GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Anyone heard anymore news about the “changes” they plan to implement in 2024?
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Disney Genie and Genie+ at Walt Disney World
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Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
One of them will be price increases, that’s for sure.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Surely not. According to a few on here the parks are doing awesome and Bob is giving back to us. They’ll prob pay us to take it soon lolOne of them will be price increases, that’s for sure.
You’re probably right though.
I’m mostly curious about the prebooking part. So many directions they could go here and my fear is they make it worse
TheMaxRebo
Well-Known Member
Last week we were at WDW and decided to not buy G+ at MK (Monday 8/28) nor AK (Thurs 8/31) but did buy it for DHS (Wed 8/30 - $20) and EPCOT (Friday 9/1 - $17)
For MK, we were there from early entry through park close and got on 20 attractions. Dd 7DMT during early entry (~35min wait) and had longish waits for Space Mtn (57 mins) and Speedway (40mins) that were both well more than posted time. Everything else was under 30 mins, most under 20
For AK we got on everything we wanted and did Pandora mid-afternoon, had 23 min wait for FoP. Only other longish wait was for Kali River which was 30 mins despite a 5 minute posted wait time
For DHS and EP we "slept in a stacked" - we did get to DHS until around 12:30pm. Using LL we got on basically everything we wanted and did Rise standby (28 min wait to first preshow) - several we really didn't need, but did avoid like 25-35 min waits at things like MMRR, MF:SR, etc. Also helped having one for SDD when it closed for rain so got an anytime return one
EPCOT we were able to get one for Remy at 7, then Frozen after scanning in there and then TT after scanning in at Frozen, had them all done by noon. Really didn't need it for anything else, but saving 40+min for each of the 3 big ones was good
I think it is worth it if you want to sleep in or take breaks, but if you will be there from opening to close or don't care if you don't get on everything, definitely can do without
For MK, we were there from early entry through park close and got on 20 attractions. Dd 7DMT during early entry (~35min wait) and had longish waits for Space Mtn (57 mins) and Speedway (40mins) that were both well more than posted time. Everything else was under 30 mins, most under 20
For AK we got on everything we wanted and did Pandora mid-afternoon, had 23 min wait for FoP. Only other longish wait was for Kali River which was 30 mins despite a 5 minute posted wait time
For DHS and EP we "slept in a stacked" - we did get to DHS until around 12:30pm. Using LL we got on basically everything we wanted and did Rise standby (28 min wait to first preshow) - several we really didn't need, but did avoid like 25-35 min waits at things like MMRR, MF:SR, etc. Also helped having one for SDD when it closed for rain so got an anytime return one
EPCOT we were able to get one for Remy at 7, then Frozen after scanning in there and then TT after scanning in at Frozen, had them all done by noon. Really didn't need it for anything else, but saving 40+min for each of the 3 big ones was good
I think it is worth it if you want to sleep in or take breaks, but if you will be there from opening to close or don't care if you don't get on everything, definitely can do without
Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
I am just dreaming here, but just go back to the FastPass system and monetize it if they must.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
I agree. It wasn’t perfect. Nothing is going to be at this point without a lot more attractions in the mix, so go back to the old system and charge for it
The only thing though would be the tiers might have to return and ILLs are separate now
TheMaxRebo
Well-Known Member
I think the new version will look a lot like FP+ ... maybe you only prebook 1 vs 3 and maybe it is only 2 weeks out instead of 60/30 days but otherwise will look pretty similar
You bought G+ for EpcotLast week we were at WDW and decided to not buy G+ at MK (Monday 8/28) nor AK (Thurs 8/31) but did buy it for DHS (Wed 8/30 - $20) and EPCOT (Friday 9/1 - $17)
For MK, we were there from early entry through park close and got on 20 attractions. Dd 7DMT during early entry (~35min wait) and had longish waits for Space Mtn (57 mins) and Speedway (40mins) that were both well more than posted time. Everything else was under 30 mins, most under 20
For AK we got on everything we wanted and did Pandora mid-afternoon, had 23 min wait for FoP. Only other longish wait was for Kali River which was 30 mins despite a 5 minute posted wait time
For DHS and EP we "slept in a stacked" - we did get to DHS until around 12:30pm. Using LL we got on basically everything we wanted and did Rise standby (28 min wait to first preshow) - several we really didn't need, but did avoid like 25-35 min waits at things like MMRR, MF:SR, etc. Also helped having one for SDD when it closed for rain so got an anytime return one
EPCOT we were able to get one for Remy at 7, then Frozen after scanning in there and then TT after scanning in at Frozen, had them all done by noon. Really didn't need it for anything else, but saving 40+min for each of the 3 big ones was good
I think it is worth it if you want to sleep in or take breaks, but if you will be there from opening to close or don't care if you don't get on everything, definitely can do without
TheMaxRebo
Well-Known Member
You bought G+ for Epcot
Yup! We had a full day planned - we did the Behind the Seeds tour and had our preview of Journey of Water to work around and wanted to get to what food booths we wanted to/could ... so avoiding several 40ish minute waits was beneficial
We still didn't get to everything we wanted to
Purduevian
Well-Known Member
Assuming you can get Frozen and Rat (or don't want to split up for TT). It's basically like paying for 2 ILL with a bonus of skipping some shortish waits for Soarin, SSE, and MS.You bought G+ for Epcot
I'm planning on going late November and plan to get it for my EPCOT day (again for Rat and Frozen basically).
Wow....we rope dropped Epcot on Tuesday and had done all the rides by 1pm and park hopped to MK
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TheMaxRebo
Well-Known Member
We did
- Remy
- Frozen
- TT
- Guardians (2x plus a breakdown)
- SSE
- Soarin'
- LwtL
- Figment
- the Figment scavenger hunt
- handful of booths
- behind the Seeds Tour
- Journey of Water preview
- Epcot Forever
So we didn't get to
- Mission Space
- American Adventure
- Gran Fiesta
- any other films
- other booths we wanted to do
- Duck Tales
- most of WS entertainment
Yeah, a lot of
We were out at 1.15 to get to MK for Tron VQ.
We never bought G+
Started
1) Frozen Rope Drop 8.30am (walk on)
2) Remy (20 mins)
3) Figment (walk on)
4) Soarin (15 mins)
5) Spaceship Earth (10 mins)
6) Test Track ( we did Single rider and got straight on)
7) Mission Space (walk on)
8) Guardians (VQ)
9) Drink in Space220 Bar
Left park at 1.15ish
those smaller attractions we don't do any more as they aren't worth constantly doing.
We were out at 1.15 to get to MK for Tron VQ.
We never bought G+
Started
1) Frozen Rope Drop 8.30am (walk on)
2) Remy (20 mins)
3) Figment (walk on)
4) Soarin (15 mins)
5) Spaceship Earth (10 mins)
6) Test Track ( we did Single rider and got straight on)
7) Mission Space (walk on)
8) Guardians (VQ)
9) Drink in Space220 Bar
Left park at 1.15ish
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Here's a look at the increased pricing for Genie+ today. The last time Multiple Parks and Magic Kingdom were at $29 was on July 5, 2023.
You can see the price for Individual Lightning Lanes here.
www.wdwmagic.com
You can see the price for Individual Lightning Lanes here.
Walt Disney World Genie+ and Lightning Lane Prices
www.wdwmagic.com
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Ouch. That’ll help guest satisfaction. Let’s hope for no attraction technical downtime/delays todayHere's a look at the increased pricing for Genie+ today. The last time Multiple Parks and Magic Kingdom were at $29 was on July 5, 2023.
View attachment 747507
You can see the price for Individual Lightning Lanes here.
Walt Disney World Genie+ and Lightning Lane Prices
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Bob: “…screw em!!!”
What a joke…thanks for spending 11 months “fixing things”
What a joke…thanks for spending 11 months “fixing things”
Disneydad1012
Active Member
No worries it's been broken all morning so you can't buy it even if you want too.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Bob says thank you.Here's a look at the increased pricing for Genie+ today. The last time Multiple Parks and Magic Kingdom were at $29 was on July 5, 2023.
View attachment 747507
You can see the price for Individual Lightning Lanes here.
Walt Disney World Genie+ and Lightning Lane Prices