Long term I really have to believe they show themselves in the foot with resort bookings once the current travel boom is over. We never would have dreamed of staying offsite prior to COVId because you needed that 60 day priority. Now? We stay offsite all the time. Sheraton Vistana and Wyndham Bonnet Creek are both much nicer than the deluxe Disney hotels in my opinion at about one fourth the price.
Eventually this post COVID travel craze will die out for WDW and they'll be reintroducing perks back to the parks. Hopefully one of those things will be FP+ (in some capacity) being brought back in some capacity. Chapek, no matter how much y'all hate him, is right. Until demand for their parks dies, there is no reason for them to stop the price increases and perks removal. They are making more money off less people, however even that crowd is starting to be more and more disgruntled with the changes.
I would agree, while I don't think Genie + works especially well, it clearly works best in MK.
Def! Using it at Magic Kingdom mid September is going to be very different from Hollywood Studios the week of xmas break.
True and we've never bothered with Genie+, not worth it to us at all and we are a family of 5 and were there during Spring Break, we rode all we wanted and even some of the lamer rides, that just had pretty much no wait and we just go for fun! HAHA!
For us it's a must because no one in my family will wait longer than 30 minutes in line for any ride not just in Disney that rule goes for any theme park. My kids( I group my wife in that statement) would rather go get something to eat or see a show then wait in line for a ride with a long wait time.
I'm kind of confused by this statement as Disneyland also has Genie+ and it's more expensive than WDW at $20 per person per day. And according to many reports on this site and other social media sites, has similar complaints against it (except that in DL you can only buy and book Genie+ attractions once you are physically in the park). I know you don't have to buy it but DL is not exempt from Genie+ issues from what I've seen.
A lot all depends on what constitutes a long line. We never wait more than 45 minutes (for some reason once the line says 55, we won't get in it! LOL).
I’d be a little surprised if very many people on a vacation at Disney World could be classified as “poor.”
People can already do this if they want to by booking a private tour. That's been around a long time.
I know club level had access to 6 at a time back in the day, not deluxe. Think that went away with Genie+.
Time will only tell if this system is put into play. Seems like Disney is definitely playing favorites with guests that are either on their once in a lifetime trip or are the ultra wealthy (ex: that new ABD trip that's over 100K).
I think the issue here is the fact that the lines for Disney's best attractions are horrendously long and some people want to maximize their stays with how expensive they are now
