Official Disney Update: Rise of the Resistance Boarding Groups
Rise of the Resistance in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios might be the popular ride to ever open at Walt Disney World. With it’s popularity has brought large crowds and a virtual queue with Guests being assigned boarding groups. Since the ride has opened, the procedure for getting in these boarding groups has continued to change almost daily. However, Disney has just released an official set of procedures that will hopefully streamline the process and ensure all Guests are the same page.
Here is the official procedures from Disney for getting in a Rise of the Resistance Boarding Group:
- Virtual queue will be available at the published park opening time. We may welcome guests onto Hollywood Boulevard prior to opening the rest of the park, and limited nearby locations will be open for your convenience. This includes Trolley Car Café where you can pick up a beverage for your own personal “jump to lightspeed,” and if you need to grab a few galactic gifts, Keystone Clothiers will be available.
- At the park’s published opening time, the virtual queue for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opens along with offerings throughout the rest of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Guests must be in Disney’s Hollywood Studios to access virtual queue in the My Disney Experience app.
It is also important to note that if you are not lucky enough to get in a Rise of the Resistance Boarding Group when the Park opens, you may join a Backup Boarding Group. Backup Boarding Groups allow Guests to join a Boarding Group once the initial Boarding Groups are filled. However, they are only called if all of the initial planned boarding groups have been called back and there is capacity for more riders that evening. Anyone in a Backup Boarding Group will be notified on their smartphone by a push notification from their My Disney Experience app.
If you are in a Rise of the Resistance Boarding Group, there is so much to enjoy at Disney’s Hollywood Studios while you wait. Check out this video for all the magic outside of the Rise of the Resistance that there is to be had:
Pro Tip: Even though boarding groups are not being assigned until Disney’s Hollywood Studios officially opens, I have been recommending that all my clients to arrive at the Park as early as possible around 5:15 am if not earlier.
Have you joined the clause and joined a Rise of the Resistance Boarding Group? Let us know your thoughts about the attraction in the comments below!
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