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20 Aug 21, 10:42 AM |
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Worse.
This has not been announced well by Disney. Seems more like a junior idea in its early stages that somehow made it past final checking by mistake. |
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20 Aug 21, 10:42 AM |
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It cetainly seems worse than FP+ as I'm someone who loved the advance planning. Trying to decide what restaurants we wanted to eat at over 6months before the holiday was not a chore!
FP+ was a massive benefit to us as we stayed onsite for 14 days so we always had multiple rides on the big headliners and we have never used stand by for FOP or 7DMT. I'm sad to see the back of this as it will change our holidays.
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20 Aug 21, 10:44 AM |
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Ignoring the cost I would much rather book in advanced. Having to wake up at 7am each day on holiday to book is not a holiday. I could manage that for RoTR, but every Disney day is OTT.
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20 Aug 21, 10:45 AM |
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20 Aug 21, 10:48 AM |
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I agree. I'm trying to embrace this aspect. Many of the rides we have done multiple times so it really doesn't matter if we do BTMR only once rather than multiple times. I figure we will actually just ride what we fancy on the day, maybe that will include headliners and maybe it won't. But, I'm hoping it will feel less like a military operation.
I'm ignoring the aspect of having to book your Genie+ things at 7am...that part I think will be stressful but I don't think we will do this every day. I was not looking forward to the idea of having to be on the app and booking up ROTR slots within 5 seconds and the introduction of Genie+ feels very much like a lottery.
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20 Aug 21, 10:51 AM |
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All of the above - people will now choose to stay offsite but use money they have saved for genie plus so disney are loosing out more I will think in the end!
I am also DVC and considering selling but don't want to be too hasty! They could of used it as a perfect opportunity to give onsite guests 3 x fastpass plus free of charge and other guests maybe just 1 x fastpass free of charge similar to the paper system, then use the pay per ride in addition to this! Disney - I am available for consultancy work |
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20 Aug 21, 10:57 AM |
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I like the spontaneity of booking on the day ( but they need to remove the park pass system for this to really be an advantage ) we loved using max pass in California and wish that was coming to Disney World… yes you had to pay if you wanted to use your phone to book but it wasn’t a large amount and definitely not per attraction …. Also you could only book once inside the park so no getting up at the crack of dawn.
This new system Disney are bringing in will really make DisneyWorld for the rich only . Your average family will save for years to get their children to DW, this could make that a futile , as once there unless you drop massive amount of more cash you cannot ride much ! It’s shameful and Walt will be spinning in his grave ! |
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20 Aug 21, 10:57 AM |
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I pay extra to stay onsite for the benefit of being able to pay extra to get rides booked at 7am for a park that I had to book a year ahead or less.
Basically I'm stuck to my phone up.early hopefully getting what I want running the risk of not getting what I want, having scheduled ADRs to fit in with the reservation window. This is not a holiday this is utterly ridiculous. The more I read the less I like and probably, sadly, will be taking my money to universal etc |
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20 Aug 21, 11:03 AM |
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Getting Excited
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Even though I'm a massive planner nerd - at least this takes the hassle of booking each ride 30 days in advance like the old Fast Pass +. I think the Gene aspect (which is free) looks good as a planning tool for your day... and then it's kinda like an app version of the old Fast Pass ticket system if you pay for Gene +
Also the other option of paying extra for the more "premium rides" like ROTR for a lightning lane option is good if you miss out on the virtual boarding group. Trying to see the positive!
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20 Aug 21, 11:08 AM |
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There will be fewer boarding group places for ROTR, Remy etc if guests can pay to join as well, making it harder not to have pay if you want to ride 😐
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