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

[Mathmagicland]

BG 23!! AT&T iPhone X.

Stood by the newsstand at the front gates. Kept checking connection speed was good initially by the train station but got worse as more people started hanging out there. So moved to the newsstand base on reports of ATT success in the esplanade. Had the strongest signal there & never dropped off.

Other family got BG 19 by the partners statue on Verizon. Don’t know the phone type EDIT this phone is a Samsung galaxy note 8

 

[ironband74]

10 minutes in, backups are still available. Looks like Wednesday again. @Mathmagicland - how is the crowd reaction this morning? What numbers are you overhearing?

 

[Katiebird]

8:12 and backup groups still available. Playing from home

 

[vickiea]

It seems like they held back some of the backup BG's today (?) since the Join Boarding Group option did go away for many of us for 1-2 minutes and then came back (and they are still available now). Everyday it is a little different as they tweak things.

 

[Varty Yo]

Playing from home was grey till 8:06 then popped up red for backup groups for another minute or more. Strange.

Flying in sun will try mon morning for BG and every day for next 5 after lol.

 

[CastAStone]

To clarify, I don't need to purchase max pass prior to attempting to get a BG, correct? I can do that after I secure a BG?

*note: I'm not going til March so this might be useless info, but I'm super curious just in case this BG stuff is still going on in 6 weeks*

If you purchase MaxPass first there’s 2 benefits:
1) you can book a FastPass before park opening
2) you can be sure everything is linked up correctly before the boarding group battle begins

So I wouldn’t wait.

 

[Mathmagicland]

My brother has ATT & iPhone 11 he was in Peter Pan line turn by the castle & got BG 61 - edit to add BG #

Rope drop at the park was approx 7:54.

also not all in line were in by 8- maybe 20 people deep in the lines by the Newsstand

 

[VandVsmama]

8:15 am DL time and I tried from home, looks like backup boarding groups still available.

 

[CastAStone]

I just went in to try (from home) and it told me to update my app. iPhone. Make sure you’re using the latest version!

 

[Mommy to Kayla]

Got boarding group 26. Three of us with IPhones and my daughter got it first but the other two of us were in the process of getting one too. So luckily all 3 of us did get in. Came in with low expectations so we are all very happy.
After getting our BG we rode buzz came out and there were signs on the RotR fast pass machines saying Back Up groups still available, that was around 8:15 or so.

 

[Gaugersaurus]

I think we're going to see a trend of all groups being gone within minutes of opening on MM/EMH days and backups sticking around for a bit on days without MM/EMH at least during weekdays. Will be interesting if this holds true for weekends as well.

 

[EmJ]

I just went in to try (from home) and it told me to update my app. iPhone. Make sure you’re using the latest version!

I am a technology dunce. How do I tell if the version is current?

 

[njchris]

Backups still available.

 

[Rich M]

Wow loving this report for today. I will be there next Friday and now I have hope

 

[CastAStone]

I am a technology dunce. How do I tell if the version is current?

On an iPhone you can search for the app in the App Store like you’re going to get it for the first time. If the button that normally says “buy” says “open”, you’re good. If it says “update”, click it to update.

 

[DLgal]

Not who I am referring too. Or the people who frequent the boards or something similar.

After the cheering stops, you just have to walk around and see the guest faces that are still glued to their mobile devices hoping for a miracle. It is sad.

Then go see the lines and listen to the guests at a guest services booth or City Hall. Front line CMs I have spoken to have said how stressful this whole situation has made it for the guest and for them. The message and directions have not been clear enough.

They just want BGs to stop.

ME

Agree. When we were in the park Sunday, the lines at the guest Relations kiosks around the park were all SO long. We have to use those for obtaining DAS and basically gave up on that after our first DAS because there were just way too many people lined up to complain. I got to listen to a bunch of people ahead of me complain about it to the CMs and people behind us in line doing so amongst themselves. I've never seen lines that long on a normal day. It's usually 2-3 groups at a time in line maximum.

 

[smercerdiemont]

Hi everyone! We just got back from Disney last night, and was able to pull BG the two days we tried. My husband and I have Apple XS. He was able to pull them, with numbers 43 and 31. I am quick but my phone was not loading. We stood by the shops on the right hand side. Security lines were so fast, which was surprising. We didn’t stand in line longer than 10 minutes and that was due to large groups of people in front of us getting pictures taken. One thing I though was amazing is that there is a rider switch being offered.

Editing to say THANK YOU to all of you that posted advice/tips/tricks. Without you all sharing your experiences and how to get a BG, I am sure we wouldn’t have gotten one. I can’t tell you all thank you enough. I also removed what might be spoilers and posted to other thread

 

[Mathmagicland]

Backups filled approx 8:45-8:50. Start at 81 today. Ride not yet open.

 

[DLgal]

There seems to be no advantage for being in the park so early so I am wondering if you show up at 7:50 is there still lines outside and you might miss being in at 8 or if it makes sense to come a little later as long as you are in the park before the scheduled opening.

We rolled up at 7:51 last Sunday and made it in by 7:53.

 

[NorthernCalMom]

To clarify, I don't need to purchase max pass prior to attempting to get a BG, correct? I can do that after I secure a BG?

I guess the idea behind getting it before is that this can rule out app problems such as improperly scanned tickets and thus people who are in the park but aren’t recognized by the system as being there (they wouldn’t get a Maxpass-FP either, and when you do this early enough it gives you time to go back to a cast member & troubleshoot) or your, for whatever reason, not being signed into your account. So, by the time the BG craziness starts, you would have already excluded a few things that could go wrong. But, yes, you’re right, technically you don’t HAVE to.