Disney Genie+ price increase comes to Walt Disney World alongside variable pricing by date

Oct 11, 2022 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Tuesday October 11, 2022 9:05am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney is introducing a variable pricing model for Genie+ at Walt Disney World - bringing higher costs to the ride reservation system less than one year after its launch.

Effective today, Genie+ at Walt Disney World now starts at $15, and may go as high as $22 per person per day (plus tax), depending on the date.

In addition to moving Genie+ to a variable price model, some Individual Lightning Lane selections are also shifting to variable prices. Star Wars Rise of the Resistance at Disney's Hollywood Studios will now see prices go as high as $22, starting at $15.

Star Wars Rise of the Resistance may now cost as much as $22 per per person, per ride

Variable pricing for Genie+ is not unexpected, as earlier in June Disney halted the option of advance pre-arrival purchase and Disney Genie+ became only available for purchase through the My Disney Experience app on the day of a visit.

The move to variable pricing adds even more confusion to the guest experience, increasing uncertainty around what a day in the park will ultimately cost. Guests will need to constantly monitor pricing for admission tickets, Genie+, and Individual Lightning Lane selections. Disney is not currently publishing a schedule of Genie+ pricing, and will instead adjust pricing on a day-by-day basis, leaving it up to the guest to make a decision on the day of their visit.

Genie+ is currently $15 at Walt Disney World

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 prices.

Learn more about Disney Genie from our recent articles, including a Disney Genie FAQ, and Genie discussion on the WDWMAGIC Forums.

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Splash4eva23 hours ago

& to pre pay before the trip for its entirety

Fido Chuckwagon1 day ago

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

capndave1 day 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 .

Chip Chipperson13 days ago

So now that the changes to DAS have been announced, any idea on how far away we are from getting news about pre-booking G+ selections?

Disstevefan119 days ago

I think you are right. This is the new floor. Remember how low the prices were when it started

doctornick19 days ago

@tanc is talking about LL Bean's return policy that was changed a few years back.

aaronml19 days ago

What legendary return policy? Are you talking about for legacy paper FP many years ago? Or something else?

HauntedPirate20 days ago

I’m curious to see if Genie- prices drop further to the old minimums or if these become the new “floor”.

Brian20 days ago

If OP was referring to the mix ratio with the 80% figure, that determines how many LL guests pass through the merge point at any given time versus standby. There will still be the same number of guests who ultimately choose to experience the attraction via either standby or LL whether they let 20 LL guests through the merge point for every one standby or 50. If the suggestion is that 80% of a "popular" attraction's total guests throughout the day are LL guests, I don't know of any in which that is the case.

Purduevian20 days ago

But the ratio of people that get on the ride via Standby or LL throughout a day (on average) must be the same ratio of people that get in the line...

wdwmagic20 days ago

Individual Lightning Lane price drops alongside lower Genie+ cost at Walt Disney World https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/disney-genie/news/08apr2024-individual-lightning-lane-price-drops-alongside-lower-genie-cost-at-walt-disney-world.htm

Brian21 days ago

I believe the figures you are referring to are the mix ratios of LL vs standby guests at the merge point, which can fluctuate throughout the day. These ratios do not themselves determine the types of guests (Genie+ vs Standby) who will ultimately choose to get in line and experience a specific attraction.

DisneyDodo21 days ago

It took me a very long time to parse this post because my brain stubbornly insisted on reading “LL” as “Lightning Lane” every time, which made me assume “bean” was some sort of typo, and I could not for the life of me figure out what you were trying to say. Thankfully it eventually clicked.

SingleRider21 days ago

It’s been reported on this site and others that the LL entrance at any popular attraction accounts for 75-80% of that ride’s capacity because the LL is heavily favored. Having the other 20-25 percent scan at a separate entrance shouldn’t be much of an issue.