Help with all the new tech?

[DISfam2401]

Hi! We leave Thursday for our first trip since 2019 and a lot has changed! Is there somewhere to find an easy summary of how to navigate the combination of Genie +, ILL, virtual queues? We will be staying onsite, not planning on park hopping and already have park reservations and the few dining reservations we want.

Here are my current understandings and questions:

- If I want to use Genie +, I need to purchase it each day I plan to use it before 7am. Then I can book my first attraction starting at 7? Can I pick the times, or does it just assign one?
- When can I book ILL for the day? Do I need to pre-purchase that before 7am as well?
- Does RoR still have a virtual queue? What time can I get "in line" for that?
- What other rides have virtual queues? Remy?
- Does it make sense for just one member of our party to be in charge of all this?

Thanks so much for your help! I was pretty good at the old system but this is all new!

 

[CynBeth]

We booked it for our whole trip prior to going we called the day it went on sale in Oct for our Nov trip but believe you can purchase it each day you plan to use it beginning at midnight. Then at 7 am you can book your first LL and also the extra fee LL. I think you can book both of the extra fee LL. For the regular LL one gives you a time but refreshed the tip board and sometimes would give us one we liked better. For the extra fee LL you can pick your time. Be careful though for both types sometimes when you get to I believe it was the next screen as you are going through the process would see the time would change to something different so keep an eye out for that.

For ROTR only has standby and the extra fee LL no virtual que. The only one that has it is Remy. That opens at 7 am and then again at 1 pm. I would honestly just pay the extra fee for that so you know what time you have and not have to keep checking yo see if your boarding group is called.

My DH and I went around Thanksgiving and had a lot of technical issues it would not let both of us try to book things and sometimes kept asking me to sign in or send a password to my e-mail over and over but others have had no issues with this stuff.

If you haven’t already I would go onto the app early before everything is sold out and see how it looks so you get an idea. At the bottom right is lines that is the menu. Click that and will bring up a page of options. At the top left is the tip board. Click that. Usually it comes up on MK but if you hit right under it change park can bring up any.

Good luck and have an amazing trip!

 

[GeneralTso]

The actual Disney website walks you through all this.
I'm sure there are some YouTube videos as well. Do a search and I bet you find some helpful tips.