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

[IsleofDisney]

I can't figure out how to get my android to show the seconds on the clock display without having a secondary clock app open. But honestly, the times I've played at home I have been watching the clock roll to 8:59 or 7:59 and just counted 1 Mississippi 2 Mississippi and so on until I'm about 10 seconds away and then everyone in the group then knows it is super close and has their trigger finger ready. If I can figure out how to display it on the default clock at the top of my screen then cool but I don't think it's going to matter much.

I've got an Android phone, OnePlus 7pro. I was able to switch the clock to show the seconds by the following:
Settings - Display - Status Bar (I had to scroll to the bottom) - Time - Select Show hours, minutes, and seconds

Hope that helps!

 

[IsleofDisney]

I have to say when you go I want to go to!! And I'm going to record you as you're experiencing ROTR for the first time.

Okay that may have come off as creepy but @ironband74 should be nominated as the play by play reporter for a ROTR BG Olympics if there ever was one. Along with @EmJ & @CastAStone, they would make quite a team. Imagine the back stories they can share of folks from all walks of life vying for their chance at getting a Boarding Group?

I really enjoy reading the light-hearted comments from the forum members when the stress of getting a BG can be intense, even for just us observers let alone the ones at DLR trying.

 

[CastAStone]

Okay that may have come off as creepy but @ironband74 should be nominated as the play by play reporter for a ROTR BG Olympics if there ever was one. Along with @EmJ & @CastAStone, they would make quite a team. Imagine the back stories they can share of folks from all walks of life vying for their chance at getting a Boarding Group?

I really enjoy reading the light-hearted comments from the forum members when the stress of getting a BG can be intense, even for just us observers let alone the ones at DLR trying.

I actually still haven't been for ROTR! I went to SWGE a few months ago but I'll be at DLP in May to attempt this madness myself! I would definitely be better suited as the color guy than the play by plan announcer!

 

[EmJ]

I actually still haven't been for ROTR! I went to SWGE a few months ago but I'll be at DLP in May to attempt this madness myself! I would definitely be better suited as the color guy than the play by plan announcer!

March here! I'll be the one with my Excel data sheet folded up in my back pocket and protected from Splash Mountain with a Ziploc.

 

[VandVsmama]

Between now and 3/8, I'm pretty much going to be stalking this thread every day. Every time I read a post where somebody says they got a boarding group that's less than 85, inside my head, I think, "YES!" and I'm so excited for them. It's like having a friend win the lottery or something. Haha!

 

[Peachy0118]

I'm just crossing all my fingers and toes that it will be calmed down a little bit by the time we are there in April. Even a 5 minute window would be less stressful than this matter-of-seconds situation (especially since there are only 2 of us and I will be relying solely on wifi...)

 

[VandVsmama]

On the way home from school today, I told my kids that some Saturday or Sunday morning between now and March, we are going to do a practice run on their phones at the DL park opening time. LOL

 

[NorthernCalMom]

People are going insane! The fact that this thread is so long and there's graphs and spreadsheets analyzing entry data is MADNESS!!!

You’re dealing with the Star Wars fan community. Being obsessed with all things Star Wars to the point of MADNESS (!!!) and being willing to, if necessary, camp out for it is kind of our default setting...

 

[LisL]

We are on our way home from 4 days at DL/DCA. We had a great trip and thanks to the advice here (I’ve been lurking since before the ride opened) we got low boarding groups (for 8-9 people) all 3 days we tried.

Day 1, Sat: used MM got in by 7:00, tested ping time around the park (DH swears this is the important #). Best ping time by Mad Hatters. BIL got BG 25 (using an iPhone 11 on Verizon). I was by IASW, much lower ping times, and no one around me reported a BG less than 100.
Day 2, Sun: arrived about 7:20, Lines were to DCA and curving back, a total mess. Gates opened at 7:34 and we assumed we wouldn’t make it. Got in at 7:58, stood near entrance w/ tons of people. DH got boarding group 15 (using iPhone X on AT&T).
Day 3, Mon: can’t remember arrival/gate opening times, but it was much better than Sun. Waited for rope drop in hub, good ping times so stayed there. DS ended up getting BG 4 from the line for Peter Pan (using iPhone 8 on AT&T)

A few other notes: We were worried as 3 of the 4 phones trying to get a BG each day are AT&T, but we got it with an AT&T phone 2/3 days.
We don’t have apple watches and didn’t bother w/ a second timer. When the clock switched to 8:59 we all just started counting seconds in our heads so we’d be close and watched closely for the clock to change to 8:00.
Our group changed daily, so we made my account the primary (scanned all tix into it 1st, it appears they can’t be deleted from here). Then scanned them all into a separate account for DH where they could be deleted. Each morning in line we’d add/subtract people on his account and use it to get the BG.
Lastly, we all LOVED the ride. But I think it’a interesting that my DSs 10 & 13 both prefer MFSR maybe because it’s interactive.

 

[Varty Yo]

Ok here is my expierience as a canadian for all those canucks heading down.

Day 1 Mon: 4yr old and 2yr old were slow rolling so didnt get to park till 9:10 so lucked out
Day 2 Tues: Arrived early and were inside park at 8:40 so had 20 mins to kill so we visited some characters. 8:55 me and the 4 yr old went up top of the train station boaring area and had eyes glued on the time. Had App open then when 9:00 hit hit find out more and was red so blasted through asap and ended up with BG 30. Ride was slow moving i could tell we didnt get called till 12:30.

The ride was amazing and worth every once of stress or nervous excitement leading up to the day!!!

My canadian provider uses AT&T for roaming down south here and i used my Android note 10

 

[CastAStone]

March here! I'll be the one with my Excel data sheet folded up in my back pocket and protected from Splash Mountain with a Ziploc.

Same here but instead of an Excel spreadsheet it's an insulin pump!

 

[dina444444]

Up to 112. I’m guessing only a few more groups if any will be called tonight with a 9pm closing.

 

[Peachy0118]

Ok here is my expierience as a canadian for all those canucks heading down.

Day 1 Mon: 4yr old and 2yr old were slow rolling so didnt get to park till 9:10 so lucked out
Day 2 Tues: Arrived early and were inside park at 8:40 so had 20 mins to kill so we visited some characters. 8:55 me and the 4 yr old went up top of the train station boaring area and had eyes glued on the time. Had App open then when 9:00 hit hit find out more and was red so blasted through asap and ended up with BG 30. Ride was slow moving i could tell we didnt get called till 12:30.

The ride was amazing and worth every once of stress or nervous excitement leading up to the day!!!

My canadian provider uses AT&T for roaming down south here and i used my Android note 10

Super helpful!!! Thank you so much!

 

[senorhiney]

I've got an Android phone, OnePlus 7pro. I was able to switch the clock to show the seconds by the following:
Settings - Display - Status Bar (I had to scroll to the bottom) - Time - Select Show hours, minutes, and seconds

Hope that helps!

Nah mine doesn't do that, but thanks for the effort. I have tested my clock app and I really don't think it's going to be an issue to have my trigger finger ready when the official clock rolls over, but I was curious if I could change my clock settings, but I am convinced I can't. LG Stylo 4.

 

[ten6mom]

Another "ticket link" question if you'd all indulge me, please...

My son is going with a friend in a couple of weeks. He (and the rest of his party) will be getting the DL app to each have on their phones. I already have the DL app on my phone and I have an AP so of course my ticket is always on my phone.

I am going to purchase a parkhopper for him, through UCT. I've only done that once before (for my other son) but I THOUGHT that it automatically put the PH on my DL app.

If it happens this way again, (automatically putting the PH on my app), when I go to add that PH to HIS phone/app, will mine be there on his phone? I don't want my extraneous ticket to mess them up.

 

[senorhiney]

We are on our way home from 4 days at DL/DCA. We had a great trip and thanks to the advice here (I’ve been lurking since before the ride opened) we got low boarding groups (for 8-9 people) all 3 days we tried.

Day 1, Sat: used MM got in by 7:00, tested ping time around the park (DH swears this is the important #). Best ping time by Mad Hatters. BIL got BG 25 (using an iPhone 11 on Verizon). I was by IASW, much lower ping times, and no one around me reported a BG less than 100.
Day 2, Sun: arrived about 7:20, Lines were to DCA and curving back, a total mess. Gates opened at 7:34 and we assumed we wouldn’t make it. Got in at 7:58, stood near entrance w/ tons of people. DH got boarding group 15 (using iPhone X on AT&T).
Day 3, Mon: can’t remember arrival/gate opening times, but it was much better than Sun. Waited for rope drop in hub, good ping times so stayed there. DS ended up getting BG 4 from the line for Peter Pan (using iPhone 8 on AT&T)

A few other notes: We were worried as 3 of the 4 phones trying to get a BG each day are AT&T, but we got it with an AT&T phone 2/3 days.
We don’t have apple watches and didn’t bother w/ a second timer. When the clock switched to 8:59 we all just started counting seconds in our heads so we’d be close and watched closely for the clock to change to 8:00.
Our group changed daily, so we made my account the primary (scanned all tix into it 1st, it appears they can’t be deleted from here). Then scanned them all into a separate account for DH where they could be deleted. Each morning in line we’d add/subtract people on his account and use it to get the BG.
Lastly, we all LOVED the ride. But I think it’a interesting that my DSs 10 & 13 both prefer MFSR maybe because it’s interactive.

What kind of values were you getting? I'm getting 39ms on my couch in Oregon.

 

[Aurora0427]

You’re dealing with the Star Wars fan community. Being obsessed with all things Star Wars to the point of MADNESS (!!!) and being willing to, if necessary, camp out for it is kind of our default setting...

Yeah considering that there are old blogs and message boards that went on for hundreds of pages debating and freaking out when George Lucas inserted Hayden Christensen in for Sebastian Shaw for Anakin’s Force ghost at the end of Jedi; I am not surprised at all there are charts/graphs and data on ROTR!

 

[ironband74]

Looks like 115 is the likely endpoint for the night. 105 groups is not bad considering the late start. Seems like once they got it running, it ran well. I think that despite the rough morning, 8 hours of continuous run time is a good sign.

 

[ironband74]

I have to say when you go I want to go to!! And I'm going to record you as you're experiencing ROTR for the first time.

And you'll drop the phone and break the ride!

 

[EmJ]

Looks like 115 is the likely endpoint for the night. 105 groups is not bad considering the late start. Seems like once they got it running, it ran well. I think that despite the rough morning, 8 hours of continuous run time is a good sign.

Not a bad day at all. The late start slowed them down, but the good performance through the day meant they were able to end (barely) above the trend line.