Not sure it is a real issue in that you still have a full hour to return for your BG. The BG just start's boarding at the time. For example no BGs had started by 8:30 AM today.
For BG you need to get them on the day of your park reservation. An agent can likely help you with the park reservation, but not the BG.
BG's are issued the day of at 7AM and 1PM. You will need to try to get these for yourself that day.
BG #1-13 were called around 8:30am on Wed morning. I didn't notice that our group had been called until 8:39. I asked the CM what time they first started calling BGs and she said 8:30 or 8:35. We were done with the ride by 8:56, before the park opened.
Unfortunately no. In order to try for a BG at 1PM a guest must have a park reservation and have tapped into the park.Quick question.... sorry... just don't have time to read through almost a thousand pages of posts.
I know things have changed..... and you don't have to actually be in the park... but .....
Do you have to have entered the park to be able to try for a boarding pass at 1pm?
I have a park reservation for Studios on the day of arrival. I am flying in... landing at 11am ..... so actually entering the park by 1pm should be do-able...... but may be cutting it close. If I don't make it to the park before 1p, can I still try for a boarding pass?
Wow, Group 2! Way to goWe went to HS today. Despite the fact that I’ve been practicing for a boarding group for almost 2 weeks, I almost forgot to do it this morning. Almost! Thank goodness, it popped into my head at 6:55am. I managed to snag BG 2!!
I used cellular (not WiFi) and hit the join button right at 6:59:59 (used time.gov on my iPad). Our BG was called at 8:40 am and we walked in at 9:40. It was a literal walk on. No wait inside at all.
A group stopped in front of the entrance, while we were walking over, and only then did they realize they couldn’t just walk onto the ride. As a massively type A person, I was blown away by that. It’s hard for me to remember that not everyone does an excessive amount of research & planning.
Can I ask, were you at the hotel still when you tried for the boarding group?
Yes, you can get a BG from inside your room at BW. We got them on 2 separate mornings in December from BWV. Many here on this thread will suggest that you test your download speeds with Wi-Fi vs. cellular, in different locations inside your room, outside on the balcony, etc., but we didn't do any of those things and were successful. We've also been successful at an offsite resort, inside our room.
Do a speed test on your device from your room using both Disney wifi and cellular. We found the wifi to be significantly faster than our LTE. You can also try it from the lobby, which should have really good wifi, if your room isn't good enough.
Wow, Group 2! Way to go
