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

[dina444444]

I’m going Saturday morning. Plan to get to the parking structure around 6:15am. I have to get a low number boarding group in order to ride since I have a 3:15 flight off to WDW. But if I don’t get called in time I have a friend that will use my boarding pass and I’ll get to ride in WDW again next week.

 

[crystal1313]

Hi Michelle, I do not remember if they took photos on the 60th. I did not have an AP at that point, but we went the day before the actual 60th anniversary and I do not recall if they took my photo or not.

Yes, we were about 20ish people back from the turnstiles. Everyone was really excited and there was no pushing or shoving or anything like that at all.

@dina444444 I do not remember the parks being open 24 hours on July 17th, that is what I was talking about for the 60th anniversary.

 

[Pamela M]

Aside from here where are people going to get news on how opening is goin? Are there twitter or instagram accounts to follow?

 

[dina444444]

Hi Michelle, I do not remember if they took photos on the 60th. I did not have an AP at that point, but we went the day before the actual 60th anniversary and I do not recall if they took my photo or not.

Yes, we were about 20ish people back from the turnstiles. Everyone was really excited and there was no pushing or shoving or anything like that at all.

@dina444444 I do not remember the parks being open 24 hours on July 17th, that is what I was talking about for the 60th anniversary.

Oh no that day was a breeze compared to the start of the 60th. The start of the 60th was the nutso 24 hour day. I got to the parks at 6:45 that day with no waits to park at the structure or security and the park opened early and everything was walk on.

 

[crystal1313]

Oh no that day was a breeze compared to the start of the 60th. The start of the 60th was the nutso 24 hour day. I got to the parks at 6:45 that day with no waits to park at the structure or security and the park opened early and everything was walk on.

Oh ok! Whew! I thought I was going crazy...LOL. I was not there for the craziness of the 24 hour day. Only the actual bday on 7/17. =)

 

[dina444444]

Oh ok! Whew! I thought I was going crazy...LOL. I was not there for the craziness of the 24 hour day. Only the actual bday on 7/17. =)

Yeah the actual day of the 60th was a pretty slow day for summer time. But the first day of the celebration was sheer insanity. People were holding spots on main st. by 10am for the first paint the night parade.

 

[corgi_monster]

That's the story we're getting - the button will be there but not be active until 8.

Given Disney IT's track record, I will be intermittently refreshing the app as soon as I get in the park. Perhaps this might be one occasion when IT glitches work in our favor. You never know and one can hope, right?

 

[Aurora0427]

Good luck to everyone going tomorrow! I can’t wait to read about your experiences. The wait times at the park today are the lowest I’ve ever seen! Wish we were there!!!

May the Force be with You!!!!!

 

[Malroy]

Aside from here where are people going to get news on how opening is goin? Are there twitter or instagram accounts to follow?

i follow couple people on insta who I'm presuming will be there - mrcheezypop (also does great YouTube videos!) and patrickadougall (also does YouTube)

 

[Skyegirl1999]

So, are they just not announcing the parking situation?

I mean, tomorrow is like eight hours away... I realize there have been a lot of rumors, but shouldn’t Disney be officially stating what will be open and when?

 

[ironband74]

So, are they just not announcing the parking situation?

I mean, tomorrow is like eight hours away... I realize there have been a lot of rumors, but shouldn’t Disney be officially stating what will be open and when?

Best I can do is a moderator comment from the Parks Blog:

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...yland-park/?CMP=SOC-TW.DLR|SWGE_RR_BlogRRBlog
"Toy Story Parking Lot will be open at midnight and guests will be directed accordingly."

It's the first "official" word I've seen.

 

[CastAStone]

Best I can do is a moderator comment from the Parks Blog:

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...yland-park/?CMP=SOC-TW.DLR|SWGE_RR_BlogRRBlog
"Toy Story Parking Lot will be open at midnight and guests will be directed accordingly."

It's the first "official" word I've seen.

If I were them I wouldn’t announce that I’m doing anything differently either. If you say parking opens at 2 AM then you have a line of cars at 2 AM. Better to say nothing and prepare for everything.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Best I can do is a moderator comment from the Parks Blog:

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...yland-park/?CMP=SOC-TW.DLR|SWGE_RR_BlogRRBlog
"Toy Story Parking Lot will be open at midnight and guests will be directed accordingly."

It's the first "official" word I've seen.

Well, we always park at Toy Story, so I guess this is good news for us! Fingers crossed that things aren’t ridiculously crazier than I anticipate...

 

[IsleofDisney]

Aside from here where are people going to get news on how opening is goin? Are there twitter or instagram accounts to follow?

D23's Inside Disney will be live streaming the event starting at 8 am tomorrow morning. You can find more info on the D23 website.

 

[IsleofDisney]

Being held at the turnstiles means you HAVEN’T had your ticket scanned yet - which would mean you can’t get a BG. I’d be nervous about the monorail entrance.


We are aiming for a 5:30 arrival (I’d go earlier, but balancing when to drag my kiddo out of bed)... We may adjust depending if line-ups start tonight and stuff like that. If you see this cutie, say hello! I’ll be in a Mandalorian bound that sort of makes me look like a foil-wrapped baked potato, so you can say hi to me, too. View attachment 465511

How fun!! What a cutie, and it looks like she's into it too! We'll be there on Saturday bright and early. Can't wait to hear the first reports back of the ride.

 

[midnight star]

Have fun everyone that is going

 

[EmJ]

Good luck tonight and tomorrow everyone! We aren't leaving for another 74 days (but who's counting?), but I will be living vicariously through you!

 

[Kender]

I am living vicariously through everyone going because being a responsible adult is sadly winning out . But I did consider for a moment driving the 6-7 hours down, taking a nap along the way somewhere, trying for a BG, and then napping again before driving the 6-7 hours home later in the day. And honestly I think it's only winning out because I do want to ride with my mom the first time I ride ROTR.

Good luck to everyone! Guests and especially CMs!

Eagerly awaiting those first reports from those planning to get there early

 

[heathpack]

You can use EMH on check in day. 5:30 should be plenty of time to check in and get to the park for the EMH line, although who knows how many people will be waiting at the main gate for regular parking opening.

As for monorail, we don’t really know the specifics of how the gates will operate once RotR opens, but I’d doubt that there will be any benefit to entering via monorail, it might be slower, or not open at all.

The last time we checked in early morning at VGC to avail ourselves of EMH, we arrived shortly before 6am and were told we had to wait until 6am to be checked in, as that’s the earliest possible hotel check in time. You may want to call first to clarify.

 

[heathpack]

We'll be staying at VGC for the weekend of Jan 24th. I'm hoping we'll be able to take advantage of the hotel entrance, although I suspect it would get packed early. I've been following the WDW thread since day one, and it's starting to stress me out. I was hoping DL would give resort guests a slot like they did for the opening, but I guess not. The cynical part of me thinks that after the perceived "flop" of the GE opening that they want a madhouse for the RotR opening.

On EMH days, the Grand Californian entrance to CA is only open to Grand Californian guests, or at least that was the case in Sept when we were there. It was quick to get through turnstiles.

On nonEMH days, the entrance is open to all resort guests and is very slow.