No FPs for MMRR?

[Davey Jones II]

Mickey and Minnie`s Runaway Railway is opening in a month, and it`s not on the FP system? So that means it`s going the boarding group route, even though it`s not an E Ticket like ROTR? How can one park have that kind of system in place for TWO rides? Does anyone besides me think this is ridiculous?

I would consider visiting this year, but without knowing whether we can even ride the two newest attractions, what`s the point? We`ve been to WDW three years in a row, for ten-day visits, so we`ve done everything multiple times, including GE before ROTR. We need new attractions in order to justify the (considerable!) expense.

 

[GoingSince1990]

I doubt that it will be BGs. Two rides with BGs would cause a lot of confusion and make it even harder to navigate FP and ADR times. I would guess that it will be standby only at first, with FPs coming fairly soon. Waiting in the SB line for MMRR will give lots of people something to do while waiting for their ROTR BG.

 

[2Lunds]

Millenium Falcon wasn't on the FP list when it first opened, nor was there a boarding group system. I personally think they would only institute BGs if it has major downtimes/technical issues like ROTR, otherwise it will just be standby.

 

[yulilin3]

it could very well just open as a standby only

 

[Mal6586]

Put me in the camp of folks who think it'll be standby only to begin with, but then it begs the question: What happens if you are 45 minutes into a 120 line for MMRR when your boarding group is called for RotR and you have a 1 hour return time? I know nobody can answer that right now, but I would be really scared to get into a MMRR standby line if my boarding group hadn't been called yet.

 

[2Lunds]

Put me in the camp of folks who think it'll be standby only to begin with, but then it begs the question: What happens if you are 45 minutes into a 120 line for MMRR when your boarding group is called for RotR and you have a 1 hour return time? I know nobody can answer that right now, but I would be really scared to get into a MMRR standby line if my boarding group hadn't been called yet.

I think the BGs have a 2-hr return window, but perhaps that will change as they iron things out?

 

[Mal6586]

I think the BGs have a 2-hr return window, but perhaps that will change as they iron things out?

They did previously, but I think starting last week, people have been experiencing 1 hour returns in some cases. I'm not sure how they determine who gets the 2 hour or the 1 hour, but they've definitely started issuing some 1 hour returns.

 

[tinkerbelletreasure]

I suspect it will be like Smugglers Run and it will open as Standby only and then take Fastpasses after all the kinks are ironed out.

 

[Davey Jones II]

Thanks for the responses. I guess a stanby line makes sense, although...will this be a high capacity ride? Those lines will be VERY long.
I have a (somewhat) related question. Is it possible to get a BG for ROTR without having a smartphone, and how do you do that?

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

They did previously, but I think starting last week, people have been experiencing 1 hour returns in some cases. I'm not sure how they determine who gets the 2 hour or the 1 hour, but they've definitely started issuing some 1 hour returns.

It's been 1 hour for people with the earliest and latest boarding groups. But most people are still getting 2 hours.

Put me in the camp of folks who think it'll be standby only to begin with, but then it begs the question: What happens if you are 45 minutes into a 120 line for MMRR when your boarding group is called for RotR and you have a 1 hour return time? I know nobody can answer that right now, but I would be really scared to get into a MMRR standby line if my boarding group hadn't been called yet.

Well, I would probably be watching the BG progress and not get into any long lines if my group is on the horizon. It would be no different for MMRR than any other ride.

 

[yulilin3]

They did previously, but I think starting last week, people have been experiencing 1 hour returns in some cases. I'm not sure how they determine who gets the 2 hour or the 1 hour, but they've definitely started issuing some 1 hour returns.

the one hour return are not strictly monitored and they will let you in as long as you return within two hours. This is unless they call your bg during the last hour of park operations

 

[yulilin3]

Thanks for the responses. I guess a stanby line makes sense, although...will this be a high capacity ride? Those lines will be VERY long.
I have a (somewhat) related question. Is it possible to get a BG for ROTR without having a smartphone, and how do you do that?

if it has the same capacity as GMR it would be around 2400 per hour. MFSR has a capacity of 1800 per hour, just to put a little perspective. Now just basing it on concept art, lets say that the ride vehicles are cut in half, that would be 1200 per hour

 

[2Lunds]

Thanks for the responses. I guess a stanby line makes sense, although...will this be a high capacity ride? Those lines will be VERY long.
I have a (somewhat) related question. Is it possible to get a BG for ROTR without having a smartphone, and how do you do that?

In theory yes, you can line up at Guest Services to get them (I've seen it mentioned in Vlogs). They're gone so quickly though. Hopefully, someone with a personal experience with it can chime in?

 

[yulilin3]

In theory yes, you can line up at Guest Services to get them (I've seen it mentioned in Vlogs). They're gone so quickly though. Hopefully, someone with a personal experience with it can chime in?

This is being discussed in the swge sub forum. You just have to go to a Guest Experience team member (under the blue umbrellas all around the park) and they will help you

 

[gharter]

I suspect it will be like Smugglers Run and it will open as Standby only and then take Fastpasses after all the kinks are ironed out.

This seems most likely to happen.
just hope they have the bugs worked out when we are there in April.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I doubt that it will be BGs. Two rides with BGs would cause a lot of confusion and make it even harder to navigate FP and ADR times. I would guess that it will be standby only at first, with FPs coming fairly soon. Waiting in the SB line for MMRR will give lots of people something to do while waiting for their ROTR BG.

I think it will depend on their confidence in the technology. One reason they have the BGs for RotR is that there are concerns with how often the ride might go down in a day, how long it would be down, etc - so the BG gives them flexibility in when a guest is provided a return time for. Millennium Falcon is working more more consistently and efficiently so the standby only has worked great there

So if they are confident about the reliability of the ride I think standby only is likely ... if they are rather concerned about the amount of potential down time then I think BGs are more likely

 

[Heather07438]

I think 1.5 or 2 days is the least stressful plan to accomplish HS. Trying to do most of HS in 1 day will be challenging. Not impossible but HS finally has enough substance to warrant a full day or more

Then you could plan both Tier 1s, SSD and MF.
And you'll have 2 BG chances for RoR.
MMRR at ropedrop or closing.

 

[rteetz]

it could very well just open as a standby only

I wouldn’t be surprised at all. Disney sort of was surprised with operations not starting with FP on SWGE attractions. Due to SWGE they are looking at all future attraction openings differently.

 

[Davey Jones II]

Oops, here I started this thread and now Disney announces FPs for MMRR! Okay, I have to say the FP situation at DHS has vastly improved. Dare I hope for FPs for ROTR by next year?

 

[tinkerbelletreasure]

Oops, here I started this thread and now Disney announces FPs for MMRR! Okay, I have to say the FP situation at DHS has vastly improved. Dare I hope for FPs for ROTR by next year?

I see fastpass for ROTR as a double edged sword. It’s surely going to be tier 1, so as long as it’s on boarding passes, you can have 2 tier ones. But man, I hate the idea of having to be there by opening in order to possibly get a boarding pass the day of.