Ok so I've read through a number of pages and will keep reading more, but admittedly, I am SO confused by Genie +. I'm mostly bummed to learn that if staying offsite (which we are), you cannot book an ILL until park open. This means ROTR is guaranteed to be gone for us. I understand there is stand-by but that still stinks. Anywho, I do have a few questions: For reference, we are only going for one day on 1/27 at Hollywood Studios.
1) I am planning for 5 people (4 who haven't been in years). I frequent Disney yearly but this will be my first time using
Genie+. My first question is: will it be easiest if I add all the members of my group to my Disney experience and control everything from there? Or should the members each buy their own genie+ and we just try and coordinate if we want to ride together?
2) If ROTR, MMRR, RnRC and TOT are priorities, which should we rope drop? I understand that Rise is not part of the genie+ stuff, so I'm wondering since buying the ILL is probably out, should we rope drop that even with EE people before us? Or do we rope drop something else so as not to lose tons of time waiting in line and try to catch that one at another down time? I honestly don't think my group will make it all day, so the nighttime option probably won't work.
3) Am I understand correctly that after you make a LL reservation, you can't make a new one until either you tap into it OR the 2 hours pass? Does this system hinder getting to ride everything, or does it make it better since the lines are typically shorter?
4) With this new system, is it actually better to NOT rope drop, arrive around 10-11 and try and stack rides for the end of the day? I've seen a lot say they are successful with an option like this, but if you have a group not willing to stay all day, is it even worth it?
I think that's it for now, but dang, do I miss the old fastness! Thanks for the help!
