I agree it is confusing. Until you actually practice with Genie
Have you download the APP on your phone Or iPad?
This is a good place to begin because you can choose the free Genie and you kinda tell Genie your likes , etc choice for each park.
Once you have practiced this you will notice the other sections to select. One of them says:
Virtual Q and that is the place to reserve a VQ with your tickets already saved in your
MDE and also your park pass reservation for that specific day
( made previously on the MDE ( My Disney Experience )…
Afew minutes before 7 a.m. you need to log into the APP to be ready for the VQ window to open . I usually make sure I am not in low power battery mode in case it slows down my phone but I don’t know if that makes a difference.
I think if you want to buy GeniePlus ,the price changes and that window to purchase might begin at midnight for the day you actually plan to use it. Must have ticketing and a park pass for that day in your MDE .
Not really sure about this because I haven’t actually purchased but my daughter did for her two teenagers. I think they had hotel reservations so they got to start making a FastPass
Genie+ before the park opened.
If you do not have hotel reservation then you must enter the park for your first selection (MAYBE ) … anyway … I think you can choose a new FPGenie+ every 2 hours or you can choose another one if you have scanned in at your current FPGenie+ attraction ( while standing in line ) .
I have only observed this as my grandchildren used this during our recent trip. I hate all of this but whatever.
And finally the Individual Lightning Lane is a separate option .
One attraction at each theme park is ILL .
There is a price for the guarantee of entering the FP Q for ILL and it can surge according to popularity.
I think MK. currently is 7 Dwarfs for ILL but TROn will open soon !
Epcot is either Remy Attraction or Cosmic Rewind.
HS is Riseof the Resistance Star Wars
and AK is Avatar Flight .
Sorry if this is not absolutely correct but it might change andI have tried to,ignore it all except for needing to be responsible when I have grandchildren during their visit. So I kinda know a little.
I hope somebody else with more knowledge will come to your rescue for both of us!
I just want you to know it is confusing but can slowly be figured out .