Genie+ - only 1 ride per attraction per day

[miked1e]

Originally Posted by Leia77

Have said on other threads (as have others, did this frequently on park days.

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Thank you and have read some of the posts on the other thread now. Which I was kindly pointed towards… well, informed of.

Seems maybe a little more common place than I believed it to be.

What kind of rides did you FP several times, if you don’t mind me asking.

[Moorlandman]

Originally Posted by miked1e

Edit to add… also think this limitation makes it a much fairer system. Gives all people a much better opportunity to ride each ride

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Agree with this. Gone are the days of on-site stayers and DVC owners taking all the best fast passes at 12pm 60 days out😀 They now have to fight it out and pay with the off site visitors

[miked1e]

Originally Posted by Moorlandman

Agree with this. Gone are the days of on-site stayers and DVC owners taking all the best fast passes at 12pm 60 days out😀 They now have to fight it out and pay with the off site visitors

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Good point…. However, the difficult to get FPs are those which are ILLS right? Meaning that on site guests still get a head start to off site guests either with EMH or to book 2 hours before… and rightly so.

But for all the other rides then I see your point.

[Dreamer1977]

Originally Posted by Moorlandman

Agree with this. Gone are the days of on-site stayers and DVC owners taking all the best fast passes at 12pm 60 days out😀 They now have to fight it out and pay with the off site visitors

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I do think the added cost of staying onsite was a good reason to get advance booking though

[Gillybean08]

We used fast pass multiple times in a day for the same ride, TOT, Buzz , BTM. They were relatively easy to achieve. We’ve also done Frozen 3 times in a row in EMH one evening.
Disney have always tried to keep people on site, I don’t understand why this isn’t a priority any more, they’ve got more rooms to sell and less incentive for us to pay the extortionate rates.
Maybe the system will work well but it’s still a big extra cost.
We did 2 weeks on-site at a delux last time, we’ve booked 1 week at a moderate for our next. How many of those that were happy to stay on-site and not consider anything else will now try something similar and realise it’s actually okay. It’s not even just about the cost, I’m doing a week offsite on principal. I’m only a moderate mug.

[miked1e]

Originally Posted by Gillybean08

We used fast pass multiple times in a day for the same ride, TOT, Buzz , BTM. They were relatively easy to achieve. We’ve also done Frozen 3 times in a row in EMH one evening.
Disney have always tried to keep people on site, I don’t understand why this isn’t a priority any more, they’ve got more rooms to sell and less incentive for us to pay the extortionate rates.
Maybe the system will work well but it’s still a big extra cost.
We did 2 weeks on-site at a delux last time, we’ve booked 1 week at a moderate for our next. How many of those that were happy to stay on-site and not consider anything else will now try something similar and realise it’s actually okay. It’s not even just about the cost, I’m doing a week offsite on principal. I’m only a moderate mug.

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We won’t consider it. We like staying onsite!

Both at Disney and Universal..

Was FP available during EMH? Not done evening hours for a long time.

[loldis]

Originally Posted by miked1e

We won’t consider it. We like staying onsite!

Both at Disney and Universal..

Was FP available during EMH? Not done evening hours for a long time.

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No, never has been. I think they were just giving an example of riding the same ride multiple times. Like how I sat on Dumbo for way longer than I'll admit during After Hours because I didn't have to get off between rides.

[miked1e]

Originally Posted by loldis

No, never has been. I think they were just giving an example of riding the same ride multiple times. Like how I sat on Dumbo for way longer than I'll admit during After Hours because I didn't have to get off between rides.

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Didn’t think so. Thank you!

Dumbo over and over again sounds great fun haha

[Gillybean08]

That’s great that it hasn’t put you off, I just feel for us, it’s a push to try Orlando a different way.
I’m also considering alternatives to Disney, we’ve a cruise booked and there’s a possible US road trip in the pipeline.
It’s a lot of money to invest if your not completely happy with all the changes.
I really hope it all works well and my faith is restored next November 😊

[amy56]

I used my 3 fast passes differently than lots of people, as I would often book three evening slots so that I could ride my favourite rides in the dark.

I’m disappointed with the new system in that I can only book one at once. It will encourage me far more to ‘get my money’s worth’ and book them throughout the day, and then just hope I can get an evening ride on splash or thunder mountains.

Having said this, I suspect for us this might well be a one time purchase thing - we will do it next trip as we are taking our son’s girlfriend for her first ever trip, but after that the thought of having my head stuck in a phone to grab the next fastpass is not the way I want to holiday. Disney is more about atmosphere and a few rides for us these days, not how many rides can I get done because I’ve paid for the genie! 😞