Walt Disney World's Genie+ sells out at two parks for the first time

Dec 28, 2023 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Thursday December 28, 2023 1:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The $29 Disney Genie+ option has sold out at Disney's Animal Kingdom for the first time today, joining Disney's Hollywood Studios, which sold out earlier this morning.

Today is the first time Genie+ has sold out at Disney's Animal Kingdom and the first time two parks have sold out on the same day.

Guests are still able to buy Genie+ at EPCOT and Magic Kingdom.

Walt Disney World's Genie+ has reached its highest price point this Christmas Holiday week since the Lightning Lane system was introduced in October 2021.

Christmas holiday crowds are arriving at Walt Disney World and demand for Genie+ is high

Walt Disney World is now in what is traditionally the busiest time of the year, from just before Christmas Day to New Year's Day, and Disney has raised prices to match demand.

When initially launched, Disney Genie+ was $15 and has now reached a whopping $39 for the same Multi-Park option.

Disney's Animal Kingdom Genie+ price today is $29, which had a previous high of $25. Magic Kingdom is $39, up from of $35. Disney's Hollywood Studios is $35, up from the previous high of $32. Finally, EPCOT is priced at $32, up from $28.

Disney Genie+ is a purchase option within the Disney Genie service that makes the former FastPass line available at select attractions, now called Lightning Lane. Certain headline attractions are not part of Genie+, and Lightning Lane access at those attractions requires an Individual Attraction purchase which varies in price. Learn more about Genie+.

Lightning Lane sign at Under the Sea - Journey of the Little Mermaid

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Splash4eva22 hours ago

& to pre pay before the trip for its entirety

Fido Chuckwagon1 day ago

Lol, how I long for the days when it was $15…

capndave1 day ago

Doesn't include the more popular attractions. You have to pay even more to access the lightening lane per ride for those attractions. Total money grab! Disney is pricing themselves out of existence .

Chip Chipperson13 days ago

So now that the changes to DAS have been announced, any idea on how far away we are from getting news about pre-booking G+ selections?

Disstevefan119 days ago

I think you are right. This is the new floor. Remember how low the prices were when it started

doctornick19 days ago

@tanc is talking about LL Bean's return policy that was changed a few years back.

aaronml19 days ago

What legendary return policy? Are you talking about for legacy paper FP many years ago? Or something else?

HauntedPirate20 days ago

I’m curious to see if Genie- prices drop further to the old minimums or if these become the new “floor”.

Brian20 days ago

If OP was referring to the mix ratio with the 80% figure, that determines how many LL guests pass through the merge point at any given time versus standby. There will still be the same number of guests who ultimately choose to experience the attraction via either standby or LL whether they let 20 LL guests through the merge point for every one standby or 50. If the suggestion is that 80% of a "popular" attraction's total guests throughout the day are LL guests, I don't know of any in which that is the case.

Purduevian20 days ago

But the ratio of people that get on the ride via Standby or LL throughout a day (on average) must be the same ratio of people that get in the line...

wdwmagic20 days ago

Individual Lightning Lane price drops alongside lower Genie+ cost at Walt Disney World https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/disney-genie/news/08apr2024-individual-lightning-lane-price-drops-alongside-lower-genie-cost-at-walt-disney-world.htm

Brian21 days ago

I believe the figures you are referring to are the mix ratios of LL vs standby guests at the merge point, which can fluctuate throughout the day. These ratios do not themselves determine the types of guests (Genie+ vs Standby) who will ultimately choose to get in line and experience a specific attraction.

DisneyDodo21 days ago

It took me a very long time to parse this post because my brain stubbornly insisted on reading “LL” as “Lightning Lane” every time, which made me assume “bean” was some sort of typo, and I could not for the life of me figure out what you were trying to say. Thankfully it eventually clicked.

SingleRider21 days ago

It’s been reported on this site and others that the LL entrance at any popular attraction accounts for 75-80% of that ride’s capacity because the LL is heavily favored. Having the other 20-25 percent scan at a separate entrance shouldn’t be much of an issue.