dmunsil
Disney Uber-Nerd
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You get a reservation after you tap into a ride, only if you tap in before that ride's eligibility time would have arrived.
What do you mean by this?
Whenever you book a reservation, an eligibility time is calculated, which is typically 2 hours from the time you booked, or that reservation's end time, whichever is earlier. I'm suggesting that if you tap into that reservation during that time, you get to book again immediately (and the timer is cleared). If you wait for the eligibility time instead, you get to book when the time comes. But once the timer has expired, then when you tap in, you are tapping in AFTER the eligibility time, so it doesn't return your booking eligibility.
Intuitively, it's because you already got your booking returned for that ride, which is what Princesswahooey said.
Examples:
- It's 10:00. You book a reservation from 11:30-12:30. Your eligibility time is set to 12:00 (two hours after booking).
- If you tap in between 11:30 and 11:59, your eligibility returns immediately, and the timer is cleared, so the eligibility time is no longer relevant.
- If you wait until 12:00, the eligibility time arrives and you get to book. If you tap in AFTER that time, nothing happens, because you already got your eligibility back at 12:00.
- It's 10:00. You book at reservation from 10:10-11:10. Your eligibility time is set to 11:10 (the end of your reservation window)
- If you tap in between 10:10 and 11:09, you get your eligibility back immediately and can book again. The timer is cleared and the eligibility time is no longer relevant.
- If you wait until 11:10, the eligibility time arrives and you get to book. You have 15 minutes grace period to tap in still, but nothing happens to your eligibility when you tap in because you already got it back at 11:10.
But all of this is still speculation. I think it might work this way, but we need more testing and reports to see.