DHS Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Standby Line and Boarding Groups at Disney's Hollywood Studios

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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance boarding groups again reach capacity early in the day

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance News

If you don't already have a boarding pass for Rise of the Resistance you are out of luck for today.

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[Rider]

The official line from Guest Relations is that there were too many people in line at the front at 6am so they had to open the gates, and for some reason the rides (totally not planned), at 6am.

 

[Epcot_Imagineer]

The official line from Guest Relations is that there were too many people in line at the front at 6am so they had to open the gates, and for some reason the rides (totally not planned), at 6am.

"Additionally, dozens of CMs were at RotR 3 hours early already running the ride! Also totally not planned! Crazy!"

 

[disneygeek90]

The ride is having a very rough morning operationally. But all of the news reporters have departed so I guess no one will notice?

Is it completed stopped right now?

 

[ToTBellHop]

The official line from Guest Relations is that there were too many people in line at the front at 6am so they had to open the gates, and for some reason the rides (totally not planned), at 6am.

Thank goodness they just happened to have CMs present to open the rides and had started testing at 4 am...

 

[monothingie]

Thank goodness they just happened to have CMs present to open the rides and had started testing at 4 am...

Don't they just keep all the rides running with CM all night? Best time to go is at 3AM.

 

[SpoiledBlueMilk]

Reading the comments here and damn. I'm not a total Disney apologist, but give them a break. This ride is a complex marriage of design and engineering requiring multiple moving parts and the uncertainties of people thrown into the equation. If this was a simple coaster, I'd agree that the downtime is unwarranted, but from the POV video I have seen of the ride, it's easily complex enough to have issues especially on the first full day of operation. If these unexpected down times extend past the first few months, I think we can all complain. If they stop, as I expect them to, after the first surge of guests, we should all calm down.

 

[Rider]

 

[larryz]

Reading the comments here and damn. I'm not a total Disney apologist, but give them a break. This ride is a complex marriage of design and engineering requiring multiple moving parts and the uncertainties of people thrown into the equation. If this was a simple coaster, I'd agree that the downtime is unwarranted, but from the POV video I have seen of the ride, it's easily complex enough to have issues especially on the first full day of operation. If these unexpected down times extend past the first few months, I think we can all complain. If they stop, as I expect them to, after the first surge of guests, we should all calm down.

So you're advocating making your paying customers beta testers... You didn't used to work for Texas Instruments, did you?

 

[Rider]

 

[Mouse Trap]

So you're advocating making your paying customers beta testers... You didn't used to work for Texas Instruments, did you?

EA, Boeing, the list goes on.

I’m not advocating it’s right, I’m saying the list is quite ridiculous of companies that do this.

 

[WDW Pro]

This is sort of the worry. When you open a ride that needed a month more of trouble shooting and training, what happens when you take WDI out of the equation and the attention moves to getting Anaheim open? DHS Management is fully aware that downtime is going to be significant and the boarding passes are going to become a way to mask it a bit.

 

[mikejs78]

So you're advocating making your paying customers beta testers... You didn't used to work for Texas Instruments, did you?

EA, Boeing, the list goes on.

I’m not advocating it’s right, I’m saying the list is quite ridiculous of companies that do this.

Pretty much every modern tech company.

 

[Epcot_Imagineer]

I've tried to read through all of the posts here bust is there an estimate for how long boarding passes/parties are going to remain? Foreseeable future or just for the next couple days/weeks?

 

[ninjaprincesst]

I just wish they would give out real opening times instead of just randomly opening 2 or 3 hours ahead of posted opening times. I have no problem being there whenever they open but some hint of a ballpark would be nice.

 

[ThatMouse]

Is it only boarding groups allowed to ride or can you wait 5 hours like when Frozen opened?
Has anyone changed their location on their phone to be inside the turnstyle to get a boarding group?

 

[Epcot_Imagineer]

Is it only boarding groups allowed to ride or can you wait 5 hours like when Frozen opened?
Has anyone changed their location on their phone to be inside the turnstyle to get a boarding group?

Only boarding groups. I'm almost certain you can fake your location but unsure if anyone's tried it yet.

 

[AshaNeOmah]

you aren’t making sense.

the parking lot did not open until 4 am. Any one who drove was at a disadvantage and there was a line of cars parked outside the parking gate on the shoulder waiting for it to open.

the first resort buses arrived at 3 am.

Posted park hours today were 9 AM-9 PM. An hour earlier yesterday. If you're staying on site and set your alarm either morning to get to the bus stop 60-90 minutes before park opening, you're getting up around 6:30-7 AM. By that time, the park is open and most of the passes are gone, with late afternoon and evening barely available. You rush to get ready and get to a bus, you're still lucky to get there by 7:30-8 AM. Maybe you get a pass, maybe you don't.

Starting buses at 3 AM doesn't do resort guests any good if they're fast asleep. If you don't make it public the day before, resort guests are at a distinct disadvantage. Day guests who show up 4 hours before opening shouldn't be rewarded as the only ones who get to ride.

Am I making sense now? I'm actually stunned more people aren't posting not able to ride after the complete deception on park hours.

 

[Lirael]

Reading the comments here and damn. I'm not a total Disney apologist, but give them a break. This ride is a complex marriage of design and engineering requiring multiple moving parts and the uncertainties of people thrown into the equation. If this was a simple coaster, I'd agree that the downtime is unwarranted, but from the POV video I have seen of the ride, it's easily complex enough to have issues especially on the first full day of operation. If these unexpected down times extend past the first few months, I think we can all complain. If they stop, as I expect them to, after the first surge of guests, we should all calm down.

Chill, most have barely complained about the ride, and even who did say things that could be better agreed it's still great.

Downtimes have little to do with how awesome a ride is, and more to do with decisions to open it before fully working out all the kinks. It's valid to not be happy about it

The negativity right now is about Disney's operations and times during opening day, the one needing to calm down right now about downtimes is you

 

[Mouse Trap]

Is it only boarding groups allowed to ride or can you wait 5 hours like when Frozen opened?
Has anyone changed their location on their phone to be inside the turnstyle to get a boarding group?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it has to do with scanning your magicband at the Hollywood Studios gate rather than geographic location to unlock boarding passes.