Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

[Ponderer]

This was before. Now , if you are rich you are very welcome. If not, you cannot afford to Disney. Bob has changed policies of Disney. I think if Disney was alive Bob would be lay off

Nah. Walt squeezed every merchandising opportunity imaginable and Bob would be off in the salt mines, doing that.

 

[Walt d]

For even more convenience and flexibility, there are two other options for enjoying our theme parks, through a queue we are introducing called the Lightning Lane entrance that also saves you time in line:

• Disney Genie+ service (available for purchase): For the price of $15 per ticket per day at Walt Disney World Resort and $20 per ticket per day at Disneyland Resort, choose the next available time to arrive at a variety of attractions and experiences using the Lightning Lane entrance. You can make one selection at a time, throughout the day – from classics like Haunted Mansion to thrill rides like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and newer favorites like Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run (attractions subject to limited availability). This convenient option is the next evolution of the fan-favorite Disney MaxPass service from Disneyland Resort. Disney Genie+ will also include Disney parks-themed audio experiences and photo features to capture your memories – augmented reality lenses for those visiting Walt Disney World Resort and unlimited Disney PhotoPass downloads from your day if you are visiting Disneyland Resort.
• Individual attraction selections (available for purchase): Schedule a time to arrive at up to two highly demanded attractions each day using the Lightning Lane entrance – like Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom Park and Radiator Springs Racers at Disney California Adventure park (subject to limited availability; attractions not included with Disney Genie+). Pricing for this option will vary by date, attraction and park and will be announced closer to launch.

When are they changing the fee to$50.95

 

[HoustonHorn]

So if you're onsite with park hopper and add Genie+ for the day, at 7:00 AM you can pay for 2 scheduled Lightning Lanes for headliners across any park + make your first Lightning Lane for a non-headliner. After you use that, you can make additional non-headliner Lightning Lanes based on availability.

I don't hate this. But I'm a rope-dropper with only one child and a wife who doesn't ride rides, so it's "only" going to cost me $30/day extra. But at least it isn't a pay-per-ride for all rides.

Do we know when they are dropping the list of Tier 1 and Tier 2 attractions?

 

[flynnibus]

This will be hugely popular with single day guests. I would avoid Magic Kingdom on Saturdays for the foreseeable future.

Before pandemic... EVERY guest had 3 FPs up front ... then 1 at a time
Now... majority of guests will have 0 FPs up front and 1 at a time
And some guests will have 2 extra FPs.

Given these numbers there should be LESS Lightning Passes used then FP+ was used.

 

[Ponderer]

There is no way to describe this as savings…it’s the lines from 1998 with more people OR paying daily or by the minute fees to operate the clunky fastpass+ system using the maxpass interface.

please don’t do this.

What am I doing? I’m literally just figuring out if you need to buy PhotoPass if you do this. Good grief. Not everything is an agenda.

 

[Figgy1]

Dumb question. Will you have to pay for Genie to be able to access DAS?

 

[tallica]

I did. It was as clear as mud. That’s why I posted my questions here.

Sorry, from the questions you asked I thought you had not read it.

 

[FigmentsFangirl]

$15 per day, per person.

So just to LOOK at the thing is 15 bucks ? Yeah, I'm not gonna bother with it then. I will gladly stick with the standby lines

 

[durangojim]

I'm mostly disgruntled that the Lightning Lane logo is "LL" and not a staggered LL to make a lightning bolt

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Would look too much like an SS symbol

 

[Javier Antonio Nisa Avila]

Genie+ is paid FastPass, which you book one at a time.

Lightning Lane is a la carte FastPass, which you can book two of.

Finally, Bob got it. Disney is designed for rich people. They told us they never will price fastpass et voilà

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Nah. No way. Ariel and Small World and buzz are not headliners.

No…he meant the e tickets will all be pay to play.

 

[peter11435]

Now I am praying that this does not get rolled out until Oct 1 so I can have one last trip w/o it.

And I loved MaxPass. But this cuts out many of its good parts.

What did you love about MaxPass that this doesn’t include?

 

[nickys]

This announcement makes Boarding Groups obsolete.

No it doesn’t. They have now specifically said both Rise and Rat will have the BG system and the Lightning Pass option.

 

[Waters Back Side]

It's the old FP system except digital -- aka maxpass. You get one FP at a time... just like the old days.

The net is you get less FP to use, and you get to pay for that privilege

Yeah but for extra cost of 15 dollars you can select multiple non headliners at once. Mansion ,pirates, peter pan, etc etc at certain times no? So you do 0ne ride at a time but have a spot later for other rides and with a minimal wait. It's how I take it at least.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

So just to LOOK at the thing is 15 bucks ? Yeah, I'm not gonna bother with it then. I will gladly stick with the standby lines

No. What the heck are you lunatics talking about?

 

[mdcpr]

So this means that you the 'basic' WDW experience will be an entry fee with long lines and good luck if you get on 3 rides in one day.

 

[Mickeyboof]

And can we use these attractions or only one attraction per day?

Genie+ grants users the ability to book one fastpass at a time to LOWER TIER rides, like teacups. Once you use a fastpass (now called Lightning Lane), you can book another.

genie+ for $15 DOES NOT include TOP TIER rides like Mine Train or Rise of the Resistance.

 

[UNCgolf]

Except fewer people will be doing it. THAT'S what you're paying for.

You'd hope, but I have a feeling the vast majority of guests will be purchasing this.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

What am I doing? I’m literally just figuring out if you need to buy PhotoPass if you do this. Good grief. Not everything is an agenda.

Any suggestion of “savings” is silly and you need to be able to just live with that…

…unless they dropped the gate fee? Did they?

 

[peter11435]

I think all of them....

They’ve already stated BTM will be included in the standard Genie+. Along with 40+ other attractions at WDW.