Walt Disney World Lightning Lane Prices Go Up Again with Second Hike in October

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Posted: Monday September 30, 2024 7:10am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Just days after the last price adjustment, Walt Disney World has announced another increase in pricing for Lightning Lane Single attractions, effective October 21, 2024.

The following attractions will see their highest prices yet:

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $14 (currently $11, $12 on October 18)
TRON Lightcycle / Run: $22 (currently $20, $21 on October 18)
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $19 (currently $16, $17 on October 18)
Avatar Flight of Passage: $18 (currently $14, $17 on October 18))

This second wave of price hikes in October comes amid continued high demand for these popular attractions, especially during peak times. The new prices reflect Walt Disney World's continued use of dynamic pricing, where Lightning Lane costs fluctuate based on expected crowd levels, holidays, and other high-demand periods.

Cosmic Rewind Lightning Lane will reach a nice high price of $19 on October 21, 2024

In new pricing made available over the weekend, October 18 will see the first round of price rises. On that date, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train rose to $13 (from $12), TRON Lightcycle / Run increased to $21 (from $20), and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind went up to $18 (from $17).

Notably, Disney appears to be more willing to adjust pricing on the new Lightning Lane Single service than it did on its predecessor. TRON Lightcycle Run remained at a fixed price of $20 for its entire period on the original Lightning Lane service.

Star Wars Rise of the Resistance has not seen any price increase, which remains at $25.

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Purduevian4 minutes ago

$75 is probably too much for me, but I still think at $50 per person per day is probably fair

Fido Chuckwagon12 minutes ago

Really though? It's a pretty crappy system that was built off the backbones of the existing IT infrastructure and the existing FP+ system, which is part of the reason why it is so buggy. It's not like they developed it from the ground up. Maxpass already existed at Disneyland and this was just a paid version of that.

ChrisRobin12416 minutes ago

I go frequently, spend quite a bit, buy LL multi and single. AND have an AARP card and play canasta!! So what's your point?

MisterPenguin17 minutes ago

You need to consider the source...

bmr159124 minutes ago

Unfortunately, I know.

KDM3109130 minutes ago

It has been soft. Apparently they will keep raising it until they can’t get away il The infrastructure was already in place well before they started charging for it. Yes, everyone values different things and if someone wants to pay the money, that’s fine with me, but my argument is no one should have to. This should just be abolished. One standby line moves much much faster than when you have these nonsense add on queues. WDW attractions are generally very efficient and LL destroys that.

Andrew C30 minutes ago

Really high, just like it is really high at Universal (more than the regular ticket in many cases). You would see a lot less people use this than the current system. Exactly. Simplify it.

JMcMahonEsq33 minutes ago

What do you think the price point ends up being for such a system? My understanding from rumors (having never visited or looked into Universal) is that their express pass system is basically a single price for the day, and operates like a simple line skip. Meaning whenever you want to go to that ride, you go through a separate entrance and cut the existing line, no return times, no reserving a time, ect. I also don't know how limited the sales of the pass is based on percentage of total visitors to the park on a given day. To have such flexibility for WDW I have to imagine the pricing would be significant, both to get the revenue that your missing from the smaller daily spends that your get from individual G+/LL type purchases AND to keep the number of such passes given out smaller so that they have actual value, as opposed to just everyone buying them and now it just becomes the norm and you get 2 stand by lines.

Jrb197937 minutes ago

First I wish you and others would stop looking down on other parks. They are not roadside attractions but parks that draw millions of guests a year. Second just cause people buy it doesn't necessarily mean it's good. Disney guests have been programmed to think they need LLs to enjoy the parks.

JMcMahonEsq41 minutes ago

Oh I don't doubt that the product is profitable, i was just commenting that it is absurd to say it doesn't cost anything. Thought I would be surprised (and i have no numbers or information contrary to yours so not saying your wrong) that the total R&D and implementation cost would only be 2X of yearly operational costs.

Ayla41 minutes ago

The topic of the thread is Disney World. There is no need to be specific in which location he's referencing.

Jrb197941 minutes ago

That part has bothered me as it's standard now for almost all parks. What's brothered me is charging for a crappy system. Simplify it and make it easy to use. None of this pre-booking return time nonsense.

JMcMahonEsq43 minutes ago

First who actually turns up to WDW without tickets already being purchased? WDW isn't some roadside park where people spur of the moment just decide to stop in and think about buying a ticket on a random Saturday morning. Second, if you really can't understand online ordering of different options with differing pricing, its time to take your AARP card and head off to play some canasta or something. We aren't talking multivariable calculus here. And third, do you see days where there are tons of LL's not being bought? When you are the back, assuming your still going and not just complaining on a MB about a place you don't go to, do you see LL lines that are empty bc people aren't buying and using them? It's not me saying so, is the consumer actually buying the product that shows people want it, or find value in it.