RotR Planning & Daily Boarding Group Discussion - *CLOSED*

[wareagle57]

Disney is currently not expecting to be able to load every single group by days end.

I wouldn't think so. I think I've seen groups as high as 150 reported? It's currently averaging a little under 10 groups as hour. And as far as I know there hasn't been any significant down time since the major one early this morning. That would get them around group 130 by closing time.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Not a Tech person sorry...

Do you have MDE on your phone? If so it is very clearly shown to you when you log in. They really make it easy.

If you don't use a smart phone best bet would be to go to guest assistance I think

 

[hiroMYhero]

How do you do this? We are coming the first of Feb and need to know what to do... This sounds difficult

I would not even worry when you won’t even be here until February.

This is info for Opening Day - no one knows what will be in place tomorrow.

Check this sub forum a week or two prior to your DHS park date.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Think about it.
It's either getting in a virtual queue, so you can go and do other things while you wait. Or physically wait in line and not be able to do anything else for hours

Absolutely the best option when you consider the alternatives are (1) put it on FP+ and let everyone complain about missing out because those suckers would go fast, coupled with a stupidly long stand by line or (2) regular stand by where you’re waiting hours even if you arrive before dawn, never mind if you don’t.

I don’t understand complaints about the VQ. It is the exact same as if they allowed everyone to line up except you don’t have to stand there for hours and waste your time when it goes down. If you miss out with the VQ system you would 100% have missed out without it but with more time wasted.

Im so glad they’re doing this and would love to see it adopted for new attractions here on out.

 

[goofynut41]

So you just go to App and push join boarding group and they let you know?

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

Think about it.
It's either getting in a virtual queue, so you can go and do other things while you wait. Or physically wait in line and not be able to do anything else for hours

I certainly think that those who don’t like the system are unfairly judging it based on day 1 operations. I’d imagine that once we get beyond these first few days boarding groups will not dry up by 8:30am. If somebody is a “late park arriver” and BGs continue to fill up before 9am then their frustration will be warranted.

There are also those who perhaps enjoy torture and would enjoy the 5 hour wait... but I do not want to meet those people because they are weird!

If you didn’t get a BG position though it is easy to be angry at the system, especially when you think that some people who are riding due to the VQ system may not tolerate the length of wait required without it.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I certainly think that those who don’t like the system are unfairly judging it based on day 1 operations. I’d imagine that once we get beyond these first few days boarding groups will not dry up by 8:30am. If somebody is a “late park arriver” and BGs continue to fill up before 9am then their frustration will be warranted.

There are also those who perhaps enjoy torture and would enjoy the 5 hour wait... but I do not want to meet those people because they are weird!

If you didn’t get a BG position though it is easy to be angry at the system, especially when you think that some people who are riding due to the VQ system may not tolerate the length of wait required without it.

If you were a late arriver you were never making it on with or without the system. Knowing ahead of time is certainly better than spending literally all day in line.

 

[goofynut41]

Do you have MDE on your phone? If so it is very clearly shown to you when you log in. They really make it easy.

If you don't use a smart phone best bet would be to go to guest assistance I think

Ill figure it out cause I want to ride this!!!

 

[rad91]

If you intend to come in the afternoon, then VQ won't work well. Similar to MaxPass.

 

[goofynut41]

If you were a late arriver you were never making it on with or without the system. Knowing ahead of time is certainly better than spending literally all day in line.

Yes I guess I agree If this works Thank Yall

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

If you were a late arriver you were never making it on with or without the system. Knowing ahead of time is certainly better than spending literally all day in line.

Well yes and no... at some point would they have possibly reached a length of line that people would not tolerate? Would some people have stopped getting in an 8 hour line in lieu of the opportunity to experience something else today? Without boarding groups it’s possibly people arriving at 10am could’ve been given the option to join a 10 hour line. But it clearly would’ve provided an inferior park experience to thousands upon thousands of people today.

(and of course I should say on day1 it’s possible that everybody in the park was willing to tolerate a 10 hour wait if that’s what it required so I might be off in my analysis here).

 

[rteetz]

So you just go to App and push join boarding group and they let you know?

Yes but you have to be at DHS in order to join the group.

 

[goofynut41]

I just want to be prepared for our trip in Feb...This is a new one...

 

[Rich M]

If you were a late arriver you were never making it on with or without the system. Knowing ahead of time is certainly better than spending literally all day in line.

I think the only think that it does eliminate for some folks is the ability to get in line right before park closing which people love to do.

 

[goofynut41]

Yes but you have to be at DHS in order to join the group.

Ok So as soon as you get in the park you do this

 

[Farro]

I haven't been to Japan (yet) so haven't ridden that but have been to Hong Kong and Mystic Manor is the best Disney attraction I have ever been on so will be interesting to see how I feel after getting to ride RotR

I haven't been on either, but I know I would like Mystic Manor more from watching videos only because I like the theming better than Star Wars.

That's not to say that RoTR is any less, just less to my own tastes. But I'm very excited to ride it!

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I just want to be prepared for our trip in Feb...This is a new one...

Don’t look at this thread for anything other than entertainment at this point. Wait and see how it all shakes out and how to plan for more normal operations. Today will (hopefully!) be the craziest it gets.

 

[dazza3]

Actually

This is the first trackless ride in the US. Soon WDW will have three trackless rides with Ratatouille and Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway. Each ride tells it’s own story.

I of course haven’t ridden yet but I would say this is the top ride in the US if not the world in terms of just tech. It’s up to each person to decide whether it’s compelling to them.

I also don’t know how one could declare a ride not yet open more compelling. Beauty and the Beast will surely be fantastic in Tokyo however it’s not simply because of AAs. RotR has three A1000 AAs which are of the level that will be in Beauty and the Beast.

actually this isn’t true at all, it isn’t the first trackless in USA

Antarctica in SeaWorld Florida is trackless and launched a few years ago

 

[Mikey_B]

Why not? It's basically a "day of" Fast Pass...like old school Fast Pass system only you don't need to go all the way to the kiosk, AND, there's no standby line.
The alternative would be to stand in line for 7 hours.

Except the old system still had the option of a standby line.

Currently Disney have opened a ride that you can’t go on unless you arrive at the park 2 hours before scheduled opening time. I’m not sure how I feel about that.

 

[rteetz]

Ok So as soon as you get in the park you do this

Yes if its in use. Keep watching the boards. Since you aren't going until February they may go back to the regular line experience by then but do be prepared for this.