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Old 11 Jan 22, 10:09 PM  
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Virgin holidays genie plus tickets

Is it worth it or has anyone booked their Disney tickets with Genie plus included for their park tickets? Is it a saving or doing it daily when needed etc. We are going for 3 weeks
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Old 11 Jan 22, 10:18 PM  
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Is it worth it or has anyone booked their Disney tickets with Genie plus included for their park tickets? Is it a saving or doing it daily when needed etc. We are going for 3 weeks
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I’m with Virgin Holidays but didn’t add Genie+ to the park tickets. I don’t plan on using it every single day, so for me it wasn’t worth it! I’ll use it if I think I need it on a particular day
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You have to use Genie+ for at least 9 days for the advance purchase to be cheaper than purchasing it when you need it. So work out how many days you would realistically use it for.

ETA: I didn't use Genie+ at all but there was only one day where I thought it would have been beneficial and that was at MK. No need for it in the other parks for me but caveat that I don't like the HS rides.

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We didn’t add Genie+ to our tickets because (1) we won’t go to the parks every day and (2) there will likely be some park days we won’t use Genie+.

Even if we do use it every park day, we’re looking 9-10 days at most, so the saving would be minimal if there was one, so for this trip we’re happy playing by ear to see what happens.
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We didn’t add Genie+ to our tickets because (1) we won’t go to the parks every day and (2) there will likely be some park days we won’t use Genie+.

Even if we do use it every park day, we’re looking 9-10 days at most, so the saving would be minimal if there was one, so for this trip we’re happy playing by ear to see what happens.

Thank you. I am going for 3 weeks in August. Its about 300 extra for genie plus to be added. There is 3 of us. All adult priced tickets. I was thinking if the genie plus last for the entirety of my tickets which is now 21 days with the new tickets, then it's worth it?
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Thank you. I am going for 3 weeks in August. Its about 300 extra for genie plus to be added. There is 3 of us. All adult priced tickets. I was thinking if the genie plus last for the entirety of my tickets which is now 21 days with the new tickets, then it's worth it?
The new tickets are 14 days use over an 18 day period, they are not 21 day tickets.
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Thank you. I am going for 3 weeks in August. Its about 300 extra for genie plus to be added. There is 3 of us. All adult priced tickets. I was thinking if the genie plus last for the entirety of my tickets which is now 21 days with the new tickets, then it's worth it?
The break-even point is 9 days, so if you are confident you will be using Genie+ for more days than that then you will start saving some money in comparison to paying day-by-day there.

We are two adults and decided that for us (17 days trip, 9-10 park days) it didn’t make sense to add to the ticket at this point, even if ultimately it ends up costing us about the same.

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which is now 21 days with the new tickets, then it's worth it?
From what I understand, the new tickets are for 14 days entry valid for use over 18 days from first entry (which is now stated at time of purchase, unlike before, when they were activated on first entry). That’s what our tickets are, at least, but we bought them after the change of ticket types and 21-day tickets were no longer available.
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I’m looking at Genie plus combined tickets with Disney which are 6.99 and American attractions @ 7.14 per day so if my calculations are correct work out as breaking even at around 7 days if that helps.
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I’m looking at Genie plus combined tickets with Disney which are 6.99 and American attractions @ 7.14 per day so if my calculations are correct work out as breaking even at around 7 days if that helps.
£6.99 per day x 14 = £97.86 which is $134.19 at today's rate

Genie+ purchased per day costs $15.98 including tax

134.19 ÷ 15.98 = 8.39

Hence the 9 day break even number that I mentioned above.

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