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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m super organized. I had our recent Disney trip planned to a T. I was up getting our genie reservations at 7am, I’d booked all the best character dining. I was on my phone booking new passes every 2 hours.

Even still, dh was so over it. The crowds were out of control (we went M-Th during the lowest week of the year) and we often waited in line 45-90 per ride. My 2 year old lost her mind at having to wait in lines like this. My biggest beef is with child swap. Dh would go with one kid while I waited with the other two and then I would go with the other kid while he waited with the toddler. Doing this took foreeeeeever. You used to be able to walk on (rightly so, we already waited once!) but now the wait was 20 min each time.

I don’t think I can ever convince my easy going husband to go back to Disney. We’ve been 2x a year for years. It’s just straight up miserable now. Dh thinks they’ve allowed too many people in for the rides that they have.

Oh yeah and not one character was walking around. You either pay $$$ for character dining, wait in long lines to meet them or wave while a parade goes by. [/quote]

When exactly did you go? We just went last week (January 23-26) and I agree w everything you said except we didn’t do child swap so I can’t speak about that. I wasn’t expecting that even w genie+ and even going at a supposedly “light crowds” time of year we still frequently waited almost an hour even for rides that aren’t super popular or new and over an hour for the newer ones. And I was very disappointed how there were no characters walking around like they used to be and that the cast members, while pleasant and helpful, were not really in character like they used to seem to be. It seems the ride attendants and concession vendors, etc  used to really add extra magic to every ride or concession experience and now they’re just like regular employees anywhere just wearing silly outfits.[/quote]

We just went at the same time and had s blast! I found Genie + pretty straightforward. We ran into characters at Epcot and Hollywood studios. All the cast members were very patient with my kid who needs to ask a million questions before every ride. I don’t think we waited more than 20 minutes for any ride.

It probably helped that we didn’t have plans to do all of the super-popular rides - just Slinky Dog and the Mine Train. It was easy enough to get up at 7 to prioritize getting them.  It also helped that we were really into seeing all of the less popular attractions like the old animatronic shows and the stage/film shows.

If all you want to do at Disney is the most popular rides and the most popular characters, then yeah, not gonna be fun.

Of course I was on Genie+ at the park to book the next rides but I truly didn’t mind that. I’m on my phone a ton at home too! You jusy pull out your phone, make a choice, done.

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