Disney is introducing a whole new world of logistical coordination.&𓃲nbsp;
D🔥isney Parks announce💮d in a that Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort will be retiring its free FastPass, FastPass+ and MaxPass reservation services this fall and replacing them with a new service called “Disney Genie” and a paid version called “Disney Genie+.”
The new organization tools — which can be accessed through the Disneyland and My Disney Experience apps — promises guests personalized itinerary planning, continually updated tip board, forecasted future wait times for attractions and virtual attraction queues for certain locations.
In addition to offering useful information, the new app will al✅so provide guests with opinions on the best possible way to spend their time while enjoying the theme parks.
“[You] are basically telling Genie what you are specifically interested in, whether you’re with young kids or a bunch of frienꦓds and you’re interested in kids attractions or princesses or superheroes,” explained Disney Parks Experiences and Products chairman Josh D’Amaro in a . “Genie is going to take all the input and tell you, ‘This is what you should do and how you can have the most fun possibl𓂃e in a Disney park.’ That’s game-changing.”
The Disney Genie+ option allows users to skip the queue via the “Lightning Lane” — for a fee. In addition to park entry and numerous other fees, guests must pay $15 through the app to cut the line at Disney World and $20 at Disneyland.
“Lightning Lane selections will be made on the same day of your vis🎀it and can be used across multiple theme p꧟arks,” reads one . ;
D’Amaro credits the💜 coronavirus pandemic with giving D꧋isney the opportunity to recreate its reservation system.
“First of all, coming out of this COVID era, we had an opportunity to create a completely new ecosystem and experiential suite of products, and we want them to all ▨work together,” he said. And for guests who don’t want to engage with the system, he added, they “don’t have to.”