FBDM66
Permanent Resident of Main Street USA
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2011
After watching bloggers reviews and reading experiences here I decided to give it a try. My initial feelings were negative - as I read how to use it a nagging voice says to me "this used to come free your ticket"- but I wanted to see for myself. I did a three day stay-cation (I live an hour away) last week, so pre-Thanksgivng crowds.
The morning I was going I bought Genie+ from home to use at MK second half of the day- I was aiming to arrive after 2. Something told me not to reserve LL yet- good move- I didn't leave the house till 3:00- arrived at POR 4:00 and MK at 5:00. I got Buzz for 5:20 before I headed for the bus. By the time I finished Buzz there wasn't much left of LL's for the day. I didn't look at the ILL$ since I can't do coasters. I played with plain Genie suggestions - I checked off my preferences, one of which is Accessibility ( I use a cane). Well, Genie wanted me to go to Swiss Family Robiinson - STAIRS?! - no thanks. It also kept telling to eat at Sleepy Hollow- I was at Pecos Bill at that time so that's where I ate. I have more learning to do with Genie light.
First try was a waste of $15.98 (nagging voice again; used to be free) - but pretty much my fault since I bought early and arrived late.
Next day I was heading for HS. At 7:00 AM I signed on and got ILL$ for RotR for 5:25 (slow iPhone 7- messed me up with boarding groups every time). I didn't buy Genie+ and it turns out I didn't need it. (Yes, SDD and RotR were gone before park opened) Wait times weren't bad. Longest was RotR stand-by at near 2 hours. MMRR was never over 55 minutes which was down to 30 after I got off RotR at 6:00 PM. Decent day with a necessary ILL$ for Rise (nagging voice again - didn't this used to be free?)
Next day I headed for AK - Genie+ at 7AM grabbed LL for Navi River at 10:40. Got to the park close to 10 and checked to see if I could stack something- got Safari for 11:30. I could've kept going with Dinosaur & Bug LL but after seeing the gorillas my legs gave out. I can't handle EE or FoP so no ILL$. So, two LL's for $15.98. (yep- there's that nagging voice again). The lines weren't bad that day except for Navi River, so I paid $15 for that one (nagging voice)
After trying it- I don't see it's value for me- a local with AP. If I was spending all day at MK then yeah I might try it again. If stay-cationing at a resort and I want to do RotR then maybe. I'm doing a day trip to Epcot this week, and with my lack of luck with boarding groups I'll try an ILL$ for Remy- even with that nagging voice.
IMHO- I'm not a fan.
The morning I was going I bought Genie+ from home to use at MK second half of the day- I was aiming to arrive after 2. Something told me not to reserve LL yet- good move- I didn't leave the house till 3:00- arrived at POR 4:00 and MK at 5:00. I got Buzz for 5:20 before I headed for the bus. By the time I finished Buzz there wasn't much left of LL's for the day. I didn't look at the ILL$ since I can't do coasters. I played with plain Genie suggestions - I checked off my preferences, one of which is Accessibility ( I use a cane). Well, Genie wanted me to go to Swiss Family Robiinson - STAIRS?! - no thanks. It also kept telling to eat at Sleepy Hollow- I was at Pecos Bill at that time so that's where I ate. I have more learning to do with Genie light.
First try was a waste of $15.98 (nagging voice again; used to be free) - but pretty much my fault since I bought early and arrived late.
Next day I was heading for HS. At 7:00 AM I signed on and got ILL$ for RotR for 5:25 (slow iPhone 7- messed me up with boarding groups every time). I didn't buy Genie+ and it turns out I didn't need it. (Yes, SDD and RotR were gone before park opened) Wait times weren't bad. Longest was RotR stand-by at near 2 hours. MMRR was never over 55 minutes which was down to 30 after I got off RotR at 6:00 PM. Decent day with a necessary ILL$ for Rise (nagging voice again - didn't this used to be free?)
Next day I headed for AK - Genie+ at 7AM grabbed LL for Navi River at 10:40. Got to the park close to 10 and checked to see if I could stack something- got Safari for 11:30. I could've kept going with Dinosaur & Bug LL but after seeing the gorillas my legs gave out. I can't handle EE or FoP so no ILL$. So, two LL's for $15.98. (yep- there's that nagging voice again). The lines weren't bad that day except for Navi River, so I paid $15 for that one (nagging voice)
After trying it- I don't see it's value for me- a local with AP. If I was spending all day at MK then yeah I might try it again. If stay-cationing at a resort and I want to do RotR then maybe. I'm doing a day trip to Epcot this week, and with my lack of luck with boarding groups I'll try an ILL$ for Remy- even with that nagging voice.
IMHO- I'm not a fan.