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

[Aurora0427]

Another thing to put into perspective: ROTR is located in Hollywood studios. If we are being fair, that park only has like 5 rides...and they are all popular, and they are tiered, so it impacts your fastpass selections. DL and DCA have alot more rides to choose from and no tiers. Once people start dispersing, it isn't so bad.

Excellent points. Plus wait times at WDW are overall higher because of fast pass plus..... it’s such a terrible system. And it’s so spread out people probably aren’t leaving DHS once they secure a boarding group.

 

[ironband74]

It is a new day for the Resistance! We've had 3 pretty good days in a row and stability, while not perfect, has been improving.

With the early night last night, hopefully they were able to get some work done, maybe even a little best-practice training. Only the Ancients know.

Who's joining the resistance today?

 

[ironband74]

Do you think it is possible they give out all BG groups coming up soon? And if so what happens, does a standard queue open?

I think what happens is if they start regularly getting through all boarding groups, they'll start issuing more boarding groups.

In the one-off case that they get done with all the BGs for a given day, I would expect them to close the attraction early and just get on with the maintenance. I'm pretty sure they do NOT want a big crowd of folks waiting around ROTR every day hoping that they get through the BGs and ready to hop into standby. They have a best case plan for operating and issue boarding groups and backup boarding groups sufficient to serve that plan. When they do get through them all, it will be pretty close to closing time for the attraction.

 

[NicholeB630]

Another thing to put into perspective: ROTR is located in Hollywood studios. If we are being fair, that park only has like 5 rides...and they are all popular, and they are tiered, so it impacts your fastpass selections. DL and DCA have alot more rides to choose from and no tiers. Once people start dispersing, it isn't so bad.

Yes this makes sense. HS is horrible right now. They literally have all the rides worth getting FP for in Tier 1 which is ridiculous.

 

[gerilyne]

Yes this makes sense. HS is horrible right now. They literally have all the rides worth getting FP for in Tier 1 which is ridiculous.

I just saw they are changing this to where only MFSR and Slinky Dog will be Tier 1.

 

[sunflare]

I just saw they are changing this to where only MFSR and Slinky Dog will be Tier 1.

Yep. Starts Feb 19, when MFSR goes into the FP system.

 

[e_yerger]

I'm going to be in Disneyland Feb 14th - 17th. I've watched a few vlogs from the last two weekends with RotR. Is it safe to say that our best shot at getting a legit boarding group (not backup) is on Fri. Feb. 14th?

 

[Skyegirl1999]

I'm going to be in Disneyland Feb 14th - 17th. I've watched a few vlogs from the last two weekends with RotR. Is it safe to say that our best shot at getting a legit boarding group (not backup) is on Fri. Feb. 14th?

Probably yes.

 

[Rich M]

Probably yes.

Has Fridays been better than Saturdays? They all seem gone just as fast to me

 

[e_yerger]

Has Fridays been better than Saturdays? They all seem gone just as fast to me

It's also a holiday weekend. Tbh this has got me stressed! I know we're going to have a good time regardless being back at DLR, but I also don't want to rope drop EVERY DAY and get backup groups that don't get called. That's my fear.

 

[Rich M]

It's also a holiday weekend. Tbh this has got me stressed! I know we're going to have a good time regardless being back at DLR, but I also don't want to rope drop EVERY DAY and get backup groups that don't get called. That's my fear.

We almost booked that weekend also but figured the same thing. We leave tonight and will be there tomorrow. Our flight doesn't get in until 11:30 PM and by the time we get to our room it will be almost 1AM. We plan to be heading to Disneyland to get a BG by 7 AM. I know your fear well.

 

[e_yerger]

We almost booked that weekend also but figured the same thing. We leave tonight and will be there tomorrow. Our flight doesn't get in until 11:30 PM and by the time we get to our room it will be almost 1AM. We plan to be heading to Disneyland to get a BG by 7 AM. I know your fear well.

We're from the east coast and booked this trip at the end of July 2019, before all of this was even announced. We had no clue when RotR would open, and we don't have the flexibility to move off the holiday weekend. What I would give to be closer and have the ability to go on a week day.

 

[Mark_E]

Noticeably busier again this morning. Last attempt for a few weeks before I head home tonight

 

[Rich M]

We're from the east coast and booked this trip at the end of July 2019, before all of this was even announced. We had no clue when RotR would open, and we don't have the flexibility to move off the holiday weekend. What I would give to be closer and have the ability to go on a week day.

You will have a great time. I am sure you will get a BG if you plan correctly. Also hopefully you have Max Pass for your trip. It will be the best decision you made for the whole trip. Love being able to go to my room mid day for a rest and still be able to get FP.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Has Fridays been better than Saturdays? They all seem gone just as fast to me

Saturdays have MM and Fridays don't, so you're pretty guaranteed to have more people in the park when it opens due to that alone. Then you add people off work vs. not... and yeah, I'm pretty sure there's doing to be less competition on a Friday than a Saturday.

 

[BigOHawk]

Regular BG's for about a minute or so...

 

[Mark_E]

Group 26 today! After clicking my status it wasn’t illuminated to join BG so a slight few seconds delay compared to yesterday

 

[senorhiney]

I had regular BG on my phone at home for 1:50, tried again at 2 minutes and got the backup group. I didn't hang around to see how long the backups lasted but it's grey now, so...not terribly long.

 

[TommyMac_DisneyEdition]

BG 93 - back-up. Fingers crossed!!

 

[DLgal]

It's also a holiday weekend. Tbh this has got me stressed! I know we're going to have a good time regardless being back at DLR, but I also don't want to rope drop EVERY DAY and get backup groups that don't get called. That's my fear.

There are lots of AP blackouts that weekend, on Saturday and Sunday. I suspect Saturday may be the best day to try. Fridays of long weekends are usually very crowded.