Dude, we get it. You don't like it. I'd recommend a breather from this thread for a while as I'm fairly sure that of the near 1000 messages you've posted on these boards, the majority are in this topic saying how much you hate Genie+, won't get up at 7am because you don't go into the parks until way late in the afternoon and so on.
I hadn't been in here for a while but we've been offered Genie+ at a discounted rate for our May trip from the UK so wanted to see how things were going, and it's the same drum being beaten over and over. The post a few pages back from
@Purduevian with their trip report from Reddit is super helpful though.
I do respect his position though and I think Disney has really put themselves between a rock and a hard place by changing the system around so much, that it appealed to different demographics and now someone will always be super upset by it.
Ignoring the money and focusing on the system...
G+ is much better for:
- offsite guests as only ILL has a resort perk (I stayed offsite last trip for the first time in ~10 years)
- People that like to go with the flow and let the day come to them
- People that book more last minute vacations (don't miss out because they weren't ready 30 or 60 days out)
- People that just don't want to plan a lot. Just want to show up and have a good time.
FP+ is much better for:
- Hyper planners (anyone else used to have excel spreadsheets?)
- People that like to sleep in
- People that stay onsite (actually got a huge advantage)
When FP+ was around, people used to complain all the time that you had to over plan for everything at WDW and DLR was so much easier to just walk up and have a good day.
Personal experience (so far only used G+ for one day).
- I was on my phone less than FP+
- I got on less attractions with G+ vs LL (I blame the lack of a modify button though, which is also why I was on my phone less)
- I felt like the system was worth $15 compared to my day of pre-G+ in October
- Never waited more than 30 minutes for a ride in either system
- I used to pick the soonest time anyway... so picking times really doesn't matter to me
For my current touring style, park open to close kind of guy, G+ would be as good as FP+ for me (ignoring the money) with 4 easy fixes
1) First LL can be made at park open, whether you are in the park or not (sleep is precious on a WDW vacation)
2)Let me modify my selection (because as crazy as it is to some, I like playing the "fast pass game" as we called it trying to get a better time whenever I was basically on my phone anyway because I was waiting for something.
3)Allow re-rides
4)Put all rides on normal G+, I probably won't ride 7D for years because it's not worth money to me to skip the line for just it and I'm also not willing to wait that long.
Quick comparison of my MK days using G+ vs FP+
G+ (sold out day)skipped the line for: Jungle Cruise, Pirates, Carpets, Big Thunder, Mansion, Pan, Mermaid, Pooh, Tea cups, Space, and Buzz. Total of 11 rides
FP+ (July 4th week 2019) skipped the line for: Splash, Thunder, Haunted Mansion, Pan, Pooh (x2), 7 dwarfs, Meet Tiana and Rapunzel, Meet Ariel, Under the Sea, Dumbo, Tea Cups, Buzz (x2), Meet Mickey & Minnie (they were meeting together) and Meet Tinkerbell. 12 rides and 4 meet and greets
TLDR: For some people like Jeff, the new system sucks because the old system was better for his touring style. For some people, the new system is probably way better. For people like me, G+ is actually fairly close although there are a few clear drawbacks that I wish they would fix.
Not sure what it blows. But, it does. We had tornados here yesterday. Maybe that's the blowing being discussed?
