Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

[JD80]

This seems like it will work great for people who go in the morning and can then use additional selections the rest of the day, but that's not how I go. I liked stacking Genie+ and going later in the day and evening. I would not have minded fewer selections if still free but charging and fewer opportunities? I don't like it.

You can prebook 3 at any time of your choosing assuming availability. So that's a pre-stack of 3. If you were to do it currently, with park open at 9AM, those bookings would be at 7AM, 11AM and 1PM. If you're not in the park by 3PM where your 4th booking would happen, you are technically losing out compared to today just on quantity.

However, with this version, assuming times work out for you, you can prebook 7 days out for each day, and not have to worry about waking up at 7AM and managing booking windows every 2 hours after.

It's an upgrade for everyone honestly.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

As i have said. FP worked for me and Genie may have worked even better…

You never paid extra for the first…and “may” on genie?

 

[Dranth]

This seems like it will work great for people who go in the morning and can then use additional selections the rest of the day, but that's not how I go. I liked stacking Genie+ and going later in the day and evening. I would not have minded fewer selections if still free but charging and fewer opportunities? I don't like it.

This. We didn't always ride a bunch of rides but we had the ones we wanted because I could stack and move times to fit how we were feeling each day. Good days we could roll in early and go nuts, rough days we could wait until late afternoon and still get a few good rides in. I really liked the overall flexibility.

This is a massive downgrade if that has been removed.

 

[aladdin2007]

what a racket...so what if you plan/buy all of this a couple days in advance or whenever but then need to change plans and cancel if you know you cant make it the day before or day of etc?

 

[wedenterprises]

part of me wishes they'd just add in ILL into this and just charge more for it. ...but they'll likely just charge more for both

Agreed. The ILL/Multi Pass idea is ridiculous and super confusing. It's the E-ticket classification all over again.

 

[Disneydad1012]

I think you can select your times though... so when you enter the park you could have 3 + ILLs if you'd like

true...so you get big thunder, dumbo and its a small world booked for early evening.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Agreed. The ILL/Multi Pass idea is ridiculous and super confusing. It's the E-ticket classification all over again.

whatever they can do to make more...

most changes aren't just for the guest experience

 

[JD80]

You can see what is available for your three picks … and then show up to find that the service is basically unusable beyond that, which is what could easily happen with FastPass+ in ye olden days, except that it wasn’t worth stressing about because it was free.

I mean you can be angry at it I guess, but this is a major improvement from what we have currently. Outside the cost, this is a massive improvement over FP+ from a functional level. FP+ always had the risk of being unusable after 3 anyway.

 

[wedenterprises]

I think you can select your times though... so when you enter the park you could have 3 + ILLs if you'd like

which is an underrated nice change. Being able to select your time instead of modifying all day long.

 

[DCLcruiser]

Have they announced what this will cost?

The official images show $27 for LL Multi Pass. So assume that is the price +/-.

 

[DCBaker]

Doesn't say anywhere about getting fp again for the same ride. @wdwmagic do you have any info on this?

Disney has confirmed it is limit one Lightning Lane entry per attraction, per day.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Would be fun to be in the “naming” meeting just to hear the ideas that were worse and more confusing than what they always end up with … …

I was there

“Disneys Igeriffic magical experiency adventure” was the runner up

 

[sWANNISAX]

So if you select three for each day before you pay? How is the server going to be able to handle people holding times and then backing out? They can barely handle anything tech wise. This hold times with pre select then pay seems like a lot of computing power.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Have they announced what this will cost?

They left that part out

The official images show $27 for LL Multi Pass. So assume that is the price +/-.

You know what happens when you assume

 

[James Alucobond]

I mean you can be angry at it I guess, but this is a major improvement from what we have currently. Outside the cost, this is a massive improvement over FP+ from a functional level. FP+ always had the risk of being unusable after 3 anyway.

I’m not angry as I never bought Genie+ anyway and managed without it. I’m just expressing that I don’t think it’ll be the improvement people imagined (and inexplicably begged for because they didn’t want to be roused at 7am or whatever).

 

[Liloandstitch3]

They’d solve a lot of their “capacity issues” if they eliminate ILL/single pass and put all rides into the same bucket available to pre book with the multi pass.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

I’m gonna get stoned to death for this but I hope this comes with a significant price increase.

The core issue with FastPass+ and Genie+ was too many people using it thus making its whole purpose rather pointless. Having been to multiple parks with a $80+ skip the line option, its evident that this all works better when less people are using it. A skip the line option should be a premium option, not something that every single person in the park can access for $25.

Universal’s version is far and away the best version. Priced appropriately with an experience that matches its $100+ price. My Universal Orlando trip was incredible with the Express.

The pricier it is, the less people in the park will be using it, making the LL line actually a true worthwhile skip the line.

But Disney will never do that. They want as many people as possible using the service.

 

[Schweino]

This thread is way more exciting than my job as a technical account manager right now. Popcorn!

 

[donsullivan]

Disney has confirmed it is limit one Lightning Lane entry per attraction, per day.

I'll get flamed for this but I'm glad they are doing this. It prevents the veteran visitors from taking over every boarding slot on popular attractions totally blocking others out from actually experiencing things by learning how to ride it multiple times a day. Since every attraction has finite capacity, limiting everyone to one ride per day gives far more people a chance to experience the popular attractions.

 

[JD80]

Curious if they are confident on DAS usage to allow even more selections in the park.

Also, will be curious if prebooking pools are smaller than actual pools. So for example, Prebooking pool for SDD has 100 slots. Once the park open the park releases 500 more slots for day of so it never sells out the day of and there is something available early in the day.

Can't wait for people to find new release windows.