The Genie Usage, Tips and Strategy ONLY Thread

[katyringo]

Has anyone purchased the paid lightning lane on the morning of check-in? Will it let you book at 7am?

Yes you can do this no problem.

 

[JoJoGirl]

Question for the Genie Experts:

In the “My Day“ tab, how soon can you “Get Started” and make your top attraction picks to pin to the top of your tip board for your trip days?

I’m five days out from my trip, with linked park passes, park reservations, and resort stay. All are showing in “My Day” for each day of my trip.

When I click on “Get Started,” then designate a day, say the 8th, Genie tells me I am not eligible because I don’t have a linked park reservation. But my park reservation is showing right there in Genie! FWIW, I was able to go in and do this several weeks ago. I made top pick attraction selections for December 6 and 7. Dec. 6 still works for me, and always has, but now I am locked out of the 7th and all the days after that - getting the error message ”no linked park reservation.”

Chat was zero help. They just recommended updating everything and trying again, which of course did not work. Hoping someone here knows before I spend hours trying to call IT.

Thanks in advance!

 

[mickey916]

Try scrolling down the page to make sure the correct park is selected...I found it was defaulting to the park on the previous day.
ETA: on the Select a Date page under the calendar where it says Select a Park

 

[JoJoGirl]

Try scrolling down the page to make sure the correct park is selected...I found it was defaulting to the park on the previous day.
ETA: on the Select a Date page under the calendar where it says Select a Park

Thank You!!! In two minutes you solved what chat couldn’t in an hour.

I didn’t even know that part of the screen was there - it wasn’t showing on my phone. And why would it default to the previous day, makes no sense. Thanks again!

 

[mrd7896]

some logistics that i was trying to read back a few pages and couldn't find an answer right away:
-How many people can you purchase Genie+ for? Anyone that has a reservation and is linked in your account?
---We have a group of 11, they are all linked to my account and i can see everyones plans. Could i add on and purchase it for 11 people at once?

-If you are offsite, can you still purchase it at midnight?

-At midnight, do you JUST purchase it, or do you also make your first selection for the morning? Or is that done at 7 AM?
--Going off of the first question, if i paid for 11 people can i make a selection for all of us? Or is there like a max amount of people that can be made at once similar to dining reservations?

-The two hour aspect, does that start at park open ? That part really confuses me. If our first selection is for noon, when can i make a second selection? The park opens at 9.

-I haven't been on my app early enough, is the first possible selection time right around park open so like 9:05? 9:10? Similar to how FP was?

-Lastly, does anyone have general feedback/experience/recommendations for Genie+ on Hollywood Studios and their findings/strategies?

It's tough trying to convince my whole family to be onboard. Half of our group will be in the park at park open, we are thinking of waiting in queue for the two IAS$, and then we are hoping to have a Genie+ selection lined up for say 11:30 when the rest of our group plans on making their arrival. But we don't know if having your first selection for 11:30 or later if that is a waste...

I apologize if this is something that has already been addressed, i feel like all i am reading is just confusing me more!

 

[mickey916]

Thank You!!! In two minutes you solved what chat couldn’t in an hour.

I didn’t even know that part of the screen was there - it wasn’t showing on my phone. And why would it default to the previous day, makes no sense. Thanks again!

Maybe I should work for chat...lol! Happy to help.

 

[twodogs]

It is possible that Disney will raise the price of Genie+ at some point, so buying for all days now might not be that much more expensive than buying for individual days if the price jumps to $25 per day. (Price increase is pure conjecture at this point, but it seems likely given the popularity and lack of ride availability during Thanks.)

They did this with MP at DLR, raising the price over time without warning. If they continue to have this much demand for G+, you can bet they will be increasing the price. If you have already added it when you buy your tickets, they will honor it.

 

[leeniewdw]

It just dawned on me that I've been so hyper focused on DHS 7am strategy, that I hadn't paid attention to AK and EP ILL$ availability. We're going to do a AK morning and EP evening and want to grab FOP for mid-morning and Remy for evening, is there any concern about order in which to do it? I'm presuming AK/FOP first but that's just a guess. We head down in 2 days.

BTW, TP just posted a great blog post with color coded graphs on how long LLs seems to be available based on crowd size.

 

[princesswahooey]

They did this with MP at DLR, raising the price over time without warning. If they continue to have this much demand for G+, you can bet they will be increasing the price. If you have already added it when you buy your tickets, they will honor it.

After what we saw at Thanksgiving and Disney's lack of communication on changing the way Genie+ works I see this as a totally real possibility. Are we taking bets now if they are going to raise the price of Genie+ for Christmas crowds?

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

After what we saw at Thanksgiving and Disney's lack of communication on changing the way Genie+ works I see this as a totally real possibility. Are we taking bets now if they are going to raise the price of Genie+ for Christmas crowds?

Bob Chapek doesn't leave money on the table so I think this is a sure bet.

 

[GBRforWDW]

Are we taking bets now if they are going to raise the price of Genie+ for Christmas crowds?

Well I already bought for my Christmas trip, so not raising my price.

 

[princesswahooey]

Well I already bought for my Christmas trip, so not raising my price.

Same. We do park hoppers and stay on site. We generally rope drop, mid-day break at resort & hop to a different park for evening. So we can use G+ effectively even on Epcot or AK days to stack for 2nd park. I bought for the whole trip already, so I guess we're good if they jack the price.

 

[LarryBoy]

Random question that may have been asked before, should I make sure to turn on notifications from DME app while in the parks so I can get notifications from Genie? Are the notifications important or just annoying?

 

[BrotherCraig]

Random question that may have been asked before, should I make sure to turn on notifications from DME app while in the parks so I can get notifications from Genie? Are the notifications important or just annoying?

That is a personal decision obviously. I don't like notifications so mine are off. They are annoying to me.

 

[jade1]

I guess I was hoping this would mean you could "buy on the fly" $ILL if a line was really long.

Not you have 1 minute at 6AM CT.

 

[mom2cinderella]

Are the notifications important or just annoying?

I didn’t even think about notifications. I wouldn’t mind reminders.

 

[g-dad66]

some logistics that i was trying to read back a few pages and couldn't find an answer right away:
-How many people can you purchase Genie+ for? Anyone that has a reservation and is linked in your account? YES

---We have a group of 11, they are all linked to my account and i can see everyones plans. Could i add on and purchase it for 11 people at once? YES

-If you are offsite, can you still purchase it at midnight? YES

-At midnight, do you JUST purchase it, or do you also make your first selection for the morning? Or is that done at 7 AM? CAN MAKE FIRST SELECTION AT 7AM. NO NEED TO BUY GENIE+ AT MIDNIGHT. CAN DO IT AT 6:50 AM

--Going off of the first question, if i paid for 11 people can i make a selection for all of us? Or is there like a max amount of people that can be made at once similar to dining reservations? CAN MAKE ALL

-The two hour aspect, does that start at park open ? YES

That part really confuses me. If our first selection is for noon, when can i make a second selection? The park opens at 9. YOU CAN MAKE SECOND AT 11AM

-I haven't been on my app early enough, is the first possible selection time right around park open so like 9:05? 9:10? Similar to how FP was? YES

-Lastly, does anyone have general feedback/experience/recommendations for Genie+ on Hollywood Studios and their findings/strategies? WE MADE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING SELECTIONS AT 7AM, 11AM, 1PM, 3PM BUT WE WEREN'T THERE DURING A BUSY TIME

It's tough trying to convince my whole family to be onboard. Half of our group will be in the park at park open, we are thinking of waiting in queue for the two IAS$, and then we are hoping to have a Genie+ selection lined up for say 11:30 when the rest of our group plans on making their arrival. But we don't know if having your first selection for 11:30 or later if that is a waste...

I apologize if this is something that has already been addressed, i feel like all i am reading is just confusing me more!

 

[CarolynFH]

Random question that may have been asked before, should I make sure to turn on notifications from DME app while in the parks so I can get notifications from Genie? Are the notifications important or just annoying?

I’m going to turn them on. If they turn out to be more annoying than helpful, I’ll turn them off. Actually, notifications from MDE have always been on for me, so I would know when we got our room-ready text, our RotR BG was ready, etc. I haven’t found them to be excessive, so hopefully Genie and Genie+ won’t be either.

 

[TropicalDIS]

Random question that may have been asked before, should I make sure to turn on notifications from DME app while in the parks so I can get notifications from Genie? Are the notifications important or just annoying?

If you having dining reservations, or are using the mobile order system, then you want those notifications on.

 

[Scalemaster34]

It is possible that Disney will raise the price of Genie+ at some point, so buying for all days now might not be that much more expensive than buying for individual days if the price jumps to $25 per day. (Price increase is pure conjecture at this point, but it seems likely given the popularity and lack of ride availability during Thanks.)

Yeah can see a point where we will be right back where we were when Magic Kingdom opened. But rather than few bucks to get into the park, you'll shell out $100+, and rather than a ticket book you'll have a APP where you pay for each ride based on a "scale" of some sort (say A,B,C,D & E). Hopefully GENIE+ will be optional for a few years more..... but a decade from now?

Supply & Demand....