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Promised Genie+ Improvement Finally Becomes Reality!

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Disney Genie+ is getting a little better (hopefully), as a promised feature is finally added to the Walt Disney World-based virtual assistant. Several weeks ago, we reported that Guests who purchased Disney Genie+ would soon receive free ride photo downloads on top of the Lightning Lane access and other features the paid system offers. Today that promised change has become ...

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Disney Genie+ Will Finally Be Worth The Money!

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Readers, ever since it came into existence, I have been a firm believer that Disney Genie+ is not worth the money it costs Walt Disney World Resort Guests per person per day–especially when it is for something that used to be free: the Disney FastPass System, now Lightning Lane. But I am ready to concede that starting next month, Disney ...

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Disney World Guests! Disney Has Announced the Start Date for this Complimentary Genie Service

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Disney Fanatics rejoice! Disney has officially announced the start date for the added enhancement to the Disney Genie service that was previously announced for the Disney Parks. The update is specific to the Central Florida Walt Disney World Resort and also includes some more context for Guests from the Disney Parks Blog. Here’s the latest on the complimentary Photopass service ...

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Guests Report Missing Ride Photos Due to Magic Band Software

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Ride photos are a staple part of many Disney World and Disneyland rides. Arguably championed by Splash Mountain, Disney Parks Guests have been able to get candid (or posed, if they visit enough) pictures of themselves enjoying rides such as Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin, Expedition Everest, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. Granted, a photographer with ...

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Disney World Disappoints Guests With PhotoPass Replacement

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To say that Walt Disney World Resort has been disappointing its Guests lately seems to be an understatement, if the number of Guest complaints regarding their Disney vacations and overall customer experience has been anything to go by — and now Disney World has inadvertently alienated Disney World Guests once again! The Disney PhotoPass service tends to be popular with ...

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Attention Disney World Guests: Some of You Get Free PhotoPass Services

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Walt Disney World Resort Guests will have another perk coming their way for the Disney 100 celebration. Over the holiday season, returned Disney CEO Bob Iger said, “it has never been a better time to be a Disney fan,” and perhaps the Walt Disney Company is proving that right. Disney fans have been inundated with much exciting news from the ...

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Disney Guest Considers Bringing Own Photographer for Event Photos

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Recently, a Disney Guest took to Reddit to inquire after bringing their own photographer to shoot wedding photos. The post raised a rousing debate and conversation about what is and isn’t allowed in the Disney Parks per dress codes and legalities. Still, the very existence of the user’s desire to do this highlights an important point: taking event and celebration ...

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Guests Complain About Disney’s PhotoPass Services

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The Walt Disney Company has faced plenty of ups and downs recently, with many Disney Guests being dissatisfied with their experiences in Disney Parks or Disney Resorts and even more Disney Guests causing said dissatisfaction by misbehaving (including abusing Cast Members, climbing Disney attractions, trespassing, and starting fistfights). Now, Disney Guests further abroad than Walt Disney World Resort or Disneyland ...

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Unique ‘May the Fourth’ Photo Ops Come to Disney

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Disney has been making good use of its PhotoPass service by adding special PhotoPass Magic Shots for Walt Disney World Resort Guests during special occasions like Earth Week (or to celebrate certain movies, like the 2021 Oscar-winning animated movie Encanto), and this pattern is continuing on Star Wars Day as Hollywood Studio adds four brand-new photo opportunities in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge! ...

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Spooky Photo Ops Arrive at Walt Disney World for ‘Halfway to Halloween’

Walt Disney World is celebrating ‘Halfway to Halloween’ by launching new, and unseasonably spooky offerings in Disney Parks and online for fans following along at home! In addition to an online Hocus Pocus (1993) watch party, Disney has a special (and secretive) live stream coming tomorrow night, April 28, 2022. The latest ‘Halfway to Halloween’ update comes to Walt Disney ...

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