Disney is halting advance purchase of Genie+ at Walt Disney World

May 18, 2022 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Wednesday May 18, 2022 11:05am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney will no longer allow guests to purchase its Genie+ service in advance effective June 8 2022.

Starting June 8, Disney Genie+ will only be offered for purchase through the My Disney Experience app on the day of your visit. With this change, holders of all ticket types, including Annual Pass, multi- or single-day ticket, will only be able to purchase Disney Genie+ service on the day of the visit via the app, one day at a time, subject to availability.

Guests who have already made an advance purchase of Genie+ for 2022 dates will not be affected.

In a post on the Disney Parks Blog the company said, "We're focused on delivering the best possible guest experience, and this adjustment will help manage the incredibly strong demand our guests have shown for Disney Genie+."

Alongside this latest announcement, Disney also said that, "on average, guests who purchase Disney Genie+ service will continue to enter 2-3 attractions or experiences each day using the Lightning Lane entrance when the first selection is made early in the day.

Disney Genie overview

This latest update raises the possibility of Disney offering variable date-based pricing for Genie+ and giving them more flexibility in managing sales of the Genie+ service. A notable change in language today indicates that Genie+ is "subject to availability." Limiting sales of Genie+ would help Disney with improving attraction availability for those guests who purchase Genie+.

We also understand that Disney has been exploring the possibility of offering discounted Genie+ to some categories of guests. Annual Passholders have been one group who have felt that they should have some level of Genie+ included with their pass, or offered at a discount.

As it stands currently, Genie+ sales will begin at midnight, with Lightning Lane selections beginning at 7am. If Genie+ availability does become limited and sells out, guests may be needing to set alarms for midnight and 7am each day of their vacation.

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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IanDLBZF8 hours ago

JD808 hours ago

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

DCBaker1 day ago

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

Purduevian1 day 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.

wdwmagic4 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

Splash4eva8 days ago

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

DisneyDreamer0810 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.

arich3510 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.

Purduevian10 days ago

Remy sometimes has a 1:48pm drop time. It's not every day but it's your best shot if Remy is sold out for the day

DisneyDreamer0810 days ago

Are you able to wait standby for one? Both have queues that are mostly indoors (Frozen more so) so maybe book Remy first and if you can’t get Frozen maybe try to wait standby. I know that can be tough if you are traveling with kids. I was there in August with my 13 year old and we opted not to do LL for our Epcot day. We did Remy at rope drop and figured we would just wait standby for Frozen. The posted wait was 45 minutes but I timed it and we only waited 25. So you never know, you might get lucky.

Purduevian10 days ago

If anyone is curious what a non-resort guest can get my booking window opened today. I got HM 8:30am, pooh bear 11:20, Tiana 4:20 Nemo 9:40, SSE 1050 and Frozen 12:05. I hope to push everything up but not bad for not getting the on-site perk. EDIT: In case anyone cares. The same night I booked things I was able to move Pooh Bear to 9:30am, Tiana to 3:15pm, and Nemo up 10 mins to 9:30am. Honestly if I had my full choice of LLs at 21 days out, this is pretty much what I would have picked outside of pushing Nemo and SEE to park opening.

nickys10 days ago

Both these LLs can sell out before park opening. Unless you get lucky with picking one up when new ones drop through the day, it’s going to be hard. Not necessarily impossible but unlikely, unless you are going at a quiet time. Remy sells quicker than FEA. If you tapped into your first DHS LL at the park opening time you might get FEA. It all depends on when (time of year) you go. I would book whichever is more important to you. If you skip Luminous you could jump in line then. Otherwise at least you only have one queue to wait in.

arich3510 days ago

We are not rope drop people at all. What are the best chances to get both Remy and Frozen on the same day? What are the chances to get one of them for the evening if we do Hollywood Studios first?

JD8012 days ago

I just got back from a 3 park day with hoppers trip. Essentially use it like G+ but you have 3 tracks instead of 1. If you see a S tier attraction open always snag it. I always had 1 or 2 stacked for later in the day and when I had a few seconds refreshed for earlier times. LLMP is useless for EPCOT or AK. In EPCOT it mostly acts as a LLSP for either Frozen or Remy. Whatever one you don't get just rope drop.