Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Opens Officially

I have boarding group 100 for today, so I’ll drive over to Epcot later, and (hopefully) ride it for the 2nd time.

I rode it at the pass holder preview and really liked it. It’s a great edition to Epcot, as well as WDW as a whole. The queue line is similar to Hulk with all the items and effects, and I really like the 2-sided loading area. All in all a great experience and something I’ll get a boarding pass for each and every time I go. I know the virtual queue will end after a few months, so now’s the time for me to ride it.

As a coaster I rated it as a 6/10, as an immersive experience, 8.5/10

'Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind' is opening on the fifth anniversary of 'Flight of Passage' ... Which was followed in 2019 by Rise of the Resistance' ... And TRON waiting in the (if you had) wings.

Hopefully the VQ ends after a few weeks. VQs at Disney create artificial demand as there are those that would not stand in a long line for repeat rides.

In previews it appears the ride is running with little down time (much less than RotR or Remy) so hopefully the VQ ends faster than it did for those rides and it goes strictly to ILL and standby queue.

I have a strict no video rule until I experience the attraction in person. This ride is seriously pushing that rule with me. I'm so curious to check this out and press play on that video above with Robert. Nevertheless, I should be able to ride it in October and it clearly seems like a winner. I wonder if there is a sneaky tribute to Universe of Energy somewhere on this ride. Seems like there would be. A dinosaur or Bill Nye somewhere in the attraction for example.

Ha ... @Twobits, trust me you wouldn't be hoping for the VQ to be gone sooner rather than later, if you were going 3-4 times a week to the parks like I do.

It is my open door to ride the coaster pretty much every time I come to Epcot.

Once that VQ door slams shut it'll just be another once in a blue moon ride, as per Remy and ROTR are for me now.

Did anyone catch how fast the Boarding Passes went today? Hopefully it’s a little more forgiving than the lottery Rise had.

@James - Reports are that all of the boarding groups that were distributed at 7 AM this morning were gone within a minute or 2. I haven't seen reports for the 1 PM distribution yet, but I expect that they would have been sold out just as fast.

Gone within a minute. But double check at 10-12 past the hour at a release for the rerelease of times from people whose apps crashed or who messed up in the initial release.

you simply aren’t a real fan if you aren’t willing to stand in a six hour line for an attraction.

@Mako: Proving my point, thanks. AP holders would not stand in a long line for repeat rides, but they are more than willing to grab a VQ pass. And as you all have a lot of practice on how to grab them fast, I suspect a lot of the VQ passes go to AP holders.

But to be fair, you are correct. If I was an AP holder, I likely would have rode RotR daily when they was the only way to ride.

Actually @Twobits, it’s not a re-rideable attraction for me. Too much spinning, but you are correct, we will take advantage of the VQ until it expires, and then after that, as and when the wait time is less than 30mins. That’s my max limit anyway, others may wait longer.

I’ve ridden ROTR well over 30 times, and other than my pass holder preview, every time it was via the VQ. Don’t think I’ve been on since they took away the boarding groups.

I was into the boarding group grab phase seconds after the VQ opened this morning at 7am, yet I had #100 and a posted 590min wait. That would have put me at 4:50pm. I’m not sure if there was some sort of compensation factor added into that time because of the ILL’s, but my group was called at 1:05pm, and from entering the building to exiting the ride took about 45mins.

All in all, not bad for the 1st day.

VQ is the best if you're good with your phone. When it was in use on RotR, we rode everyday we went, and for no additional cost!

Now it's $20 a head or an interminable line in the hot, shadeless sun (thanks Disney!) that doesn't move because of all the ILL people going ahead of you.

Which is to say I probably won't ride it again unless and until the ILL removed. So lame.

Sounds like it had a very good day of operations, Mako. As I have heard already, the ride is pretty reliable, and hopefully VQ is eliminated soon.

Glad to hear it's reliable. I still have flashbacks to how it took about three years to get Test Track going and even then breakdowns.

What is "shadeless sun"?

The sun with no shade

"The sun with no shade"

Which is kind of the opposite of most of the RotR queue that thecolonel complains about (in both DL and DHS). In fact, over half the RotR queue is inside through the Resistance encampment (though open air in many places). The areas with less shade have landscaping that will eventually provide plenty of cover once the foliage grows in some more, much like the FoP queue has done over the past 5 years.