Everything Genie, Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lane - Please Read Posts 1-7

[g-dad66]

I'm in the same boat, not having experienced the new 7-730 experience. Can I click the ride and THEN it shows me? Then I can back out and try again? We have a 4 hour window for our arrival day and I'm not sure I understand how easy (or not) it will be to find times that match that window, even if I start with the ride I *think* will be the first into that window.

Yes, you will see the time, and you can back out if that time doesn’t work.

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

Hi all, I tried Googling, but every website has tons of fluff and very hard to find current ILL at each park. I know they've changed slightly since I was there in November 2021. Anyone know off the top of their head which rides are available for ILL at each park? Thanks in advance!

 

[sponica]

MK- Mine Train
Epcot- guardians (also available as a virtual queue)
DHS- Rise of the resistance
AK- Flights of Passage

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

MK- Mine Train
Epcot- guardians (also available as a virtual queue)
DHS- Rise of the resistance
AK- Flights of Passage

Thank you! So there is only one ILL now per park? That will save me some money

 

[mwmom]

What are the current prices for ILL$?

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

What are the current prices for ILL$?

They just changed with the announcement Genie+ and ILL would be date based now. They were previously $8-$17 I believe, and I'm thinking that will go way up now on busy days.

 

[mwmom]

They just changed with the announcement Genie+ and ILL would be date based now. They were previously $8-$17 I believe, and I'm thinking that will go way up now on busy days.

What was the lowest and highest priced rides? We are most interested in FOP.

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

What was the lowest and highest priced rides? We are most interested in FOP.

It depends on the day, so I'm not sure. When we went in November 2021 FOP was $11.72 with tax. But I imagine it’ll be a lot higher now with recent increases. I don’t think you know until the day of.

 

[mwmom]

It depends on the day, so I'm not sure. When we went in November 2021 FOP was $11.72 with tax. But I imagine it’ll be a lot higher now with recent increases. I don’t think you know until the day of.

Thank you. That is helpful. I am sure it won't be less than that. I was just trying to figure out how this fits in my budget.

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

Thank you. That is helpful. I am sure it won't be less than that. I was just trying to figure out how this fits in my budget.

Same! I am going over a holiday week so I'm guesstimating $25 plus tax-$1.63=$26.63. With the way things are going, it could be more, but I figure that's a good budget number.

 

[MamaBelle4]

It isn't like it's been ages since I've been down, but it sure feels like it.

We last went in early 2021 so we had no FP+ or anything like that and it was a lovely trip because it was virtually empty. I know not to expect that this time. We leave in 50 days.

We are not buying Genie + or ILL because it is just too much money for me to justify paying that much, (myself, DH and our 5 kids) on top of the astronomical ticket prices. Can't do it.

Please help me understand GotG and RotR. Last time, I was up at 6:30 and obsessively refreshing my phone and got us a boarding group for RotR but I'm confused about how both of those rides are working now. Are they boarding groups still? Is it a rope drop or end of night strategy?

Thank you all!

 

[scrappinginontario]

It isn't like it's been ages since I've been down, but it sure feels like it.

We last went in early 2021 so we had no FP+ or anything like that and it was a lovely trip because it was virtually empty. I know not to expect that this time. We leave in 50 days.

We are not buying Genie + or ILL because it is just too much money for me to justify paying that much, (myself, DH and our 5 kids) on top of the astronomical ticket prices. Can't do it.

Please help me understand GotG and RotR. Last time, I was up at 6:30 and obsessively refreshing my phone and got us a boarding group for RotR but I'm confused about how both of those rides are working now. Are they boarding groups still? Is it a rope drop or end of night strategy?

Thank you all!

Guardians of the Galaxy is ILL$ or Virtual Queue. The Guardians Virtual Queue/Boarding Group will help you if you do not wish to purchase ILL$.

Rise of the Resistance is ILL$ or Standby.

Reading the first posts of this thread will help you with the new Genie+, ILL$ system.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Hi all, I tried Googling, but every website has tons of fluff and very hard to find current ILL at each park. I know they've changed slightly since I was there in November 2021. Anyone know off the top of their head which rides are available for ILL at each park? Thanks in advance!

The posts on page 1 will be helpful with this information and other ILL$ and Genie+ information.

 

[MamaBelle4]

Guardians of the Galaxy is ILL$ or Virtual Queue. The Guardians Virtual Queue/Boarding Group will help you if you do not wish to purchase ILL$.

Rise of the Resistance is ILL$ or Standby.

Reading the first posts of this thread will help you with the new Genie+, ILL$ system.

Okay, that is very helpful. Seems to me the GotG is very similar to how RotR was when we went. I can manage that and hope we get it.

Have people had better luck rope dropping RotR or getting in line at park close? With Fantasmic coming back, I'd prefer to rope drop it, but I know the crowds are a bit crazy at DHS at rope drop.

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

The posts on page 1 will be helpful with this information and other ILL$ and Genie+ information.

I didn't see this, any maybe I'm missing it, but when did they stop having two ILL$ per park? I know for sure in November 2021, we had Expedition Everest and FOP ILL$

 

[scrappinginontario]

I didn't see this, any maybe I'm missing it, but when did they stop having two ILL$ per park? I know for sure in November 2021, we had Expedition Everest and FOP ILL$

It changed a couple of times. First over the holiday season 2021 then again in the spring I believe. It was originally set to end in Aug 2022 but then they cancelled that and the 1 per park has no end date at this time.

 

[sponica]

Okay, that is very helpful. Seems to me the GotG is very similar to how RotR was when we went. I can manage that and hope we get it.

Have people had better luck rope dropping RotR or getting in line at park close? With Fantasmic coming back, I'd prefer to rope drop it, but I know the crowds are a bit crazy at DHS at rope drop.

If you're onsite, and are able to get there pre-RD, people have luck. The problem with park close is that the ride is soooooo finicky, sometimes if it shuts down, it doesn't restart. But the same can be said for rope drop, sometimes it just doesn't open on time. The unpredictability of the ride is why I have two DHS reservations planned, so if we get everything on the first day, we don't have to commit to the second day.

 

[BZebra]

Going with the kids (6 and 3) for the first time. How vital does the community feel it is to get Genie plus?

Do you feel like it is a must have? $60 a day adds up.

 

[JJ2017]

Wait - why are times hidden between 7:00 and 7:30? And where is the feature that tells Genie that I'm park hopping? Wasn't there an area that had you list the times you planned to be in the park?

 

[SLThomas318]

Wait - why are times hidden between 7:00 and 7:30? And where is the feature that tells Genie that I'm park hopping? Wasn't there an area that had you list the times you planned to be in the park?

Because people were not getting the time the app was showing… too many people clicking at 7am. I guess the extra step slows the process so the time doesn’t jump ahead as much?

Hopping doesn’t matter anymore… you can’t reserve a ride at ur hop to park until distribution times for said ride are past 2pm. Before the app recognized you were reserving a ride in a park you didn’t have your park reservation at and assigned something after 2pm.