re: Has anybody backed out of taking the kids to Disney because of the reservation system?

Posted by madamsquirrel
“OP-how many days are you staying? Express pass at Universal is nice and you could easily spend many days between parks letting your child do everything they want multiple times. If they have liytle interest in Disney let them geek out at Universal instead of spending way more dollars to include Disney.”

We are staying for five days. I was thinking of doing two parks in one day Universal and Adventure twice, Volcano Bay once, go to CityWalk at night to eat at Vivo, Antojitos, and Bob Marley’s restaurant for dinner. For our last day, I wanted to go to Siesta Key Beach for a day before we head back.


Posted by GreenRockTiger
“The reservation system is not the same as the fast pass/genie - so what are you talking about?”

This is where I am confused. I haven’t been to Disney since 2003. So, I have to make reservations and buy lightning lanes/Genie? I was under the impression that if I didn’t have the reservation and pay for lightning lane/Genie, that particular ride would be full and we would not be able to get on it. I’m just trying to understand how the process works before I spend a lot of money on Magic Kingdom tickets.


As far as other posters bringing up the woke stuff at Disney goes or even Universal, we are going the last week of May because I’m not about to go to each theme park for pride month in June lol


For the posters who had a positive experience with the reservations and lightning lanes/Genie