Magic Kingdom's Lightning Lane Premier Pass Sells Out at Lowest Price of $329

Feb 05, 2025 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Wednesday February 5, 2025 1:20pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

For the second time in recent days, Magic Kingdom's Lightning Lane Premier Pass has sold out (February 5, 2025), but this time at its lowest price point of $329.

While the pass has been available to all guests since January 21, 2025, this marks the first sell-out at the lowest tier of its variable pricing structure, which ranges from $329 to $449 depending on the date.

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Magic Kingdom Premier Pass Sells Out While Other Parks Remain Available

Unlike previous sell-outs that occurred at higher price points, today's sell-out at $329 indicates that demand remains strong even on lower-priced days. Meanwhile, Premier Passes are still available for the other three Walt Disney World parks at the following prices:

EPCOT – $169
Disney's Hollywood Studios – $269
Disney's Animal Kingdom – $139

What This Means for Future Premier Pass Availability

With today's low-price sell-out, several trends are emerging:

Strong demand at Magic Kingdom regardless of pricing – Even at its lowest price, Magic Kingdom's Premier Pass continues to sell out, showing its value to guests.
Potential for more frequent sell-outs – If demand continues, it's possible that availability will become more competitive, especially as guests plan ahead for lower-priced dates.
Other parks seeing lower demand – While EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom still have passes available, Magic Kingdom's continued sell-outs may influence future pricing adjustments.

Planning Ahead for Lightning Lane Premier Pass

Guests looking to purchase a Magic Kingdom Premier Pass should consider buying as soon as their purchase window opens, especially on lower-priced days. The recent sell-outs indicate that competition for Premier Passes is increasing, and availability may become tighter even outside peak holiday periods.

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Splash4eva4 hours ago

But how can you constantly be off each and every ride each and every time…

Splash4eva4 hours ago

Exactly. I truly dk anyone who has gone and who wait on any lines where the posted wait times are actually correct and again all wrong with being inflated. Like i said. Im not saying its done to sell LL but im not saying it isnt. Whatever the reason Disney has one and its been constant. Listen i remember back in day they would sometimes do this to discourage people from possibly going to rides late at night. But this trend has happened for a long long times.

Jrb19796 hours ago

Not surprised at all. With the addition of Premier Pass, regardless how many are buying it, they need to keep spaces for that.

Disstevefan17 hours ago

I have heard this a lot. Apparently the data says one thing and some folks actual experience says another. I cant explain it. From my past experience the posted wait time was always longer than I actually waited and that made me happy. I need to do some testing now and see if that is still the case.

Splash4eva7 hours ago

Not to refute Len or his wait times. But as i stated a buddy just got back a couple weeks ago was there in parks for 8 days. Only purchased LL twice. He basically said every wait time in every park was over stated. Some worse than others.

Splash4eva7 hours ago

I used it in February different style of trip but unless i am missing something drops were basically non existent. Years past you basically were able to count on them with like 95% accuracy unless a ride was down then obviously they werent dropping inventory. Maybe others can offer some insight to current drop times/availability

MickeyLuv'r1 day ago

Yes. Posted wait times can be off significantly at any time of day.

Disstevefan11 day ago

If @lentesta says todays posted wait times are more accurate (however they are doing it) I wont dispute it. Len is the king of data. If I understand it correctly, Len has folks in the queues actually measuring times. I apologize for my confusion.

Chi841 day ago

🤔

celluloid1 day ago

Disney spent over 2 billion on I fasteucfure for things including g magic ba da during MDX era. They made many guests a moving RFID as well. A lot of data can and was collected as that was the main goal of the investment. You could easily project a decently accurate wait time at any given moment.

Chi841 day ago

Okay but Len said he was sure the MagicBand tracking issues have been solved and it seemed to him the wait times are more accurate than pre-pandemic. And you responded with: That makes no sense, which is why people are questioning it.

Disstevefan11 day ago

What? They aren't. They are just estimating wait times and coincidentally the estimated wait times are usually longer than the actual wait times.

Chi841 day ago

So how did things get more accurate after the pandemic?

Disstevefan11 day ago

Its totally normal for different folks see different things in posts. The way I read it, Len was able to get this info because (sadly) the folks he was talking to were free to talk because they were laid off because of the pandemic, very sad. The way I read it, despite putting development effort into using RFID sensors embedded in the lines the sensors were picking up folks in multiple queues. Len said apparently nobody calibrated them, or they didn't check too closely. I don't know, my speculation (and only my speculation) is they gave it a sincere try and couldn't get it to work. It sounded like to me, like they were trying (pre pandemic) to accurately calculate standby times using technology and sincerely devoted resources to this effort. They couldn't get this method to work, not because of the lay offs, simply because they couldn't get it to work after sincerely trying to get it to work. I guess today its just cheaper/easier to simply over estimate wait times. ;)