The Genie Usage, Tips and Strategy ONLY Thread

[scrappinginontario]

What is the etiquette here? Like if the cast member is having a conversation with someone like this, and there is another tap station open, do you just walk up to it and tap in and walk by? That was a constant thing during fastpass and I never knew what to do.

I would say if there is another CM there and you can easily walk by the person, it is okay to do so. If the only CM is dealing with another guest, personally I would wait until they were done.

Our experience is that rarely is there only one person working the line so most time (where space allows) we pass by and tap.

 

[katyringo]

What is the etiquette here? Like if the cast member is having a conversation with someone like this, and there is another tap station open, do you just walk up to it and tap in and walk by? That was a constant thing during fastpass and I never knew what to do.

If there was another scanner open I just went for it and scooted by.

 

[CBMom01]

It always seemed like there were 2CMs at the busy FP+ rides, and one kept the FP entrance moving

 

[Disneymom1102]

If not arriving to the park until around noon, does it make sense to log in at 7 and book one, then two hours after park opens, book another, and so on so we would have 2 or 3 stacked? Most advice I see says you stack by starting with a ride time later in the evening. I’d like to stack in afternoon if we can.

 

[WITN-E]

Thanks in advance for any response to this probably silly question but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere-

If someone purchases an ILL$ for a ride at a park they plan to hop to (for example spending the day at MK but want to try to buy Remy's at Epcot for the afternoon) assuming you can even do this- will it block you from booking regular Genie+ LLs at your first park because you won't be able to "tap in" to the ride you booked for later in the day?

 

[CarolynFH]

Thanks in advance for any response to this probably silly question but I can't seem to find the answer anywhere-

If someone purchases an ILL$ for a ride at a park they plan to hop to (for example spending the day at MK but want to try to buy Remy's at Epcot for the afternoon) assuming you can even do this- will it block you from booking regular Genie+ LLs at your first park because you won't be able to "tap in" to the ride you booked for later in the day?

ILL$ are completely separate from Genie+ LLs, so having an ILL$ won’t prevent you from booking a Genie+ LL for any time in the day.

 

[Lsdolphin]

I bought Genie + the other day with no problem but im trying to purchase Genie+ right now for today and I see no option to purchase and it says I’m not eligible...I have an AP and am staying at Disney resort right now. I also have park reservation.

ok I was just able to purchase genie+ for today but now it says I’m not eligible to continue...
hoping maybe that’s because its too early to make selection...

 

[wiggy500]

If not arriving to the park until around noon, does it make sense to log in at 7 and book one, then two hours after park opens, book another, and so on so we would have 2 or 3 stacked? Most advice I see says you stack by starting with a ride time later in the evening. I’d like to stack in afternoon if we can.

Yes, this would work great as long as the lightning lane time slots are for the times you are looking for. You might have to refresh or check back later to pull a more ideal time slot.

 

[g-dad66]

I bought Genie + the other day with no problem but im trying to purchase Genie+ right now for today and I see no option to purchase and it says I’m not eligible...I have an AP and am staying at Disney resort right now. I also have park reservation.

ok I was just able to purchase genie+ for today but now it says I’m not eligible to continue...
hoping maybe that’s because its too early to make selection...

Right. You can purchase Genie+ after midnight, but you can't make your first Lightening Lane selection until 7am. So get some sleep.

 

[Selket]

I’m here now and decided to buy G+ for Epcot today for myself and one adult son (others have their own plans). I wanted to try it so I see how it works before possibly getting it tomorrow for DHS. I got a REMY boarding group at 7am and got group 72 or something. Sounds like …. That’s kinda far after opening or no? I didn’t know what LL to get so I got Soarin. I’m probably wasting my money here since I didn’t need G+ to get a Remy boarding group but oh well lol.

I plan to be there before 10:30am when the park opens to hotel guests and maybe head to Frozen? Good idea?

I booked all this at 7am. Can I book another LL at 9am or do I have to wait until 11am when the park opens?

 

[goofynut41]

This is us. We are at Disney now and so far we have chosen to not buy G+. It was just too stressful to figure out the return times when we only do mornings/evenings and not the middle of the day. We have taken advantage of the onsite early hours which has worked really well.

We bought ILL for ROTR and Remy. It was completely worth it for ROTR. Remy we bought since it is a new ride and we wanted a specific time. It saved us about 30 minutes in line. I wouldn't buy this one again.

Crowd levels are in the 3-5 range so our opinions would maybe be different if it was more crowded. So far, we haven't waited more than 30 minutes in any line but we have gotten there early and had a plan. The Touring Plans Lines app has been great for us. We have been using that and almost never the Disney app.

We may buy G+ for the MK tomorrow more to try it out while we hear than anything else.

I will say that the Epcot late opening has majorly messed with our usual mornings/evenings plan. My fault for not planning only evenings there so just something to keep in mind.

Thank You for your input ... Can you get LL without Genie+?

 

[Madame]

Thanks so much to all of you who have been giving first-hand accounts - so very useful to all of us planning!

Can anyone give me any suggestions on what to do for our DHS day? It's Dec 20th and given the lack of hotel rooms, difficulty getting a DVC room for that particular time period (Dec 19-21) and difficulty scoring *any* restaurant reservations for that day, I'm anticipating heavy crowds.

We are attending the X-Mas Party the night before, so my idea was to make it to DHS for lunch (we have Mama Melrose booked) and have our G+ reservations lined up for mid-late PM.

SDD is a high priority (our only DHS day 2/3 of my kids won't ride RnR or ToT) and I was thinking of trying to score an ILL for Rise and MMRR as well - I know, potentially unlikely. I want to stack TSMM and Star Tours as well.

Any advice on how I should attempt to secure these would be greatly appreciated (I understand that it could all go badly day-of anyway - seriously wish they let us do this at least a week out, that much stress and waking up early on my vacation is doing my head in).

 

[GBRforWDW]

Thanks so much to all of you who have been giving first-hand accounts - so very useful to all of us planning!

Can anyone give me any suggestions on what to do for our DHS day? It's Dec 20th and given the lack of hotel rooms, difficulty getting a DVC room for that particular time period (Dec 19-21) and difficulty scoring *any* restaurant reservations for that day, I'm anticipating heavy crowds.

We are attending the X-Mas Party the night before, so my idea was to make it to DHS for lunch (we have Mama Melrose booked) and have our G+ reservations lined up for mid-late PM.

SDD is a high priority (our only DHS day 2/3 of my kids won't ride RnR or ToT) and I was thinking of trying to score an ILL for Rise and MMRR as well - I know, potentially unlikely. I want to stack TSMM and Star Tours as well.

Any advice on how I should attempt to secure these would be greatly appreciated (I understand that it could all go badly day-of anyway - seriously wish they let us do this at least a week out, that much stress and waking up early on my vacation is doing my head in).

This is assuming you're staying onsite - couldn't tell specifically by the info provided...

Are you able to have anyone on another phone helping out? If so, have one person grabbing SDD and another getting RotR. If not, I'd say get the more important of SDD and RotR. There has been times where about 11 minutes after 7 (start refreshing at 7:10, SDD becomes available again).

I'm not saying it's a guarantee, but if you want to try this route, get your RotR passes, then start refreshing at 710 and jump as soon as you see a time available for SDD. You would not want to have another pass when doing this method as you'd have to cancel it first and that takes too much time.

If you don't see any pop up with refresh by 715, you're probably not going to find one. I'd take a TSMM pass at this point if it's late enough in the day for you.

MMRR usually lasts awhile so you can grab this while you wait for the refresh time, or hold off until you get SDD or another LL pass.

If you're offsite, you can't get an ILL$ until park opening, so RotR will be out, just get the sdd LL. MMRR may have availability when the park opens, so worth a shot to try.

 

[Madame]

This is assuming you're staying onsite - couldn't tell specifically by the info provided...

Are you able to have anyone on another phone helping out? If so, have one person grabbing SDD and another getting RotR. If not, I'd say get the more important of SDD and RotR. There has been times where about 11 minutes after 7 (start refreshing at 7:10, SDD becomes available again).

I'm not saying it's a guarantee, but if you want to try this route, get your RotR passes, then start refreshing at 710 and jump as soon as you see a time available for SDD. You would not want to have another pass when doing this method as you'd have to cancel it first and that takes too much time.

If you don't see any pop up with refresh by 715, you're probably not going to find one. I'd take a TSMM pass at this point if it's late enough in the day for you.

MMRR usually lasts awhile so you can grab this while you wait for the refresh time, or hold off until you get SDD or another LL pass.

If you're offsite, you can't get an ILL$ until park opening, so RotR will be out, just get the sdd LL. MMRR may have availability when the park opens, so worth a shot to try.

Thanks for your reply! Yes we're onsite at SSR. My DH has an Android, so I wasn't sure that would be all that helpful, but I might be able to do it through my kids IPads (?)

 

[GBRforWDW]

Thanks for your reply! Yes we're onsite at SSR. My DH has an Android, so I wasn't sure that would be all that helpful, but I might be able to do it through my kids IPads (?)

Probably doesn't matter which one, as long as you can get the my Disney experience app installed on it.

 

[emmabelle]

Can anyone give me any suggestions on what to do for our DHS day? It's Dec 20th and given the lack of hotel rooms, difficulty getting a DVC room for that particular time period (Dec 19-21) and difficulty scoring *any* restaurant reservations for that day, I'm anticipating heavy crowds.

we're there 12/17 to 12/22. We have our DHS day planned for 12/21 and it's probably going to be a bleep show.

I've tried to see how long SDD lasts and my Iphone 12 keeps getting error messages once it turns 7am. Once 7:01 hits, I can refresh again and SDD are sold out. I have my doubts that I'll get an SDD.

 

[Madame]

we're there 12/17 to 12/22. We have our DHS day planned for 12/21 and it's probably going to be a bleep show.

I've tried to see how long SDD lasts and my Iphone 12 keeps getting error messages once it turns 7am. Once 7:01 hits, I can refresh again and SDD are sold out. I have my doubts that I'll get an SDD.

Yep. Figure I’ll set my expectations low. It’s insane that we’re paying for only 1 ride per a limited attraction list and yet aren’t even guaranteed one ride on each at a park with (let’s face it) very limited selection.

 

[emmabelle]

Yep. Figure I’ll set my expectations low. It’s insane that we’re paying for only 1 ride per a limited attraction list and yet aren’t even guaranteed one ride on each at a park with (let’s face it) very limited selection.

we're staying at the Swan so at least we aren't at the mercy of any type of transportation. We'll throw our running sneakers on and book it for EE!

Maybe we'll at least get on something. Unless Omicron starts scaring people I'm expecting high crowds but going with the expectation that I'm there to see all the Christmas stuff.

 

[ckelly14]

Do you get online access at 7AM for ILL on the day of check-in?

 

[princesswahooey]

Do you get online access at 7AM for ILL on the day of check-in?

From my understanding, if you are staying on property, as long as you have completed mobile check-in, you should be good to go at 7am.