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

[Mathmagicland]

We did it this morning. Success with BG 8. We hit Harbor security at 8:15, lines were almost to the monorail tracks but they were already letting people in. Thru the turnstiles at 8:21. Immediately left for DCA. They opened DCA turnstiles at 8:30. We hung out in the seating area near Soarin until 9.
There were two of us with iPhone 11 Pro Max’s on AT&T. DS used cellular and I used Disney WiFi. Mine showed up a split second faster faster on WiFi.

Thank you!

 

[Skyegirl1999]

At park now.
They are creating additional queue space before you scan your Boarding Group Passes.

So my guess is more people per BG number.

ME

They’ve also called 17 groups. So I don’t know that it’s more people per BG as much as mire BG at once.

I’m so hopeful that today will be the day that everyone in the park at rope drop gets to ride!!! And with an earlier closing time, it’s not like anyone’s waiting around for 14 hours only to end up with the group after the cut off. This looks very promising!

 

[ironband74]

They stopped calling groups for a period of about 25 minutes. Not sure if that was due to a minor breakdown, or just because they called so many groups up front and got a little front loaded. The extra queue space suggests that may have been the situation. Seems like they are back at about a BG every 5 minutes, though (up to 20 now!)

 

[hiroMYhero]

Are you a DL mod now?

No; DL Board has great Mods and I’m back to being a DL AP and regular poster. CM DD, after 10 years at WDW, is finally returning to CA as a regular non-CM person.

 

[CastAStone]

At park now.
They are creating additional queue space before you scan your Boarding Group Passes.

So my guess is more people per BG number.

ME

They’ve also called 17 groups. So I don’t know that it’s more people per BG as much as mire BG at once.

I’m so hopeful that today will be the day that everyone in the park at rope drop gets to ride!!! And with an earlier closing time, it’s not like anyone’s waiting around for 14 hours only to end up with the group after the cut off. This looks very promising!

I would be surprised if they adjusted the size of the BGs. Not saying they definitely wouldn't or didn't, but I can't see any reason for them to bother.

 

[twodogs]

I think they must have increased the number of back up BGs issued today. I don't see much downside to it from Disney's standpoint. They have less guests screaming at GS as to why they couldn't even get a back up BG after the first 2 minutes of park opening! And if they don't get to your back up group, too bad for you. Disney doesn't give you any recovery (although I'm not sure we even know what recovery they would give at DLR since they have gotten through all the regular groups so far, just barely some days, as I recall) if your back up BG is not called. So they could just offer back ups endlessly and then just get to whichever number they can, as long as the get through all the regular groups. Psychologically, would guests feel better getting a back up group and having hope all day (but still not getting to ride), versus getting shut out right at park opening and being mad all day??

 

[vickiea]

I think they must have increased the number of back up BGs issued today. I don't see much downside to it from Disney's standpoint. They have less guests screaming at GS as to why they couldn't even get a back up BG after the first 2 minutes of park opening! And if they don't get to your back up group, too bad for you. Disney doesn't give you any recovery (although I'm not sure we even know what recovery they would give at DLR since they have gotten through all the regular groups so far, just barely some days, as I recall) if your back up BG is not called. So they could just offer back ups endlessly and then just get to whichever number they can, as long as the get through all the regular groups. Psychologically, would guests feel better getting a back up group and having hope all day (but still not getting to ride), versus getting shut out right at park opening and being mad all day??

That's a really good point. I know I would feel better knowing I had a 'chance' with a backup group, versus no chance at all.

I'll be there in 2 weeks so I'm hoping these slower weekdays continue to provide backup BG's for longer, and hoepfully even spread the main BG's over a few more minutes.

 

[Eighty8Keys]

We had planned to ride Soarin after getting our BG but decided to just head back over to DL. We got the notification for our group as we crossed the esplanade at around 9:15 and were told to check in by 10:15, so only one hour. This is odd because even now BG 8 still shows as now boarding.

It took us exactly one hour from the time we entered the queue until we exited the ride.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Just heard from a friend who’s been in the parks every day except Saturday since the ride opened.

Her impression is that they didn’t increase anything; she says there were just way less people around this morning. She said people were still getting groups around 100 “awhile after the park opened” (she does not time things the way some of us would appreciate ). She already rode it a bit ago. She says “everyone is way happier around here than they have been,” which is exciting to hear!

 

[Rich M]

Did I read correctly that even though the park is open to midnight they are shutting the ride down earlier?

 

[EyeOnDisnsey]

Within two and a half hours of park opening they are already up to BG 32 - almost half of the original BG for today! They are aiming super low to avoid compensating guests (logic) but hope plenty of backups will be called today!

 

[Tylerrog94]

They have almost caught up to WDW for the day. Are BG's out here smaller or we just running a little quicker?

 

[StarGirl11]

They have almost caught up to WDW for the day. Are BG's out here smaller or we just running a little quicker?

Well WDW appears to be down judging by the small amount of BGs they are currently calling. So I would put it more on the rides down then anything else.

Though the BGs do appear to be smaller out here normally at the moment

 

[dina444444]

Well WDW appears to be down judging by the small amount of BGs they are currently calling. So I would put it more on the rides down then anything else.

Though the BGs do appear to be smaller out here normally at the moment

WDW has been down most of the day.

 

[ironband74]

Did I read correctly that even though the park is open to midnight they are shutting the ride down earlier?

On the days when the park is open until midnight, they seem to stop calling between 8:30pm and 9:00pm. This is presumably because they need to shut the ride down by 10:00 for overnight maintenance and reset.

Yesterday was the first day not open until midnight, and they stopped calling at 8:00pm. Presumably so that everyone called would be on the ride by 9:00pm at close.

 

[VandVsmama]

Just heard from a friend who’s been in the parks every day except Saturday since the ride opened.

Her impression is that they didn’t increase anything; she says there were just way less people around this morning. She said people were still getting groups around 100 “awhile after the park opened” (she does not time things the way some of us would appreciate ). She already rode it a bit ago. She says “everyone is way happier around here than they have been,” which is exciting to hear!

Given that right now (11:45 am Pacific time), the wait time on Space Mtn is 30 minutes, I think your friend is right. There's fewer people there today...which means fewer people vying for a boarding group. That, in turn, means the backup boarding group assignments take longer before they run out.

 

[montreid]

Did I read correctly that even though the park is open to midnight they are shutting the ride down earlier?

Closing 900PM; so usually cutoff over past days was 1 hour prior to close last group called. Don't know specifically if special events the ride will or will not be running.

 

[montreid]

Given that right now (11:45 am Pacific time), the wait time on Space Mtn is 30 minutes, I think your friend is right. There's fewer people there today...which means fewer people vying for a boarding group. That, in turn, means the backup boarding group assignments take longer before they run out.

Consistent with the time to BG 70 still at 70secs to cover the initial surge and backup BG lasting a lot longer as the total AM group size becomes more manageable.

So as they ramp up the throughput capacity (riders/hour) and efficiency (less breakdowns), the regular BG amount should go up and guaranteed riders lasting past the 2minute mark. If they last 3+ minutes for regular BG, most people should be fine about that with backup groups lasting 30+minutes. That's reasonable for initial operations for a few months IMHO.

 

[DisneyDork1969]

DisneyDork1969 said:
...my BG got called at 8:05pm but I was at my Airbnb resting because I did not want to spend all day at the park just waiting for my turn...when I got the notice that it was my group's turn, I notice it said I only had 1 Hour to ride the attraction...I thought we had a 2 hour window??...did this change over the weekend?...so here I am rushing from my Airbnb back to the park to the attraction...

How far away were you when you got the notification? People have been wondering how far away they can be and still know when their BG is called.

I was about 2.7 miles from DL, a good 10 min drive from the park...

 

[DisneyDork1969]

How do you refresh the app?

By bouncing back and forth from the main screen on the app to the "join boarding group" page and waiting for the button to light up....