EP sells out, it's limited in how many they sell so it's available to everyone but not everyone will get one depending on the days.
Which IMO is a big reason Genie+ doesn't work.
That 2 totally different things, and not what you said. You said not available to everyone that that's just wrong.
For a CM not having a second line of course makes there job way easier…. they do not have to worry about the flow….
Yes, there are posts of people who hated having to plan their rides so far in advance. There's ALWAYS someone who hates something. ALWAYS
As the PP said Express Pass can sell out as well. I only mentioned Express Pass as most people know of it. I personally am more of a fan on how Cedar Fair parks do it. No one gets it free, is priced higher then a day ticket and has limited sales. That way standby isn't affected as much and those who buy it get on a lot more attractions with little wait.
I absolutely hated it. I hate Genie+ as well. I can't stand return times.
No I'm talking about the CM who is visiting the parks as a guest, not them being on their job. Their job when they first got down there and until late last year was not even in the parks it was transportation, all of their experiences were that of a guest I'm speaking of.
That's switching up what the meaning of available is.
Absolutely. There was just as much complaining about how FP+ worked as to how Genie+ works. I have no proof to quantify that, but I do recall all the negativity around 'booking so far in advance', and 'how am I supposed to know exactly what attractions I want to do 60 days in advance?".... There were people that hated the original FP! It's inevitable. The only commonality among the different FP's is that they were all optional! Standby lines still are constant...... I found it fascinating how when WDW reopened during Covid and had only standby lines, how people reacted - some really liked it again! Maybe we should just go back to standby queues - first come, first on.....
I did remember people saying this, but they seemed the minority to me.
Oh yes. People complained about that too. Complaining that they had to book them 60 days in advance when they simply couldn't possibly know what they wanted to do that early. Complaining that they had to book them at 7am at the 60-day mark when THAT's when they have to get ready for work/get kids ready/work the night shift and need to sleep in. Complaining every single time Disney tweaked the tiers. Complaining when CL guests got the option to pay for extra FP+ because that's not what Walt would envision and (pearl-clutching) he must be rolling over in his grave.
This may be a rumor, or someone's(mine?) imagination, but I heard if you show your Ogas' reservation time, they will let you in Rise. Maybe stop by before the reservation, and they may let you in before.
That's true! They'll at least let you in late if you don't make it to Rise by the end of your window because you were at Oga's. I agree it wouldn't hurt to stop by and ask if you can go early as well.
We were there last week in April.
You would have thought the entire world ended when they implemented FP+ there was so much complaining around here. It was actually a much larger uproar than what we have seen over Genie Plus.
No rumor. You are not penalized for ILL or G+ overlapping ADR or vice versa. Just let the one know what happened and they will accommodate. Even today's Disney isn't cruel enough to prevent you from using an ILL you paid for today for an ADR you booked 60 days ago, or vice versa, make you pay a no show fee for an ADR you booked 60 days ago for an ILL you had no idea you'd get today (or G+)
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I think it depends on the age of the party. When our kids were young, I agree. It would be nearly impossible to stay up that late.
Well, I'm always going to make comparisons based on our most efficient way to tour parks at WDW. I will take advantage of the systems offered to me. The only time we've HAD to use standby only, it was way worse than the combination of using Standby and Fastpass.
