Disney Genie+ Lighting Lane signage arrives at Magic Kingdom

Sep 02, 2021 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Thursday September 2, 2021 1:50pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney Genie+ took another big step towards its Walt Disney World debut today with the introduction of new Lighting Lane signage at a couple of the Magic Kingdom's attractions.

Lightning Lane signs at Magic Kingdom

At the Jungle Cruise, the Lightning Lane sign has been added to the former FastPass entrance sign that has sat empty for several months.

Lightning Lane signs at Magic Kingdom

At "it's a small world," a Lightning Lane sticker has been positioned on the canopy at the former FastPass+ entrance.

Lightning Lane signs at Magic Kingdom

Although the signage is in place, Disney Genie is not yet in operation at Walt Disney World.

Announced last month, Disney Genie+ is an option within the Disney Genie service that makes the former FastPass line available at select attractions, now called Lightning Lane. At Walt Disney World, the introductory pricing is $15 per ticket per day. Certain headline attractions are not part of Genie+, and Lightning Lane access at those attractions will require an Individual Attraction purchase.

Disney has not yet announced a start date for its Genie service but has said it will debut this fall.

Lightning Lane signs at Magic Kingdom

To learn more about Genie, Genie+, and Lighting Lanes, visit our Disney Genie FAQ.

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Purduevian5 days ago

Learned a new G+ tip the other day and I thought I would share. If you are refreshing looking for a better time on a single ride... Don't pull down to refresh then click the ride once you see a better time come up. Often times you will be too slow and someone else will have gotten that better time. Instead of refreshing that main page, simply click the ride on whatever time it does to move on to the confirmation screen. The time will automatically shift to the latest time available (which might be different that the tip board screen). If it is not the time you want, click back and do it again. This way if you see a time, you are holding that time as soon as you see it.

allgiggles6 days ago

I've seen many people say they don't like having to be on their phone all day. I didn't experience that. I'd book a LL, set an alarm for a few minutes before the next booking time, and then put my phone away. Lather, rinse, repeat. I don't remember spending more than about 5 (*maybe* 10) minutes on my phone every time I was scheduling another LL. My husband spent *way* more time than that on his phone and he didn't schedule *any* LLs. It was no worse than it was with FP+. And it sure beats having to walk to the ride you wanted to ride to get a FP for it or walking to a kiosk and standing in line to schedule a FP+ before you could do it on the app. I'd venture to guess that I spent more time in the FP/FP+ kiosk days walking back and forth across the parks to get the rides we wanted compared to the amount of time I was on my phone for G+. At least I can parallel process when using my phone -- doing the scheduling while eating a snack or meal or while standing in line somewhere.

GhostHost10006 days ago

Well I’ve had decent luck using it as well after learning the tricks but I spend an enormous time on my phone all day playing the game which I don’t like

allgiggles6 days ago

Didn't need fixing. I'm ok paying for it, I just don't want it to be $35/day. I felt like $15-20 was a good price. We were FP+ power users, but we had even better success with G+/ILL.

GhostHost10006 days ago

Fixed your post

allgiggles6 days ago

Oh how I wish these would be the prices when we're there next month.

DCBaker6 days ago

Here's a look at pricing for Genie+ today - the last time prices were at this level was February 25, 2024.

Splash4eva10 days ago

& to pre pay before the trip for its entirety

Fido Chuckwagon10 days ago

Lol, how I long for the days when it was $15…

capndave10 days ago

Doesn't include the more popular attractions. You have to pay even more to access the lightening lane per ride for those attractions. Total money grab! Disney is pricing themselves out of existence .