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Nothing like HEA - I was just there 5 times in the last 2 weeks. Peaceful, space, easy to leave.Wow. Thanks for sharing. That looks scary.
Anybody have reports on crowd size at Epcot Forever?
Nothing like HEA - I was just there 5 times in the last 2 weeks. Peaceful, space, easy to leave.Wow. Thanks for sharing. That looks scary.
Anybody have reports on crowd size at Epcot Forever?
That also makes me wonder if it is also based on something besides just login order. If anyone else got a BG logging in after 7:00am and 3 seconds, I hope they report it here.When we were there in June we met a family by the pool that told us they bought a service through a company that “guarantees a boarding group” and said they had to give access to their account but that company “has always gotten us a boarding group” so I looked into it and there are three companies that I found that provide this “service” so I wonder if they are doing something fancy with computers to get all the boarding groups that fast? Just something I’ve been thinking about ever since that conversation.
Just tried joining the ROTR virtual queue right at 7am. Something is structurally wrong with the system if I tried to join within 3 seconds and couldn't. Disney can't be serious that a whole day's worth of people joined in the 2 seconds before I did. If that is the case, Disney has miserably failed at attraction/crowd management.
I will be back on at 1pm, but this is stupid. I mean, I was there the very first day it opened. If I could get a boarding pass without a problem on opening day, no one is going to convince me that all the passes went in 2 seconds on a random Monday morning.
From our experience practicing at home, we have to be in the app and refreshing prior to 7am, or there is no chance. For your 1pm attempt, enter the app a couple minutes prior, click 'Join' from the main MDE homepage, and then constantly refresh the next page, starting around 12:59pm. On my iPhone, I constantly swipe down to refresh, but other devices may vary. Best wishes for success this afternoon!Just tried joining the ROTR virtual queue right at 7am. Something is structurally wrong with the system if I tried to join within 3 seconds and couldn't. Disney can't be serious that a whole day's worth of people joined in the 2 seconds before I did. If that is the case, Disney has miserably failed at attraction/crowd management.
We got a join, then when I clicked it, got an error message "oops something went wrong" while there--didn't get it of course. We tried the 1pm, but what we didn't know at the time was the ride went down for hours that day so waiting around until 1 (you all have to be in the parks) and trying was a waste of our time because if the ride goes down they push back everyone who got a 7AM and don't do any new 1pm....we spoke to another guest at the pool that night that told us he was supposed to board at 1--and didn't get on until almost 6 (it completed changed his entire day for just this one ride). I agree, horrible way they are doing it. If they had just announced they weren't doing 1pm boarding groups we at least could have left and went and swam versus waiting around that day. Sorry you didn't get one!Just tried joining the ROTR virtual queue right at 7am. Something is structurally wrong with the system if I tried to join within 3 seconds and couldn't. Disney can't be serious that a whole day's worth of people joined in the 2 seconds before I did. If that is the case, Disney has miserably failed at attraction/crowd management.
I will be back on at 1pm, but this is stupid. I mean, I was there the very first day it opened. If I could get a boarding pass without a problem on opening day, no one is going to convince me that all the passes went in 2 seconds on a random Monday morning.
Just tried joining the ROTR virtual queue right at 7am. Something is structurally wrong with the system if I tried to join within 3 seconds and couldn't. Disney can't be serious that a whole day's worth of people joined in the 2 seconds before I did. If that is the case, Disney has miserably failed at attraction/crowd management.
I will be back on at 1pm, but this is stupid. I mean, I was there the very first day it opened. If I could get a boarding pass without a problem on opening day, no one is going to convince me that all the passes went in 2 seconds on a random Monday morning.
Thanks for posting. I keep seeing people say to buy the TP subscription because the lines app shows the real waits are shorter than what disney posts, but honestly, I’d rather go into a line expecting a longer wait based on Disney’s app and get a nice surprise of waiting less time than use TP’s app, expect a shorter wait, and end up waiting longer.We got in line for haunted mansion but that was a fail . Touring plans thought it would be 25 minutes and posted wait was 40 minutes. But we waited 40 minutes and didn’t even get through to the main line. It kept stopping for some reason. And it was getting close to when we might get called for dinner. So we bailed. I’m not sure what was happening there.
Just tried joining the ROTR virtual queue right at 7am. Something is structurally wrong with the system if I tried to join within 3 seconds and couldn't. Disney can't be serious that a whole day's worth of people joined in the 2 seconds before I did. If that is the case, Disney has miserably failed at attraction/crowd management.
I will be back on at 1pm, but this is stupid. I mean, I was there the very first day it opened. If I could get a boarding pass without a problem on opening day, no one is going to convince me that all the passes went in 2 seconds on a random Monday morning.
They are gone in less than 3 seconds basically every day. You have to be on the app and ready before 7am and follow the steps in the BG thread (someone posted the link above). The 1pm drop is usually a bit easier than 7am.That also makes me wonder if it is also based on something besides just login order. If anyone else got a BG logging in after 7:00am and 3 seconds, I hope they report it here.
You could have tried from the pool. You just have to have all tapped into the park before 1, but you can leave and try for a BG from outside the park.We got a join, then when I clicked it, got an error message "oops something went wrong" while there--didn't get it of course. We tried the 1pm, but what we didn't know at the time was the ride went down for hours that day so waiting around until 1 (you all have to be in the parks) and trying was a waste of our time because if the ride goes down they push back everyone who got a 7AM and don't do any new 1pm....we spoke to another guest at the pool that night that told us he was supposed to board at 1--and didn't get on until almost 6 (it completed changed his entire day for just this one ride). I agree, horrible way they are doing it. If they had just announced they weren't doing 1pm boarding groups we at least could have left and went and swam versus waiting around that day. Sorry you didn't get one!
We asked Cast Members working the ride this exact question, and they told us that would not work we all 5 had to physically be in the park, and they would know we weren't if our magic bands didn't show us in the park...You could have tried from the pool. You just have to have all tapped into the park before 1, but you can leave and try for a BG from outside the park.
They were wrong LOL. There are plenty of reports on the Rise thread of people getting 1pm from outside the park (ETA - as long as you have tapped in before 1pm that is).We asked Cast Members working the ride this exact question, and they told us that would not work we all 5 had to physically be in the park, and they would know we weren't if our magic bands didn't show us in the park...
Yeah, I did those steps. Still goneThey are gone in less than 3 seconds basically every day. You have to be on the app and ready before 7am and follow the steps in the BG thread (someone posted the link above). The 1pm drop is usually a bit easier than 7am.
This is not accurate based on experiences in the thread below. It's really a great resource for the ride!We asked Cast Members working the ride this exact question, and they told us that would not work we all 5 had to physically be in the park, and they would know we weren't if our magic bands didn't show us in the park...
It’s been like this for months now. They’re gone in two seconds or less. Click this link and read first post for tips and tricks: https://www.disboards.com/threads/b...read-read-1st-post-before-commenting.3841524/
Sorry to hear that - I wish you better luck at 1pm!Yeah, I did those steps. Still gone
Yeah, I did those steps. Still gone
It's definitely not true, but it likely is the required CM response. During my trip at the end of June, none of us were still in the park at 1pm and I had no trouble getting a 1pm boarding pass. I can't recall if we had made it all the way back to the room but we had definitely left the park. You don't tap out when you leave the park - they don't know when you leave.We asked Cast Members working the ride this exact question, and they told us that would not work we all 5 had to physically be in the park, and they would know we weren't if our magic bands didn't show us in the park...