A positive Genie + experience

[loves2plan]

Originally Posted by Wardyboy2

You know... it's possible to do a "Dry Run" of Genie Plus from here in the UK. They've updated the App so you can go to "My Day" - where you book the rides - and watch and refresh.

Now. I tried 3 days last week (Spring Break, Park Passes sold out) and I saw availability for Slinky on and off all they way until 8am. I also saw ROTR run out in 2 mins at 07:00 but crucially (and as reported on other forums) the ILL are refreshed at about 07:11 and 07:17. So more spaces came available (from early in the day) at those 2 time slot as well. I think I even saw more at 07:35 ish.

The same test in MK shows a lot of availability all day. Just get Jungle Cruise first, that's the only one that really goes.

So I think whilst there is a lot of pressure on 07:00. There are more slots released.

Why not have a go yourselves. At home, use the app and see what's available at 07:00 then the other 120 min slots. The best part is, you don't need to be up at 07:00 GMT to do this dry run. Whoop!

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I guess this is only possible if you've added G+ to your tickets in advance and made a mock park reservation for that day?

I've not heard about the other times for ILL releases before (only use this forum), so that's a really handy tip - thanks for sharing

[mrsdjh]

Originally Posted by loves2plan

I guess this is only possible if you've added G+ to your tickets in advance and made a mock park reservation for that day?

I've not heard about the other times for ILL releases before (only use this forum), so that's a really handy tip - thanks for sharing

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No, I haven't added Genie and I've been doing the same this week - looking at 7am (USA time) and then 2 hours later to see availability of LLs. You can look at any park.

[Wardyboy2]

Originally Posted by mrsdjh

No, I haven't added Genie and I've been doing the same this week - looking at 7am (USA time) and then 2 hours later to see availability of LLs. You can look at any park.

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Yep. I don't have Genie Plus yet. It's made me feel a lot more confident about how to use it and what I will be bale to get. Defo worth a go.

Select "My Day" and then "Tip Board" to see. You can also set up favorite rides for the park you want to go to and they appear at the top of the list - no need to scroll down when you refresh. Lots of YouTube guides about how to do that.

[loves2plan]

Originally Posted by mrsdjh

No, I haven't added Genie and I've been doing the same this week - looking at 7am (USA time) and then 2 hours later to see availability of LLs. You can look at any park.

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Originally Posted by Wardyboy2

Yep. I don't have Genie Plus yet. It's made me feel a lot more confident about how to use it and what I will be bale to get. Defo worth a go.

Select "My Day" and then "Tip Board" to see. You can also set up favorite rides for the park you want to go to and they appear at the top of the list - no need to scroll down when you refresh. Lots of YouTube guides about how to do that.

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Interesting, thank you!

[baggies]

Originally Posted by Wardyboy2

Select "My Day" and then "Tip Board" to see. You can also set up favorite rides for the park you want to go to and they appear at the top of the list - no need to scroll down when you refresh. Lots of YouTube guides about how to do that.

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This was 100% the best tip, and as you reserve your favourite you change the list for the next selection. Why I never knew Muppets were always available

[baggies]

Originally Posted by Wardyboy2

You know... it's possible to do a "Dry Run" of Genie Plus from here in the UK. They've updated the App so you can go to "My Day" - where you book the rides - and watch and refresh.

Now. I tried 3 days last week (Spring Break, Park Passes sold out) and I saw availability for Slinky on and off all they way until 8am. I also saw ROTR run out in 2 mins at 07:00 but crucially (and as reported on other forums) the ILL are refreshed at about 07:11 and 07:17. So more spaces came available (from early in the day) at those 2 time slot as well. I think I even saw more at 07:35 ish.

The same test in MK shows a lot of availability all day. Just get Jungle Cruise first, that's the only one that really goes.

So I think whilst there is a lot of pressure on 07:00. There are more slots released.

Why not have a go yourselves. At home, use the app and see what's available at 07:00 then the other 120 min slots. The best part is, you don't need to be up at 07:00 GMT to do this dry run. Whoop!

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This is great news because it means if you have a phone with data roaming you will no longer need to use a VPN when not on wifi to reserve rides

The fact you can prepare before you go is an added bonus ofc, but it really is very easy.

[Nimbus]

Originally Posted by Wardyboy2

I also saw ROTR run out in 2 mins at 07:00 but crucially (and as reported on other forums) the ILL are refreshed at about 07:11 and 07:17. So more spaces came available (from early in the day) at those 2 time slot as well.

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Yes, this was mentioned in the first post in this thread. As was one or two of the other things you mentioned.

It's good to know that you can "trial run" looking at the availability at home. Thanks for that.

[Steveswift]

Hi couldn't see how to add as favourites?

Ta

Steve

[dcmax]

Originally Posted by Steveswift

Hi couldn't see how to add as favourites?

Ta

Steve

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Dont think you can select the favourites part unless you have tkts on your account - everything else should still work though to try including the virtual q system.

You will just have a longer a-z list though for each park which does make it harder to use and fiddle faddle to flip the times with refreshes