I don’t think they can do much to limit the sales until January at the earliest. Many people already have it as part of their package. I would like to think at that time, they would change the time as to when Genie+ can be purchased. Maybe purchase at 6:30, first selection at 7.
They can limit sales. It's already on the Genie+ page being subject to availability.
They can limit sales (without offering refunds) as limiting someones ability to purchase the service doesn't materially change the service for those who have already purchased it. That being said, from a technical/software perspective, it's not yet possible. I would be surprised if interstitials were not in the next version of MDX ahead of the 4th of July holiday.
But what if there's a glitch at midnight?
not necessarily....
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Think your math is off there. Should be $196m. Still a solid chunk of change, but not new park money.
TWDC made 1.17B for absolutely nothing. In fact they made 1.17B for absolutely nothing that hurts the guest experience…If this is accurate (and I have no reason to doubt you)............
Genie+ started on December 8, 2021. 196 days ago.
At (roughly) a million per, Genie+ has generated $1.96B since inception.
Even WAG'ing to account for refunding dissatisfied customers (I used 40% as a rough refund calculation), Genie+ has generated $1.17B since inception ($1.96B X .6).
One could build a new gate/park with that coin (looking at you AK). (Or half a new gate/park adjusting for inflation.)
Still sitting on their profits.
Full disclosure, we are headed to WDW in Aug. Split stay between Universal and Disney. Our kids are 12 and almost 14, this is likely our final visit to Disney as a family for a very long time (until I get grandchildren probably
We will probably bite the bullet and pay for LL each day/each park and make day of decisions on purchase of Genie+ for each park.
I'm super curious about my DH, DS12, and DD14's reactions/thoughts on Uni Express Pass vs. Disney Genie+ during our upcoming trip.
Still a valid point you made overall.D'oh!!! Someone send me to summer school for remedial math.
40% daily refund rate?!?! that HAS to be way to high... NOT 1 person at MK can expect a refund imo its truly the only park that was viable obviously im sure there was some.... which would mean the refund rate at the other parks would be even higher and above 55% say system is awful but that # seems to be virtually impossible to fathom
Well just went with that as a benefit of the doubt / worst case scenario. No matter which way to slice or dice it, a ton of Genie related money came in the last 8 months.
