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3 min til BGs open today. I’m trying to get one. Trying to stay calm. My new Earplugs are working great. Place is packed
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Holy smokes. I got Group 18!!! Thanks to @Jeff_AZ for such a great How To. I went through My Status as recommended. I wonder if that made the difference. And thanks to my iPhone 6 and all the IT crew at Disney for making this BG attainment seamless and more successful than imagined! Whew. So glad that’s over. Thought my heart was gonna leap out my chest.
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Initial BGs were available for 1 min 6 sec.
Backup BGs were available for an additional 11 sec.
So a total of 1 min 17 sec before ALL BGs were distributed for the day!
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Awesome! That is an amazing BG! You should be on by 9-10am.
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What was the last BG in DL yesterday 01/19?
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I know! I did a quiet “YES” with a fist pull to myself when I saw it (I’m by myself). I’m in the queue now (9:24a). Woulda been earlier but I had to make a pit stop. 
I was afraid I would have to stay late and find ways to kill time, but nope!
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Highest called yesterday was 81 - it was a rough day. All initial BGs were called but no backup BGs were. You can see in the chart below there was about four hours of downtime in the morning (10am-2pm with just a small period of operation around noon) and another 1.5 hours between 6-7:30pm. But it operated quite well between 2-6pm. 
Day 4 Timeline 1/20/20 (MLK Jr Day)
Link to OP
7:22am Park opens; crowds held at hub
8:00am Published park opening; App starts issuing BGs (10+, 66 sec)
8:01am App starts issuing Backup BGs (80+, 11 sec); App stops issuing BGs
8:50am Ride opens; Accepting BG 10-13
8:40pm Last BG called (105)
11:00pm Published park closing
Red line = 1/20/20. Presumed downtime in yellow:
That was fun! Very different.
Here’s my play by play for the morning:
7:11 parked (Toy Story) - Normally at this time, I’d be right at the shuttle stop, but I was at the back corner of the first lot. 5 min walk to the shuttle station.
7:18 thru security (in TSP before getting on shuttle) - Lucked out and only had one couple in front of me. Most lines had 4-5 ppl
7:21 on shuttle
7:31 in entrance line (ended up in the giant first-time families line, so lots of ID pictures being taken at the turnstiles, slowing the line down). 
the lines on the right side closest to the shuttle entrance looked shorter compared to the middle lines. I was at the monorail track when I started, but the middle lines were about halfway through the esplanade.
Entrance gate 29
Inside gates: 7:42
8am - used My Status to get to the Boarding Group selection and got Group 18!!!
9:00am boarding group called (walking from main entrance + pit stop)
9:17 walking thru queue
9:53 off the ride
10:00 using star tour FP acquired earlier.
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Thanks for sharing! Was the park already open when you arrived in line or were you there when they started letting people in?
Good question. I’m pretty sure they opened early. I couldn’t really see from where I was at the back of the line (I’m short), nor did I really think to look, but by the time I got through the tunnels, the park was as crowded as if it had been open for a while. Such a weird scene, too. Never seen so many people just congregated on Main St, not moving, and staring at their phones. And during the BG free-for-all and aftermath, the mix of cheers and crying and parents consoling kids was noticeably emotional.
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No worries - I found out from someone on Chat that it opened at 7:22am. So you arrived just in time to skip the wait!
Oh ok, so it hadn’t been open that long. Wow, they pack 'em in quick!
Between this and the almost brawls at the paper FP machines, I really hope they figure out a way to get more people who arrive early a BG. At WDW it hasn’t been as bad - usually the Backup BGs don’t run out for at least 30 minutes, and sometimes up to two hours. But Disneyland is a more popular park than HS and with an opening time of 8:00am, there just isn’t a high enough price to pay to get there on time. Hopefully after this holiday weekend it will get better.
I hope so too. I’m curious how long it will be crazy like this. I have friends going tomorrow morning. I’ll be curious to see how the first regular workday goes.
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I’m glad to see that as of 5:25pm today, they’re up to BG 72. I met a Dad who got BG 81, and his preteen boy was moping on Star Tours cuz he was concerned whether they would be called today. Armed with the knowledge gleaned here, I said the odds were good…as long as the ride didn’t break down for 4 hours during the course of the day, like yesterday, which is not impossible, but unlikely. I also met a mom and her kids who got BG 118. Luckily, they live close and have APs.
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Day 5 Timeline 1/21/20
Link to OP
8:00am Early Entry
8:20am Non-EE guests admitted
9:00am Published park opening; App starts issuing BGs (1+, 1 min 30 sec)
9:01am App stops issuing BGs (Backup = 71+)
9:10am Ride opens; Accepting BGs 1-7
9:00pm Published park closing
Red line is 1/21/20. Yellow bar is presumed downtime.
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