Disney's New Lightning Lane System: Price Trends and Insights

Jul 24, 2024 in "Disney Genie"

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Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass in My Disney Experience

Posted: Wednesday July 24, 2024 11:55am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

As Walt Disney World introduces the new Lightning Lane Pass system, we've analyzed the pricing trends for the next 21 days to help you know what to expect and plan visits more effectively.

Here's a detailed look at the Lightning Lane pricing from July 24 to August 14, 2024. For more details on how to make the most of the new Lightning Lane system, be sure to check out the latest Disney Genie news and our Lightning Lane Pass Guide and FAQ.

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Lightning Lane Pass Pricing Overview July 24 through August 14, 2024

Lightning Lane Multi Pass

Disney's Animal Kingdom: Prices range from $16 to $18
Disney's Hollywood Studios: Prices range from $22 to $26
EPCOT: Fluctuates between $18 and $21
Magic Kingdom: Ranges from $25 to $29

Lightning Lane Single Pass:

Avatar Flight of Passage: Prices are steady at $17, with slight fluctuations down to $16.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15 to $17
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11 to $12
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22 to $25
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20 consistently each day

Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass in My Disney Experience

Comparisons to Genie+

The new Lightning Lane system's pricing follows very closely the trends observed with the previous Genie+ and Individual Attraction Purchase options. Similar to the old system:

Demand-driven price fluctuations continue to influence multi-pass options, especially in popular parks like Magic Kingdom.
High-demand attractions maintain higher, more stable pricing.

As the Lightning Lane system continues to evolve, we will keep tracking these trends to help you make the most of your Disney experience. Stay tuned for more updates and tips.

For more details on how to make the most of the new Lightning Lane system, be sure to check out the latest Disney Genie news and our Lightning Lane Pass Guide and FAQ.

Walt Disney World Lighting Lane Pass Pricing July 24 to August 14, 2024

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $29
EPCOT: $21
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $18
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $26
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $12
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $17
Avatar Flight of Passage: $16
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $25

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $29
EPCOT: $21
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $18
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $26
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $12
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $17
Avatar Flight of Passage: $16
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $25

Friday, July 26, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $25
EPCOT: $18
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $16
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $22
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $25
EPCOT: $18
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $16
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $22
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Monday, July 29, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Thursday, August 1, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Friday, August 2, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Saturday, August 3, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $25
EPCOT: $18
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $16
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $22
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Sunday, August 4, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $25
EPCOT: $18
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $16
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $22
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Monday, August 5, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Thursday, August 8, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Friday, August 9, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $25
EPCOT: $18
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $16
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $22
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $25
EPCOT: $18
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $16
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $22
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Sunday, August 11, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $25
EPCOT: $18
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $16
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $22
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Monday, August 12, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $25
EPCOT: $18
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $16
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $22
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Magic Kingdom: $27
EPCOT: $19
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $17
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $24
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $15
Avatar Flight of Passage: $14
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $22

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MisterPenguin3 hours ago

Those articles have the click-bait title of "GOING INTO DEBT" which would ordinarily mean long term debt and ever increasing debt that will lead eventually to bankruptcy. But the articles themselves point out that the "debt" is "on their credit card" and the overwhelming number of people who put it on their credit card pay it off the next month or over several months -- according to those same articles. Except for a few manic outliers, no one is taking out a second mortgage and flirting with bankruptcy to go to WDW.

GoofGoof5 hours ago

I think it’s mostly a Disney World thing and especially in the Summer. I have never gone to Universal FL without Express Pass and have never had more than a 2 or 3 day park ticket. It is absolutely worth the extra cost of the deluxe hotel room for a night to get front of the line for all 4 of us for 2 days. Even for DLR we did 3 days in the parks the last time we were there and did use Max Pass but we spent way more time in the parks each day (75 and sunny makes it enjoyable to spend all day there :)). I’d probably be more likely to buy a premium product for a day or 2 at DLR.

Jrb19795 hours ago

That makes sense. It's no wonder the current system is so liked. Many guests are like your family. They don't go to Disney for attractions necessarily. They go there for the experience and atmosphere.

GoofGoof6 hours ago

I think that depends on the details. We are a family of 4. If we go in the Summer we almost always get 10 day park tickets and spread the park time out with some days being maybe 3 or 4 hours of park time for the whole day. I wouldn’t do this if I had to buy 10 single day tickets but the cost difference between a 5 day ticket and a 10 day ticket is less than $100 per person so I have no issue spreading things out when those extra days are costing me less than $20 a day. We also enjoy spending some time just relaxing at the resort and pool so for me it’s not all about maximizing the per ride value of each park ticket day. It’s more about making the overall experience as enjoyable as possible. On some of the shorter park days I would say it’s very possible we only do 5 or 6 rides that day and some of those probably don’t need LL. We may do some shows or entertainment, eat a meal and shop as well. Is it worth it to buy LLMP for those days? I’d say maybe, maybe not. In our recent trip we definitely had a few days where we bought in and probably didn’t need it. I was certainly happy to not be awake on any day of my trip at 7am. We got Tiana with LLMP and it was actually running and we bought individual LL for Tron and Guardians so no need for a virtual queue. Would I want to pay significantly more for a product that gives me all the rides? On some days, maybe but most of the time, no not really. If I had 1 or 2 days at WDW and wanted to try to do a lot of rides I’d definitely be interested in buying in but that’s not my typical experience. If the new product required you to buy for length of stay (as some have suggested) I’d definitely not be interested. Assuming a price of $250pp if our family bought 10 day tickets it would cost us $10K 🤑🤑🥵🤢. We spent a little over $1K on LLs over 10 days this last trip and now knowing the way it works better could get that down to about $700 easily. With the current system we did not wait over 20 mins for anything over 10 days and rode every ride we wanted to with many repeats.

Jrb19799 hours ago

I'm still surprised that the majority of guests are happy with 3 short waits a day. Why wouldn't you want to pay more for having access to all rides when you want without a schedule

TheMaxRebo10 hours ago

It's an interesting thought that maybe they are ok cannibalizing a percentage of the VIP tours if they are able to "plus" them, make them feel even more exclusive and then increase the price. If they loss 20% of the number of VIP tours but increase the cost of the remaining 80% by 25% they are at the same total revenue from them, and then open up this new revenue stream from the Premier Pass which should attract people that aren't willing to do / pay for the VIP tour And none of this is really targeted at the average guest but can add another option for the small % willing and able to pay premier pricing for the elevated and easier experience

wdisney900011 hours ago

There's definitely guests willing to pay the higher prices for services like this but at the same time, I'm sure Disney is well aware of the articles online in regards to families going into debt to pay for a Disney vacation. It's an interesting play if they do announce more higher price services to make an already expensive vacation less stresfull, but again, at more cost to the guest.

C33Mom11 hours ago

I mostly fall into group 3 (we might be group 2, but technically we don’t do VIP because my husband doesn’t want a Disney CM with us all day, though I suspect we’d do it at least once a trip if it was $1-2k instead of $4k)— but we definitely fall into the “happy to spend much more money to make the day less stressful” however the current system still requires you to wake at 7AM if you want to ride Cosmic Rewind and to get up and hit the parks early if you want to get LLMP to work well…and you can’t just approach the rides in the most convenient manner, you’re at the mercy of LL availability. We visited with the new system in August when crowds were manageable and it worked OK, but we’ve already cut our Thanksgiving trip from 8 days to 5 days and we’re considering cutting it down further because I doubt LLMP will be great with late Nov crowds. Responding to @lentesta’s original point, I think there are non-trivial expenses (cast member salary, benefits, training—but also the extra golf carts, vehicles, insurance, logistical background expenses) in VIP, and if they could get the same amount per person for an express pass, the margins would be far higher— so I’m not sure they care about cannibalizing VIP? Also, Disney is already testing out an even more VIP experience (not sure if it’s at WDW or only DLR), so they could keep plussing VIP, double the cost, and then intentionally “cannibalize” the low end VIP clientele. Finally, thinking about capacity, I think if the new pass was unlimited rides (or even once per attraction), and all or nothing for length of stay— lots of people would buy it to have it but wouldn’t actually ride more than 5-10 rides a day across all parks. I think many of the kind of people who buy a $500/person express pass just for convenience might not actually be park warriors trying to maximize rides... and if you require length of stay it’s even harder to keep up that pace.

SoFloMagic21 hours ago

As a local, I endorse this model. Would love to buy a single ride for, say, $8-10

Indy_UK1 day ago

They must be running both systems. I can't see them doing all this rebranding and the app updates so people can book in advance and then decide to take it all away. Although I would prefer they did a single more expensive option, going from free fastpass, to paid Genie+ to $200 or so Universal type pass would send the casuals into meltdown

GoofGoof1 day ago

100% agree. I can’t see how this wouldn’t replace LLMP completely as a product. Having both would be a logistical nightmare and at busy times would make standby insane.

MrPromey1 day ago

If it were to replace the existing system, I'd agree. Otherwise, I'd say the current system has already crippled standby lines and adding anything else on top (especially if with the current system, people are averaging under 3 uses per day and this is offering potentially every attraction in a park with no wait and no scheduled time) is only going to make things worse.

GoofGoof1 day ago

I agree that Disney can never roll this out for all deluxe hotels. Way too many people. Im more curious on percent of guests using it from the operational side. The existence of express pass does not seem to greatly impact standby lines there. WDW is a different animal with more guests and less capacity at 3 of 4 parks, but there should be a sweet spot where a system like this doesn’t cripple standby lines. They need to find it and price accordingly or this will be a train wreck.

MrPromey1 day ago

The bigger question is what percent of Universal guests are paying for Express Pass. There are two Express Pass products. The Universal equivalent of moderate and deluxe tier guests get the more expensive unlimited pass included "free" for every guest in their party. (no way Disney would offer this) They also sell this tier at a price that fluctuates with attendance in addition to another tier that's good for one Express Pass entrance to each attraction per day* at a lower price that also fluctuates with attendance, both of which are subject to selling out to ensure that usage has some sort of limit to the impact it can create on standard lines. *Top tier AP holders also get the one per attraction per day access at both parks after 4pm included with the AP - I also don't see Disney doing anything like this.