News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Virtual Queue and Lightning Lane status

[disneygeek90]

I’m hoping because there’s 100 more boarding groups till mine

They want everyone who has a group to ride, especially day 1. Barring any disastrous downtime I think they'll try hard to call every group possible.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Remember when Disney made people-eating attractions and you just waited in a modest, fast-moving and entertaining, if lengthy, line after paying regular admission?

To be fair this attraction has a high capacity

 

[HauntedPirate]

To be fair this attraction has a high capacity

I'd have to scour the thread but off the top of my head I don't recall seeing a THRC.

 

[DCBaker]

I'd have to scour the thread but off the top of my head I don't recall seeing a THRC.

See here -

Apologies everyone I actually miscalculated by mis counting train capacity, was trying to photograph , board train and contain my excitement partly blaming @wdwmagic cos I asked them if it's 24 and they said yeah

, but I just forgot. Anyway. 2000/HR is realistic......2400/HR is still possible in the coming weeks.


To answer the question. Everest is oft quoted as 2000 but I believe that's theoretical, here's a good place to start for comparison

We timed 4 trains today from load to dispatch (in seconds) - 47.4, 39.2, 44.5, 48.2.

 

[Club Cooloholic]

So if they are opening the virtual line again at 6 for for extended hours, does this mean people only have to be deluxe guests to be eligible or do they have to have a valid Epcot ticket and or park Hopper? I would hope you would need a park ressie too...but who knows.

 

[Patcheslee]

So if they are opening the virtual line again at 6 for for extended hours, does this mean people only have to be deluxe guests to be eligible or do they have to have a valid Epcot ticket and or park Hopper? I would hope you would need a park ressie too...but who knows.

Wonder if they'll start calling the extended hours guests before park closing if they finish the 1pm groups.

 

[DCBaker]

So if they are opening the virtual line again at 6 for for extended hours, does this mean people only have to be deluxe guests to be eligible or do they have to have a valid Epcot ticket and or park Hopper? I would hope you would need a park ressie too...but who knows.

Here's the official wording for how the third Virtual Queue will work for guests staying during Extended Evening Hours -

"An additional opportunity to request to join the virtual queue will be available at 6:00 PM on select dates during extended evening theme park hours, a benefit for registered Guests staying at a Disney Deluxe Resort, Disney Deluxe Villa Resort or other select hotels. Guests with this benefit do not need to be in EPCOT to request to join at that time.

These Guests will need valid admission and a theme park reservation for the same park on the same day to experience extended evening hours—or, they may experience extended evening hours if they have a ticket or Annual Pass with the Park Hopper option and first enter the park for which they made their reservation."

 

[nickys]

So if they are opening the virtual line again at 6 for for extended hours, does this mean people only have to be deluxe guests to be eligible or do they have to have a valid Epcot ticket and or park Hopper? I would hope you would need a park ressie too...but who knows.

You don’t have to be in the park and don’t need to have an Epcot reservation. I doubt the system will check for a valid ticket, it’ll be your responsibility to ensure you can enter the park. Just like when booking ILLs or G+ passes.

You can do both

One I am less certain of is for the Deluxe After Hours 6pm VQ drop - if you got a VQ at 7am or 1 pm and are eligible for the extra hours can you also get one at 6pm or no?

I think you can, or at least how it read but not sure... Guess we will find out on Monday

Scott Gustin confirmed this in a tweet. You are only limited to one VQ during regular park hours. You can try again at 6pm even if you have already been successful earlier in the day.

 

[Patcheslee]

How do you know what the wait time is once you enter the physical queue? And does it ever say when the ride is down?

 

[Club Cooloholic]

You don’t have to be in the park and don’t need to have an Epcot reservation. I doubt the system will check for a valid ticket, it’ll be your responsibility to ensure you can enter the park. Just like when booking ILLs or G+ passes.


Scott Gustin confirmed this in a tweet. You are only limited to one VQ during regular park hours. You can try again at 6pm even if you have already been successful earlier in the day.

You would thi k with their technology they would no who has a valid reservation for that day. Does it work like this for the morning ones too? I wonder how many wasted reservations their are for people just trying to see if they can get it but then there are no more reservations available if they do t have a reservation.

 

[wdwmagic]

How do you know what the wait time is once you enter the physical queue? And does it ever say when the ride is down?

It is roughly 20 - 30 mins once in the queue.

 

[nickys]

You would thi k with their technology they would no who has a valid reservation for that day. Does it work like this for the morning ones too? I wonder how many wasted reservations their are for people just trying to see if they can get it but then there are no more reservations available if they do t have a reservation.

They do know who has a reservation, they check that for the 7am and 1pm VQs.

It’s just the extended hours VQ that is different. So guests can be elsewhere to try and then make a decision whether to go to Epcot or not. It’s just following he same rules as the extended hours themselves.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

They are at 180, of ~ 220 with 2 & and a half hours till park close.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Is this the highest # of boarding groups issued vs Rise & Rat?

 

[gerarar]

The rate of BG's being called has slowed down a lot. 4 groups called in the past ~40 mins, so about 1 BG/10mins average.

There was also a 17 minute gap between groups 171 and 172 from 5:31 to 5:48pm – unsure if the ride went down during this time frame.

 

[gerarar]

Is this the highest # of boarding groups issued vs Rise & Rat?

I believe highest reached for WDW was low 200's, which was achieved during New Years 2020.

DL on the other hand has gone towards the 250's a lot I believe due to longer park hours (open to midnight and such) and apparently smaller BG size.

As for issued, probably higher than these milestones.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

The rate of BG's being called has slowed down a lot. 4 groups called in the past ~40 mins, so about 1 BG/10mins average.

There was also a 17 minute gap between groups 171 and 172 from 5:31 to 5:48pm – unsure if the ride went down during this time frame.

Yea they really have! I spoke with a leader outside the attraction and she said their goal is to accommodate everyone, so hopefully whatever problems they’re having they can get rectified asap

 

[MagicHappens1971]

The rate of BG's being called has slowed down a lot. 4 groups called in the past ~40 mins, so about 1 BG/10mins average.

There was also a 17 minute gap between groups 171 and 172 from 5:31 to 5:48pm – unsure if the ride went down during this time frame.

They just jumped to 196 so if the rumored final number of ~220 is correct, everyone should be able to get on before park close.

 

[DCBaker]

They just jumped to 196 so if the rumored final number of ~220 is correct, everyone should be able to get on before park close.

Bump that up to at least 225.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

I’m standing in line at Starbucks with “THE Zach”!!!!!!!! Starstruck!
Edit;
He isnt wearing a name tag anymore and was on an angry phone call and now just looks annoyed waiting for his drink lol