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

[JWelch62]

For clarification; I downloaded the Disneyland app, made an account for myself, and bought all my party’s tickets. I want to increase our chances of getting a boarding group

-can I have all my party members download the Disneyland app and log into my account at the same time? To secure a boarding pass

or

-do they have to download the Disneyland app, create their own account, and then link all the tickets to their account?

Both have worked. I used the second option and was successful

 

[dina444444]

Backups appear to be gone as of 8:43

 

[gerilyne]

Backups appear to be gone as of 8:43

Yup, I just checked and they are gone. Looks like 83 is the start of backup groups.

 

[montreid]

start group 3 today with 83 groups? Nice to see backups lasting longer

 

[EmJ]

start group 3 today with 83 groups? Nice to see backups lasting longer

Are they really starting with group 3? If so, that would be significant as it would mean 80 primary groups today, rather than the 71-73
we’ve been seeing.

 

[ZCarroll]

Have they started boarding yet? My app isn't showing anything...?

 

[ZCarroll]

Have they started boarding yet? My app isn't showing anything...?

Wow I wonder what is going on...I don't think it's ever been this delayed has it?

 

[matthewthompson87]

Have they started boarding yet? My app isn't showing anything...?

Nope. Not boarding yet as of 9:34am

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Wow I wonder what is going on...I don't think it's ever been this delayed has it?

It sure has been this delayed! Exhibit A: February 2nd... opened like 2.5 hours after the park opened?

It started about this late yesterday, didn’t it?

 

[ironband74]

Yesterday they didn't start boarding until 9:45.

 

[njchris]

Wow I wonder what is going on...I don't think it's ever been this delayed has it?

I’ve seen it start between 9:30-9:45 before.

 

[ZCarroll]

Yesterday they didn't start boarding until 9:45.

Oh, yesterday I wasn't checking... don't know how I missed February 2nd.... thought the latest start I saw was just a little after an hour after opening... thanks for the info

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Oh, yesterday I wasn't checking... don't know how I missed February 2nd.... thought the latest start I saw was just a little after an hour after opening... thanks for the info

Haha, Feb. 2 was the day we were there for my husband’s birthday and ROTR was a hot mess that day, which is the only reason I remember.

 

[ironband74]

start group 3 today with 83 groups? Nice to see backups lasting longer

Doubtful. Usually when the groups are in the 80s we see groups start in the teens. I would expect to see us start at group 12 today.

 

[BFresh]

Good morning!

I lurked here for quite some time planning for our trip to Disneyland and wanted to thank you all for the valuable information on here! I also wanted to give an update on our trip so far and hopefully contribute to the collective knowledge on here:

1) We've spent 2 days in the park so far and got on ROTR both times without difficulty
2) There are 5 of us - 2 on iphone Xs with data plans, 1 iphone 7 and 2 iphone 6s on Disney Wifi
3) Secret parking tip - I phoned every hotel close to the entrance looking for public parking, if you're driving consider parking at the Grand Legacy hotel just across the street from Disneyland, we used it both days and it was awesome - $25 for all day parking - literally a 5 minute walk from the security gates
4) We parked at 7am and were through security and lined up for entrance by 7:20am, line was just past the monorail both days. We lined up in the middle like suggested on here and sure enough both times the lines split when the gates opened around 7:30am and we zoomed through by about 7:40am. I noticed the lines splitting between gates 7 and 16 for reference points.
5) We set up at the Coke refreshment corner, nice place to sit and the connection seemed good both days (though to be honest we didn't really worry too much about speed tests and all that). We also didn't worry about re-booting our phones, closing apps, etc. We just had the Atomic Clock app ticking seconds and then at 8am we all madly clicked!
6) After my two days (small data set to be sure), I'm convinced the ability to secure a boarding pass is mostly determined by how fast your fingers move. Both days we secured early boarding passes - 11 and 19 - from a teenager on a literally broken, beat up iphone 7 on Disney Wifi. But he's a teenager who SnapChats and plays Fortnite and all that stuff and his fingers and hand eye coordination are just way better than the rest of our party!
7) Line up was short once our BG was called and the ride was awesome both times, so great!!

EDIT: All 5 phones had different DL accounts.

PS - we're Canadians and used the Canadian resident discount deal, you only need to bring your passports on the first day to confirm citizenship
PPS - on the iphone Xs and newer models they have dual sim cards so all I did was download the Gigsky app recommended to me and it's been working great down here in the US

Any questions please ask, it was a wonderful two days in the parks for us and thank you to all your help on here!

 

[matthewthompson87]

I have a hunch it’s not going to start boarding until at least 11:30am.

(also... the only other time I’ve been here was here was Feb 2... when it was also nearly noon when it started boarding.

 

[ironband74]

I have a hunch it’s not going to start boarding until at least 11:30am.

(also... the only other time I’ve been here was here was Feb 2... when it was also nearly noon when it started boarding.

So...you're saying that you break the ride?

 

[Laur0406]

BG 21!!! Standing by storybook canal with 3 IPhones!! I got it first!

logged in to the same account on each phone or each logged in to a different account?

 

[montreid]

Resistence recruits on the ground - is station Batuu operational? Our screens show your offline.

 

[Sarahelizabeth]

logged in to the same account on each phone or each logged in to a different account?

We were all logged into the same account.