belloq87
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Space Mountain sounds like a placeholder until Tron opens; otherwise, the rest make sense.I've seen this circulating from Touring Plans:
"Here’s the attractions we expect will be a la carte, although this has not yet been confirmed by Disney and is subject to change:
- Magic Kingdom: Space Mountain and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
- EPCOT: Test Track and Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
- Hollywood Studios: Rise of the Resistance and Slinky Dog Dash
- Animal Kingdom: Flight of Passage and Kilimanjaro Safaris"
Saw this coming back when they shutdown fastpass+. Seems an awful lot like DLs MaxPass which I really liked when we were there back in 2018. I’m not thinking this will impact like FP+ used to since the upcharge and day-of/in park access makes it less likely that a large number of folks will use it. I see it being like express pass at UO, never bought it and see little to no impact on standby lines
Stand by lines will be impacted. Like Max pass at Disneyland a lot of people used it and for WDW it makes sense to pay the fee per day on a Vacation. Where I feel Disney screwed people is the AP or Key holders. I had Max Pass at DL for my AP and I paid $200 for it but got the same benefit as someone who bought the day price. Now I have to pay the day price each time to get the benefit. If I go 50 times a year that is $1,000 extra for my pass. Most passholders won't do that and some are even fine without FP but some passholders like going to Disney for the rides.That's what I'm hoping for, crazy prices where standby lines are affected minimally. BUT, the one time $15+ use might be justified for some people who plan their once in a lifetime vacation.
Stand by lines will be impacted. Like Max pass at Disneyland a lot of people used it and for WDW it makes sense to pay the fee per day on a Vacation. Where I feel Disney screwed people is the AP or Key holders. I had Max Pass at DL for my AP and I paid $200 for it but got the same benefit as someone who bought the day price. Now I have to pay the day price each time to get the benefit. If I go 50 times a year that is $1,000 extra for my pass. Most passholders won't do that and some are even fine without FP but some passholders like going to Disney for the rides.
Like the Dude said " well like that is your opinion man" If I go 50 times or 10 times or 2 times I still want the fast pass experience. I certainly may be in the minority but any park day for me is a full day of rides. Every trip to Universal, Knotts and Magic Mountain is like that. I may be a rare breed but that is what my experience is. So in 2019 I had the fast pass option with my pass and it was fair. I paid a price like a pass that was discounted but was fair.If you go 50+ times I don't think you need to pay for this?
With dynamic pricing, this is now merely a $15/day price hike for people who'd use it. Plus additional DLC for instant access!It's sad to see one of the few free amenities of this already very expensive theme park get stratified into yet another extra-cost luxury, but I can definitely get behind them eliminating the ridiculous reservation system that effectively forced you to plan every second of your day a month in advance to avoid getting shut out of every ride, show, and restaurant by people bored at home planning imaginary trips to Disney. What I'm worried about though is that they're making the prices relatively attractive--they want everyone to buy it. I think families are going to see that extra fee as just one more drop in a bucket that's already overflowing anyway, and figure they might as well just pay for it so that they won't be miserable on their once-in-a-lifetime vacation. Kinda leads me to think Disney isn't designing this as a premium option that offers truly short wait times to a select few, but instead it'll be another crowd dispersion system just like FastPass that guests will now willingly pay an extra $15+ to use.
The math is a little off. $60 a day for a family of 4 but the point is still valid.I forsee this as crap show IMHO. At $15 a person, for a family of 4 it's only $90 bucks a day for the Genie+. But here's 7 drawfs mine train *notification* "Skip the line for $25 per person" Family of 4 pays it, another $100 bucks, now you're in another $190. Then I'm having to walk around the park all day, looking at the app and see which attractions have a LL spot available...oh wait here's one in 2 hours. So I now need to kill time for those 2 hours, maybe I get on 1, 2 or 3 attractions in my time, maybe none since the lines are too full. Then you have to imagine the amount of ankles and people getting bumped into since everyone will theoretically pay the $15, everyone will be walking around on their phones, and at the end of the day its going to make the experience worse. Bottom line as many are saying Disney is squeezing for every dime out of you, and it always feels like they are trying to cater to an upper middle class- high class visitor with all of these upcharges.
I like it the way some people describe it online, this is a Disney Parks' version of DLC.