Confused about DAS/ Genie/ LL

[gramma4]

we are going the end of March with our kiddo with Autism. One day at HS only. Wanting to ride popular rides. If we have a DAS, do we to also purchase genie+ and LL ? I am so confused. Thank you in advance.

 

[DisneyOma]

Depends on how many things you want to do - DAS gives you a return time to come back and get in the LL queue. While you're waiting for your return time, you could either get in a short queue that your kiddo can handle, or purchase a $LL or get genie+ to get a few more rides in that day. DAS on its own does not get you into attractions any faster, so in order to get a lot done, genie+ and $LL may be useful.

 

[TheOneWithTheTriplets]

Are you going open to close? Will you rope drop? Are you eligible for the results entry time? When you say "popular attractions", what are you including? Is kiddo tall/ brave enough for Rock ' n ' Rollercoaster and Tower of Terror?

DAS can be enough to do everything in the park in one day, unless it's an extra busy day. You want to do the rides with the longest waits earlier in the day when your DAS return time will be closer, then switch to rides that don't get as high when things like Slinky and Rise are well over an hour. You can eat, shop, or watch shows while waiting for return times, plus make sure to get your two prebook return times to fill in as well.

Assuming you're on property, you can get a couple of rides done right at opening while you wait for your first long return time. For instance, pull Slinky, rope drop Mickey and Minnie, then see if Midway Mania or Saucers is still a short enough wait before riding slinky. You can them have breakfast while you wait for your Rise return time, use a prebook at Falcon, etc.

The problem comes in if you're going on an extra busy day or if rides are going down a ton and inflating the waits. Then, there sometimes just aren't enough hours in the day to get through all of the wait times. If Slinky is down at open, for instance, then the above strategy doesn't work and, when it does come back, it will likely start with a wait well over an hour right off the bat.

 

[redberyl]

We had both Das and genie + when we went, but honestly did not use genie very much. Almost everything we wanted to use genie for, by 10am we'd go to book it and the return times it gave us were for 6pm or later. My kids dont last that long in the parks, so it was mostly useless. But we were able to get almost everything we wanted done with just Das.

 

[Kerr84]

It can be overwhelming trying to book with DAS and Genie+. You should be fine with just DAS. I like to book the longest waits for when we are eating meals. (Slinky & Rise)

 

[tobikaye]

As long as the person with the DAS is always going on the attractions, you should be okay with just DAS. I was usually with someone that did not ride everything so used G+ for the attractions she would not do or to make it so we had a DAS and G+ attraction near each other for the days when she was not going to be able to be at the parks long.