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

[Elflord]

Thanks for everyone’s help and advice, looking forward to a smooth process tomorrow morning!

One last question, are people finding that cast members can help resolve if there is conflict between calling your boarding group and other planned events?

Example, we have dinner at Carthay Circle at 6 pm, and there’s a financial penalty if we don’t show up. I could see our boarding group being called to return between five and seven, and I worry going at five we’re not really going to be done by six(esp. with breakdowns). But going to dinner first is clearly not good either. Has anyone experienced this kind of conflict?

Thanks!

 

[sherilaine]

Everyone getting a BG must be scanned into Disneyland. Someone can get a BG from home for people who are in the parks.

I just read this on Hydroguy's post and I am quite curious about this. We will no doubt give this process a try on our first day and if it fails well then we might try to get more creative.

As I have understood this, if OPO is at 8AM, which is 9AM in our home timezone. I could get my husband, scratch that, son, to log into the Disneyland app using my credentials and using our wifi at home, which is very fast, try to get us a boarding group at OPO on the dot, even though he is remote and my daughter and I are in the park 2500 km away from him?

That's pretty interesting.

 

[ironband74]

Thanks for everyone’s help and advice, looking forward to a smooth process tomorrow morning!

One last question, are people finding that cast members can help resolve if there is conflict between calling your boarding group and other planned events?

Example, we have dinner at Carthay Circle at 6 pm, and there’s a financial penalty if we don’t show up. I could see our boarding group being called to return between five and seven, and I worry going at five we’re not really going to be done by six(esp. with breakdowns). But going to dinner first is clearly not good either. Has anyone experienced this kind of conflict?

Thanks!

They have been very accommodating with dining reservations conflicting with ROTR boarding groups. In many cases, just showing up late and indicating that you were in line for ROTR or honoring an ROTR boarding group will be enough. I'm paranoid, however, so if it were me and I thought there might be a conflict I'd probably swing by and let a CM at the restaurant know that we might be late due to the ROTR BG call.

 

[HydroGuy]

I just read this on Hydroguy's post and I am quite curious about this. We will no doubt give this process a try on our first day and if it fails well then we might try to get more creative.

As I have understood this, if OPO is at 8AM, which is 9AM in our home timezone. I could get my husband, scratch that, son, to log into the Disneyland app using my credentials and using our wifi at home, which is very fast, try to get us a boarding group at OPO on the dot, even though he is remote and my daughter and I are in the park 2500 km away from him?

That's pretty interesting.

Yep! Although I am confirming my own post lol.

Understand that Disney is not using location data to verify you are there. This was discussed early on in this thread, and it is not practical. So they are just looking for someone who has a valid park ticket, scanned in to DL that day (they can verify both of those things) to push a button in their app (the red "join BG" button). So anyone can do this from anywhere, as long as they are logged into your account or really any account where your scanned park ticket has been linked.

 

[sherilaine]

We will be there in two months - I am hoping things might settle down by then - especially after this entire process has been put through the test of Spring Break crowds! It will be interesting to see how that plays out.

I have to say though - being included in this forum and having all of this advice at our fingertips is wonderful. I cannot imagine a person entering the park for the first time and not having any of this information ahead of time - I am sure they still manage to have a great visit but it certainly is very valuable!

 

[KAT4DISNEY]

Our boarding group 63 was called at 4PM. Came back from the hotel and entered the queue which was outside around 4:45pm.

 

[ironband74]

Finally seeing some acceleration with 14 groups called in the last hour. Hopefully this is where we turn it around and make a decent day out of our rough start.

 

[snootchiebootchies]

Thanks for all the advice. I got through security and in line during MM at 6:40 AM. Rest of family joined me 20 minutes later, literally just before gates opened and lines started to move into the park. We linked our tickets and purchased Max Passes. The app was working fine. We left the park and sat on a bench outside La Brea Bakery to wait for 8 AM. We had two phones using data and an old phone using Disney's wifi. We opened our apps 30 seconds before 8 AM, and hit "find out more" right at 8 AM. My wife got BG #29! We were called to the gate around 11:42 AM. Got to the ride maybe 15 minutes later after we were called and emerged from the ride roughly an hour later. Great experience!

 

[dina444444]

Current spread is 88-98. I wonder if it’s down or if they are done for that night. 98 isn’t bad with the morning it had.

 

[ironband74]

Finally seeing some acceleration with 14 groups called in the last hour. Hopefully this is where we turn it around and make a decent day out of our rough start.

And they've slowed back down to around 8-9 per hour. Not sure what the capacity issue is today, but at least they haven't shut down since this morning. We should break 100 groups today if the Jawas stay away.

Meanwhile DHS had its best day in quite a while, pulling 147 groups in about 10 hours and only one 35 minute bout with the Jawas. It's good to see them rebounding, though it does make me wonder if there is one crack overnight crew that splits time between the two locations. The last four days we've seen delayed openings and/or morning downtimes which suggests to me that something in the overnight procedure not right. Or it could just be rotten luck. We'll see how my renewed presence on the West Coast affects things tomorow...

 

[ironband74]

Current spread is 88-98. I wonder if it’s down or if they are done for that night. 98 isn’t bad with the morning it had.

It looks like they are still calling...

 

[Varty Yo]

104 looks like the last group

 

[kucanhead]

In line now. Got to the backside of water, and then the ride went down. We’ve been waiting here for a half hour or so...

 

[ironband74]

In line now. Got to the backside of water, and then the ride went down. We’ve been waiting here for a half hour or so...

Here's hoping it comes back up soon!

 

[kucanhead]

After an hour, back up.

 

[montreid]

After an hour, back up.

Glad you stuck with it. At least you get to know the water feature well Not a bad spot to be in as still open and interesting.

 

[ironband74]

104 looks like the last group

Yup. Since they started at 10 that's 95 groups today...so 4 days consecutive now under 100 groups called. Tomorrow is another day, hopefully they make some progress on whatever issue is causing the slow loading tonight.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts on Facebook of people having issues with the app not loading.

I'm seeing this, too. Wondering if the app is due for an update to resolve this problem. This can't be a coincidence.

 

[tsumgirl]

I'm seeing this, too. Wondering if the app is due for an update to resolve this problem. This can't be a coincidence.

FWIW, I got this message in the app earlier today.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

FWIW, I got this message in the app earlier today.
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Someone mentioned that on another thread this morning (the MP Superthread?), too -- hope Disney gets whatever it is fixed quickly!