Disney Genie announcement

[AnnaKristoff2013]

So, if my first LL is more than 2 hours after the park open, I have to wait 120 min from park open to book another one (ie if at 7:30am I make a LL for a ride at 11:30am, I can't book another one until 11:00am, if park opens at 9am)?

But, if my first LL is within 2 hours of the park opening, I can book another one 120 min later (ie 7am first one, 9am second one)?

Yes to your first question, no to your second. If your first LL is within 2 hours of park opening, you can make your second LL after you have swiped into your first LL.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

Wait, so if I book my first one for a ride at 10:45am and the park opens at 9am, I can't book again until I tap in at 10:45am? almost 4 hours after I booked my first one?

Correct.

 

[DavidNYC]

My takeaways from reading a hundred pages of posts today and following wait times on MDE
1. I haven't seen much to suggest that this had any major positive effect on standby lines at all. The standby lines seemed pretty much what would have been expected this time of year under the old system. Not any worse - but I don't thing the predictions of them being much better look true.
2. I've read very few experiences where it sounded like someone got to do more or stand in line less than they would have under FP+ (other than if they chose to purchase the two ILL options).
3. I've read a lot more experiences where people did less or stood in line more than they would have under FP+
4. You're at a significant disadvantage if (a) you're not up at 7am to make your reservations or (b) you're not at the park close to rope drop. And this is likely to get a lot worse as today would be expected to be comparatively light crowds.

[EDIT: I'll add one positive to be even handed - I think the return times on the LL rides were very reasonable today for most of of rides outside of DHS where they have an overall inventory problem. We'll see if that holds up going forward].

I think it's working just as they intended - but I've seen noting to change my opinion that this hurts a lot of people and helps very few compared to the old system. Almost nothing implemented today was to improve the guest experience - just Disney's bottom line. And to be clear - yes - I understand Disney is a business but usually their changes also sought to improve the guest experience over what had been there. So this isn't a matter of whether you like Genie+ - it's a matter of whether this improved the experience for a most guests compared to what they could have done under FP+. I don't believe it has based on Day 1.

[EDIT 2: Not there today but a shout out to the cast members who do a great job and never asked for all the abuse that gets heaped on them due to corporate decisions they have no control over. They've always been the backbone of everything at the parks and they're in my thoughts this week!!!!!]

 

[Meglen]

DFB just got evacuated off RoTR for the 3rd time today trying ot use there IAS... oof

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

DFB just got evacuated off RoTR for the 3rd time today trying ot use there IAS... oof

I sense a Mickey Ice Cream Bar in someone’s future! It’s almost like charging extra for a ride that constantly breaks down wasn’t a great idea….

 

[katyringo]

DFB just got evacuated off RoTR for the 3rd time today trying ot use there IAS... oof

I believe this is one big downside to having a ride like rise as an individual lightening lane and is one drawback to this.

 

[JakeAZ]

I believe this is one big downside to having a ride like rise as an individual lightening lane and is one drawback to this.

HUGE problem. That one ride has probably taken up so much time out of his day. He paid extra to ride it AND probably paid for Genie+ too

 

[Dis Dragon]

I wonder what they're going to do at the end of the night if there is still ILL people waiting to ride.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

I wonder what they're going to do at the end of the night if there is still ILL people waiting to ride.

They really should replace ROTR with SDD. Having ROTR as an up charge given how unreliable it is was a terrible decision.

 

[snikki]

Note to self: get ROTR early in the day.

 

[Isabelle12345]

The app recognizes your park hopper. You can book genie+ selections in other parks after 2pm. You can also make Individual lightening lane selections for other parks at 7am(onsite) or park opening (offsite).

Re: Park hopping
You can’t book your first LL (with Genie+) before 2PM?
Or can you book LLs before 2Pm but with a return time after 2PM?
For instance, if we are going to AK in the morring and hopping to HS at 2PM, taking a break for lunch in between… could I book a LL for SDD at 7:30 for 4PM (and not use any LL at AK for the first few hours)?
Thanks

 

[margaritabnl]

Can you add Genie+ to tickets already purchased but not activated yet?

 

[katyringo]

Re: Park hopping
You can’t book your first LL (with Genie+) before 2PM?
Or can you book LLs before 2Pm but with a return time after 2PM?
For instance, if we are going to AK in the morring and hopping to HS at 2PM, taking a break for lunch in between… could I book a LL for SDD at 7:30 for 4PM (and not use any LL at AK for the first few hours)?
Thanks

I believe you can book it before 2pm for a time after 2pm.

 

[snikki]

Re: Park hopping
You can’t book your first LL (with Genie+) before 2PM?
Or can you book LLs before 2Pm but with a return time after 2PM?
For instance, if we are going to AK in the morring and hopping to HS at 2PM, taking a break for lunch in between… could I book a LL for SDD at 7:30 for 4PM (and not use any LL at AK for the first few hours)?
Thanks

You should be able to do that. I asked the same thing earlier. Someone on the thread was at HS and booked something for Epcot later in the day after using a few G+ at HS. After they booked TT at Epcot it did allow them to book at HS after 120 minutes. I assume it would work the same way at 7 am but I haven’t seen any confirmed reports.

 

[Dis Dragon]

If you are hopping it will let you book Genie+ for 2pm or later.

I haven't seen a confirmation of when you can book your second one if that is your only plans for the day - I'm guessing it would be based off the park you have a park pass for - 2 hours after opening you should be able to line another one up.

 

[PrincessJasmine88]

If using Genie plus were a subject in high school I would be looking at a D

 

[Boardwalk III]

I'm in the same situation of 3 groups of adult couples but we want to ride everything together. You can load up to 6 credit cards on file and then select them when checking out like a drop down. So, for LL I intend before 7am, check out each group with their credit card. After that for ILL$ rides, we are going to go into a gift shop the day before and buy a gift card together. We can all chip in to pay our part there. You can pay for ILL$ using a gift card then. No one gets screwed that way. It's the only idea we've come up with so far for our scenerio. Obviously they could be linked and log in themselves but they aren't tech savvy and prefer I 'take the wheel'.

Let me know if anyone thinks of a better method, haha.

Good plan, but this payment thing is really a pain. We have a large group going in a few weeks, many of whom are not tech savvy. Not sure how often we’ll be using G+ or ILL$ but I’ll be managing those for most everyone. The thought of having to load/select multiple credit cards sounds awful to me (with an already cumbersome G+ process for those of us who are trying to manage a large family group)

In the end, depending on what we learn over the next few weeks, I may just pay for everything myself and keep track using Notes on my phone and then charge everyone at the end.

 

[Dis Dragon]

Did it surprise anyone that there was tax added to Genie+ and the ILL purchases?

I'm amazed they didn't absorb it into the price and just passed it on to the guests. It's already a completely new source of income...

 

[Disneylover99]

Did it surprise anyone that there was tax added to Genie+ and the ILL purchases?

I'm amazed they didn't absorb it into the price and just passed it on to the guests. It's already a completely new source of income...

Not gonna lie…..That extra 98 cents per person put my husband over the edge today. Lol.

 

[wisblue]

If you are hopping it will let you book Genie+ for 2pm or later.

I haven't seen a confirmation of when you can book your second one if that is your only plans for the day - I'm guessing it would be based off the park you have a park pass for - 2 hours after opening you should be able to line another one up.

This is one I’d really like someone to confirm.

If we’re starting the day at MK, but are leaving the park at 1 PM and planning to go to Epcot around 5, after using a LL at MK I might want to make the next one at Epcot. I would expect the availability to be a lot better early in the afternoon than when we arrive at 5.