we waited. They called our group right away and we were the first people to ride it ! The cues were empty and they let us take the last row for our ride. There were only three other people on our ride train.

One word … AMAZING. What a great day !!

 

[mort1331]

congrats

 

[Etch]

Can't wait to ride it!

 

[TammyLynn33]

Yay! So exciting . Did you have one or two ppl trying ? Did someone try for ILL $$ trying to plan our strategy

 

[pigletto]

Yay! So exciting . Did you have one or two ppl trying ? Did someone try for ILL $$ trying to plan our strategy

There were three of us. My son and I were using our phone data plans. My husband was using his old dinosaur phone ( Samsung S8) that he uses for wifi because he can’t use his work phone for web surfing etc. So we put on the world clock and we all hit join and he’s the one who got it on wifi .

We knew we were early but had no idea we were first but all these official looking people were waving at us and then asked for permission to take our picture tapping in to the ride . It was so cool !!

 

[TammyLynn33]

There were three of us. My son and I were using our phone data plans. My husband was using his old dinosaur phone ( Samsung S8) that he uses for wifi because he can’t use his work phone for web surfing etc. So we put on the world clock and we all hit join and he’s the one who got it on wifi .

Awesome thank you for sharing ! I will have to look at world clock I have no idea what that is

 

[pigletto]

Awesome thank you for sharing ! I will have to look at world clock I have no idea what that is

Just Google world clock and it’s the first to come up. We had it running in the background to know when it was time. Start refreshing the virtual line page as it gets close and pounce when it changes colour and says “Join”. You can practice in the MDE app ahead of time to get a feel for it . Good luck !

 

[alohamom]

Ohhh awesome! Congratulations @pigletto I am so happy you were able to ride it!

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Yay! So exciting . Did you have one or two ppl trying ? Did someone try for ILL $$ trying to plan our strategy

I don't think it has $LL yet, just the VQ.

 

[Frozen2014]

That's great! Was following another thread where it apparently sold out within a minute (virtual queue and LL)

What's the ride like? Different from a standard rollercoaster?

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Why don't I see the ride listed in the EPCOT wait times on the app?

 

[disney-inspired]

I don't think it has $LL yet, just the VQ.

Yes, it does have $LL. It's $17. It was sold out by 7:20 am today.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Nevermind. Just read the article over on WDW Magic on the $LL pricing.

For the Memorial Day weekend, May 27 through May 30, the Lightning Lane cost will remain at $17, but will drop to $14 on May 31. (via @ScottGustin)

 

[disney-inspired]

Why don't I see the ride listed in the EPCOT wait times on the app?

I assume because there isn't a regular line so no wait times and the VQ is completely full.

 

[7KLucky]

WOW! I hope we have this much pixie dust! Congrats!

 

[pigletto]

That's great! Was following another thread where it apparently sold out within a minute (virtual queue and LL)

What's the ride like? Different from a standard rollercoaster?

For me it was intense but very fun. Smooth like Slinky Dog Dash but very fast and dark. I would do it again and I’m a big chicken haha .

 

[Pumpkin1172]

I wondered if anyone from our little Canadian group got on today!!!! Upon doing my daily checking of availability this morning I seen it was already sold out. I would have been checking at about 8:00 Florida time. Remi's was still available though. Parks wait times and genie+ availability are still pretty good considering it's a holiday weekend for the US.

Have fun @pigletto !!!! I hope you will give us a little trip report of how your trip was!

 

[CanucksRock]

I went during AP previews last week, absolutely loved the ride. Can’t wait to go on again in September.

 

[momof2gr8kids]

That's exciting. Can't wait to try it out. Along with all the other new stuff since we were there last!

 

[TammyLynn33]

I tried right at 7 this am. Virtual que was already gone but ILL was still available even at 0718