News Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Standby Line and Boarding Groups at Disney's Hollywood Studios

[ToTBellHop]

I'm sure they will get there eventuallyl, but I tend to agree with @marni1971 on this. It's going to be a busy end of year at DHS.

Of course, it will be. How exciting for the CMs rather than the "this sucks" response throughout September, October, and November.

 

[monothingie]

Of course, it will be. How exciting for the CMs rather than the "this sucks" response throughout September, October, and November.

Bring back the blond pilot.

 

[disneygeek90]

At group 38 at 10:45am.

For comparison, I was group 28 last Saturday and was called at 11:05am.

 

[DisneyJoe]

Sure, but it is what it is at this point. The CM's and maintenance staff are doing as best as they can from a guest perspective, and I appreciate that.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Bring back the blond pilot.

No need for him when we have Baby Yoda. Seriously, put a stuffed Baby Yoda on an RC car and drive him around the land. You'll never hear "but, Darth Vader!" again.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

No need for him when we have Baby Yoda. Seriously, put a stuffed Baby Yoda on an RC car and drive him around the land. You'll never hear "but, Darth Vader!" again.

OMG.

 

[BoarderPhreak]

Eh... It really doesn’t feel that messy when you are physically in the park. They have a monster amount of attraction and guest relations CMs at Rise to answer questions and deal with guest issues. Break downs seem a fairly natural part of new ride life. And from my point of view, they are offering fair compensation for getting back on the ride or if your boarding group isn’t called.

Clearly they are playing with hours a bit but they are only working with a week of data. The process will never be completely smooth but get up early and you’ll get on at some point.

Preaching to the choir - I was there opening day at 3:45am and rode it a bunch of times that day and those that followed.

I don't think we can expect all of that to be ironed out a week into a ride that had a rushed opening.

The opening hours argument is moot at this point. They are opening within a half hour of the posted time.

Of course they're still fine-tuning; probably will be for some time to come. But like I said, time is running out ahead of the holiday crowd.

 

[marni1971]

Yes but it's not like they would have refunded my plane flight and hotels if they had moved the date back.

No they wouldn’t. Thats the risk you take travelling for a specific thing on a specific date.

The announced date was still too early.

 

[socalkdg]

The situation is that the ride is not ready. Anything else is damage limitation.

Is there anyone here that wished they waited another month to open the ride, or are you glad you had a chance to wade through this "mess" and actually get on the ride?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Preaching to the choir - I was there opening day at 3:45am and rode it a bunch of times that day and those that followed.


Of course they're still fine-tuning; probably will be for some time to come. But like I said, time is running out ahead of the holiday crowd.

I'm not sure how the holidays will affect the ride. It has its daily capacity and it has BGs. So BGs may fill 20 minutes earlier, but otherwise, there will be no impact on how the ride itself runs. More guests won't ride (proportionally), but a greater proportion of guests won't ride FoP, SDD, 7DMT, and Dumbo, too. BGs protect it from the pressure to deliver Christmas Week.

 

[marni1971]

Is there anyone here that wished they waited another month to open the ride, or are you glad you had a chance to wade through this "mess" and actually get on the ride?

Of course. No one will say yes. Such is the society we live in.

 

[DisneyJoe]

Of course they're still fine-tuning; probably will be for some time to come. But like I said, time is running out ahead of the holiday crowd.

I doubt that there ever was any hope to have it perfectly tuned and running at full capacity by Christmas and that level of crowd - even the best most stable attractions have issues that week.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

That's why I appreciate that they stuck to the opening day. I'm sure there were Star Wars fans from around the world who came down for the grand opening who would have wasted alot of money if the ride was pushed back a month. It would have left a very bitter taste in our mouths.

That may have been one of the factors in the decision to open on time.

But if I recall, they were originally considering a later date, but Chapek insisted it open on the 5th?

 

[ToTBellHop]

That's why I appreciate that they stuck to the opening day. I'm sure there were Star Wars fans from around the world who came down for the grand opening who would have wasted alot of money if the ride was pushed back a month. It would have left a very bitter taste in our mouths.

That may have been one of the factors in the decision to open on time.

Of course it was. The five fans who were angry at Rivers of Light's delay got over it when they realized it sucked anyway. Star Wars has more than five fans.

 

[ToTBellHop]

But if I recall, they were originally considering a later date, but Chapek insisted it open on the 5th?

They asked for tomorrow.

 

[BoarderPhreak]

I'm not sure how the holidays will affect the ride. It has its daily capacity and it has BGs. So BGs may fill 20 minutes earlier, but otherwise, there will be no impact on how the ride itself runs. More guests won't ride (proportionally), but a greater proportion of guests won't ride FoP, SDD, 7DMT, and Dumbo, too. BGs protect it from the pressure to deliver Christmas Week.

I'm not saying the holidays will affect how the ride runs; it is what it is. What I'm talking about is the large influx of people coming - and how tuned the system, overall, is - to get those people riding.

I doubt that there ever was any hope to have it perfectly tuned and running at full capacity by Christmas and that level of crowd - even the best most stable attractions have issues that week.

They didn't even think it was ready to open by December 14, let alone December 5. Time will tell how long it really takes. But again, Christmas is in ten days and the number of guests will only increase going forward until after the holidays.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I'm not saying the holidays will affect how the ride runs; it is what it is. What I'm talking about is the large influx of people coming - and how tuned the system, overall, is - to get those people riding.


They didn't even think it was ready to open by December 14, let alone December 5. Time will tell how long it really takes. But again, Christmas is in ten days and the number of guests will only increase going forward until after the holidays.

The total number of guests Christmas Week 2020 won't get to ride, either. Or 2021. Or 2022. Or 2023.

If you wanna ride, you gotta work.

No one will care if you look like this at the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular at 1 pm:

 

[BoarderPhreak]

The total number of guests Christmas Week 2020 won't get to ride, either. Or 2021. Or 2022. Or 2023.

If you wanna ride, you gotta work.

That was obvious 100 pages ago; I even stated "the early bird gets the worm."

 

[disneygeek90]

The total number of guests Christmas Week 2020 won't get to ride, either. Or 2021. Or 2022. Or 2023.

If you wanna ride, you gotta work.

Also don't pick Christmas week, lol

 

[ToTBellHop]

Also don't pick Christmas week, lol

Those of us who go during Christmas Week don't expect short lines. Unless they are stupid. And stupid people won't figure out how to ride RotR, anyway. They probably won't find Star Wars Land...