It depends on how you look at it. You could have waited on another attraction for free by joining LL and rode Guardians at your boarding group time up until closing. It would have just been riding other attractions before rather than after.
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It depends on how you look at it. You could have waited on another attraction for free by joining LL and rode Guardians at your boarding group time up until closing. It would have just been riding other attractions before rather than after.
So apparently on 7/18, Disney made a change on their backend to prevent the booking of ILLs via BG1 and other 3rd party apps.
Does anyone know if this impacted bots like “Standby Skipper” which previously would auto-book LLs for people? I imagine that TDO cares more about blocking that than apps like BG1.
Does anyone know if this impacted bots like “Standby Skipper” which previously would auto-book LLs for people? I imagine that TDO cares more about blocking that than apps like BG1.
nickys
Premium Member
It has never been a G+ ride. You must have paid for the ILL for it. And the other queue is the VQ line.
What is BG1?
nickys
Premium Member
It’s an app that improves the G+ and VQ functionality of MDE.
Disney wanted to block the use of other third party apps which were being used as a money making venture and booked G+ for guests remotely, whereas BG1 is free to use and the guest uses it themselves.
Patcheslee
Well-Known Member
Wonder if the "improvements" coming in 2024 have something to do with Disney creating their own version for autobooking for a premium. They've realized it's money they're losing.
I guess my question here is, were they successful? Seems like they stopped BG1 from booking LLs, but I don’t see anything on the “Standby Skipper” site for example indicating that they no longer auto-book LLs. So either they never updated their site, or they found a workaround to still auto-book LLs.
Honestly, they should just put a Captcha in front of the booking flow at this point.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
Virtual queue isn't random.
TrainsOfDisney
Well-Known Member
Debatable. I hate it. Messed up my plans to see rogers musical yesterday that’s for sure.
nickys
Premium Member
I haven’t looked into Standby Skipper, other than their claims on the website. Looks like it no longer books remotely but works more like BG1 did in that the guest uses it themselves. That said I have no idea if they found a work around or not. But they do apparently offer a refund if you’re not happy with it.
BG1 still has some useful functionality. I assume Standby Skipper does too, for a fee.
Yes it is. The time you get is not based on when you submit it.
CaptainAmerica
Premium Member
That is not correct.
gerarar
Premium Member
The VQ for Tron and Guardians also were open for very long so far today. Tron actually broke a record for longest 7am drop this morning.
Guess park ops forecasted a slow day (week?) today.
Tron
Guess park ops forecasted a slow day (week?) today.
Tron
GotG: CR
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Uhhhh…I’m reminded how tacky it looks when it’s been awhile since I have looked.
That never wears off
nickys
Premium Member
No.
I think you’re over-reaching here with your expectations. They’re not a substitute for planning your day. They might help you to do that though.
For BG1, it’s much more user friendly than MDE, thus maximising your chances of getting the LLs you want, but you still book them using MDE. The navigation of the app also puts MDE to shame.
Drdcm
Well-Known Member
That’s what I assumed was the case. Thanks for the info! The MDE Genie+/ILL layout is absolutely terrible… I agree
pdude81
Well-Known Member
Understand that at any time of any day the remote access could be pulled back. It suddenly went down a few times earlier this year. So go for it, but just remember to check early on to see if it's working so you know whether to rely on the service or not.