Disney genie can be incredibly confusing. But it can also be incredibly helpful and it can save your family a ton of valuable vacation time if you know how to use it. And this video will explain all three parts of the disney genie service and show you exactly how to use them so that you're not worried and stressed during your magical disney vacation. Hi, this is josh with resort tv one and today we're showing you everything you need to know about disney genie before your next trip to disney. Before we get started, please remember to hit that red subscribe button below the video and also hit the notification bell to be notified every time we go live or have a new video. Also, be sure to follow us on social media or resort tv one on facebook, instagram, twitter, and tick-tock. Before we get started, you may have noticed that this video is in portrait mode. We felt that this was the best way to make this video since it's about disney genie plus and the my disney experience app that only works in portrait mode. If you're watching this on a phone or tablet, be sure you're using the official youtube app and you can tap on the box at the bottom right corner of the video as you see here to make it full screen on your device so that you can truly see everything i'm showing you in the app. If you're watching this on a tv, laptop, or desktop computer, you'll see the phone screen in the middle of your screen with dark areas on either side of it. Rest assured that you're still seeing the entire app screen on your screen. So let's get started. First, as i mentioned earlier, dizzying genie actually has three parts. The first part is actually a free part of the service that anyone in the park can use. This is actually the part of the service called disney genie. And you can set this up any time, even before the 7 a.m. Genie plus window opens. In fact, you should set this up before that time so that you can start making your disney genie plus reservations right at 7:00 a.m. The second part is called disney genie plus and this is the fifteen dollar per person per day paid service that allows you to reserve a time to write several attractions in each park, similar to the old fastpass system. The third part is called individual lightning lane and this is the pay per ride system that allows you to pay a set rate to reserve a time to ride. Add single rides that are considered to be the most popular rides in each park. The pricing for each ride varies, and the most popular rides like rise of the resistance are generally the most expensive, at around $15 each. Also you can purchase either disney genie plus or individual lightning lane separately or together. You don't have to buy one to have the other. Here is a chart showing you a breakdown of what each part of disney genie is. It is important to remember that with the regular fifteen dollar disney genie plus service, you're not buying individual rides, you're actually buying a chance to reserve any of the regular genie plus rides. The only service that has individual rides is the individual lightning lane. I hope this clears up a bit of confusion about all of the different parts of this service. Now let's talk about each individual part of disney genie in more detail. While we show you how to set things up for your perfect disney world a we'll start with the free disney genie service since you have to set that up first before you have the option to purchase the page genie plus service, i should mention that you can actually purchase it in other areas of the app but this is the easiest way to get things set up properly. To ensure that you were ready to make your first reservation right at 7 a.m. On your park day. I would recommend doing this tonight for your park day if possible. To start setting up disney genie. Open the my disney experience app then tap on the get started box that says recommended activity. Be sure that you are signed in to the app first and then your name appears at the top of the screen. After tapping get started, you'll get the option to select your date and park. When you tap on a date it will show you your park reservations for that date. If you don't already have park reservations, you'll have to go back make those before continuing with disney genie. After selecting your date and park hit continue to select your family and friends that will be enjoying the park with you that day. After you select your family and friends, you'll be taken to the my top pick screen where you can select the attractions, entertainment and dining that you and your family are most interested in enjoying. That day you'll notice that some attractions have a lightning lane or lightning lane included with genie plus label underneath of them. Once that just say lightning lane are the individual lightning lane rise and the ones that say included with genie plus are obviously the ones included with the genie plus service. You'll also notice some attractions that don't have a label other than hide information. You can now keep scrolling down or tap on the entertainment and dining icons at the top of the screen to select entertainment and dining options that your family would like to enjoy that day. You also have the option to hit the skip for now button at the the bottom of the screen to go directly to purchasing disney genie plus. But i recommend taking the time to set your preferences here before moving on so that you get better recommendations on your park day. After tapping some choices and hitting continue, you'll arrive at the my interest screen. Here you can choose more general interests for your family at the park including things like disney princesses, villains, heroes, experiences for little ones, park classics, and much more. Once you select your interests, you can tap continue and you'll be taken to a display preferences screen where you can select whether or not you want the app to display height requirements and or accessibility information for each attraction. Once you make your selections here, tap view my day to get started with disney genie and see recommendations for your day. On the my day page you'll see the park you chose, as well as the hours for the park that day and some recommendations for available dining reservations that you may wish to make. If you scroll down, you'll eventually see the option to take today to the next level by purchasing disney genie. Plus. If you're doing this the night before, you may not yet have the option to purchase disney genie plus and individual lightning lane until the morning of your park day. However, some ticket types will have this option available in advance. Check with guest services. If you have questions about this as an annual pass holder, i do not have the option to purchase disney genie plus until the morning of my park. Visit it and as i mentioned earlier, you'll definitely want to purchase disney genie plus before 7 a.m. On your park day so that you can make your first reservation right at 7 a.m. Therefore, i would recommend purchasing disney genie. Plus at least 15 to 20 minutes before 7 a.m.. If you can't purchase it the night before, you can also do all of the setup described above on the morning of your visit, but you may want to allow a few extra minutes to complete everything. Also, before 7 a.m. You need to be sure that the following items are taken care of. First, you need to have everyone in your party linked together in the my disney experience app. Secondly, if you were staying at a disney resort, you need to have your resort reservation linked to your account. Thirdly, you need to be sure that everyone in your party has a ticket and a park reservation for that day. If any of these items are completed, you will not be able to make genie plus reservations for your entire party. Here is an example of what it looks like to tap through the disney genie set up on the morning of your visit. As you can see, everything looks basically the same except that the option to purchase genie plus and individual lightning lane pops up in the middle of the set up process before you're taken to the my day screen. When you do get the option to purchase genie plus, you'll be asked to enter credit or debit card information and you'll have the option to save this card for future purchases, mobile orders, and etc. You can also use a disney gift card or disney rewards card to purchase genie plus and individual lighting lane rides during your purchase. You will also have the opportunity to select other members of your party and purchase genie plus for them as well. Also, even if some members of your party are paying separately, you will still be able to select genie plus ride times with them once everyone has paid for the service and as long as everyone is on your friends and family list. Once you have completed your purchase, you will be brought back to the my day tab on the disney genie area of the app. If the app doesn't bring you back here, just tap the plus button at the bottom of the screen and select view my genie day and tip board to find the screen. Next you want to tap the tip board option. At the top of the screen you'll see a list of rides. If it's before 7 a.m. You won't be able to make any genie plus elections, but you can start planning out what you're going to select. As i mentioned earlier, in order to maximize your genie plus experience, you need to select your first disney genie plus experience right at 7:00 a.m. For this part of genie. Plus, everyone can make reservations starting at 7 a.m. Regardless of whether or not you were staying at a disney resort. To make the most of your day, you should select one of the more popular rides in each park. That isn't an individual lightning lane ride a magic kingdom. The most popular rides in this category are peter pan and jungle cruise. In epcot, it's soaring and test track. In hollywood studios, it's slinky dog dash and an animal kingdom. It's kilimanjaro safaris and navi river journey. You have to be very quick with your first reservation. So watch the clock carefully and tap on the tip board or pull down to refresh right at 7 a.m. And quickly find and make that first reservation. When you tap on the rod you want for your first reservation, you'll be taken to a screen to select members of your party who will be riding with you. Only those who have disney genie plus will be shown as eligible. Then you'll be asked to confirm your reservation after you confirm you'll be all set. Now that you have one genie plus reservation, you may be wondering when you can make your next one. The general rule is that you can make another genie plus reservation, either after you use your previous reservation or after 120 minutes have passed. Whichever comes first, the only exception to this rule is with your first variation that you made at 7 a.m. For this reservation. You either have to use it when the park opens to make a new one, or you have to wait a hundred and twenty minutes after the official park opening. To make a second reservation, it is possible to stack multiple genie plus reservations on top of each other, even at the same time. If you use your reservations carefully, for instance, if you wait a bit to make your reservations in the morning and end up with afternoon reservations for your first attraction, you can wait 120 minutes after park opening to make a second reservation. If they're arrives available, that reservation can be any time later that day, including at the exact same time as your first reservation. You can even stack additional reservations every 120 minutes as long as there are rides available. There doesn't seem to be a limit to this except genie plus reservation availability. And as you can see here, we were able to stack five rides together at disney's hollywood studios. Also, if you are planning to make another reservation after using your current reservation, remember that you have to scan your magic band at every available touch point in the queue of that attraction. Remember that some attractions have to touch points. If you miss a touch point, you won't be able to make another reservation and tell you go back and scan on it or cancel the existing reservation, otherwise the system will think you still haven't used your current reservation and you'll have to wait the full 120 minutes to make a new one. Canceling or rescheduling a genie plus reservation can be very confusing. Unfortunately, you cannot directly modify a genie plus reservation. You can only cancel and get a new reservation. This makes canceling very risky because even if it looks like there is a better time available for a ride, that time might be gone by the time you cancel your existing reservation and rebook. However, in order to cancel the disney genie plus reservation, just go to the my date ab in the disney genie section of the app. If you scroll down the page a little, you'll see your genie plus reservation. Tap the three dots at the top right corner of your reservation box. This will take you to a menu that shows the details of your reservation and has a cancellation button that you can use. After you cancel your existing reservation, you can immediately make a new one. Additionally, unlike the previous fastpass service, you can use genie plus at multiple parks in one day. This definitely makes the service more worthwhile, especially when you start at parks with less attractions. Remember that you can only park op after 2 p.m. So you can start making jeannie plus reservations for other parks anytime. But the reservations have to be four times after 2 p.m. In order to make reservations for other parks, just go to the tip board and tap the words change park below your current park at the top of the page. As you might imagine, genie plus is most worthwhile at magic kingdom since there are so many attractions. And if you plan well, you can experience several of them with jeanne plus other parks with less rides will be more worthwhile if you park cop to another park later in the day. So that's pretty much everything you need to know about the second part of the disney genie service. However, as you know, there is a third part to the disney genie plus service and it's called individual lightning lane. This is reserved the absolute most popular attractions in each park. There are two individual lighting attractions at each park and they all have to be purchased separately for magic kingdom. The individual lightning lane attractions are seven dwarfs, mine, train, and space mountain. For epcot they are frozen and routed to e4 hollywood studios. They are rise of the resistance and mickey's runaway railway. And for animal kingdom they are flight of passage and expedition everest if the price is per person per ride on these attractions varies based on the popularity of each attraction and the current crowd levels. However, rise of the resistance is usually the most expensive at $15 per person. The most important difference between genie plus and lightning lane is that only disney resort guests with reservations linked in the my disney experience app can make individual lighting lane reservations starting at 7 a.m. On your park day, other guests must wait until the official part opening to make individual lightning lane reservations. This means that many of the most popular attractions like rise of the resistance, are usually already gone by the time non resort guests have a chance to make reservations. However, there are usually still a few choices for individual lightning lane available when the parks open each day. Of course, this depends on crowd levels and demand each day. The process to make an individual lightning lane reservation is very similar to making a regular genie plus reservation, except that you will need to confirm your purchase after selecting a ride. This is when it really helps to already have your payment method saved in the app so that you can save time when making these reservations. Remember, if you're a resort, guests both genie plus and individual lightning lane open at 7 a.m. For you. Therefore, it is wise to grab your individual lighting lane reservations first at 7 a.m. And then immediately jump back to the tip board and make your first regular disney genie plus reservation. If you are using both services that day, if you're not a resort east, you will not be able to make individual lighting lane reservations at 7:00 a.m. So you should obviously go ahead and make your first regular genie plus reservation right at 7 a.m. As you can see, this can be a tricky process the first couple times and there is definitely a lot to remember. I recommend watching this video a couple times while playing around with my disney experience app ahead of time on another device so that you can get used to where everything is and what you need to do on the morning of your park day. Also, some types of tickets allow you to purchase genie plus service for each day with your tickets. So the all you have to do is start making reservations on the morning of your park day. Check with guest services to find out what types of tickets qualify for this. As i mentioned earlier, annual pass holders must wait until their actual park day to purchase genie plus. To recap, here's a table showing some of the most important information covered in this video. Please leave a comment below if you have any questions. Well that's all for now. For this look at how to use disney genie at walt disney world. I know it was a lot of information to digest so please watch the video again and as as i mentioned earlier, let us know if you have any questions at all or if you can think of any tips that we forgot. Also, be sure to leave a like on the video and subscribe if you're new and be sure to check out our amazing sponsors. Make you blog.com and mickey travels.com for the best in free disney vacation planning advice. Go to mickey. Travels.com to book your next trip to disney. It doesn't cost any more than if you book the trip yourself and you'll get to use their expert advice. 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