Real time Genie+ updates

[Jeff4272]

Anyone on here that will be in the parks tomorrow that can update their first hand experience of how Genie, Genie+, IAS is working for them?

I am very curious to see:

1) if IAS sells out (or if IAS has limited return times after resort guests buy and before day guests can buy)

2) Return times for the popular Genie+ rides from 7am until the respective park open?

3) What time the first Genie+ rides "sell out" (if at all)

4) how the 120 min booking is working?

5) Can you have 3 (or possible more) Genie+ at once?

6) Are the standby lines a lot worse?

 

[rct247]

Day 1

1. I think Rise of Resistance was the only IAS to sell out. If any others did, it was really close to the end of the day. Many of the IAS today had immediate return times available at some points. The exceptions were Rise, Remy, and FOP being the more popular IAS choices, but ones like Everest, Space, and MMRR actually did pretty well.
2. Slinky went the fastest and was in the afternoon by park open. Falcon, Jungle, Pan, Navi, & Test Track were other popular ones today, but return times for most of these seemed to still be morning by park opening.
3. Slinky was the one that booked the fastest and sold out the fastest for Genie+ in all 4 parks.
4. 2 hour rule is best explained that you can get your next Genie Lightning Lane pass either after you use it or if 2 hours have passed* whichever one comes first. The 2 hour rule starts at the park's respective opening, not the 7am booking time.
5. Technically, but it's not as likely. You would be picking probably popular attractions on a busy day with book outs late in the day.
   • First one booked at 7am and is for 2-3pm. Second one is booked at 11am (9am park open) and it is for 4-5pm. Third one is book at 1pm and it is for 6:15-7:15pm. There you have 3.
   • First one booked at 7am and is for 1:30-2:30pm. Second one is an IAS booked at 7am and is for 12-1pm. Third one is booked at 11am (9am park open) for 3:10-4:10pm.
6. Standby lines got a tad bit longer, but overall today, the Genie+ bookings seemed lower than what FastPass was so the SB lines were not crawling.

 

[Hitchens]

Beware of all the new charges at WDW before you go. I just saw this on TouringPlans :
"It may be a little thing, but the most popular complaint around the TouringPlans office this morning is how sales tax wasn't included in Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lane prices. It feels like a literal definition of being nickeled and dimed (plus a few pennies, too)."

 

[wutisgood]

Beware of all the new charges at WDW before you go. I just saw this on TouringPlans :
"It may be a little thing, but the most popular complaint around the TouringPlans office this morning is how sales tax wasn't included in Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lane prices. It feels like a literal definition of being nickeled and dimed (plus a few pennies, too)."

When stubhub included fees be default sales went down so they took it away. This is a deliberate way to increase sales.