Disney Genie is just... rubbish

[homerj]

Originally Posted by loves2plan

You can stack normal G+ passes, which works well if you're planning an afternoon/evening park visit. So, at 7am you can select your first one. Then 2 hours after park opening, (say 11am) you can select another one. Then another one 2 hours after that at 1pm, and another after that at 3pm. You now have 4 stacked and ready to use for your afternoon visit. As you tap to use each one it will then allow you to book another. This is all the $15 Genie+ option and doesn't include buying additional paid for ride passes.

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If this is correct then i take back everything i have said about genie +

[loldis]

Originally Posted by homerj

If this is correct then i take back everything i have said about genie +

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It is correct, it's come from confirmed reports of people doing it in the parks.

[Leia77]

Originally Posted by loves2plan

You can stack normal G+ passes, which works well if you're planning an afternoon/evening park visit. So, at 7am you can select your first one. Then 2 hours after park opening, (say 11am) you can select another one. Then another one 2 hours after that at 1pm, and another after that at 3pm. You now have 4 stacked and ready to use for your afternoon visit. As you tap to use each one it will then allow you to book another. This is all the $15 Genie+ option and doesn't include buying additional paid for ride passes.

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Thanks for this - I hadn’t quite grasped what stacking meant. Still don’t like too much, but that part does suit us.

[mrsmickey]

Originally Posted by Maverick177uk

Lots of the vloggers are saying this loads of people just glued to their phones it’s all a big con, it’s just paid fast pass, I think our next trip will be our last, family of 3 two weeks IF we genie plus everyday it’s another $600+ for the family, not including the paid rides, I think we will do most stuff in the first week and then play it buy ear, one park a day, but obviously I’ll blow cash on Rise of Resistance

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The previous fast pass+ system had a similar effect when it came to people on the phones. As soon as you tapped in, people were going about refreshing and trying to get their next fast pass. Most of the time you’d be unable to get what you want until you refreshed several times and even when booked, you could keep going and suddenly something would appear. Genie+ has plenty of faults but it feels a tad ironic for me for vloggers to complain people are spending too much time on their phones

[Nimbus]

Originally Posted by ThemeParkPro

What use to be included as part of the very expensive park tickets is now a paid extra.

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Yes, that's correct.

We've known all that since Disney announced Genie+ (and many guessed it would happen sometime before that). It's rubbish and no one likes it. We've all had a moan about it back then. But now it's here and, I'm afraid, we have to live with it. Or boycott Disney. Whatever suits you.

It feels like some people are still in the anger stage of grief over the loss of fastpass+. I guess it takes longer for some to get through the earlier stages and to the (reluctant) acceptance stage.

Originally Posted by ThemeParkPro

On the other hand, if Disney cancels it due to frequent ride breakdowns, you have to wait in line at guest relations to get a gift card instead of a refund.

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Apparently that's not the case any more and Disney have changed that. If the ride breaks down and doesn't reopen then you'll get refund onto the card you bought the LL pass with.

[YorkshireT]

Originally Posted by mrsmickey

The previous fast pass+ system had a similar effect when it came to people on the phones. As soon as you tapped in, people were going about refreshing and trying to get their next fast pass. Most of the time you’d be unable to get what you want until you refreshed several times and even when booked, you could keep going and suddenly something would appear. Genie+ has plenty of faults but it feels a tad ironic for me for vloggers to complain people are spending too much time on their phones

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You didn’t have to go on the phone until you’d done the first 3, that’s a major difference.

[Nimbus]

Originally Posted by YorkshireT

You didn’t have to go on the phone until you’d done the first 3, that’s a major difference.

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People were going on their phone after their first fastpass to amend the time of their second one to move it forward. That way, they could do their first 3 within an hour. You didn’t have to wait until after the third fastpass until playing about with things on your phone.

Obviously you don’t have to be on your phone all the time. It only takes a couple of minutes to book these Genie+ LL slots. So that’s a couple of minutes every couple of hours.

I suspect people are spending more of their time going on social media.

[Leia77]

Originally Posted by Nimbus

People were going on their phone after their first fastpass to amend the time of their second one to move it forward. That way, they could do their first 3 within an hour. You didn’t have to wait until after the third fastpass until playing about with things on your phone.

Obviously you don’t have to be on your phone all the time. It only takes a couple of minutes to book these Genie+ LL slots. So that’s a couple of minutes every couple of hours.

I suspect people are spending more of their time going on social media.

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But you could leave the three FPS as booked and technically not need to use your phone to touch fast passes. Now, if going in the morning you will need to be on your phone - no way around that as far as I can see.

[NewtoOrlando]

Originally Posted by AdmiralJack

Or alternatively, a company with Disneys resources shouldn't release things unless and until they work seamlessly.

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But it does work? For those in the USA who are in the parks. It was never meant to work for UK guests yet?

[kk20]

corre tion. UK guests with undated tickets, i.e. not staying onsite. It was the undated nature of ultimate tickets that broke it (so it seems).