Hi - we're going to DLR in November and it'll be my first time with Rider Switch (never been with kids and my sister's 8 year old twins are going. They are tall enough to ride everything but I anticipate they may be timid about the roller coasters as this is their first visit.). I read about Rider Switch on the Disneyland website and I want to understand it thoroughly. We will have 5 adults and 2 children total. I've cut and pasted directly from the DLR website, in blue:
2. Upon arriving at the selected attraction, approach the greeting Cast Member with your entire group. Members will be divided into 2 parties—“Party 1” includes those riding the attraction first, while “Party 2” consists of non-riders and their supervising Guests.
3. The supervising Guests of Party 2—which can include a maximum of 3 people— will have their admission media/tickets scanned and must wait in the designated area—usually outside the attraction—while Party 1 waits in line to experience the attraction.
4. After Party 1 experiences the attraction, they’ll assume supervision of the non-riding Guests.
5. The supervising Guests of Party 2 should then return to the appropriate attraction entrance (e.g., attraction exit) to have their admission media/tickets re-scanned by a Cast Member for the Rider Switch entitlement. At this point, Party 2 may enter the appropriate attraction return line and board without waiting in the regular queue.
My questions are:
1. Do the CM's scan your paper ticket? (they're still handing out paper tickets upon arrival at the park, right? That's what they did for us 2 weeks ago when we went to the Oogie Boogie Bash). They don't scan anything on our phones, right? Do you get any kind of paper ticket in return, similar to how FP was, with a return time stated on it? Or does it appear on your phone?
2. Where on earth does Party 2 wait? Is it a holding area or are they free to walk around the park and come back at a designated time?
3. Since it sounds like "the supervising Guests of Party 2" don't have to wait in the standby line, is it best to have them be 3 people max? I want to be within the rules of this system but if we could have two of us wait standby for, say, Space and then have the other 3 adults ride after using Rider Switch that'd be great. I think this is the point (!!) but don't want to misunderstand.
4. Finally to clarify point #5 above, when Party 2's return time comes up they would likely enter the attraction exit (in most cases I'd bet this was true although we could check with a CM at the different rides), get scanned and up to three "supervising guests of Party 2" would ride while Party 1 watches the kids.
Thanks in advance...I'm pretty much the sole planner for this vacation so I'm trying to understand as this is new to me.
2. Upon arriving at the selected attraction, approach the greeting Cast Member with your entire group. Members will be divided into 2 parties—“Party 1” includes those riding the attraction first, while “Party 2” consists of non-riders and their supervising Guests.
3. The supervising Guests of Party 2—which can include a maximum of 3 people— will have their admission media/tickets scanned and must wait in the designated area—usually outside the attraction—while Party 1 waits in line to experience the attraction.
4. After Party 1 experiences the attraction, they’ll assume supervision of the non-riding Guests.
5. The supervising Guests of Party 2 should then return to the appropriate attraction entrance (e.g., attraction exit) to have their admission media/tickets re-scanned by a Cast Member for the Rider Switch entitlement. At this point, Party 2 may enter the appropriate attraction return line and board without waiting in the regular queue.
My questions are:
1. Do the CM's scan your paper ticket? (they're still handing out paper tickets upon arrival at the park, right? That's what they did for us 2 weeks ago when we went to the Oogie Boogie Bash). They don't scan anything on our phones, right? Do you get any kind of paper ticket in return, similar to how FP was, with a return time stated on it? Or does it appear on your phone?
2. Where on earth does Party 2 wait? Is it a holding area or are they free to walk around the park and come back at a designated time?
3. Since it sounds like "the supervising Guests of Party 2" don't have to wait in the standby line, is it best to have them be 3 people max? I want to be within the rules of this system but if we could have two of us wait standby for, say, Space and then have the other 3 adults ride after using Rider Switch that'd be great. I think this is the point (!!) but don't want to misunderstand.
4. Finally to clarify point #5 above, when Party 2's return time comes up they would likely enter the attraction exit (in most cases I'd bet this was true although we could check with a CM at the different rides), get scanned and up to three "supervising guests of Party 2" would ride while Party 1 watches the kids.
Thanks in advance...I'm pretty much the sole planner for this vacation so I'm trying to understand as this is new to me.