Disney Genie announcement

[A Mickeyfan]

It will be interesting to see Disney's bottom line profits adding LL Genie+. Fastpass was implemented so that Disney could make more money off of their guests. The philosophy behind it was instead of standing in a line, they could shop and eat. Now with having to pay $15 per person plus an additional $5 to possibly $25 per person for E ticket rides, just how much does Disney expect the guests to continue spending on souvenirs and food? There's a breaking point for most people.


Edited to fix Genie price

 

[scrappinginontario]

It will be interesting to see Disney's bottom line profits adding LL Genie+. Fastpass was implemented so that Disney could make more money off of their guests. The philosophy behind it was instead of standing in a line, they could shop and eat. Now with having to pay $20 per person plus an additional $5 to possibly $25 per person for E ticket rides, just how much does Disney expect the guests to continue spending on souvenirs and food? There's a breaking point for most people.

this is the WDW portion of the boards. Genie+ will be $15/person at WDW and $20 at Disneyland.

Just did t want to cause any confusion in an already confusing time.

 

[elgerber]

Going in two weeks and every morning I am checking to see if Genie has come out. Would prefer it the first day of Genie is not our first day of vacation.

Ditto

 

[katyringo]

I have a weird feeling- could deff be wrong- that they will announce a start date for genie tomorrow. The 50th happened and now they need to keep momentum

 

[A Mickeyfan]

this is the WDW portion of the boards. Genie+ will be $15/person at WDW and $20 at Disneyland.

Just did t want to cause any confusion in an already confusing time.

I wasn't sure. I was hearing conflicting statements, sorry if I confused anyone. I knew this was the WDW portion. Still at $15 it doesn't change anything. I fixed my post

 

[Disturbia]

If we are paying for genie+, and we can add this feature to our tickets ahead of time and save our preferences, shouldn’t Genie+ be able to figure out if we want morning or evening passes and AUTOMATICALLY book our first pass AND LLIA pass? Now that would be worth paying for.

 

[twincruisers]

Wait till you hear the anger when G+ books the first pass for Dinosaur when you have a DHS park reservation and locks you out for 2 hours for your next G+ reservation till 10am.

don’t trust AI to make your life easier.

 

[Disturbia]

Wait till you hear the anger when G+ books the first pass for Dinosaur when you have a DHS park reservation and locks you out for 2 hours for your next G+ reservation till 10am.

don’t trust AI to make your life easier.

Ok I’ll ask Alexa to do it instead

 

[John Hillin]

I've read several articles about Genie + going live in October. We are planning on going for a short trip with Park Days on October 22 & 23. Has anyone read anything regarding how far ahead of time Disney will announce the day it goes live? I can't find anything regarding this. If anyone can point me in the right direction for more info it would be appreciated? How is it added? is it a separate app or part of "My Disney Experience" How does the park know that you have purchased the upgrade? Thanks in advance.

 

[erionm]

Latest speculation is it will launch around 10/18. It will be part of the MDE mobile app.

 

[rmclain73]

Yeah, the third week of Oct is what has been reported by several reputable blogs. However if crowds continue to remain low then Disney may decide to continue to wait on roll out.

 

[Jrb1979]

Yeah, the third week of Oct is what has been reported by several reputable blogs. However if crowds continue to remain low then Disney may decide to continue to wait on roll out.

They could waiting a long time to start it if tnahs the case.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Yeah, the third week of Oct is what has been reported by several reputable blogs. However if crowds continue to remain low then Disney may decide to continue to wait on roll out.

They could waiting a long time to start it if tnahs the case.

I think it's pretty likely that they WANT to roll it out when it's slow. You don't launch a new IT product under peak load (i.e. Christmas).

 

[elgerber]

Latest speculation is it will launch around 10/18. It will be part of the MDE mobile app.

That would be...fun...that is the first full day of our trip. Goodness, that should be chaos.

 

[MrBellatrixLestrange]

This is a bit surprising as it suggest disneys primary focus is to reduce wait times and overall customer satisfaction, rather than profiteering

Pull the other one.

 

[thptrek]

That would be...fun...that is the first full day of our trip. Goodness, that should be chaos.

DITTO, Not the 18th please

 

[elgerber]

DITTO, Not the 18th please

Let's go back to last weeks rumored 16th.

 

[shawthorne44]

I think it's pretty likely that they WANT to roll it out when it's slow. You don't launch a new IT product under peak load (i.e. Christmas).

I agree with this. During a slow time, they won't make much money. But the people that do get it will be happy because the LL lanes will be fast, and those that don't will be happy because the standby won't be slowed too much.

But, aren't they doing IA$$$ first?

 

[wisblue]

That would be...fun...that is the first full day of our trip. Goodness, that should be chaos.

The rollout doesn’t have to create chaos because it might not require anybody to do anything.

Anyone who doesn‘t know anything about Genie and/or isn’t going to pay extra for Genie+ or IAS attractions should be able to go about the day just as they would otherwise.

If the parks aren’t too crowded, and not that many guests pay for the extras, the standby waits might not be affected that much.

It will be interesting to see what kind of notice they send out.

 

[Sunelis]

All Ears is reporting that Genie+ will only allow you to ride a ride 1 time per day in the Lightning Lane.
I don't know if I can link them here but here the quote I got from their article:

"...But, during a special preview event today, a Cast Member shared with us guests will NOT be able to re-ride attractions with Genie+.
This means that guests using Disney Genie+ will only be able to “skip that line” at each attraction once per day. Of course, you can still re-ride attractions, you’ll just need to hop into the standby line instead for the second (or third) go around. ..."

If that's true it drastically reduce the appeal of G+ to me,