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Ok I’m a bit confused because I know how I did it in December. After change of plans, I’m going next week on Friday. Tell me exactly what I need to do lol
They changed the process on 12/18, I think, because guests were arriving earlier and earlier and earlier every day, forcing Disney to open the gate earlier and earlier and earlier every day for safety reasons.

Now you have to wait until you are into the park and the park has officially opened for the day. Then you can click on the Join A Boarding Group icon (assuming it has turned red) and if you are quick enough, a boarding group number will pop up and you will be assigned to it. The “regular” boarding groups have been filled within seconds to 10 minutes of the park opening during the last week or so, but Disney also has “back up“ BGs which do not guarantee you a ride but seem to take about two hours to fill after the park opens.

if the boarding group you are assigned to has a high number, you are welcome to leave the park and do whatever you wish until your boarding group is called. Once your BG is called, you have two hours to return and get in line for the ride.
 

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Ok I’m a bit confused because I know how I did it in December. After change of plans, I’m going next week on Friday. Tell me exactly what I need to do lol
Really, the best advice I could give you is to join one or more Disney social media groups and see what is happening for Rise of the Resistance in the days leading up to your visit. Or better yet, look at Disboards's forum on RotR - https://www.disboards.com/threads/r...nformation-read-post-one-no-spoilers.3782822/

I went on 1/4. On 1/3 the regular boarding groups filled in a minute and the backups filled in another four...which was bad news no matter how you look at it. Thus our approach to when to get to HS. But what I didn't know at the time was that Disney only got through 85 boarding groups (ie didn't make it through the regular groups never mind the backups).

So on 1/4 the groups actually boarding Rise of the Resistance simply didn't move for the first few hours. Which panicked me until I asked online and someone told me how bad the day before had gone - they were busy filling the ride with people holding FPs they gave out on the 3rd.


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Ok I’m a bit confused because I know how I did it in December. After change of plans, I’m going next week on Friday. Tell me exactly what I need to do lol
Easywdw.com posted a "what to do" update this week
 

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Does anyone know how it will be at disneyland? i know the ride opens on January 17th. Not planing to go right away but I would like to go on a Thursday early Feb. I have the Flex Pass and I usually go in the evening .. that might not work since they assign time early in the morning.


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Does anyone know how it will be at disneyland?...
I know that the boarding groups for DL's RotR will work more or less like WDW's (i.e. you and everyone else in your party will need to be through the gates before the official opening time and you will join a boarding group through the app). What I don't know is any of the pesky details - how soon the regular boarding groups will close, how early before the official opening you will need to be there, will there be any shops/rides open before the official open, etc. Also, I *think* this will replace the existing DL boarding group system that just gets you into Galaxy's Edge...but haven't read anything one way or the other.
 

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Ok so I did it, got in att 6:30am on Friday. At 7am I opened the app and since I have a slow phone (iPhone 6, don’t judge) lol I was placed in boarding group 68. I did line up for toy story land and was literally the first person behind the cast member on the ride. I got to ride slinky dog dash first train out. By the time I walked to where the end of the line was it was a 100 min wait, I’d say that was a success. I used my FP for rock n rollercoaster at 7:40. Got in the car by 8 and headed over to AK which opened at 9. I was on the first ride of FOP after an 18 min wait, then went to Navi river and waited around 25 min there which wasn’t bad without a FP. It was 10:50am and we did 4 huge rides with little wait. I was checking the boarding groups the whole time, around BG 35 it went down. No boarding groups were called, we decided after going on the safari and rafikis conservatory to head back to HS to see what was up.

back at HS, we learned ROTR went down at 10:30 and was down for 3 hours! It was around 2pm. We went to smugglers run and waited for that around 30-45 min. We went back to RISE to see the status. At this point we were told they would let us come back with a FP for rise the next day or “whenever” problem was I only had a one day tickets since I was doing universal mostly. they gave us a free day ticket for the next day with FP for Rise at Hollywood studios. So we went back to AK and used a FP for Everest then headed over to Epcot for some drinks and dinner. Next day we walked right onto rise and waited 32 seconds. Got to enjoy the remainder of the day at HS and did tower of terror with FP that popped up that day and a left over FP for rock n rollercoaster.
All in all it was an extremely successful Disney day with no line waited for more than 45 min. I doubt I’ll ever have that again.
 

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Ok so I did it, got in att 6:30am on Friday. At 7am I opened the app and since I have a slow phone (iPhone 6, don’t judge) lol I was placed in boarding group 68. I did line up for toy story land and was literally the first person behind the cast member on the ride. I got to ride slinky dog dash first train out. By the time I walked to where the end of the line was it was a 100 min wait, I’d say that was a success. I used my FP for rock n rollercoaster at 7:40. Got in the car by 8 and headed over to AK which opened at 9. I was on the first ride of FOP after an 18 min wait, then went to Navi river and waited around 25 min there which wasn’t bad without a FP. It was 10:50am and we did 4 huge rides with little wait. I was checking the boarding groups the whole time, around BG 35 it went down. No boarding groups were called, we decided after going on the safari and rafikis conservatory to head back to HS to see what was up.

back at HS, we learned ROTR went down at 10:30 and was down for 3 hours! It was around 2pm. We went to smugglers run and waited for that around 30-45 min. We went back to RISE to see the status. At this point we were told they would let us come back with a FP for rise the next day or “whenever” problem was I only had a one day tickets since I was doing universal mostly. they gave us a free day ticket for the next day with FP for Rise at Hollywood studios. So we went back to AK and used a FP for Everest then headed over to Epcot for some drinks and dinner. Next day we walked right onto rise and waited 32 seconds. Got to enjoy the remainder of the day at HS and did tower of terror with FP that popped up that day and a left over FP for rock n rollercoaster.
All in all it was an extremely successful Disney day with no line waited for more than 45 min. I doubt I’ll ever have that again.
Wow, that was indeed an extremely successful Disney day! We're hoping for similar this coming week.
 

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We went last Tuesday, 1-14. Park opening was 7am. We were at SSR. Went to Grandstand bus stop at 5:55am. Bus came shortly after. One scooter on and then everyone that was waiting got on. Next stop, Carousel, another scooter on and everyone that was waiting, 3rd stop everyone fit on except the two waiting scooters (no more room). Our bus drove past the last two stops (Congress Park and Springs) as we were full.

We arrived at park around 6:15 and got in one of the two "no bag" lines which were shorter (tip from Disboards: carry an empty shopping bag in your pocket. If the bag check line is shorter, put all your pocket contents in the shopping bag and get in the "bag" line). Entry point opened around 6:30am and everyone quickly (and surprisingly orderly) started moving. They only had you "tap" in band or badge, no finger scan, so it was quicker. We headed down Sunset Ave. as I had read wifi is better there. Stay to the left if you think you may need help from a Cast Member as they were around the corner to RNRC. They make announcements just before go time so you can get ready. I have a crummier phone than CPNY (LG with TracFone service!). Disney's wifi was giving me trouble that morning, so I switched over to my TracFone wifi and it was actually better! Right at 7am I clicked on "Join a Boarding Group." Our group of two got BG #41.

Around 7:15, I found a Guest Experience CM to ask what timed our group might be called, since we were planning to leave and come back later. The couple in front of us were getting help to get a BG (I think they didn't have a phone) and the CM got them one even at 7:15 so it can be done. CM wouldn't give me a time, so I found a young CM and asked him. He suggested getting back at 10:30-11.

Our BG was called around 11am and we got in line. The line didn't move at all (it was broken down) for about 20 minutes, then moved quickly for about 5 minutes until broke down again. This time we waited about 45 minutes. They offered bottled water and bags of chips and escorted people to restrooms. Once they got it up and running, it was very quick getting on.

If I had not done it before, I absolutely would do it again. Since I'm not a huge SW fan, I wouldn't do this again for a while, but BG's are much better than hours in a stand-by line!

Another tip, if you go to Oga's Cantina, use your phone light to make sure you know what you're ordering (it's dark in there). I accidently ordered a drink that came with the glass and ended up spending around $50 for just 2 drinks! But, it was a lot of fun.
 

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We went last Tuesday, 1-14. Park opening was 7am. We were at SSR. Went to Grandstand bus stop at 5:55am. Bus came shortly after. One scooter on and then everyone that was waiting got on. Next stop, Carousel, another scooter on and everyone that was waiting, 3rd stop everyone fit on except the two waiting scooters (no more room). Our bus drove past the last two stops (Congress Park and Springs) as we were full.

We arrived at park around 6:15 and got in one of the two "no bag" lines which were shorter (tip from Disboards: carry an empty shopping bag in your pocket. If the bag check line is shorter, put all your pocket contents in the shopping bag and get in the "bag" line). Entry point opened around 6:30am and everyone quickly (and surprisingly orderly) started moving. They only had you "tap" in band or badge, no finger scan, so it was quicker. We headed down Sunset Ave. as I had read wifi is better there. Stay to the left if you think you may need help from a Cast Member as they were around the corner to RNRC. They make announcements just before go time so you can get ready. I have a crummier phone than CPNY (LG with TracFone service!). Disney's wifi was giving me trouble that morning, so I switched over to my TracFone wifi and it was actually better! Right at 7am I clicked on "Join a Boarding Group." Our group of two got BG #41.

Around 7:15, I found a Guest Experience CM to ask what timed our group might be called, since we were planning to leave and come back later. The couple in front of us were getting help to get a BG (I think they didn't have a phone) and the CM got them one even at 7:15 so it can be done. CM wouldn't give me a time, so I found a young CM and asked him. He suggested getting back at 10:30-11.

Our BG was called around 11am and we got in line. The line didn't move at all (it was broken down) for about 20 minutes, then moved quickly for about 5 minutes until broke down again. This time we waited about 45 minutes. They offered bottled water and bags of chips and escorted people to restrooms. Once they got it up and running, it was very quick getting on.

If I had not done it before, I absolutely would do it again. Since I'm not a huge SW fan, I wouldn't do this again for a while, but BG's are much better than hours in a stand-by line!

Another tip, if you go to Oga's Cantina, use your phone light to make sure you know what you're ordering (it's dark in there). I accidently ordered a drink that came with the glass and ended up spending around $50 for just 2 drinks! But, it was a lot of fun.
Don’t order the cinnamon roll. It was horrible. With some fruit drizzle on top. BG 41 isn’t bad. First time I went I was BG 47. I truly hope they keep the BG situation and keep FP away. Standby lines being 3 hours is ridiculous and it will be 3-5 hours. I guess the good thing about a 3-5 hour standby wait time is you’re not spending money In the parks. Ironic how the people with FP are ones staying on property with meal plans, the ones staying in line for hours usually don’t have plans and are paying cash for everything. I enjoyed not spending money for 3 hours in line for FOP when i went in December. Decided to leave the park for lunch after that.
 
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