Disney Genie announcement

[MJJME]

Maybe the info on the MDE app is wrong also. That’s possible as well

What if the return time for that selection is not until much later in the day?
Walt Disney World has confirmed that guests will be able to make another reservation 120 minutes after their first reservation even if they have not yet redeemed the first Genie+ selection.
In practice, this means that you might make a reservation at 7:05 am for Splash Mountain that has a return time of 10:00 am. At 9:05 am–before riding Splash Mountain, you’d be able to make another ride reservation.

 

[MJJME]

No, we cannot becuase we know no more than anyone else.

What you're stating as 'fact' we cannot confirm as we do not have enough information yet.

It has been confirmed


What if the return time for that selection is not until much later in the day?
Walt Disney World has confirmed that guests will be able to make another reservation 120 minutes after their first reservation even if they have not yet redeemed the first Genie+ selection.
In practice, this means that you might make a reservation at 7:05 am for Splash Mountain that has a return time of 10:00 am. At 9:05 am–before riding Splash Mountain, you’d be able to make another ride reservation.

 

[MJJME]

I would buy it either way as we don’t expect to do more than 10 rides Genie+ and LLIA

You probably won’t need to and will see that after experiencing it first hand

 

[scrappinginontario]

What if the return time for that selection is not until much later in the day?
Walt Disney World has confirmed that guests will be able to make another reservation 120 minutes after their first reservation even if they have not yet redeemed the first Genie+ selection.
In practice, this means that you might make a reservation at 7:05 am for Splash Mountain that has a return time of 10:00 am. At 9:05 am–before riding Splash Mountain, you’d be able to make another ride reservation.

It has been confirmed


What if the return time for that selection is not until much later in the day?
Walt Disney World has confirmed that guests will be able to make another reservation 120 minutes after their first reservation even if they have not yet redeemed the first Genie+ selection.
In practice, this means that you might make a reservation at 7:05 am for Splash Mountain that has a return time of 10:00 am. At 9:05 am–before riding Splash Mountain, you’d be able to make another ride reservation.

I feel you are confusing what bloggers etc. have said with what Disney has announced. If Disney has officially announced the 120 min rule, please post a link to that information from on a Disney website. I am working on creating a Genie thread and I cannot find that information on the Disney website anywhere.

I'm not saying it won't be this but as of writing, I cannot find this information published by Disney.

 

[MJJME]

I feel you are confusing what bloggers etc have said with what Disney has announced. If Disney has officially announced the 120 min rule, please post a link to that information from on a Disney website. I am working on creating a Genie thread and I cannot find that information on the Disney website anywhere.

It was part of a presentation to TA’s

You don’t have to believe me , you will see for yourself tomorrow

 

[masupo]

We don’t have confirmation that they won’t limit the number of rides per day; they are indirectly limiting it by return times though

No blogger/vlogger/media/travel agent has said they will limit the number of rides per day (except the one video you posted where I believe they misspoke. I'll watch it again).

Disney has said the passes are limited by availability but that's whether Splash Mountain is popular on a given day, not per user.

 

[Sunelis]

It was part of a presentation to TA’s

You don’t have to believe me , you will see for yourself tomorrow

It's hard to believe someone without proof. Especially as there as being so much contradictory information out there.

 

[MJJME]

No blogger/vlogger/media/travel agent has said they will limit the number of rides per day (except the one video you posted where I believe they misspoke. I'll watch it again).

Disney has said the passes are limited by availability but that's whether Splash Mountain is popular on a given day, not per user.

Correct. They can sell out due to demand like old paper fast passes used to

 

[MJJME]

It's hard to believe someone without proof. Especially as there as being so much contradictory information out there.

It’s ok to not believe me, especially since is debuts tomorrow

But you will find out then that I’m correct.

 

[masupo]

It’s on your MDE app (search for ‘Lightening Lane’) The information directly from Disney states that:

When to Select Attractions

Once you have Disney Genie+ service, you can select the next available arrival window for your first experience via the My Disney Experience mobile app beginning at 7:00 AM on the day of your visit.
Once you’ve redeemed your initial selection (or the arrival window has passed), you can make another selection using the app, up to park closing.

Again, look at your MDE for information direct from Disney

It's hard to believe someone without proof. Especially as there as being so much contradictory information out there.

The 120 minute rule has been reported by multiple sources. Enough that Every. Single. One. can't be wrong.

It's identical to the 90 minute rule that existed with Maxpass. That was never published by Disney either.

I can understand the mods not wanting to include it in their posts until we see it in action.

I'm going with the standard: Mentioned by one source, not that credible. Confirmed by 100 sources, likely to be true.

Of course this is all my opinion and we'll know tomorrow.

 

[lovethattink]

That wrong. Trust me, I know.

Were you at the media event? I wasn’t. So anything I know is second hand. And will find out for sure tomorrow when I’m at WDW trying out just the free part of Genie Plus. Because my main reason for going to the MK is to get a coconut dole whip.

 

[fly girl]

That’s not how it works.

IAS you can pick your return times (think FP+, but you have to pay per ride, 2 rides max per day, can book at 7am if resort guest or at park opening if non resort guest

Genie + you cannot pick your return time. You get next available (think old paper fast pass)

I was solely referring to G+ not IA$. I get that IA$ is a different beast. Sorry for not clarifying. Previous post was on G+, I was referring to that aspect only.

 

[scrappinginontario]

It was part of a presentation to TA’s

You don’t have to believe me , you will see for yourself tomorrow

To clarify, I am not saying this won't happen, I'm just not willing to say, 'Disney said....' when I don't have any proof either on their website or, from guests who are using it live in the parks. I am not a TA and have no insight other than the information that is available to all.

That's my hold up, not that your information re: 120 mins is incorrect. It's just too early for me to support you 100% as I personally don't have enough information.

 

[fly girl]

MP worked fine because there are plenty of attractions in the 2 parks of DLR.

I might beg to differ on FP+ clogging the lines, but to the extent that it didn't, the tiering in those 3 parks would be the reason why. Without tiering, or some other limiting principle, Genie+ could quickly overwhelm those limited number of rides in the 3 non castle parks at WDW.

Good point with Tiers, but I still think they could devise a way to get G+ like FP+.

As you know I’m a re-rider, and this is my bone of contention with G+. I never used standby unless it was walk on or single rider with very minimal wait. We utilized FP+ and MP.

We will have to agree to disagree as our touring styles are different and what works for one won’t work for the other.

I know what nobody wants is more paid, but I’d love a GenieMax with re-rides allowed. I’d pay more, but I know others might not agree.

 

[moorish]

You cannot modify or cancel

You can't modify a G+ selection? So say you have a G+ pass for Splash at 12:30 and something comes up and there's a 3:30 Splash available later, you can't switch to the 3:30 before 12:30?

To be clear, I don't mean the paid-per-ride ones.

 

[fly girl]

You can't modify a G+ selection? So say you have a G+ pass for Splash at 12:30 and something comes up and there's a 3:30 Splash available later, you can't switch to the 3:30 before 12:30?

To be clear, I don't mean the paid-per-ride ones.

I swore Molly said you could modify G+ selections.

We will find out tomorrow. Posters on here can tell me to the cows come home to trust them and they could be right, but they could be wrong. Who the heck knows with 100% certainty? No one, that's who!! Seriously, I don't think Disney even has a clue at this point. JK with that last sentence ... kinda.

 

[moorish]

I swore Molly said you could modify G+ selections.

We will find out tomorrow. Posters on here can tell me to the cows come home to trust them and they could be right, but they could be wrong. Who the heck knows with 100% certainty? No one, that's who!! Seriously, I don't think Disney even has a clue at this point. JK with that last sentence ... kinda.

I really hope it isn't true. This is the only place I've read it so fingers crossed. Everything else tracks with what I've read elsewhere.

 

[fly girl]

I really hope it isn't true. This is the only place I've read it so fingers crossed. Everything else tracks with what I've read elsewhere.

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[katyringo]

Tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow! It's only a day away!!!

 

[katyringo]

For what it's worth since this is a discussion thread and no one knows anything for sure he is what I think it's gonna be like:

I think genie plus will run basically just like maxpass but without re rides. It will have a cool down period and you will be able to stack them. There won't be a limit on how many you can get in a day. Cool down/stacking period won't depend on park opening time making it just as helpful at Epcot. You will be able to cancel genie plus selections just like a dinning reservation and make a new one.

the free genie will be cool and your average guests will use it. Disney will use it to help move crowds. . those of us in the know will use our tips and tricks and learn to maximize Disney genie the same way we do with touring plans, etc.

Basically I don't give Disney credit for creating a whole new fastpass system in 18 months.... I think it's re branded maxpass with some tweaks. I can't wait to learn more about it tomorrow. But I'm not overly worried about it having a major impact on my touring style.