Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 15:18     Subject: Disney world
I used to work at Disney when I was a teen and seasonally in college and so my info may be out of date, but the slowest day I can remember was the weekend after Labor Day. Absolute worst was New Years Eve.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 15:15     Subject: Disney world
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:…wow I’m exhausted just reading all that.


I feel like most vacations are that way now. When we went to Rome we had to plan things out, buy skip the line tours and get up setter early to get there. Even a pool resort, you need to be down at the pool bright and early if you want to get a chair for the day. Everything is exhausting!


I used to think it would be terrible to be the tour bus kind of traveller and have my vacation all planned out by somebody else. But I was recently looking at the Rick Steve's Europe tours and thought it didn't sound too bad to have it all arranged for you with English guides, transportation, and prepaid admission. Planning is work.


In my 30s, I traveled the world, mostly with tours, as a single woman. The tours were great for getting me from place to place, and then I could strike out on my own once we arrived at the various places. I’m not sure why tours get such a bad rap. They were golden for me.


The older i get the more appealing the tours sound. In my 20s I would have been embarrassed but now I’m thinking I don’t have the time or energy to spend trying to figure it all out and make sure I hit all the highlights and I’m willing to throw money at it. Let someone else do the leg work so I can just enjoy my time without stressing about the details. When I was younger I had more time, but less money, so I did the planning myself, now I don’t need or want to as much.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 15:06     Subject: Disney world
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:…wow I’m exhausted just reading all that.


I feel like most vacations are that way now. When we went to Rome we had to plan things out, buy skip the line tours and get up setter early to get there. Even a pool resort, you need to be down at the pool bright and early if you want to get a chair for the day. Everything is exhausting!


I used to think it would be terrible to be the tour bus kind of traveller and have my vacation all planned out by somebody else. But I was recently looking at the Rick Steve's Europe tours and thought it didn't sound too bad to have it all arranged for you with English guides, transportation, and prepaid admission. Planning is work.


In my 30s, I traveled the world, mostly with tours, as a single woman. The tours were great for getting me from place to place, and then I could strike out on my own once we arrived at the various places. I’m not sure why tours get such a bad rap. They were golden for me.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 14:55     Subject: Disney world
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:…wow I’m exhausted just reading all that.


I feel like most vacations are that way now. When we went to Rome we had to plan things out, buy skip the line tours and get up setter early to get there. Even a pool resort, you need to be down at the pool bright and early if you want to get a chair for the day. Everything is exhausting!


I used to think it would be terrible to be the tour bus kind of traveller and have my vacation all planned out by somebody else. But I was recently looking at the Rick Steve's Europe tours and thought it didn't sound too bad to have it all arranged for you with English guides, transportation, and prepaid admission. Planning is work.


Planning is work even if it's just tickets, local transit and accommodations. It feels like a job and leaves you little energy to plan activities, sightseeing and especially dining options. In places like Rome I just opted for a tour to make it easy and this included all the skip the line tickets.
Anonymous
Post 08/04/2024 01:27     Subject: Disney world
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:…wow I’m exhausted just reading all that.


I feel like most vacations are that way now. When we went to Rome we had to plan things out, buy skip the line tours and get up setter early to get there. Even a pool resort, you need to be down at the pool bright and early if you want to get a chair for the day. Everything is exhausting!


I used to think it would be terrible to be the tour bus kind of traveller and have my vacation all planned out by somebody else. But I was recently looking at the Rick Steve's Europe tours and thought it didn't sound too bad to have it all arranged for you with English guides, transportation, and prepaid admission. Planning is work.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2024 23:51     Subject: Disney world
Anonymous wrote:…wow I’m exhausted just reading all that.


I feel like most vacations are that way now. When we went to Rome we had to plan things out, buy skip the line tours and get up setter early to get there. Even a pool resort, you need to be down at the pool bright and early if you want to get a chair for the day. Everything is exhausting!
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2024 22:36     Subject: Disney world
It all makes perfect sense. Thanks for the update.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2024 22:26     Subject: Disney world
…wow I’m exhausted just reading all that.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2024 20:28     Subject: Disney world
Anonymous wrote:I am just leaving Disney now. We stayed for 6 days at the Bay lake tower and did not do the multipass. I did get a single pass for seven dwarves mine train (totally overrated ride) and avatar. Those two rides have the longest waits and it's worth doing it for if you want to ride them. We stayed on site so we were able to enter the parks 30min before everyone else. During this time, my kids were able to ride ride and get ride with no lines (not the two rides I mentioned, those are always nuts with ppl lining up as early as possible). We also were able to ride all the virtual queue rides, Tron, Tiana, and cosmic rewind. You have to be up a little before 7 to get in the queue and then watch like a hawk at 659 and hit refresh right at 7. Tiana is the hardest one to get, then Tron, then cosmic. I don't think the multipass is worth it IMO, its overpriced and you can only pick one tier 1 ride. You are better off using the single pass and virtual queue and early park entry. As an example, we got into Hollywood studios at 830 and got to ride all the toy story rides all before the park opened at 9. Also the last half hour before the park close, the lines get super short and you can pretty much get on anything with little wait. Want to ride ride of resistance? Friday night, the wait at 845 was 5 minutes. You definitely don't need multipass but get in the park early, get some virtual queues, a couple of single passes and a few late nights and you should be good to go.


This is exhausting just to read. I can’t imagine actually doing it! Power to you, PP.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2024 20:19     Subject: Disney world
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am just leaving Disney now. We stayed for 6 days at the Bay lake tower and did not do the multipass. I did get a single pass for seven dwarves mine train (totally overrated ride) and avatar. Those two rides have the longest waits and it's worth doing it for if you want to ride them. We stayed on site so we were able to enter the parks 30min before everyone else. During this time, my kids were able to ride ride and get ride with no lines (not the two rides I mentioned, those are always nuts with ppl lining up as early as possible). We also were able to ride all the virtual queue rides, Tron, Tiana, and cosmic rewind. You have to be up a little before 7 to get in the queue and then watch like a hawk at 659 and hit refresh right at 7. Tiana is the hardest one to get, then Tron, then cosmic. I don't think the multipass is worth it IMO, its overpriced and you can only pick one tier 1 ride. You are better off using the single pass and virtual queue and early park entry. As an example, we got into Hollywood studios at 830 and got to ride all the toy story rides all before the park opened at 9. Also the last half hour before the park close, the lines get super short and you can pretty much get on anything with little wait. Want to ride ride of resistance? Friday night, the wait at 845 was 5 minutes. You definitely don't need multipass but get in the park early, get some virtual queues, a couple of single passes and a few late nights and you should be good to go.


Thanks for the update and I think this is good info. I just want to point out to other posters that this is actually a slow time for WDW and the above advice will not work as well starting Mid Oct and leading into the holidays.


Definitely not the weeks of Christmas but it was definitely pretty packed.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2024 16:34     Subject: Disney world
Anonymous wrote:I am just leaving Disney now. We stayed for 6 days at the Bay lake tower and did not do the multipass. I did get a single pass for seven dwarves mine train (totally overrated ride) and avatar. Those two rides have the longest waits and it's worth doing it for if you want to ride them. We stayed on site so we were able to enter the parks 30min before everyone else. During this time, my kids were able to ride ride and get ride with no lines (not the two rides I mentioned, those are always nuts with ppl lining up as early as possible). We also were able to ride all the virtual queue rides, Tron, Tiana, and cosmic rewind. You have to be up a little before 7 to get in the queue and then watch like a hawk at 659 and hit refresh right at 7. Tiana is the hardest one to get, then Tron, then cosmic. I don't think the multipass is worth it IMO, its overpriced and you can only pick one tier 1 ride. You are better off using the single pass and virtual queue and early park entry. As an example, we got into Hollywood studios at 830 and got to ride all the toy story rides all before the park opened at 9. Also the last half hour before the park close, the lines get super short and you can pretty much get on anything with little wait. Want to ride ride of resistance? Friday night, the wait at 845 was 5 minutes. You definitely don't need multipass but get in the park early, get some virtual queues, a couple of single passes and a few late nights and you should be good to go.


Thanks for the update and I think this is good info. I just want to point out to other posters that this is actually a slow time for WDW and the above advice will not work as well starting Mid Oct and leading into the holidays.
Anonymous
Post 08/03/2024 16:08     Subject: Disney world
I am just leaving Disney now. We stayed for 6 days at the Bay lake tower and did not do the multipass. I did get a single pass for seven dwarves mine train (totally overrated ride) and avatar. Those two rides have the longest waits and it's worth doing it for if you want to ride them. We stayed on site so we were able to enter the parks 30min before everyone else. During this time, my kids were able to ride ride and get ride with no lines (not the two rides I mentioned, those are always nuts with ppl lining up as early as possible). We also were able to ride all the virtual queue rides, Tron, Tiana, and cosmic rewind. You have to be up a little before 7 to get in the queue and then watch like a hawk at 659 and hit refresh right at 7. Tiana is the hardest one to get, then Tron, then cosmic. I don't think the multipass is worth it IMO, its overpriced and you can only pick one tier 1 ride. You are better off using the single pass and virtual queue and early park entry. As an example, we got into Hollywood studios at 830 and got to ride all the toy story rides all before the park opened at 9. Also the last half hour before the park close, the lines get super short and you can pretty much get on anything with little wait. Want to ride ride of resistance? Friday night, the wait at 845 was 5 minutes. You definitely don't need multipass but get in the park early, get some virtual queues, a couple of single passes and a few late nights and you should be good to go.
Anonymous
Post 07/19/2024 17:10     Subject: Re:Disney world
Genie+ will cease to exist on July 24th. The new system is more like paid FastPass, but you'll want to read up on it after visitors actually use it next week.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2024 20:51     Subject: Disney world
New service starting 7/24. Up to 3 in advance. 2 tiers like FP. Once you’ve used one you can get one more.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2024 20:09     Subject: Disney world
I haven't been back to disneyworld since they got rid of fastpass because it seems like the parks basically doubled in price since the pandemic. Anyways we're back for more now. So how do rides work now? If you buy genie+ does it work the same way as fast pass? Get to choose 3 attractions for no lines or am I way off base. Tips? Is it worth it?