Definitely use tap to refresh. As soon as it hits 7:00:00/1:00:00, just tap tap tap at the refresh button. Don't even hesitate because that same button turns into the join queue button.
Spot on. Couldn't agree more.
A little late in answering this and faik this has already been confirmed, but our BG on Friday was called and we were in the queue for close to an hour, with stretches of time with no line movement at all. When we got to the bridge overlooking the loading area we saw all empty trains that had been cycling through. So clearly there was some down time on Friday.
IIRC from the later RotR and Remy VQ, once you hit join that's all there is to do and it's just luck if you hit it faster than the other 40,000 people. Is that correct?
Correct. I just hover my thumb over refresh then when the time comes, I just tap tap tap repeatedly until I get the confirmation screen. No need to wait for the join button to appear or read anything.
Just to bounce off of this, I've done this twice now. I've gotten two 7am groups - 10 and 25 - and didn't show up until the end of the day. They don't mind and only ask to see what number your group is on the App.
because it an indicator of client demand. If it remains basically 'immediately' aka under a minute it means there is massive amounts of people queued up to want to ride the attraction. If it last minutes, it's an indicator of how much energy people are having to put into getting a pass. If it stretches out further, you know the demand backlog is less and people are able to take a more relaxed approach to it.
40??
Yup! I couldn't believe it either so I checked the server logs, and it's true...
Makes sense. Only those in the park and who chose Epcot as their park reservation for the day can participate in the electronic raffle, which also excludes those who already rode it that morning.
