I had never seen any of the star wars movies. My only knowledge of star wars was from the kids I work with, and then going to Disneyland. I saw part of Phantom Menace, but wasn't paying attention. Since they are on Disney plus I decided to watch them. I'm only on Revenge of the SithHmmmmmm.......did you memorize all the gods that lived around the Mediterranean ....both greek and roman names?
thank you for sharing, how did you come about to start this task?
I’ve been following the WDW thread, and it seems like the reliability of RotR has been improving, especially after a rumored “software update“ a few days ago.We are staying at the GCH opening weekend of ROTR (not on purpose!!), and I have not been informed of any perks (like we had for SWGE opening reservation weeks, which was also attended).
Looks like 3 days in a row at WDW of letting people scan into the park about 30 minutes before park opening, and then opening the ability to book a BG right at park opening time. I seriously hope that they do this at DLR. It allows you to get a BG, then go to another park, go on other rides, go back to the hotel or go back to your house and take a nap, and then return in the 2 hour window when your group is called. Standing in a 9 hour standby line would be horrible since you can't do anything else with that time. And as OP stated, ride breakdowns (sometimes for a few hours) occurred at WDW often in the first week. They gave those in the line and on the ride a paper FP to come back later that day (and in some cases the next day) to ride again, without regard to what BG was active at that time. If they had to do this for all of the people in a 9 hour line, it would be a nightmare. Would make it impossible to plan BGs for the next day since you would have so many with "anytime" FPs to ride ROTR from the prior day's breakdown.
The downside to BGs is that once they are out for the day (usually in the first hour or less of park opening), you can't ride (they have now started back up BGs that may or may not get called, but they get no compensation if they don't get to ride due to breakdowns etc; those are filled within about 2 hours of park opening currently). Since there is no SB, you have to get to the park early or you miss out. Maybe sometime later, they will start issuing BGs later in the day if they get through all the regular BGs and all of the backup BGs, but who knows. So for later arriving guests, BGs do have a disadvantage. To me, it is still a much better solution than simply SB.
If I remember correctly the ride has to run for 20h or so constantly without shut down in order to clear the safety inspection.. or so... I don’t remember the specifics but remember reading about it here during summer...I’ve been following the WDW thread, and it seems like the reliability of RotR has been improving, especially after a rumored “software update“ a few days ago.
I hope that there will be time to add whatever tweaks, adjustments, and upgrades that are happening at WDW to the DL version prior to opening. If that’s the case, hopefully the DL version opens with a much more reliable, and higher capacity, system in place than the WDW version had on opening day.
We are still about a month out, so it seems like there’s still time for even more improvements.
What’s the best time to go on MFSR? Our flight on January 15th gets into LAX at 6:50 AM and the park opens at 9 so I assume going to MFSR first isn’t a very good idea since we likely won’t even get to the park until after opening. How long is the SR line in the morning?
They had EMH in the morning once at DHS in Florida last week. Hotel guests entered early and were told BGs would open about 15 minutes before regular guests were let in (15 minutes before the end of EMH). Then about 45 minutes before the end of EMH, they opened the BGs unannounced, then a few minutes later, they started letting regular guests enter the park into a holding area (and therefore regular guests could also joying BGs even though EMH was still ongoing). Many onsite guests were on rides and trusted the announcements that BGs would not open until later in the hour, and then they missed out or got really late BGs. So people that paid to stay onsite were understandably angry at the bad information they were given by CMs that morning, and so WDW moved all EMH at DHS for the foreseeable future to nighttime (after regular park closing). This eliminates any advantage for onsite guests in getting BGs and does not force WDW to choose between upsetting onsite guests versus upsetting off site guests (who might not be able to get a BG at all if they really did open the BGs during EMH without letting in any off site guests yet). This morning, for example, BGs filled in the first 15 minutes. So if they had morning EMH, and really enforced that, then off site guests would have no chance at a BG on EMH days.If you will be in the parks on M,W, F, Sun. you will have early entry to DCA which is only for hotel guests. It will be interesting to see if you can grab a boarding group through that early entry as that would definitley give an edge to hotel guests.
Even on weekends the best time is after 12pmWhat’s the best time to go on MFSR? Our flight on January 15th gets into LAX at 6:50 AM and the park opens at 9 so I assume going to MFSR first isn’t a very good idea since we likely won’t even get to the park until after opening. How long is the SR line in the morning?
Don't forget....you will want to see the land at dark also so wait for darkness, then when you return the next day in daylight, it will be a whole different experience, seeing it first in the darkness could very well be akin to see Disneyland for the very first time!!!What’s the best time to go on MFSR? Our flight on January 15th gets into LAX at 6:50 AM and the park opens at 9 so I assume going to MFSR first isn’t a very good idea since we likely won’t even get to the park until after opening. How long is the SR line in the morning?