HauntedMansionFLA
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What’s the Demarke method?
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DHS Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Standby Line and Boarding Groups at Disney's Hollywood Studios
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DHS - Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Standby Line and Boarding Groups at Disney's Hollywood Studios
I wonder if anyone even got through the ride this morning? I’m at the entrance now and still down :(
If that rate was sustained all day it would be the best day yet, beating the previous best on January 4th.
disneygeek90
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Is it down now? Haven’t checked how it was doing in a few hours but it’s showing no groups currently.
No groups called for the past 65 minutes. The last group called, 108, was around 4:10pm.
So at least that last few groups only had a 1 hour return time.
When I was there in January, you could still get a backup boarding group for an hour after park opening. Are the backups filling up at park opening now too? We have one person in our party who is only there for a day so trying to think about how likely it is that he will get to ride. Thanks.
disneygeek90
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They’re typically filling all groups within minutes thanks to the 8am open. If someone has one day to try I would highly recommend being in the park before 8.
I get this ride has problems but if that was the last group, it’s pathetic to close it 4.5 hours early.
I did RotR on opening day and was at the park at 4:30am. I realize it's not anywhere near that crazy now, but if the park opens at 8:00am, what time would you get there to guarantee a boarding pass?
Give yourself enough time to get through parking and security - you should want to be tapped through the turnstiles by ~7:50am to get yourself ready.
The splash screen has been reset so it does indeed look like they are done.
Thanks!
disneygeek90
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Being at the parking booths by 7:20 should guarantee you’re in the park before 8. There’s no way to currently guarantee a boarding group other than having some quick fingers and a cooperative app.
As for ROTR today, pretty confusing day. Surely 108 wasn’t all they gave out this morning?
Do you think for the boarding time it's better to seek a cast member with the iPad thingy? I remember there were dozens of them around the front of the park on opening day. Not sure if that's changed.
gerarar
Premium Member
Theory time! —
Yesterday (2/29), there were 71 guaranteed BGs, last group called was 142, so double the amount of regular groups. Basically half of total groups called were regular, half backup.
Today (3/1), there were 53 guaranteed BGs, last group called was 108. Again, that’s about double.
So, could they be distributing the same number of backup groups, as regular groups, once they decide what that threshold for regular BGs is?
There was no reason to stop calling BGs 4+ hours before park closing today, unless, they indeed ran out of groups and called up everyone. At most downtime’s run for 40mins to an 1.5hrs top.
Yesterday (2/29), there were 71 guaranteed BGs, last group called was 142, so double the amount of regular groups. Basically half of total groups called were regular, half backup.
Today (3/1), there were 53 guaranteed BGs, last group called was 108. Again, that’s about double.
So, could they be distributing the same number of backup groups, as regular groups, once they decide what that threshold for regular BGs is?
There was no reason to stop calling BGs 4+ hours before park closing today, unless, they indeed ran out of groups and called up everyone. At most downtime’s run for 40mins to an 1.5hrs top.
disneygeek90
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If you can be first to a guest experience member it’s definitely a good fall back. If you are not the first or second group in line it’s probably not worth trying.