 Hey friends today, we are hanging out at the Magic Kingdom And I wanted to come out and see if we could still have a magical day without even looking at the genie app We're using the genie plus service We're gonna ride some rides eat some food and just enjoy a beautiful evening at the Magic Kingdom any hoos Let's go do this. It is a very busy day here at the Magic Kingdom It's a Friday and there was no available park reservations I actually had to get a park reservation at Hollywood Studios and then hop over here at 2 o'clock just so I can come out and make this video The genie app and genie plus service is completely optional as of right now You can just come to the park and pretend like it does not exist In fact, there's thousands of people that are vacationing here to Walt Disney World that have never even heard of the genie app I remember when fast passes were a thing I would run into people in the parks and they didn't even know fast passes existed So today we're just gonna go about the day like we would any other day. Just not use genie at all We're gonna start our day right here in Adventureland and just make a big circle around the park checking out the wait times Riding rides getting snacks and just enjoying the day If you guys want to see what a day is like in the parks using the genie app or the genie plus services I actually made a video of the opening day over at Animal Kingdom Overall, I don't think it's worth it Especially the genie plus services the $15 a day and it's not affordable for families like it is very costly The only thing I do like is the fact that you could make a one-time purchase for flight of passage Seven doors mine train and rise to the resistance because even when we have fast passes You can never get a fast pass for those in the beginning, but overall, I don't think I'm actually ever gonna use it I don't think I need to use it. So today we're gonna test that theory out Our first stop is gonna be here for Pirates of the Caribbean one of my all-time favorite attractions The wait time for standby is 20 minutes So like I said, we can just actually go in and wait 20 minutes And actually I think I will because that is a not not a bad wait time at all And as much as I dislike the genie app and the genie plus services this place is still gonna be very special to me So I'm gonna make the best out of every single situation that I am in and just try to enjoy life as much as I can But give me Pirates of the Caribbean for a 20-minute wait all day long and I would be happy We got in the line at 417 and it is now 422 and we just passed the fast or the lightning lane separation point So we saved ourselves five minutes by waiting in the standby Here comes our boat. Oh, nope. There goes Our boat, I think we'll be catching the next one There's our boat. Oh, yeah Well that wasn't a bad start to the day we were in the queue at 417 and we got to the lightning lane Like touch points at 422 so it was a five-minute difference from standby the lightning lane And then after that everybody had to wait the same amount of time But we were right on in under 20 minutes and now we're gonna keep moving along and kind of head on over the frontier land As we make our way over the frontier land the Golden Oak outpost is open and I'm like never get to see this open Actually, I'm never back here when it's open They actually have a special 50th anniversary spicy chicken sandwich with a bacon skewer through it And I think that is kind of awesome and since I've never back here when this is open I think we're gonna get it and try it I mean, I love actually coming about and finding new 50th anniversary desserts or food items that I didn't even know about Look, I didn't know this existed Take a look at that Pecos bill widowmaker sandwich spicy fried chicken sandwich with maple mustard slaw and topped with the bacon skewer They also have waltz chili cheese fries. This is really awesome I'm happy to try this and maybe I'll get myself either a lemonade or a bottle of water something I got to drink it. I have to have a drink with a spicy fried chicken sandwich We don't know how spicy it could be I just asked and they're actually closing at five o'clock Which is in just a couple minutes. So I was just here in time enough to get my spicy chicken sandwich Here it is take a look at that and I like how it has a little horseshoe on top with the bacon skewer It looks really good. It's got a nice little coleslaw on there and Yeah, I don't know if I should take the bacon skewer off like do you want to eat this separate than this? You know what I mean? All right, we're gonna try the sandwich first on its own So we're gonna dive right on in here. I'm gonna take that chicken part right here It is definitely a little bit spicy So I wouldn't recommend it if you don't like spicy food like sometimes when people say things are spicy I'm like is it really spicy, but this has a little bit of a kick to it The bacon horseshoe I think is my favorite thing out of all of it though I just kind of like the way it looks. I might actually want to keep this so we're gonna bite into it We're gonna try it like kind of like the bacon skewer that they have over in frontier land Hey, I Guess now I'll just actually put the bacon on the sandwich. I'll keep this skewer though. I'll keep this half of the horseshoe skewer cherish that forever That sandwich was okay. It was kind of like a Burger King like dollar chicken sandwich the coolest thing though was probably that horseshoe bacon skewer and Also was really awesome that you could just walk up and order that you didn't have to actually use my Disney experience app And I wish things could actually start being like that because I do miss actually going into places and just ordering food You know, I don't like the mobile ordering that much at all Now we've made it over to frontier land I want to check on some of the wait times the day before genie plus actually started I rode big thunder mountain and I didn't understand by line and I believe it started like right there And it was 40 minutes long and I ended up waiting about 30 minutes and the line actually seems a lot shorter now It's shorter like the line itself isn't as long, but it's still the same wait time It's 40 minutes for big thunder mountain and then 45 minutes for splash mountain And since we just did big thunder mountain just a couple days ago. I think we will go ride Splash mountain 45 minute wait, that's not too bad either Usually I've seen this actually be up in the high 60s and 70s, especially in a day like today. It's actually really nice out I'm happy that the majority of the queue for splash mountain is outside So you don't have to actually wear a mask as you're waiting and I love being back here. It's always so pretty. I Also like seeing all the different wanted pictures like for brayer bear right here Cohort to brayer fox cohort. I want to be someone's cohort So that only took about 30 minutes and that's not too bad I like how everything has been under the actual posted standby wait time Well, the two attractions that we did so far and now I need some Santa time I like sitting by myself because I can sit exactly like right in the middle and that gives me less chance to get wet on the side Wow, it is so beautiful out today a good day to hit up the briar patch Oh, I'm glad those cannons aren't back. They get me every time Saves the day again It's always nice when you ride splash mountain you don't get soaking wet and I like that my camera was saved by the fedora I always do that soon as we're about to hit the splash I just pull the camera and duck it right into my hat and it's kind of like a shield and always works always protects the camera I Wanted to come over and check out the wait time when we got off splash mountain for big thunder mowin And it's 35 minutes. So I went down a little bit and the queue is actually just starting right here Like I said, I've been actually waiting in line all the way back to the boardwalk area there Of course every day is going to be different here with the wait times It all depends on the crowds like today is a very busy day and there was no reservations But it's not like a holiday weekend and the holiday weekend is going to be super busy And that's going to be like the true test to see how much the genie plus or the lightning lane Affects the standby line wait times, you know what I mean? Like you have to see it on a very very very busy day and that would actually give you a good understanding Just the other day. I got myself some very old Disney tickets And it's hard to believe that country bear jamboree was an e-ticket attraction So the ticket attraction the e-tickets country bear jamboree was comparable to a space mountain or Flight of passage or rise of the resistance Isn't that mind-blowing that this was an e-ticket attraction a wild woolly good time and look Chippendale are out front here Saying hi to all the guests in their cowboy outfits You know what's really amazing? Look at how many people are actually at the shooting gallery I don't think I've seen this many people at the shooting gallery at once in such a long time Look at that Free play 35 shots for free Just step right up grab yourself a gun and start shooting It's nice to see the frontier land shooting gallery on free play, you know when that first started it wasn't using lasers it was actually using little pellets and They would actually have to go in and touch up the paint like every single like week and I think that's kind of crazy Isn't it like can you imagine just going in there and constantly repating everything that gets ding away? Let's make our way over here in Liberty Square and check on the haunted mansion now Doesn't seem like a long line from here Usually I can see it actually back a little bit, but I would say maybe 20 minutes. That looks like a 20 minute line for me I take that back. It's 50 minutes, and I don't even know how that is 50 minutes I mean 50 minutes is a long line for the haunted mansion Like I would expect a 50 minute line being all the way back like underneath the Liberty Bell Like that's how like long that line would have to be but if that's what it is then it's probably close to that So we're gonna skip over that and we're gonna head over in fantasy land check out some of the wait times there And also I need to get a drink I'm a little bit thirsty. I wish I could get a coffee I don't know be a coffee anywhere in fantasy land, but maybe we'll look Looks like it's a small world is a 15 minute wait, which isn't too bad Peter Pan might be another Thing though might be a little bit longer on Peter Pan because I see them actually right here And the queue is actually pretty long on the inside, but we'll check once we get up here It actually looks like it is a down detraction. There's no wait time on there So I don't know what time it actually is. I don't think it's down. I think it's just not posting I think the standby sign is broken because the ride is still running and they're still loading people If I was to guess I would say that Peter Pan is probably a 45 to a 50 minute wait And that's usual for Peter Pan But I don't know though because I said how to manage it was 25 minutes and then it said 50 But that's the shortest 50 minute line. I think I've ever saw Well, it may not be a coffee But they do have a 50th anniversary drink called the wild ride, which is a frozen wild sour cherry Blue raspberry and apple topped with whipped cream and a black licorice wheel and I think I want to try it I'm not a big fan of the sour apple, so I don't know if it's gonna go over well But maybe the other things will actually like make up for it. We'll find out. I think I'm gonna give it a go Wow, take a look at this cool drink the wild ride. I love it I mean like I said, I'm not a big fan of the sour apple there But this is like one of the coolest looking drinks I think I've ever seen and I like how the black licorice is like a steering wheel. It's perfect for Mr. Toad's Oh my lord, and I saved my horseshoe. So I'm gonna stick my horseshoe in there and we're gonna try it. Oh Yeah, that is good Can't taste the sour apple the other flavors really balance it out. This is really delicious and refreshing. Holy moly I got a cooler. I'm gonna get a brain freeze Every time I drink an icy it reminds me of shopping at Hills or Ames and Getting some popcorn and icy on the way out as long as I was actually behaving in the store when my mom was shopping And it just kind of makes me feel all nostalgic I don't even know why like I just kind of relate icies to shopping with my mom at a department store. I Almost forgot about my black licorice steering wheel and here it is And I actually love black licorice a lot of people don't love it, but I do and I can't wait to try it But now it's time to move along and of course I had to come check up on probably the most popular attraction here at the Magic Kingdom And that is Seven Doors mind train at a 70 minute wait 70 minutes Now that is 70 minutes And if you wanted to do the lightning lane for Seven Doors mind train You wouldn't be able to do it with the $15 genie plus service You would need to purchase the separate lightning lane to pay for a ride Which would cost you $12 just for that ride alone Me personally wouldn't wait 70 minutes for that ride and I probably want to pay $12 to ride it either It's a good ride, but it's one of those rides. It just happened so fast honestly, I feel like comfortable paying maybe $8 or $7 for that ride and It's like one and done for me like I do like it. It's really well-themed and it's a great family ride But it goes by so fast and you have to wait in such a long line to actually ride it. So You guys let me know and like I said if you can get a fast pass for that attraction when we had fast passes You were lucky like it was a big deal to get a fast pass for Seven Doors mind train like people would celebrate getting it and I Don't know. Let me know what you guys think Would you pay $12 to ride without like waiting in the 70 minutes standby or would you just wait 70 minutes? One ride. I don't mind waiting for it all is Winnie the Pooh Especially because it's like a five-minute wait. There's no wait at all Literally the queue is going right on in there and that's pretty amazing So we're gonna ride Winnie the Pooh, especially since there's nobody in line here. That is such a rare occasion You asked me It's funny because we just drank the wild ride drink and that was from Mr. Toad and take a look at who's on the wall over here There he is. Mr. Toad giving his ding away Oh Very nice Look at my shirt Right out of the ride Oh Oh Look at that again somebody put a Cinderella royal table Coaster and a sanitizer spot and that's really smart It's better than seeing that really goopy goop stuff down there. So that's very nice Maybe I should start carrying around coasters and putting them there If I ended up paying the $15 for the Genie Plus service today It definitely wouldn't have been worth it because Winnie the Pooh Pirates of the Caribbean and Splash Mowen are all on that lightning lane List so you would have been able to use the lightning lane, but would have been the point I mean, it was no minute wait for Winnie the Pooh 20 minute wait for Pirates and it set 45 minutes But it was under 30 minutes or splash. So like it would have been $15 for nothing just to skip those small wait times Now it's time to continue along into tomorrow land And we've hit up all the lands and checked out the wait times We actually rode in every land so far separate tomorrow land Well, we technically didn't ride anything in Liberty Square, but we did adventure land We did frontier land. We did fantasy land and now we're making our way over to tomorrow land and I think we've only been here for Three hours now, so that's not bad at all Does it look like there's a storm of ruin the clouds got really dark here We of course are gonna have to head on over to Space Mountain I want to check on the wait time for that now that is one of the paper rides. That's not included That's the other one in the park So there's two in each park here at Magic Kingdom at seven doors mine train and Space Mountain So we want to see what the wait time is for that Well, I'll be 45 minutes Wow That is crazy, right 45 minutes and the lightning lane for this is $9 I believe so these are the lightning lane. Well, that's the lightning lane right there and 45 minutes is not too shabby for Space Mountain. I'll tell you that so I think this is gonna be our ride for tomorrow land I'm also gonna see if I can take advantage of the solo traveler line up here It does have a sign that tells you to notify a cast member if you're a solo traveler And you can actually skip a big portion of the wait in the standby line a lot of people don't know it No, it's not a single rider line, but it is something that will help you get on a little bit faster Do you guys remember when you would wait in line here for Space Mountain? They just have like a video game that you can play right here Even the controls are all gone. So you can't touch nothing, but I remember playing the games right here It was really fun and like the little controls are right in front of us Right here are the signs attention Space Mountain passengers. They're traveling as a party of one Please alert the flight crew. Isn't that really awesome? So you can actually maybe skip this big line here Oh blast it off Now we are in the party of one lane and look at this Isn't this such a cool thing a lot of people don't know it I mean not a lot of people are by themselves in Disney World I mean there's a lot of people I mean I'm one of them But yeah, you get to actually skip a big portion of the line because you're just gonna be separated up here Isn't that amazing? I love pointing this out And look at that, bada boom. Hi friend That seriously saves you a good 10 maybe 15 minutes right there and I'm like that I'm in the back I never get to be in the back on this so I get to see the track a little bit Isn't that nifty? It's gonna be a rocket coming in behind me soon Up here comes. There's a rocket over my shoulder Oh boy, you're getting close Boy People in there, is that Mr. Johnson? We made it and look who made it back with you Well that was pretty awesome It was 20 minute wait But we did get a couple minutes because we got to go up that single rider line lane and that helped out a lot Seems about 10 15 minutes so I would probably say it was like 30 35 and it was quoted 45 so it wasn't that long at all and Yeah, so four rides in three and a half hours one in each land And also we stopped and got food and a drink so like honestly today's been a very productive fun day And we didn't need Ginny's help at all As we make our way back down to Main Street, USA Buzz Lightyear is a 15 minute wait And it looks like there's about a 10 minute wait for the people mover Looks like we're cutting through the backside of Main Street and some people watching fireworks from back here I wonder what the view is like actually home. Let's stop and look real quick Well, that's not too bad. I mean you're straight on shot to the castle at least but 10 minutes before Disney enchantment starts and there is nowhere to actually stand not even back here by the train station The train station is actually all full. I did run over there and asked if I can go up But they said it's all full up there today. So honestly, I think I'm just gonna head out I mean, I can't even see the castle. Look at maybe if I'd like snuck in right here I might be able to get a glimpse at it So like my standing would be right about here I was joking around but this is kind of pretty I think with that we are done here. What did you guys think about my day without genie? I feel like we had a good day and we didn't eat it like you know what I mean? I just pretended like it didn't exist I didn't look at my phone and I didn't check any of the wait times or use any of the suggestions I literally took this as a regular day in Disney as if they didn't have genie plus announced I mean, it was just like a regular day two weeks ago. You know what I mean? And I feel like nothing is different, you know, I mean there's things that you can benefit from and I do see like people thinking that the genie is actually going to make the standby lines longer But I mean, I've been coming so often that you can see lines very long Sometimes you can see them very short and I guess it's just about the right time and place and the right day Like today would have been a perfect day for anyone to come and ride the rides on standby But it would have been a sad day for anyone that came and actually spent money on genie plus because I feel like it might have been not worth it especially from 4 o'clock to 8 o'clock because almost all the rides you could have done You know what I mean? Like all the rides that I did, I did them all under 30 minutes The only one that was super long was Seven Doors Mine Train and that was 70 minutes Oh, in a haunted mansion, it said 50 minutes, but come on. It definitely did not look like it was 50 minutes So I hope you enjoyed this video. I enjoyed making it and we will see you next time. Bye!