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No, just trying to keep things simple. We currently have everything for my family in one MDE account. I fear what might happen if I let others start messing around with things :laughing:.

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That’s what I was planning on trying. I was going to split up our 6 days between my son and myself. He is the only other one I trust to get it right.

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Is it still necessary/advisable to set up your days ahead of time in MDE? (It seems like we used to have to do this to get the whole Genie+ thing to work correctly.)

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I never did it- even during Genie+ time. :grimacing:

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No, there does not seem to have any merit at all. It used to be helpful as it would have your party preselected and your favorite rides would appear top of the tip board. Both of these features are gone.

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From my knowledge that I’ve picked up about LLMP bookings and MDE accounts, Disney doesn’t support well the case of the same user is trying to do multiple things. I would highly recommend using separate accounts.

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Seconded.

I’ll add that getting things done at 7:00:00AM isn’t as important as it used to be, bc prebooking is spread over multiple days. You don’t have everybody hammering the system at once at 7:00:00 like under G+. Seconds don’t matter now, though hours still do.

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Checking that I haven’t missed a tip/trick - my husband and are local and friends are coming down and staying on property. There’s no way for us to book with them at their 7 day mark unless we are added to their hotel res or book our own room, right? Just because we are linked on MDE doesn’t mean we’ll get the 7 day option.

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Correct

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So, I have a trip in a little over three weeks. Has anything changed since my trip last April?

In all seriousness, I have some studying up to do…

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Dude. You’re one of the thread’s threadmasters

Honestly if you ever used FastPass Plus it’s quite reminiscent of that. I think most knowing priorities and drop times is the main thing now

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Like @OBNurseNH very Fast pass+ esque. The lead thread has a great updated summary. There isn’t a ton of tips and tricks on the advanced thread like before. Just knowing the drops and what rides to prioritize in pre booking makes for successful usage of LLMP and LLSP.

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Haha! Thank you. You’re funny, @drvillarejos

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Yeah, I’m sure it’ll be fine. It seems like FP+ but with slightly less restrictive tiering, and a rolling 3 instead of having to use all of your prebooked FPs before selecting a fourth.

I’m sure I’ll be fine. I’m sort of laughing at myself because in 2022 I spent months trying to figure out Genie+, and now it’s 3 weeks before my trip and I’m just starting to look at it and plan (other than first looking at it when it launched).

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Thank you - I’m sure I’ll be fine. @Jeff_AZ’s lead post is an awesome resource, BG1 still exists, (thank you @joelbruick), there’s a drop-time thread somewhere that someone put together :wink:, and I do consider myself above average in knowledge of the parks and what works thanks to @len, TP and all of you here.

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Perfect summary. ā€œThat may be all you need to know.ā€

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Haha, same here. Less than 4 weeks until our trip. I haven’t been able to convince myself to pull out all of the thrill data charts yet to complete my TP’s. Had the Genie+ thing down to a science. Not sure I have it in me this time. I am a bit concerned about LL availability on day-of after the first tap-in. Hopefully, the drops will remain.
I noticed the Advanced Strategies thread has not been updated since August 2024. I am guessing that is because there are very few strategies left to use now?

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I’ve heard that there’s a decent amount of random day-of availability (probably because of people modifying?) so hopefully that will be the case. Drops are still very much in place as far as I can tell.

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Lots of day of availability, specially in the early morning till early afternoon (I do not believe it is only from people changing plans but intended Disney refilling).

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And probably some inventory that they hold back in case of poor ride performance

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