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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co100643 days ago

Wait times at nearly all headliners are inflated before closing time. They generally won’t decrease the posted wait time within the last 30 minutes leading up park close (sometimes longer). This has been going on for several years (yes, even prior to paid FastPass), likely as a way to discourage people from hopping in line at the last second (more cost to Ops).

TheMaxRebo3 days ago

Plus if you overinflate the longer lines it could push people to shorter lines to help spread the crowds So multiple reasons to overinflate them a bit

TheMaxRebo3 days ago

I think it makes sense to slightly inflate times as if you post it at 30 mins and they wait 25 mins they are happy. It you post it at 20 mins and they wait 25 they are unhappy. Plus this "cushion" allows for some small downtime if it happens That doesn't excuse they drastically inflating it and when there is a money reason that could be a motivating factor it makes it feel wrong in a way it didn't before But I don't think any big deal if finding they are consistently 10-20% inflated

Splash4eva3 days ago

Altho i do not disagree with you but its simply false advertising. It also can deter people from going on a ride

bmr15913 days ago

To take the positive angle, it always feels better for a guest to see 40 minutes and it only be 30. It feels awful to see 30 minutes and it be 40.

Purduevian3 days ago

That I can agree with. This past trip I did not get LLMP at AK. ~5 mins before closing Na'vi said 45 min wait. I even asked the cast member at the front if they thought it was accurate, they said yes. 12 mins later I was sitting in my boat.

Splash4eva3 days ago

Listen im not saying its being done to make money and im not saying the opposite. All im saying is its being done intentionally for whatever reasons Disney has

Purduevian3 days ago

Apparently they inflate it ~84% of the time. I can't seem to find the post, but if I'm remembering right... it has nothing to do with LLMP or LLPP and Disney has just always done that.

Splash4eva3 days ago

I just find it funny that they all were incorrect by posting times longer then they actually were… like its almost a mathematical impossibility to be always wrong in the same direction. Lol

Disstevefan13 days ago

Exactly why I said for whatever reason they cant post accurate wait times and for whatever reason (if true) they intentionally inflate wait times.

Purduevian3 days ago

I think we've had this discussion before... if I remember right... Disney has always inflated wait times and there is no statistically significant difference between how much they inflate between pre and post paid skip the line services.

Disstevefan13 days ago

Its super rare the posted wait time is correct, For whatever reason Disney simply cant post accurate wait times.

Splash4eva3 days ago

Fwiw. I have a buddy who has been in parks since Saturday. Telling me posted wait times have been consistently off each day in each park.

TheMaxRebo18 days ago

Generally included is a buffet - will have some hot food (eggs, breakfast meats, maybe potatoes), and a lot hav make your own Mickey Waffles, will have cereal, Yoghurts, pastries, etc Usually nothing amazing but enough options that everyone can find something and fill you up Definitely depends on your situation but a nice thing to have included especially if a bigger family