Walt Disney World Announces Major Changes to Genie+ and Lightning Lane Including Advance Selections

Jun 25, 2024 in "Disney Genie"

Posted: Tuesday June 25, 2024 2:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has announced significant changes to its Genie+ service at the Walt Disney World theme parks, which will take effect on July 24, 2024.

Disney is launching multi-day advance Lightning Lane selections and other changes to its Genie service

On July 24, Walt Disney World will introduce new, simpler names. Disney Genie+ service will become Lightning Lane Multi Pass, while individual Lightning Lane will now be known as Lightning Lane Single Pass. Lightning Lane passes will blend features from current services and the previously offered FastPass+ service, which Disney says will give "guests the choice to plan ahead and removing the hassle of planning during their vacation."

New Lightning Lane Pass features:

Guests can make Lightning Lane plans ahead of arrival - 7 days in advance for resort guests, and 3 days in advance for non-resort guests.
The ability to choose experiences and times prior to purchasing.
Book Lightning Lane passes for multiple vacation days, all in a single day.

Here's how Lightning Lane passes will work beginning July 24, 2024.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass in My Disney Experience

Lightning Lane Multi Pass

When you purchase Lightning Lane Multi Pass, you may make up to 3 Lightning Lane selections in a theme park, in advance of your visit. You'll also be able to choose available times as you make your selections.

On the day of your visit, once you use a selection, check the My Disney Experience app for availability to make an additional selection.

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.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 Attractions

Magic Kingdom:

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Jungle Cruise
Peter Pan’s Flight
Space Mountain
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

EPCOT:

Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
Frozen Ever After
Soarin’ Around the World

Hollywood Studios:

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster
Slinky Dog Dash

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 2 Attractions

Magic Kingdom:

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:

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:

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

Lightning Lane Single Pass

Lightning Lane Single Pass will work much like it does today, where you can secure a time to ride one of the most highly demanded attractions, but you'll now be able to make your purchase and plan in advance. Lightning Lane Single Pass attractions include TRON Lightcycle Run at Magic Kingdom, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney's Hollywood Studios, AVATAR Flight of Passage at Disney's Animal Kingdom, and Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT

How to Plan Ahead Using Lightning Lane Pass

Guests staying at a Disney Resort hotel and other select hotels will be able to plan Lightning Lane passes up to 7 days in advance, for their entire stay (up to 14 days). All other guests can plan up to 3 days in advance.

These advance purchase windows will let guests secure some of their must-do rides and experiences after they've had some time to decide what dining reservations they want to book and any other plans they may need to consider.

Lightning Lane Pass Purchase Screen

Guests may purchase a Lightning Lane Multi Pass, a Lightning Lane Single Pass or both. The app will also be updated to make it quicker and easier to purchase and plan, with fewer steps and a new option to purchase Lightning Lane Single Pass and Lightning Lane Multi Pass in one transaction.

Lightning Lane Pass Selection Screen

Disneyland Resort will also use the new Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single pass names beginning July 24. Based on the different ways guests visit Disneyland Resort, the way guests purchase, select and redeem Lightning Lane passes at Disneyland Resort will remain the same.

Disney says that the complimentary features of Disney Genie service will continue to be available in the My Disney Experience and Disneyland apps.

Find Out More

For more details see: Guide and FAQ to Disney World's Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass

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wdwmagic10 days ago

First pricing for 2025 is out https://www.wdwmagic.com/genieprice.htm

RememberWhen13 days ago

Thanks for the update! I had gotten the same data you had elsewhere, so it definitely seemed like a glitch on the WDW end. Always grateful for all the information I get here!

wdwmagic13 days ago

That was actually a rare instance where the prices changed after being initially released. First time that has happened.

Brooklin Disney Dad13 days ago

Ultimately, we each have our own price point for budgeting a family vacay at Disney. You can complain on a forum, but wear your thick skin. Or you can go somewhere else, hoping that the demand for LLs, multi, etc. drops to lower prices to within your budget. They way my fam of 5 did DW 6 yrs ago will never happen again. I can live with that. Loopholes and extra perks are gone and won’t come back until there is a big shift in consumer spending. And that may take a few years.

Touchdown13 days ago

I’ve taken over a half dozen trips since this got implemented and was able to do it with 5.5 days in the park. Needed Early Entry to do it, but otherwise had no issues.

RememberWhen14 days ago

Thanks for the confirmation.

networkpro14 days ago

I won't pontificate drawing attention away from Lightning Lane. Currently LL works well for both standby and those who choose to purchase expedited entry. LL lanes are not overflowing and the standby lines move thanks to the removal of unplanned capacity consumption by DAS parties. Value of LL is the primary focus now and personal justification of it's cost based on crowd levels. Rides have a fixed maximum capacity per hour and planned consumption works well right now.

Fido Chuckwagon14 days ago

The numbers were wrong. Also, WDW clearly didn’t have access to numbers past the 21 day mark, the data they were publishing past that point was wrong. Nobody knows what the price will be past the 28th since that’s 21 days from now.

Fido Chuckwagon14 days ago

Yeah, so @wdwmagic’s numbers were wrong. I made my purchases today. It was up to $39 for basically all of Christmas week for MK. It did go up from last year.

RememberWhen14 days ago

Can we bop back a page here and look at LL pricing again? I’m trying to figure out pricing for our trip, which extends through New Years and into the first couple days of Jan. The page hosted by WDW Magic doesn’t list prices past 12/31. (It had been listing prices out a week further than I could see on MDE). And the price they had listed for the 28th at Epcot/MGM didn’t match what MDE eventually showed. It does now list the higher expected price. (Example: it had said $29 for MGM on 12/29. Now it says $35. But I can only see out through the 28th on MDE and now I don’t know what’s what. Just feeling frustrated with the whole system.

DisDude3314 days ago

Easily spoken by someone that the game (which is equal parts chance and skill) has treated well.

networkpro14 days ago

Life isnt fair. Play the game, make your choices, live with the consequences.

Ayla14 days ago

To be fair, very few people can take a leisurely, two week vacation. The average length is 5-7 days.

Cliff14 days ago

How were "official" posted wait times versus actual wait times? We are hearing lots of talk about Disney "inflating" posted wait times to scare people into buying into the app. I have two CM friends that told me that if a guest asks them what the "real" wait time is, they are MANDATED to repeat only the "official" posted time. They are NOT allowed to look at a que that they know is only 15 min and tell that to a guest. If the official time says 65min,..they must say that and NOT the "real" 15min. I'm sorry folks,...that does not bother the strong Burbank defenders here on this forum...but that bothers me. It's a dishonest way to get people to pay for something they might not need. They prey on guests that don't know better. Also,...do you know how to make lines LONGER at Pirates if they are not long enough? You deliberately take boats OUT of the water and keep less boats moving in circulation. Etc.. Keep that app money on your phone flowing!