They got Boarding Group 66 so we are happy!
Here’s how it went down for us with my DD and her BF in the park, and my DH and I trying from home:
My DH and I starting refreshing at 6:59. At 7:00 and 30 seconds there was a lot of “Why the he** isn’t the button red?!? Is yours active!?! Should I shut down the app and reopen it?!?” Haha...funny, not funny.
And then, just before 7:01, the “join boarding group” button activated for me. I settled myself and starting selecting and unselecting people. Embarrassingly, this thought actually passed through my head, “relax, you’ve prepared for this.” I mean, seriously, how stupid is that?!? It’s not like I’m about to participate in some Olympic competition or anything...geez.
Anyway, as soon as I had my DD and her BF selected I hit “Join Boarding Group” and...
I got the message that neither was in the park and did I want to remove them from my party!! No, no, no I do not want to remove them from my party! Haha as I was trying to figure out how to proceed next, my DD texted me that she had gotten boarding group 66.
Phew.
And, now I’m wondering if that dumb screen that asked if I wanted to remove them from my party was actually telling me that they already had a boarding group not that they weren’t in the park. I have to confess, I didn’t even read the words. I just saw the “Remove them from your party?” message.
So, to recap, it was my DD in the park on AT&T that grabbed the BG first. (Sounds a bit like Clue...Mrs Peacock in the library with a lead pipe)
And, for my DH, the “join boarding group” button never even activated.
My recap on the situation is that the process is anxiety-producing and I wasn’t even in the park! But, I guess it worked out in the end