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

[Version 6]

Im flying over to DL from Australia early next week - when i booked months ago to come i had no idea it would
be such a lottery if i could ride or not - i just assumed there would be long wait times in line but was prepared
to get up super early - i wish they had of let us know months ago that it would be so hard to ride - i only have 3 days
at DL and the first day i arrive after 10am so no chance to even try for a boarding group that day
plus ill be getting a pre paid sim card for my
mobile phone when i arrive so i don't even know if ill have good coverage and will probably have to rely on the wi-fi .....
im a super Star Wars fan so i will be so disappointed if i don't get on but im going to give it my best shot for the two
early mornings that i am there - wish me luck

Which carrier are you with in Australia? I'm pretty sure all the major carriers now let you roam for $5 a day making pre paid sims pretty pointless. I used that for my current trip and was able to ride.

 

[BecAus]

Telstra is $10/day - but that’s what I use when I’m at DL.
I’m ‘tech challenged’ so I just find it a lot easier to do that, I can live with $10/day, I think it’s pretty reasonable.

to the two (Aussie) previous posters:
I wish you both the best of luck, hopefully you’ll get on with no issues - fingers will be crossed for you!

 

[IsleofDisney]

Any reports on esplanade crowds? Or TS parking lot capacity and M&F/PixarPals lines?

 

[Heather07438]

But thousands are rising/riding it every day.

I see what you did there

 

[hiroMYhero]

I echo the sentiments of the others suggesting maybe moving to a better locale to get your BG. Also possibly enlisting the help of "friends at home" to enter your ticket number(s) in and help you get a BG that way.

If you want to PM me, I'd be happy to try for you as I'm not anywhere near the park, but at the same time I do not encourage you to send your ticket numbers to strangers on the internet.

Another option is to share login info for the DL app. In some cases, setting up an account that’s shareable and doesn’t have linked credit card info etc. works well.

I have a ‘research’ My Disney Experience account in addition to my own family account and only I can reassign tickets to/from accounts because I’m the accounts’ Manager.

For DL, I share my account login when using MaxPass with my group.

 

[dieumeye]

Good morning. Here’s how it’s looking from my POV this morning...


724 arrived at harbor security
725 thru no bag line into esplanade

725 in line at gate 29
729 thru gate

Saw a couple different VIP groups with their phones out and the guide explaining the procedure. Im not a fan of blocking VIPs. Is there really that much harm to the system if they allow VIP groups in? Maybe there is. Not sure how many BGs worth of people all VIP groups would represent.

I’m certain that the hub/Main Street is more crowded today than it was on Friday at this time. I say that because I was walking laps around the hub Friday until rope drop, but crowd is too packed to do that today.

Looking around, I see that they are holding the crowd mid-hub whereas on Friday they let the crowd circle the hub. So that explains why it feels more packed in. Although I still think the crowd today is more densely packed in than it was Friday.

I hope they rope drop at 7:45 to thin the crowd out.

Update: RD at 7:50. Let’s get this crowd thinned out for better cell reception!

 

[Go💛Go]

Is there really that much harm to the system if they allow VIP groups in?

No; but it can be detrimental if a VIP group is standing in the RotR FP queue for an hour or more and then gets evacuated. Disney doesn’t want to make amends or provide VIP guest recovery-appeasement.

By utilizing BGs for VIPs, they have to adjust accordingly just as all the other park guests.

 

[ironband74]

For those about to rise:

 

[franandaj]

No; but it can be detrimental if a VIP group is standing in the RotR FP queue for an hour or more and then gets evacuated.

I'm curious why this is detrimental. Just asking.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Im flying over to DL from Australia early next week - when i booked months ago to come i had no idea it would
be such a lottery if i could ride or not - i just assumed there would be long wait times in line but was prepared
to get up super early - i wish they had of let us know months ago that it would be so hard to ride - i only have 3 days
at DL and the first day i arrive after 10am so no chance to even try for a boarding group that day
plus ill be getting a pre paid sim card for my
mobile phone when i arrive so i don't even know if ill have good coverage and will probably have to rely on the wi-fi .....
im a super Star Wars fan so i will be so disappointed if i don't get on but im going to give it my best shot for the two
early mornings that i am there - wish me luck

You have three day tickets with a MM, right? If you’re willing to kill your MM to ensure you have a chance to ride, I’d go right to a Buzz FP machine and wait there for an hour, so you’re the first person to pull a physical BG.

Obviously that’s a massive “waste” of your MM, but if your trip was for ROTR, it’s probably worth it to you?

 

[montreid]

Hmm. would be interested to see if once a VIP group gets a BG if the time and # can be modified got those 1-11 groups

 

[DGsAtBLT]

No; but it can be detrimental if a VIP group is standing in the RotR FP queue for an hour or more and then gets evacuated. Disney doesn’t want to make amends or provide VIP guest recovery-appeasement.

By utilizing BGs for VIPs, they have to adjust accordingly just as all the other park guests.

I too was wondering if the number of VIP groups really would make a big impact.

Not wanting to mess with it from a guest recovery perspective makes a lot more sense. I wonder if that’s it.

 

[StarGirl11]

BGs are gone. Was playing along from home looks like they were gone sometime between 8:01 and 8:02. Backups start at 80

 

[NateD1226]

Good luck to anyone trying to ride it today. I am worried that with it being a holiday, the extreme amount of downtime yesterday, and half of the effects still not working is going to lead to today being a rough day.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

I tried to follow along from home today and it didn’t go well. I had to quit the app and reload. Worried about my chances for tomorrow.

 

[montreid]

Yeah; interested in how high they put the backup groups. I bet they limited those even to minimize disappointment.

 

[ironband74]

Playing along at home, I couldn't get the button to light up until they were on backup groups about a minute in.

And backup groups were gone by 8:03.

Not surprising with the holiday.

Tomorrow will be very interesting.

Boarding groups 80 and above are backup today.

 

[ironband74]

Good luck to anyone trying to ride it today. I am worried that with it being a holiday, the extreme amount of downtime yesterday, and half of the effects still not working is going to lead to today being a rough day.

No spoilers...but where did you hear half the effects are still not working?

 

[FakeLocke]

Got group 16. Sitting by the rivers of America. Verizon WiFi hotspot, launched app at 7:55 hit find out more right at 8.

 

[franandaj]

I too was wondering if the number of VIP groups really would make a big impact.

Depending on the time of year it really could. During the months of December and January VIP tours were completely booked on the weekends. At least for Club 33 members. Someone I know was trying to book a tour and every weekend was at capacity. That's a lot of tours!