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

[Lvsdisney]

I understand the need to confirm the owner of the park ticket but it seems like with availability of tech, Disney could figure out a new way of doing this rather than photos at the gate creating these slowdowns.

Do they also do the finger print like at WDW? That goes pretty quickly when scanning for the first time.

 

[VandVsmama]

Do they also do the finger print like at WDW? That goes pretty quickly when scanning for the first time.

No finger printing

 

[dina444444]

Do they also do the finger print like at WDW? That goes pretty quickly when scanning for the first time.

Nope. They take a picture. Takes way more time than the fingerprints.

 

[Pamela M]

I am a little nervous about moving Oga's day of as we are a group of 10 but we will just adjust as needed once we get there. Thanks for sharing your experience!

If it runs like WDW you'll have 2 hours after your boarding group is called so you can finish a dining reservation or fastpass and get to the boarding group.

 

[disneylover102]

I will be at DL on the 18th19th. Completely unaware of the ROTR opening when I planned our trip. Don't be mad...not the biggest Star Wars fan so I am not super interested in riding it. If I can get a BG, cool. But I am still kinda nervous about crowds and what time I should be getting to the park to make sure we get in at rope drop and can make use of the rest of the park (which is my priority).

Follow this thread on the 17th to find out what a good strategy is

 

[Aurora0427]

I guess we have been fortunate. Rarely does it take more than 15-20 second for the person to swipe the ticket and take the pic. The problem is usually with people not being prepared. Or people using 1 Park tickets trying to get in both parks, or APs not checking block out date and arguing they were sure this weekend was open when they bought the pass a year ago....

Yes, I’d say you’ve been very fortunate. We’ve been to Disneyland ten plus times since moving here in June, and the only time we’ve ever had a 15-20 second experience is when we are coming in at an off time and there is literally no one in front of us.

 

[Evita_W]

I understand the need to confirm the owner of the park ticket but it seems like with availability of tech, Disney could figure out a new way of doing this rather than photos at the gate creating these slowdowns.

The problem is with California laws, other theme parks in California used to use biometrics, but have since stopped due to some potential lawsuits based around California privacy laws. From my understanding the same laws are responsible for Disneyland not being able to have MagicBands either (thank goodness for that part).

 

[Malcon10t]

Yes, I’d say you’ve been very fortunate. We’ve been to Disneyland ten plus times since moving here in June, and the only time we’ve ever had a 15-20 second experience is when we are coming in at an off time and there is literally no one in front of us.

We have had longer times too, but when things are running smoothly, it really doesn't take that long, and definitely not 10 mins for 6 people for the norm. And I am looking at busier times. Over Christmas, they were taking pictures on second entry to speed up first time in the morning. We spent 2 weeks then, and we do check the lines normally looking for papers in hand, but during Christmas papers were everywhere.

We go for a long weekend, at least once if not twice a month, and we joke that between Nov/Dec, we spend more time at DL than at home. I figure we have spent somewhere around 40 days since last June (heck, Dec alone we had 15 days.) . So, we do experience a lot of variation to timing.

 

[Malcon10t]

The problem is with California laws, other theme parks in California used to use biometrics, but have since stopped due to some potential lawsuits based around California privacy laws. From my understanding the same laws are responsible for Disneyland not being able to have MagicBands either (thank goodness for that part).

I personally love MagicBands, as far as entering parks, paying, opening doors, etc. Similar to how I can use my iWatch for many things. I did not like how the park could follow me (which is why they can't be used in CA.)

 

[mydisneymoney]

Apologies if this has been asked but this thread is so big I really do not have time to read it all. Can you track which boarding group is currently being loaded so you can get an idea of when your group might be ready to go? I should say are they posting it at WDW currently? I hope this makes sense.

 

[disneylover102]

Apologies if this has been asked but this thread is so big I really do not have time to read it all. Can you track which boarding group is currently being loaded so you can get an idea of when your group might be ready to go? I should say are they posting it at WDW currently? I hope this makes sense.

Yes. I took a screenshot of the WDW app. Right now the park is closed (it’s after 9 there) but normally on this screen it says what BG # it currently is.

 

[Malcon10t]

Apologies if this has been asked but this thread is so big I really do not have time to read it all. Can you track which boarding group is currently being loaded so you can get an idea of when your group might be ready to go? I should say are they posting it at WDW currently? I hope this makes sense.

Yes, it will show on the screen, plus there are push notifications. When we were doing the preview, they had a web page up for us which would update every couple mins and let us know what boarding groups were up. (Example, Cast Preview currently is groups 39-51 for DL.) . We will know more in a couple days!!

 

[DisneyDork1969]

Yes. I took a screenshot of the WDW app. Right now the park is closed (it’s after 9 there) but normally on this screen it says what BG # it currently is.

How do you reach that screen on the app? Are you in the park now?

 

[Go💛Go]

How do you reach that screen on the app? Are you in the park now?

You can reach that screen by tapping on Find Out More.

You can try it now; you don’t need to be in or even close to a park.

 

[Jkpark]

I guess we have been fortunate. Rarely does it take more than 15-20 second for the person to swipe the ticket and take the pic. The problem is usually with people not being prepared. Or people using 1 Park tickets trying to get in both parks, or APs not checking block out date and arguing they were sure this weekend was open when they bought the pass a year ago....

This has been more my experience.

If it runs like WDW you'll have 2 hours after your boarding group is called so you can finish a dining reservation or fastpass and get to the boarding group.

Yes - but we have droid depot reservations shortly thereafter, so something will have to give if we are lucky to get a BG, and then unlucky to be called conflicting with those other reservations - we will figure it out though.

 

[CableKC]

I spoke to the DL Reservation CM and asked about the boarding passes and the Monorail. She said that once we scan our ticket to enter the park, the option to get the Boarding passes for RotR should become active on the DL App. I asked her specifically about the Monorail entrance and she said that it should work there as well once you get scanned in to the DL park, the option should be there. My guess is that scanning into the Monorail to take over to DL is considered the same as entering the park in the front gate at the main entrance ( which makes sense since there isn't a separate scan of your ticket once you exit the monorail near the Finding Nemo ride ).

 

[Evita_W]

I spoke to the DL Reservation CM and asked about the boarding passes and the Monorail. She said that once we scan our ticket to enter the park, the option to get the Boarding passes for RotR should become active on the DL App. I asked her specifically about the Monorail entrance and she said that it should work there as well once you get scanned in to the DL park, the option should be there. My guess is that scanning into the Monorail to take over to DL is considered the same as entering the park in the front gate at the main entrance ( which makes sense since there isn't a separate scan of your ticket once you exit the monorail near the Finding Nemo ride ).

Yes, that would be fine, the only question is if entering DCA will work or not.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

I spoke to the DL Reservation CM and asked about the boarding passes and the Monorail. She said that once we scan our ticket to enter the park, the option to get the Boarding passes for RotR should become active on the DL App. I asked her specifically about the Monorail entrance and she said that it should work there as well once you get scanned in to the DL park, the option should be there. My guess is that scanning into the Monorail to take over to DL is considered the same as entering the park in the front gate at the main entrance ( which makes sense since there isn't a separate scan of your ticket once you exit the monorail near the Finding Nemo ride ).

This sounds risky. I've passed the monorail station before on my way to the parks and although the park had already opened, they hadn't let anyone through the turnstile at the monorail station yet. Maybe they will be more prepared for this situation though and be sure to open the turnstiles at the monorail earlier.

 

[Vysecity]

The 19th and 20th still available on Flex pass. Maybe it wont be SO packed??? Maybe???

 

[twodogs]

The 19th and 20th still available on Flex pass. Maybe it wont be SO packed??? Maybe???

It has been variously booked for 1/18 and 1/19 but only for DL, then today, nothing is booked. Guess people are not interested in this ride, so I should have no problem getting an excellent BG on 1/18 and 1/19 when I will be there!! Ha ha I am probably being just a wee bit optimistic, but a girl can dream...