D23 EXPO 2019 Superthread - dates announced!

[Michele King]

Yes, as everyone will be able to make more than one reservation but that doesn't mean you'll have access to the land more than once. The "flag" comes when you try to enter the land again after already entering once (through them scanning your ID and park tickets).

They'll see you have a reservation, but it'll show you already entered the land once. Just as it stated once you leave the land even if it's during your reservation window, you will be unable to re-enter.

Yes, but people are going to be confused by this and really angry and I don't think Disney is going to want to deal with that. I have two hotel reservations which I made to get the reservation and I am paying over $600 per night to have that. I have received two reservation confirmations for galaxies edge. Now, I am on this site and am an experience Disney person, so I do now realize that I may not get in twice, but there are a lot of other people who don't know where and how to access this information. They will be mad when they have paid that money and now can't get in.
I get that it is fair to let everyone have an opportunity, and I have no problem with that, but Disney needs to make this more clear.
And, I just called in to Disney, and the cast member I talked to seemed to indicate that you could make more than one (hotel and a day visit). She hadn't been told that you couldn't. So even cast members are giving bad information.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

Walking around the Pentagon would be pretty cool.

And possibly easier to get a reservation for entry??

 

[Sandeep1]

Speculating that Disney stated only 1 reservation per person? That is actually on the website.

No, you're speculating about how, or even whether, Disney is actually going to enforce that. It might be as simple as making a 2nd Disney account to manage 2 reservations.

 

[DisMomMT]

This board is moving fast so I am going to re-post my question as I am not intentionally trying to cheat the system, just looking for how to accomplish our goal without cheating the system:

Currently have on-site reservations 6/1 8am-noon for 5 people
Desire to have reservation also include additional relative not staying in hotel room 6/2 2pm-6pm

If can't obtain desired reservation would like to keep current reservation.

Should I?
a) move current reservation and hope to make additional desired reservation and risk having to alienate and miss out on time with family member?
b) try to obtain reservation for just additional family member and then hope I can move on-site reservation time to same time?
c) try to obtain reservation for all 6 and not use reservation linked to hotel stay?

 

[IAmDis]

But in theory, you could pay the 1 day park price each day and go as many times as you're invited by others? Say you get your reservation, bring your peeps on Day 1, then day 2, your best friend also has a reservation, now you're part of his guest and go... or are they saying your ID alone only allows you to enter the land once for the whole period?

 

[theluckyrabbit]

... So even cast members are giving bad information.

Nothing new about that. Happens all the time on regular days, so there's no surprise that it's happening today.

 

[dtrain]

There's pretty much no possible way you're going to be able to ride Smuggler's Run and create a light saber / build a droid in a 4 hour window. The times will begin backing up as more and more people refuse to leave because they are still in line for something and it will be a predictable mayhem. No thanks.

 

[Sandeep1]

The harm is, taking a 2nd reservation spot before someone else gets a chance at even one.

That's one perspective. I've been screwed over many times by Disney in regards to policies that I didn't think were entirely fair. So I won't feel bad about it at all. Won't even give it a 2nd though actually.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

Does 4 hours seem like not enough time to ride the ride and do the other experiences? We would like to ride the ride, but also my son wants to the light saber experience and we would like to explore the land and eat there. I'm worried the line for the Falcon ride is going to be really long. How are the going to kick everyone out if you are in line for the Falcon ride?

I suspect the time slots were created deliberately to prevent guests from doing everything they want to do. Hard choices will have to be made. Disney wants people to keep coming back in spite of all the headache and difficulty. They don't want it to be easy to do everything you want in one go. And they want to spread out the crowds so people have to choose where they want to go in a relatively short time frame.

 

[Sandeep1]

I suspect this is right. Disney's biggest problem is going to be trying to get all the thousands of people who are entitled to enter at 8:00 a.m. (and each subsequent window opening) through the tunnels into SWGE. Are they really going to slow down that process to scan IDs and create a database to check against the tens of thousands of people who have entered in previous days and weeks? And then fight with people who are denied entry? If they did that the line would be so long just to enter that half the 4-hour window could be eaten up.

I believe the most likely scenario is ID is used to make sure you really have the same name as they have on the reservation, and that's it. It's to keep people from showing up and saying they have a reservation because they saw someone on Facebook post their reservation info. It will be a quick check to prevent reservation theft, not to enforce a ban on multiple entries. The difficulty of getting multiple entries will operate as it's own quasi-ban.

I think you're right on the money here. The ID will be used to match up names and that's about it. Used to prevent the re-sale of reservations.

 

[RedM94]

I think you're giving Disney way too much credit here. People are trying to access a theme park land, not the Pentagon.

My thoughts exactly. It would take all four hours just to check everyone into the land. I also think that hotel guests will be issued bands at the hotel and there may even be a separate entrance.

I am not gaming or cheating the system, I was given two reservations. I did not ask for them, they were given to me.

 

[IAmDis]

Ehhh, either way we wanna slice it, it's gonna be a disaster and Disney knows this. They're just trying to curb the problems, but when this monster opens, all hell will break loose. The land itself doesn't even seem like it can handle a lot of people anyway. From what I can see, it's too narrow in some areas and we will all be walking zombies through the park staring at people's heads the whole time sad when we see the Cantina is a 4 hour wait to get inside of it and each ride is 5-6 hours long. And this will be at least for 4-5 years. The only chance to truly explore it is on a heavy rain day when all schools are in session.

 

[Sandeep1]

Ehhh, either way we wanna slice it, it's gonna be a disaster and Disney knows this. They're just trying to curb the problems, but when this monster opens, all hell will break loose. The land itself doesn't even seem like it can handle a lot of people anyway. From what I can see, it's too narrow in some areas and we will all be walking zombies through the park staring at people's heads the whole time sad when we see the Cantina is a 4 hour wait to get inside of it and each ride is 5-6 hours long. And this will be at least for 4-5 years. The only chance to truly explore it is on a heavy rain day when all schools are in session.

Agreed on the size of the land. I'll be going for 8am time slots and I will make a beeline right at park entry. It's going to be a disaster come mid-afternoon, absolute chaos, especially God forbid you go on a weekend.

 

[MommyLove]

That's one perspective. I've been screwed over many times by Disney in regards to policies that I didn't think were entirely fair. So I won't feel bad about it at all. Won't even give it a 2nd though actually.

So because Disney "screwed you over" you won't think twice about potentially taking a spot from a fellow Disney fan (screwing over a fellow Disney fan) who wants to experience the same thing you want to experience? That's really sad.

 

[shanew21]

FWIW I called and they told me I can make a free reservation even if I’m already booked for a hotel.

So I don’t think anybody has any idea what’s going on

 

[RedM94]

Yes, but people are going to be confused by this and really angry and I don't think Disney is going to want to deal with that. I have two hotel reservations which I made to get the reservation and I am paying over $600 per night to have that. I have received two reservation confirmations for galaxies edge. Now, I am on this site and am an experience Disney person, so I do now realize that I may not get in twice, but there are a lot of other people who don't know where and how to access this information. They will be mad when they have paid that money and now can't get in.
I get that it is fair to let everyone have an opportunity, and I have no problem with that, but Disney needs to make this more clear.
And, I just called in to Disney, and the cast member I talked to seemed to indicate that you could make more than one (hotel and a day visit). She hadn't been told that you couldn't. So even cast members are giving bad information.

The first time I called, the CM said, “lucky you, your going to see the land two times during your visit.”

 

[kpd6901]

So, back to the queue page here. Do we think once the time hits, that our page will suddenly change over? Or do we need to reclick the link immediately at 10 am PST?

 

[Sandeep1]

So because Disney "screwed you over" you won't think twice about potentially taking a spot from a fellow Disney fan (screwing over a fellow Disney fan) who wants to experience the same thing you want to experience? That's really sad.

I'm okay with it. At the end of the day, it's only a ride reservation. Not that big of a deal really.

 

[Sandeep1]

So, back to the queue page here. Do we think once the time hits, that our page will suddenly change over? Or do we need to reclick the link immediately at 10 am PST?

That's my guess yes, should auto update. The page says not to refresh so that would seem to indicate an auto update.

 

[theluckyrabbit]

... So I don’t think anybody has any idea what’s going on

The voice of truth!