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

[gerarar]

Final Day 186 Stats (11/30):
7am: 18.2 secs
1pm: 27019.2 secs, or ~7 hours 30 mins*
*new high record set for any drop time

BG 184 (+0) is the last BG called for the day at 8:30pm.

Notable 15+ min stoppages today:
2:32 - 3:01pm

Average pace: 4mins/BG

VQ Drop Mean/Average:
7am: 11m -> 9m (-2m)
1pm: 2hr 29m -> 2hr 40m (+11m)

That does it for Day 186 of GotG: CR!

 

[gerarar]

7am drop lasted for 7.7 secs.
Thursday 1pm Drop Average: 9m -> 9m (+0)

BG's 1-20 called at 8:41am as part of the initial wave.

 

[Touchdown]

Why is this still happening? It seems like this coaster is more then stable enough to just go to a standby queue.

 

[gerarar]

Why is this still happening? It seems like this coaster is more then stable enough to just go to a standby queue.

Well it just had like 3 hours total of downtime the other day, so not quite stable.

But overall, I do agree. Maybe they're waiting til after the holidays like Rat did, when it went to standby in early January.

 

[gerarar]

Any tips for this? Have done Rise in Disneyland successfully the day it opened, is it the same process? Thanks!

Don't stress too much. If you don't get the 7am drop, the 1pm drop is really easy to get.

If you really want at 7am BG, have another clock open (time.gov works), then when it hits exactly 7:00:00, insta-tap the refresh button which then turns into join button. Don't wait, just keep tapping way. Do not pull down to refresh.

Also different from DL (iirc), you do not need to be in the park for the first drop as long you have a park reservation. You do need to tap into the park sometime before the 1pm drop.

 

[CHOX]

Don't stress too much. If you don't get the 7am drop, the 1pm drop is really easy to get.

If you really want at 7am BG, have another clock open (time.gov works), then when it hits exactly 7:00:00, insta-tap the refresh button which then turns into join button. Don't wait, just keep tapping way. Do not pull down to refresh.

Also different from DL (iirc), you do not need to be in the park for the first drop as long you have a park reservation. You do need to tap into the park sometime before the 1pm drop.

Just so I understand…this means that the lightning lane will expire within say 18 seconds? But as long as you refresh within that amount of time and hit join you’re good? I’ll take your word that’s it’s easy. That sounds much better than I expected.

Last time I was at WDW it was before Genie+ so this is new. I’m from California so missing this would suck.

 

[gerarar]

Just so I understand…this means that the lightning lane virtual queue will expire within say 18 seconds? But as long as you refresh within that amount of time and hit join you’re good? I’ll take your word that’s it’s easy. That sounds much better than I expected.

Last time I was at WDW it was before Genie+ so this is new. I’m from California so missing this would suck.

Just to clarify, we're talking about the virtual queue, not lightning lane to obtain a boarding group.

And yeah it's very easy nowadays compared to before, but like what I said above if you miss the 7am like from a missed timing or whatever, the 1pm is much much easier to get.

 

[gerarar]

1pm drop lasted for 10152.775 secs, or ~2 hours 49 mins.
Thursday 1pm Drop Average: 1hr 35m -> 1hr 38m (+3m)

Up to BG 75 called at 1pm, 6 less than yesterday.

 

[gerarar]

Final Day 187 Stats (12/1):
7am: 7.7 secs
1pm: 10152.8 secs, or ~2 hours 49 mins

BG 185 (+1) is the last BG called for the day at 8:30pm.

Notable 15+ min stoppages today: None

Average pace: 4mins/BG

VQ Drop Mean/Average:
7am: 9m -> 9m (+0)
1pm: 1hr 35m -> 1hr 38m (+3m)

That does it for Day 187 of GotG: CR!

 

[gerarar]

7am drop lasted for 4.762 secs.
Friday 7am Drop Average: 3m -> 3m (+0)

BG's 1-20 called at 8:40am as part of the initial wave.

 

[gerarar]

1pm drop lasted for 3502.913 secs, or ~58 mins.
Friday 1pm Drop Average: 1hr 16m -> 1hr 15m (-1m)

Up to BG 75 called at 1pm, same as yesterday.

 

[gerarar]

Final Day 188 Stats (12/2):
7am: 4.7 secs
1pm: 3502.9 secs, or ~58 mins

BG 190 (+5) is the last BG called for the day at 8:44pm.

Notable 15+ min stoppages today: None

Average pace: 4mins/BG

VQ Drop Mean/Average:
7am: 3m -> 3m (+0)
1pm: 1hr 16m -> 1hr 15m (-1m)

That does it for Day 188 of GotG: CR!

 

[gerarar]

7am drop lasted for 6.099 secs.
Saturday 7am Drop Average: 8.4s -> 8.4s (+0)

BG's 1-20 called at 8:41am as part of the initial wave.

 

[gerarar]

1pm drop lasted for 1287.363 secs, or ~21 mins.
Saturday 1pm Drop Average: 1hr 2m -> 1hr 0m (-2m)

Up to BG 73 called at 1pm, 2 less than yesterday.

 

[CaptinEO]

Don't stress too much. If you don't get the 7am drop, the 1pm drop is really easy to get.

If you really want at 7am BG, have another clock open (time.gov works), then when it hits exactly 7:00:00, insta-tap the refresh button which then turns into join button. Don't wait, just keep tapping way. Do not pull down to refresh.

Also different from DL (iirc), you do not need to be in the park for the first drop as long you have a park reservation. You do need to tap into the park sometime before the 1pm drop.

Thank you so much for the help!

 

[gerarar]

Final Day 189 Stats (12/3):
7am: 6.1 secs
1pm: 1287.4 secs, or ~21 mins

BG 187 (-3) is the last BG called for the day at 8:30pm.

Notable 15+ min stoppages today: None

Average pace: 4mins/BG

VQ Drop Mean/Average:
7am: 8.4s -> 8.4s (+0)
1pm: 1hr 2m -> 1hr 0m (-2m)

That does it for Day 189 of GotG: CR!

 

[gerarar]

7am drop lasted for 4.268 secs.
Sunday 7am Drop Average: 39.2s -> 38.0s (-1.2s)

BG's 1-20 called at 8:41am as part of the initial wave.

 

[gerarar]

1pm drop lasted for 4212.639 secs, or ~1 hour 10 mins.
Sunday 1pm Drop Average: 1hr 36m -> 1hr 35m (-1m)

Up to BG 76 called at 1pm, 3 more than yesterday.

 

[curry767]

Correct. As long as you have tapped into EPCOT before 1pm, you do not physically need to be inside EPCOT to join the Virtual Queue.

That's great to know, thanks for clarifying.

 

[gerarar]

Final Day 190 Stats (12/4):
7am: 4.3 secs
1pm: 4212.6 secs, or ~1 hour 10 mins

BG 180 (-7) is the last BG called for the day at 8:30pm.

Notable 15+ min stoppages today:
1:17 - 2:27pm

Average pace: 4mins/BG

VQ Drop Mean/Average:
7am: 39.2s -> 38.0s (-1.2s)
1pm: 1hr 36m -> 1hr 35m (-1m)

That does it for Day 190 of GotG: CR!