magickingdomprincess
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 5, 2015
Disclaimer... the following is pure speculation on my part.
I think that they would still give out the same number of BGs at 7 am that they usually do. Remember.... obtaining a BG does not guarantee you will be able to ride. Throughout the day, as people pay for IA$ access to ROTR (or Remy), they will get priority over those with a BG #. That will slow down the normal progression of getting through the BGs, meaning more people with higher BG #'s might not get to ride because others who paid for IA$ caused fewer BGs to be called that day.
How many BGs will actually be affected? That depends on how many people pay for IA$. If there are already a lot of IA$ reservations, they might not have a second BG drop at 1 pm because they might already be projecting that they won't get through all of the BGs distributed in the morning. But, again, that all depends on how many people are willing to pay extra for that one ride.
My point is, I don't think they need to "hold back" any BG slots for IA$. Those who purchase IA$ will simply get priority and slow down how quickly the BGs get called throughout the day. The end result is the same... those who pay will ride and some who didn't pay (even though they may have obtained a BG) will not get to.
We're only visiting MK for the 50th next month, and then probably not back to WDW until 2023, so there will be plenty of time for me to observe how things pan out with BGs and IA$ before we actually get thrown into the fray. I'm very interested to see how this affects ROTR. Those with low BG #'s would almost certainly not pay, those with no BG may be more inclined to pay since the alternative will be no chance of riding. But what about those with high BG #'s? Do they gamble on getting called? Or as the minutes tick by and the end of the day approaches (and still X # of BGs from their #), do they break down and pay to guarantee a ride?
So you're thinking the changes won't be in effect until after your visit? We're going the 2nd week of Oct and I was kind of assuming that Genie+ would probably be in effect by then.