Rise of the Resistance BOARDING GROUPS Superthread Part 1 *No Ride Spoilers Please* *PLEASE READ POSTS 1-4*

[SOCALMouseMommy]

So I decided to commit to taking my son to DL on 1/21 for his 5th birthday and brave the insanity. Made reservations to build a droid and to go to Oga’s (still available by the way!) because he requested blue milk WITH the cookie on top. I also want to try for ROTR. Park opens at 9am that day with MM at 8. Are we speculating that no one will be allowed to try for boarding groups until official park open (so MM folks don’t have an advantage)?

 

[dina444444]

So I decided to commit to taking my son to DL on 1/21 for his 5th birthday and brave the insanity. Made reservations to build a droid and to go to Oga’s (still available by the way!) because he requested blue milk WITH the cookie on top. I also want to try for ROTR. Park opens at 9am that day with MM at 8. Are we speculating that no one will be allowed to try for boarding groups until official park open (so MM folks don’t have an advantage)?

Yes, that’s the speculation.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

Yes, that’s the speculation.

Not sure if you remember that he wanted so badly to build a droid that day we went to the preview and I told him maybe for his birthday. Well he has been reminding me ever since and here we are! Time to shell out the $$$.

 

[dina444444]

Not sure if you remember that he wanted so badly to build a droid that day we went to the preview and I told him maybe for his birthday. Well he has been reminding me ever since and here we are! Time to shell out the $$$.

Haha lol I vaguely remember. I mainly remember being in the cantina from that visit.

 

[NeedhelpLol]

Hi - ill be visiting Disneyland from Australia end of January - at present i have the Disneyland app on my phone and my husband does not ... when i get to Disneyland and pick up my park tickets do i scan both our tickets into my app? and then we are ok to try for a boarding pass for both of us to ride together? or does he have to also get the app and scan our tickets too? its really confusing - thanks in advance for any help

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Hi - ill be visiting Disneyland from Australia end of January - at present i have the Disneyland app on my phone and my husband does not ... when i get to Disneyland and pick up my park tickets do i scan both our tickets into my app? and then we are ok to try for a boarding pass for both of us to ride together? or does he have to also get the app and scan our tickets too? its really confusing - thanks in advance for any help

If the boarding passes work like at WDW, you’ll be fine doing everything from your phone, although having more phones in play may increase your chances of scoring a BP.

 

[NeedhelpLol]

If the boarding passes work like at WDW, you’ll be fine doing everything from your phone, although having more phones in play may increase your chances of scoring a BP.

Great thanks so much

 

[Lvsdisney]

So I decided to commit to taking my son to DL on 1/21 for his 5th birthday and brave the insanity. Made reservations to build a droid and to go to Oga’s (still available by the way!) because he requested blue milk WITH the cookie on top. I also want to try for ROTR. Park opens at 9am that day with MM at 8. Are we speculating that no one will be allowed to try for boarding groups until official park open (so MM folks don’t have an advantage)?

We will be at BAD on 1/21 as well - also to celebrate my son's brithday (though he is turning 10). I'm hoping those tuesday crowds aren't crazy!

 

[corgi_monster]

@SOCALMouseMommy - Me too. And I'm wondering how bad the traffic in the area will be.

Any locals know how bad the traffic backup is on a busy day? Should I allow one hour just to get into the parking lot? We're looking to arrive at 5:30am on the 18th.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

We will be at BAD on 1/21 as well - also to celebrate my son's brithday (though he is turning 10). I'm hoping those tuesday crowds aren't crazy!

How fun! We will have to look for you!

 

[Kender]

Not sure if you remember that he wanted so badly to build a droid that day we went to the preview and I told him maybe for his birthday. Well he has been reminding me ever since and here we are! Time to shell out the $$$.

Don't forget like I did (although a very nice CM adjusted it for me later) that all the Droid accessories get your AP discount! Only the droid itself can't have AP discounts applied to it. My Sig+ discount took off $10.77 from the cost of the backpack alone.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

Don't forget like I did (although a very nice CM adjusted it for me later) that all the Droid accessories get your AP discount! Only the droid itself can't have AP discounts applied to it. My Sig+ discount took off $10.77 from the cost of the backpack alone.

Good to know!

 

[jxhide]

Well since DCA is an EMH day that Friday, guests will have entered the park at 7am. So at 8am, they can book a BG since they are already in the park. Looks like they might have an advantage.

Is this true? Do I need to be in Disneyland or can I be at DCA at 7am and still try and get a BG at 8am while still in DCA?

 

[disneylover102]

Is this true? Do I need to be in Disneyland or can I be at DCA at 7am and still try and get a BG at 8am while still in DCA?

We don’t know yet

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Had a chance to ride at WDW today and it was great. Looking forward to hopefully riding at DL in a couple weeks for my son's birthday. It will be interesting to see how DL handles the BGs. We had 5 phones going today--4 on one MDE. My daughter got in right away and we lucked out with an early BG. I was stressed for over a month, but it ended up being pretty seamless. Thankfully no IT issues.

 

[dieumeye]

@SOCALMouseMommy - Me too. And I'm wondering how bad the traffic in the area will be.

Any locals know how bad the traffic backup is on a busy day? Should I allow one hour just to get into the parking lot? We're looking to arrive at 5:30am on the 18th.

It can get pretty backed up on “special” type days. And I’d put opening weekend of RotR in that category.

No idea what’ll happen specifically but I bet it’ll be pretty packed on the 18th since it’s the first non-weekday of RotR. No word yet on if they’ll do an early morning opening for the parking lot or have any other special procedures in place.

 

[Susie63]

We have never used our phones in the parks. Wifi was inconsistent and data was crazy expensive with our Canadian phones. However, after reading the ROTR thread I assume the only way to get a boarding group is on the Disney app on my phone. I can buy a US sim card with data if needed. Any advice is appreciated.

 

[aebeauregard]

Thoughts on any extended hours? I haven't been to DL before so haven't really payed much attention to their hours before. How often do they expand hours compared to what is posted about 30 days out?

 

[dieumeye]

DL will be using boarding groups for RotR.

No specific details have been announced, but if it works like WDW then the app will be the main way to book a boarding group, but there will also be CMs in the park that can assign you to a boarding group.

 

[dina444444]

Thoughts on any extended hours? I haven't been to DL before so haven't really payed much attention to their hours before. How often do they expand hours compared to what is posted about 30 days out?

My guess is no. Disneyland tends to have pretty extended hours to start. Most Friday-Sunday’s are 8am-12am and most week days are 8/9am-9/10pm. They rarely adjust the hours here.