GotG Cosmic Rewind AP previews

[cjlong88]

Better to be here and not see anything than to not be here and everything happens!

 

[Cindyd04]

No. I hate lottery systems. I never, never ever win those. I am always fast enough to click through.

Same! First come first serve, everyone has a fair shot haha

 

[Mrs.AMC]

i was just thinking of that. i used to refresh while driving to work and of course it dropped one day while i was on my way, had to pull over lol

I didn’t now which one it was but I had to do that for one of them too. I got the email alert while driving. To lunch I think. Pulled over, booked our spots

 

[HopperFan]

Remy was released on a Friday (9am ET).
Galaxy's Edge was released on a Thursday (11am ET).
Pandora/Avatar was released on a Friday (10am ET).

I doubt there's any real rhyme or reason to it.

I was at Disney when Galaxy Edge opened. It was a day DS needed to sleep in so I just was on my computer. Around 9-9:30 a back door link opened and I immediately booked mine. The email with the normal link opened at 11 and I know lots of us already had our times, good thing because my email came later in the day.

Lots of EPCOT dates in May unavailable for AP holders.

I saw that as well. I wonder if they just don't want AP folks there standing around hoping that there might be some soft open times or they will be lax on the reserve system if they didn't get a time. This way they avoid all that.

 

[karen4546]

Is there a date for the AP/DVC previews? We will be there May 12-18. I did receive the email but it did not have a date for the preview.

 

[1lilspark]

Lots of EPCOT dates in May unavailable for AP holders.

I just hope for anything open for AP Epcot or otherwise on June 10th for the rest of summer once my mothers AP rolls into pirate from silver and June & July open up

 

[Lewisc]

I’m good with a different link for each event. I think they should do that actually. Though really, I think those who even are aware it’s the same each time and look in advance is a small number

A relatively few number of AP holders can generate a lot of refreshes.

 

[Smugpugmug]

Lots of EPCOT dates in May unavailable for AP holders.

I saw that they're all for the week AFTER I'm there. Crossing my fingers that there are some AP preview days during the week of the 8-14

 

[Mrs.AMC]

Same! First come first serve, everyone has a fair shot haha

The parks system went from first come system to lottery for the fireflies in the smokies. We always got a spot when it was first come. We’ve both entered the lottery since they switched and not gotten selected a single time. It’s been like 5 years and not once. It sucks! I’m fast but I’m not lucky

 

[Mrs.AMC]

Is there a date for the AP/DVC previews? We will be there May 12-18. I did receive the email but it did not have a date for the preview.

Not yet

 

[burnurcomputer]

My tummy is rolling with stress. I have a trip planned for next month, and only one Park day booked so far. I am planning on booking a trip to Amazing Animals, but need to see if I have a shot at this before I book, just to know timing. It's a Mom/Son trip with one of my big kids (21, but trip is the week before his birthday), and I'm an out of state passholder, but he is not. Fingers crossed!

 

[FSU Girl]

I was at Disney when Galaxy Edge opened. It was a day DS needed to sleep in so I just was on my computer. Around 9-9:30 a back door link opened and I immediately booked mine. The email with the normal link opened at 11 and I know lots of us already had our times, good thing because my email came later in the day.


I saw that as well. I wonder if they just don't AP folks there standing around hoping that there might be some soft open times or they will be lax on the reserve system. This way they avoid all that.

What’s a back door link? Is that mean you clicked on the link before it technically went live or different link completely

 

[karen4546]

What’s a back door link? Is that mean you clicked on the link before it technically went live or different link completely

the link at the top of the forum is a "backdoor" link

 

[Jennasis]

I'm not worried if we miss the AP preview. We are going again in September and December so I will ride it eventually.

 

[Mrs.AMC]

the link at the top of the forum is a "backdoor" link

What’s a back door link? Is that mean you clicked on the link before it technically went live or different link completely

Even though it’s the actual link they’ll release, using it before the notices go out is essentially using it as a backdoor

 

[FSU Girl]

Even though it’s the actual link they’ll release, using it before the notices go out is essentially using it as a backdoor

Sounds so fancy lol. I’m clearly not tech savvy.

I’m really hoping the dates line up with my trip. Going for my birthday and bringing my baby for the first time into the parks (she won’t be riding obviously lol)

 

[PhantomToll]

Honestly I think it’s a pretty poor experience to make it so competitive. I feel like there should be enough spots available for most APs to ride it and just have it as a perk that happens before attraction openings.

 

[Haley R]

Honestly I think it’s a pretty poor experience to make it so competitive. I feel like there should be enough spots available for most APs to ride it and just have it as a perk that happens before attraction openings.

I completely agree with this. They should have enough spots for every single AP

 

[BaymaxFan78]

Honestly I think it’s a pretty poor experience to make it so competitive. I feel like there should be enough spots available for most APs to ride it and just have it as a perk that happens before attraction openings.

When Iron Gwazi opened at Busch Gardens, they had AP previews and all you had to do was show up. No reservation of any kind needed. They also timed it out across a month by having the highest tier passholders come first then slowly let the other tiers in. Maybe Disney should try this.

 

[Haley R]

When Iron Gwazi opened at Busch Gardens, they had AP previews and all you had to do was show up. No reservation of any kind needed. They also timed it out across a month by having the highest tier passholders come first then slowly let the other tiers in. Maybe Disney should try this.

Disney has to make everything complicated