re: Universal Epic Universe Opening in 2025

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Everyone thinks they have to have it, so everyone pays hundreds of dollars to add it on.


Then so many people have it, you end up waiting in line just as long.

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This is not accurate at all. About half of park guests buy it. When FP and FP+ was free, everybody had it so the waits are less now with Genie + than they were with FP+. There are some people who are constantly trying to move their times or attractions and if you do that you will be on your phone alot but it isn't really necessary.

Book the first at 7am and you know the next one you can book is at 11am. From there it's either every two hours from the last one you booked or when you've used the ones you have reserved.

Express is easier but you really need to see if the rides that are on it are things you would do anyway. If it reduces your wait on something you don't plan to do, the time savings doesnt help.

There are some parks at WDW where it doesnt really make sense if you can be there when the park opens and can be there when it closes (animal kingdom and epcot) but buying Individual Lightning Lanes and Genie plus has been awesome.

Just got back from a father /daughter trip a couple weeks ago and our longest wait for anything we did the entire trip was Frozen Ever After at rope drop and we waited less than 30 minutes.