Can you speak more to this and why you think the “public masses” won’t arrive as hyped? I’ve been harboring a similar theory but thought I was probably being... unrealistic?IMO "the masses" are the currently blocked out AP holders. The general public will NEVER descend upon the Disneyland resort en masse as was predicted. This land opening has been 99% hype. I don't expect crowds to pick up until August 20, when AP blackouts are lifted.
When we went, they changed the order of the cards and gave Pilot to the younger girl in the group with us (not in my traveling party). She didn't want to be Pilot and we ended up getting it! On the day we went (with reservation), everyone was friendly and offering to trade positions with those that hadn't been pilot. Of course, we got on the ride 5 times with no wait so not sure if that will work when people have waited longer to get on the ride.Has anyone actually been refused pilot when they asked? I’ve heard different things about whether or not you can ask for it. I definitely want to be pilot but I don’t want to ask somebody who got pilot to trade when they don’t want to.
Ahhhh I would have loved this!They ran this bit while we were there too and I thought it was hysterical! "Light speed to Endor!!"
Shortly after his "reboot", DJ-R3X played the Mos Eisley Cantina song and we all loved that too!
I wonder how many annual passholders are Signature or higher compared to the numbers that have Deluxe and lower. I know lots of Deluxe and lower passholders who would be there right now if they weren’t blocked!Locals may be realizing it's not as crazy as expected, so if they have valid passes are headed there. (To be honest, if I was in the Anaheim area, not Downtown LA, I would consider it too!)
When we went, they changed the order of the cards and gave Pilot to the younger girl in the group with us (not in my traveling party). She didn't want to be Pilot and we ended up getting it! On the day we went (with reservation), everyone was friendly and offering to trade positions with those that hadn't been pilot. Of course, we got on the ride 5 times with no wait so not sure if that will work when people have waited longer to get on the ride.
I was wondering if this was part of why Flex wasn't showing unavailable until this morning. Disney may have blocked it manually to stave off a potential unplanned rush of locals in the afternoon if morning reports showed things to be relatively manageable (which they have).I wonder how many annual passholders are Signature or higher compared to the numbers that have Deluxe and lower. I know lots of Deluxe and lower passholders who would be there right now if they weren’t blocked!
And because of that I didn’t realize it was Oga until today ROFLIt keeps autocorrecting to Olga!
On the 5 times we went on the ride, we only got the Pilot once due to the little girl who didn't want to do it. My daughter and I kept getting pulled ahead to join other groups and wouldn't have gotten Pilot otherwise (we were always last joining bigger parties). I do agree - it's the CM that ultimately decides. Since Pilot is the most coveted (by most), parties of 2 are going to have a difficult time getting it. The ONE time we were in the front of the group, thinking we "would" get Pilot, the CM gave it to the younger child instead of us. Of course, she was the one who didn't want it anyway so that was good luck for us.I think the bottom line is it does vary by CM how they do it. One of the times we went I watched the CM look around and give the pilot cards to my two youngest- he was clearly looking for the kids in the group to give those to. All three of our rides they were handed out in order, 2 pilot, 2 gunner, 2 engineer. Our final ride had one single rider (as MIL had gone home at that point), the SR was given engineer.
I say you have a better chance with the regular line. In my experience, most single riders were the right gunner or either engineer. No matter what, you might have to switch roles with someone.So if I’m going solo, do I have a better chance of getting pilot if I keep trying the regular line and asking for pilot each time or doing single rider a bunch and switching roles?
Looking at videos, Cast Members were in the front guiding guests to the entrance as everyone sped walked behind them. But don’t quote me on that because I wasn’t there. I’m just speculating from videos and tweetsOk...trying to plan for next week when we're at the park.
Besides getting to the gate early...my question is.....people stand at the Frontier Land rope drop, do CM's walk you over to the entrance to SWGE? Or was it a mad dash/run???
From our ticket confirmation email - today would be the 8-weeks prior so it could be tickets are starting to go out. I haven’t yet received any shipment notifications from FedEx.My friend was asking if I had gotten any notification from FedEx because she had for something coming from Florida. Seems early but that would be cool if it's our passes.
IMO "the masses" are the currently blocked out AP holders. The general public will NEVER descend upon the Disneyland resort en masse as was predicted. This land opening has been 99% hype. I don't expect crowds to pick up until August 20, when AP blackouts are lifted.