evilqueenmindy
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- Feb 14, 2010
I’m really disappointed in this new system. At least with the madness of being there super early, you could be confident you were getting a spot. This opening seconds lottery is just unfair.
In response to the question about the ability to check on MDE if you are tapped in, couldn’t you check your ticket? I imagine it would show one less day remaining on your ticket if you tapped in correctly. Obviously it wouldn’t work for pass holders.
I asked the CM that I talked to yesterday about this, and he said it would definitely take longer to ask a CM to do it...especially if they are gone in two minutes! Good luck on Tuesday!So our trip is Tuesday. I was already stressed out and people told me to just have the cast members do it for us, but with boarding groups disappearing in a minute that doesn't sound like a good plan.
Use app to verify that my family are all acknowledged as having tapped through.
If you're able to go to Disney Springs the day/night before and get your tickets, I would do that, just to be on the safe side. There have been a lot of people at DHS every morning and, if it were me, I wouldn't want to take a chance on having some ticket glitch or extra long line gum up the works.So our trip is Tuesday. I was already stressed out and people told me to just have the cast members do it for us, but with boarding groups disappearing in a minute that doesn't sound like a good plan. We are all linked on the Disney App on my husband's phone. My friend told me that they would just scan his phone and give us our tickets at the gate. Is that still a good plan or should we go to Disney Springs to get the tickets so we can enter? So we get to the park at 6am...enter and wait and at 7am my husband just frantically reloads the boarding group button on the app. Is that right? There are 5 of us. Sigh...
Is there a reason why you can't have your own MDX account? Or that the two people (if you're not one of them) can't have their own MDX accounts? This would eliminate this problem entirely, I think.Here’s what I’m worried about for our day which is Tuesday: we have a total of 6 people on my husband’s mde account. Only 2 of those people will be at DHS and trying for a BG. On top of that, my DH will not be there and riding. From the playing around on the app I’ve done, it looks like after we hit “join boarding group” we will have to unselect my DH and then go down the list and find the names of the two other people to select. I’m worried that all this selecting and unselecting is going to be pretty slow. Is the process faster and easier for mde groups where everyone is riding...like a select all button? At a minimum, I wish the app didn’t select my DH automatically because that’s one more step to remove him.
I have a feeling I’m going to like this process as much as I like trying to get a good boarding position on my Southwest Airlines flights at the 24 hour mark.
Is there a reason why you can't have your own MDX account? Or that the two people (if you're not one of them) can't have their own MDX accounts? This would eliminate this problem entirely, I think.
You will only be selecting, not deselecting (other than the account owner.) “Select all” would include those that are not tapped in. Taking a few extra seconds to select your party won’t prevent your group from getting a BG provided you are in the park when the VQ process opens.Here’s what I’m worried about for our day which is Tuesday: we have a total of 6 people on my husband’s mde account. Only 2 of those people will be at DHS and trying for a BG. On top of that, my DH will not be there and riding. From the playing around on the app I’ve done, it looks like after we hit “join boarding group” we will have to unselect my DH and then go down the list and find the names of the two other people to select. I’m worried that all this selecting and unselecting is going to be pretty slow. Is the process faster and easier for mde groups where everyone is riding...like a select all button? At a minimum, I wish the app didn’t select my DH automatically because that’s one more step to remove him.
I have a feeling I’m going to like this process as much as I like trying to get a good boarding position on my Southwest Airlines flights at the 24 hour mark.
You will only be selecting, not deselecting. “Select all” will include those that are not tapped in. Taking a few extra seconds to select your party won’t prevent your group from getting a BG provided you are in the park when the VQ process opens.
Does the BF have a MDE account? Can't you just use his? Add your daughter to his friends and family.The two people who are going are actually my college-aged DD and her BF. We thought about having her make her own MDE account but after calling Disney IT we decided it was cleaner to keep her under my husband’s account for now. We had a bunch of CM comp tix attached and feared the potential problem of the system glitching because it thought she had two accounts. We still have a few more family trips coming up and didn’t want to mess with things too much.
Just got off the phone with Guest Relations (I was on hold for 25 min) she confirmed all Skyliner resorts will have the same situation. Since the Skyliner technically doesn't start running until 7:30am they assured me that bus transportation will be available every 20-25 min to DHS before that, also when the skyliner breaks downPlease keep the discussion of this to the thread in question, but FYI for those staying at Pop (and presumably AoA too??), some important transportation information: https://www.disboards.com/threads/pop-reducing-bus-service-to-1-hour.3784964/
I am not sure what that means for early morning DHS bus transportation, if anything (as currently the Skyliner hasn't been running early enough to get into DHS at park opening anyway). But keep an eye on things if you're staying there soon.
Yes, you deselect him and select whomever is there. Also anyone from home/hotel can help you out, by logging into the MDE account they can try and let you know if they got through. I know it seems like a process but it shouldn't take you more than 5 seconds to do this (if the app is working properly)But the mde account is my husband’s and he won’t be in dhs that day. Doesn’t the system automatically select him and I have to “unselect” him?