shawthorne44
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2021
As others have pointed out, there wasn’t 100% of guests booking FP+ under that system. It would be interesting to know what % of guests booked FP+ in advance or day of under that system, and whether Genie+ participation ends up being similar.
I do think there are a lot of people, like my family, that used to fully utilize FP+ in conjunction with park hopping. It’s conceivable that a significant portion of those guests don’t upgrade to park hoppers (we didn’t get hoppers on our trip in July, first time we ever skipped that option) if Genie+ doesn’t allow much of the same availability/flexibility that FP+ did. There’s a lot of hopper revenue there to be lost I’d bet. Add to that lost revenue because a lot of people might move off-site (due to erosion of on-site value). Will G+/ILL$ revenue make up for all that?
Of course a lot of that just applies to repeat visitors, which Genie+ doesn’t seem to be designed for, and Disney seemingly doesn’t care about anymore….
I see park hopping as being more desirable with G+. Changing parks gives a fresh batch of G+ options.
Now offsite and ILL$$$ makes more sense. The only benefit I see to onsite is the early entry. During which you could get one, maybe two ILL$$$ during early entry (being really generous). So, you can set a price on early entry equal to 2 x (Avg. ILL cost) x #(number in the room). So, for our family of 3 assuming $10 per ILL$$$, we only need to save $60 by staying offsite, to make it a better deal. $65 when you figure we'd be paying $25 for park parking instead of $20 for resort parking. It isn't hard at all to find someplace much nicer than on-site for much less. Plus, even early-birds like me would rather schedule a ride for choosing, than deal with the elbowing hordes at early entry.