• Disney Changes with Special Guest Casey Liss

  • Dec 6 2021
  • Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
  • Podcast

Disney Changes with Special Guest Casey Liss

  • Summary

    • Recorded on 12/2/21; Released 12/5/21

    • Special Guest: Casey Liss

      • Co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP) and Analog(ue)
      • Creator of the Peek-a-View iPhone app which is a read-only photo browser which was inspired by a trip to Disney World 😀
    • Disney's FastPass: A Complicated History

    • Recap of the changes since pre-pandemic times; the "changes" episode

    • What's different now than before the pandemic shutdown?

      • Disney's Magical Express
      • Face coverings indoors
      • No parades yet; will return in 2022; have cavalcades instead
        • Dragon float catches on fire during Disney World parade
      • No dining plans
      • No parking lot trams to date; announced on 12/2/21 that the trams will return this month
      • Limited character meet-and-greets
      • Resort guests get 30-minute early entry to any Walt Disney World theme park, every day; no more early or evening magic hours, and not all the attractions are open
      • Fireworks restarted in July
      • Annual Passholder discussion
      • Park reservations
        • Park hopping is limited to after 2 pm; you must go to the park where you have the reservation before park hopping
      • Technology
        • Mobile order for dining
        • Dining reservations and check in
        • online check in at resorts; use magic band or app to open your door
        • Theme park entry; use magic band or app (including Apple watch) to enter
        • Genie
          • Genie

            • Free, offers "personalized itinerary"
          • Genie+

            • Ride reservations and line-skipping via the Lightning Lane
            • $15 per person, per day
            • Can make first reservation starting at 7 am
            • After you use your Genie+ reservation or after two hours, you can make another reservation
          • Individual Lightning Lane purchases

            • Prices start at $7 per person, per attraction
            • Variable. Can go up to $15 depending on day
            • Can buy at 2 different attractions each day
            • Resort guests can start purchasing at 7 am/ day guests can start at park opening

            Magic Kingdom

            • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
            • Space Mountain

            Epcot

            • Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
            • Frozen Ever After

            Hollywood Studios

            • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
            • Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

            Animal Kingdom

            • Avatar Flight of Passage
            • Expedition Everest

       

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