In general no it doesn't but at other parks there isn't any where near the amount of people using boarding passes compared to Disney. It doesn't impact operations as much.
Then why say to look at how other parks provide accommodations if it’s not much different?
Not directly it doesn't take capacity. You can't tell me if they cut that DAS number down they won't add it to Genie+ capacity.
Except we keep hearing that genie+ is rarely selling out, so they don't need to increase genie+ capacity, they need to make genie+ more attractive - which the general consensus here has been, they do that by lessening the number of people in lightning lane. Taking whatever the number of DAS users is in that capacity and simply adding it to genie+ wouldn't seem to address the making it more attractive (as once people see shorter lines, which won't take long in this era, and more people buy genie+, they're right back at the same issue with too many people in LL to make genie+ attractive). There's a sweet spot they're trying to find.
IMO what they need to do is be like most other parks and raise the price of Genie+ to the point that most people don't buy it.
But according to you that would make abuse more attractive.
Not with the changes coming for DAS. Now with a limit of 4 guests and no pre books DAS is less attractive for those who don't need it.
But wouldn’t the planned return to line system satisfy this? Everyone stays together in line and the disabled person and a caregiver can leave when needed and then return to their companions in line.
I agree with this but it feels like they are ignoring the elephant in the room and “fixing” the wrong thing. Genie has been extremely unpopular, not only has it made the FP lines longer but it’s also made the standby lines move slower at the same time, it’s had a negative affect on all aspects of the park experience and Disney has to be aware of that from the negative guest feedback , the obvious solution would be to abandon it and move on to plan C but Disney desperately wants it to work for the extra money it brings in.
I'm only 5'11" and my knees already hit the back of the seat in front of me on IASW and Splash (we'll see about Tiana ride) - I can't imagine what it's like for somebody say 6'5 or so.
We’ve been told 70% of all capacity is going to DAS guests. Let’s also be conservative and say that 80% of all capacity at a ride comes from LL throughout the day. That means 85% of the LL line is Das guests, therefore increasing G+ prices to decrease 15% of the line is going to do next to nothing (not to mention encouraging more people to cheat into DAS.). It’s much more effective to look to shrink the 85% group first.
Not comfy…for sure
That’s really conservative. At crowded times we know the ratio of LL:Standby is 20:1, so it’s more like 95 percent of capacity goes to LL. 80 percent would be on the lowest of low crowd days.
That would still be DAS is 74% of the G+ line.
…sounds messed up, doesn’t it?
Yup that’s the issue and something that was worse then I expected (I thought it was 50-60%) and clearly something that needs to be changed.
Very well informed sources are saying that…
I think the consensus is starting to form is that they are NOT bringing in a lot of money with it. If DAS is as high as we now think - most of the people in LL aren’t paying. And we shouldn’t be surprised…when they rolled out genie, nothing in Disney parks were new enough/good enough to have unlimited fees.
Bob.
