Big price cut to Disney World's Genie+ as the busy Thanksgiving week comes to an end

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Posted: Sunday November 27, 2022 8:01am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Guests who are planning to buy Genie+ at Walt Disney World today are in for a pleasant surprise as the cost of the ride reservation system falls by more than $10.

Genie+ falls $12 overnight from a record high of $29

Today's price is $17 per guest, down from the previous record high of $29 that has been in place for the last week.

The reduction to $17 still does not reach the previous record low of $15, perhaps never to be seen again.

Expect to see Genie+ rise again over the coming weeks and to the high of $29 during the peak week around Christmas Day to New Year's Day.

The busy Christmas week will likely see Genie+ rise to at least $29

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Chip Chipperson10 days ago

So now that the changes to DAS have been announced, any idea on how far away we are from getting news about pre-booking G+ selections?

Disstevefan116 days ago

I think you are right. This is the new floor. Remember how low the prices were when it started

doctornick16 days ago

@tanc is talking about LL Bean's return policy that was changed a few years back.

aaronml17 days ago

What legendary return policy? Are you talking about for legacy paper FP many years ago? Or something else?

HauntedPirate17 days ago

I’m curious to see if Genie- prices drop further to the old minimums or if these become the new “floor”.

Brian17 days ago

If OP was referring to the mix ratio with the 80% figure, that determines how many LL guests pass through the merge point at any given time versus standby. There will still be the same number of guests who ultimately choose to experience the attraction via either standby or LL whether they let 20 LL guests through the merge point for every one standby or 50. If the suggestion is that 80% of a "popular" attraction's total guests throughout the day are LL guests, I don't know of any in which that is the case.

Purduevian17 days ago

But the ratio of people that get on the ride via Standby or LL throughout a day (on average) must be the same ratio of people that get in the line...

wdwmagic17 days ago

Individual Lightning Lane price drops alongside lower Genie+ cost at Walt Disney World https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/disney-genie/news/08apr2024-individual-lightning-lane-price-drops-alongside-lower-genie-cost-at-walt-disney-world.htm

Brian18 days ago

I believe the figures you are referring to are the mix ratios of LL vs standby guests at the merge point, which can fluctuate throughout the day. These ratios do not themselves determine the types of guests (Genie+ vs Standby) who will ultimately choose to get in line and experience a specific attraction.

DisneyDodo18 days ago

It took me a very long time to parse this post because my brain stubbornly insisted on reading “LL” as “Lightning Lane” every time, which made me assume “bean” was some sort of typo, and I could not for the life of me figure out what you were trying to say. Thankfully it eventually clicked.

SingleRider18 days ago

It’s been reported on this site and others that the LL entrance at any popular attraction accounts for 75-80% of that ride’s capacity because the LL is heavily favored. Having the other 20-25 percent scan at a separate entrance shouldn’t be much of an issue.

Brian18 days ago

It has been discussed several times already why that "solution" is wildly impractical. Don't believe me? Look at the LL entrance of any relatively popular attraction and you'll see clumps of guests struggling to get in because of various issues like finding and presenting their admission media, entitlements not being linked, and more. Now imagine every single guest in the park being forced to do that for each attraction.

MagicHappens197118 days ago

This is insane. I have stated it several times. It’s extended waits that is a problem 9 times out of 10. Not a 15 minute wait for Little Mermaid

SingleRider18 days ago

Disney really needs to come up with a system to prevent anyone with a DAS return time from standing in line for any other attraction. This would be easy to accomplish by having CMs scan tickets at the standby entrances.