Disney Genie announcement

[WVU Disney Fan]

Maybe it's because the UK exchange rate is poor at the moment, but that $24 figure is pretty outrageous for a family of 4 for what amounts to barely ten minutes of entertainment, especially having already paid for the privilege of being in the park. Not just bad value, but actively rinsing your customers.

I wouldn’t think of it as paying for 10 minutes so much as paying to save 90 minutes of waiting in standby. But I agree 24 per person is kinda steep

 

[Lee Matthews]

I’m surprised fellow UK people seem
More furious about this. We may go for 2-3 weeks at a time but you won’t need Genie+ for every day your there? So I do t see how it’s adding $500-$600 to peoples trips unless you decide to do it everyday.

Plus we do get our tickets pretty reasonably priced compared to the US prices.

14 day tickets work out at $48 a day currently. Also includes water parks and Photopass.

 

[Jothmas]

It will be interesting to see “psychology” at play as people define IA$ value. Will it be:

1. I am paying for a 2 minute ride on Space Mountain; OR

2. I am paying to skip the Space Mountain 60 minute line.

Personally, I’d have a hard time shifting my mindset away from option number 1 above. My brain would tell me I’m paying to skip the long line, but my gut will have me thinking, “I can’t believe I just paid $100 for my family of four to ride a 2 minute ride.”

The third option (or extension of option two) is that you are paying for the opportunity to do something else during the 60 minutes you saved by not waiting in line. So the question becomes whether or not the additional things you end up doing during those 60 minutes were worth the extra money. An "extra" hour in the park doing something other than standing in line has some value.

 

[Marionnette]

I was thinking more along the lines like Ride 1 range from $8-$10 and ride 2 goes from $8-$15 so we can see the range of prices associated with low, moderate, and surge pricing. With WDW rumored to be $4-$24 seems like we have a much more dynamic system than what DLP is utilizing with Premier Access.

I took the WDW prices to be more reflective of the age, popularity and loading capacity of an IA$ attraction. So Space Mountain might be $4 and ROTR would be $24 initially. Surge pricing will probably not be utilized until Disney has data to work with.

 

[shawthorne44]

My hope (crosses fingers) is that some of the IA$$$ rides won't get many people to pay the money. That will mean that the standby line won't be tooooo miserable. Certainly less miserable than standby during FPP times. My guess is that Disney will heavily inflate the expected wait time for those. So, I'll be using TP.

The ones with boarding groups will get takers, but I have hopes for the less popular of the IA$$$ rides.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I am wondering if that introductory price of $15 will be if it is purchased for the length of your trip ahead of time. I could definitely see them making it cost more if you want to buy it individually day of. That way they sell more because you would fear spending more waiting to see if you really need it.

I think the pricing will be the same no matter how you purchase it at the beginning.

 

[twincruisers]

I took the WDW prices to be more reflective of the age, popularity and loading capacity of an IA$ attraction. So Space Mountain might be $4 and ROTR would be $24 initially. Surge pricing will probably not be utilized until Disney has data to work with.

Very possible. I do think they will launch with some sort of IA$ dynamic pricing right from the start because they have a lot of good data from magicbands from the past decade.

 

[klitteral2009]

I personally am on the edge of my seat waiting to see the YouTubers and reviewers here on the DIS using this new program and seeing how it affects standby times. I'm just as mad as most of us that we're being charged more and more for our Disney vacation, but if this last trip we took taught us anything it's that a standby line isn't horrible and that we can wait since the kids are older and we can entertain ourselves. Do I want to pay more for this service no one asked for? NO. Will it make me angry the more I think about it? YEP. But I try to remind myself that I'm a Disney Junkie, I can't help myself, and most likely we'll be going and using this service if it actually has value. A concrete release date would be nice to see though.

 

[Cj2017]

Man they really are going to wait until after October 1st arent they lol

 

[scrappinginontario]

I don’t want to pay for this either yet at the same time I remember 2 years ago when the parks were unbearably busy and it was getting harder and harder to visit attractions without long lines and long waits, that the talk was, the only way to decrease crowds would be to increase prices. I didn’t know how they would do it other than through general increases but we’re now seeing, this is one of the many ways they’re potentially decreasing crowds.

Disney generally has a great product and people like myself are willing to pay for it. I’m just being forced to go less as I cannot afford as many days at these prices so Disney is accomplishing with me what people said years ago they needed to do…reduce crowds.

 

[luv2cheer92]

Man they really are going to wait until after October 1st arent they lol

Those with strong sources who have been in the know with this since before it was officially announced are expecting it to start shortly after the 1st (Monday the 4th is what I've been hearing)

 

[tony67]

Man they really are going to wait until after October 1st arent they lol

It seem like really poor planning to me - I can see the official release being the 1st to coincide with the 50th

But if they dont have a soft opening and testing starting soon Im going to be very surprised.

That said it is quite possible they are still working on the software and may be right up till the last second when they release.

 

[Kbrb]

I’m surprised fellow UK people seem
More furious about this. We may go for 2-3 weeks at a time but you won’t need Genie+ for every day your there? So I do t see how it’s adding $500-$600 to peoples trips unless you decide to do it everyday.

Plus we do get our tickets pretty reasonably priced compared to the US prices.

14 day tickets work out at $48 a day currently. Also includes water parks and Photopass.

So be thankful we get a cheap deal?

Loss of ME is $100? (without getting international data plan) Genie needed for 5 days of the 14? and thats being really kind to it £15 x 4 x 5 $240 Chuck in what $100 for the Pay to ride? now your at $440. Thats how you add $500 to your trip. Thats being kind to the system. If the pay to rides are $20 each? Tron, FOP, GOG, ROTR family of 4? Genie needed for more days?


Uk guests suffer more from this up charge than most as we spend more time at disney than most.

 

[rmclain73]

Those with strong sources who have been in the know with this since before it was officially announced are expecting it to start shortly after the 1st (Monday the 4th is what I've been hearing)

I saw one blog that said the first week in Oct, but would love to see where there other sources can be found. I have a trip Oct 9-16 and want to know how to plan.

 

[Cj2017]

I saw one blog that said the first week in Oct, but would love to see where there other sources can be found. I have a trip Oct 9-16 and want to know how to plan.

Same, my trip is October 10 - 16 at WL! Family of 18!

 

[Beer Me]

The third option (or extension of option two) is that you are paying for the opportunity to do something else during the 60 minutes you saved by not waiting in line. So the question becomes whether or not the additional things you end up doing during those 60 minutes were worth the extra money. An "extra" hour in the park doing something other than standing in line has some value.

i completely agree that time is worth money but the very specific transactional nature of this is off putting. “Pay us $75 (or whatever) and you save an hour waiting on line”.

Maybe it’s just me but this feels tacky and greedy. I’d be much more open to paying inflated hotel rates if they included time saving perks.

And not everyone will see it as paying for time saved. Imagine a family on their very first Disney vacation who feels compelled to spend ~$100 to ride SDMT. It’s a great little ride but many people will feel ripped off paying extra for a 2 minute experience. I think Disney is setting themselves up for lower customer satisfaction because none of the attractions are really worth a cash price on top of an already pricey admission.

 

[davidbridgman]

SDMT is probably the most overrated roller coaster in the country and I would be livid if I paid substantial money to skip the line. I was almost mad I wasted a rope drop on it.

 

[scrappinginontario]

SDMT is probably the most overrated roller coaster in the country and I would be livid if I paid substantial money to skip the line. I was almost mad I wasted a rope drop on it.

We're all so different. My family loves this coaster and ride it multiple times each trip.

 

[snikki]

SDMT is a kiddie coaster. For what it is it’s great with awesome theming.

 

[Grasshopper2016]

We enjoy SDMT and try to ride it every trip if we can get a FP+ (RIP) or if the lines aren't that long. But it is a remarkably short ride, and I do think that its unusual brevity will sting for those people who just paid more than $15 per person to ride it.