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

[DCBaker]

7am boarding group window was open for ~4 seconds.

 

[Twirlnhurl]

7am boarding group window was open for ~4 seconds.

Sounds about right. I thought I was really fast, but I got group 88.

 

[DCBaker]

Groups began being called around 8:55am (1-7). Groups started calling ~40 minutes earlier than yesterday.

 

[DCBaker]

1pm window was open for ~5 seconds - at 1pm, groups were called up to 57 (21 groups more than yesterday).

 

[G00fyDad]

1pm window was open for ~5 seconds - at 1pm, groups were called up to 57 (21 groups more than yesterday).

5 seconds? 7:00 a.m. only open for 4 seconds? What's causing this? I thought lately it's been staying open far far longer than that.

 

[phillip9698]

5 seconds? 7:00 a.m. only open for 4 seconds? What's causing this? I thought lately it's been staying open far far longer than that.

I thought I would have an easy time of it next week but seems like things are worse than ever concerning this ride.

 

[G00fyDad]

I wonder if they lowered the amount of lottery boarding passes in an attempt to force people into the "purchase IAS" mindset?

 

[gerarar]

5 seconds? 7:00 a.m. only open for 4 seconds? What's causing this? I thought lately it's been staying open far far longer than that.

One less screen for people to look at and press through. So theoretically people will be fetching their BG’s faster.

 

[TimeTrip]

5 seconds? 7:00 a.m. only open for 4 seconds? What's causing this? I thought lately it's been staying open far far longer than that.

My guess? Its a weekend and locals are showing up in force now that they can purchase APs again. Especially since it *was* easy to get the boarding passes just recently.

 

[DCBaker]

140 is the last group of the night, called around 7:05pm* (27 groups more than yesterday).

*8pm close tonight (private party for DIS/GKTW event)

 

[DCBaker]

7am boarding group window was open for ~6 seconds.

 

[Rand113]

Can anyone confirm even getting one today, I couldnt and did it in under 5 seconds

 

[DCBaker]

Groups began being called at 8:45am (1-7). Groups started calling ~10 minutes earlier than yesterday.

 

[brettf22]

Can anyone confirm even getting one today, I couldnt and did it in under 5 seconds

 

[Joel]

Keep in mind that the length of time that the queue appears to be open isn't necessarily how long you have to hit the Join button. Only someone on the inside would know this for sure, but with the new streamlined process, the virtual queue server's speed at processing requests might be the predominant factor now (assuming the park is busy enough).

In other words, it may only take 1-2 seconds of frantic button mashing for enough eligible people to request a BG, while the remainder of that time is just how long it takes the server to churn through those thousands of nearly instantaneous requests until it reaches the limit.

It's not totally a random lottery now, but it's close to it.

 

[DCBaker]

1pm window has been open for more than ~15 minutes - at 1pm, groups were called up to 66 (9 groups more than yesterday).

 

[brettf22]

I know it’s pretty common sense, but I found it interesting how much a ride down time affects your time in line after your boarding group is called. Earlier this week, a fairly short down time resulted in me waiting 45 min in line after checking in. Today, that wait was only 5 min. I’m guessing they shorten the group calling intervals after a down time, in order to cram through as many folks as possible.

 

[Rand113]

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Got on at the 1pm queue, had 4 people doing it this time. This has to be the most stressful thing at Disney lol

 

[DCBaker]

1pm boarding group window closed for new joins just after 2:05pm.

 

[DCBaker]

166 is the last group of the night, called around 7:35pm (26 groups more than yesterday).