Disney raises the price for Genie+ at Disneyland - will Walt Disney World follow?

Oct 11, 2022 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Tuesday October 11, 2022 6:35am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has raised the price of the Genie+ service at Disneyland Resort in California by $5 to $25 per person per day.

Disney Genie overview

In addition to the higher starting price of $25, the cost of Genie+ at Disneyland will now vary by date. The official Disneyland website says, "Disney Genie+ service offers even more convenience and flexibility, starting at $25.00 USD per ticket per day. Prices vary by date."

Genie+ launched at Disneyland for $20, with Walt Disney World priced at $15 per person per day.

At the time of the Genie+ launch on October 19 2021, Disney said that Walt Disney World's $15 price point was an introductory rate.

With Disneyland's Genie+ now costing $10 more than at Walt Disney World, this may be the time that Disney drops the introductory pricing and increase the price at Walt Disney World.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek has recently commented that 50% of Walt Disney World guests purchase Genie+. Even a $5 price increase would significantly boost earnings from millions of Genie+ buyers.

Genie+ is currently $15 at Walt Disney World

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 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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Purduevian4 days ago

I was also there last week. Went to AK on 11/13. Didn't ride FOP, but under 5 min wait for Safari, Everest, dino, and triceratops. I waited 12 mins for Navi at the end of the night. MK of 11/14 (party day). I did LL for most attractions, but 10ish min wait for Buzz and small world. Finally EPCOT on 11/16 was actually busy, we LL everything but Frozen and remy were both posed over 70 mins when we rode and SSE and Soain were both 20+.

HauntedPirate4 days ago

You must be mistaken. We were just told by people in the parks 2 weeks ago that they were packed, lines were long, and dining reservations difficult to obtain. Are you sure Tron wasn’t 85 minutes and your rose-colored glasses aren’t altering your memories to push an agenda? 😉

Nottamus4 days ago

Yes, agreed! We were just there last week and ALL waits were pretty low. Low enough to where we didn’t pay anything ride related, but still managed to ride all we wanted - sometimes multiple times . The longest line in waited in was tron, which was 35 mins. Easy peasy.

Disstevefan14 days ago

Its good to see them adjust downward sometimes :)

wdwmagic4 days ago

Lightning Lane Single Pass for TRON Lightcycle Run Drops to Record Low Price https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/tron/news/20nov2024-lightning-lane-single-pass-for-tron-lightcycle-run-drops-to-record-low-price.htm

IanDLBZF6 days ago

JD806 days ago

I guess a little bit of that old money was spent. Wonder if they got a good interest rate.

DCBaker6 days ago

It appears Lightning Lane Premier Pass has sold out at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios for Monday, November 25:

Purduevian6 days ago

Just returned from the trip. If anyone is interested this is how it all went. We had a 21 month old with us and really had no interest in SM or Mission space for this trip MK: 11/14/24: Track 1: 8:30am HM>1:55 Peter Pan> noticed SM was broken, booked it x2 for ME passes while down(1 used for JC, 1 went unused)> 4:40pm Mermaid Track 2: 9:30am Pooh>11:15am Buzz> 12:30pm Big Thunder> Basically instant Pirates (kept pushing until we wanted to ride)> 4:20pm Barnstormer (didn't use) Track 3: 3:15pm Tiana>3:30 Carpets>4:40pm Dumbo Also Standby: Tiki room, Country Bears, Small World, people mover EPCOT 11/16/24: Track 1: 9:30am Nemo>Soarin was pretty instant, but pushed to 11:40ish> Track 2: 10:50am SSE>11:30am Living with the Land> noticed Figment was broken turned into ME (unused)> Keep moving figment back, to whatever time I wanted, but never ended up using it Track 3: 12:05 Frozen>5:30pm Remy Standby of Grand fiesta tour. Also, side note went to AK on 11/13, there was no need for LLMP. We didn't ride FOP, but our longest wait of the day was 11 mins for Navi.

wdwmagic10 days ago

EPCOT Lightning Lane Multi Pass Reaches New Peak Price for Start Of 2024 Holiday Season https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/disney-genie/news/15nov2024-epcot-lightning-lane-multi-pass-reaches-new-peak-price-for-start-of-2024-holiday-season.htm

Splash4eva13 days ago

Unless money was a make or break decision. Why would anyone want to wait in line willingly when there is another option?

DisneyDreamer0815 days ago

Yep been there 😂 I won’t say getting both LLs is impossible but you would likely have to try multiple times throughout the day. When my kids were younger, we would rope drop one and LL the other.

arich3515 days ago

We could but with a 5 and 4 year old, we try to avoid 45+ minute waits lol. We do have extra magic hours on Monday when we go next month so we will probably try to hit those two rides for sure.