It was not that long ago when Disney leadership announced that its Genie+ system would no longer hold a fixed rate for Disney World Guests. Due to the fact that the extra-cost feature could not be bought in advance of one’s visit, the sudden flexibility created yet another challenge for families struggling to budget efficiently for their next Disney Vacation. ...
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Disney Genie App is “Awful” per Expert Developer
A Disney World Guest and expert developer was appalled at how “terrible” the backend of the Disney Genie app was. The Disney Genie utility, including Genie+ and Lightning Lane, has come under a lot of fire since their introduction by the Walt Disney Company. The paid elements replaced Disney’s FastPass reservation system and have left many Disney Guests dissatisfied. In ...
Read More »Guest Reveals Hack to Avoid Using Genie Service
As Disney discontent increases among Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort Guests, Disney Park Guests have begun finding ways to circumvent their least favorite parts of their Disney Park customer experiences. Disney’s newest planning service, called Genie, has been one particular gripe among Disney Guests — and one Disneyland Guest has just revealed their own method for avoiding the ...
Read More »Disney Increases Genie+ Price Again
Even though Disney fans have been reporting more and more discontent with their customer experience in regard to Disney vacations (particularly due to increased Disney prices, bad Guest behavior in the Disney Parks, and current Disney leadership), Disney has continued to alienate its fans in many ways. This week, multiple price increases were put into place, with the most notable ...
Read More »Commentary: The Biggest Failure of Disney’s Genie+, Lightning Lane System
When I last visited the Disneyland Resort, I made it a point to make the Indiana Jones Adventure one of my first attractions of the day. After taking the monorail into Disneyland Park just before the official rope drop time, making a quick stop at Space Mountain, and posing for a few Castle selfies, I crossed over to Adventureland and ...
Read More »Disney Increases Prices on Two Fronts for Guests
The Walt Disney Company and the Disney Parks are wasting no time when it comes to implementing the plans that were revealed yesterday involving increasing the Genie+ prices — but apparently, they have also increased Individual Lightning Lane prices, too! We learned yesterday, October 11, that the price of Genie+ was increasing and that what journalist Ashley Carter calls “variable ...
Read More »Spider-Man Attraction Moves to Genie+
We have seen a lot of news related to the Disney Genie+ service from Disneyland and the Walt Disney Company lately — especially the news that Genie+ prices are increasing, and that the prices are now going to be different every day — and now there is more news in the Genie+ department from the Walt Disney Company! A Marvel ...
Read More »Disney Eliminates Fixed Cost of Genie+, Allows Daily Price Increases
Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products have decided that the cost of its latest add-on tool, Genie+, will depend on the time of year. According to Theme Park Insider Scott Gustin, Genie+ prices will still start at $15 per person per day but will possibly increase, possibly based on crowd visits. For example, in the month of October, Disney Genie+ is ...
Read More »Disneyland Increases Genie+ Price for Guests
Disney Fanatics and Disney Guests have been complaining a lot about many things when it comes to their customer experience at Disney Parks and Disney Resorts. Whether it’s been Disney Guests’ bad behavior, rigged merchandise sellouts, or ride malfunctions, the Disney discontent seems to be outpacing the Disney magic — and now, one of Disney Guests’ biggest gripes with their ...
Read More »New Features Added to Disneyland App
The Disneyland Resort is set to get some significant–and arguably overdue–technological upgrades this week. The Happiest Place On Earth already announced that it was going to finally integrate MagicBand+ into the Parks experience, and now it will finally add some more features to its mobile app to put it more on par with Walt Disney World Resort’s MyDisneyExperience App. According ...
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