Genie+ has bought out once more at Walt Disney World as file excessive pricing has returned for the height week of Easter 2024. Already, a number of parks have bought out in the present day (to not be confused with the A number of Parks choices…which has additionally bought out). This publish covers all the bought out dates & occasions together with what to anticipate for the remainder of Spring Break season.
Let’s begin by discussing crowds. This is among the busier stretches of the whole yr at Walt Disney World. Our latest Spring Break 2024 Crowd Calendar for Walt Disney World recognized this could be the #1 worst week of the college recess season as a consequence of Easter this coming Sunday. Hardly a daring prediction, because the week main as much as Easter is normally the busiest of Spring Break season.
Nevertheless, there aren’t any ensures of heavy crowds anymore. This peak week comes after every week that ought to have been busy, however wasn’t. As mentioned in Florida’s “Peak” Spring Break Week Was Useless at Walt Disney World, Orange County’s Spring Break had a 9/10 crowd stage final yr however solely a 1/10 this yr, with a mean wait time of half-hour. Objectively talking, that made it the least-busy week of 2024 thus far. Though Easter week is simply simply starting, it might appear that it’ll see an incredible bounceback in attendance and crowds.
I assume we will see what occurs. Even with Easter falling early and thus being a bit too quickly for lots of Northeast and Midwest districts that simply had Mid-Winter Break a month in the past, we’re nonetheless anticipating this week to be each the busiest of the Spring Break season and one of many 10 Worst Weeks at Walt Disney World in 2024 & 2025.
Regardless of the way you slice it, the rest of March 2024 will likely be very busy. It’s not a matter of low crowds vs. heavy crowds, it’s all various levels of heavy. However it is a publish about Genie+ costs and promote outs, not a crowd forecast.
Listed here are particulars about all the days Genie+ has bought out to date throughout Spring Break 2024:
- March 11, 2024 by 10 a.m. – Multi-Parks choice
- March 12, 2024 by 10 a.m. – Multi-Parks & Magic Kingdom
- March 13, 2024 by 9:30 a.m. – Multi-Parks & Magic Kingdom
- March 14, 2024 by 9:30 a.m. – Multi-Parks
- March 15-24, 2024 – NA
- March 25, 2024 by 10:45 a.m. – Multi-Parks, Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios
(We’ll maintain this part up to date with a working record of Genie+ promote outs.)
Listed here are the costs for Genie+ at Walt Disney World for the week of Easter 2024:
- A number of Parks (legitimate with Park Hopper tickets): $39
- Magic Kingdom: $39
- Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $35
- EPCOT: $32
- Animal Kingdom: $29
For reference, right here’s final week’s pricing–in the course of the 1/10 crowd ranges for Orange County’s Spring Break:
- A number of Parks (legitimate with Park Hopper tickets): $29
- Magic Kingdom: $29
- Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $26
- EPCOT: $21
- Animal Kingdom: $18
Despite the fact that costs are about $10 costlier this week, the paid FastPass service could be rather more helpful in Easter peak week crowds, too. By all accounts, Lightning Lanes weren’t essential to have productive days within the parks final week. (Very envious of everybody who received to expertise each low crowds and good climate. It’s normally one or the opposite–uncommon to get each!)
These all-time excessive costs for Genie+ have been first set round Christmas and New 12 months’s Eve, when costs peaked at $39.
For reference, Genie+ set a brand new file excessive value final yr throughout Easter week at $35, breaking the prior file from the vacation season a couple of months prior. That $35 value wasn’t reached once more till final Thanksgiving, and damaged at Christmas. If historical past have been to have repeated itself, Easter 2024 would set one other new file, hitting $45. So I assume it’s a small victory that costs are “solely” the identical as they have been again final vacation season?
Nevertheless, it’s additionally price stating that Easter in all probability received’t even maintain a candle to the week between Christmas and NYE final yr, which was next-level bonkers to an extent that had not been seen since a minimum of 2019. (Assuming, for the sake of argument, that Genie+ is “price” its present $39 value level…it in all probability would’ve been “price” $50-60 in the course of the coronary heart of the vacation season.)
In different phrases, decrease crowd ranges–relative to the final time Genie+ price $39–may clarify why Walt Disney World opted towards a $40+ price ticket this week. It’s additionally potential that, after final week’s 1/10 crowd ranges, there was inside apprehension that Easter week could be that busy and there’d be that a lot demand. Now that Monday has confirmed to be busy, it’s nonetheless potential excessive costs will arrive later this week. We wouldn’t wager on that, however it’s inside the realm of risk.
Our expectation is that Genie+ will keep this $39 value level till Easter, doubtlessly dropping again right down to $35 on April 1 (no foolin’), which is the place it may keep till round April 12-14, 2024. At that time, we’d count on $29 costs, maybe $25-27 by the next week and into shoulder season.
One dynamic we’ve observed prior to now is that it looks as if Genie promoting out begets extra bought out dates. Visitors develop Genie+ FOMO, seeing that it bought out yesterday and thus transferring sooner to buy it the subsequent. The paid FastPass service sells out earlier and earlier, over the course of the week–whilst crowd ranges normally peak on Monday or Tuesday.
Provided that Genie+ is promoting out on the begin of Easter week, we’re in all probability in for a lot of extra days when one in all a number of choices sells out. We wouldn’t be in the least shocked to see Genie+ promote out a minimum of a half-dozen extra occasions within the subsequent 3 weeks. Final yr round this time, Genie+ bought out twice throughout Orange County’s Spring Break and on three consecutive days throughout Easter.
Promote outs have grow to be extra frequent since switching to per-park pricing, although, so a full dozen dates with bought out choices between now and mid-April 2024 is an inexpensive risk. The choice most prefer to promote out is A number of Parks, adopted by Magic Kingdom after which DHS. With that mentioned, we’ve additionally seen Animal Kingdom promote out out of the blue and even EPCOT has run out of availability prior to now.
No matter what occurs, it’s going to be a really busy few weeks with excessive wait occasions. So plan accordingly, buy Genie+ early, be aggressive with reserving pursuant to the 120 minute rule, have a robust refresh sport for experience reservation refills. Oh, and don’t neglect to make the most of Early Entry and twine drop, in addition to zig after they zag savvy technique. One of many greatest errors informal friends make throughout weeks like that is assuming that Genie+ is an “simple” choice for front-of-line entry. It very a lot will not be. You want an all the above method to beat the crowds–however it may be accomplished!
You probably have questions concerning the fundamentals of utilizing–or not utilizing–the paid FastPass service, see our Information to Genie+ at Walt Disney World & Lightning Lane FAQ for all the foundational need-to-know information. This entire system is complicated and convoluted, so that you might need a query or two-dozen. That solutions all the most typical ones we’ve been receiving from readers.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
What do you consider Genie+ costs and availability at Walt Disney World for Easter week? Upset that the price is as soon as once more $39, or do you see upside from a lowered demand/higher stock perspective? Will you buy Genie+ or is the present per day price too costly for you? Do you agree or disagree with my evaluation? Any questions we can assist you reply? Listening to your suggestions–even once you disagree with us–is each attention-grabbing to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas beneath within the feedback!
