One still open question is when the 2 hour window starts when you select a LL pass with Genie+ at 7am. I would assume you have to be in the park to select #2 (although that hasn’t been clarified). Also, would the 2 hour window for your second selection really open at 9am, regardless of when the park opens? For an 11am Epcot opening, it’s doubtful they would allow you to pick one at 7am, another at 9am, then another as you walk into the park at 11am.
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Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World
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Given that almost all LLs booked will be within that 2 hour window (as at the beginning of the day there is almost never a lag) it will start when your window opens.
Muffinpants
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If the sun is west and the wind is low IA$ will be under 20$. When the moon glows red and the wind is chill genie+ will work as intended
The old FP+ system allowed you to get three FPs in a row (an hour apart). So, you could do three headliners before noon.
THEN... you only could get one more at a time. And it was likely that all the remaining headliners were gone, grabbed by resort guests 60 days earlier.
With DG+, you and everyone else are on a level playing field, grabbing LLs throughout the day.
Now, we understand that you liked getting three locked-in headliners early in the day and then ditching the park. Sorry, but the new system doesn't allow for that.
LittleBuford
Well-Known Member
Just as an aside, the bolded wasn't my experience, at least not in the Magic Kingdom.
You found Peter Pan and 7 Dwarfs FPs throughout the day at MK?
mikejs78
Premium Member
I often did, yes. Although they were harder to get than pretty much anything else.
LittleBuford
Well-Known Member
No, I didn't, but I don't consider those the only headliners (I was thinking of the Mountains).
CastAStone
5th gate? Just build a new resort Bob.
MK was easy to get A headliner but not always easy to get the one you wanted. If it was 93, people weren’t dropping Splash Mountain FPs for anything.
DisneyDodo
Well-Known Member
There’s no reason to assume the new system won’t accommodate his preferred schedule. You can’t book 3 rides in advance anymore, but neither can anybody else! That means when you check in for your first LL, ~67% of the slots that would have been booked under the old system will still be available. So it’s very possible you could still book 3 headliners for 9am, 10am, and 11am like with FP+ — just not in advance.
Of course, all of this depends on how many people are using G+ and how much capacity is allocated for LL.
He wants to get it all done in time for a hotel nap at noon.
mikejs78
Premium Member
I mean, you're more likely to do that with the new system. Book a LL for 9, tap in, book your next one for 9:30; tap into that one, book your next headliner for 9:45. Three headliners done by 10, so now he can go back to his hotel and get an extra 2 hours of nap time.
Well what’s wrong with that? Why not use some of the amenities like the pool? I also get a villa since I can’t stand quick service and prefer to make my own lunch.
At the end of the day it wouldn’t matter much to me if I could achieve what I used to be able to do with fp+.
The fact you have to pay to do less is what’s upsetting.
You can’t even buy your way out of the situation since you are limited to 2 IAS.
You dreaming if you think it’s going to work like this.
By the time you tap into your 9am ride I’d be willing to bet the next time you will be able to get for a headliner will be 11am.
Chi84
Premium Member
Honestly, people here will tell you you’re vacationing the wrong way. I don’t understand it, but there are a lot of regular posters who need to have their way of doing things validated.
mikejs78
Premium Member
Will be interesting to see - I suspect there will be a decent amount of inventory given the rules involved and the fact that not nearly everyone will have this, so there will be a lot more supply. And since it's a paid service, Disney is incentivized to make it worthwhile.
Maybe I am who knows.
I just like getting out off the parks midday when they are most packed.
I had my little fast pass+ system that allowed me to experience the parks in a way I enjoyed.
I will just have to lower my expectations.
Ok so here is a question for you -
How many LL passes would you have to get per day to make genie+ worth it for you?
mikejs78
Premium Member
Depends on the park. For MK, at least 10. DHS I would be satisfied with 6 or 7...…