Episode 101 – Disney Changes with Special Guest Casey Liss

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Join Chris and Glenn and special guest Casey Liss on our “changes” episode! We recap the changes since pre-pandemic times and peer into what the future holds.

• 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