Disney Genie announcement

[CJK]

I am going a bit crazy here. I can't get the Tip board to work for the life of me. I keep getting the message that 'something went wrong'. I have uninstalled/installed several times. I've rebooted the phone, and signed in/out several times. What am I doing wrong? Our trip is coming up quickly, and I would really like to see that page.

 

[Gretch128]

But can you do that for your friends/family all at once?




I'm still hoping for confirmation that the person booking the group can do all of them at the same time? Has that been confirmed?



Wow -- lot of thought into this! Except I still can't follow, lol. If everyone is planning to G+, can't you do that ahead of time and have it just bill to the CC on file?

And can you confirm that one person can book the IL$ rides for the whole group? My issue isn't the splitting the cost (we're bringing adult kids and footing the bill), but rather how to book everyone at once. It doesn't seem like they'd let you bill people in your F&F group (even though in this case we will have our card on file for all 3 rooms/bookings). Or is the thinking that whomever selects the IL$ is paying the bill?

You’ll be able to select everyone in your group even if they are different rooms. If they are all linked under family and friends and you have permission to make their plans on MDE, you’re good to go.

You can have up to 6 different credit/debit cards on file with one on default, but you are given a drop down list to change to different card at checkout. Or you can pay with gift card. We are 3 groups of adult siblings/spouses and don’t want to all be on one card. Sucks it has to be so complicated! But saw suggestion of Venmo, so that is a good idea too.

 

[figment do the bart123]

Hey do you have to pay for figment lighting lane or is it free? Do you only have to pay for the popular rides?

 

[itf]

I am going a bit crazy here. I can't get the Tip board to work for the life of me. I keep getting the message that 'something went wrong'. I have uninstalled/installed several times. I've rebooted the phone, and signed in/out several times. What am I doing wrong? Our trip is coming up quickly, and I would really like to see that page.

You're not alone. I tried the livechat but no reply.

 

[jahudso0]

Is anybody else having a problem with the app not loading available genie + or lightning lane times. Every time I’ve tried to get a time, I get an error message and can’t book anything.

 

[jahudso0]

Is anybody else having a problem with the app not loading available genie + or lightning lane times. Every time I’ve tried to get a time, I get an error message and can’t book anything.

I just saw the prior post, so it looks like others are having this problem. I was able to get a free FOP and a Navi by going to guest services, but super frustrating. Also, told the poly front desk that I’d be camped out tomorrow at 655 so that they can make the reservations when the app doesn’t work.

 

[StacyStrong]

How have waits been for standby lines? What about the ratio of standby to G+?

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Yep, slinky was filled for the day by noon. But it's the only one (outside of the ILL category)

 

[cfw213]

Love this thread and have been following since the beginning. I'm about 10 pages behind with all the activity today but I have been tracking MK all day as compared to our touring plan and seeing how the returns would work out, and I honestly think it turns out better than FP+ for us. On this particular day we are skipping tomorrowland (coming back a second evening for that) and heading to an early dinner/early evening but I think you could pretty easily fit tomorrowland in in the evening based on the return times I am seeing.

This is our plan:

7am - Pull G+ for Pooh, est return time 9:10
8:30 - Standby 7DMT, approx wait 45 mins. We need to rider swap so I anticipate this will take at least an hour, maybe a little more.
9:30 - Ride Under the Sea standby. We will probably do this while we rider swap 7DMT since it should be a walk on.
9:45 - Use Pooh G+, pull G+ for Haunted Mansion with estimate return time of 10:45
Snack/shopping break
10:45 - Use G+ on Haunted Mansion, pull G+ for Splash, estimated return time 11:15
11:15 - Splash with G+. Again rider swap so I estimate this will take close to an hour. Will likely standby Aladdin while we wait/swap.
11:15 - Pull Pirates G+, estimated return time 12pm
12:15pm- Ride Pirates G+, pull G+ for Jungle Cruise, estimate return time 3:30
12:30-2:30, Break for lunch, Philharmagic, and Small World standby
2pm - since 120 mins has passed, pull another G+ for BTMRR. Estimated return time 2:40
2:40 - G+ BTMRR. I don't think I can pull another one since we won't have used our Jungle Cruise pass yet but I'm unclear here
Dole whip break!
3:30 - G+ Jungle Cruise, pull G+ for PPF. Estimated return time 5pm
Short break/ride Carousel
5pm - G+ Peter Pan
5:45 - depart park

So, that's 7 G+ and a pretty full day of touring. Returns for tomorrowland attractions are pretty close to current so I think you could pretty easily get another 2-3 G+ rides and do Space in the evening and pretty much hit everything in the park with minimal waits. You could do even better by pulling a ILL$ for 7DMT and riding Space standby at rope drop.

 

[DisneyKidds]

Yep, slinky was filled for the day by noon. But it's the only one (outside of the ILL category)

Imagine how quick it will book up on a busy day!

 

[Jrb1979]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1450546165817167877

This is a good example of how Genie+ can be used to get in a lot of rides.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

Imagine how quick it will book up on a busy day!

Within seconds.

 

[jujubiee4]

I wonder how much Disney will make off this ? Even for today?

 

[zebrastreyepz]

I just watched Kyle Pallo's vlog and he had trouble getting another Lightning Lane. He got a message that he would need to wait an hour before he can get another Lightning Lane. But after multiple tries, he was able to get another Lightning Lane a half hour after he rode Barnstormer, it was a glitch. Here's the link to Kyle's vlog....

I highly recommend this video, as well. It really helped me.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1450546165817167877

This is a good example of how Genie+ can be used to get in a lot of rides.

On a crowd level 1 day.

 

[cfw213]

Has anyone been stacking LL's to use them all in the evening? Seems there were enough times available later in the day to that?

I am thinking you could get up at 7:00am and buy your 2 LA$ rides, then book one at 11:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:00pm. If it worked out you could have 5 lined up for an evening.

You have to use the G+ within the return time window, so no it would be pretty unlikely that all the return times would be in the evening while also have large enough gaps like you are describing to book every 2 hours. It's not impossible I guess but pretty unlikely.

 

[CarolynFH]

Imagine how quick it will book up on a busy day!

Reminds me of when Toy Story Midway Mania was new, with legacy FP!

 

[cfw213]

On a crowd level 1 day.

On the disUnplugged podcast today, Deni said she felt it was quite crowded today. Judging by MK wait times, it doesn't seem like a 1. Haunted Mansion is 45 mins, Jungle Cruise over 60, Pooh 45m, PP 55, VOTM 35, etc....

 

[zebrastreyepz]

On the disUnplugged podcast today, Deni said she felt it was quite crowded today. Judging by MK wait times, it doesn't seem like a 1. Haunted Mansion is 45 mins, Jungle Cruise over 60, Pooh 45m, PP 55, VOTM 35, etc....

In Kyle's video, everything was pretty much a walk-on except 7DMT w/60 minutes and Space w/20 minutes until around noon.

 

[luv2cheer92]

Just looked over the Genie +.
Am I the only one who thinks they will like it?
Then again there will only be 2 in our group. The money would be an issue for a larger group.
It seems like it will make things easier.

Haven't used it yet, but I've loved the idea of it from day one. And loving it even more after following along today.