Disney Genie announcement

[Dashzap]

An instagram I follow - Michaeldoesdisney - reported that onsite guests would have earlier access to Lightening Lane. Not sure how true this is or isn't.

It is true. 7am for resort guests (like getting RoR boarding group)
At park open for those off property.

source= CM

 

[js]

Is it $15 per FP? For instance, when I get to MK, can I book my first FP for $15 and then when I want another ride, I can book another one for $15?

Thank you.

 

[rmclain73]

An instagram I follow - Michaeldoesdisney - reported that onsite guests would have earlier access to Lightening Lane. Not sure how true this is or isn't.

They do. At 7:00am. Offsite guests get access to purchase when the park opens. Everyone gets access to G+ at 7:00am no matter where you are staying.

 

[Lashed34]

Is it $15 per FP? For instance, when I get to MK, can I book my first FP for $15 and then when I want another ride, I can book another one for $15?

Thank you.

No, you pay $15 for Genie+. Once you have that you can book a LL (Lightning Lane) for a ride, once you have been on the ride you can then book another one....and so on as many times as you can.

You can ALSO play for the top attractions, but the cost for those has not been confirmed and will probably differ between rides> You can only pay for 2 rides a day.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Is it $15 per FP? For instance, when I get to MK, can I book my first FP for $15 and then when I want another ride, I can book another one for $15?

Thank you.

$15 per person for the day. Unlimited FP. Additional money for tier 1 rides.

 

[rmclain73]

Is it $15 per FP? For instance, when I get to MK, can I book my first FP for $15 and then when I want another ride, I can book another one for $15?

Thank you.

$15 per day, not ride.

 

[sponica]

I don’t know how old your kids are but we’ve been using travel boosters for our kids. They fold up and can go in a backpack. We use them for trips where we will be relying on Uber / Lyft occasionally.

Alas, I am in 5 point restraint land for another 3 to 4 years.....

I figure we have one more trip after the "budget, what budget" trip because my younger kiddo can't ride the big rides yet.

I'm just going to see how this all shakes out, I remember NOT liking FP+ when it launched but I also don't make it a mission to ride all the rides, so if Genie/Genie+ will suggest an easier path and allow me to opt out of a couple lines, that's fine. That being said, I'm sure they'll tweak things along the way. I remember when you park hopped you couldn't get a FP+ on the app and they fixed that.

 

[Cabius]

Is it $15 per FP? For instance, when I get to MK, can I book my first FP for $15 and then when I want another ride, I can book another one for $15?

Thank you.

For Genie+ you would pay $15 per day for all the passes you can snag. However it will exclude the most popular attractions (like 7DMT) which would require an additional charge on top of that. And of course all passes are subject to availability.

 

[ucf_knight]

Is it confirmed that you can only book one attraction per "group" vs one attraction per person?

I don’t know about confirmed but that’s how I’m reading it

 

[ckb_nc]

I would imagine this naturally extends the park reservation system (aka you can only book a FP at 7am for the park you have a reservation for) as part of it. Park hopping after 2 with G+ only once you are in the park (geo-location based). At least for WDW - Maxpass allowed multi-park FP booking if you had multi-park tickets.

 

[Tasmen]

I haven't read through the whole thread but I think this will also take away the rope drop advantage for us early risers. If everyone is up at 7 anyway having the privilege to book and pay for what amounts to what we used to call free fast passes, they are going to head to the parks early.

I think that may be the case for some but not all. On my recent DL & WDW trips, I got up early specifically to get at Rise boarding group. Sometimes we headed right to the parks after. A few times we did not. We did not head in until we needed to for the boarding group.

I like the idea of being able to plan your day a bit more casually than having to go go go go. But I'm also a huge fan of MaxPass at DL and this Genie+ sounds basically the same thing, just $5 a day than the cost at DL at the time. I found that we got a lot more riding in (I mean A LOT) with max pass than running from ride to ride to get a fastpass. I certainly min/MAX'd our passes for the day like a good video game lover.

 

[Airb330]

I know they're trying to direct park guest traffic flow, but what about ALL the people who didn't come into the parks until 2-3PM or even 5PM to close with FP+? Now we're going to be in the park earlier too otherwise Genie+ holds little value.

As others have said, there should've been a way to do this but also have some sort of option for picking things in advance (even if way less than 60 days). Even 1 choice beats 0.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

I would imagine this naturally extends the park reservation system (aka you can only book a FP at 7am for the park you have a reservation for) as part of it. Park hopping after 2 with G+ only once you are in the park (geo-location based). At least for WDW - Maxpass allowed multi-park FP booking if you had multi-park tickets.

I did see that you can book in multiple parks. I can see them allowing you to book a later FP in a different park even if you aren’t in the park. At least this way they know how many people plan on hopping had to where. Or maybe that will just be for the tier 1s you pay for.

 

[Kbrb]

Ive already emailed disney to complain.

I will report back

 

[Lashed34]

I did see that you can book in multiple parks. I can see them allowing you to book a later FP in a different park even if you aren’t in the park. At least this way they know how many people plan on hopping had to where. Or maybe that will just be for the tier 1s you pay for.

Yes, this is how I understand it because you can book initially from your onsite hotel without being in a specific park and they'll know if you have a park hopper ticket.

 

[TangledHairDon'tCare]

I keep seeing people refer to Genie+ and Lightning Lane as two separate things. Genie+ gets you access to the LL for tier 2 rides and you do not need to purchase it for access to pay for the LL tier 1 rides. I hope the way I’ve worded that makes sense!

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Yes, this is how I understand it because you can book initially from your onsite hotel without being in a specific park.

I would like to be able to book one for our second park before I leave my first park. We like midday breaks so it would be nice to have That set ride waiting for us.

 

[eleven24]

Soon coming to Disney Genie:

* $15 per person for front row parade viewing
* $25 per person for hub area in front of castle during fireworks. Main Street viewing $15.
* Super Quick Service food line: $10 per person and no wait for your food!
* Ride seat selection priority. $7 per person per seat in front row/car. $5 in back.
* $5 per person per entire trip water mister access
* $20 per day prime stroller parking area access
* $50 per day stroller+ access (includes cast member wipe down of stroller after rain and valet service)
* $10 per day for "express walking lane access" throughout park
* $1971 per person per trip for Walt+ package including all of the above, plus a limited edition souvenir refillable cup**

** refillable cup locations temporarily closed due to COVID.

 

[Lashed34]

I keep seeing people refer to Genie+ and Lightning Lane as two separate things. Genie+ gets you access to the LL for tier 2 rides and you do not need to purchase it for access to pay for the LL tier 1 rides. I hope the way I’ve worded that makes sense!

Yes, Genie just advises you. Genie+ gives you access to LL.
Pay for Tier 1 rides do not require you to have Genie at all.

 

[Lashed34]

I would like to be able to book one for our second park before I leave my first park. We like midday breaks so it would be nice to have That set ride waiting for us.

As soon as your first LL is used you can book another, so all good for you.