Disney Genie announcement

[Disturbia]

Maybe this has been asked. We plan on doing park ressies at HS get up do our LLpaid for smugglers run and hope to get genie+ for Slinky. Then head to Tower and RRC. Can I then pay for my second LL to be Remy? That way I don’t have to have a park ressie for Epcot and can just hop.

Yes you can book 1 LLIA in one park and 1 in another; the limit is 2 per day. Only problem I see is what if Slinky availability is towards the evening, makes hopping a bit less appealing.

I think you meant rise of resistance (LLIA$) as Smugglers run is genie+

 

[elgerber]

I agree. With something this big there should have been a soft opening with a blogger videoing the whole thing. We have one week before we get there after launch. I’m praying some bloggers will be there answering all the questions.

Maybe they will do a soft opening as a surprise . I can hope right?

 

[BridgetR3]

I remember when magic bands first came out and fastpasses went digital. We were there one of the first few days and happen to be staying in a resort that offered the switch over. We had friends there the same week who were staying in a resort that did not offer magic bands or digital fastpasses. Our week was wonderful; they have never been back because it was SOOOOOO bad. I have a feeling next week will be similar for some families and I don't understand why Disney can't learn from past mistakes. (I honestly think we knew more about magic bands and digital fast pass than we do about this new system.)

 

[JennSaint]

I feel like a dog chasing it’s tail. I’m just glad I’ll have some Bloggers reports to reference before I start my trip.

I feel really bad for Disney not giving a real-time sample to people who are going to be in the parks next week. They should have done a soft opening so media can report back how it works in real-time.

I was really hoping it wouldn’t launch until after our trip. We will be in Epcot next Wednesday and Hollywood studios next Thursday the first couple of days of Genie ugh

 

[Jonfw2]

Will Genie be a new app or will it appear on MDE on October 19?

 

[Turksmom]

Will Genie be a new app or will it appear on MDE on October 19?

Part of MDE

 

[shawthorne44]

I don’t think you can stack genie+ unless the park is open and you are in the window. if you rode it you can go ahead and book the next; if you didn’t then you have to wait to book. That’s how I read it

maybe they meant stack as in booked first genie+ (at 7 am), then LLIA no 1 (at 9) and book LLIA no 2 (at 11)?

No, the stacking with G+ comes into play when the arrival time is more than 2 hours away. People would scream loudly if their only choice for a desirable ride reservation was 6 hours away and their only choice was to get it, and get no more reservations, or not get one for that ride at all. So, if the reservation is more than 2 hours away, you can get another reservation at the 2 hour mark.

This means that for a park that opens at 9am, you could already have two reservations when the park opened. The one you got at 7am and the one you got at 9am.

 

[tony67]

With Everest being in refurb in January, we arent even going to schedule a park day there sadly much less ILL or Genie+. Maybe we will hop there but maybe not. Just enough enough for us there right now.

Agreed - I totally skipped AK this trip. With the 2PM park hopping and the travel time etc.. I gave it a miss. The biggest problem I have with all of this is the 2PM park hopping and I m not sure that will ever go away - I used to do 3-4 parks a day - now 3 is the max - basically leaving Epcot for last every day.

 

[Donaldsfans]

Of all the things that suck about this .. and I think we can all agree on some level that making a Disney trip more expensive sucks … getting up at 7 am every day of my vacation to pay for a chance to compete with other people for a theme park ride sounds absolutely freaking atrocious.

I think I will feel a little bit like I'm at a carnival if I have to pay 9$ to ride an e-ticket attraction using the lightning pass.

 

[Donaldsfans]

No, the stacking with G+ comes into play when the arrival time is more than 2 hours away. People would scream loudly if their only choice for a desirable ride reservation was 6 hours away and their only choice was to get it, and get no more reservations, or not get one for that ride at all. So, if the reservation is more than 2 hours away, you can get another reservation at the 2 hour mark.

This means that for a park that opens at 9am, you could already have two reservations when the park opened. The one you got at 7am and the one you got at 9am.

No, because you have to use the first pass before booking again.

 

[katyringo]

No, because you have to use the first pass before booking again.

it's been confirmed by disney that you don't have to. It's use the pass you have or wait two hours- which ever comes first.

 

[Orsino]

I remember when magic bands first came out and fastpasses went digital. We were there one of the first few days and happen to be staying in a resort that offered the switch over. We had friends there the same week who were staying in a resort that did not offer magic bands or digital fastpasses. Our week was wonderful; they have never been back because it was SOOOOOO bad.

I remember reading about that time when FP+ became a thing. I was glad to NOT have been there for it. Allowing some people access to both digital and paper fastpass was very unfair to those limited to only paper fastpass.
For Genie+, I think a small test would not be as disruptive. But if there are a lot of people with access to Genie+ and others who aren’t allowed to buy in, that would be unfair.

 

[Donaldsfans]

Just wow. It starting to feel worse than going to a carnival. At the carnival, you don't pay to get in, but you buy tickets for every ride. Here we pay to get in, then buy tickets. I think if I pay 9$ to ride rise of the resistance, I'll feel taken by a carnie. I also don't like the virtual queues. People stand around like zombies staring at their phones, trying to make a hit. I don't want to even use my phone when I'm at WDW. It's a little like work.

 

[buffy71]

I think this is going to fundamentally change touring for a lot of people. When you cannot book something for the evening without giving up booking anything else all day, there is more of a chance that people will book as they go and availability for all rides in the evening will actually last much longer.

On the other hand, those who enjoy sleeping in, can wake at 7am and book a time for something at 1pm, so I think that availability for afternoon may decrease.

Haha - if you enjoy sleeping in you are not getting up at 7am...but i get your point.

 

[Disturbia]

So if I have a pass at 10-11 am (booked at 7 am), I can book another at 9 am for 11-12pm? I can ride both rides or does the first one get invalidated; But then I’ll hold 2 passes all day long If I continue

 

[PamNC]

I'm a new AP Holder - wonder how I will purchase lighting lane and Genie Plus? For $1299 it should be included for free but that's another discussion. LOL

 

[Disturbia]

I bet the system automatically adds half an hour or an hour to prevent holding 2 all day long; on our end we will only see next available at noon

 

[thanxfornoticin]

I'm AP, as well. We'll purchase it the same way a day-of ticket holder does - through the app the day we want to use it. At least that's how I'm envisioning it.

 

[Disturbia]

Haha - if you enjoy sleeping in you are not getting up at 7am...but i get your point.

We’ve actually done this where if we didn’t get a ROTR BG, we just took It easy and didn’t rush to get in the parks. The kids slept in, although after all that stress I couldn’t.

 

[Marionnette]

I'm AP, as well. We'll purchase it the same way a day-of ticket holder does - through the app the day we want to use it. At least that's how I'm envisioning it.

I agree. From what I have read, that will be the only way that an APH will be able to purchase Genie+...day of only as of right now.