Disney World's Lightning Lane Premier Pass To Open to All Guests

Jan 20, 2025 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Monday January 20, 2025 9:15am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Starting January 21, 2025, Walt Disney World will make the Lightning Lane Premier Pass available to all guests, removing the previous restriction limiting purchases to those staying at Disney Resort hotels and select partner properties.

This change significantly expands access to the popular pass, which allows one-time access to all Lightning Lane attractions in a single park for a day, priced between $119 and $449.

What Is the Lightning Lane Premier Pass?

The Lightning Lane Premier Pass provides flexibility and convenience for park-goers looking to bypass standby lines at Disney World’s most popular attractions. Key features of the pass include:

No Arrival Windows: Guests can enter Lightning Lane attractions at their convenience, without needing to pre-select arrival times.
One-Park Access: The pass covers one-time access to all Lightning Lane attractions in a single park on a given day.
Photo Perks: Includes digital downloads of attraction photos and videos through Disney PhotoPass, adding extra value.

Previously, this pass was only available to guests staying at Disney Resort hotels, Disney Vacation Club properties, and select partner hotels such as the Swan and Dolphin. Starting January 21, the pass will be open for purchase by all Walt Disney World guests, regardless of where they are staying.

How to Purchase the Premier Pass

Guests can purchase the Lightning Lane Premier Pass through the My Disney Experience app. Pricing varies by park and date, and availability remains limited.

For the next 21 days, the folllowing pricing is in effect:

Disney's Animal Kingdom: Max $159, Min $119
Disney's Hollywood Studios: Max $329, Min $269
EPCOT: Max $229, Min $169
Magic Kingdom: Max $379, Min $329

View 21 Days of Upcoming Lightning Lane Premier Pass, Multi and Single Pass Prices in Advance.

What This Means for Resort Guests

While resort guests previously had exclusive access to the pass, they will now need to compete with all Disney World visitors for the limited availability. However, resort guests can buy the pass 7 days in advance, and all guests can buy 3 days in advance.

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Splash4eva13 days ago

Than Thank you! Will take a look

Purduevian13 days ago

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/lightning-lane-drop-times.984387/ I haven't updated it in months so I don't know if it is still accurate. Not going to lie, I did the work for it for my trip last November and figured I would share it with the forums (I also put it on Reddit), but I don't plan on updating it regularly. It's not to hard to do though if anyone wants to try to to update it. Using thrill data, it's pretty easy to spot trends. This is TSM for example. Anytime there is a consistent jump to Yellow or Green on most of the days, that's a drop time.

Splash4eva13 days ago

Yes TP i was a member of and it worked like a charm each trip this past one in February was not at all successful only finding a few openings during the trip

Splash4eva13 days ago

Thank you will take a look

nickys13 days ago

Touring Plans “liners” keep an updated list. And for a while here I think @Purduevian had one running.

MickeyLuv'r13 days ago

there's thrill ride Data. Some rides have a long list of potential drop times, but only some of them happen. TRD appears to have updated their list since just a few weeks ago. Previously, they had some of the drop times highlighted, which I took to mean the more likely drop times.

MickeyLuv'r13 days ago

Android here

JD8013 days ago

This is not how you do statistics.

Splash4eva14 days ago

Do we have an updated list and inventory drops?

Splash4eva14 days ago

Disney has their reasons and whatever they are we will never know. We can guess but most likely never know but imo no wait line posted 60 minutes should never be off more than 10. No wait time of 45 should be off more than 5. Anything 30 and below should be accurate. So on and so forth with longer yet every person i talk with who goes all say same with more inflated wait times. Even if its to make the guest “feel good” its still a “deceptive” practice. And honestly. If you are a multi billion dollar corporation with a name like Disney (at least what it use to mean) and you need to inflate wait times to increase guest satisfaction you better re think your strategy Robert…

Splash4eva14 days ago

Apple here if that helps…

MickeyLuv'r14 days ago

A number of forum members thought reforming/reducing DAS would fix the problem. I also think how much times are off can be characterized in different ways. If the posted wait is 10minutes, and actually is 5, ten we could characterize the posted wait as only off by 5minutes, or we could say the posted wait was half the actual wait. Both would be correct. There is also the challenge of how to characterize some of the pre-shows like GoG and Rise. How often are any of us here willing to test the wait for accuracy when it is over 60minutes? I think most of us here know basic park touring strategy, so we don't get in line for 7D when standby waits are at their daily peaks.

nickys14 days ago

I don’t know how it works. But I know people who do pick up LLs as a result of drops - unless of course it’s pure coincidence that they are ready to do so at specific known times and get lucky.