Skip the Lines with Disney World's New Lightning Lane Premier Pass - Now Available

Oct 30, 2024 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Wednesday October 30, 2024 6:55am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Starting today, October 30, 2024, Disney's new Lightning Lane Premier Pass is available for purchase, offering an option for guests staying at Disney Deluxe Resorts, Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts, and other select hotels. This pass provides a way to access multiple attractions within a single park, allowing visitors to skip standby lines and enjoy shorter waits at popular rides and experiences.

Lightning Lane Premier Pass provides access to every Lighting Lane attraction in the chosen park without selecting an arrival time

Overview of the Lightning Lane Premier Pass

The Lightning Lane Premier Pass offers unique flexibility compared to existing options like the Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass. Unlike other passes, Premier Pass holders do not need to select specific arrival times for each attraction. Instead, guests can access each available Lightning Lane experience in their chosen park whenever they wish, making it a more open-ended option for navigating the day.

The pass is also all-inclusive for each park's available Lightning Lane attractions, allowing one-time access to every Lightning Lane experience in a single park on the selected day. Additionally, the pass includes access to Disney PhotoPass digital downloads for select attraction photos and videos, similar to the perks included with the Multi Pass.

Eligibility and How to Purchase

This pass is exclusively available to guests staying at eligible resorts, including Disney Deluxe Resort Hotels, Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts, and select hotels like the Walt Disney World Dolphin, Swan, and Shades of Green. Eligible guests can purchase the pass for their entire stay, up to 14 days, by logging into the My Disney Experience app and following the prompts under the "Lightning Lane Premier Pass" option on the app's home screen.

Pricing and Availability

Prices for the Lightning Lane Premier Pass vary by date and park, with specific pricing details updated daily within the My Disney Experience app. View 21 days of advance Lightning Lane Premier Pass pricing.

Today's pricing (October 30, 2024) is:

Magic Kingdom: $329
EPCOT: $169
Disney's Hollywood Studios: $269
Disney's Animal Kingdom: $129

Quantities are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Guests planning to purchase should ensure they have valid theme park admission and, in some cases, a park reservation for the day they plan to use the pass.

Using the Premier Pass

Once the pass is purchased, guests can visit any Lightning Lane attraction in their selected park, using their linked MagicBand, Disney MagicMobile pass, or other admission method to tap into the attraction. The My Disney Experience app helps keep track of which attractions have been used and which remain available for the day.

Everything You Need to Know About Disney's New Lightning Lane Premier Pass at Walt Disney World

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Splash4eva10 days ago

Than Thank you! Will take a look

Purduevian10 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.

Splash4eva10 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

Splash4eva10 days ago

Thank you will take a look

nickys10 days ago

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

MickeyLuv'r10 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'r10 days ago

Android here

JD8010 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.