Disney Genie and Genie+ at Walt Disney World

[monothingie]

Genie+ is $20 to purchase today -

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I guess everyday is going to be a high demand day? I mean a random Wednesday in October is peak Disney time.

It will be interesting to see if they keep the elevated price on early close nights for the MK.

 

[monothingie]

Up $5?

 

[monothingie]

Only up a $1.

 

[joshwill]

as long as the disney lemmings keep buying, theyll keep raising prices

 

[CaptainAmerica]

The first two replaced other things though. Pandora was however a capacity addition as was Ratatouille (and Tron). But what’s up with the (probable) planned changes for DAK? Why only replace existing Dinoland stuff instead of actually expanding?

And DHS still needs a crapload more capacity.

I'm not saying they're finished, I'm just pushing back on the idea that they've done nothing.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I didn't realize they don't post return times for selections between 7:00-7:30 AM? What is the point of that?

The first batch of times go so fast that it might tell you 9:05 at first and then when you click on it, the next screen tells you 10:45.

 

[HauntedPirate]

The first batch of times go so fast that it might tell you 9:05 at first and then when you click on it, the next screen tells you 10:45.

That sounds like a rat race I have zero interest in ever joining.

 

[TQQQ]

With the new price hikes, now for my family of 5 to get LL and Genie+,it will cost an additional $200+ per day on top of the park tickets? So i'm looking at approx $1,000 per day for my family to visit each park? That doesn't include hotel, flights, food, merch, etc.?

Who the heck is paying these prices? This is INSANE!

for us to take a 7 day vacation and stay on property, do 5 park days and eat costs close to $20,000 per trip. Thats alot of jingle

 

[Disney Glimpses]

With the new price hikes, now for my family of 5 to get LL and Genie+,it will cost an additional $200+ per day on top of the park tickets? So i'm looking at approx $1,000 per day for my family to visit each park? That doesn't include hotel, flights, food, merch, etc.?

Who the heck is paying these prices? This is INSANE!

for us to take a 7 day vacation and stay on property, do 5 park days and eat costs well over $15,000 per trip. Thats alot of jingle

Insane, yes but you're also describing the point of the price increases which is to make money (of course) but also to reduce demand.

 

[JTH781]

Insane all ready starting off with a increase on the first day !

 

[GhostHost1000]

Insane all ready starting off with an increase on the first day !

We are the magic!

 

[TQQQ]

Insane, yes but you're also describing the point of the price increases which is to make money (of course) but also to reduce demand.

I would love to know who is paying these prices........

How much money do you have to make to afford going on a week's vacation to WDW? For an average family of 5 to stay in a moderate, fly, go to parks, get modest merch and eat is about $20,000

 

[dmw]

I would love to know who is paying these prices........

How much money do you have to make to afford going on a week's vacation to WDW? For an average family of 5 to stay in a moderate, fly, go to parks, get modest merch and eat is about $20,000

who needs money when you have plastic?

 

[el_super]

This is honestly just greed from TWDC leadership…. they could have just done a flat price increase to e.g. $20/day but they are too worried about leaving money on the table.

They are trying too hard to compromise between the people who want the better experience and the people who want to pay the absolute bare minimum to get in. If they raised the admission prices high enough, they wouldn't need Genie+ at all.

 

[el_super]

With the new price hikes, now for my family of 5 to get LL and Genie+,it will cost an additional $200+ per day on top of the park tickets?

You don't have to buy Genie+

 

[DisneyDreamer08]

Even with the price hike today, all ILL are sold out and many Genie+ attractions have no return times remaining.

 

[wdwmagic]

Even with the price hike today, all ILL are sold out and many Genie+ attractions have no return times remaining.

People really have no choice do they? For those that are committing to use Genie+ they have to just go with the daily price and be done with it. The "what is another $5 on a $10,000 trip" mindset comes into effect.

 

[TQQQ]

You don't have to buy Genie+

Well yes and no.......I think the correct way to say that would be "you dont have to buy Genie+ unless you want to only get on a handful of rides and wait several hours in lines"

 

[TQQQ]

People really have no choice do they? For those that are committing to use Genie+ they have to just go with the daily price and be done with it. The "what is another $5 on a $10,000 trip" mindset comes into effect.

I agree with that, except the "whats another $5 part"

Now it's over $1,000 for a family of 5 for 5 park days if you go any time other than September

 

[crazy4disney]

With the new price hikes, now for my family of 5 to get LL and Genie+,it will cost an additional $200+ per day on top of the park tickets? So i'm looking at approx $1,000 per day for my family to visit each park? That doesn't include hotel, flights, food, merch, etc.?

Who the heck is paying these prices? This is INSANE!

for us to take a 7 day vacation and stay on property, do 5 park days and eat costs close to $20,000 per trip. Thats alot of jingle

19k was okay but 20k now puts it insane… and also its not costing an additional 200 a day prices have been increased by about $5 for each so thats $50 a day from what you already knew. Not defending Disney but in theory this increase is like a 2% change for your example all in.