Agreed we won't find out until the 27th. I'm speculating they'll have 5 options in the app: PH, MK, EP, HS, and AK. It'll probably work like ADR, you can make a dining reservation anywhere after 2 P.M. without an actual park reservation, as long as you tap into your "morning" park.
So it's a problem for people who:This is an awful development.
For starters, it has been confirmed that once the single park G+ has sold out for the day, the Multiple Parks option is ALSO sold out, so forget buying for one park and upgrading if you decide to hop later.
Also confirmed, if you buy one park and decide to upgrade, you have to visit Guest Relations and have them do it manually, and charge you the difference. If you do it in the app, it will process as a separate $27 (or whatever price) transaction. So, they didn't even equip the software to provide an upgrade option in app.
It would also introduce the new problem of unregulated LL crowds. Right now, Disney primarily uses time windows and price to control the flow of guests. Remove the time window and there's no way to control how many guests show up. Whenever the flow of LL purchases exceeds ride capacity, those lines will just get longer and longer.
It's a problem for ANYONE who uses Genie+ really - as this is going to be an across the board price increase. The lowest priced park is going to cost what ALL the parks would have cost, and prices will increase form there. The floor of pricing isn't going to drop at all, Disney isn't going to make LESS money from people who were going to go AK for the day and lower the price of G+, they are just going to increase it for all the other parks.
The Irony with G+ is that on the day you need it MOST - the busiest of days, the most expensive days, are the days you can get the LEAST out of it. On the days you need it LEAST - the slows and cheapest of days - are the days you get the MOST out of it.
The post I was responding to didn't address cost, but yes, we'll have to see about pricing.
I see it differently.
Also does not make sense to purchase to park hop after...my experience was all the rides were full after a certain point. So no thank you. Bring back paper fast Pass. At least universal gives free fast Pass to hotel guests. This just stinks. Sorry to complain, but I have not had a pleasurable experience with Genie +. Also agree with previous poster that the days it is needed most is when you get the least out of it
Of course it’s designed to be a net win for Disney. Under the current system, overall sales are capped when any single park meets its maximum G+ capacity. (Probably MK 99% of the time.)
As of right now (5:45pm Saturday), this is the number of attractions that still have Genie+ availability tonight, by park:
G+ for MK and Multi-parks come from two separate pools. They just happen to have the same price. For the scenario above, just buy the multi-parks G+ before they're sold out.
Under the current system, once the multi-park genie is sold out, you cannot buy anything. After the changes, at least you’ll have the OPTION of buying EP, AK or both separately.
Bahaha dude, you sound like the people who SWORE fast pass wouldn't go away when they introduced fast pass+. EXACTLY like them. Oh look how I can spin this to be actually advantageous... hahaha. As if wdw hasn't thought of this. They will do NOTHING that saves ANYONE a DIME. They might sell more G+ like this, sure, but no one will save a single dime. And G+ wasn't selling out before, so it's not like NOW people will be able to get this thing they couldn't before. Lolol. It's just a price hike.
More like " It's a ripoff "
It's correct! This is why Disney is so clever. With MK and Multi-parks having the same price, I doubt anyone would buy only the MK option. The Multi-parks will be sold out first, but you still have the option to buy only MK, EP, or AK.
I don't understand why you're mocking this poster when essentially they're agreeing with you. Their analysis says the new system allows guests to buy single-park G+ when the multi-parks sold out, meaning Disney gets more money.
