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

[senorhiney]

What time did backups run out at?

For me it greyed out after 2 plus minutes after 9. Playing from home.

 

[otten]

Anecdotal observation from playing along at home this morning.

On previous mornings I have always opened the app before the park open time then clicked on find out more the moment my clock switches to 8 or 9 depending on opening time. I have always gotten a red button this way.

This morning I thought I'd try something new and waited for the button to turn red at 9. It did not. Not only that but switching between my status and find out more also didn't get a red button. I had to kill the app and reopen before I got a red button and by then they were onto backups.

 

[ironband74]

Anecdotal observation from playing along at home this morning.

On previous mornings I have always opened the app before the park open time then clicked on find out more the moment my clock switches to 8 or 9 depending on opening time. I have always gotten a red button this way.

This morning I thought I'd try something new and waited for the button to turn red at 9. It did not. Not only that but switching between my status and find out more also didn't get a red button. I had to kill the app and reopen before I got a red button and by then they were onto backups.

Android or iPhone?

 

[otten]

Android or iPhone?

Iphone 7plus

 

[deejdigsdis]

BG 1 today!!! I just flew in from out of state to go to 80s Nite. Only in the park for 5-ish hours today but thought I would get some real practice in after practicing from home the past week. Was not planning on securing anything, really.

Train station platform, Google Pixel 2, Google Fi, just watched my phone hit 9 and went in.

Thanks for the tips everyone!

 

[momof2intx]

Maybe this has already been covered - without going back and reading all 150+ posts....here goes my question;

We are debating going 2/14-2/17 because that is the only weekend we can go - but I'm really afraid that the crowds are going to be out of control. Our park days would be Sat/Sun the 15 & 16.

If we are staying within walking distance and the park has EMH hours (open at 7) - what time should you get to bag check to have the best chance of being in the park by 8? We have APs but no EMH - we will be staying at the Hampton Inn nearby.

We are thinking of leaving the hotel by 630a which should put us at bag check a bit before 7am...with it being a busy holiday weekend and also a cheerleading competition at the convention center that weekend - do we have a good chance of getting into the park prior to 8am assuming they open the gates a bit early to DL?

We live in NorCal and it is between this and a Vegas weekend for my husband and I - we wouldn't be able to get back to DL again until at least June. Just wondering if it is worth the stress of trying it now or just waiting until the summertime?? I have anxiety already.

 

[VandVsmama]

Anecdotal observation from playing along at home this morning.

On previous mornings I have always opened the app before the park open time then clicked on find out more the moment my clock switches to 8 or 9 depending on opening time. I have always gotten a red button this way.

This morning I thought I'd try something new and waited for the button to turn red at 9. It did not. Not only that but switching between my status and find out more also didn't get a red button. I had to kill the app and reopen before I got a red button and by then they were onto backups.

I had the same thing happen. iPhone 6s

 

[BigOHawk]

Another variable may be the version of Android. A new phone probably ships with Oreo. An older phone may not have been updated to the latest version yet.

Galaxy S8 here, I have Android V. 9 which is Pie so should have surpassed Oreo.

 

[ironband74]

I had the same thing happen. iPhone 6s

So perhaps the factor in a successful cha-cha slide is newer phones. I am wondering now if the deciding factor is 4g vs 5g vs wifi rather than OS. Or if it is just totally random what works sometimes doesn't work other times.

It seems that best practice regardless of platform is:
0. Make sure that only the people getting boarding passes are scanned into your phone. Remove other APs and tickets.

1. Open app a few mintues before opening.

2. Shortly before opening, switch to app, but do not click find out more.

3. At opening, as determined by phone clock changing or second hand on smart watch or synchronized non-smart watch, click find out more.

4. If red button is present, click it.

5a. The party should be selected as the default if you did step 0. Click get boarding pass and hope for a low number.

5b. If the red button isn't present, tap "My Status"

6b. If the blue "Get Boarding pass" is lit,tap it and then proceed with step 5a above.

7b. If the blue button isn't lit, go back and check for red button. If present, tap it and proceed with step 5a above.

8b. If red button not lit, kill the app and open again, proceeding immediately to "find out more" and proceeding with step 4 above.

Check my work.

 

[JWelch62]

Galaxy S8 here, I have Android V. 9 which is Pie so should have surpassed Oreo.

You're right. I'm on 10 where they stopped giving them names. I'm getting old...

 

[BigOHawk]

As I expected. The "Status screen/Find Out More" cha cha seems to work well for you iOS folks. I haven't been successful doing this on my Android in play at home mode. I'd be interested to hear from any Android users for whom this works.

What is this Status screen/Find Out More cha cha you speak of? You mean opening the app exactly at 9 vs. leaving app open at say 8:55 and then seeing if button turns red? Android and Galaxy here and it seems it won't turn red for me unless I load the DL app at 8:50:50, and click Find Out More.

 

[BigOHawk]

You're right. I'm on 10 where they stopped giving them names. I'm getting old...

Wonder too if they had no idea what food/sweet to name for Q to just settled on a number system?

 

[LeiaOfAlderaan]

Re the February 14-17 weekend, along with comments already posted re AP blackouts, holiday, & etc, also be aware that many school districts give Friday 2/14 off for Lincoln’s birthday to give a 4-day weekend. So Friday could be a heavier day.

We will be there the weekend of the 14th and between the Presidents Day holiday, ski week, ROTR crowds, and the cheer competition, I’m expecting it to be full on Armageddon. Even with lots of APs blocked I think it will be nuts. And if it’s not utter chaos, I’ll be pleasantly surprised! MTFBWU

 

[ironband74]

What is this Status screen/Find Out More cha cha you speak of? You mean opening the app exactly at 9 vs. leaving app open at say 8:55 and then seeing if button turns red? Android and Galaxy here and it seems it won't turn red for me unless I load the DL app at 8:50:50, and click Find Out More.

The cha cha I speak of is this: Some folks report that if they tap "Find Out More" prior to open, they can see that the button is not red. They then tap "My Status" and see that the blue button is not lit. They then go back and forth between the "Find Out More" screen and the "My Status" screen until they see one of the buttons has activated.

For me and many others, this does not seem to work at all, as in our cases opening the "Find Out More" prior to opening seems to lock us out until we restart the app. I'm on a Galaxy S7, myself.

 

[BigOHawk]

The cha cha I speak of is this: Some folks report that if they tap "Find Out More" prior to open, they can see that the button is not red. They then tap "My Status" and see that the blue button is not lit. They then go back and forth between the "Find Out More" screen and the "My Status" screen until they see one of the buttons has activated.

For me and many others, this does not seem to work at all, as in our cases opening the "Find Out More" prior to opening seems to lock us out until we restart the app. I'm on a Galaxy S7, myself.

Gotcha, just playing along while not at DL it seems for me on a Galaxy S8, Verizon, no WIFI on 4GLTE, I reload the DL app at around 8:50:50-55 seconds, it takes around 5 seconds to fully load then a quick click of Find Out More puts me through pretty quickly. I'll be there in early March on a Wed, thanks for all the tips, tricks and banter in this thread, it has definitely helped me with strategy!

 

[e_yerger]

We will be there the weekend of the 14th and between the Presidents Day holiday, ski week, ROTR crowds, and the cheer competition, I’m expecting it to be full on Armageddon. Even with lots of APs blocked I think it will be nuts. And if it’s not utter chaos, I’ll be pleasantly surprised! MTFBWU

Well this has gotten me more stressed out

 

[LeiaOfAlderaan]

Well this has gotten me more stressed out

Don’t be stressed! I was catastrophizing a bit. We are expecting to have a great time even with the crowds, whatever they may be.

 

[e_yerger]

Don’t be stressed! I was catastrophizing a bit. We are expecting to have a great time even with the crowds, whatever they may be.

all i want is to be able to get on RotR once!

 

[ironband74]

So we've been boarding for about two hours and we're up to 32. Tracking very close to Monday's performance.

 

[Kender]

You're right. I'm on 10 where they stopped giving them names. I'm getting old...

Wonder too if they had no idea what food/sweet to name for Q to just settled on a number system?

I've been calling it occasionally Queen Cake myself because I hate calling it 10; would rather just call it Q even . I'm really hoping they go back to dessert names with R later this year.

But yeah, brand new released Android phones from the past year should at least be mostly shipping with Pie. Oreo is 2017 and what the Pixel 2/2XLs shipped with (I have a 2XL myself). Not that many outside of the Pixel line are on Q yet. Some are, though.

Would be another interesting data point for people to share OS too.