{"id":8086,"date":"2020-02-05T17:37:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T22:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/?p=8086"},"modified":"2020-02-06T09:20:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T14:20:54","slug":"how-to-ride-rise-of-the-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nateandrachael.com\/terrehaute\/how-to-ride-rise-of-the-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Almost Didn’t Ride Rise of the Resistance: Day Trip to Planet Batuu, Galaxy’s Edge, and Hollywood Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’re not obsessed with Disney, Star Wars, or cosplay, you may not realize that there’s a brand new world in Hollywood Studios with two rides that are the hottest of hot commodities.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the newest ride (Rise of the Resistance)<\/a> are so hot that this family of late risers was willing to get up at 5 a.m. just for the *chance* to ride the ride that is, they say, the best Disney has ever made.<\/p>\n

This is the story how we almost didn’t ride Rise of the Resistance, and the most magical<\/em> ending to our day.<\/p>\n

By 6 a.m. (an early-morning record!), the Browns are out the door. We plan to call an Uber because we’re not taking chances. We are here for Star Wars (Galaxy’s Edge), and we HAVE to be scanned into the park when it opens by 7 and snag a boarding group for the virtual queue or we won’t get to ride Rise of the Resistance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But wait! There’s a bus loading in front of our Disney resort, and it’s heading to Hollywood Studios. It’s full by the time they get to us. Do we risk it and wait for the next bus or hire a car? We decide to risk it. We’re on the bus by 6:17. Ten minutes later, we’re in a queue with hundreds (thousands?) of other people who are all determined to get inside the park before 7.<\/p>\n

We make it in! But just barely. Our party of seven (two parents, three kids, and two grandparents who are gamely up for anything), are scanned in by 6:45.<\/p>\n

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I’ve researched what needs to happen next. I’ve even practiced at home! I know what to do. This is my moment.<\/p>\n

My tasks: Get away from the web-crashing crowd. Use data not wifi. Don’t load the app until minutes (seconds?) before the virtual queue opens.<\/p>\n

It’s 7. The announcement is made. The park is open. People around us are cheering as they punch the app and get a coveted boarding group. Why aren’t my options loading?! Ahh! Did my husband have any luck? Nope, he can’t get it either.<\/p>\n

Close app.<\/p>\n

Reload.<\/p>\n

Press buttons….. and we’re in!<\/p>\n

Group 83… out of 93 official groups. Within seconds, the boarding passes are gone and people are placed in back-up groups (which may or may not get to ride).<\/p>\n

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Now that the boarding group drama is behind us, our day is business as usual. We ride rides, see characters, train as Jedis, use fast passes, and wait for our boarding group to be called.<\/p>\n

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