PHOTO REPORT: Disney’s Hollywood Studios 9/2/20 (Lots of New Shirts, Legends of Hollywood Sign Refurbishment, Unusual Boarding Group Availability Duration, and More)

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Hello from another steamy day at Disney’s Hollywood Studios! Not even the heat could keep us down today as we were ready to have some fun in Andy’s Backyard, Black Spire Outpost, and every other spot in between. Let’s get started! It was quite the day for finding shirts, as we found several new ones … Read more

My Disney Experience Glitch Allows Guests to Secure Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Boarding Groups Outside of Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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The usual procedure for securing a Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance boarding group requires that all members in the booking party not only be at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, but also tapped in to the park. While the boarding group process has gotten increasingly frustrating over the past few weeks due to changing park hours … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Disney’s Hollywood Studios 2/17/20 (Large Crowds, New “Onward” Pins, and Still No Sporks)

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Good morning from Disney’s Hollywood Studios! Even if you’re not a morning person, you have to admit that rope-dropping this park is exciting. So many Star Wars fans all excited to enter the new land — and all vying for the ever-elusive boarding group to ride Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. You can’t have … Read more

WDWNT Weekly Recap: Coronavirus Park Closures, Rise of the Resistance Boarding Changes, Stuntronic Spider-Man, Super Bowl LIV, Cinderella Anniversary Desserts, and More

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Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all of the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from January 27 – February 2! Walt Disney World The Disney PhotoPass service has been … Read more

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Implementing One-Hour Return Window for Boarding Groups at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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Since the opening of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, once guests secured a Boarding Group and their group was subsequently called, they had a two-hour window to return to the attraction. Now, it seems recent changes have taken place to alter the return time for Boarding Groups. In recent dates, … Read more

EDITORIAL: The Rise of the Resistance Boarding Pass System Has Failed, Here’s Some Better Ideas

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Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of WDWNT LLC. Last week marked my second experience with the virtual queue boarding group process for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. My first encounter was back in December, under … Read more

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Finally Loading Guests After 7-Hour Opening Delay at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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Delayed Boarding is a fairly common occurrence with the Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance attraction, as the highly complex ride has regularly faced breakdowns on both coasts since opening day. Today, Rise of the Resistance suffered its greatest opening delay to date at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. With a scheduled park opening of 7:00 AM, … Read more

WDWNT Weekly Recap: EPCOT International Festival of the Arts 2020 & New Films Debut, a Guest Pulls the Sword Out of the Stone at Disneyland, and a New Minnie Collectable Series

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Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all of the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from January 13–19! Walt Disney World A bold, new variable message sign was installed at the … Read more

PHOTO: Guests Cheat to Ride Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disneyland on Opening Day, Forging Fake Boarding Passes

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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opened today in Disneyland to huge crowds of guests, many of which camped out overnight for a chance to be among the first to ride the new attraction. However, the day has transpired far from smoothly, as the ride has gone down multiple times, and the sheer amount of … Read more

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Boarding Groups Ran Out After 45 Seconds on Grand Opening Day at Disneyland

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Today marks the epic grand opening of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disneyland, and as with any attraction opening, fans showed up as early as midnight to be among the first to experience it… however, in the day and age of the Boarding Group, opening day procedures have come as a shock to … Read more

WDWNT Weekly Recap: Rise of the Resistance Issues, Disneyland’s Refreshed Tomorrowland, New 2020 Ticket and Resort Offers, Giant Millennium Falcon Snack Buckets, and Animated Movie Music Takes Over World Showcase

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Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all of the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from January 6–12! Walt Disney World A lot more 2020 booking offers went live this … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Disney’s Hollywood Studios 1/9/20 (Rise of the Resistance Crowds, Cold Weather, Extinct Attraction Pennies, and More)

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Bright suns! Today we stopped by Hollywood Studios to join that madness that is Rise of the Resistance early morning crowds. Once again, crowds were pouring in from the parking lot nearly an hour before the park officially opened. Once inside the park, the crowd filed in to Hollywood Blvd. to wait for the official … Read more

WDWNT Weekly Recap: New Year’s Eve Celebrations, 2020 Free Dining and Resort Offers, Sam Eagle’s Smokehouse, and Smoke on the PeopleMover

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Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all of the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from December 30–January 5! Walt Disney World Earlier this week we noticed that multiple gondolas … Read more

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Unable to Accommodate Many Boarding Groups Today Due to Prolonged Downtime, Guests Given Park Tickets to Return

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As we reported on earlier, Boarding Groups for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios ran out in record time this morning, with a number of guests unable to obtain Boarding Passes, and those who obtained Backup Boarding Groups unable to ride completely. However, for those who were able to obtain a … Read more

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Boarding Groups Distributed In Just 23 Minutes Today at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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The only way to ride Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is by obtaining a Boarding Group via the My Disney Experience app, and with constantly-changing park hours and opening operations, it’s hard enough for locals and Annual Passholders to obtain a reasonable Boarding Group (if one at all), and practically … Read more

Virtual Boarding Group Queue Announced for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Opening in Disneyland

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Guests looking to ride Rise of the Resistance at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge when it opens at Disneyland should be aware that a virtual queue for the attraction will be in place, according to the OC Register. When the attraction opens on January 17th, those looking to ride the attraction will need to book a … Read more