If Walt Disney World is not going to bring back its FastPass+ system, then I say it’s time the mega-resort ends all line-cutting options at its theme parks (except for tours and those with the DAS pass, of course). The fact of the matter is that line-cutting measures increase standby waits longer, which, in turn, increases the demand to cut ...

In the few months it has been an active part of the Walt Disney World experience, the new Lightning Lane system–whether via Genie+ or an individual basis–has been met with tremendous Guest backlash. One of the biggest complaints and mysteries of the FastPass-replacing line-cutting system is the inconceivable lines that Guests still have to endure while paying $20 per person ...

One major takeaway from the Walt Disney Company’s Q1 FY22 Earnings Call was that Disney Parks surpassed any foreseeable financial goals in terms of profits during the first quarter of the current fiscal year. While Disney CEO Bob Chapek and other Disney executives on the call did specify that some of the attendance at Disney theme parks was likely the ...

It appears that Disney’s new paid services Genie+ and Lightning Lane access aren’t going to disappear from the Guest experience any time soon as Disney’s Q1 2022 results reveal them to be a massive success. According to Disney CEO Bob Chapek, “In the quarter, more than a third of domestic Park Guests purchased either Genie+, Lightning Lane, or both. That ...

If you are still figuring out how to best use Genie+ and Lightning Lane at the Walt Disney World Resort, we hear you! Getting used to this new service included in the My Disney Experience app is certainly a learning curve, especially where some attractions are included in the cost of Genie+ and others are separate in the pay-per-ride Lightning ...

With the recent launch of Disney Genie and Lightning Lane, we have been closely following the new programs to see how they worked and whether or not they seemed worth it for most Guests. Opinions on Disney Genie, and particularly Lightning Lane, so far have been mixed with some Guests seeing the value in purchasing a way to bypass long ...

We are now on Day Two of Disney Genie being available to Guests visiting the Walt Disney World Resort, and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance has already sold out once again for its Lightning Lane slots for the day. At $15 per person per ride, it seems Disney is making quite a bit of money on Star Wars: Rise ...

Disney just shared the news that D23 Gold Members will have early access to setting up Genie+ on their My Disney Experience Account beginning tomorrow, October 14, 2021. The best news? Members will be able to add on Genie+ free of charge for the day on October 19, 2021 when the new Disney Genie program is set to launch! Only ...

With the launch of Disney Genie and Genie+ just days away, Walt Disney World Guests have been coming up with more and more questions regarding the resort’s new app and essentially paid version of the now defunct FastPass+. Disney has recently confirmed that when Genie+ and Lightning Lane launches on October 19, 2021, there will be no limit to the ...

Prior to the announcement of Lightning Lane coming to the Walt Disney World Resort, Guests at Disneyland Paris saw the launch of similar pay per attraction prices in the European park’s Premier Access mobile app. Guests stateside immediately expressed concern over what a paid FastPass-like system could look like at Walt Disney World given how Premier Access was set up ...