Jedi Training Sign Ups

[kangamama]

Realistically, during spring break, how necessary is it that we be there AT ROPE DROP to get two children signed up for Jedi Training?

Thanks in advance!

 

[bpadair32]

Unless they change something during the refurb with how signups are handled it is very very necessary, especially during SB.

 

[kangamama]

nuts, I was worried you might say that! We are sooo not a rope drop family, especially more so that we will be coming from California...

Do the kids have to be present at the sign ups? I'm wondering whether I could go, do the sign ups, and then have them family meet me later.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

The kids absolutely have to be there. Unless they change something after JTA reopens.

 

[starjazz]

Not to hijack, but what about for low season (1st week in Feb)? Still rope drop first thing book it over there?

 

[yulilin3]

it also depends on how popular the new version will be...if they get rid of Vader all together, the kids would encounter the Inquisitor from Rebels, it really depends how many kids would want to do that.

 

[kangamama]

The kids absolutely have to be there. Unless they change something after JTA reopens.

I figured that would be true, but thought I'd ask. We may just have to plan on skipping this. My kids have done it several times at DLR, anyway.

 

[kangamama]

it also depends on how popular the new version will be...if they get rid of Vader all together, the kids would encounter the Inquisitor from Rebels, it really depends how many kids would want to do that.

Good point! I'll check back closer to our trip in March.

 

[kangamama]

OK, I just checked and it looks like rope drop is doable (9 am) that day, and there was an 8:20 am ADR for Hollywood and Vine that I snagged. Will it be worth going in for that pre-opening breakfast to then get positioned to get to the sign up right at 9? Is that possible?

 

[AgletWDW]

Who knows how the sign ups will be then, but last week when I went we got there at 8am for a 9am open. They scanned our band and let us through the gate. There were CMs holding Jedi signs and telling people where to go. We leisurely walked over to a little past H&V where there was a table set up with 3-4 CM signing people up. Once we were signed up they told us to wait behind a line on the sidewalk for the opening of the park. We sat on a bench right outside H&V. So if that is the situation you don't need an ADR to get in.

I asked one of the CMs if that procedure was new and he said they have been testing out different ways to sign up. My husband joked that there were too many fights the old way and the CM nodded and said, "something like that".

 

[Robo]

OK, I just checked and it looks like rope drop is doable (9 am) that day, and there was an 8:20 am ADR for Hollywood and Vine that I snagged. Will it be worth going in for that pre-opening breakfast to then get positioned to get to the sign up right at 9? Is that possible?

Not if you intend to actually eat breakfast there.

 

[kangamama]

back to the drawing board

 

[newestkg06]

JTA signups were super stressful for us. I hope they change how it is done. My kids were so frustrated with all the waiting (we waited at the tapstiles, then another 20 minutes at a rope, then another 20 minutes at the actual sign up) that they were really not happy by the time we were done.

 

[jvncnt]

Not to hijack, but what about for low season (1st week in Feb)? Still rope drop first thing book it over there?

We have been there for February and November times in the past couple of years. We were there at rope drop each time, and were within the first 15 - 20 kids signing up. By the time we were walking out of sign-ups after 15 - 20 minutes or so, they were beginning to turn people away who were not already in line. It literally fills up within the first 30 minutes of park opening, or at least it did on our four trips.

 

[MickeyAndrews]

We have been there for February and November times in the past couple of years. We were there at rope drop each time, and were within the first 15 - 20 kids signing up. By the time we were walking out of sign-ups after 15 - 20 minutes or so, they were beginning to turn people away who were not already in line. It literally fills up within the first 30 minutes of park opening, or at least it did on our four trips.

What a mess! I wish they would do some kind of pre-signup (FP it?) I would even be ok if DS's weren't able to do it, as long as I tried, and then knew ahead of time. It would be nice to know ahead of time that they didn't get a spot, rather then, get their hopes up, rush to the park, and then have to deal with that disappointment all day.

 

[vinotinto]

The JTA is changing and we don't know what the "new" one will be like. It may be more popular, or it may be less popular, it may have more capacity, it may require more or less interaction, it may or may not require kids to be in line to answer the CM questions and "participate," it may be more inclusive, who knows, it may even offer FP+. I would not make any plans until we know more when it re-opens.

 

[dekraut]

We were there in late June 2014. We hit RD, and walked briskly to the signup. We were farther back in line than we anticipated, and we got a 1:30ish show time. I was surprised how many shows were booked that quickly. I expect spring break would be worse.