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That sounds pretty similar to the old Fastpass+ ratios that they used to run. Which is one of the major reasons I hated it. Utterly killed the standby lines and made your waits overall longer.

I take it then that wait times were generally short with the lines moving? This is what I'm most interested in knowing right now, is how is Genie+ affecting the ride wait times, and if it's anywhere near like fastpass+ used to slow them down. Seems like a mixed bag so far on those that are...

Something else to remember when talking about current wait times vs current crowd size: A great many things that would typically absorb a large portion of the crowds are currently not happening. No character meet and greets No large shows and entertainment offerings those absorb a lot more of...

In the days before fastpass+ there wasn't this advance planning like you're thinking of. No ride reservations, approach it as you go. Genie will actually bring back a lot of that. I'm guessing you also haven't used MaxPass. I've only run into a couple that used both that didn't like MaxPass...

Universal starts at $110 per day for one park. They are pretty close to Disney's price. And Disney is so expensive for one simple reason- there's so much demand to go and the parks are so crowded. It's called the law of supply and demand- when there is a lot of demand prices go up. They also...

I wonder what you would have done before fastpass every existed? Or under the original fastpass system? :)

As long as the current management prefers to cut CM hours and staffing levels... As long as they continue to cut upkeep budgets, meaning less maintainance and "spit shine" in the parks... As long as they overwork the current CM's and cut their support... As long as they continue to cut services...

And the wonderful thing is there are going to be a lot of people who don't buy it. Not everyone will. Which means that those who do will have more options and shorter waits. and that those that don't will also have their wait times not be impacted by the ones that do buy it. As long as...

Sorry for the late reply. Yes, it is. :) One other thing I'm seeing stated quite a bit that I don't believe is accurate is the impression that there will be unlimited numbers of passes available through Genie+ and that's simply not true. While they may make it available, they absolutely...

I figured rather than post a long explanation of my feelings about it, it's just easier to post the link to the video explaining why this could be really good, or really not.

Thank you! I hope that it's entertaining and informative. It's definitely a bit of a niche in the world of theme park videos. There are some others out there, but not a lot of us talking about that side of things. And especially not while also remaining positive and a fan of the parks. :)...

Somehow I missed this. Sorry for sort of bumping an old thread. When I was a photographer, we understood if someone wanted to get photos or pictures of the characters. We'd encourage them to wait in line like everyone else. But if they refused we understood just trying to get a quick photo of...

Just wanted to add on to this. The ones that are "compensated" by the parks are, again, an extremely small number. The ones that get escorts, tours, and special services are a very select few that have large audiences and the parks offer that as a way to reach a large number of people. They do...

I find it very interesting and fascinating to read everyone's thoughts and comments about park vloggers. Especially sort of being one (my main content isn't in park, but talking about having worked at the parks, so a bit different, but I do have in park vlogs when I get to travel) One thing to...

It's possible you did. If it was mentioned in a thread I could have easily missed it. I did do a quick search and saw some talk about how many businesses may not survive but didn't see any mentions of Disney maybe seeing it as an opportunity to buy properties to potentially develop.

thanks Darkbeer. I figured you'd have some good insight on if that was even possible. I'm wondering how many of those businesses though, in particular the hotels and restaurants attached to them, are shuttered for good at this point. Hopefully when things have opportunities to start reopening...

Sitting here thinking about how many of the businesses around Disneyland are likely to not survive the long closures. I'm really afraid for how many of the restaurants, stores and hotels will have closed up, gone bankrupt, and not return. It's going to be ugly. But started to wonder a bit...

This is why there has been talk to create a show that isn't dependant on the current president, like it was in the past, and all they would have to do is add a single figure in the crowd somewhere. That's what I expect to see happen.

That is awesome, and long overdue. It's good to see them operating with their corporate cultural statements in mind. It's still not really an example of the 5th key as this is on the corporate and product line level, not the in park CM's. But still good to see overall.

Didn't go for the first time until I was 36. I'd been to Disneyland a good number of time, but my first time at WDW was actually just a few months before I got a job there. Then I had a big gap from 2011 until 2018, with living in Missouri. Had 4 trips in 2 years, 2018 and 2019. I don't expect...