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

[pdude81]

How do you ensure that all of your party are already selected before it gets to that screen? I do not want to waste precious time selecting them.

IIRC the advice is not to bother checking and just move forward

 

[G00fyDad]

The MDE app will select anyone on your friends and family list that has valid park tickets and a park reservation for that day.

If you are trying to practice, they won't be auto-selected because you don't have a reservation.

Thank you. I feel my anxiety going back down now.

 

[Ripken10]

They are now doing rope drop (at least they did this morning at 825 am)

We got the afternoon boarding group (145) so hoping we made it

The reason we ran into a problem this morning is we have 4 kids in our group that are under 3 (no ticket). Have to have them on reservation but they don’t get a park pass. So when we tried for boarding pass they force us to remove them. A
Quite annoying

 

[DCBaker]

166 is the last group of the night, called around 7:30pm (16 groups more than yesterday).

 

[DCBaker]

7am groups filled in ~8 seconds.

 

[Chicken Head]

Ugh, the Disney WiFi screwed me… I was lightning fast, but my friends list took way longer to load then when practicing at home. Praying the 1:00 window is open longer again. So disappointed, this just makes my day 1,000 times more stressful.

 

[DCBaker]

Groups began being called at 8:40am (1-10). Groups started calling ~5 minutes later than yesterday.

 

[DCBaker]

1pm window was open for just under ~2 minutes and 20 seconds - at 1pm, groups were called up to 61 (12 groups less than yesterday).

 

[Chicken Head]

Snagged group 84 @ 1pm, phew… my family’s Disney faith in me is restored!!!

 

[gerarar]

Interesting. Previously BG 95 (and 84 from the previous poster’s) was distributed at the 7am drop, but now it seems like it’s being distributed at the 1pm drop.

 

[DCBaker]

Interesting. Previously BG 95 (and 84 from the previous poster’s) was distributed at the 7am drop, but now it seems like it’s being distributed at the 1pm drop.

Unless there have been operational issues, it feels like perhaps guests per group has increased from looking over the past several days.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Unless there have been operational issues, it feels like perhaps guests per group has increased from looking over the past several days.

I've been trying to get at that answer. I imagine soon enough @lentesta will have actual data to confirm or deny the hypothesis.

 

[FRD714]

They are now doing rope drop (at least they did this morning at 825 am)

We got the afternoon boarding group (145) so hoping we made it

The reason we ran into a problem this morning is we have 4 kids in our group that are under 3 (no ticket). Have to have them on reservation but they don’t get a park pass. So when we tried for boarding pass they force us to remove them. A
Quite annoying

Ok this is what I’m worried about when we go. We have a 1 year old and he is on our list. Technically it shouldn’t select him on the day we have reservations, but it pre selected your kids while trying to I obtain a BG?

 

[DCBaker]

150 is the last group of the night, called around 7:35pm (16 groups less than yesterday).

 

[DCBaker]

7am slots filled in ~9 seconds.

 

[lentesta]

I've been trying to get at that answer. I imagine soon enough @lentesta will have actual data to confirm or deny the hypothesis.

Working on it.

 

[DCBaker]

Groups began being called around 9:15am (1-6). Groups started calling roughly ~35 minutes later than yesterday.

 

[Coaster Lover]

So, what's the consensus? Trust the Disney WiFi or switch to mobile data when making reservations? Or does it really depend on where you are when you are making the reservation?

 

[lentesta]

I've been trying to get at that answer. I imagine soon enough @lentesta will have actual data to confirm or deny the hypothesis.

1,088 riders between 10:50 AM and 11:50 AM. I think 15 boarding groups? Someone correct me if that BG count is wrong.

ETA: Pre-pandemic and at Disneyland, we thought there were around 150 people per boarding group.

 

[lentesta]

So, what's the consensus? Trust the Disney WiFi or switch to mobile data when making reservations? Or does it really depend on where you are when you are making the reservation?

Disney WiFi is faster but less reliable in the park. So for 1 pm slots I'd use cell.