All Four Disney World Parks Sell Out Lightning Lane Premier Pass During Christmas Week 2024

Dec 29, 2024 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Sunday December 29, 2024 8:25am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Lightning Lane Premier Pass has sold out for more dates as Walt Disney World's holiday season reaches its peak. Notably, December 29, 2024, marks the first date during the Christmas week that all four parks—Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom—have sold out of the Premier Pass. This follows a similar trend seen during Thanksgiving week, when all four parks sold out for November 25.

Lightning Lane Premier Pass Availability December 29 2024

Newly Sold-Out Dates

In addition to December 28, more dates have now sold out across Walt Disney World parks:

Animal Kingdom: December 29, December 30
EPCOT: December 29

December 29: A Repeat of Thanksgiving's All-Park Sell-Out

December 29 is the first date during Christmas week that all four parks have sold out for the Premier Pass. This mirrors Thanksgiving week, where November 25 became the first day in 2024 for all four parks to sell out simultaneously.

Overview of Current Sell-Out Dates

Here is the complete list of sold-out dates for the Lightning Lane Premier Pass during the 2024 Christmas holiday season:

Magic Kingdom: December 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, January 1, 2, 3
EPCOT: December 21, 28, 29, 31
Hollywood Studios: December 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Animal Kingdom: December 29, 30

Comparing Thanksgiving and Christmas Trends

Thanksgiving week saw record sell-outs for the Premier Pass, culminating with all four parks selling out for November 25. Christmas week has now followed suit, with December 29 replicating this milestone and even more dates selling out across all four parks.

Christmas week has surpassed Thanksgiving with more sold-out dates across the parks.

Tips for Guests Without a Premier Pass

If you haven't secured a Premier Pass for your visit, consider these alternatives:

Explore Other Lightning Lane Options: Multi Passes and Lightning Lane Single purchases may still be available.

Arrive Early: Standby lines are manageable with early park entry, especially for headliner attractions.
Adjust Your Plans: Visiting parks on less busy days or focusing on lesser-known attractions can still result in a magical experience.

What to Expect for Future Holidays

With both Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks setting records for sell-outs, similar patterns are likely during future peak periods like Spring Break and Memorial Day. Guests planning to visit Walt Disney World during these times should act early to secure Premier Passes or explore alternative strategies for navigating crowds.

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Splash4eva11 days ago

Than Thank you! Will take a look

Purduevian11 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.

Splash4eva11 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

Splash4eva11 days ago

Thank you will take a look

nickys11 days ago

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

MickeyLuv'r11 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'r11 days ago

Android here

JD8011 days ago

This is not how you do statistics.

Splash4eva11 days ago

Do we have an updated list and inventory drops?

Splash4eva11 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…

Splash4eva11 days ago

Apple here if that helps…

MickeyLuv'r11 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.

nickys11 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.