fair enough i can respect that and my comments were more tongue in cheek... just saying that there needs to be some blame and lessons learned from this and honestly changes need to be made. its been what? 6-7 months and things have only gotten worse... lets see how they "fix" it
i agree and honestly something that i think most people would not mind being monetized and as i stated they could have simply charged for current version of FP and gave a slight discount for resort guests and maybe even a discount for a length of stay pass... and honestly may have been able to make more money off it with a better satisfaction rating as well. 60 days out you pretty much were able to get what you wanted and thats with Everyone on site trying to book now imagine even if 25% of people opted out how many more options are open? even for non resort guests as well.
That's one of the biggest issues with Genie+. Most of those that buy it don't feel they get their moneys worth cause of only getting 2-3 skips. Imagine if they upped the amount of people in the LL line it would add more availability. IMO the goal should to please those who bought Genie+ over those who didn't.
What I was getting at was in theory I think with not letting people pick their return times most would stick with what they were given. Instead many try it change their return times.
Simple answer...to confuse people into buying it. If it was a simple "we are going to charge $15 to use the old FP+ system" people would see right through it as a huge money grab.
This is not accurate (not even close). Love Len though!@lentesta over at Touring Plans indicated that Disney is well aware of the problems with Genie+, and that he heard that it will take $750MM to fix.
It really isn't that much of a perk. I've used it a few times since it started last Fall and you *maybe* get one ride in before the park is opened up to day guests.
and that means you have to wake up super early and lets face it, the vast majority people dont do that
It's not just Genie+ that's complicated. It's a lot of what they put out for the parks isn't very streamlined for guests. IMO Disney tries to hard to make things "magical". Keeping things simple works best.
You can get a top tier ride with little wait. It takes rope drop off the table for off-site guests.
hence why go back to FP+ include every ride charge an extra $5 for it and call it a day. Deal with the backlash and move on. the company has bigger issues than this imo that need to be addressed immediately at least this "fix' generates money and makes people happy. Possibly green lighting and fast tracking much needed capacity at their 4 theme parks!
Im guessing those of you love these perks and want them back stay in the bubble all the time.
yes i do stay in said bubble.... maybe visit Uni for a day but as far as all the perks...to me the FP was the best.... ever since my daughter was born i cant recall last rope drop... i never used ME as i rent a car bc imo the Bus service was awful gets to next point that i never used Disney buses to parks either. EMH at night were nice and definitely utilized and allowed for some extra time in the park. Not sure what you are trying to get at tho... Point is Genie+ vs FP+ is awful in almost every way shape or form and even if you dont want to compare system still stinks but sadly "needed" to at least get you on rides w/o having to wait. MK definitely and obviously had most availability during the day
I agree Genie+ is awful. I also thing FP+ was awful. I do agree that a skip the line system is needed but I prefer systems like Express Pass more. I hate return times.
It could easily be solved.
Lol...the ONLY thing Disney are "over thinkers" at is making money...dont fool yourself into thinking ANY changes in the last 3 years have been for anything other than to money grab from its guests."
Not if they haven't made park reservations.
