Rise of the Resistance BOARDING GROUPS Superthread Part 1 *No Ride Spoilers Please* *PLEASE READ POSTS 1-4*

[katyringo]

Playing at home in the UK, I got several attempts at a BG today before getting the backup notice at about 45 seconds in.

Me too.
I did however have to restart the app. My bottom doesn’t turn red from the find out more button

 

[aymiewilson]

For those keeping track, I played along at home today. Had the nice orange "Join Boarding Group" button available and it wasn't until 9:01:23 that I click it and got the "you are joining a back up boarding group" option.

 

[Cherryb]

Regular boarding groups gone at 9:01. I still get the backups.

 

[Benjl1993]

Showing as boarding group 1 already. Interesting

 

[BigOHawk]

If you play along at home, how can you tell if would've gotten a regular or backup BG? Does the verbiage on the page look different or blank vs. the text on the app that says "we are sorry, but all have been distributed for today..only backup groups, etc, etc."

 

[Pickles2000]

Back up groups still available at 9:06 and they already have started boarding. Good sign!

 

[Eighty8Keys]

Someone tested this over the weekend - you have to be scanned into DL to try for a BG. Only scanned into DCA did not work.

No one has yet tried scanning in to DL and then into DCA, to see if it works with any scan or if DL has to be the latest Scan, I plan to test this on Sunday if no one else has done so before then.

We did it this morning. Success with BG 8. We hit Harbor security at 8:15, lines were almost to the monorail tracks but they were already letting people in. Thru the turnstiles at 8:21. Immediately left for DCA. They opened DCA turnstiles at 8:30. We hung out in the seating area near Soarin until 9.
There were two of us with iPhone 11 Pro Max’s on AT&T. DS used cellular and I used Disney WiFi. Mine showed up a split second faster faster on WiFi.

 

[EyeOnDisnsey]

WOAH 6 mins of Backup and counting - I said WOAAAH out loud when we got to 8:04!

 

[Jenis]

If you play along at home, how can you tell if would've gotten a regular or backup BG? Does the verbiage on the page look different or blank vs. the text on the app that says "we are sorry, but all have been distributed for today..only backup groups, etc, etc."

You get a pop up telling you

 

[aymiewilson]

If you play along at home, how can you tell if would've gotten a regular or backup BG? Does the verbiage on the page look different or blank vs. the text on the app that says "we are sorry, but all have been distributed for today..only backup groups, etc, etc."

When you click "Join Boarding Group" you will get a little pop up telling you that you're joining a backup boarding group. If you don't get a pop up, then you're in a regular BG.

 

[aymiewilson]

WOAH 6 mins of Backup and counting - I said WOAAAH out loud when we got to 8:04!

9 mins of backup and counting!

 

[BigOHawk]

And at what number do backups BG's begin? 62? 72? And typically are they getting through maybe 100-115 if the ride isn't breaking down?

 

[Arianabtd]

Played along at home today! I'm visiting next week and have been soaking up all the information from this thread
I got a bunch of attempts before the popup.

 

[Katniss Mellark]

I’ve been practicing at home for a couple of days. Everything worked fine until today. It said my tickets aren’t linked, even though they were linked. I had to try it a few times before the app recognized my tickets. Yikes! I hope it won’t be a problem after I actually scan into the park. I made my husband practice today too, and his button wouldn’t turn red for a long time. He had to toggle back and forth for almost a minute. I’m already so stressed about this and I’m not even going until April

 

[Jkpark]

Note I'm playing at home. Yesterday I had the app open but went back to the home screen. with two seconds to go I re-launched the app and hit Find Out More and couldn't join a boarding group without closing and reopening the app. My husband was sitting in the open app on the home page, and when it turned 9am, he hit Find Out More and watched the grey turn orange to join a boarding group. So today I tried that and it didn't work on my phone. I still had to close and reopen the app. Strange as we have the same phone and the same carrier. I'll update my app again - maybe he did his update after me or something? I have a few more trial days before Sunday. The good news is my app opened quickly enough both days that I was able to get original boarding group and not a backup. I am playing with all other apps closed and my phone on DND. I'm afraid my sister will call right then to ask if I got a boarding group. And our backup groups still available at 10:11 - they must be issuing more today, right?

 

[JWelch62]

9 mins of backup and counting!

Still available at 9:10 AND they're calling the first BGs already.

 

[shleaz]

Playing along at home, still able to join a backup as of 9:12am!

 

[BigOHawk]

When you click "Join Boarding Group" you will get a little pop up telling you that you're joining a backup boarding group. If you don't get a pop up, then you're in a regular BG.

Ok, thanks, haven't seen a popup either way. I click "Find Out More," then red "Join Boarding Group," then it goes to "Create Your Party", then "Join Boarding Group," then "Oops, Not So Fast...You are not in the Park." Where in there would you see the popup or can't you do that from home since you'll need to be in Park? Thanks for all the info!

 

[EyeOnDisnsey]

9 mins of backup and counting!

Make that 11!! Woah!

 

[Susie63]

10:11 and still get back up