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- Nov 7, 2010
This is a great suggestion! Our first day in the park is MK on a Sunday in late January so I was planning on doing what you suggest and buying it that day and trying it out. It will be our first time in a park in 2 1/2 years so we'll be looking forward to doing as much as we can and excited to get going so 7AM won't be a problem.Perhaps try Genie + for 1-day of the trip and see if it matches with your family's touring style. If it does, wonderful and buy it again. If it does not, you are out $30 or more dollars and you have the experience to know it does not suit you and no more thinking about it in the future (plus you can complain about it - LOL).
That being said, it did NOT work great for us and we much prefer FP+ because we could choose our timeframes for the rides we wanted. The biggest CON we saw was the return times on Genie + were much later in the day for the more popular rides and we do not want to spend all day in the park waiting for a return time.
As for people and smartphones, no idea if Genie + is causing more people to be on them. What I do believe is a significant part of our population have lost the ability to be present and engaged with the people around them because of these "smart" devices. Add to that the apps on them are designed to be addictive and grab the user's attention which means more time for them staring at the phone.
Best of luck with your decision on Genie +!
I'll try it for a day or 2 at the MK and possibly DHS and see how it goes. Will also depend on what people are experiencing the week before we arrive.
Looking at our plans I think I'm going to cancel our Park Hoppers for this trip and budget that money for G+ and ILL$ for RotR. Think we'll come out ahead financially if it's a one and done for us with G+. I think we may hit that sweet spot of G+ being that the parks aren't supposed to be too busy or quiet.