HauntTheMansion-- Thank you very much. Really appreciate it.
I just want to quickly say thanks to everyone on this thread who has helped me with specific questions and for all the info posted here that has lead up to today, my day at HS. Success is a beautiful feeling. I got today’s first BG, number 2. It was worth all the stress, a truly magnificent experience 
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I was on an airport shuttle last night with a man in his 30s that just returned from WDW. I started a big conversation on the shuttle about SWGE. Ha! Anyway, the gentleman mentioned how hard it was to get a BG and he didn’t get to ride RotR. It sounded like he may not have arrived before opening. He also wasn’t willing to wait 130 minutes for MFSR. So he missed both attractions. He still had a great time and enjoyed the cantina and I was glad he found a great experience elsewhere. I couldn’t help but feel that he represented the average person.
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Yep. Someone that does just a base level of research will encounter this on the WDW website:
“There may be times when Guests may be required to join a virtual queue to experience the new Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance attraction.”
No mention that virtual queue is only available momentarily after the park opens. People shouldn’t have to sleuth out what the real situation is.
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I was thinking about this today.
Is there anyway to cancel a BG which would allow another guest to pick it up?
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I mean I know a former AP holder who goes pretty frequently. I asked if she got one and she didn’t because her group didn’t know they had to be in the park. There seems to be a lot of the process that isn’t common knowledge for everyone.
There is a cancel button, but I think you’d need to do it pretty quick while people are still grabbing BG/BBG. (We did this when we picked BG up our second day but decided to put them back for someone else.)
I think the hesitation is wondering if they’ll go to someone that it’s their only chance to ride vs someone that’s already been several times. I think they were hoping for a way to literally give their BG to a disappointed looking kid but that’s hard without creating a scalping market.
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So awesome!!! 2!!! Amazing!!! We try in 5 days for the first time!!! I love this thread and am so thankful for all the tips and answering my questions, too!!
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Blockquote I think they were hoping for a way to literally give their BG to a disappointed looking kid but that’s hard without creating a scalping market.
That is what I really want to see!
Maybe we can walk up to the entrance with the child and ask if they can have our BG?
If you’re taking a BG you don’t intend to use just to give it to a crying child, consider that you’re potentially just taking it away from a different crying child by claiming it in the first place. Take a BG if you want to ride, but I’d hesitate to play kingmaker. Just my two cents.
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That would Destroy my day at the Park. I turn up Early fail to get one, then desperatly wait always looking at watch. Just to get to point im about to get on ride as the 10 ticks over, leaving queue to try get it again, fail to tress about 12 release. I cant think of a worse system to absolutly rain a day at the park, always hopping but never getting
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Oh, don’t tease us, Steve. You might end up getting our hopes up! 
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It will be interesting to see what happens as the CLs come down off the 9s and 10s. Of course, that might not happen with MMRR opening and then Spring Break(s). I’m going late April so I really have no idea what to expect. Makes planning HS days really difficult.
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We were there yesterday and due to a connection issue at 8am for me we got BG 76. Of course well into the BBGs. We planned accordingly but the numbers kept going super fast and we got called at 12:24pm. We were there on 2/14 and it took us 1 hour and 9 minutes from getting on line to the end of the ride. Yesterday that time in total was 41 minutes.
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I don’t think Crowd Level has much to do with it. Supply is so much lower than demand there will be a rush on getting Board Groups. I don’t see demand going down. Supply will increase as the ride becomes more reliable. Even with MMRR, demand will be high; people will want to do both.
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I have seen conflicting information. Is it better to have multiple people in your party try getting a boarding group using their individual accounts or all devices logged in using the same account?
It seems counter intuitive to have multiple people using the same account, but what I read hinted at it being slightly faster to use the same account.
I have not tested the two options. I don’t see why it would make a difference. Only the person with the fasted connection and reaction time will get through first.
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Good point.
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Don’t think it matters. I suppose there could be a difference in which account has the “cleaner” family and friends list (without a bunch of people not in the park) to avoid the need to spend time selecting the riding group.