Happy2BMommy0812
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2016
We are on and off AP holders too. We will not be renewing. We bought while they were selling the old platinum passes and held it until December, when we activated. We went in December 21, we are here now for spring break, we have a week planned at Thanksgiving, and we may try and do a day in the summer when we are in the area for an event unrelated to Disney.
That being said, I really dislike Genie +, and we aren’t early risers. I set and alarm, get on at 7 to book an ILL and a genie + LL, then 2 hours after park opening I make another LL, then we finally roll to the park and eventually enough time has passed that I can make a 3rd LL. After that most of the big ticket ride times are gone or we don’t want to stay in the park from 1-9pm. My family likes to put in 3-4 hours and head out, which of course is a personal preference so part of our problem is self-inflicted. However, with the fastpass service I could stack 3 rides back to back and at least we’d get the 3 rides we wanted within 2-3 hours and sometimes I could snag a 4th and 5th after. It also makes me feel nickled and dimed - I mean, we can afford it, but we paid a ton for annual passes and DVC and then it’s at minimum $15 a day per person to *maybe* get in the lightning lane when I want? I dunno - I feel a bit sour about it.
We’ve decided to probably take 2023 off, unless we come down for one night to do Tron if and when it opens. I think we will use our DVC points to do Vero Beach, or Aulani, or maybe just bank them for a nicer stay in 2024 and spend some times exploring other destinations. It might be nice to take a long break from WDW and come back in 2024 excited and refreshed!
That being said, I really dislike Genie +, and we aren’t early risers. I set and alarm, get on at 7 to book an ILL and a genie + LL, then 2 hours after park opening I make another LL, then we finally roll to the park and eventually enough time has passed that I can make a 3rd LL. After that most of the big ticket ride times are gone or we don’t want to stay in the park from 1-9pm. My family likes to put in 3-4 hours and head out, which of course is a personal preference so part of our problem is self-inflicted. However, with the fastpass service I could stack 3 rides back to back and at least we’d get the 3 rides we wanted within 2-3 hours and sometimes I could snag a 4th and 5th after. It also makes me feel nickled and dimed - I mean, we can afford it, but we paid a ton for annual passes and DVC and then it’s at minimum $15 a day per person to *maybe* get in the lightning lane when I want? I dunno - I feel a bit sour about it.
We’ve decided to probably take 2023 off, unless we come down for one night to do Tron if and when it opens. I think we will use our DVC points to do Vero Beach, or Aulani, or maybe just bank them for a nicer stay in 2024 and spend some times exploring other destinations. It might be nice to take a long break from WDW and come back in 2024 excited and refreshed!