Yes Genie+ is helpful. Book the really popular rides first thing in the morning, the wait times for lightning passes get longer and longer as the day goes. For the really popular rides that aren't eligible for the Genie+ lightning passes you just have to suck it up and deal with the lines unless money is no object - the individual ride lightning passes don't seem like a very good deal to me.
I went last November, speaking from experience don't go close to US Thanksgiving, it got crazy busy.
Also the benefits of staying at one of the Disney hotels aren't as big as they used to be, instead of 1 hour early you only get in a half hour early now. The price of staying there has also gone way up.
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