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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’ve been pre and post Covid. It’s definitely not easy but it’s also learn-able without paying an influencer for a class I think. Definitely think Disney needs to rethink genie plus re: being on the phone that much. [/quote]

What like paper fast pass? Of course future line skipping options will be tech based. I don’t want to go back to collecting paper fastpasses in person![/quote]

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I like the system they had between the paper fast passes and the Genie; where you can pre-book 3 fast passes  and use them by scanning your magic band or plastic card ticket.  It was so nice to be able to book them 2 months in advance, rather than having to wake up at 7 am every morning of vacation [/quote]

Yes - that’s the system I was alluding to. The getting up before 7 to get lightening lanes & genie plus seems sh!tty to ask of guests on vacay. I definitely preferred having 3 fast passes booked before getting to Disney. I was still on my phone and brought a power bank but it wasn’t near as all consuming genie + can feel like at times.[/quote]

Funnily enough, I actually avoided Disney because of the FastPass three months out - I didn’t want to have to plan that far in advance - who knew how’d we feel that day, or what the weather would be like, or if we’d enjoy that ride?

I went in the summer of 2022 with my then 8 year old and we had a BLAST - yes, I had to be keeping tract of timing, but I set up an alert on my watch and boom, done.  If we missed it, we missed it.  I had watched a lot of YouTube videos about stacking etc, but frankly, it seemed like a game to me and kind of fun.

It was ungodly expensive- but the Genie+ was a small fraction of where I indulged.

Now, my husband would have hated it - I told him that and  he didn’t go.   It was also amazingly easier because I had one kid, and when we got tired, we went back to the hotel and the pool.

I didn’t mind getting up early, I was usually up anyway and enjoying some downtime before all the walking.

Not going to disagree that it’s crazy expensive and crowded -  that’s unfortunate, but unless they introduce some lottery system making it less expensive will only make it more crowded.  [/quote]

very similar experience! [/quote]

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