I’ll admit, getting any sort of acknowledgement/thanks would be cool (I wouldn’t turn down a handful of annual passes ), but I did this not even expecting Disney to notice at all (or to tell me to take it down if they did).
I don’t have any plans to modify it for future VQ rides because (a) it will basically be obsolete once the MDE changes are completed and (b) it should already work for other VQ attractions when they open. Obviously I haven’t been able to fully test that out yet, but I designed it with that in mind.
Joel you should take pride in the fact that Disney has now changed their code to allow the party modification before the JOIN games commence, just as your code has allowed us to do for months. So maybe they did notice. I was fortunate to use your BG1 experiment for a couple of BG #1s on consecutive days this summer. Kudos to you again, and I’m sure many of us Liners will keep tabs on your work to see if any new Disney related “experiments” pop up.
Yes @Olafsdad did that today. I have logged in with my siblings’ MDE info to get them a BG as well. You can have multiple people attempting with the same login with no issue.
So, I don’t practice BG’s often but I was up early today anyway and I tried and it claimed my son and I were ineligible. Our names were greyed out so I couldn’t select them. Does anyone know what gives?
Ok, that’s what I got too. Bummer. So I’m guessing they are locking out the practice people and you’ll now need to have a park rezzie and tix and if that’s the case, you’re not practicing! Guess why allow people to practice if you can just charge them for the ride if they don’t get a BG.
So I’m confused - am I able to set my party in advance now, or not? Does it default to everyone with a park res that’s on your MDE friends and family that day, or does it default to just you alone? Should I still blow through all the buttons without setting my party, or make sure it has both of us added?
Well, the “Review Details” page is definitely new. But not sure if you can confirm your party there, pre-7:00. But the rumor was to be able to confirm your party on the “Virtual Queue” page sometime in the near future pre-7:00. So to answer your question, I’m not a hundred percent sure.
As long as at least 1 person is selected, yes blow through the join buttons. But right now it looks like the practice option is out.
I think the best thing to do is pay attention to current visitors and their experience.
WDWNT reported that the VQ was open from 7-9am this morning. So it was basically unavailable 4 hours today and probably available for 10 hours total. What a time to visit and pick up an easy BG!
It hasn’t been necessary lately with how low the crowds are. The virtual queue has been open in the afternoon until basically the park closes, and even in the morning it’s stayed open for 30+ minutes the past few days. It’ll probably be a little busier because of Labor Day weekend (although TP is still predicting a crowd level of 1 at HS every day).
Go ahead and try it if you want, but I wouldn’t worry too much about it right now. As long as you’re familiar with how the process of joining a BG works in the app, you should be just fine.
Thanks for the response. I messed with it anyway. I have an iphone and downloaded Chrome. It works great on my desktop but when I try to open the BG1 Bookmarklet after the BG1 Start Page from the app, it doesn’t open. It like reads it as the same page and I see the gobblygook still, not my people. I won’t worry about it but if you have any suggestions, I’ll take them! Thanks!
You’re right, it doesn’t work on the iPhone version of Chrome for me either. It definitely works in Safari, so if you really want to use it you’ll have to set it up in that.
), but I did this not even expecting Disney to notice at all (or to tell me to take it down if they did).
I have logged in with my siblings’ MDE info to get them a BG as well. You can have multiple people attempting with the same login with no issue.