Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opening reports and using Boarding Groups at Disneyland

[shambolicdefending]

Honestly even though I am very lucky and got on the ride, the process was super stressful. I think they really need to do advance reservations.

I like showing up at ropedrop but the fact is that the processs made my day stressful and not fun.

This describes how visits to Disneyland for non-locals have felt for quite some time, IMO.

 

[Californian Elitist]

I’m glad I wasn’t that impressed with the ride and don’t have to ride it again. This system is a mess.

Good luck to everyone with this process.

 

[socaljoeyb]

I’m glad I wasn’t that impressed with the ride and don’t have to ride it again. This system is a mess.

Good luck to everyone with this process.

I'm waiting a long while before bringing the non ap family.

 

[NateD1226]

Good luck to anyone trying to ride it today. I am worried that with it being a holiday, the extreme amount of downtime yesterday, and half of the effects still not working is going to lead to today being a rough day.

 

[socaljoeyb]

Groups gone at 802.

 

[disneygeek90]

From what I could tell by sitting on my couch in Florida, normal groups went in about 30 seconds and the backups were filled by 8:01.

For comparison, the backups in WDW today were gone at 8:40, 7am open.

 

[NateD1226]

Backups start at 80

 

[AB_27]

Showed up to the parks at 7:45, got BG #46

 

[flutas]

From what I could tell by sitting on my couch in Florida, normal groups went in about 30 seconds and the backups were filled by 8:01.

For comparison, the backups in WDW today were gone at 8:40, 7am open.

About 17 seconds according to my monitoring. Backup groups were gone in 44 seconds after opening.

Interestingly enough a test queue showed up this morning as well with the title "BP Test Queue - DO NOT USE." So maybe they are testing some changes to the general flow for it.

 

[trainplane3]

According to @lentesta...

FWIW, we're counting around 700 people/hour at Rise at Disneyland.

Big yikes

 

[flynnibus]

About 17 seconds according to my monitoring. Backup groups were gone in 44 seconds after opening.

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Interestingly enough a test queue showed up this morning as well with the title "BP Test Queue - DO NOT USE." So maybe they are testing some changes to the general flow for it.

Are you poling the api the app uses or monitoring elements in the app?

 

[flutas]

Are you poling the api the app uses or monitoring elements in the app?

Polling the API the app uses directly.

 

[flynnibus]

Polling the API the app uses directly.

How has the response time been on the query? Consistent or have you seen any jitter? I would hope the status query would be stable... while the join request may take the brunt of the delay

 

[Phroobar]

Polling the API the app uses directly.

Wow! That is an insecure app. Good thing ticket and account information aren't on it. Oh wait....

 

[DrAlice]

This is what we are dealing with, a battle of whos phone is fastest..

Ugh. As someone with a relatively slow smart phone ("average intelligence phone"), this makes me a bit cranky. I'm hoping this calms down a bit before we get there in July. Otherwise, I'll have a disappointed 8 year old to deal with. I'll start prepping her for disappointment now, I guess.

 

[Phroobar]

I'm guessing things will settle down by June if not March. The AP crowd will have already figured out a way to see it and the virtual fast pass will be gone. It happen that way for Target Run and Pixar Pier.

 

[Mickeyboof]

According to @lentesta...

Big yikes

@lentesta To compare, what is your current count at DHS?

More, less?

 

[shambolicdefending]

I'm hoping this calms down a bit before we get there in July. Otherwise, I'll have a disappointed 8 year old to deal with.

I think this is ROTR's biggest long-term issue. They cannot afford for significant numbers of non-AP guests to sink all the effort and expense into a trip, only to go home without having experienced their new flagship attraction. If days like yesterday end up being common for more than a month or so, they're going to have a real mess on their hands.

I'm guessing things will settle down by June if not March. The AP crowd will have already figured out a way to see it and the virtual fast pass will be gone. It happen that way for Target Run and Pixar Pier.

I think you're right that the rush will drop significantly 3-6 months out. But, I'm not sold that this virtual queue is a temporary thing. I'm not sure we'll ever see it go away, and I definitely don't see it going away until the ride becomes much more reliable. As much as they can't afford to have paid guests walking away without a chance to experience it, compounding that issue with the risk of hours of wasted time in a physical queue is an even worse scenario.

 

[DLR>WDW]

Luckily, they’re chugging along today, already at group 28 before 10AM.

 

[lentesta]

@lentesta To compare, what is your current count at DHS?

More, less?

Substantially less - DHS is around 1,400/hour when it's running well.