Walt Disney World's Genie+ sells out at two parks for the first time

Dec 28, 2023 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Thursday December 28, 2023 1:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The $29 Disney Genie+ option has sold out at Disney's Animal Kingdom for the first time today, joining Disney's Hollywood Studios, which sold out earlier this morning.

Today is the first time Genie+ has sold out at Disney's Animal Kingdom and the first time two parks have sold out on the same day.

Guests are still able to buy Genie+ at EPCOT and Magic Kingdom.

Walt Disney World's Genie+ has reached its highest price point this Christmas Holiday week since the Lightning Lane system was introduced in October 2021.

Christmas holiday crowds are arriving at Walt Disney World and demand for Genie+ is high

Walt Disney World is now in what is traditionally the busiest time of the year, from just before Christmas Day to New Year's Day, and Disney has raised prices to match demand.

When initially launched, Disney Genie+ was $15 and has now reached a whopping $39 for the same Multi-Park option.

Disney's Animal Kingdom Genie+ price today is $29, which had a previous high of $25. Magic Kingdom is $39, up from of $35. Disney's Hollywood Studios is $35, up from the previous high of $32. Finally, EPCOT is priced at $32, up from $28.

Disney Genie+ is a purchase option within the Disney Genie service that makes the former FastPass line available at select attractions, now called Lightning Lane. Certain headline attractions are not part of Genie+, and Lightning Lane access at those attractions requires an Individual Attraction purchase which varies in price. Learn more about Genie+.

Lightning Lane sign at Under the Sea - Journey of the Little Mermaid

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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.

GhostHost10007 days ago

Fixed your post

allgiggles7 days ago

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

DCBaker7 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 .