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

[Ferrellcon]

My thought is there was some issue this morning or late last night that they thought might be able to impact ride operations today. So they set the boarding groups lower in anticipation of being an issue. More of a playing it safe situation that way they weren't dealing with a hoard of upset guests if there was this potential issue.

That is a very good guess. Hopefully everything works out. There are only 10 groups left till they start the backups.

 

[Tree1147]

Question, Is it true that you must specifically be scanned into Disneyland Park at 8AM to get a boarding pass? We have park hoppers and plan to be in DCA early for magic morning. Do we really have to cross over and get into Disneyland just to do the electronic boarding or is it enough to be scanned into DCA with park hoppers?
Thanks for any input.

 

[pharmama]

Question, Is it true that you must specifically be scanned into Disneyland Park at 8AM to get a boarding pass? We have park hoppers and plan to be in DCA early for magic morning. Do we really have to cross over and get into Disneyland just to do the electronic boarding or is it enough to be scanned into DCA with park hoppers?
Thanks for any input.

You must have scanned into DISNEYLAND. Scan in for DCA does not count, even with park hoppers.

 

[mpastor]

Do the paper tickets have a barcode on them? If they do you don’t need to do anything before hand. They will scan the barcode at the turn stiles in the morning and print your ticket at the turn stile.

Yeah they have a barcode, but they were a gift for a day in December so I thought we would have to change them out for the 5th. We also need to add California Adventure to it also.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Question, Is it true that you must specifically be scanned into Disneyland Park at 8AM to get a boarding pass? We have park hoppers and plan to be in DCA early for magic morning. Do we really have to cross over and get into Disneyland just to do the electronic boarding or is it enough to be scanned into DCA with park hoppers?
Thanks for any input.

You need to have scanned into DL. You can scan into DL and leave, but the scan has to have happened before the park opens to be eligible for a BG.

 

[dina444444]

Yeah they have a barcode, but they were a gift for a day in December so I thought we would have to change them out for the 5th. We also need to add California Adventure to it also.

Then yes you need to go to the ticket window to upgrade them to park hoppers. You can do that the night before.

 

[montreid]

With a 20 group spread already, ride is humming along. Will be done calling regulars by noon at this clip -- cutoff 42 -- that's a new low

But with early close tonight -- anticipate a cutoff at ~630pm; If keeps it up group 80s-90s possible.

 

[Keacooke]

In line now for ROTR. just broke down.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

Question, Is it true that you must specifically be scanned into Disneyland Park at 8AM to get a boarding pass? We have park hoppers and plan to be in DCA early for magic morning. Do we really have to cross over and get into Disneyland just to do the electronic boarding or is it enough to be scanned into DCA with park hoppers?
Thanks for any input.

Yes you will have to leave and scan into Disneyland. This process really devalues the early entry to DCA for hotel guests hoping to ride ROTR unfortunately.

 

[montreid]

Yes you will have to leave and scan into Disneyland. This process really devalues the early entry to DCA for hotel guests hoping to ride ROTR unfortunately.

And reason why they should adjust the requirements of scanning into ONE of either parks IF you have a hopper. Apparently the system already is coded to know if you're in DCA and not hopping to DLR and won't let you get a FP via Maxpass (per reports since we've always sported a hopper).

Allowing for BG selection in DCA will not only improve the MM/EHM DCA experience; but also allow for entry into BOTH gates to alleviate the crowding in the esplanade and all the line cutting that shenanigans that happen from folk who don't have good scruples

 

[disneymomanddad]

Edited: Just saw the answer above. Interesting and unfortunate that they updated the technology from MaxPass to differentiate between gates.

Sorry if this has been asked and answered. Brand new member to the DisBoards and I'm not sure if I'm searching properly when I search for this question, but here it is: I see in the instructions that you need to have scanned into Disneyland park. Has anyone tried to book a boarding group while scanned into DCA? I ask because the MaxPass doesn't differentiate between the two parks (i.e., if you have scanned in to DL you can get a RSR fastpass, and likewise as soon as you've scanned into DCA you could get a space mountain fastpass). We're headed out in March for four days, and we're wondering on the days we have extra morning magic hours in DCA would we be able to get a boarding group for ROTR while in DCA, or would we have to leave DCA and go over to DL before we could get the boarding pass? Thanks in advance!

 

[Ferrellcon]

In line now for ROTR. just broke down.

Thats too bad. We were 2 away from reaching the end of regular boarding groups. If it only takes an hour to reboot they will make it to backup groups.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Edited: Just saw the answer above. Interesting and unfortunate that they updated the technology from MaxPass to differentiate between gates.

Sorry if this has been asked and answered. Brand new member to the DisBoards and I'm not sure if I'm searching properly when I search for this question, but here it is: I see in the instructions that you need to have scanned into Disneyland park. Has anyone tried to book a boarding group while scanned into DCA? I ask because the MaxPass doesn't differentiate between the two parks (i.e., if you have scanned in to DL you can get a RSR fastpass, and likewise as soon as you've scanned into DCA you could get a space mountain fastpass). We're headed out in March for four days, and we're wondering on the days we have extra morning magic hours in DCA would we be able to get a boarding group for ROTR while in DCA, or would we have to leave DCA and go over to DL before we could get the boarding pass? Thanks in advance!

This is answered in the first FAQ in the first post in this thread:

You must enter Disneyland Park to join a boarding group, you do not have to stay inside Disneyland once you are scanned in. You can hop over to DCA or head into Downtown Disney. Please note that the Monorail entrance is not advisable for use as it typically does not open until the park officially opens.

I know it’s a long thread, but there are starting to be a lot of questions that are answered in the first three posts, as indicated in the title...

 

[dina444444]

On to the backups. They are at 43 now.

 

[montreid]

Back up! onwards to 44! --

 

[DLgal]

Edited: Just saw the answer above. Interesting and unfortunate that they updated the technology from MaxPass to differentiate between gates.

Sorry if this has been asked and answered. Brand new member to the DisBoards and I'm not sure if I'm searching properly when I search for this question, but here it is: I see in the instructions that you need to have scanned into Disneyland park. Has anyone tried to book a boarding group while scanned into DCA? I ask because the MaxPass doesn't differentiate between the two parks (i.e., if you have scanned in to DL you can get a RSR fastpass, and likewise as soon as you've scanned into DCA you could get a space mountain fastpass). We're headed out in March for four days, and we're wondering on the days we have extra morning magic hours in DCA would we be able to get a boarding group for ROTR while in DCA, or would we have to leave DCA and go over to DL before we could get the boarding pass? Thanks in advance!

They didn't change anything as far as Maxpass goes if you have a park hopper. You can still grab fastpasses in the opposite park using Maxpass as long as you have a park hopper or annual pass.

 

[DA Club]

Annual pass holder here, so wasn’t going to Disney for rise of resistance only but wanted to see what boarding group I would get not at opening time. Entered around 9:15, 1.25 hours after opening and got backup group 108. Leaving park now at 12:30 and they are on backup group 47. No crowds today at all

 

[dina444444]

Annual pass holder here, so wasn’t going to Disney for rise of resistance only but wanted to see what boarding group I would get not at opening time. Entered around 9:15, 1.25 hours after opening and got backup group 108. Leaving park now at 12:30 and they are on backup group 47. No crowds today at all

You must have gotten one of the last groups. The ran out around 9:15.

 

[ZCarroll]

I agree with you. In fact, they should open the gates no less than an hour before official park open,

I still think they should just start giving out boarding groups an hour after opening..... they end up having to open gates and sometimes even rides early anyway because of this so why not just make it easier all around to begin with?

Are they still requiring people to stay in line when it breaks down?

 

[Cupcaker]

Is there a visual screenshot by screenshot on how to join a boarding group available anywhere? I'm a visual learner