re: Universal Epic Universe Opening in 2025

I will not go back to Disney until Genie+ is gone. I’ve been 4 times and the last was in 2022 not long after genie + was rolled out.

It was a terrible experience. I had to be on my phone at 6:55 am waiting to book lightening passes for the day, in a perfect spot for WI-FI, had to leave our room, etc. I spent $200+ on those passes each day, in addition to already paying for genie up front, in addition to park hopper passes that didn’t even matter because we never hopped bc of how effin long everything took wherever we went. To make it worse, my dad went with us and it was his first time at Disney in his life. He was like this is ridiculous, how is this fun for people? I hate that was his first and likely only experience. Prior to that, we always loved it. I booked fast passes as the day went on, it was not a big deal. Now, if you don’t do it by 7:01 AM, you’re screwed on the big rides. I’m never paying that kind of money to go be that stressed again. Glad to see universal is filling the gap and capitalizing on Disney’s failures/extreme greed.