Yup. Parks are still slammed and hotels expensive like you said. Honestly don’t think it matters what the company does as people keep coming anyways. Even those complaining about the changes… still visiting anyways.
The main problem is that all that BS takes the fun and spontaniety out of a vacation....Probably worst for us tourists than it is for the locals & AP people that can go quite often.
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The over complicated Genie Plus is crack cocaine for those who vacation with their faces in their phones 24/7. Those management techies that dominate Disney now have really ruined the vacation experience. I like my vacations to be leisurely, relaxing and spontaneous. Techies live in a different world. I always thought the aim of a theme park vacation was to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. I guess Disney management thinks otherwise.Our (Mostly Useless) Experience with Disney Genie+ at Hollywood Studios
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so correct. Every other park has a system that works to a certain extent. If you want a skip the lone experience then you can pay and get the same experience for most rides. Disney is trying to have their cake and eat it too. They can’t offer a fast lane/flash pass experience because too many people would pay the money and standby would be 309 min, but they are charging a just low enough price to entice people on saving time. Which is not a very good experience for those who pay. They should just go to standby only.
I would much rather a cost-prohibitive skip the line pass with less capacity than a skip the line pass at a price point most guests can stomach, if it means not having up to 90% of capacity going to "skip the line" passes.
They can make an skip the line system work and manage the impact pretty easy. Here is how I would envision it, 4 options one for each park. The skip the line option would give you a 1 time skip for each attraction offered. You implement a hard cap on the number sold for each park. They can adjust the price for pass to get it where they either sell out later in the day or come in very close to their cap number. This system gives Disney the ability to control where people go by not allowing them to use the pass over and over on the same popular rides while giving the guest the ability to decided when they want to ride certain attractions. It should also self police the size of the fast pass line. If people see fast pass for slinky is 20mins they will probably wait until it is lower. Disney is a premium product, make your line skipper a premium product too.
When I went a few weeks ago I found out individual Quick Queue is gone at BGT. I specifically wanted one for Cheetah Hunt, (something I had never done before,) but they only offer all day all ride Quick Queue now.
