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News Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Standby Line and Boarding Groups at Disney's Hollywood Studios
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HauntedMansionFLA
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I wonder when they will start to use the regular stand by line instead of the present system??
disneygeek90
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Saturday was out before the open time of 9 as well.
Well... I would think that there are some guests who didn't know that the opening time was recently changed and would be planning for a 9 AM opening... and disappointment.
KevinPage
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Same here, was only not working yesterday. Didn’t know if they fixed it overnight
ImperfectPixie
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As of yet, checking the night before hasn't mattered because they've changed the opening time without notifying anyone.
The real question will be in a couple of months when things normalize, does it affect in a significant way the overall total visitations to WDW.
For sure DHS will see an uptick, but does that add to or borrow from the rest of the WDW gates? They have been surprisingly generous with the Winter discounts for Hotel bookings, and DVC is promoting more than ever, coupled with many Disney TAs still saying it's light compared to previous years. Of course, the primary motivator or demotivator for travel to WDW are the ever increasing prices, speaking of which, there is always the February price increase just around the corner as well (rumored to be a double digit percentage increase for 2020).
There was a SPC chart listed after day three in the early evening.
@wdwmagic can we start a daily betting pool as to what random time before the scheduled opening DHS opens? I'll make sure you get your fair share of the cut.
mikejs78
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Hmm. The Disney TAs I've spoken to have said that they have not seen anything like 2020 as far as demand ever. As far as discounts, they don't seem any more generous than they have in previous years.
Also, FoP materially increased attendance. But it took several months of word of mouth for they really to kick in.
What time did you get there at?
The primary factor booking has nothing to do with Star Wars, but rather cost. It's simply too expensive for most.
Coaster Lover
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- In the Parks
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Moral of the story? If you want to have any chance of riding, you MUST be at the park within the first hour of the (stated) opening time, but even at that, there is no guarantee that you will ride that day (you might ride VERY late in the day or possibly be bumped to the next day).
mikejs78
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mikejs78
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As far as hotel rack rates, absolutely. I think most people think of the discounts as baked in, and I don't see those going away anytime soon.
But attendance has increased year after year and there's a lot more inventory now with Grand Destino and Riviera.
Mouse Trap
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Arrived around 5:45AM on opening day and was boarding group 28.
Today I arrived at 7:50ish and got 79. Hoping to head back to the hotel, get some work done and jump on in the evening.
Anything specific anyone would like me to report back on this evening?
Today I arrived at 7:50ish and got 79. Hoping to head back to the hotel, get some work done and jump on in the evening.
Anything specific anyone would like me to report back on this evening?
NFL increased MK attendance by about 3 million over 3 years. Pandora is on track to do about the the same for DAK. SWGE will most likely do the same for DHS. When Epcot is finally done for 2022-24 it will probably do the same as well. Nothing revolutionary here that hasn't been done before.
Just the time you get called, the time you arrive and the time you leave the ride.
Grand Destino is an outlier because of its corporate use. Have you seen the cash discounts at Riviera? Also the direct sale DVC enticements for for Riviera?