For months, getting a boarding group for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance meant waking up ridiculously early to be in Disney’s Hollywood Studios as soon as the morning boarding groups were released.
Rise of the Resistance
But, recently Disney announced that a new boarding group sign-up process would be put in place for the release of morning boarding groups. We shared a list of top tips and things you NEEDED to know about this new process, and today it finally went live! Check out our experience with this new system.
First, we should note that yesterday we spotted this message on the My Disney Experience app, letting us know that we can request to join the virtual queue at 7AM prior to park entry with a valid Disney Park Pass reservation, or try again at 2PM from within Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Screenshot from the My Disney Experience App
So, we set our alarms (we set quite a few, just to make sure we didn’t sleep through it!) and got up extra early to make sure our tickets were linked and the members of our party were all set up in the app and ready to go. We hadn’t even had our Mickey waffles or coffee yet, but we opened up our My Disney Experience app and tried to be “one with the Force” to see if that would improve our luck at all.
Rise of the Resistance
Just before 7AM we had the attraction screen up ready to roll…
Attraction Screen
And, when the clock struck 7AM…
GROUP 1!
Group 1!!! We must have gone faster than we thought! Basically, the process was exactly like it was prior to today but…from the coziness of our bed. Super simple, just make sure you have a Park Pass for Hollywood Studios and a valid ticket or Annual Pass for you and everyone in your party and you should be all set!
We spoke to multiple Cast Members that confirmed that, as far as they had been informed, the system should work anywhere! There’s no limit to how close you have to be to the park. So you could be over 10 miles away (like we were) or 100 or 1000! As long as you plan to make it to Hollywood Studios in time with your Park Pass to experience the ride, you should be fine! We’ll let you know if we spot any changes or modifications to this 7AM boarding group release system, and let you know if there are any updates.
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