tarak
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I agree with all of this. My family took a trip to WDW shortly after Genie + first rolled out. I refused to pay for it because it irked me that the service provided less than what I’d gotten for free before. My son and I timed rides to see if the standby wait was inflated, and it clearly was. It’s a small world stood out the most, as the board said 45 minutes and we were on and off the ride in 25. I assumed the intent was to get people to buy in after seeing the wait times. This was the week leading up to thanksgiving, as well, so it wasn’t exactly a low crowd time of year.No, you actually can't depending upon what you ride. Old Fast Pass system I used to regularly be able to get multiple FPs once I used my 3, and the main difference for me is that I could get multiples for the same ride, i.e. if I wanted to ride Tower of Terror three times using FP+ and could get 3 FP+, I could do it.
I can't do that with Genie+, there are rides on there that either don't need a fast pass, or that I have no interest in, and those don't help me. The other issues I have with Genie+ as it is now is that they are intentionally inflating ride times in many cases to think people are getting a better value with their purchase, and they're REALLY skewing the regular lines depending upon how many people arrive at a certain time. Not sure what changed since they switched from the old system, but I NEVER saw lines like I saw last trip.
We’re flying down Friday and renting a car, so I’m thrilled with the parking fees going away. Now if they could just bring back resort luggage check, I would be truly ecstatic.
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