BREAKING: Walt Disney World Introduces Date-Based Variable Pricing for Genie+ Service

[DaviVascaino]

Like Disneyland, Walt Disney World has now introduced date-based variable pricing for the Disney Genie+ service.

The lowest prices still begin at $15 but will vary up to $22 per person, per day depending on the day. Genie+ can only be purchased on the day of your visit, and Disney recommends checking the My Disney Experience app for the current pricing.

https://wdwnt.com/2022/10/breaking-...ate-based-variable-pricing-for-genie-service/

 

[The Foolish Mortal]

Sigh. I saw this news this morning and its incredibly frustrating. I can pinch my nose and tolerate the various price increases over the past couple years because at least i can plan for them. Yeah, admission ticket prices are variable, but I know the price when I buy my ticket. But since I can't buy genie+ in advance now, I can't plan for that in advance and adjust my plans if needed. Well, I guess I can adjust by not buying genie when it shows a $22 price tag at 6:30 in the morning. At the end of the day, my family can afford the price increase omn days genie is something we want. And its money I would have spent at Disney anyway (although I would rather spend that twenty bucks on something to take home or a yummy snack). But its still extremely frustrating

 

[xdan0920]

SHOCKING. When I posted about this months ago I was reprimanded.

 

[DaviVascaino]

Sigh. I saw this news this morning and its incredibly frustrating. I can pinch my nose and tolerate the various price increases over the past couple years because at least i can plan for them. Yeah, admission ticket prices are variable, but I know the price when I buy my ticket. But since I can't buy genie+ in advance now, I can't plan for that in advance and adjust my plans if needed. Well, I guess I can adjust by not buying genie when it shows a $22 price tag at 6:30 in the morning. At the end of the day, my family can afford the price increase omn days genie is something we want. And its money I would have spent at Disney anyway (although I would rather spend that twenty bucks on something to take home or a yummy snack). But its still extremely frustrating

I agree. frustrating. specially since even with genie plus, you need a bit of luck and strategy to reserve highly sought rides. if someone is not a "tech savvy" person, they might get genie plus and still miss out on popular rides

 

[snikki]

No surprise. I added G+ to my length of stay tickets for next month because I had a feeling price increases were coming.

Hopefully this will make G+ a better product for those that do purchase it. Selfishly I hope this makes less people purchase it next month while I am there.

 

[snikki]

https://wdwnt.com/2022/10/breaking-...ne-access-prices-will-increase-based-on-date/

The same for ILL too.

 

[The Foolish Mortal]

No surprise. I added G+ to my length of stay tickets for next month because I had a feeling price increases were coming.

Hopefully this will make G+ a better product for those that do purchase it. Selfishly I hope this makes less people purchase it next month while I am there.

Sadly, I don't think it will have any significant impact on number of people buying it.

 

[DaviVascaino]

https://wdwnt.com/2022/10/breaking-...ne-access-prices-will-increase-based-on-date/

The same for ILL too.

my goodness.

does anyone know if the pricing difference is based on day of the week or month of the year?? I am going to WDW in Feb (low season), wondering if all the days would be $15 or $22.

 

[The Foolish Mortal]

https://wdwnt.com/2022/10/breaking-...ne-access-prices-will-increase-based-on-date/

The same for ILL too.

But at least $ILL has always been like that. Its always been variable. They are just raising the ceiling.

I've said it a few times over the past couple years: Disney is going to find ways to keep charging more until there is a reduction in demand. And then, they will still charge more because they want a (slight) reduction in demand to make the parks a better experience. At that point, prices should level out for a while (or at least the increases will slow). But it doesn't seem they are near any demand saturation point yet

 

[Smugpugmug]

my goodness.

does anyone know if the pricing difference is based on day of the week or month of the year?? I am going to WDW in Feb (low season), wondering if all the days would be $15 or $22.

If you're going last week of February (President's day week and Princess Half Marathon) it'll be in the high range since that week is VERY busy.

 

[DaviVascaino]

If you're going last week of February (President's day week and Princess Half Marathon) it'll be in the high range since that week is VERY busy.

no, I do my homework, I always go on first 2 weeks fo Feb lol.

I am going on Feb 11th-18th.

 

[xdan0920]

Hopefully this will make G+ a better product for those that do purchase it.

lol

 

[BamaGuy44]

Sadly, I don't think it will have any significant impact on number of people buying it.

Probably not, but I think they'll keep pulling this lever until some kind of balance point is reached. I don't think they ever planned for it to stay at $15 for very long. I've been saying for a while, and as recently as yesterday in another thread, the main problem with G+ is that it's too cheap.

 

[DeeBee3]

Feeling stupid for not buying the pre-loaded tickets back when they were on sale. Not surprised but still complaining.

 

[chris benton]

my goodness.

does anyone know if the pricing difference is based on day of the week or month of the year?? I am going to WDW in Feb (low season), wondering if all the days would be $15 or $22.

It'll probably depend on other factors including the amount of reservations made. Supply/demand. If there are more resort reservations, and park reservations, then I'm guessing once certain criteria for thresholds of demand are met, then the price will go up accordingly. If people keep paying, then Walt assumes they love the product. Why do anything other than charge more for it until ppl stop paying?

 

[nikem3]

I'm not surprised by this, especially if numbers are true that 50% of guests were buying Disney Genie. You've got to make prices variable to avoid everyone buying Disney Genie on busy days. Clearly won't stop until people stop buying it, but for a $7 increase on busier days, I'm imagining it won't stop anyone.

 

[lugnut33]

I'm not surprised by this, especially if numbers are true that 50% of guests were buying Disney Genie. You've got to make prices variable to avoid everyone buying Disney Genie on busy days. Clearly won't stop until people stop buying it, but for a $7 increase on busier days, I'm imagining it won't stop anyone.

I believe they could raise the price by $50 and people would still have to buy it.

 

[Jrb1979]

my goodness.

does anyone know if the pricing difference is based on day of the week or month of the year?? I am going to WDW in Feb (low season), wondering if all the days would be $15 or $22.

It's going to be based how busy the parks are each day.

 

[Jrb1979]

I believe they could raise the price by $50 and people would still have to buy it.

They need to cap sales along with this new rise in price.

 

[Silvermist999]

Wow, convert from USD to CAD @1.37 current rates only and this will certainly add up fast for this family of 4. But we will likely budget for it and still do it for our next trip...