Maybe you could answer a question then - did your sister have to wait until 10 or 15 FP guests went through before letting standby in, even if there was a large gap in the FP line? Or did she have discretion to let some standby guests go, if no FP guests were in view?
I just asked her and she said if there no one in the Fastpass line, then she was allowed to let standby people through. If a Fastpass group came in the line then the standby would immediately be stopped and the ratio would "start over", if that makes any sense? She did say that during busy periods, her manager told her to essentially ignore the ratio and she had to clear out almost the entire Fastpass queue before any standby could come through. She worked there before Covid so she isn't sure if this is how they operate now.
It was. I agree. It feels worse when there’s actual money involved lol.
It makes sense to have a high ratio of LL to Standby. Those in the LL queue paid for it so they should get a lesser wait. That's how skip the line systems work everywhere else.
Of course everyone thinks people who pay should have a shorter wait. That's the entire point. But Disney alone controls how many slots they sell, which is what makes the difference between it being a minor annoyance to the non-paying guests (and by non-paying, I mean the ones who paid to be there but didn't pay extra to skip the line) and a maddening road block to them being able to access many attractions at all.
Maybe once they start capping sales June 8th it won't be as much a factor.
I don't have faith Disney will cap it low enough to make that much difference.
I would do it on the basis of waiting in line (for me anyway) increases anticipation and anxiety as well. If they are nervous to try something new, will waiting in a longer line and being anxious for a longer time set them up for failure to go through with riding? Just a thought. If the price isn’t a deal breaker I’d go for it.
This last statement is one reason we went ahead and added it for our entire trip (but it's August for us). I would think too that you would be at an advantage of not wanting the headliners as from watching Genie+ the past week or so, these are the ones that sell out quickly. So for you, you should be able to book what you want....and limit time waiting in line in the sun. But it is an additional $479, so it just depends on if its in your budget . For us, we happen to be limiting ADRs anyways, so we can justify the extra cost on Genie+.
Yes. In 1.5 hour I saw Frozen pop up 4 times and error before I was finally able to secure it. We are a party of 4 riders. Key is not to give up. I had secured Test Track at 7 am.
I nicknamed Genie+ the Patience Pass - because this mom struggles with patience! When we were there it was hot- another reason why I am glad we had. We bought it day-by-day and every day, except our pool day. When I walked by the people in standby and they were withering, I was so happy we had it. It stinks that Disney has this and it's more $$$ but on the flip side, I heard so many complaining about lack of getting on things when they didn't have it - so if you look at it this way, you pay all the $$$ for the base ticket and don't get to ride many things, to me that is more a waste of $$$.
If they actually cap it in a meaningful way, will have to give some sign-up advantage to on-site guests I would imagine…
There is not reason to give on-site guests anything right now. People are showing they don't need perks to fill the resorts.
