Someone beat me to it but I added a link to this poll. They are each asking slightly different questions so both are worthwhile.
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Now we just need to get people to share 
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This is controversial, I understand… but with the scarcity of availability, I’d suggest that once you’ve ridden, you are ineligible to grab a boarding pass for a month or longer.
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That may work for locals or people that can get there multiple times a year, but there are some families that only show up once a year to once every 5 years.
Limiting what they are able to do would be detrimental to Disney.
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That may work for locals or people that can get there multiple times a year, but there are some families that only show up once a year to once every 5 years.
But that’s the point. Make sure that more people get a chance to ride instead of allowing people to ride multiple times and keeping others from riding it once.
Maybe the timeframe needs to be extended to longer than a month, but the point is to allow more people to experience the ride. I know my travel agent rode it 4 or 5 times the first month.
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I like playing devil’s advocate. 
Ok, let’s frame it another way.
Is it right to tell your child who is a massive star wars fan that he only has one opportunity to ride it? And we wont be able to ride it again for another year…yikes! That family may not come back for 2-4 years because of cost and bitter taste Disney left in their mouth.
What about those children that are obsessed with rides like Peter Pans Flight, 7DMT, FoP, SDD, etc… Would you impose the same type of restriction for them? These rides tend to have long waits and high demand as well.
What is stopping it from moving to every attraction in the park that has demand? Imagine going to WDW and being told that you are not allowed to ride anything but these 5 attractions that you have not visited in the past year.
I understand trying to make it fair so everyone has a chance to experience it, but until the ride starts running at full capacity, without breakdowns , for the entire park day, the true demand will never be known. We all may be surprised to find the hype will die down and they will be able to accommodate everyone that is still interested easily within the day.
I do not think Disney will move in this direction. They are ultimately a business trying to please their shareholders. If an inconvenience of trying for a BG on RotR gets more people in the park spending money, they are very happy!
…taking off devil’s advocate hat now… 
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I’ll play with you. 
True story, to my children:
“So we got to ride RotR on Tuesday and just scored another BG. Should we ride again or cancel it to give someone else the opportunity to do so? There are still more fun things to do at Disney than we’ll have time for. ” Unanimous decision. BG immediately cancelled (it was on a day BBG were open several minutes, so hopefully it made a difference to someone else).
I think most kids will understand the concept of “we had our turn” if that’s how it’s presented to them.
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Wow!!!
Thanks for trying to get a real answer to my question.
I look forward to seeing what kind of responses you get.
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WDW website still says 8:00 AM - 8:30 PM?
The 2nd half of March was still at 9am until today. So, now the whole month (?) looks like 8:00AM to 8:30 PM. At least until the next set of changes. 
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That was a very thoughtful, selfless and a great lesson for your children. It puts a smile on my face. I just wish everyone was as kind. It is almost certain that many would not be so generous.
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Yeah, it just sort of happened. We had scheduled 2 mornings at HS as a contingency plan because we really wanted to ride RotR and decided on the 2nd day to aim for park opening to get an extra ride on TSM, not trying for a BG knowing how coveted they are. When I realized we tapped in right before opening, I tried to grab a BG just out of curiosity (liners need data!) and was surprised I got one.
All other rides, it’s a matter of whether someone wants to ride bad enough to do SB. They just don’t have that option on RotR so it felt like the right thing to do.
I do like imagining that someone had a brilliant time in our place though!
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So far I’m feeling pretty bad for the one voter in the poll who didn’t get a BG! 
But that’s pretty good odds! Now, not everyone who gets a BBG rides, but that’s more quantifiable and once you have a BG, you just need to check the stats to see when your # is likely to be called.
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The ride looked stellar today! A steady stream of recruits…
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Never mind trying to tell a kid they could only ride it once, try a 70 yr old man where this was the only time he was ever going to WDW, he just went for Star Wars. It was a unanimous decision to get up early (7 am open) in order for the opportunity to ride it a second time. There is so much to take in, you don’t fully experience it your first time thru. I respect the once a day rule, I don’t think they need to restrict further.
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Well, that’s assuming that the people who didn’t get to ride weren’t so frustrated by the experience that they have disproportionately stopped monitoring the chats.
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I will post a link to the poll on Twitter and Facebook this weekend.
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I feel the poll is accurate. I feel most people who arrive early and know what they are doing will get a BG. The process may make people ride less. We were planning on getting up early 3 days. My boys decided to skip day 2, and sleep in.
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I haven’t thought about that. Usually the bias for online reviews is that people are more likely to post/vote if they are unhappy, but if the poll is hard to find then that might affect things.
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So looking right now BBG is still going. Wondering if we are getting close to WDW giving every guest a number and calling whatever they get to until the close of park…