Key think to remember - budget for Genie plus and start booking atttractions/ rides every 2 hrs starting 7 am. Oh also book in order of priority based on which ones are more popular.
8 minutes in and DANG this is stressing me out. It's important to remember that planning a Disney trip is a wonderful problem to have and regardless you're going to enjoy yourself
Can you please make a new genie plus tutorial? Since guardians and Tron and the changes that have been made, sure would love to have an updated version of this video. It’s so so helpful, just need it to be a little newer? Super appreciate you guys!
Your videos bring me so much joy! Our first trip to Disney was scheduled for March 2020 and literally the day they closed was supposed to be the first day of our trip. For the 2 years following I watched every single one of your videos and it allowed me to experience and get ready for the magic before we finally went in May 2022. It was such an amazing experience and needless to say we were very prepared. Genie+ and careful planning meant that we didn’t wait in line for more than 30 minutes on any attraction. Thank you guys so much for the excellent work that you do and I cannot wait for my next trip:)
When we went and bought genie plus for our family of 5 it was absolutely the best move we made the whole trip!! We averaged 2 rides an hour and if not for the rain we could have hit every single ride. We did start at rope drop and left at the start of fireworks though, we were toast by days end. It was a hustle about day. Lol!
You will love it!! I went for the first time two weeks ago and it was amazing!!! Genie+ is actually fairly easy to use… I went during a non-busy time so I got in 16 rides with genie+… plus I got in many extra rides utilizing their very short wait times!! I prolly did like 33ish rides/experiences in one day!! I recommend getting Peter pan’s flight first with genie+ as that ride was always the first one to get snatched and have horrible long wait times!! oh and Epcot is the perfect place to go during rainy/thundery days cuz all the rides almost are indoors… except Test Track!! Have a great trip!!😁😁
Kilimanjaro Safari tip: If you want to see the hyenas, go first thing in the morning or towards the end of the day!! During midday, you’ll see Painted Dogs in their place.
@@CrownedGamer101 hi! So glad you had a fab holidays ❤ did your genie plus just automatically show as available? I’ve also got my mine prepaid as I booked my holiday in January and we go in 3 weeks. Thank you xx
@@bethdickens8537 yea my genie + automatically showed up. Yours should do when you enter the park. You can start booking rides at 7am:)) I recently just got hired at Disney World and I start in literally 3 weeks at the magic kingdom😂
Great video… but I do want to note that Jungle Cruise is the first LL to sell out and it wasn’t listed in the top 3 at MK. Splash Mountain is also a priority over Thunder Mountain, and in HS the Tower of Terror will sell out before Rockin Rollercoaster. Just some tips!
It definitely depends on personal preference. Personally, Jungle Cruise is not a priority for me at all because it's the same jokes over and over. I don't think it's worth the wait or LL booking (unless someone I'm taking for the 1st time reeeeaaally wants to go on it.) I would prioritize Big Thunder over Splash Mountain 1,000%, & I would also rather Rock N Rollercoaster over Tower of Terror. But- everyone is different!
Believe it or not, I've been doing months of research on Genie +... that I completely understood everything you mentioned in this video!! I'm leaving on Wednesday!
Genie plus was very much worth it on my recent trip. One day I was able to get Space Mountain, Big Thunder, Buzz, Winnie the Pooh, Little Mermaid, Test Track, and Soarin. The second day I got Safaris, Dinosaur, Slinky, Mickey and Minnie’s, Millenium Falcon, Aliens, and TOT. I would highly recommend it.
I feel most anxious about making sure we get to that ride at the right time considering we have never been before and we are going to feel shell shocked and a little lost!
So glad to finally have info about ILL and genie+ at the same time. Every explanation I've read talks about them separately. So I was left wondering if I can only do one or the other first thing in the morning. Looks like 2 of us will have to be up at 0700 to start our day out right!
Thank you for this video…it’s very helpful. I love Disney, but it is getting increasingly complicated with so many new rules and requirements. This Genie Plus/a la carte stuff is ridiculous. What a headache.
Right on time what I needed…. I was looking for a Disney genie video from dfb guide but the one I found was uploaded a long ago. Thanks for uploading the newest version 💖💕
I have been watching these videos for day!!!! OM ( really disney )you have to have a college degree in disney to understand this! to top it your on your phone the whole trip....
For being completely complex when trying to read up on all this info on the them parks website or App, you’ve made this very simple. Thanks for all the Info it’s definitely helped me plan our Trip!
Just go in the slow times! I'm just back from a week there, wait times are between ZERO (Tower of Terror) amd max. 45 minutes in September! I wouldn't know for the life of me why you would willingly put your family through peak times Disney World....
This is so helpful and informative. I still think my strategy is the best of getting there at early Park hours and trying to do as much as possible. When my husband and I went in June, I purchased Disney Genie+ and did not really see a benefit to it. Like you said, in Epcot we did not need it. We got in the park at early magic hours and headed straight for Remi and waited maybe 20 minutes, then Frozen that only had a 20 minute wait. We used lightning lane for Soarin when it was thunderstorming outside but were able to hop into standby line after and only waited 20 minutes. Test track was the only ride we were not able to get on because of weather that day. Our Magic Kingdom day was a little different. There was a complete glitch in Disney's ticketing system where if you purchased multiple day tickets and it was your last day in the parks, as soon as you scanned your ticket it deleted and reset your ticket kicking me out of Disney Genie+. I did not realize it until I was waiting in line at 7 Dwarfs Mine train and could book my next ticket and it said I couldn't access it because I was not in the park. The guest service stands could not help use reset our tickets and we had to go to either the front of the park or liberty street. We missed out on most of our morning with shorter wait times waiting in a line for them to refresh our ticket. Needless to say it left a sour taste in my mouth and I'm not a fan.
In a situation like that, with all the money you spend, that amount of backtracking and lost time should be recognized either financially via gift cards or with being allowed to pick a few additional lightning lane spots to replace the experiences you lost due to their glitch.
You can no longer buy Genie+ before your trip. You can only buy it at 12am the day of your ticketed trip (and make reservations using it at 7am that day).
So my £1200 for three days just gets me in thw gate and now i need this app to get on any of the good rides. Cause if i dont ill spead my whole day in line? Maybe two lines if i go in st 7am. Cant wait lol
LL go on sale at midnight but you can not book your first ride until 7AM that day. So one gets little sleep before they go to the park. No thanks and it should be called Disney Genie just wants to take more of your money. Disney charges up to $179 per day plus $30 to $50 to park, and now they want another $25 current cost 11/22 for LL. Plus another $17 for single rides not included with LL. NO thanks, I believe this will hinder sales after the Holidays of 2022.
If you get Disney Genie+ and individual Lightning Lanes it's INCREDIBLY pricey (especially if you don't work in US dollars), but it's definitely worth it. It's pretty much the only way you can ride all the biggest attractions without waiting 2-3 hours. If you plan this ahead it won't hurt that much, but if you arrive at the parks and see these extra fees jump in your face, it's not pleasant lol.
So let me see if I have this right… You pay for your park admission and then you can pay extra.for Genie Plus and on top of that you can pay a third time for A La Carte rides?
Just a heads up on the free part of Genie, I tried to fill in my preferences for my trip next summer, and not everything is listed yet. For example, I'm a fan of the Dapper Dans and want to make sure to catch their performance. I know they are performing now, but Genie lists it as "Currently unavailable". When I go to the website, it shows all their times....up until March. Once you hit March, all the days are greyed out. So from what I can tell, you can't really fill in your preferences completely until around 6 months prior to your trip.
Great video. Thanks for the tips. You might want to check the audio levels. Especially in the 2nd half of the video. You get much louder and then quieter all of a sudden, and then louder again.
Money, Money, Money. Remember when you could explore the parks and if the queue was too large, you just grabbed a ticket and came back at an allocated time... For FREE! 🙌
"You can no longer buy Genie+ before your trip. You can only buy it at 12am the day of your ticketed trip (and make reservations using it at 7am that day)". lol I would have a more relaxing time at work, what a sad joke Disney became want a relaxing and fun vacation? rent a house with a private pool way more comfortable than disney resorts (and cheaper) and go to Universal instead.
I’m pretty sure Disney made the change that can now clock a new genie plus time and swap instead of having to take the gamble of dropping then prayinf the other time is still there 😊
I greatly appreciate this video! BUT ...... I HATE HATE HATE that Disney is making us do all this cr** on our phones. I'm just not a "phone person". I would have GLADLY paid for FastPass+. All they had to do was ask.
Heading to Disney in October for the first time in about 25 yrs and have our 8 yr old with us. So your videos have been so helpful. What does the return time mean? When the ride returns? Or when you return to get in line? When you are booking when do you know when to get there to get in the lightening lane line? Why is it all so confusing!
Not explained very well on this video. Return time are window when you can visit the attraction Key think to remember plan to budget for Genie plus and start booking those every 2 hrs starting 7 am. Oh also book in order of priority based on which ones are more popular.
@@dansin444 we went and it worked out great. Each time I got frustrated with Genie plus it turned out to be helpful. I just didn't like having to have my head in my phone so on a family trip!
Hey AJ, do you have a video ALL about character dining ? The must try’s and the ones to pass up. Trying to decide which ones to list as a top priority for my upcoming trip.
She has videos where she rates every restaurant at every park. I think there 6 month old videos but they helped me alot when I went last month. I'll say this look at the menu before you decide to eat there
I swear on Saturday at MK there was a 3hr period (11-2ish) where my next booking time was showing in the tip board as 60 mins out instead of 120 mins. I wonder if they were quietly testing out a possible change? However, I was booking immediate use LLs so I never had to put the time shown to the test.
I went with a group of 8 last February and we literally didn’t wait in line once it was amazing when you could do two individual lightning lanes AND genie plus ride before park Eve opened. We got SO MUCH DONE before rope even dropped. I’m nervous going next month because now we can only do one ILL and one genie plus. Going to cut in on my stacking rides 😂
As Brits, we don't often get to see the sun, so our party usually spends all morning at the hotel sunbathing by the pool, then usually get to a park at around 2pm and stay til closing. This hasn't been an issue in the past because we could pre-book our fastpasses all for afternoon and evening times.. So what is the liklihood of us getting Lightening Lanes if we physically don't get into the park until 2pm? Will they all probbaly be sold out by then by people who got there in the morning?😩
Okay...It's been 10 years so Genie is NEW! With that said we are going first week of '23. I have two reservations BUT I am in control over the entire party EVEN THOUGH I am not in control over one of those reservations PER DISNEY. I can view my entire party on MDE. But I can not view the other reservation. Can I still take control over ordering food for the entire party? Can I register the entire party for Genie+ /lighting lanes and ILL (individual lightning lanes)? Or does the other people in the other reservation have to control that on their end? I hope I made sense here. Thank you!
We just left Disney world and used genie+ and they must have changed it I got a lightning lane for fast track at 1pm and was counting on the 120 minutes before doing another. I got the first at 7:01am and had to wait till 11:01. So rather they messed with it or it glitched.
Hey, I have a questions. You said “You cannot purchase a la carte lightning lanes before your trip at Disneyland like you can with the genie+ rides?” Does this mean I can buy normal Genie+ rides before my trip? I am confused as to how that works since you can’t buy Genie+ until midnight the day of. Are you able to elaborate please. Thanks!
so to my understanding is if you are arriving in the parks later that day, say around 6:30-7pm, and staying on property, you can’t book LL for that time right at 7AM? you have to wait until around that time is the next available time in the app?
@@lavetaloca7790 unreal isn’t it . LOL . Hubby went by himself one day and did the VIP thing . He figured if he was going to spend $$$ then he may as well go all out .
Just booked tix for Universal and IOA park hopper and fast lane for 4 = $1500+. That would have gotten me so much more at DLR, but my teens want to experience it. 😩
I pretty much did everything with my genie plus app at Disney magic kingdom do any things I cannot get on was the jungle Cruise and that was pretty much it we did everything else Wish you were still free with fast passes but the mouse needs cheddar
It is not as stressful on the third day using this feature. Just remember that you have to get the lighting lanes as fast as you can. Book the most popular ones first. They go fast. Then when you book your First lighting lane, it will give you a time you can Redeem your 2nd Lighting Lane paid or not or you have to use the lighting lane you already have selected. YOU CAN stack lighting lanes as long as you 1 lay for one and two redeem on the time says or before. I had 4 lighting lanes at one time. 1 Virtual Qued. 1 Paid For. 1 Lighting lane I already booked 2 hours out. And 1 I just Booked right at the 2 hour mark allowed to book another ride. I had 3 stacked for example 1 for 12:05 - 1:05, one for 1:00 - 2 pm and then one for 2:45 pm to 3:45pm and onother for 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. This is possible. Again one individual lighting lane paid for. One Virtual Que and 2 Geniue+ Lighting lanes. It takes a lot of focus on your phone and timing but it can be done. It got us through the lanes. You can ONLY use any lighting lanes twice in one day.
Still don't get the 120 minute rule. If I wake up at 7 and book lightening lane for 3 PM, how soon would I be able to book another one? Assuming the park opens at 9:00. would I be able to book the next one at 11:00? or would I be able to book at 9:00? I'm confused. I love these videos, it's the first time I am legit confused. An example here would have been helpful. 😊
We are going to Disney and Epcot… on the first day @ noon. Can I get on there to get rides later in the day? We want to ride Tron, space mountain, thunder mountain, Guardians of the Galaxy… would Genie plus work? Any suggestions would be fantastic!
how does genie + and lightening lanes work with the DAS pass system? I have used DAS by itself for my grandmother but not together. going in January and my 7yo qualifies for DAS but we will also have a 18yo and 14yo with us.
One confusing thing I've noticed between a few of your videos and your Disney cheat sheet is the terminology you use for the individual lightning lanes. In this video, at first it sounds like the "individual lightning lanes" and the "a la carte rides" were two different features, but about halfway through it was indirectly clarified that they're the same. In another video, the same feature is referred to as "Individual attraction selections" or IAS. It's a bit confusing when it's your first time hearing these terms and one feature is labeled differently across your mediums/content. Maybe they are different features? Would love to know more about how these connect
So sad the Disney is so complicated that we don’t want to go anymore. Walt would be so disappointed in what they have done to his concept of welcoming everyone
When I go to DisneyWorld I want to relax and enjoy myself, this is already stressing me out.
Key think to remember - budget for Genie plus and start booking atttractions/ rides every 2 hrs starting 7 am.
Oh also book in order of priority based on which ones are more popular.
Omg can’t agree more!!!! 😂
I concur!!!!!
yeah this is a horrendous system
I guess no one told you? You don't go to Disney to relax.
This is harder than a graduate level tax accounting law class
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8 minutes in and DANG this is stressing me out. It's important to remember that planning a Disney trip is a wonderful problem to have and regardless you're going to enjoy yourself
Terrible system super complex and stressful. Thanks for the video!
Can't wait for the next one of these when they change the rules again in two weeks!
All this takes the fun out of a vacation 😟
Can you please make a new genie plus tutorial? Since guardians and Tron and the changes that have been made, sure would love to have an updated version of this video. It’s so so helpful, just need it to be a little newer? Super appreciate you guys!
Your videos bring me so much joy! Our first trip to Disney was scheduled for March 2020 and literally the day they closed was supposed to be the first day of our trip. For the 2 years following I watched every single one of your videos and it allowed me to experience and get ready for the magic before we finally went in May 2022. It was such an amazing experience and needless to say we were very prepared. Genie+ and careful planning meant that we didn’t wait in line for more than 30 minutes on any attraction. Thank you guys so much for the excellent work that you do and I cannot wait for my next trip:)
When we went and bought genie plus for our family of 5 it was absolutely the best move we made the whole trip!! We averaged 2 rides an hour and if not for the rain we could have hit every single ride. We did start at rope drop and left at the start of fireworks though, we were toast by days end. It was a hustle about day. Lol!
How do you get to 2 a hour, if you can only book a ride every 2 hours? Ugh this is confusing
Going to Disney for the first time ever in 3 weeks! We purchased our ticket in March, so we were able to pre-buy Genie+. Need all the tips we can get!
You will love it!! I went for the first time two weeks ago and it was amazing!!! Genie+ is actually fairly easy to use… I went during a non-busy time so I got in 16 rides with genie+… plus I got in many extra rides utilizing their very short wait times!! I prolly did like 33ish rides/experiences in one day!! I recommend getting Peter pan’s flight first with genie+ as that ride was always the first one to get snatched and have horrible long wait times!! oh and Epcot is the perfect place to go during rainy/thundery days cuz all the rides almost are indoors… except Test Track!! Have a great trip!!😁😁
Kilimanjaro Safari tip: If you want to see the hyenas, go first thing in the morning or towards the end of the day!! During midday, you’ll see Painted Dogs in their place.
If times looks way far out, refresh the page and keep refreshing, earlier ones may pop up
@@CrownedGamer101 hi! So glad you had a fab holidays ❤ did your genie plus just automatically show as available? I’ve also got my mine prepaid as I booked my holiday in January and we go in 3 weeks. Thank you xx
@@bethdickens8537 yea my genie + automatically showed up. Yours should do when you enter the park. You can start booking rides at 7am:)) I recently just got hired at Disney World and I start in literally 3 weeks at the magic kingdom😂
Great video… but I do want to note that Jungle Cruise is the first LL to sell out and it wasn’t listed in the top 3 at MK. Splash Mountain is also a priority over Thunder Mountain, and in HS the Tower of Terror will sell out before Rockin Rollercoaster. Just some tips!
So true. Zero people want to wait in this line at MK.
It definitely depends on personal preference. Personally, Jungle Cruise is not a priority for me at all because it's the same jokes over and over. I don't think it's worth the wait or LL booking (unless someone I'm taking for the 1st time reeeeaaally wants to go on it.) I would prioritize Big Thunder over Splash Mountain 1,000%, & I would also rather Rock N Rollercoaster over Tower of Terror. But- everyone is different!
@@melanatedmouseketeer Oh definitely, I’m just saying those will sell out first so you should prioritize them if you want them.
@@melanatedmouseketeer Yeah, I cant say its high on my list either. And so I would definitely not want to wait in standby more than basically walk on.
Tower might change now that the second elevator is fixed?
Like I remember opening hours being a mad dash to Fast Pass kiosks but this new alternative just seems needlessly convoluted by design
I cannot deal with this, it’s so complicated.
Believe it or not, I've been doing months of research on Genie +... that I completely understood everything you mentioned in this video!! I'm leaving on Wednesday!
I went in August and hit up 16 rides/experiences with Genie+ in one day😁😁 it’s actually fairly easy to use!! I love it!!
12 days until my trip. THANK YOU AJ AND DFB TEAM FOR HELPING ME PLAN OUR TRIP!! 😍
Still confusing
Genie plus was very much worth it on my recent trip. One day I was able to get Space Mountain, Big Thunder, Buzz, Winnie the Pooh, Little Mermaid, Test Track, and Soarin. The second day I got Safaris, Dinosaur, Slinky, Mickey and Minnie’s, Millenium Falcon, Aliens, and TOT. I would highly recommend it.
I feel most anxious about making sure we get to that ride at the right time considering we have never been before and we are going to feel shell shocked and a little lost!
I miss the days of just going to the park without all these over complicated systems that keep you on your phone all day.
Me too. This all sounds horrible.
We were able to ride 18 rides at MK during the first week of December 2022. And rode Peter Pan's Flight twice with the Lightning Lanes.
So glad to finally have info about ILL and genie+ at the same time. Every explanation I've read talks about them separately. So I was left wondering if I can only do one or the other first thing in the morning. Looks like 2 of us will have to be up at 0700 to start our day out right!
While I concur that this is too complicated, you don’t go to Disney world to relax, you go to give your kids childhood memories.
Thank you for this video…it’s very helpful. I love Disney, but it is getting increasingly complicated with so many new rules and requirements. This Genie Plus/a la carte stuff is ridiculous. What a headache.
OMG this is so stressful!!!
Right!
Right on time what I needed…. I was looking for a Disney genie video from dfb guide but the one I found was uploaded a long ago. Thanks for uploading the newest version 💖💕
I’m only 4 minutes into this video and I can say this is fantastic! Thank you so much!
I have been watching these videos for day!!!! OM ( really disney )you have to have a college degree in disney to understand this! to top it your on your phone the whole trip....
For being completely complex when trying to read up on all this info on the them parks website or App, you’ve made this very simple.
Thanks for all the Info it’s definitely helped me plan our Trip!
Just go in the slow times! I'm just back from a week there, wait times are between ZERO (Tower of Terror) amd max. 45 minutes in September! I wouldn't know for the life of me why you would willingly put your family through peak times Disney World....
The person who invented this procedure really wanted to make the things more complicated than necessary
I still love your videos and information. There's been too many changes since Covid and you guys have done wonderful
Going to WDW in Sept. 2023. Something tells me Genie+ will change before then again
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This is so helpful and informative.
I still think my strategy is the best of getting there at early Park hours and trying to do as much as possible.
When my husband and I went in June, I purchased Disney Genie+ and did not really see a benefit to it. Like you said, in Epcot we did not need it. We got in the park at early magic hours and headed straight for Remi and waited maybe 20 minutes, then Frozen that only had a 20 minute wait. We used lightning lane for Soarin when it was thunderstorming outside but were able to hop into standby line after and only waited 20 minutes. Test track was the only ride we were not able to get on because of weather that day.
Our Magic Kingdom day was a little different. There was a complete glitch in Disney's ticketing system where if you purchased multiple day tickets and it was your last day in the parks, as soon as you scanned your ticket it deleted and reset your ticket kicking me out of Disney Genie+. I did not realize it until I was waiting in line at 7 Dwarfs Mine train and could book my next ticket and it said I couldn't access it because I was not in the park. The guest service stands could not help use reset our tickets and we had to go to either the front of the park or liberty street. We missed out on most of our morning with shorter wait times waiting in a line for them to refresh our ticket. Needless to say it left a sour taste in my mouth and I'm not a fan.
In a situation like that, with all the money you spend, that amount of backtracking and lost time should be recognized either financially via gift cards or with being allowed to pick a few additional lightning lane spots to replace the experiences you lost due to their glitch.
You can no longer buy Genie+ before your trip. You can only buy it at 12am the day of your ticketed trip (and make reservations using it at 7am that day).
Bruh that’s so complicated. They just need to make an option of an express ticket just like universal studios, it was just so convenient
So my £1200 for three days just gets me in thw gate and now i need this app to get on any of the good rides. Cause if i dont ill spead my whole day in line? Maybe two lines if i go in st 7am.
Cant wait lol
We had so much fun with the Disney lens. A great way to spend time in a line with kids.
Darn It-put it on one ticket of Admission-I’ve been coming here to World and land since 1971- I’m 71 this year -Disney is driving Me NUTS
You and me both!
LL go on sale at midnight but you can not book your first ride until 7AM that day. So one gets little sleep before they go to the park. No thanks and it should be called Disney Genie just wants to take more of your money. Disney charges up to $179 per day plus $30 to $50 to park, and now they want another $25 current cost 11/22 for LL. Plus another $17 for single rides not included with LL. NO thanks, I believe this will hinder sales after the Holidays of 2022.
Managed two rides with genie+ and impossible to book the Tron ride, it's an absolute con compared to the express pass at Universal.
This video is so helpful! I'm a Disney Travel Agent and I send this to all of my clients.
If you get Disney Genie+ and individual Lightning Lanes it's INCREDIBLY pricey (especially if you don't work in US dollars), but it's definitely worth it. It's pretty much the only way you can ride all the biggest attractions without waiting 2-3 hours. If you plan this ahead it won't hurt that much, but if you arrive at the parks and see these extra fees jump in your face, it's not pleasant lol.
So let me see if I have this right… You pay for your park admission and then you can pay extra.for Genie Plus and on top of that you can pay a third time for A La Carte rides?
Just a heads up on the free part of Genie, I tried to fill in my preferences for my trip next summer, and not everything is listed yet. For example, I'm a fan of the Dapper Dans and want to make sure to catch their performance. I know they are performing now, but Genie lists it as "Currently unavailable". When I go to the website, it shows all their times....up until March. Once you hit March, all the days are greyed out. So from what I can tell, you can't really fill in your preferences completely until around 6 months prior to your trip.
Great video. Thanks for the tips.
You might want to check the audio levels. Especially in the 2nd half of the video. You get much louder and then quieter all of a sudden, and then louder again.
I’d love an updated video since there have been changes since this came out.
Why did they have to do this? Why couldn’t people just continue to pay for fast pass lanes
So much stress!!!
On 4:25, I am surprise not to see Star Wars ride in the list under Hollywood Studios.
Money, Money, Money. Remember when you could explore the parks and if the queue was too large, you just grabbed a ticket and came back at an allocated time... For FREE! 🙌
Remember when a 16-ounce Coke was 16¢? Things change.
@@demoldbones of course they do, but as a consumer I can show dissatisfaction when things get more expensive. Enjoy your coke 👍
"You can no longer buy Genie+ before your trip. You can only buy it at 12am the day of your ticketed trip (and make reservations using it at 7am that day)". lol I would have a more relaxing time at work, what a sad joke Disney became
want a relaxing and fun vacation? rent a house with a private pool way more comfortable than disney resorts (and cheaper) and go to Universal instead.
I’m pretty sure Disney made the change that can now clock a new genie plus time and swap instead of having to take the gamble of dropping then prayinf the other time is still there 😊
I used genie+ at the beginning of august just my husband and I, and loved it.
My brain has stopped braining!
I greatly appreciate this video! BUT ...... I HATE HATE HATE that Disney is making us do all this cr** on our phones. I'm just not a "phone person". I would have GLADLY paid for FastPass+. All they had to do was ask.
You can now purchase before at Disneyland. Just paid $25
Heading to Disney in October for the first time in about 25 yrs and have our 8 yr old with us. So your videos have been so helpful.
What does the return time mean? When the ride returns? Or when you return to get in line? When you are booking when do you know when to get there to get in the lightening lane line? Why is it all so confusing!
Not explained very well on this video. Return time are window when you can visit the attraction
Key think to remember plan to budget for Genie plus and start booking those every 2 hrs starting 7 am. Oh also book in order of priority based on which ones are more popular.
@@dansin444 we went and it worked out great. Each time I got frustrated with Genie plus it turned out to be helpful. I just didn't like having to have my head in my phone so on a family trip!
@@sonjaforrester9255 yeah hard to explain to kids why they can’t use phone all the time when parent is in the phone :)
Disney Genie+ was $29/person for Thanksgiving week 2022. It was insane. $15 was way more reasonable.
Hey AJ, do you have a video ALL about character dining ? The must try’s and the ones to pass up. Trying to decide which ones to list as a top priority for my upcoming trip.
She does but they are older and probably outdated
Yeah, I need a post Covid one to go off, but thank you
She has videos where she rates every restaurant at every park. I think there 6 month old videos but they helped me alot when I went last month. I'll say this look at the menu before you decide to eat there
@@berryaristide thank you !
@@chanellespooner Always check All Ears. That's her "sister company" she mentions often and they have a LOT of videos right now post covid.
How do I sign up to get the newsletter and cheat sheet?
What is a "virtual queue"? How is it different from a Lightning Lane purchase, or is it not different?
Guys I’m freaking out about the park hopping thing, it makes no sense
10:19 huh come again what 🥲🤣🤣
I swear on Saturday at MK there was a 3hr period (11-2ish) where my next booking time was showing in the tip board as 60 mins out instead of 120 mins. I wonder if they were quietly testing out a possible change? However, I was booking immediate use LLs so I never had to put the time shown to the test.
wait...WHAT????? I can no longer go from park to park🤯 until AFTER 2PM? Im sorry I failed to get a Mousters Degree or my Ducktorate
This whole thing sounds incredibly confusing.
With genie plus in combination of a few a la carte and to stand by rides at Disneyland we were able to ride 14 rides in one day.... So 100% worth it
I went with a group of 8 last February and we literally didn’t wait in line once it was amazing when you could do two individual lightning lanes AND genie plus ride before park Eve opened. We got SO MUCH DONE before rope even dropped. I’m nervous going next month because now we can only do one ILL and one genie plus. Going to cut in on my stacking rides 😂
lowkey this is ridiculous, they make u pay per person PER RIDE that’s crazy
Perfect timing for this, we’ll be at parks in less than a month
This is so great! I will be in Florida in just a few days to go to Universal and Disney and this will be a huge help.
As Brits, we don't often get to see the sun, so our party usually spends all morning at the hotel sunbathing by the pool, then usually get to a park at around 2pm and stay til closing.
This hasn't been an issue in the past because we could pre-book our fastpasses all for afternoon and evening times.. So what is the liklihood of us getting Lightening Lanes if we physically don't get into the park until 2pm?
Will they all probbaly be sold out by then by people who got there in the morning?😩
Okay...It's been 10 years so Genie is NEW! With that said we are going first week of '23. I have two reservations BUT I am in control over the entire party EVEN THOUGH I am not in control over one of those reservations PER DISNEY. I can view my entire party on MDE. But I can not view the other reservation. Can I still take control over ordering food for the entire party? Can I register the entire party for Genie+ /lighting lanes and ILL (individual lightning lanes)? Or does the other people in the other reservation have to control that on their end? I hope I made sense here. Thank you!
oh boy, sounds like a lot of fun going to Disney :)
We just left Disney world and used genie+ and they must have changed it I got a lightning lane for fast track at 1pm and was counting on the 120 minutes before doing another. I got the first at 7:01am and had to wait till 11:01. So rather they messed with it or it glitched.
I'll definitely need that cheat sheet!
what is a "return time". Ive watched 10 videos and noone explains that
12:38 lol bruh
Hey, I have a questions. You said “You cannot purchase a la carte lightning lanes before your trip at Disneyland like you can with the genie+ rides?” Does this mean I can buy normal Genie+ rides before my trip? I am confused as to how that works since you can’t buy Genie+ until midnight the day of. Are you able to elaborate please. Thanks!
so to my understanding is if you are arriving in the parks later that day, say around 6:30-7pm, and staying on property, you can’t book LL for that time right at 7AM? you have to wait until around that time is the next available time in the app?
Can you explain return time?
Traveling in a family of 5 with one child that is under the height requirement for the rides. Do we only need Genie plus for the 4 people riding?
Just to verify: If I purchase the genie plus for a park then hop to another park, the genie plus ‘hops’ with me. Thx!
I am just going to stick with Universal! You just need a ticket there!
I need an Express Pass 😊
@@E-K2019 I agree, no complicated rules there no doubt!
and $150 to 250 to get fast lane access
@@lavetaloca7790 unreal isn’t it . LOL . Hubby went by himself one day and did the VIP thing . He figured if he was going to spend $$$ then he may as well go all out .
Just booked tix for Universal and IOA park hopper and fast lane for 4 = $1500+. That would have gotten me so much more at DLR, but my teens want to experience it. 😩
I pretty much did everything with my genie plus app at Disney magic kingdom do any things I cannot get on was the jungle Cruise and that was pretty much it we did everything else Wish you were still free with fast passes but the mouse needs cheddar
Glad I got that masters degree so I can navigate Disney 😏
What would you do first, book a queue for guardians of the galaxy or book a lightning lane for something else at 7am?
It is not as stressful on the third day using this feature. Just remember that you have to get the lighting lanes as fast as you can. Book the most popular ones first. They go fast. Then when you book your First lighting lane, it will give you a time you can Redeem your 2nd Lighting Lane paid or not or you have to use the lighting lane you already have selected. YOU CAN stack lighting lanes as long as you 1 lay for one and two redeem on the time says or before. I had 4 lighting lanes at one time. 1 Virtual Qued. 1 Paid For. 1 Lighting lane I already booked 2 hours out. And 1 I just Booked right at the 2 hour mark allowed to book another ride.
I had 3 stacked for example
1 for 12:05 - 1:05, one for 1:00 - 2 pm and then one for 2:45 pm to 3:45pm and onother for 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
This is possible. Again one individual lighting lane paid for. One Virtual Que and 2 Geniue+ Lighting lanes.
It takes a lot of focus on your phone and timing but it can be done. It got us through the lanes.
You can ONLY use any lighting lanes twice in one day.
Great advice! Which ones are the most popular?
@@jazminmendoza7073 All the major coasters. And Peter Pan
Just paid 29.99 for genie +! Hope it’s worth it today
Please make a video about an ultimate guide to Oogie Boogie Bash.
Do your research! Never mind. Here’s your research 😂 awesome video
I literally do not to want to go anymore lol
😂
Great video. Where can I can the cheat sheet? Thank you
Has anyone heard IF the dining plan is coming back and what the restrictions are going to be
Still don't get the 120 minute rule. If I wake up at 7 and book lightening lane for 3 PM, how soon would I be able to book another one? Assuming the park opens at 9:00. would I be able to book the next one at 11:00? or would I be able to book at 9:00? I'm confused. I love these videos, it's the first time I am legit confused. An example here would have been helpful. 😊
11:00!
We are going to Disney and Epcot… on the first day @ noon. Can I get on there to get rides later in the day? We want to ride Tron, space mountain, thunder mountain, Guardians of the Galaxy… would Genie plus work? Any suggestions would be fantastic!
how does genie + and lightening lanes work with the DAS pass system?
I have used DAS by itself for my grandmother but not together. going in January and my 7yo qualifies for DAS but we will also have a 18yo and 14yo with us.
One confusing thing I've noticed between a few of your videos and your Disney cheat sheet is the terminology you use for the individual lightning lanes.
In this video, at first it sounds like the "individual lightning lanes" and the "a la carte rides" were two different features, but about halfway through it was indirectly clarified that they're the same. In another video, the same feature is referred to as "Individual attraction selections" or IAS.
It's a bit confusing when it's your first time hearing these terms and one feature is labeled differently across your mediums/content. Maybe they are different features? Would love to know more about how these connect
So sad the Disney is so complicated that we don’t want to go anymore. Walt would be so disappointed in what they have done to his concept of welcoming everyone
So if I want to do the Animal Kingdom Safari I have to do this