I was nervous about getting on the ride today but I drew a low boarding group number (22) so I felt pretty confident I would be in the clear! It was my first time riding and it was just as amazing as I thought it would be.
Just to share what worked for me to secure a boarding pass since there’s some discussion above: I had two apps open on my phone, one was MDE and the other was of a clock with seconds. I watched the clock until it was 6:59 and 59 seconds then switched back to the MDE join virtual queue page (which automatically refreshed).
I did something similar. I had Google clock on another phone and refreshed at 6:59:59 for a pass. I was taping people for my party and I was sadly too slow and was not able to move on to the next screen. Did this for both drops.
I have no logistics on how these servers work or even how times passes are issued but I thought recently that wouldn't it be fairer for people if the drops were dispersed every other hour? I know the same amount of people would still be able to ride/ passes be issued to, but wouldn't it prevent a lot of unused passes?
For example, I am a Mom with a family that is vising Studios and I have secured a boarding pass at the 1:00 drop, however, I will not be called to ride until later at night (or near park closing). But as it gets later in the day my family gets worn out and we decide to leave the park (which is not a common practice, everyone's day sometimes gets cut short.). But now assuming that she was with herself and three other people which makes up your average family unit, are now four spots that are just gone and completely unused for the people who want to use them.
Now if passes were cashed every other hour, not only would it somewhat give off the illusion it would be fairer (so you have fewer people complaining about the two-drop rule.)
but then only people that are still inside the park way later in the day can get the boarding passes and are more likely to use them.
Hits two birds with one stone. More people can get on the ride this way since there are no lost passes, and there would be more than two drops so it gives more people a fair chance with more opportunities.