Oh absolutely. I cant imagine what it must be like for a first timer.
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News Disney Genie digital assistant app coming to Walt Disney World
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You: Genie get me FP to Test Track.
Genie App: Pay up.
Absolutely love the way Disney is making it more complicated in the effort to simply things.
ProjectXBlog
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can’t wait for the disney+ reality series that’s just people planning their first-time wdw trips. “the agony and the ecstasy”
tissandtully
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My first thought as well. This seems to be a touring plans clone. Or maybe he license his tech, who knows.
waltography
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Side note, but I think the wildest thing about this announcement for me is that I actually developed a medium-fidelity prototype for this exact idea as something to add to my design portfolio, so to hear Disney actually having already been developing this was super cool.
Creathir
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Frustrating.
My father in law won’t go back because of his single trip he took.
Expected it to be like Six Flags, went in the summer, could barely ride anything because of the long lines, and dedicated 2 days to “see everything”
My in-laws refused to listen to me when I warned them to plan ahead, (and pick a different time to visit) and they came home hating the place.
They never even made it out of FutureWorld in Epcot... they thought it was just a lake to walk around...
So correct me if I’m off here, but in nutshell the availability of 30 and 60 day FP will be greatly reduced, allowing an increase in inventory for those willing to pay for high demand FP on the day of instantly through the app which will be linked directly to your credit card. The app is the pretty front end which “manages your plans” and gives you the breakdown of how crowded everything is and lets you conveniently buy a FP.
It potentially get more insidious because the total number of FP allotments are not changing just the distribution, which will make the standby lines go even higher, thus encouraging or forcing guests to pay for something they previously didn’t have to do or wait even longer in a standby line.
Please don’t tell me this isn’t a new level of evil on the part of TWDC.
It potentially get more insidious because the total number of FP allotments are not changing just the distribution, which will make the standby lines go even higher, thus encouraging or forcing guests to pay for something they previously didn’t have to do or wait even longer in a standby line.
Please don’t tell me this isn’t a new level of evil on the part of TWDC.
ThemeParkJunkee
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Pretty sure I will remain “Unofficial” for the foreseeable future. Because Disney IT...
easyrowrdw
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When we went back for the first time it a few years ago it was daunting, but there are a lot of great resources. Easy guides to WDW that are free really can't be beat. But anything Disney offers directly will probably be the first stop for folks. And Disney should be able to do it better than any paid/third party service as they have all the data.
I could see availability going down some as more people are aware of prebooking fastpasses. How high is awareness right now? I guess I figured it was pretty high already.
The next part assumes that Disney will purposely hold back passes for day-of sales. That could be. It doesn't seem like this system is needed for that, though. They could do that already through MDE, which will save to your CC if you let it.
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
This is the best answer. It has so many layers.
AndyS2992
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Disneyland Paris has paid Fastpass options and it's not really a big deal at all? Don't know why people are panicking.
Mickeyboof
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Because Disneyland Paris doesn’t have the addition of thousands of people pre booking fast passes on top of a paid program.
It’s already hard to get mid level attractions. paid will just eat up even more.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Hey! *Knock Knock* Memba Me folks?
Not me, 'cause I can't memba anything...Hey! *Knock Knock* Memba Me folks?
doctornick
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Couldn't they just bring bag Pal Mickey instead and have him tell you what to do?
fngoofy
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I bet the Vaca Planners and Services are puckering over this. This is just step one. Think of how far the iPhone has come in just 11yrs from a capability stand point. Now, with machine learning and AI, coupled with the massive, property wide data options... this will end up being big, and cool.
I can see in the future being able to opt into an evolving story with the Genie / guide, leading you on a very tailored and immersive story that spans the property.
It is a step towards the narrative story telling seen in HBO's WestWorld.
There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day.
I can see in the future being able to opt into an evolving story with the Genie / guide, leading you on a very tailored and immersive story that spans the property.
It is a step towards the narrative story telling seen in HBO's WestWorld.
There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day.
Ninja Mom
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I still have a Pal Mickey somewhere around the house but he's going to need a defibrillator and a LOT of CPR to bring him back from the dead.
~NM
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