Disney Genie announcement

[Sunelis]

So my free day is loaded but still not working. I'm trying to use the chat function in the app and the CM seems clueless. Because nothing is working in the app for me they recommended using MDE online instead (which doesn't work for G+ or ILL or anything from what I can figure....please let me know if that is not the case lol).

From what I remember they said that Genie (all versions) would ONLY be available on the app. Not in the browser version.

 

[Disturbia]

One thing I do love is the fact the EE has availability for every time slot! Lol

That has single rider, so if your child meets the criteria for single rider (min age 7?) you can use that instead. Same thing for Test Track and Space

 

[DisneyNyBride]

Has it been stated somewhere whether you can start booking LL and Genie+ on your arrival day at 7am if you haven't yet checked in to the resort?

 

[Grasshopper2016]

Looking forward to reports at 11:00 from people trying to stack.

And I’m really disappointed that you have to cancel a Genie+ LL before trying to switch to a different one. That’s a huge gamble that makes refreshing much less useful

 

[Disturbia]

So my free day is loaded but still not working. I'm trying to use the chat function in the app and the CM seems clueless. Because nothing is working in the app for me they recommended using MDE online instead (which doesn't work for G+ or ILL or anything from what I can figure....please let me know if that is not the case lol).

That’s their standard response point to app if webpage has issues and vice versa.

 

[RedmonFamily]

That has single rider, so if your child meets the criteria for single rider (min age 7?) you can use that instead. Same thing for Test Track and Space

Oh I know, it is the irony of the fact they had to offer 2 rides for ILL. Please pay $7 to skip a posted wait time of 15 mins.

 

[0FF TO NEVERLAND]

If you are at the park right now, don't brag about your lightening lane. I was seeing posts about people screaming saying worth it as they passed everyone waiting on line.

Maybe those people can't afford that for their families, so don't be a fool about it. It's rude and stupid

 

[PaladinButters]

Well I guess Chapek just learned that $15 per person per ride is too low for ROTR. Can’t wait to see the pricing next week.

Can't wait to see what pricing looks like for Tron when it opens!

For example, if going to DHS, at 7AM I could get an early LL reservation for SDD (and an IALL for ROTR, which an offsite guest could get too). Then I could get to the park for EE and go directly to TOT and RNRC, which will probably have less traffic than the SDD and ROTR. After those two, I go use the SDD LL and get another LL for whatever suits me. At that time there might still be reasonable standby lines for things like TSMM or MFSR. Get a LL for one and do standby for the other and I would have most of the major attractions covered.

Please hold while I write down this exact strategy........

 

[Disturbia]

Looking forward to reports at 11:00 from people trying to stack.

And I’m really disappointed that you have to cancel a Genie+ LL before trying to switch to a different one. That’s a huge gamble that makes refreshing much less useful

What! That’s horrible; even ADRs are held until you go to confirmation

 

[DavidNYC]

It has been confirmed

What if the return time for that selection is not until much later in the day?
Walt Disney World has confirmed that guests will be able to make another reservation 120 minutes after their first reservation even if they have not yet redeemed the first Genie+ selection.
In practice, this means that you might make a reservation at 7:05 am for Splash Mountain that has a return time of 10:00 am. At 9:05 am–before riding Splash Mountain, you’d be able to make another ride reservation.

Are you sticking with this? You were pretty insistent on this but seems like reports are that you cannot do this and in fact if you make a reservation for 7:05 you can make your next one at 11am - 2 hours after park open. Do you have any reports to the contrary so far? Big difference in the ability to do a little stacking earlier.

 

[RedmonFamily]

AND your battery is already down to 31%!

I am not at the parks

 

[empedocles]

And I’m really disappointed that you have to cancel a Genie+ LL before trying to switch to a different one. That’s a huge gamble that makes refreshing much less useful

Disney telegraphed that move with the park reservations.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

Disney telegraphed that move with the park reservations.

Except now you can modify park reservations, can’t you?

 

[Orsino]

- Are there any reports on LL vs standby merge characteristics? In other words, how many LL are being admitted versus standby? I see that popular rides like ROTR and SDD are 'sold out'/'booked out' but I can't believe that disney sold the same number of Genie+LL for SDD as they distributed for FP+. The LL access must be less. Any first hand reports on the merge?

- I realize now that Disney has set up a prisoner's dilemma for LL access. Honestly, I think we all would be better off if everyone shunned LL, but if more people don't buy LL, the more beneficial LL becomes. As a result people will buy it, then as more people buy it, not buying it becomes a losing proposition. Game Theory looks at the prisoner's dilemma and determines that 'betray' is the optimal choice for both prisoners. Similarly, 'buy Genie+' becomes the optimal choice for disney 'prisoners.' In other words, I don't want to buy Genie+, but if everyone else is, I have to too.

 

[PaladinButters]

If you are at the park right now, don't brag about your lightening lane. I was seeing posts about people screaming saying worth it as they passed everyone waiting on line.

Uh..... screaming about it into random people's faces or yelling excitedly about it amongst their friends/family? Those are two very different things.

 

[LSUfan4444]

Not sure I want to pay $15 to only get maybe 3 or 4 rides. 5 dollars a ride is close to ILL prices.

I think those who benefit the most from G+ will be those who use it strategically and base their value more on quality, not quantity. What attractions and when and still use the other advantages like rope drop, park close and during fireworks.

This is not the days of sending someone around the park to grab as many FP as possible.

 

[DavidNYC]

What! That’s horrible; even ADRs are held until you go to confirmation

How they didn't implement a system where you could pick a new ride and it automatically cancels the old one is beyond me. Wait - no it's not . . . it's exactly as many of us predicted . . . Disney wants to control your day. It wants to put you in the time slots they want you to be in and make it more difficult for you to plan around your own schedule. There were a few features I was waiting to see as the main ones that would determine whether this is a deal breaker for me and not being able to modify LL selections was one of them especially if the times offered were going to fluctuate wildly which seems they are.

 

[CWTC]

Anyone figure out how to get a LL in another park post 2pm? I can’t figure out how to add another park - just change.

thanks!

 

[Disturbia]

Everyone gets excited about BGs; We can choose to be happy for them.

Everyone today is working with an extremely stressful/glitchy/uncertain app, so they have extra Bragging rights (excited);unless they were personally offending someone (less likely).

 

[BeBopaSaurus]

I wish they would allow you to view LL times by wait instead of alphabetical.

You can select “My Top Picks” from the list of attractions, and it will put those few on the top of your list. That way, if the attraction you’re interested is near the end of the alphabet you can force it to the top of your list.