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Update:
Starting January 9,2024, Guests are able to join one attraction virtual queue at any theme park where they have valid admission. Guests may only hold one attraction virtual queue at a time.
AP Guests do not require a park reservation on a 'Good to Go' day so are eligible to join a VQ without a park reservation on those days.
Select admission types may also require a theme park reservation to join a virtual queue.
Guests do not need to be inside a theme park to request to join the virtual queue at 7:00 AM.
Guests must have tapped into the theme park an attraction is located in to request to join the virtual queue at 1:00 PM.
No Theme Park Reservation Required
Date-based 1-day ticket
Date-based multi-day ticket
Vacation package with date-based tickets
Theme Park Reservation Required
Student group tickets
Sport and Convention ticket
Disney Military Salute Ticket
Annual Pass
All other ticket types not mentioned above
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This thread is a work in progress please help me fill in what I've missed or correct any changes. If anyone has screen shots of the process, please post them.
The purpose of this thread is about how to get a Boarding Group for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind and Tron Lightcycle Run. This is basically the same thread that was posted for RotR when that attraction used a Virtual Queue.
As of this posting, there are two attractions, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind and the Tron Lightcycle Run
are using the purchased Individual Lightning Lane reservations and Virtual Queue options.
The Moana inspired attraction, Journey of Water is occasionally using VQ.
The intent of this thread is to discuss the Virtual Queue option.
Tron Lightcycle Run VQ info is in post 2.
**Please note that you must enter the attraction during your VQ return window or you may not be allowed to ride!** (Including DAS)
The VQ at both 7am and 1pm are filling up in seconds, and the 6pm is expected to fill quickly too.
No Spoilers.
Basic Acronym List
VQ - Virtual Queue
BG - Boarding Group
$ILL - Individual Lightning Lane
EEH - Extended Evening Hours
GotG - Guardians of the Galaxy
TRON - Tron Lightcycle Run
JoW - Journey of Water
The only way to ride this attraction is by having either a BG or an $ILL. You may hold both an $ILL AND and a BG.
Using a BG is free of charge.
Using an $ILL has a fee per person.
There is NO standby entry.
Steps to get a BG for both GotG and TRON:
-At 6am, 12pm, or 5pm you can choose who will be in your BG from MDE
-The 2 most popular methods of getting a BG
1. Tap the 3 lines in MDE
2. Choose Virtual Queue
3. Choose your party
4. A couple minutes before 7am, 1pm, or 6pm tap the refresh button at the bottom of the page repeatedly. It will change to join at exactly 7am, 1pm, or ?.
5. Click Join
OR
4. Use Time.gov on a separate device and at 6:59:59 or 12:59:59, or 5:59:59 and click the button at the bottom
5. Follow any prompts.
You may only get a BG on a day you have a Park Reservation for Epcot or during EEH. An additional eligibility for summer 2023 is a 4Day/4 Park ticket will also qualify a guest to be eligible to try for a VQ even though they don’t have an actual park reservation.
Or see exception.
(Please note, if you have a park reservation for a park other than Epcot the day of EEH, you need to tap into the first park at some point before entering Epcot assuming you have a hopper or AP. You cannot have a non-hopper ticket with a park reservation for MK, Studios, or AK and go to Epcot EEH.
Exception:
And if it is still available after 2:00, those who park hop from another park can get it. -thank you @subtchr for sharing your experience with this!
At 7am, you do not have to be in the park.
At 1pm, you would have had to tap into Epcot for GotG beforehand, or MK for Tron. But you don't have to physically be in Epcot at 1pm as long as you tapped into the park earlier.
For the 6pm VQ, you do not have to be in Epcot, and do not have to tap in for GotG according to @ZYX2008 who got a VQ while at the Poly without tapping into Epcot. All guests who are eligible for the 6PM drop (EEH night + deluxe resort stay + Epcot reservation or PH pass) May try for 6PM drop. Note: 6PM VQ guests may be called to ride prior to EEH hours officially beginning.
You may only hold one BG at either 7am or 1pm. However, you can have one of those BG AND at EEH BG!
Having a BG does not guarantee you'll get to ride.
The notification you receive will show your return window, it gives you an hour. However, to date, no one has reported being turned away for showing up late for a BG.
A few people have reported issues (using the same account, and one getting logged out) and others have had no problems with multiple people in your MDE friends and family group trying for a BG at the same time.
You need to be quick. BG fill up within a second or two. Though some days it has been longer. People ask if it's better to use WiFi or data? Whichever is fastest for your device is what you will want to use.
What if the attraction breaks down? The following is an account from @ocdb8r1
If you use the virtual queue and are evacuated from the line or the ride during a breakdown, you are given a multi-purpose ILL (like the old special Fastpass+ they would hand out for the same reasons). This is good for you to return to Guardians at any time it reopens during the day OR can be used on most other attractions with a LL in Epcot. Had this happen a couple of weeks ago and forgot to screenshot the ride options, but it included anything I could think even possibly useful (Frozen and Remy).
Starting January 9,2024, Guests are able to join one attraction virtual queue at any theme park where they have valid admission. Guests may only hold one attraction virtual queue at a time.
AP Guests do not require a park reservation on a 'Good to Go' day so are eligible to join a VQ without a park reservation on those days.
Select admission types may also require a theme park reservation to join a virtual queue.
Guests do not need to be inside a theme park to request to join the virtual queue at 7:00 AM.
Guests must have tapped into the theme park an attraction is located in to request to join the virtual queue at 1:00 PM.
No Theme Park Reservation Required
Date-based 1-day ticket
Date-based multi-day ticket
Vacation package with date-based tickets
Theme Park Reservation Required
Student group tickets
Sport and Convention ticket
Disney Military Salute Ticket
Annual Pass
All other ticket types not mentioned above
——————————————————-
This thread is a work in progress please help me fill in what I've missed or correct any changes. If anyone has screen shots of the process, please post them.
The purpose of this thread is about how to get a Boarding Group for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind and Tron Lightcycle Run. This is basically the same thread that was posted for RotR when that attraction used a Virtual Queue.
As of this posting, there are two attractions, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind and the Tron Lightcycle Run
are using the purchased Individual Lightning Lane reservations and Virtual Queue options.
The Moana inspired attraction, Journey of Water is occasionally using VQ.
The intent of this thread is to discuss the Virtual Queue option.
Tron Lightcycle Run VQ info is in post 2.
**Please note that you must enter the attraction during your VQ return window or you may not be allowed to ride!** (Including DAS)
The VQ at both 7am and 1pm are filling up in seconds, and the 6pm is expected to fill quickly too.No Spoilers.
Basic Acronym List
VQ - Virtual Queue
BG - Boarding Group
$ILL - Individual Lightning Lane
EEH - Extended Evening Hours
GotG - Guardians of the Galaxy
TRON - Tron Lightcycle Run
JoW - Journey of Water
The only way to ride this attraction is by having either a BG or an $ILL. You may hold both an $ILL AND and a BG.
Using a BG is free of charge.
Using an $ILL has a fee per person.
There is NO standby entry.
Steps to get a BG for both GotG and TRON:
-At 6am, 12pm, or 5pm you can choose who will be in your BG from MDE
-The 2 most popular methods of getting a BG
1. Tap the 3 lines in MDE
2. Choose Virtual Queue
3. Choose your party
4. A couple minutes before 7am, 1pm, or 6pm tap the refresh button at the bottom of the page repeatedly. It will change to join at exactly 7am, 1pm, or ?.
5. Click Join
OR
4. Use Time.gov on a separate device and at 6:59:59 or 12:59:59, or 5:59:59 and click the button at the bottom
5. Follow any prompts.
You may only get a BG on a day you have a Park Reservation for Epcot or during EEH. An additional eligibility for summer 2023 is a 4Day/4 Park ticket will also qualify a guest to be eligible to try for a VQ even though they don’t have an actual park reservation.
Or see exception.
(Please note, if you have a park reservation for a park other than Epcot the day of EEH, you need to tap into the first park at some point before entering Epcot assuming you have a hopper or AP. You cannot have a non-hopper ticket with a park reservation for MK, Studios, or AK and go to Epcot EEH.
Exception:
And if it is still available after 2:00, those who park hop from another park can get it. -thank you @subtchr for sharing your experience with this!
At 7am, you do not have to be in the park.
At 1pm, you would have had to tap into Epcot for GotG beforehand, or MK for Tron. But you don't have to physically be in Epcot at 1pm as long as you tapped into the park earlier.
For the 6pm VQ, you do not have to be in Epcot, and do not have to tap in for GotG according to @ZYX2008 who got a VQ while at the Poly without tapping into Epcot. All guests who are eligible for the 6PM drop (EEH night + deluxe resort stay + Epcot reservation or PH pass) May try for 6PM drop. Note: 6PM VQ guests may be called to ride prior to EEH hours officially beginning.
You may only hold one BG at either 7am or 1pm. However, you can have one of those BG AND at EEH BG!
Having a BG does not guarantee you'll get to ride.
The notification you receive will show your return window, it gives you an hour. However, to date, no one has reported being turned away for showing up late for a BG.
A few people have reported issues (using the same account, and one getting logged out) and others have had no problems with multiple people in your MDE friends and family group trying for a BG at the same time.
You need to be quick. BG fill up within a second or two. Though some days it has been longer. People ask if it's better to use WiFi or data? Whichever is fastest for your device is what you will want to use.
What if the attraction breaks down? The following is an account from @ocdb8r1
If you use the virtual queue and are evacuated from the line or the ride during a breakdown, you are given a multi-purpose ILL (like the old special Fastpass+ they would hand out for the same reasons). This is good for you to return to Guardians at any time it reopens during the day OR can be used on most other attractions with a LL in Epcot. Had this happen a couple of weeks ago and forgot to screenshot the ride options, but it included anything I could think even possibly useful (Frozen and Remy).
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