THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
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But since DHS is smaller than Disneyland, does it actually help their chances of getting a boarding group there?
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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opening reports and using Boarding Groups at Disneyland
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disneygeek90
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No makes no difference. Everyone slams the app the second the clock turns to 7. As long as you’re in the park by then, it makes no difference when you arrived.
THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
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So same as Disneyland. So are people just worried about not getting past security and scanned in the gates on time then?
disneygeek90
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I don’t know what they’re worried about, honestly. I have been at the very back with peak crowds almost to security when they’ve opened the park (like 6:20ish) and at most it’s taken 15 mins to get through. People just stressing, I guess.
Mickeyboof
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THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
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It has to be. No other reason makes sense. To be fair we are not used to this at Disneyland. We have been conditioned that when a new ride opens we better be prepared to ride in 3 hours
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RobWDW1971
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But Disneyland management is adding to the confusion by opening the parking structures and parks in the middle of the night instead of communicating the new system.
I can’t keep track of all of the different threads - does anybody know how long BG passes lasted today?
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Mickeyboof
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Clearly, waiting in a line for a day or days is becoming a concept of the past (movies don’t garner large lines, Apple can’t really boast about iPhone release lines, even Saturday Night Live doesn’t have camp outs much anymore...) but there is an excitement of waiting with a large group for something special.
I saw on social media a group hung a sheet from a Disneyland fence and projected an original trilogy film for all to enjoy. Very sweet. Also the monorail guy driving by waving a lightsaber is some true Disneyland magic. It’s a community event, I’m sure lots had fun and made some lovely memories (in the cold rain).
I hope by next week the morning rush dies down, but I’m not surprised by the middle of the night arrivals. It’s a callback to how fans used to operate. Kind of retro looking back from 2020.
I saw on social media a group hung a sheet from a Disneyland fence and projected an original trilogy film for all to enjoy. Very sweet. Also the monorail guy driving by waving a lightsaber is some true Disneyland magic. It’s a community event, I’m sure lots had fun and made some lovely memories (in the cold rain).
I hope by next week the morning rush dies down, but I’m not surprised by the middle of the night arrivals. It’s a callback to how fans used to operate. Kind of retro looking back from 2020.
Mickeyboof
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Boarding Group 75 and above is the new Backup number. Different than yesterday.
Odd.
Rob562
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Friend is there today, he got group 79. His text came through to me at 8:01 Pacific, so I presume groups filled as quickly as yesterday.
-Rob
disneygeek90
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Yeah, you will notice the backup group number will fluctuate every day. Not sure what the rhyme or reason to it is.
socaljoeyb
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Not until 8.
Professortango1
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2D animation doesn't age the same way a live action film does. A child can watch Mr Toad and Oliver in Company back to back and not feel the decades which separate them. Also, G rated films are introduced at a much younger age than something like Star Wars.
Rob562
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Various factors come into play, including what the lowest group number given out to the public was, as well as how many unused re-admit passes they gave out the day before.
-Rob
Professortango1
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Nope, its sincere. I still enjoy New Hope and Empire most, but TLJ is a close second and Luke's arc/Kylo's arc are my favourite aspect of a SW film to date.
I'm not saying the new movies or even TLJ are perfect by any means, but neither were the original films by any stretch.
DLR>WDW
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It’s even worse! They didn’t even get through all the groups. People that had been there since 8am or earlier waited all day.. only to be shut out. Awful.
Also, Kylo 1 was broken when I rode.
disneygeek90
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They got through all standard groups, correct? Backup groups are much more difficult to get through all of them because they’re most likely giving out the number of groups they could reasonably call with a near perfect day.
drizzitduddenbunnies
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So I don't know what causes them to use which number as the first boarding group, but you'll notice that yesterday, 12 was the first boarding group, and 82 and above were the backup ones, and today the first bg is 5 and the first backup bg is 75.
- 82-12=70
- 75-5=70