Im not denying DAS helps..... my argument was the word Massive which is debatable but more the fact that My opinion doesnt hold much water anymore regarding my love & comments of FP because of the fact i have DAS as well.... FYI i didnt always have DAS when FP was around either way yes it helps but when FP+ was around i was able to do just fine and my trips would have not been drastically worse w/o DAS.
You are free to focus on which system was better.
I don't disagree that you probably could have had a comparable trip when FP+ was around. Now however? The system is definitely working against most guests, especially locals.. I don't know if its staffing or what but we find ourselves making a trip to do 2 rides at most.. We are just up Osceola a little bit so we can make multiple trips but we simply cannot afford to add lightning lane to our visits when we already spent so much on annual passes.
For my family it's not the way we tour parks. It wasn't just FP+ on its own, it was also pre-planning your meals and no adding reserving your park. Too much planning for how we tour parks. I know Universal isn't everyone's cup of tea but you have to admit it's much more laid back to visit then Disney is.
I am sure it happed for some folks, after discussing with their spouse then they go back into the system to buy the tickets, the seats are gone..
Been there…
I'll say for us it was a combination of syncing TS, FP+ we wanted to the same park, and avoiding early entry parks. Hard to get TS or FP+ meant about an hour of playing "which park" to increase the odds of getting the TS and FP+. All that was done prior to 180 days. Book TS, then adjust FP+ general plan so we weren't zig zagging in the park. But I'm a person that enjoys the planning. People who didn't want to plan could have a TA do it for them.
I relate it to buying tickets to an MLB game, and buying parking tickets. This is done on the Ticketmaster site, linked from MLB.com. You first select the game tickets and seats. Next screen is an option to purchase parking ticket. If no parking is available, you have the option to continue with tickets only, or cancel altogether. Disney could modify their system to something like this, especially for guests booking rooms and tickets together.
Have there been any reports of this happening?
It still doesn't work as good as Fastlane does at Cedar Fair parks.
I have no data, but I am guessing, in a peak time, they will take your money for the ticket, but there are no park pass reservations for MK for example?
This is something I wouldn't worry about until there is some indication from a credible source that it has actually happened.
There was absolutely NO reason in 2019/2020 before Covid that the majority of guests would not know how to use it other than pure laziness or the mentality that everything should be served on a silver platter for them. The system was not difficult. They were willing to help you when your window opened up 60 days prior and while in the park you literally opened an app and just had to choose a ride.
If that was too difficult Genie+ is going to be like taking the Bar and CPA exam in one when you think you have 1 time slot and thenend up with another for starters.
For my family we knew how to use it and know how to use Genie+. We think both systems are garbage.There was absolutely NO reason in 2019/2020 before Covid that the majority of guests would not know how to use it other than pure laziness or the mentality that everything should be served on a silver platter for them. The system was not difficult. They were willing to help you when your window opened up 60 days prior and while in the park you literally opened an app and just had to choose a ride.