Joining a boarding group question

[KayMichigan]

So is there any way to get on this ride if you don't have a smartphone to use the app?

 

[hiroMYhero]

So is there any way to get on this ride if you don't have a smartphone to use the app?

Yes. @GADisneyDad14 posted a photo in the last page or 2.

 

[Disneylover99]

So is there any way to get on this ride if you don't have a smartphone to use the app?

Yes. See post #1425 on this thread.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

So is there any way to get on this ride if you don't have a smartphone to use the app?

Go see the guest experience team

 

[DGsAtBLT]

So is there any way to get on this ride if you don't have a smartphone to use the app?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1203286111273000962

From page 72

 

[Liljo22]

So is there any way to get on this ride if you don't have a smartphone to use the app?

If you go to a guest relations kiosk, they will assign you a BG.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Lol I think they’ve got it now

 

[Gehrig1B]

So is there any way to get on this ride if you don't have a smartphone to use the app?

See a Customer Service CM upon entering the park and they will do it for you, giving you a boarding number. Boarding group messages are throughout the park to let you know who is currently boarding.

 

[KayMichigan]

Thanks for the info! I have a smartphone but I was curious how they handled guests who might not have one since all I kept seeing was people using their phones to get the boarding groups.

 

[Cloudless Nights]

So is there any way to get on this ride if you don't have a smartphone to use the app?

If you go to the Guest Experience people - right outside of Galaxy's Edge under an umbrella or elsewhere - they can add you to a group.

 

[disneylover102]

what? It makes perfect sense. Wouldn't be fair to just send one person to the park to get a spot for everyone.

I mean it’s off that if only part of the group is there and part of the group is at the hotel, none of them get to ride because of their family who want to sleep. Obviously people who aren’t there shouldn’t be able to get a BG.

 

[CarolynFH]

I mean it’s off that if only part of the group is there and part of the group is at the hotel, none of them get to ride because of their family who want to sleep. Obviously people who aren’t there shouldn’t be able to get a BG.

I think that the ones who want to ride badly enough to get out of bed and to the park at the necessary time will do so. If they don't want to make that effort, then maybe they don't want to ride that badly. I'll admit that families with small children (who are tall enough to ride) might not want to roust them up so early, but again, if there were no Boarding Groups and no FPs and everyone had to stand in line, what would that family do?

And after clicking Join a Boarding Group, don't you get to select the members of your party? It doesn't automatically try to put in everyone on your Family and Friends list, does it? So you can select only the ones who are there and leave out the ones who are back sleeping at the hotel, right?

 

[yulilin3]

I think that the ones who want to ride badly enough to get out of bed and to the park at the necessary time will do so. If they don't want to make that effort, then maybe they don't want to ride that badly. I'll admit that families with small children (who are tall enough to ride) might not want to roust them up so early, but again, if there were no Boarding Groups and no FPs and everyone had to stand in line, what would that family do?

And after clicking Join a Boarding Group, don't you get to select the members of your party? It doesn't automatically try to put in everyone on your Family and Friends list, does it? So you can select only the ones who are there and leave out the ones who are back sleeping at the hotel, right?

correct

 

[disneylover102]

correct

Ok good. I misunderstood how that worked.

 

[SirBill]

If people were signing up outside the park in the bag check line, they haven't scanned the magic band or ticket yet. This is confusing and doesn't completely add up yet.

This was a glitch, A few people were apparently able to join boarding groups before anyone entered the park (I heard it happening for a few people) - may have been related to the fact that the ticket kiosks were messed up this morning and instead of going in at 6:00am as planned, kiosks were not ready until 6:30am.

It was a bit frustrating as it meant even though I was second in line at a kiosk, I got boarding group 11... like other days today they only did boarding group 10 to start, probably to handle previous days FP people coming. Generally you should expect that all of your group has to be inside the park before you can get a boarding pass.

 

[vcmartin413]

Hi Everyone, does anyone know if after you join the virtual boarding pass if you can leave HW? We were planning on being there at 5am and then maybe park hop while we wait.

 

[KayaWildfire]

Yes, it has been reported you can leave. You get two hours to return to the ride once called.

 

[MIAMouseketeer]

Hi Everyone, does anyone know if after you join the virtual boarding pass if you can leave HW? We were planning on being there at 5am and then maybe park hop while we wait.

Yep! We left, took a nap and came back. Very convenient.

 

[Fiesole2009]

This may have been covered already but if you arrive and get a later boarding group can you leave the park for a dinning reservation in another park or back to your hotel to relax. Or do you have to stay in the park to keep your boarding group?

 

[Victoriasponge]

This may have been covered already but if you arrive and get a later boarding group can you leave the park for a dinning reservation in another park or back to your hotel to relax. Or do you have to stay in the park to keep your boarding group?

You can leave. We went to Epcot for the morning and lunch then went back to our resort, all before heading back at HS for our boarding group in the evening.