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

[deli8788]

Rides been down for a while now. When we left we were told we could not come back. We were forfeiting our BG. We were 27.

 

[deli8788]

I’ve already scanned my BG. It’s no longer on my account. How would I screen shot it?

 

[handyl03]

More info - yesterday a guest had a cell phone was out when it shouldn’t have been, it fell out on the track and was run over per CM.

 

[montreid]

I’ve already scanned my BG. It’s no longer on my account. How would I screen shot it?

I’ve already scanned my BG. It’s no longer on my account. How would I screen shot it?

Ride entrance CM should be able to help you. If not, CS CM closest is by HH.

 

[handyl03]

I’ve already scanned my BG. It’s no longer on my account. How would I screen shot it?

If you already scanned your BG you must have already been in line for the ride. Didn’t they scan your tickets on the way out? We just got back on, ride is up. They took those with recovery passes first. Went through a shorter entrance.

 

[socaldisneylover]

Cast member Gabriel who is standing right next to us right now said down time issues past 2 days were due to guests not following directions or doing things they were asked not to do.

So in other words, these issues are going to continue forever and ever.

 

[njchris]

So in other words, these issues are going to continue forever and ever.

People don’t listen so it will continue to be an issue. That happened a lot on Ellen’s energy adventure in Epcot. ‘Do not get out of vehicle to change seats’. So they do it anyway and the ride has to shut down and cycle so everyone has to leave.

 

[HydroGuy]

Flight of Passage attraction in Pandora Land at Animal Kingdom. It's based on the Avatar movie. This ride opened in May 2017 and is the most difficult to get a FP for, except for the new ROTR if you count BGs as a sort of FP.

And yours truly was there on opening day for FOP and also on the second day.

Several things make FOP and ROTR (at DL) apples and oranges to compare:

1. First, the obvious one mentioned by others already, FOP is at WDW, and WDW and DLR visitors are different demographics
2. FOP opened on Memorial Day weekend while ROTR DL opened in mid-January
3. FOP opened as part of the entire opening of a new land - Pandora - while SWGE opened 8 months ago at DL
4. FOP had FP+ from the beginning (I had FP+ both days I went on opening weekend). At WDW that means 60+ days in advance to get the FP - yes you have to choose the day you will be at the park - the time you get some choice based on what's available
5. DL ROTR was able to get some feedback from WDW ROTR operations which opened 6 weeks prior.

I agree that BGs are the way to go (for DL at least) until they get the ride operating reliably. For many reasons including the ability to close it early for maintenance.

Once DL has ROTR more reliable, I would say a middle road that might address all sides of the disagreement here about BG vs. SB lines is to have both - like FP. So all those lucky ones who get BGs in the morning are set, and if you don't get one, well there is the (3-6 hour?) SB line option - which rewards the early arrivers. Of course, that is sort of like just having FP, so maybe they will switch on FP for ROTR instead of BGs, although MaxPass at DLR allows you to get FPs before park opening while BGs do not.

 

[dina444444]

And yours truly was there on opening day for FOP and also on the second day.

Several things make FOP and ROTR (at DL) apples and oranges to compare:

1. First, the obvious one mentioned by others already, FOP is at WDW, and WDW and DLR visitors are different demographics
2. FOP opened on Memorial Day weekend while ROTR DL opened in mid-January
3. FOP opened as part of the entire opening of a new land - Pandora - while SWGE opened 8 months ago at DL
4. FOP had FP+ from the beginning (I had FP+ both days I went on opening weekend). At WDW that means 60+ days in advance to get the FP - yes you have to choose the day you will be at the park - the time you get some choice based on what's available
5. DL ROTR was able to get some feedback from WDW ROTR operations which opened 6 weeks prior.

I agree that BGs are the way to go (for DL at least) until they get the ride operating reliably. For many reasons including the ability to close it early for maintenance.

Once DL has ROTR more reliable, I would say a middle road that might address all sides of the disagreement here about BG vs. SB lines is to have both - like FP. So all those lucky ones who get BGs in the morning are set, and if you don't get one, well there is the (3-6 hour?) SB line option - which rewards the early arrivers. Of course, that is sort of like just having FP, so maybe they will switch on FP for ROTR instead of BGs, although MaxPass at DLR allows you to get FPs before park opening while BGs do not.

Another big difference is that FoP has 4 “shows” so if one goes down it doesn’t send the whole ride down where as if one part of ROTR goes down the whole thing goes down.

 

[brightlined]

On the bright side, they're calling more groups - up to 29.

 

[HydroGuy]

Got it thanks. I've been following this forum for about a week and didn't understand the FOP or why people were mentioning Hagrid's ride (someone clarified around page 75) but now, hopefully, I'm caught up.

FYI on the Newbies Sticky thread there is a link I wrote about DLR Abbreviations (https://www.disboards.com/threads/dlr-abbreviations-list.1520784/), which itself has a link to a thread about WDW abbreviations. Might help you navigate all the funny acronyms thrown around!

 

[montreid]

I think like FOP if any of the 'shows' go down, it's still 'okay' for the main ride to proceed. It happened at WDW for ROTR a few weeks ago and they kept the ride going---much to some folks chagrin.

FOP broke down once when we were in Preshow 1. got to play with the screen imager for 15minutes --- that was kindof fun in itself.

 

[deli8788]

If you already scanned your BG you must have already been in line for the ride. Didn’t they scan your tickets on the way out? We just got back on, ride is up. They took those with recovery passes first. Went through a shorter entrance.

No. When we got out of line the CM told us “you do realize you are forfeiting your BG?” We have other amazing Disney things to do. So we understood the risk. Not gonna let it ruin my day.

 

[handyl03]

So in other words, these issues are going to continue forever and ever.

The ride just went down again. We made it on - it was AMAZING - but my son and his friend made it to the door to get on the actual ride when it broke down for the second time. They are being issued their second recovery fast pass right now.

 

[dina444444]

I think like FOP if any of the 'shows' go down, it's still 'okay' for the main ride to proceed. It happened at WDW for ROTR a few weeks ago and they kept the ride going---much to some folks chagrin.

FOP broke down once when we were in Preshow 1. got to play with the screen imager for 15minutes --- that was kindof fun in itself.

Well FoP has 4 ride rooms. Like how soarin has 2 or 3 depending on which park you are it. So it can still operate of one goes down.

 

[handyl03]

No. When we got out of line the CM told us “you do realize you are forfeiting your BG?” We have other amazing Disney things to do. So we understood the risk. Not gonna let it ruin my day.

For future riders - If the ride breaks down they will scan your ticket and issue you a recovery fast pass good to ride anytime the ride is up throughout the day. Don’t leave the line if the ride breaks down. It’s worth a few minutes wait. They were very efficient in getting us off of the ride and getting everyone’s tickets scanned for fast passes.

 

[HydroGuy]

I am not going to get too deep into the BG vs. SB argument. Originally I thought BG was a good idea. But it is just now occuring to me that I might want to cancel my trip in early March - whose main purpose is to ride ROTR. I am planning to come with 3 of my adult sons. We would have a weekend. So two chances to get a BG. I have not seen anyone here speculate yet about the success rate of getting a BG, but with the anecdotes of 8AM cheering vs. disappoinment it seems it might be 50/50 at best. I live in CO. I really do not want to come out to SoCal with 2 of my kids (the 3rd lives there already) if I do not know that we have a high % chance of riding ROTR. Like 95% at least.

So I guess I am saying I hope selfishly they switch from BGs sooner rather than later. If I had a 4 day trip planned then I might feel differently. But 2 days? That sounds awfully risky...

ETA: And of course, having BGs "sell out" in 1 minute like the last few days could change by March. Maybe to 10-15 minutes? But still.

 

[Heather07438]

And yours truly was there on opening day for FOP and also on the second day.

Several things make FOP and ROTR (at DL) apples and oranges to compare:

1. First, the obvious one mentioned by others already, FOP is at WDW, and WDW and DLR visitors are different demographics
2. FOP opened on Memorial Day weekend while ROTR DL opened in mid-January
3. FOP opened as part of the entire opening of a new land - Pandora - while SWGE opened 8 months ago at DL
4. FOP had FP+ from the beginning (I had FP+ both days I went on opening weekend). At WDW that means 60+ days in advance to get the FP - yes you have to choose the day you will be at the park - the time you get some choice based on what's available
5. DL ROTR was able to get some feedback from WDW ROTR operations which opened 6 weeks prior.

I agree that BGs are the way to go (for DL at least) until they get the ride operating reliably. For many reasons including the ability to close it early for maintenance.

Once DL has ROTR more reliable, I would say a middle road that might address all sides of the disagreement here about BG vs. SB lines is to have both - like FP. So all those lucky ones who get BGs in the morning are set, and if you don't get one, well there is the (3-6 hour?) SB line option - which rewards the early arrivers. Of course, that is sort of like just having FP, so maybe they will switch on FP for ROTR instead of BGs, although MaxPass at DLR allows you to get FPs before park opening while BGs do not.

At first that seemed like a superb idea to me but when I played it out, it didn't work as well as the current system.

The first hurdle is that BG distribution would be cut in half. So if they are running out in 3 or 7 minutes, then they'll be running out in 90 or 200 seconds.

 

[BGinCali]

At 1pm just got notice that they won’t get to my backup BG (124) / not a surprise but I guess nice for someone who was considering staying late/had hope.

 

[Heather07438]

I am not going to get too deep into the BG vs. SB argument. Originally I thought BG was a good idea. But it is just now occuring to me that I might want to cancel my trip in early March - whose main purpose is to ride ROTR. I am planning to come with 3 of my adult sons. We would have a weekend. So two chances to get a BG. I have not seen anyone here speculate yet about the success rate of getting a BG, but with the anecdotes of 8AM cheering vs. disappoinment it seems it might be 50/50 at best. I live in CO. I really do not want to come out to SoCal with 2 of my kids (the 3rd lives there already) if I do not know that we have a high % chance of riding ROTR. Like 95% at least.

So I guess I am saying I hope selfishly they switch from BGs sooner rather than later. If I had a 4 day trip planned then I might feel differently. But 2 days? That sounds awfully risky...

ETA: And of course, having BGs "sell out" in 1 minute like the last few days could change by March. Maybe to 10-15 minutes? But still.

I hear you on that point. I'd wait to see how DL works out over the next few weeks.

DL & WDW are different, but at WDW I'd venture to say that in 2 shots guests would be nearing a 95% chance to ride. I've been following the WDW board and it's extremely rare to hear of a party trying twice and not succeeding. Just not fully confident the same will hold true at DL but it might.