What is the strategy, then, if you are trying to get a BG for the evening?No, you learn your group number once you join. If 3 people are trying at the same time, only one person will get the group into a bg
What is the strategy, then, if you are trying to get a BG for the evening?No, you learn your group number once you join. If 3 people are trying at the same time, only one person will get the group into a bg
Wait and take a chance or go to guest relations and see if they can change itWhat is the strategy, then, if you are trying to get a BG for the evening?
Are the BGs consecutively distributed? So, do people check with others to see what group they received in order to target a specific number? Or, have return times still been too unpredictable to target a time to a BG?Wait and take a chance or go to guest relations and see if they can change it
Same time as yesterday.11am
It hadn’t occurred to me that there would be line cutters at the before opening cattle call, but human nature being wait it is, of course some parties send an early riser to save a front of the line spot so that their later rising friends/family can join them. Now that Disney isn’t opening the VQ until park open at least there’s no advantage to this cheat, thus it’s less likely to lead to heated exchanges.@HockeyMickey2024 ...
He said people continued to file in rapidly behind them. Several groups of people near the front were waving their phones trying to signal other, later-arriving members of their party to join them, but it was packed and didn't seem like other people in line were cooperative with them...
At 6:30am, he said that some people in line were starting to sit on the ground, which CMs were discouraging. At 6:32, a line of "Disney cops" (as he called them) came through and had people get up off of the ground, at which point the line started moving toward the tapstiles. He said it was "very physical" while moving forward (in the sense that people were very close together - he said they weren't pushy), with his biggest takeaway being that "more people need showers."
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Yes, it's sequential. And yes people are asking others what bg they're getting.Are the BGs consecutively distributed? So, do people check with others to see what group they received in order to target a specific number? Or, have return times still been too unpredictable to target a time to a BG?
Are the BGs consecutively distributed? So, do people check with others to see what group they received in order to target a specific number? Or, have return times still been too unpredictable to target a time to a BG?
Interesting again that it took 45 mins to fill approx. 10K in riders, and then 3 hours 15 mins to fill the remaining 7K of estimated capacity. I'm betting the backup groups are larger than the initial groups to adjust for the conversion ratio of backup BGs likely being smaller. It would also be interesting to know how many guests entered DHS today between 7:45-11:00am.I would think that they are reaching park guest saturation. Since you are only allowed to book one BG, the amount of people looking for one gets smaller and smaller as the morning progresses. As the parks get more crowded as we get closer to Christmas, I would suspect them to fill up quicker.
I also think they are just gauging how many people they can have sign up by 11:00 am (two day pattern). There is no additional risk if they cannot fulfill the backup boarding groups.
I'd expect things to be pretty similar to now. Arriving hours before RD isn't necessary at this point. If you want a morning BG, just be in the park before official open. Stay tuned here for updates.Headed to HS on 1/8 - What are the thoughts about boarding groups after the first of the year? Is it still going to be people lining up before the sun, hours before RD to get a chance?
We're going 1/18, a Saturday, planning on getting a BG in the morning. Our 1st FP is scheduled 11:20-12:20 at AK. My question is, what time do I get to HS to get an early enough BG in order to get to AK by 12:30pm?
Or, we can get a BG and swing back after 3:30pm. We're checking into CBR that afternoon.
Getting to the park very early isn't as important as it was a few days ago. Uber/Lyft is the way to go if you want to get to the park early. The problem is you don't know when the first bus is going to arrive and when the next bus will arrive if you miss the first one. Makes more sense, JMO, to wait at DHS then wait at the bus stop at WL. Otherwise be at the bus stop an hour or so before park opening.Any word on how earlier buses leave the resorts? Staying at WL for the next 5 days.
Disney is currently opening the VQ at official park opening time. Thus, just be in the park just prior to official opening and have MDE ready to join the queue. No advantage to earlier arrival unless you want to be at the front of the throng to rope drop another attraction. (Oops, just noticed Max already responded - "what he said.")We're going 1/18, a Saturday, planning on getting a BG in the morning. Our 1st FP is scheduled 11:20-12:20 at AK. My question is, what time do I get to HS to get an early enough BG in order to get to AK by 12:30pm?
Or, we can get a BG and swing back after 3:30pm. We're checking into CBR that afternoon.
Amazing that many people still there by 6am. Thankful that's not necessary anymore (at least until 6am park openings begin). Cool you got to book them from home -- sounds like that worked well!