I wake up at 6:30 every morning at wdw to get ready and rope drop. Having an alarm wake me up, experience a moment of confusion, only to realize I'm going to the parks today is the best feeling ever! Having to pay does suck, however I plan to only use it for MK and maybe one other park once I see how everything works, so that's not so bad (plus I'm just a party of two). I can see how the extra cost would be troublesome for larger families though.
I'm still betting that the people over at Touring Plans are going to figure out the best ways to use this new system. If it works, and I have a great day at Disney doing most of the things I really want to do, then I'm happy. I'm sure they will come up with different scenarios as well: those who are late starters, those who don't want to pay, those who do want to pay for Genie +, those who only want to pay for individual attractions, etc..