No Genie? No Problem! How to Do Everything at Animal Kingdom Without Fancy Perks at Disney World 

I love that you admit when you don’t know something. It makes non experts feel better about not knowing everything.

Probably the best YT channel for first-time visitors like me and my husband, specially being from another country. Can't tell you how useful your tips have been for us and how much time we feel we're saving on our 1 year anniversary trip. Thanks a lot. Congratulations, and keep going because you're gonna reach #1 Disney tips channel someday!

The amount of effort and work that goes into this man’s videos are unparalleled. Thank you for the advice and tips. ❤

I am from Brazil and going to Disney tomorrow. Man, congratulations! I´ve been watching your videos in the last 2 months and you rock it!

I followed this itinerary and it worked out perfectly! We even missed rope drop by abiut 10 mins but still worked out! We saw everything and even got to double up on a few rides! It was a perfect day thanks to this video! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 🙏

We just visited Animal Kingdom for the first time today. Followed your advice and it worked out perfectly. This video was incredibly helpful - thank you so much

12:00 Dr. Seeker going from “their not gonna make it!” to “you made it!” Makes me crack up each time!

Last week, rope droppers put avatar up to. 75 minute wait straight off the bat! We walked onto to Navi river Journey and even had our own boat 🤩

I love how you want us to say hi if we see you. Deep inside I hate to bother folks but with permission I know it’s ok.

I cannot tell you how helpful your videos have been for me. I'm going on a trip in September after years away from the park and I'm so overwhelmed by how different everything is. I literally sit here with a pen and paper out taking notes while binging your channel lol. Thank you so much for all you do!

You always give the most helpful advice, genie or not. Your suggestions on using genie with a group more than 4 was invaluable when my granddaughter was at the parks for senior year trip from NewJersey during spring break time I also was an actual video poker player at the casinos prior to Covid so your “playing the Disney slots” is a very apt analogy for me lol. Thanks again.

The time stamps are so helpful! I always wonder how long it takes to get through certain things! Loved the video!

Your ears on Kali river rapids made me LOL! love your videos

I have been researching for our Disney trip since 2021. The is the BEST video I have seen, and we will be following your example on our Animal Kingdom day. I'm so glad to have found your channel, and will be going back through your videos for tips at the other Disney parks.

Great video. You just had the dream DAK day! And it never occurred to me to bring flip flops for Kali River Rapids. I usually put my feet up on the bar and pray for the best. Thanks for the tip. Please do this for all the parks. I'd love to see how you tackle MK, HS, and Epcot with no bells and whistles.

This worked perfectly for us. Thank you so much for your great information and passion for doing this. You're awesome!

We were at AK two days before you- it was insanely busy (your genie plus tips came in clutch for us!) Both of my teens agreed that Animal Kingdom is their favorite park! They just love Everest, Lion King, Safari and everything else. Loved seeing what a fun day you had there. 😊

I love your outfits and ears! The Poncho and inflatable ears is everything

Thanks for the tip about the "free" tip board!

Loved this. Thank you!

You rock! Your videos are awesome and a great help.

1st time watching the channel; LOVE IT! Thank you for sharing:)

Love your videos! They are the best I’ve found!! Can you do more park hopping with genie plus combos when you get a chance - loved the first one you had made

Love your videos! I actually just took notes on this one! Thank you

I absolutely LOVE your Donald Duck shirt!

great video! I learned alot!!

Love ur content, ur amazing, thanks for all ur tips, I am literally taking notes for our trip next year

I LOVE THIS!! thank youuu

Your videos are always so informative and some of the most helpful out there, thanks for another great video. I’m a pretty seasoned veteran but feel like I always pick up some new tips and tricks, thank you!😃

I've binged a few of your video's. All I can say is, everyone of them is top notch. I've learned something new in every video. We are planning a trip to WDW next august with our family of 14. I've heard Disney may change Genie+ to making ride reservations online. I hated that before, but I'm hoping if it changes, you'll do more videos on how to plan in advance. Thanks for all you do.

Great post!! Thank you for sharing.

Always great advice and tips! We watched several of your videos on Magic Kingdom and EPCOT and ending up getting to ride and see everything we wanted, in an action-packed and efficient day! Thanks Ear Scouts!

Such a helpful video!!!

Thank you Rob for posting this . Your videos were immeasurably helpful during our honeymoon at Disney last week (😢 it’s over) I would just like to comment something which might help the community . I found that the blanket advice not to us LL to book shows wasn’t entirely accurate My experience was that they were actually very helpful as long as you used an active LL ( ie not one that you’re invoking 2 hr rule on) - often LL for shows are available up to 30 mins before showtime without ever running out . Let’s say it’s 300 and I want to watch the Indy stunt spectacular at 345. I don’t have time to necessarily do something prior to the show . I book the LL, head to the event , am allowed into the theatre early , get prime seats at 315, and start the clock for my next LL while waiting for the show I just got to enter the theatre and pick my seat for a hot show, and only sacrificed 15 mins on my LL clock

Great detail and advice as per your norm! Many thanks.

You seriously have the best tips! So informative. Thank you!

Your genie tips helped me and my family at Hollywood studios tremendously!!!🙌

I’m so bummed I missed Pandora at night. It looks so beautiful! Thanks for another amazing video.

Thanks!

That was so awesome! Thank you for your take on how to manage AK without Genie +❤

Awesome video. Thank you very much. Very helpful for trip planning!

Your Crush drawing is class!

I want that poncho! Love it...

headed to Disney in a couple weeks for a few nights with the family. your videos have really put me at ease and given great insight on how to best tackle this trip. Thank you.

This was great! I have a year before I get to go to Disney World again, but your videos are always so good. I didn't even know Kali had lockers!

Thank you for making this video!! I feel ready for our AK day coming up on May 17th 2023.

Thanks for another great video! I will be there in a few weeks...and will probably get Genie + for almost every day. This plan may just let me save one day!! Touring alone I will be able to cover ground quickly!! Thanks so much!

Thank you so much for all the tips! We just got back from our daughters cheer competition at The Summit and I purchased one day park hoppers to go on Saturday! We also got genie plus and the lightening lane for Guardians of the Galaxy! We had a que for Tron and we hopped from MK to Epcot using the monorail! I only had one hiccup due to Tron running into my scheduled Frozen LL, but all was good and I was able to get on it with a 15 minute wait after Remy, Guardians and Test Tack! 9 rides and two shows and a sit down lunch at Pecos Bill in MK and 4 rides at Epcot plus an adult beverage and snack in France and the Epcot Forever show on the way out!🤩 we were exhausted, but we got to ride the all the rides we really wanted to and it was an awesome way to celebrate the end of Cheer for my daughter! Thanks so much!

Thanks for this! We’ll be at AK on Columbus Day and it’s nice to see a strategy that works for a holiday.

Thanks Rob! Your videos are by far the most helpful & informative. Love how you break things down & show what’s going on in the app. (Also loved that you switched ears for the rapids, lol)

Great video. We usually hit Everest first thing and ride it several times before everything else.

Love your strategies for when you don’t have any bells and whistles that’s great.

I really enjoyed your video and your drawing looks so cool. Thanks Rob and Eric.

Great tips in this video! It looked like a wonderful day and I'm glad to hear you can do it all without Genie Plus as long as you have a good strategy. Your Kali River Rapids experience made me think of something-- I have a video suggestion-- since you are often going to WDW by yourself, can you do a video going over the rides in WDW that are not single friendly? I'm in a family of 3 adults, which often means two of us pair up and one of us is the "odd man out" and has to ride with a stranger in a ride. I'd love to know in advance which rides will let you ride alone or are designed like Space Mountain where everyone is single file, or rides that can fit 3 adults. Seven Dwarfs was awful and I was uncomfortably squished next to a stranger so I'm wanting more info on ride vehicles before our next trip.

Thank you for this video! Have you done this type of video is all the parks? I would love to see it in all of the parks. So much great info!!

Great video. We saw you walking into AK last Saturday so patiently waiting for your new video. ❤ You are the best!

Thank u so much for your videos they have been so helpful planning our Disney trip

Great Tips and Tricks in this video....I agree Flights of Passage is a huge time eater and is best for last,

You are simply the best. Well done on your videos, subscribed 😊

Good tip on the flip flops I know what you mean I have been soaked on the raft ride to I love it especially in a papaya ride at Islands of Adventure

Thanks so much for the recommendation to watch the disney+ TV programme on the animal conservation work going on, really interesting and can't wait to hopefully see some of the stars of the show.. and oh goodness how sweet was that porcupet in the final episode. Now need them to film the follow up series 😊

Thanks for another fab video. Back to wdw in 20 sleeps for our 6th visit from the UK but our 1st with the new G+ system - thanks to ur tips we won't be needing to buy it every day 😊!

How did I not know there were lockers by Kali 🤯 I am so excited to finally go on this ride when we go to DAK in July 🥵 and need a cool down. That flip flop idea is genius too. I learn so much from your videos. Thanks Rob!

GREAT ANIMAL KINGDOM DAY 🎉 Thanks for sharing 👍

I totally agree the lowest level is definitely the best on FOP. I DID THIS EXACT THING ON MY LAST TRIP. posted wait was 40 we waited 20. We got to see the beautiful lights. Thank you!!

So glad you didn't have to eat your ears! 😅 Your tips are always really helpful, but they were super amazing today - that flip flop idea is great, and the Landry's tip is SO GOOD, I really want to see about the lower level of flight of passage now as well, so many ideas for our next trip! Also you're totally right AK is the best park 😃🥰

Here's how long it's been since I have ridden Kali; I didn't know they took the storage thing out of the middle of the rafts 😀 Another great video Rob and Erick! Hope to meet you in a couple of weeks!

I’m going next weekend. Hope to see you there .. I’ll sure say hello 👋

Wow! Incredible video. I have studied all of your vids and will be in really good shape in November. Thanks much Rob♥

Class is in session. Ear Scouts is the premier resource on doing WDW right! I've sent several of their videos to newbies and it's helped them to master Genie + and how to attack the parks. If Ear Scouts was a university it would be Harvard! Always an exciting evening in our home when we get the notice a new video is out! Thank you Professor Rob!

I loved this video! So helpful and reassuring to know it can be done without genie +. Travelling in August and it’s all a little overwhelming but this has put me at ease a little bit 😊

This video was great! Will you be making a similar video for Epcot?

That was awesome! Everyone wonders if Genie+ is needed at AK and you definitely just proved it is not necessary! It is such a joy to watch you have fun in the parks 😊 Glad you brought up the Landry’s secret… I’m not sure if it has changed, but we did this years ago when our little ones wanted to go to T-Rex. At that time, you could sign up ahead of time online and then use that initial $25 reward when you arrived. You also get an additional $25 birthday reward every year, so the one time membership fee is definitely worth it! Glad you didn’t have to wait 80 mins for FOP, but I kinda wanted to see you eat your ears 😂

Great video!!! Thank you so much! I was just wondering the park closes now at 7:00pm not at 8:00pm 😢

Just to say we used this strategy yesterday. Our third day at the parks after MK & HS the day before where we used Genie+ using your tips (which were so useful thankyou!) our kids hit the jet lag wall at 1pm and wanted to go home but we had done 3/4 of that park and had lunch by that point. So useful, Thankyou! We did Everest twice in 15 mins first thing this morning, and then were a walk on for kali river rapids.

Rob, another fabulous video! I wish we would have done this on our animal kingdom day, we waited an hour for mountain everest for an hour. We didnt get genie plus for every park, because with a party of 6 it gets very expensive. I saw it said $35 for easter day when you were recording. Wow, I can't believe it got that expensive, and stayed there for several days!! I love these no genie no problem videos, definitely helps please with families as the cost just adds up.

Thank you for this video! I haven't watched all the way through yet but your content is so helpful! We are going to AK and HS with park hopper on May 21st but I can't decide which park to start in. AK opens at 9AM that day (later than HS). Can hours change closer to the day is my big question? Which park would you recommend starting in? Will be using genie plus and ILLs to "stack". I watch all your videos! Thanks for any thought.

WOw! WHat a difference a couple days makes... We were in AK The Friday before Easter and it was a MAD HOUSE! Even using Ginie+ and Everest being down all Day, we still missed Navi River Journey before we had to Park Hop to HS for a Dinner Reservation... The biggest Mistake we made was getting to the Park an hour late... Do yourselves a Favor and get there EARLY!

Ha!!! Literally said to myself that for 4 min wait I'd be looping Everest and you get off and say the same! That's crazy good!

Im going mid August, and will be at Animal Kingdom. It always feels so much warmer at Animal Kingdom. I might try your method here, crowd levels are supposed to be a 5 but at no time have I ever been to Disney when the crowds were like what I see the youtubers post. Im usually elbow to elbow humans waiting 90 minutes for a sip of water 😆

Where did you get your brilliant waterproof jacket with ears please?

You're by far the best "Conquer Disney" guy out there. Quick Question: If we do have early admission but are towards the back would you do river journey then line up for Flight of Passage before park opening or skip flight and do the other rides first. No genie plus

Hi Rob! How long does it take to walk the animal trails at this park? Also do you know if the paper you draw on at the Animation Experience fits in a standard folder? My child wants to frame it when we get home and we would like to avoid getting it wrinkled while we’re at the park. Thanks!

You should really do like a perfect day in the rain episode or something. Teach us the tips and tricks of dealing with the rain in the parks and hotels etc.

This is Craig Dennis how are you doing today i am doing fine today i watch your new videos all the time i in joy all of your videos all the time you have a nice safe day today and you take care today👍👍👍👍👍

Hi Rob love your vidoes, 9 of us are coming to Disneyworld 21st May. Do you have any videos for HS & Epcot without genie+ thanks x

Our last full day will of our holiday in October will be a Sunday and we wanted to do AK but it's saying Saturday is a better day crowd wise. Is there much difference between Saturday and Sundays usually?

Will be going on my first WDW trip in the beginning of JUne. I'm so excited and watching your videos just makes me more excited. I find them so usefeul and definitely plan to use a lot of your tips. I will be staying at a affiliated hotel, so I plan of taking advantage of early enter, and from research I have done, I don't plan on getting genie+ for this park. This is how I was planning on using my early entry: Head to Flight of Passage (if my niece can handle it), then Na'vi if time allows, then to the Safri (cause I've read mooning is the best time to see the animals). After that we are open to whatever attractions my family and I want to do. Does that sound reasonable?

Thanks for all the tips. And I would like to give you extra props for making it clear when things are your opinion and reminding people that their opinion may differ.

Where did you buy your cute coffee thermos? It’s not too big which is great. Thanks for the great tips!

Great AK 👍 Park Day My kind of Disney Park experience…NO NO Disney Genie Scheduling 🤪 You make it simple to retain the info 🎉 The amount of TIME ⏱️ COST $$ and effort to use technology on a Disney Park Day 🥵 Exhausting ..🥵 Thanks for sharing 🎉

I would love to see a sequel to this but at Hollywood studios everytime I go there I’m stuck in hour long waits and don’t really want to spend 80$ for all of us to buy genie and needs some tips love your videos ❤😊

Question: if we need to take advantage of rider swap can we still do that at the end of the night when trying for flight of passage?

We are going to AK in January, and the park is scheduled to close at 6. Would this change your strategy on when to ride the safari?

When would you recommend is the best time of year to go the maximise the chances of it being quieter? My husband and I can go anytime as it’s just us 🎉 Is there any times to completely avoid?

Amazing video, put my mind to rest that we wont spend the whole day in a queue! Do you have a no genie guide to Hollywood studios and Epcot?

I really want to try AK w/o Genie+. However I realize this video was sitting a holiday weekend and not as busy. We’re going during the busy summer.

Have you ever wrote drop at Universal Studios a madhouse might get knocked down

Will they allow rider swap if you get in a line right before close? Or if you have someone waiting with the kids outside the ride, will they make them move to the front gate when the park closes or will they let them wait for you to get off the ride?

I love your Mickey Ears 🎉