RotR Planning & Daily Boarding Group Discussion - *CLOSED*

[TongaToast21]

Called BG 6 at 6:44, BG 8 (mine) at 6:47

Went over immediately. Smooth. Walked straight through queue. Off ride at 7:17

Freaking awesome and worth getting up at 4:30am for

Now to find coffee...

Glad you got to experience with a smooth attraction. IMO it hinges all on a seamless transition with minimal wait times between rooms/ shows. Otherwise it’s just meh

 

[Nvrgrowup]

Off topic Rope dropping Hagrid's motorbike adventure , cause I'm feeling left out You are too funny!!! Have a good day!! And of course report back with any glitches you may experience!

 

[Dan1]

Yep. Being evacuated

From where?
We are in the initial line but not being evacuated

 

[GreyStr0ke]

They're handing out snacks now.

 

[TongaToast21]

Off topic
Rope dropping Hagrid's motorbike adventure , cause I'm feeling left out

Good luck... are they saying it is running? They didn’t start running it til noon when we were there

 

[CPanther95]

Off topic
Rope dropping Hagrid's motorbike adventure , cause I'm feeling left out

Please log your times. It's only a matter of time before someone tries to see how early they have to be off RotR in order to catch the Hagrid rope drop.

 

[Dan1]

Waiting in non moving line now

stuck on BG23 for numerous minutes

Just passed out water bottles.

 

[Mzpalmtree]

From where?
We are in the initial line but not being evacuated

We were about to get on the ride

 

[unveilmyeyes]

Glad you got to experience with a smooth attraction. IMO it hinges all on a seamless transition with minimal wait times between rooms/ shows. Otherwise it’s just meh

Love the hot take! The first night where everyone was quiet to future rides where there’s long transition with people chatting and laughing surprisingly big difference.

 

[panda123]

Not sure what time they open up between Toy Story Land and Blackspire Outpost but we were able to walk through it this morning at 7:55am. I know it was closed when we first got to TSL.

 

[yulilin3]

Please log your times. It's only a matter of time before someone tries to see how early they have to be off RotR in order to catch the Hagrid rope drop.

We actually considered doing that today, going ti rise first and then coming over

 

[spot28]

How did the CM's outside RotR cope with the rain today? Must have been a nightmare for them.

No rain until the afternoon/evening

 

[Opie100]

I've been thinking about this and at first glance, it seems unfair but after further thought, I'm not sure it really matters. Say Disney opened the park early before official posted time but still waited until the posted opening to start excepting boarding groups, the people already in the park are still going to get the boarding groups first while the 7am folks are still trying to get in. It's the same result. Say Disney decides to not open until the posted 7am, the people that get there super early will still be there waiting in the front of line which will result in them getting in first and still getting the boarding groups first again. It's still the same result. Bottom line, if u want to be guaranteed a boarding group number then get there early cause no matter how Disney does it, the end result will always be the same and that's the early bird definitely gets the worm in this scenario. That said, I plan on being at the park around 6am on Friday the 20th and will be shooting for a late afternoon BG.

I'm not sure if "excepting" here means distributing or admitting, but by moving the official opening to 7am, Disney at least avoids the optics of BG distribution completing before official park open. I think we'd all prefer the official opening to return to 8am (or later).

 

[Elks70]

Anyone have an update on the ride?

 

[MK4ever]

Still stuck waiting.

 

[MK4ever]

Moving now!

 

[Elks70]

Still stuck waiting.

Ok, we're boarding group 23 and have till 940 to get there.. getting coffee right outside TSL

 

[Dan1]

Just passed out water bottles.

Moving again 25 minutes later
Darn ..... I’m hangry.....I was willing to hold out for the snacks and bananas handouts of prior days

 

[SouthFayetteFan]

In line for the bus at Pop. Just missed the 6:05 bus. Still standing here at 6:20 staring at a Magic Kingdom double bus with no line. Definitely more than one bus of people waiting.

Bus came shortly after I posted. Walking up to security. Park not open yet. Lines to get in are getting close ish to security.

So much suspense... did you get an acceptable (to you) BG??

 

[Opie100]

Thanks to everyone for the updates.

left Beach Club at 6:00 driving
Past bag check at 6:15
Tap styles opened around 6:40
In park 6:58, but took a bit for me to register

Got BG 42

Thx for posting. How much time do you estimate driving saved you? 10 mins? I'm debating this myself for our trip.