HACKING Rise of the Resistance | What I learned after 30 rides in 30 days

[@OffhandDisney]

I can proudly say I was present during 1/30th of the filming of this video.

[@FreshBakedDisney]

I lost all the footage I shot on that day :(

[@JamesKawamura]

Awesome 👍

[@pererau]

​@@FreshBakedDisneyoh snap! Way to pop his Mickey balloon! 😂😂😂

[@robbennett]

Hero

[@robertjones1729]

just gotta put your foot in the door...lmao

[@micycles1200]

As a ride operator, yeah we do tend to overpost our wait times. There are 3 reasons for that. 1) It allows a positive margin of error in case the line is in one of those "transition points," where we know "it's not quite this long but it's not quite that long so let's go with the higher option." 2) That margin of error tends to make guests happy when they think they've "beaten" the posted wait time. 3) Some people - like regulars - may be scared away by a long wait time which allows us to keep the line shorter for the tourists. Of course, we try to be as accurate as possible, but I know I would rather have someone get in a posted 60 minute line and have them only wait 50 than for them to get in a posted 60 minute line and have them wait 63. Believe it or not, people get very mad about that 3 minute difference.

[@FreshBakedDisney]

thank you for that micycles! kind of what I thought would be true, yes.

[@micycles1200]

@@FreshBakedDisney No problem, Dave. Can't wait till you get back to Universal. Maybe we'll see each other

[@espo221b]

So it has nothing to do with inflating the wait times so more people decide to buy genie plus?

[@micycles1200]

@@espo221b Believe me, at such a low level, we don't care whether or not you buy Genie +, Universal Express, Flashpass... whatever the paid skip-the-line is. It's not our job to push that stuff. That's up to sales. Our job is safety and efficiency (and most Ride Operators will tell you the job would be much easier if we only had one line to worry about)

[@mjwbulich]

​@@espo221b This policy was in place far before Genie+. I noticed they were inflating the wait times in the 1990s.

[@nf1nk]

The dedication required to make this video is really appreciated.

[@FreshBakedDisney]

Luckily we actually enjoy doing this kind of thing :)

[@stargazerresale3923]

I’m sure these types of videos are incredibly laborious, in terms of data and math and time investment. But I think this is the best Disneyland video I’ve ever watched. No one else is offering this kind of nerdy data and I love it. You’ve uncovered a fascinating niche. Hoping for more. Thank you!

[@roshawnrobinson1999]

As a line queue master, this hands down is your best line queue video. It has the data and the breakdown. Thank you

[@FreshBakedDisney]

We had a great time making it!

[@kingdoo21]

@@FreshBakedDisneyYes, more of these please!

[@bobinfamily1988]

This video should go viral for Disneyland addicts. This is amazing.

[@jaimiepetersen7561]

I would love to see a research video like this for Radiator Spring Racers, the wait time for Racers always seems so daunting.

[@justsomeobservations44]

He’s working on the Radiator Springs video now. The biggest difference with that ride is it has Single Rider which is how I’d recommend riding it for anyone, regardless of group size, unless you’re going with small children.

[@michaelwilson8233]

You’re a legend, Dave.

[@aaronoxen]

You said it!

[@smurphftw2008]

Flight of the Conchords reference? If not, Google "The Most Beautiful Girl In The Room" and thank me later 😀

[@zeroconsequences]

I can concur. While David pretty much uses the scientific method, my anecdotal experience was getting a black caf at Docking Bay 7, then getting in a 45min queue for Rise and end up having to suck down the last 1/3rd of the coldbrew because we were already into the Rey room in under 30.

[@Rrusso92]

That black caf is so good!!! I would hate to have to rush finishing it lol. Even if it was for RotR.

[@gothamsangel]

Took my parents so they can ride it for the first time and my mom didn't mind waiting in the 80 min queue. It even broke down while we were in line and she still wanted to wait. She loved the experience and wants to go on it again.

[@FreshBakedDisney]

it's not the worst wait in the world. not at all.

[@gothamsangel]

@@FreshBakedDisney especially since we were in the indoor portion where my dad was able to sit and rest his back. Our total wait time with the breakdown was just shy of an hour.

[@tomatosofficial1124]

@@gothamsangel Waiting 80mins is so dumb. Wait 2-3 years and the wait times wont be as long.

[@mikayla5524]

I accidentally ‘rope dropped’ as you put it where you wait around for it to reset and come back up. I was on a trip to Disneyland and didn’t know much about Star Wars so I wasn’t too fussed on waiting in those crazy lines. One of the nights I was sitting in galaxy’s edge because I was tired and my feet were sore, when I saw people SPRINTING past me. I was so confused until I checked the app and saw ROTR was back up with a 5 minute wait (it literally must have just reset). I knew this was probably my only chance to ride it with no wait so I started sprinting with that group of people and made it on in 5 minutes. Having no clue about Star Wars, I was worried I wasn’t going to enjoy it but OH MY GOD it was amazing. So good that I waited in line again and also bought a lightning lane. I came back home (to australia) and told everyone how amazing it was. I’m now going to the May the 4th Star Wars movie marathon next month and planning my next Disneyland trip. You can bet my first ride will be ROTR

[@ryansherwood5328]

Your work reached a new level with this video. Amazing job, dude!

[@toshibavoodoo]

189K SUBs!! Hope you had a GREAT BIRTHDAY, and think a celebration at 190K would be fitting. BUT, a huge FRESHBAKED party at Disneyland when you hit 200K subscribers would be wonderful!

[@toshibavoodoo]

Repeat comment, but I know I'll be back to watch this video over the next 2 years. Want to see how long it takes for FRESHBAKED to hit 200K!

[@LetsDoDis44]

David is the hero we didn’t know we needed!

[@julievo4331]

We actually rode this with you one of the times the week of October 12th. My boys and I were standing right behind you in line and then got to sit in the back row with you. We said hi but didn’t want to bug you. It’s was awesome seeing how much you truly appreciated the ride. Amazing video😊

[@ACloserLookAtLife]

Great video David! As a local I have 2 rules for when I will ride rise 1. The line is in or almost in the cave 2. I see it go down, I grab some food and go eat out front and then virtually walk on

[@occheermommy]

One thing to add. If you are disabled when you leave the transporter and go thru the storm trooper room, you will need to keep to the right line. They usually have a “faciest” there to tell you this. I believe it has to do with the turns in the queue. And if it is your first time riding you probably wont want to race to that line because you will probably want to stop for pics of that awesome room of StormTroopers. I loved this video. It was very informative. Only problem is I moved to florida about 4 months ago so im going to need you to come here and do it for WDW now too. K thanks! 😂

[@whoisgene4435]

🔥x 30!! You did it you frickin did it! ✊🏼we appreciate it

[@itsjustjuice184]

Love Rise. Rode it twice last weekend. Short trip so we paid for the LL. Second ride through, we broke down at the end of the drop to the planet, got evacuated off and then got an experience pass which we used at HMH to walk on when standby was 80 min. It was a perfect and cool ending to our trip!

[@FreshBakedDisney]

sounds like things worked out well!

[@Christy-fv6bx]

Wow, what a comprehensive analysis of this ride queue! Definitely gives me more information then just the posted wait time, great job!!!

[@pererau]

One of your best videos. Thanks for doing the reconnaissance work for us! For me, it is all about how fast can i get to the cave. I don't mind waiting in the shaded/AC part of the line that has built in benches. I just hate being stuck outside in the criminally-undershaded expanded queue.

[@Schubacca85]

Our first time riding it on 3/3/2020, back with the virtual queues, we had a later boarding group. It broke down while in line. There was no way we were leaving the queue! Glad we didn’t! Best ride/experience ever! Next day, on my wife’s birthday, we got boarding group 3! 🥳 Excellent work & intel, David! 👏🏻 👍🏻

[@AudreyWebster]

This guide is absolutely the most useful Disneyland video for anyone wanting to ride Rise without paying extra or waiting too long. Hitting a walk on after it was down for 45 minutes is the best.

[@Quxxn_maple]

I don't know if this comment will reach you but I just want to say thank you so much for your dedication in those type of videos. My hubby and I went to Disneyland for the first time this past October and if I had saw that video before, it would have helped us so much with the Rise of resistance ride. We ended up in the queue line at like 2 pm I think, was long wait but at least we manage to ride it without any breakdown. :) Thank you again and keep those type of videos please because they are so helpful !!!

[@Fred1l1]

Thanks to your help we did a (very nearly) perfect rope drop at our trip to Disneyland last month! We got a basically walk-on Space Mountain right away, then a 5 minute Matterhorn wait, but when we got off we noticed that Runaway Railway (something neither of us had been on and wanted to be sure to do) had JUST re-opened from a shutdown so we went there and got a walk-on. From there we went straight to Rise and would have been done with all 4 of those rides by just over an hour into the park buuuuuut over halfway into the interior queue (I think the queue was basically the cave when we got there) it shut down so we had to wait back from section 3 later that day. We still picked up a Indy LL to beat the exterior queue there and got a pretty short Big Thunder wait in recompense though. Thank you for your videos and info like this is so fun to watch and sincerely did help us enjoy our Disney trip!

[@nikiyamanaka3598]

Thanks for all the hard work on this! This is so helpful! 😊

[@agentXphoenix]

Absolutely fantastic recon video. Looking forward to the others you do. Though i dont envy you waiting in Radiator Springs standby queue!😊

[@marcmooney9293]

This is pure epicness and the reason I watch this channel!!!! It's science man!!

[@jackieevans8218]

I miss the old Disneyland

[@imaginationstationyt6948]

Thank you so much for this data! You've done a great service to many of us! Thank you :)

[@FiendishThingy1965]

You are a hero, and deserve a medal!

[@makitagut2472]

Jedi Muffins: Dave, you handed yourself exceptionally in Batuu. To confront 30 Resistance Missions and defeat them for your fellow Muffins took Yoda level patience! For your achy feet and lumbago, I think you are ready to join the ranks of Muffin/Jedi Knignt! May the Force be with You😌

[@FreshBakedDisney]

There were a few times where I thought I might die right there in the depths of those caves lol.

[@makitagut2472]

😅@@FreshBakedDisney

[@plattjo]

+1 Patreon. Just wow. This video sets the new standard for Disney parks analysis. Looking forward to more content like this.

[@itsmejedi60]

Great video! I can’t wait for the radiator springs one.

[@JMCAragorn]

This was the best info video I've ever seen. This will REALLY help out-of-towners like me who only have 3-4 days (every-other year) to cram everything in...!

[@justsomeobservations44]

This should get KZbin’s version of an Emmy nomination! Great work. Love the chart! The results were about as I expected. What’s funny is I’ve ridden it just 4 total times and I hit both extremes. Once I waited 100 min and it broke down just after the Rey room! And another time I got a true walk-on (posted 40 min but we literally just walked non stop to the Rey room).

[@DznyKyd]

This is amazing data! I’ll be using it very soon.

[@PAOandMATT]

Nice meeting you today at the Park. My family was excited when they saw you 👍👍👍👍👍

[@beckythomas4038]

Just got back from disneyland. Wish I had watched this before I went. I will follow this in March when we go again. Thanks for all the work you do. I love to watch your videos.

[@unleashedhero2225]

This has filled my data-centric Disney-going soul; excellent information, research, and video altogether!

[@joshpalmtreez2409]

Really enjoy the analysis of all these various factors. Your channel is seemingly the only one i can find that has dedicated videos to analytics while trying to remain objective and the approach can be seen as closely related to a scientific method. Really my cup of tea.

[@bybun]

this video is incredible David! well done FRESH BAKED!! 👏

[@careyrobbins8344]

David, we are not worthy! You are the master. Holy heck, I love your channel. This is awesome! Can’t wait for RSR recon!

[@delatorture1633]

Amazing video for an amazing ride. Best Ride at Disneyland. I would have loved if you could do some recon of the cast members. I'll explain... In my opinion there are 2 key points (on the ride) that make this ride magical, the 2 introduction/interactions with the first order and the resistance cast members. First time we Rhode Rise of the resistance was early in the opening week. An amazing almost intimidating first order cast member (with a commanding voice) ordered us off our captured shuttle into a breath taking storm trooper room, great! The 2nd pivotal moment is in the interrogation room, where to our surprise a loud excited " We're with the Resistance! here to rescue you!" cast member helps us escape. I've since Rhode Rise and found these 2 cast members to be under whelming with their lines. I feel that when these two introductions are not strong in their delivery, the magic gets lost. I want them to have a mentality that its always a guests first time and the lines should be delivered as such. I need to ask what your experience with these 2 pivotal moments where? Did the Resistance cast member out do his First order counter part, or vice versa? Any cast members want to share their thoughts on this point?

[@debbiehinrichs1068]

Disneyland use to be fun; you went when you wanted (no reservations) no phones. didn't have to have a STATEGY just to ride a ride, makes me sad...thanks for all your hard work.

[@slowazzd2165]

Such a boomer comment

[@Mouserocksnerd]

This sort of dedication to research is why you are the best Disney vlog channel! Love this. Cant wait to learn about Radiator Springs. That one has backfired on me a lot

[@cosmicql]

Definitely loved this, looking to go away this summer and I hope there’s more videos like this before then to optimize my trip 😊

[@charles24852]

The best tip I have about going to Disneyland is to seize every opportunity you can when you find it. Best example I can give you is what happened to me this week on my last visit. I had a lightning lane return for haunted mansion and I went over and the ride was down just as I was about to leave the ride reopened even though I had a return at that time I walked the line and literally was on the first doom buggy by pure luck. After I finished the ride I used my lightning lane return and rode it again. All together I rode it with the nightmare before Christmas skin twice in about 20 minutes. Also if you go in October try and get all your must do rides in before 6pm because once California adventure closes it gets crazy packed.

[@racheldiel8145]

Excellent video David. Very informative 👏 Thank you!

[@CathyKoalaCat]

Absolutely loved this video. Your best work to date. Great information and tips to ride the best ride in Disneyland. Well Done 👍 🎉

[@virginialake5080]

Yay!! I have been so looking forward to this video. May the Force Be With You. Thank you David. Fresh Baked ♥️

[@pixie.dust.parkhopper]

Fan-girling right now! Amazing recon and dissection of data!! Taking notes!

[@andyg3752]

As a lover of data this video was great! Might see you in the parks in November. We are heading over from Australia.

[@ewok812]

This was incredibly entertaining and insightful. Thank you!

[@Ceelle2]

Can you do a part two speaking to the story elements of the ride? And thank you for this deep analysis! It will really help me with my decision-making at the park.

[@FreshBakedDisney]

I believe Offhand Disney may already have done something like this?

[@Ceelle2]

@@FreshBakedDisney will check it out

[@aaronoxen]

I've been waiting for this video. It did not disappoint. No trip planned currently, but I can't wait to use your hard earned data to make our experiences and trips better next time.

[@murrad01]

Love the long shot from the ride vehicle at the end!

[@originalhoney3714]

The commitment is real! Love this data based info. Got a new sub!!

[@somethingoodhasbegun]

This info is MUCH APPERCIATED! Love this part of your brain and passion for DL queues. Keep 'em coming!

[@SlipMaker]

Excellent video! David when can we expect the next entry in this series, where you ride X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain 30 times?

[@justsomeobservations44]

Hahaha

[@jeremytullis5151]

I love what you've done with rise of resistance 30 times the information is great I would love to see you do that for cars racer

[@happilyeverawkward1948]

Ok i promise this is the last time i watch it 😅❤. Leaving for disney tomorrow! Thank you david!

[@stephenleach9283]

My last trip I got to the park at noonish, got through the gate at 12:15, I checked the app and the wait time was hr +, I checed LL, and it was posted at 12:25, so I bought the Tucket ($25), got to the queue, and was let in right away. For me in LL the wait time to the rea room was 5 min (never stopped)

[@airdiggity]

I love people with data. Good video. Earned my like.

[@emfunTravel]

Wow, wow just wow! Way to go David! Awesome job!

[@JeanetteBarnard-st9uy]

Wow you did such an amazing recon for this ride David! It’s such an appreciation for what you do. Also your wife too. ❤

[@michaelmadsen1222]

Great video!!! I think the other takeaway could be that you don't have to buy Individual Lightning Lane and Standby is just fine.

[@shanero2426]

Number 1,000 on your likes! Love th channel and love the content always in the park and always like to hear your points on the company.

[@leannpolly1292]

This video is awesome! I want to watch the whole Ride series!

[@SeenOnPinterest]

Love the analytics

[@SantaCruzRunner]

Absolutely love the data analytics in this video. Top notch content and very much appreciated!

[@FreshBakedDisney]

Thank you very much!

[@melzerr1]

This was super helpful! Thank you! Looking forward to your info on Radiator Springs Racers!

[@kevingarofalo9177]

As always… doing the work!!! Hi Dave!!!!

[@ElizaBeth-ng3pu]

This is awesome. Please do this for all the big rides.

[@vbar66l93]

Well done!! Will be there in 3 weeks. Fresh baked!!

[@patrickk4730]

I’ve been waiting for this one ☝️ thanks David!!

[@roxanne3047]

This is the most helpful video I’ve ever seen on Disney 🎉

[@jjamerican93]

You’re so right. Once the ride breaks down, get in line! It happened to me despite having a Genie+ Pass, and I stayed right around the area. Within 10 minutes, it was up again and I was one of the first 3 people to get inside. So worth it 😅

[@rebeccaheuer3255]

I thoughtthus video would be longer. Like an hour. I really like the super long format.

[@parkerpowers2841]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you for your dedication on this video. This is fantastic work. Fresh Baked!!

[@randywhittle9678]

Great video! I love this nerdy stuff and look forward to your next ride recon! We may need to start calling you Dr. David….Lineologist!😂

[@Monkeyboy1138]

I feel so lucky that when we visited last June we rope dropped Rise, queued for 20 mins and (had our panic pre-rope drop) Lightning Lane. Riding three times in the first hour of opening. Then a 45 minute queue at 5pm-ish.

[@dogandcow5]

You're the goat for doing this

[@SarahAlessi]

This is amazing! I LOVE data like this and everything you presented was super helpful and so interesting. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this!

[@MainStreetMcgreevys]

This is incredible. GREAT stuff

[@katief7255]

Thank you David! Your tips have helped me tremendously through the last couple of years when going to the park ❤️❤️❤️ This was quite a feat. I appreciate the data

[@JayMars23]

Dave, this is some REAL quality work! Great job! 👏👏👍

[@7sevenpointed7]

exceptional analysis!

[@steveburns6503]

Been waiting for this vlog and u didn’t disappoint! Appreciate the science of it all!

[@islandstyle6498]

Big Mahalos for this data! Great post!

[@tiffanyw9618]

That is some amazing data! Love it. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@princesspip]

Great work David! This was a fun video.

[@rwatts1982]

This video was put together so well. I found it very interesting and enjoyable. Thank you! I commend you on your recon and compiling all of the data. Keep up the amazing work 😎

[@FreshBakedDisney]

thank you very much :)

[@steveninaz9576]

Thank you Sir. Interesting stuff.

[@lololow88]

This is amazing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@angelikaobradovich9267]

what an amazing video. Thank you David!

[@CathyGrossmith]

Thank you for this, great vlog. Your spreadsheet is a thing of beauty. Hope you do for more attractions

[@jeanettesmith765]

I stood in a 3 hour "breakdown" line the first and only time I rode ROTR (WDW), so I am definitely looking for a shorter line when I visit Disneyland in December! Thanks for this informative video.

[@Fabian-Alicea]

Awesome video! I have a feeling radiator spring racers is gonna be miserable. Thank you for doing this!

[@FreshBakedDisney]

well it hasn't been a peach so far. there may be real fear there lol.

[@Fabian-Alicea]

@@FreshBakedDisney My wife and I ended up doing a 80 min wait at 8:15am

[@miketerry6992]

This was really well done. Thanks!