Genie - Initial Impressions

They did say they might allow rerides in the future.

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Honestly looking at this it seems like LL selection will be pretty good in every park except for DHS. It was that way before with fast pass anyway. If they made a change to allow selecting your return window for LL, I might like this system, even though in principle I don’t like the idea of shelling out another $15.

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That would just drive up standby lines, which was a significant problem with the FPP system.

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Does anyone know if LL return times have a grace period?

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It sounds like @FOMOm_VA at least is having a good experience with LL. Short waits at the return, able to book overlapping windows and multiple selections at the same time. And if it’s true that standby waits are still about the same as before, I’d call this a net positive.

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Not if they kept inventory the same. 70 to 80% of capacity used to be allocated for fast pass. It may be that this is much lower, like 50%.

It would still drive up standby wait times…just by not as much.

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Wondering how much RotR costs will rise after today. This may be the lower mark.

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My friend is at MK today and having a very successful day with genie plus. I hate waiting in lines, so I am all in on whatever keeps me out of them.

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I think they have said $15 will be the max, but I absolutely believe they will increase it at some point with “inflation.” And that announcement could come sooner than later.

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I just don’t see how christmas makes that anything other than paid VQ. It’ll be gone in seconds and probably charge people who didn’t get a spot. It’ll be madness.

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JJT found a roughly 5 min grace period as opposed to the old 15.

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Wait what D23 offer? What did I miss

Who else feels like they’re in a giant social experiment and that a psych doctor is going to write their thesis on it?

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Wish we could tell how low crowds are compared to yesterday. I half expected some of the crowds were to pre-empt genie+.

Although I saw reports that your wi Dow could open 20 minutes early?

Free genie+ for d23 members today. If you have an AP you could test the system today.

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My friend at MK and says it is the same amount of crowded as last Tuesday, when we were there together. (And it was definitely crowded in comparison to when I was there in late September).

Ugh is that today like at the parks or does that signup for destination D next month…

Did I miss an email?