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

[gerarar]

There was definitely downtime today. I passed by the ROTR entrance while on my way to Droid Depot around 6:20ish, and they completely had the entrance blocked by CMs and Guest Relations. As usual, a large mass of groups and a line of people were forming/present. I didn't stop for too long, but it was evident what was going on.

By the time I finished building my Droid and was exiting GE through Grand Ave, which was around 7:30ish, it was already back up running and people were being let in, and not so much of a mass of people or a line up in front.

And so that also concludes my visit to Batuu (and WDW) for the meantime. Already looking forward to my next trip, whenever that will be!!

 

[Rob562]

We went the first time on 12/15. Due to a Lyft driver that never showed up, we had to take a bus and did not get there until 5:30 we scanned in and got boarding group 51 we were able to ride a little after noon. The second time was on 12/17 we arrived at 5:00 and we scanned in and got boarding group 15 we were able to ride by the time we got back to Galaxy's Edge. Thirty minutes made a world of difference.

While that may have been true during your visit (as well as mine a few days before yours) after your last day (on the 18th, I think) they changed to the "boarding groups open at published park opening time" method. As long as you're inside the park before park opening time, it makes no difference what time you arrive.

-Rob

 

[Demarke]

Well thanks to the extra morning hour, I was just now able to snag a Slinky FP for the 8th. Thanks Disney!

Thanks for the idea! I’m planning on going on the 9th after the 5k and was able to change my ToT to a morning Slinky!

 

[Parker in NYC]

Thanks for the idea! I’m planning on going on the 9th after the 5k and was able to change my ToT to a morning Slinky!

On ROTR opening day, I was thinking how crazy it was to be standing in line (er, small clump) at Disney at 3:50 am. Then I thought, oh god those marathoners have to be up AND active! My hat off to you!

 

[DonaldDoleWhip]

Despite the rain, today was a much better experience: woke up at 5:15, was in the park before opening and got Group 71.

Not the best, but glad the app did its job (for me at least) and it seemed to work more seamlessly for more people. Heard many cheers of excitement before my request went through.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Was walking into the park about 6:05 am and got 91. First try so I feel successful. Waiting in the rain for slinky.

By 6:39 am app said back up groups.

Also no finger scan.

 

[DonaldDoleWhip]

Were there less people because of the rain?

Perhaps there were slightly less, but the crowds still covered much of Hollywood Boulevard (and the part of Sunset that was open) by 6. I was expecting the same scenario as before and wasn’t surprised that the first 70 boarding groups disappeared so quickly.

Would be an interesting day to rope drop the other parks (was thinking of attempting a FoP run), but the rain’s getting worse and that’s enough for me to head back to the Swan.

Mission accomplished, though, and as of 7:05 groups 12-29 are boarding.

 

[VaderTron]

Time will tell. We are done with DHS this trip. Three mornings and 1 evening there, so we are DHSed out. Kids were like, “we miss Magic Kingdom!”

RotR is a failure as children still prefer MK - CONFIRMED!

 

[DCBaker]

7:45am - backup boarding groups still available. Groups called up to 29.

 

[VaderTron]

I predict a lot of Fast passes and Park Hoppers being distributed today.

 

[Dr.GrantSeeker]

Ride is confirmed down. Don’t know when it will be back up. It’s been down for around 30-40 minutes now.

 

[Lunair]

The ride is back. Boarding was stuck at group 29 for quite a while, but it's at 36 now.

 

[wishiwere@wdw]

Is it a fair assumption that approximately 45 minutes is needed to reset the ride and perform checks? Just seems that is usually the typical length of delay so I’m curious .

 

[marni1971]

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• January 5-11: Hours extended from 8am opening to 7am opening. Closing remains unchanged.

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Imagine that.

Surprised they aren't keeping it 7 AM until MMRR has been open a month or so.

It could still change again

regardless, I’d still follow the advice thats been posted in this thread regarding the time to arrive vs posted opening time.

 

[DisneyDreamer08]

We will be in DHS on Tuesday 1/14 and I really hope it stays at an 8am opening. We already had to change our schedule once when it switched from 9am to 8am My girls and I will not be riding anything Star Wars but will obviously have to be there by rope drop to do everything in Toy Story Land. I really can’t see us all getting there (happily) by 6:30am.

 

[marni1971]

We will be in DHS on Tuesday 1/14 and I really hope it stays at an 8am opening.

Keep checking those times.

 

[bclane]

So we will finally get to go to tomorrow. Woohoo! One question I had though was do you create your party at the same time as you are trying to get a boarding group (I assume this is the case) or can you create your party of fellow travelers before that so that it’s ready to go when they start releasing boarding groups (I doubt this is an option but want to make sure)?

 

[DCBaker]

So we will finally get to go to tomorrow. Woohoo! One question I had though was do you create your party at the same time as you are trying to get a boarding group (I assume this is the case) or can you create your party of fellow travelers before that so that it’s ready to go when they start releasing boarding groups (I doubt this is an option but want to make sure)?

You select who is in your boarding group when the groups are released at opening time.

 

[DisneyDreamer08]

Keep checking those times.

Oh I will, I’ve been stalking this thread since the ride opened If it’s changed to 7am, my husband can go alone if he wants and we’ll meet him there. We have an 8:40am FP for Slinky Dog. If we end up unable to ride the other 2 Toy Story rides because the standby is too long by the time we arrive, then oh well. It is what it is

 

[MisterPenguin]

The early start puts it on track for a possible record today if there are no more stoppages....

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