Virtual Queue Practice from Home?

[clb79]

We were there Oct 15th (DL starting park) had 4 phones signed into my account from the hotel (2 on their wifi and 2 on LTE). I preconfirmed our boarding group and we all were on the screen to Join for Rise and started clicking the refresh button at 6:59:59 and I told everyone to keep tapping it until they got an error or confirmation (it changes from refresh to join automatically and the button is in the same place at the bottom). We got Boarding Group 11 on the phone my 14 year old was trying from can’t remember if he was wifi or LTE.

The next day (Oct 16th) we started in DCA. Confirmed group at 6:45am. Went to the Webslinger Join screen. We only tried on 3 phones that day. Got group 52 on my phone that was on an LTE connection.

For the 7am just confirm your group ahead and just start spamming that refresh/join button at 6:59:59 (I used my Apple Watch face than had seconds on it and it was good enough).

We were done riding by 12pm both days, but were never in a good position to try to for the later group or flat out forgot until it was too late.

 

[disneylover102]

We were there Oct 15th (DL starting park) had 4 phones signed into my account from the hotel (2 on their wifi and 2 on LTE). I preconfirmed our boarding group and we all were on the screen to Join for Rise and started clicking the refresh button at 6:59:59 and I told everyone to keep tapping it until they got an error or confirmation (it changes from refresh to join automatically and the button is in the same place at the bottom). We got Boarding Group 11 on the phone my 14 year old was trying from can’t remember if he was wifi or LTE.

The next day (Oct 16th) we started in DCA. Confirmed group at 6:45am. Went to the Webslinger Join screen. We only tried on 3 phones that day. Got group 52 on my phone that was on an LTE connection.

For the 7am just confirm your group ahead and just start spamming that refresh/join button at 6:59:59 (I used my Apple Watch face than had seconds on it and it was good enough).

We were done riding by 12pm both days, but were never in a good position to try to for the later group or flat out forgot until it was too late.

Thank you, that’s very reassuring! I could never possibly forget, my mind knows there’s 3 stressful times per day at Disneyland: 7 is BG time, 8 is Disney walk to Indy or Guardians time, and 12 is BG time again

Back in July the Incredicoaster single rider line was moving fast for once and so we would’ve been stuck on the ride at 12 so the 5 of us just hung out for a couple minutes in between the 2 elevators to secure our group for Rise that was before they updated the process lol

 

[ccvh]

Next month my husband and sons are going to Disney without me . But I have their tickets already purchased and linked to my Disneyland app accounts. Since i am not going, will it cause any problem if they log in to my account and try for boarding groups? If I’m not going and won’t have a park reservation, but they do? I’m suddenly worried that they aren’t going to be able to select the party? Or at noon if they are in the park but I am not?

 

[tankgirl!]

Hi, Thanks for all the good info. We're heading to Disneyland in 3 weeks so I thought I'd practice the virtual queue process, but I get a "Your party isn't eligible message." Am I doing something wrong? The four tickets for my family are scanned into my app and we already have park reservations. Thanks.

 

[disneylover102]

Hi, Thanks for all the good info. We're heading to Disneyland in 3 weeks so I thought I'd practice the virtual queue process, but I get a "Your party isn't eligible message." Am I doing something wrong? The four tickets for my family are scanned into my app and we already have park reservations. Thanks.

That’s how it’s supposed to be now that you confirm your party beforehand. You would be doing something wrong if you WERE eligible to get a boarding group because you’re only supposed to be eligible if you have a park reservation for that day (for the 7 AM drop) or if you’ve entered the park (for the 12 PM drop).

 

[tankgirl!]

Thank you. I always assume I'm doing something wrong. All the planning has gotten so complicated! Thank goodness for this board.

 

[jephyork]

Thanks for this informative thread! Could anyone confirm if I'm understanding this correctly?

I have Park Hopper tickets, and reservations for days when the parks open at 8:00am. Is it true that the virtual queue still opens at 7am on those days? And I don't need to be in the park to book -- I only need to have a ticket and reservation for that park on that day?

For the 7:00am drop, I can only book the ride in the park that my reservation is for. (Rise for DL, Web for DCA.) But with Park Hopper tickets, I can try to book the *other* park's ride at the noon drop, even though park-hopping doesn't start until 1:00pm?

I can only participate in the noon drop if (a) I failed to get a boarding group at 7:00, or (b) my 7:00 boarding group has already been called by noon -- correct? What if my BG gets called before noon, but I don't actually ride? If it's called at 11:45am but I don't get in the line until 12:15pm -- can I still participate in the noon drop?

Thanks!

 

[julesann]

Thanks for this informative thread! Could anyone confirm if I'm understanding this correctly?

I have Park Hopper tickets, and reservations for days when the parks open at 8:00am. Is it true that the virtual queue still opens at 7am on those days? And I don't need to be in the park to book -- I only need to have a ticket and reservation for that park on that day?

For the 7:00am drop, I can only book the ride in the park that my reservation is for. (Rise for DL, Web for DCA.) But with Park Hopper tickets, I can try to book the *other* park's ride at the noon drop, even though park-hopping doesn't start until 1:00pm?

I can only participate in the noon drop if (a) I failed to get a boarding group at 7:00, or (b) my 7:00 boarding group has already been called by noon -- correct? What if my BG gets called before noon, but I don't actually ride? If it's called at 11:45am but I don't get in the line until 12:15pm -- can I still participate in the noon drop?

Thanks!

That all sounds good to me. To answer your question and if I am wrong (someone please correct me), I am thinking you won't be able to participate in the noon drop until your BG is scanned (so before noon). I am not sure where the BG scanning is located for each ride but that would be good to know so you can plan accordingly.

 

[Foustketeer]

That all sounds good to me. To answer your question and if I am wrong (someone please correct me), I am thinking you won't be able to participate in the noon drop until your BG is scanned (so before noon). I am not sure where the BG scanning is located for each ride but that would be good to know so you can plan accordingly.

Based upon verbiage on the two rides pages on the Disneyland website, I would take it to be that. You would need to have used your BG for one ride before attempting to get one for the other.

 

[geminimagk]

if it is a priority- I would put a speed test app on your phone to be sure you have good speed from where you are trying and move around if it isn’t high. Find a quiet spot at noon with high speed. If you are in CA- the area over by Grizzly River Run is good.

Could someone please explain how to interpret the results of this speed test? I just did it (at home, not at GC where I'll be trying from Friday morning) and I don't know how to interpret the results. Thanks!

 

[thenicefamily]

Could someone please explain how to interpret the results of this speed test? I just did it (at home, not at GC where I'll be trying from Friday morning) and I don't know how to interpret the results. Thanks!

I believe, and please, someone more tekkie than me correct me if I'm wrong but, the Speedtest you take at home will have no bearing on the one you may take when you get to GC. The upload/download speeds recorded are affected by where you are. So, your results at home may differ greatly from what you would get testing at GC and, even that can be affected by WHERE you test at GC - i.e. signals may be stronger in different areas. Again, this is my limited understanding. Apologies if I'm way off base.

 

[geminimagk]

I believe, and please, someone more tekkie than me correct me if I'm wrong but, the Speedtest you take at home will have no bearing on the one you may take when you get to GC. The upload/download speeds recorded are affected by where you are. So, your results at home may differ greatly from what you would get testing at GC and, even that can be affected by WHERE you test at GC - i.e. signals may be stronger in different areas. Again, this is my limited understanding. Apologies if I'm way off base.

Oh thank you, I figured that part, but I'm just not sure how to interpret those numbers as it is! I will do the speed test again from my hotel room but if the higher number is listed under WiFi, should I plan to use WiFi?

 

[ktlm]

Could someone please explain how to interpret the results of this speed test? I just did it (at home, not at GC where I'll be trying from Friday morning) and I don't know how to interpret the results. Thanks!

Download is how fast you can get the information from others, upload is how fast you can send the information to others. Your speeds are higher on wifi and your download speed is WAY higher. You would want to use wifi in that situation because the speeds are way higher Go with the higher numbers on download and upload. I think I have seen that you want a spot that has no lower than 45 for download, and preferrably 50 or above for download speeds. When I was wandering around the parks before the noon drop, I found a huge difference in spots, some under 30, and some over 100. I'm not that up on ping and mine doesn't show it, but I think lower is better on that one.

 

[geminimagk]

Download is how fast you can get the information from others, upload is how fast you can send the information to others. Your speeds are higher on wifi and your download speed is WAY higher. You would want to use wifi in that situation because the speeds are way higher Go with the higher numbers on download and upload. I think I have seen that you want a spot that has no lower than 45 for download, and preferrably 50 or above for download speeds. When I was wandering around the parks before the noon drop, I found a huge difference in spots, some under 30, and some over 100. I'm not that up on ping and mine doesn't show it, but I think lower is better on that one.

Thanks so much for that clarification!

 

[MonocularVision]

In my opinion the speed tests are not all that helpful in determining the health of your connection for getting a boarding group.

The download/upload numbers can be thought of as the size of a pipe you are using to transfer water. The thing is: the amount of transfer you need for the boarding group process and using the Disneyland app in general is absolutely minuscule compared to even a number of 1 on these speed tests, let alone the double digits you get.

In addition, these speed tests are looking at your connection to the speed tests servers. While you will share some of the same initial hops to get to the Disney servers, your connection is eventually going to veer way off from the speed test hops so those numbers don’t tell you nearly as much as you think.

Ultimately what you really want to measure is your latency to the Disney servers and there isn’t a great way to measure that without getting overly technical. And even then, those numbers are going to vary wildly from moment to moment, especially as other folks try to get a boarding group.

I would recommend the following instead:

1. Open up your web browser and go to Disneyland.com
2. Get a feel for how fast the initial page starts loading and how long it takes to fully l
3. Repeat 1 and 2 on different WiFi networks and your cell connection
   

Even this might not be great because some assets from the Disneyland website are probably served via Content Delivery Networks which will be located closer to wherever you are connecting from.

I guess my TLDR is to not really bother with the comparisons. I think your absolute best strategy is to have as many devices trying at once. That increases your chances more than trying to tease out the network characteristics of your connection.