Maybe they’re expanding the people per group? We’ve seen a lot of people on these boards getting crazy low numbers lately and I’m not sure if that’s due to the reading everyone has been doing here, expanding people per group, or maybe a combination of both.
I agree with you, maybe trying to get it done early and do some maitainance
I'm pretty sure a magicband is sitting in my car so it probably set off a weekday trigger 10 miles away.You probably drove by a Disney exit sign on I4 on your way to work. And being an uber geek, you had your magicband on, it was picked up, and the whole system got wonky
I feel like you deserve some recognition for being a superstar in this thread. There are of course others, but it seems that especially when this thread drifts a little, or really just when we're all curious about the status of things, you chime in with helpful information.
I have nothing to add, but just wanted to call you out and say "thank you" for your contributions
They didn't dump the queue? Eeesh. How far in line are you?
Yes, would sure love to know what happens that causes it to be down an hour+ at times. When they experience a particular problem that requires them to basically reboot the whole ride, it doesn't seem it's so easy to just restart the ride system (like i just reboot my pc/phone when they go wonky). Imagine the technical group of cast members that have to be right there all day long for these unanticipated breakdowns. I suppose just troubleshooting is a time consuming factor each time in and of itself. It has to be the WDW ride that operations/maintenance group has to put the most manpower on every day. Of course, ROTR is no It's A Small World which likely has virtually no maintenance support calls any day.
These are the days, as a local, I'm glad I didn't go through the effort of being there at 7am for BG's. I've already been through the effort only to get my standard BG cancelled once and don't envy non-locals that run into that issue and can't come back the next day. I was fortunate that I went on a Friday (the recent one where they only got through 70 BG's all day) and was able to go back on Saturday. The one plus of that situation was my Saturday FP+ was good at anytime of the day so I got to leisurely arrive to the park and get right on ROTR.
