New Lightning Lane System Launches Today at Walt Disney World: What You Need to Know

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 6:45am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Starting today, Walt Disney World's updated Lightning Lane system is officially live, bringing significant changes to the way guests can plan and experience high-demand attractions.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass in My Disney Experience

Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass

The rebranded services, Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass replace the old Genie+ and individual Lightning Lane services. This new system integrates elements from the former FastPass+ service, offering more flexibility and advance planning options.

Key Features of the New Lightning Lane Passes

Advance Planning: Resort guests can now make their Lightning Lane selections up to 7 days in advance, while non-resort guests can plan 3 days ahead. This change allows guests to secure their preferred experiences without the stress of last-minute decisions.

Multiple-Day Booking: Guests have the convenience of booking Lightning Lane passes for multiple days in one go, making vacation planning more streamlined.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass

With the Lightning Lane Multi Pass, guests can make up to three selections per day in advance from groups of attractions. These selections can be scheduled at specific times, adding a layer of predictability to the park visit. On the day of the visit, once a pass is used, guests can check the My Disney Experience app for additional availability.

Attractions by Tier

Lightning Lane Multi Pass will have 2 tiers of attractions at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and EPCOT. There are no tiers at Disney's Animal Kingdom. You can choose one selection from the first tier, and two selections from the second tier.

Magic Kingdom:

Tier 1: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan's Flight, Space Mountain, Tiana's Bayou Adventure
Tier 2: Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, "it's a small world", Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Mad Tea Party, Mickey's Philharmagic, Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club, The Barnstormer, Magic Carpets of Aladdin, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Tomorrowland Speedway, Journey of the Little Mermaid

EPCOT:

Tier 1: Remy's Ratatouille Adventure, Frozen Ever After, Soarin' Around the World
Tier 2: Journey Into Imagination with Figment, Living with the Land, Mission: SPACE, Spaceship Earth, The Seas with Nemo & Friends, Turtle Talk with Crush, Disney-Pixar Short Film Festival

Hollywood Studios:

Tier 1: Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, Rock' n' Roller Coaster, Slinky Dog Dash
Tier 2: The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror, Toy Story Mania!, Alien Swirling Saucers, Star Tours: The Adventure Continues, Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage, Disney Junior Play and Dance!, Frozen Sing-Along Celebration, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, Muppet*Vision 3D

Disney's Animal Kingdom

At Disney's Animal Kingdom, all attractions are available under a single tier.

Lightning Lane Single Pass

Like the former Individual Attraction Purchase, this pass continues to offer access to the most sought-after rides, with the added benefit of advance booking. Attractions include TRON Lightcycle Run and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Hollywood Studios, AVATAR Flight of Passage at Animal Kingdom, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT.

Planning Ahead

Disney Resort hotel guests and select hotel guests can plan Lightning Lane passes for their entire stay, up to 14 days, starting 7 days in advance. Other guests can plan up to 3 days in advance.

The My Disney Experience app has also been updated to facilitate quicker and easier planning, including a new option to purchase both Lightning Lane Single Pass and Lightning Lane Multi Pass in a single transaction.

Using Lightning Lane Passes

To use the Lightning Lane Multi Pass, guests can choose up to three attractions in advance for a particular park. Once they enter the park and use their pre-booked passes, they can check for additional availability on the app. This feature adds flexibility, allowing spontaneous plans based on real-time attraction availability.

For the Lightning Lane Single Pass, guests can book a time for high-demand attractions well before their visit, ensuring they don't miss out on must-see experiences. This advance booking option helps in better planning and managing park time.

Lightning Lane Pass Purchase Screen

The complimentary features of the Disney Genie service continue to be available in the My Disney Experience app. This includes personalized itineraries and real-time tips to optimize park visits.

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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SoFloMagic6 hours ago

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

Indy_UK19 hours 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

GoofGoof19 hours 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.

MrPromey19 hours 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.

GoofGoof19 hours 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.

MrPromey19 hours 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.

Touchdown20 hours ago

Every ride, but the price is variable.

Touchdown20 hours ago

Or have a system in place to count the uses of each rides LL, the current standby and LL wait, and how many premier pass users haven’t used their LL for that ride and sell additional tickets when certain thresholds are met.

GoofGoof21 hours ago

Is this available for more attractions in Paris or is it just the top 1 or 2 rides?

GoofGoof21 hours ago

It could, but unless sales were very low it would severely limit capacity available for LLMP because you would need to hold back capacity for the premium product and still have some left for standby. It’s possible but there are already gripes about rides not being available and this would make it much worse. An alternative would be to eliminate LLMP, but add more rides to individual LL. So maybe all tier 1s go to individual and they would be priced accordingly and when they sell out they sell out. Then people who don’t buy the premium product can pick and choose which rides they want to skip the line. So for example if they want a 50/50 split between LL and standby and they know how many premium passes were sold they can release the rest of the 50% of LL capacity into an individual ride product.

Touchdown21 hours ago

Yes, at DLP you can still buy 1 time LL at each attraction separately.

JD8021 hours ago

I get the impression this would be layered on top of LLMP as a premium product.

GoofGoof21 hours ago

$600-$900M means $1.6M to $2.5M per day on average of sales. So if they really charge $300 PP on average for the new product they would need between 5,000 and 8,000 guests a day to buy in. If they only charge $150 then double that to 10,000 to 16,000. My guess is the sweet spot would be somewhere between $150 and $300 for price. If less than 10,000 total guests used this system it might actually work. Would they really get 10,000 people to pay something like $250 for this product? That’s the million dollar question….or in this case $600M to $900M question🤑🤑🤑 Do you have any idea what percent of Universal guests use Express Pass?

JD8021 hours ago

I think you and @Touchdown have good points here, let me interject a few random thoughts as the caffeine hasn't hit me yet. Would Disney have the data of the following: People who have done the VIP tour and wouldn't again because of the cost? People who may have inquired about the VIP tour but passed on it because of the cost? People who have purchased G+ or LLMP who have higher spend profiles (club level, deluxe stays, high income, large ticket packages, high spend in merch/dining, frequent visitors) that have responded unfavorably to the current system? If Disney does have this information, could Disney be considering that there is a untapped market for a middle option between LLMP and VIP where they weren't converting LLMP to VIP? There may be a Goldie Locks price point where they would convert LLMP to this new pass but also not cannibalize VIP sales but also not make it insanely popular. Remember how they thought G+ would only be purchased by 25% of guests prior to launch? Is this an evolution to this?