Disney Genie Is Now Live Post Your Hints and Tips

[BrianL]

He’s going to look at me odd when I ask him that question. He doesn’t think like us Dis’ers. LOL

Honestly, on Rise, the "experience" starts at the preshow.

 

[NewbieMouse]

It does not. One ride per attraction per day.

I know I am probably really late to the party in coming to terms with this, but I just want to say how much of a bummer this all is. With that and having to delay hopping until 1:00, I cringe at the whole thing - I am just so grateful for you DISers, from whom I know I will learn some strategies before our trip, which I've postponed now to April.

 

[Piglet99645]

Glad to hear things are turning around. Good point about paying for Genie+ is cheaper than another day at the park …. We always stay for 5 days. Really glad I have three weeks to watch this unfold before we get there.

 

[avalon451]

From the comfort of home yesterday, I was watching wait times and LL return times off and on. I was pleased to see it was up and running. Also I was amazed to see almost immediate return times on nearly everything, ALL DAY. That would make it an obvious good choice to purchase G+ -- pick up a LL, and immediately go ride it and pick up another in the short line., even late in the day. However, I’m skeptical that it will continue to operate like that as they work out the bugs and as people become accustomed to it.

Give it a few weeks and we’ll again need strategies for which rides run out of return times first, how to maximize the number of LLs obtainable in one day, and when to cave and purchase the ILLs.

 

[evilmommie]

Honestly, on Rise, the "experience" starts at the preshow.

He said he got to the "preshow" at about 30 mins, if that... Wait time was posted at 45 min. Wasn't raining when he got into line around 11:30...was pouring when he got out of Rise.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

He said he got to the "preshow" at about 30 mins, if that... Wait time was posted at 45 min. Wasn't raining when he got into line around 11:30...was pouring when he got out of Rise.

How interesting!

On Wednesday the posted wait time was 55 minutes and we got to the preshow in 17 minutes.

 

[Jaina]

So, maybe I am totally oblivious, but how in the world do you buy Genie+? I have been here for like an hour, and I keep looking through the app, (while I wait in line, haha) but I’m not seeing it.

 

[GBRforWDW]

So, maybe I am totally oblivious, but how in the world do you buy Genie+? I have been here for like an hour, and I keep looking through the app, (while I wait in line, haha) but I’m not seeing it.

First, have you updated your app? If so, you should see this at the top of the main page:



Click View My Day to see the following screen:



Click the purple area Get Disney Genie+ for Today.

 

[Jaina]

Yes, I updated two days ago, and have all the other Disney Genie stuff, just can’t find anything about Genie plus. I went to check the App Store, (Apple) and there is no further update available.

 

[Jaina]

OK, when I went into an individual attraction and looked at the wait time and said I wanted the lightning lane, then it finally prompted me to buy it. It’s weird that I couldn’t find it anywhere else though!

 

[bcassidy]

So, maybe I am totally oblivious, but how in the world do you buy Genie+? I have been here for like an hour, and I keep looking through the app, (while I wait in line, haha) but I’m not seeing it.

I had 3 different experiences updating the app on different devices. 1: When launching the app, it notified me that an update was available and updated automagically. 2: I went to the App Store and searched for Disneyland and in the resulting list it showed an Update button next to the Disneyland App. 3: The list in the App Store showed Open instead of update, so I had to press on the app where it then showed the Update button.

 

[mdmost]

Radiator Springs Racers and Webslingers are both $12 today if you want the Individual Lightning Lanes.

 

[DLRExpert]

Radiator Springs Racers and Webslingers are both $12 today if you want the Individual Lightning Lanes.

Weekend prices?
Return times being about an hour away for some of the top attractions.
At 1045 Rise showing 60 minute wait. Doubt it is that long.
Disney is DEFINITLEY inflating wait times to get more LL and ILL purchases.

 

[VandVsmama]

I haven't read all 11 pages yet, but I watched a Fresh Baked video this morning and they reported from using a paid LL for IJ that the only part of the standby queue that you skip with IJ is the outdoor portion of the line. So Fresh Baked ended up still waiting over 30 minutes even with a paid LL.

 

[mdmost]

I may be wrong but I remember that being the same thing when Maxpass was going. You only really skipped the outside queue but the inside queue was walk through.

 

[Wedgeout]

That’s correct on Indy. Now in days of fastpass that lower line outside was mass packed and were down there a long time!

 

[DLRExpert]

I haven't read all 11 pages yet, but I watched a Fresh Baked video this morning and they reported from using a paid LL for IJ that the only part of the standby queue that you skip with IJ is the outdoor portion of the line. So Fresh Baked ended up still waiting over 30 minutes even with a paid LL.

This has always been the case. If the line builds to the outdoor queue then using FP and now LL was worth it.

What I am noticing more than anything is that LL and ILL at this point does not seem to make Stand By lines all that much longer.
Before with free Fastpass/MaxPass, this wasn't the case as more people were using the service. Not as much when you are asking people to pay.

 

[JMommyof3]

I haven't read all 11 pages yet, but I watched a Fresh Baked video this morning and they reported from using a paid LL for IJ that the only part of the standby queue that you skip with IJ is the outdoor portion of the line. So Fresh Baked ended up still waiting over 30 minutes even with a paid LL.

Seems like the only reason to get an IJ LL is the same as MaxPass days. It always breaks down and you are guaranteed an "any time experience pass"

 

[DLRExpert]

Seems like the only reason to get an IJ LL is the same as MaxPass days. It always breaks down and you are guaranteed an "any time experience pass"

Especially since you can now cancel it anytime during your return window.

 

[Rich M]

Seems like the only reason to get an IJ LL is the same as MaxPass days. It always breaks down and you are guaranteed an "any time experience pass"

If you have it available and it is to use in less then 5 mins then might as well use it. At least get your money's worth by using them all.