Disney Genie announcement

[Tom_E_D]

I think you may be interpreting it differently. Its not (at least MP wasn't) 2 hours in the future. Its 2 hours after making your last LL. So if you make one at 7 for 1pm, you could then make another one at 9.

Go back to Grasshopper2016's post 3,027, which quotes a vlogger saying that you can book another one "right away" if your Genie+ reservation is two hours in the future. (I looked at the Molly video. She does indeed say that .) Admittedly, MaxPass was different. Admittedly, other bloggers are saying it'll work like MaxPass (except 120 minutes instead of 90). It's just another example of contradictory interpretations of what Disney has said. My post 3,036 was intended to point out how ridiculous things could get if Disney did indeed allow you to book another one right away as long as you didn't have one in the next two hours. You could book everything that was showing as more than two hours in the future, then book something for the first hour the park was opened.

 

[luv2cheer92]

Go back to Grasshopper2016's post 3,027, which quotes a vlogger saying that you can book another one "right away" if your Genie+ reservation is two hours in the future. (I looked at the Molly video. She does indeed say that .) Admittedly, MaxPass was different. Admittedly, other bloggers are saying it'll work like MaxPass (except 120 minutes instead of 90). It's just another example of contradictory interpretations of what Disney has said. My post 3,036 was intended to point out how ridiculous things could get if Disney did indeed allow you to book another one right away as long as you didn't have one in the next two hours. You could book everything that was showing as more than two hours in the future, then book something for the first hour the park was opened.

Thanks, that's what I get for trying to multi-task lol.

 

[katyringo]

While limiting LL to once per day per attraction is a step back overall, I can't help but think that this is the way FP should have been all along. Once per day would have kept FP supplies more plentiful later into the day. If they had implemented this restriction from the start, I think most would accept it as 'reasonable,' since those who wanted to ride multiple times a day were already used to queuing up in standby multiple times.

I've also realized that I've been thinking about MaxPass and Genie+ all wrong. While Genie+ might *operate* the same way (or very similar) as MaxPass did, the value proposition is quite different. For MaxPass we were buying access to electronic FP. In other words, we already had access to paper fastpass; MaxPass was simply to allow access to FP on the phone. Even then I found the 15 dollars per day to be well worth it (in attraction rich Disneyland and nearby C. Adventure).

So now with Genie+ the price is still 15 dollars per day, but I'm not merely upgrading to electronic access, Genie+ is buying access too. Without MaxPass, guests could still access paper fastpass. Without Genie+, guests can't. I keep missing this difference.

It's a little less known that maxpass also alllowed you more fastpasses in a day. So I don't necessarily agree with this comparison. It wasn't apples for apples. The time between when you could pull Paper fastpass and the time between maxpass was different. I get that fastpass plus was free and now we have to pay but maxpass did give you an advantage and your paid for that advantage.

 

[katyringo]

Psst...Genie+ is $15/day at WDW. It will be $20/day at DLR.

it also includes photo pass at DLR..

 

[Aurora79]

Length of stay vs length of ticket?

I’m sorry if this has been answered (I did a search, but didn’t find a definitive answer)…if I book a 7 night package with a 4 day park ticket, do I have to get Genie+ (if booked in advance) for 4 or 7 days?

 

[CBMom01]

From Disney website ~

" It will also be available as a single-day purchase through the My Disney Experience app. If you have an existing ticket, you will be able to modify it to include Disney Genie+ service within the app."

I hope so because if we have to call .... we are all doomed. I think they said you can go online and do after midnight of the day ... so makes sense we can do on our MDE.

I may add it to my whole trip in advance *and* buy magic bands we don’t really need because I don’t have confidence that MDE + magic mobile will actually work when I need it to. So they’re going to get more $ out of me because Disney IT can’t get its **** together

 

[scrappinginontario]

Length of stay vs length of ticket?

I’m sorry if this has been answered (I did a search, but didn’t find a definitive answer)…if I book a 7 night package with a 4 day park ticket, do I have to get Genie+ (if booked in advance) for 4 or 7 days?

Genie+ can only be used in the parks so it goes to reason that if you purchase it for the 4 days of your tickets then you will be able to use it the 4 days you’re in the parks. If you don’t go to a park, you’re not using a day if your ticket, this you won’t use a day of your Genie+ either.

I may add it to my whole trip in advance *and* buy magic bands we don’t really need because I don’t have confidence that MDE + magic mobile will actually work when I need it to. So they’re going to get more $ out of me because Disney IT can’t get its **** together

Disney will give you cards so there is no ‘need’ to purchase MBs. Many may choose to purchase them but it is a choice, not something you’re being forced to do.

 

[mickey916]

I saw mention that you can't cancel or reschedule your ILL pass and that you will get assigned a one hour window to use it. What happens if they assign you an hour for when you're already scheduled for an ADR? Any guesses?

 

[snikki]

I saw mention that you can't cancel or reschedule your ILL pass and that you will get assigned a one hour window to use it. What happens if they assign you an hour for when you're already scheduled for an ADR? Any guesses?

It seems that you pick the time for ILL but we won’t actually know until it starts.

 

[toontoy]

we have a trip planned for may and for the 5 days in the parks based upon our fastpass plus old style touring this is going to cost us over 1200 on top of the other increases. Sadly my wife is showing me other options and I think this pushed her over the edge pricewise. I am wondering if that was the goal to have a ticket increase like this or not. Well maybe in a few years or so we will be back. other trips will be just as fun if not more and more luxury and exploration for less

 

[CarolynFH]

I saw mention that you can't cancel or reschedule your ILL pass and that you will get assigned a one hour window to use it. What happens if they assign you an hour for when you're already scheduled for an ADR? Any guesses?

Genie will be part of MDE, so it will know you have an ADR scheduled and probably won’t let you book a conflicting Genie+ or ILL - just as in the days of FP+ it wouldn’t let you book a FP that conflicted with an ADR. They could also treat ILL as they have BGs for RotR - you can show up late for your BG if you have an ADR at the same time.

 

[MainMom]

we have a trip planned for may and for the 5 days in the parks based upon our fastpass plus old style touring this is going to cost us over 1200 on top of the other increases. Sadly my wife is showing me other options and I think this pushed her over the edge pricewise. I am wondering if that was the goal to have a ticket increase like this or not. Well maybe in a few years or so we will be back. other trips will be just as fun if not more and more luxury and exploration for less

We have a 7 day trip planned for June and, as of right now, we are planning only 4 days of Genie+ & no ILL$$. But we have been multiple times and rope drop. We are bringing 3 young kids who have never been, but they will go with the flow. I plan on getting on everything. I’m not really worried about that aspect. Maybe wait until some reports come in and people talk about their strategies. It might work out that you don’t need to buy it all.

 

[mickey916]

Genie will be part of MDE, so it will know you have an ADR scheduled and probably won’t let you book a conflicting Genie+ or ILL - just as in the days of FP+ it wouldn’t let you book a FP that conflicted with an ADR. They could also treat ILL as they have BGs for RotR - you can show up late for your BG if you have an ADR at the same time.

I was hoping that might be the case....I have no experience with FP+, as the last time we went it was still paper FPs...

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

Thoughts and prayers for the CMs who have to deal with explaining this whole thing to guests when it first launches. There's 150+ pages of chit chat here among savvy WDW folks and yet there seems to be many questions and much confusion. Can you just imagine when this wave crashes upon the rocks of the general public?

 

[Tom_E_D]

I saw mention that you can't cancel or reschedule your ILL pass and that you will get assigned a one hour window to use it. What happens if they assign you an hour for when you're already scheduled for an ADR? Any guesses?

I don't think the problem will be with your ILL time and ADR time conflicting. As others have pointed out, you'll very likely know what ILL time you're buying before you pay for it. The problems could be with regard to what happens when one or the other doesn't run according to schedule. What if the restaurant can't seat you at your reservation time? What if service is slow? I've had meals where I didn't get out of the restaurant until an hour or more later than I would have expected.

 

[Haley R]

Not sure if this has been shared:
https://www.disneytouristblog.com/lightning-lanes-genie-plus-disney-world-faq-guide/

 

[mickey916]

Not sure if this has been shared:
https://www.disneytouristblog.com/lightning-lanes-genie-plus-disney-world-faq-guide/

Thank you! That's very helpful.

 

[elgerber]

I don’t think I have seen this answer. Has anyone seen when you can book your second ILL attraction, if you can really only book one at 7am? Will that leave a strong chance that we can really only book one because the 2nd might be sold out when we can book another?

 

[LSUfan4444]

Quick question...so if I have 5 day park hoppers already for January, I'll just need to add Genie +each day before adding my first reservation, correct? Any clue that time that will open for the day?

 

[NkD]

Does anyone know if you can book Genie+ selections that overlap with individual lightning lane paid attraction times (or visa versa)? So if you pay for Space Mountain 10-11a, could you also have a Genie+ selection 10-11a?