Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

[DCBaker]

For the first time since launching at Walt Disney World, Genie+ has sold out for the day.

 

[celluloid]

For the first time since launching at Walt Disney World, Genie+ has sold out for the day.

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We hit a major holiday weekend season without Splash Mountain.

 

[SingleRider]

For the first time since launching at Walt Disney World, Genie+ has sold out for the day.

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Must be a very busy time considering it didn’t even happen around New Years.

 

[SingleRider]

We hit a major holiday weekend season without Splash Mountain.

Splash would have normally been closed around this time of year for an annual refurb.

 

[celluloid]

Splash would have normally been closed around this time of year for an annual refurb.

No. It was nearly always reopened by Presidents Day from that. And for the reason of this time of year being the lead into Spring break.

 

[SingleRider]

Just wait until RnR closes starting tomorrow…

 

[GhostHost1000]

Wow what a mess Disney is becoming.

 

[celluloid]

Just wait until RnR closes starting tomorrow…

That will be even worse as the FL inclement weather starts to roll in more often in the spring and every time Slinky Dog goes down, a large batch of genie Plus replacements will have people using them at the other three or so options people would actually want to use them on in the park.

 

[SingleRider]

That will be even worse as the FL inclement weather starts to roll in more often in the spring and every time Slinky Dog goes down, a large batch of genie Plus replacements will have people using them at the other three or so options people would actually want to use them on in the park.

I got a replacement from Tower once that excluded MMRR and Slinky. Hopefully they’ll exclude some of the others so they can go use their LL to watch Frozen Sing-along or ride Star Tours.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Just wait until RnR closes starting tomorrow…

Along with random attraction downtime due to reduced preventative maintenance

 

[celluloid]

Along with random attraction downtime due to reduced preventative maintenance

And the staffing issues that could be increasing.

 

[celluloid]

I got a replacement from Tower once that excluded MMRR and Slinky. Hopefully they’ll exclude some of the others so they can go use their LL to watch Frozen Sing-along or ride Star Tours.

That will surely make the people that paid for that happy!

 

[SingleRider]

That will surely make the people that paid for that happy!

They already do this to an extent. Frozen Ever After went down when I had an LL for it and it excluded the other four headliners at Epcot (even Soarin was excluded) but I could have used it on Nemo, Figment, SSE, etc.

 

[celluloid]

They already do this to an extent. Frozen Ever After went down when I had an LL for it and it excluded the other four headliners at Epcot (even Soarin was excluded) but I could have used it on Nemo, Figment, SSE, etc.

Another reason why the system is overrated. You are too easily not getting the value you paid for.

 

[lightningtap347]

Another reason why the system is overrated. You are too easily not getting the value you paid for.

You will never get value from EPCOT or DAK, especially DAK.

 

[celluloid]

You will never get value from EPCOT or DAK, especially DAK.

The foot traffic and backtracking alone there is wild.

I remember hearing a family over by Nemo's theater restrooms that they could get Safaris as their next option for Genie Plus. The walk to go there to nab that and back to the course of their day is going to waste much more time than anything they could have done with simple flow and strategy. Personally, that was my witness to Genie Plus not being worth it.

 

[SingleRider]

You will never get value from EPCOT or DAK, especially DAK.

If you arrive for AK (even staying offsite) at park open you could probably ride all of the G+ attractions within 2-3 hours when half the park is in line for FoP.

 

[Tha Realest]

Yeah, it's Presidents Day Weekend. So you will not see that pricing again until parts of Spring Break or Easter if it works well for them.

Yeah but that starts in about two weeks and goes through Easter

 

[celluloid]

Yeah but that starts in about two weeks and goes through Easter

yep. I imagine we will see about the 20-25 dollar range for most of Spring Break. Maybe 29 again on Easter or weekends.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Here’s where I have a lot of trouble with the new system. Take what I expect will eventually be the case for Tron as an example. I can pay $616 just to get into the park with a family of 4. Then, if I want to go on tron, I can choose to waste multiple hours of my day (effectively reducing the value of the ticket) or, I can fork over another $120ish so my family can go on a 60s ride.

Good thing is you won't have to do Tron standby, it will be on a Virtual Queue for at least the first six months of opening.