Disturbia
Happily Ever After
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2020
The 2-4 weeks following Easter are historically slow and less crowded. TOT was 35 min wait yesterday. Tron Vq has lasted a while as well. The price of Genie+ had gone down which was a sign as well; it’s back up now (was $18, now up to $22).So, I was in WDW this past weekend 5/6-9/2023 with a friend. It was her first time at WDW (she's 47). She didn't want anything scheduled for her trip. We did do 1 reservation for dinner on Sat night in Disney Springs at STK. Now, 1 caveat, I use an ECV.
We did EPCOT on Sunday, MK on Monday and AK on Tuesday. Th ECV didn't come into play at EPCOT. She doesn't like roller coasters. We arrived at 11:30 am. We did walk ons for everything and it was quite a bit. The Seas, Living With the Land (the ECV got us to the front of the line but it was only a 10 min wait), Imagination, Remy (10 min wait), American Adventure, Splendors of China, Frozen in Norway (we had a 25 min wait), Gran Fiesta and Spaceship Earth (again we got the front of the line due to my ECV but it had a 15 min wait). We also saw Epcot Forever after a walkup at Chefs De France.
On Monday we arrived at noon and we did MK Railroad once around, Jungle Cruise (we got a return time for an hour and a half later, due to my ECV), Tiki Room, Country Bear Jamboree, back to Jungle Cruise, Hall of Presidents, Haunted Mansion*, Peter Pan*, Small World, Pooh*, and Buzz Lightyear*. All those marked with * had a 15 min wait or less, no front of the line due to my ECV. We left at 7:30.
On Tuesday we arrived at AK at 8 am. We did the Safari, Gorilla Falls, Na'vi River (she did buy an ILL for this, I didn't ride), and she went on a 2nd time without an ILL, no wait. Then we went on Kali River Rapids, then to see Tough to Be a Bug, saw Lion King and left around 2 pm.
Now granted, the gods were with us. Every show we saw we arrived just as the show or pre-show was starting. And lines had a minimal wait. The longest wait was Frozen in EPCOT on Sunday.
So why pay for Genie+ when you can buy ILL?
You can’t buy all LLs. Only 1 per park ((lightening lane individual attraction LLIA); with a park hopper you can buy 1 in each park you hop to; max of 2 a day). I think you meant Flight of passage (FOP is a LLIA) at AK and not Navi (a Genie+ ride). Here are the LLIA currently in each park and today’s prices:
MK (SDMT $11)
HS (ROTR $22)
AK (FOP $14)
Epcot (GOTG $15)
Wait times will jump up in a week (closer to the holiday weekend and when schools are over). There are still some ride waits that would be worth the Genie+ price
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