Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

[Patcheslee]

Wait 30 minutes, or book LL for $9 and wait 25 to enter the LL....

 

[dreday3]

All of the current wait times in HS are lower than the return times for Genie+..........


Not much of a value here other than SDD

Wait 30 minutes, or book LL for $9 and wait 25 to enter the LL....View attachment 594458

Are you guys mad or happy about this?

So far it works for people who want to schedule their rides, and so far it works for people who don't.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

How so? The park didn't open until 9:00am, regardless of how early I woke up. As it was, we had to circle around HS several times because they wouldn't let any vehicles into the parking lot before 7:30am. We were first in line at the non-early entry turnstiles and by the time we got to the tail end of RotR the posted wait time was 160 minutes, close to our actual wait of 155 minutes.

Ah yes, I'll absolutely concede that this system sucks if you're staying off property.

 

[Jeff4272]

Wait 30 minutes, or book LL for $9 and wait 25 to enter the LL....View attachment 594458

LOL........Mr. Penguin, where are you?

Great job WDW!

who the heck would pay for this?

I go back to my earlier post:

Buy the one top IAS ride in each park and then standby everything else........


Not worth the $ in any way shape or form


Now lets hear the angry guys come at me again

 

[UNCgolf]

If they're going to release inventory throughout the day, then booking something 4 hours away seems like a bad decision for most people. Just book something that has availability sometime soon even if it's something minor and then keep checking for more release times of the attraction you wanted. That way you're able to use Genie+ for more attractions overall since the 2 hour window resets once you use your current one instead of having to wait two more hours.

 

[pdude81]

If they're going to release inventory throughout the day, then booking something 4 hours away seems like a bad decision for most people. Just book something that has availability sometime soon even if it's something minor and then keep checking for more release times of the attraction you wanted. That way you're able to use Genie+ for more attractions overall since the 2 hour window resets once you use your current one instead of having to wait two hours.

Unless you want to stack for later and ride standby early. I'm waiting to see if these are exclusive windows like FP or if you could have a 2pm and a 2:30. Even if I was able to pick up a 2p, 3p, 4p, etc. that could be a preferred option for some.

 

[Patcheslee]

Are you guys mad or happy about this?

So far it works for people who want to schedule their rides, and so far it works for people who don't.

Just pointing out that paying doesn't avoid a wait in this instance, only change is where you wait.

 

[LovePop]

Wait 30 minutes, or book LL for $9 and wait 25 to enter the LL....View attachment 594458

That's how it's supposed to work. That way, you don't have to wait in line. The wait time for LL should nomally be longer than standby wait time, so that you are not getting ahead of people, you are joining the line, just waiting somewhere else more comfortable.

 

[MickeyCookies]

Haven’t seen this answered yet, forgive me if I missed it. We have a party of 7 going in November but different families. Will one of us have to book the IAS for everyone on one MDX account and just take the charge? We can spilt it up later, but would like to know what to expect…

 

[UNCgolf]

Unless you want to stack for later and ride standby early. I'm waiting to see if these are exclusive windows like FP or if you could have a 2pm and a 2:30. Even if I was able to pick up a 2p, 3p, 4p, etc. that could be a preferred option for some.

Yeah, I meant if standby lines are already long.

 

[Andrew C]

Just pointing out that paying doesn't avoid a wait in this instance, only change is where you wait.

You could ride another ride through standby that has a short queue and then come back to the LL one, rather than waiting in line for a single attraction. The choice is yours.

 

[hopemax]

So are there still standby lanes for everything except Remy? If so, the best plan would be to rope drop the most popular ILL rides right? Like RotR

Not necessarily. So many people think rope drop is best, it ends up not being best. You really have to be at the front of the wave, not the back or you get 90 min or 2 hr waits. Now that resort guests have EE, you are more likely going to end up in the back half.

I find the “do it at closing” works better. Or in some cases like at Harry Potter and FOP, lunchtime. There will be a long wait, but you hit a temporary valley point. If you zigged while rope droppers zagged and got stuck in 2 hr waits and knocked off 3 or 4 things before their wait times rose, you have bought yourself the ability to stand in 1 60 minute line. I’m okay with 10, 10, 10, 60. Others hate the 60 so much they would rather do 10, 20, 30, 40. Even though their total is 100 min and mine is only 90.

 

[LovePop]

All of the current wait times in HS are lower than the return times for Genie+..........


Not much of a value here other than SDD

The point is that you don't wait in line, you wait somewhere else more comfortable, like do shopping.

 

[Jeff4272]

Not necessarily. So many people think rope drop is best, it ends up not being best. You really have to be at the front of the wave, not the back or you get 90 min or 2 hr waits. Now that resort guests have EE, you are more likely going to end up in the back half.

I find the “do it at closing” works better. Or in some cases like at Harry Potter and FOP, lunchtime. There will be a long wait, but you hit a temporary valley point. If you zigged while rope droppers zagged and got stuck in 2 hr waits and knocked off 3 or 4 things before their wait times rose, you have bought yourself the ability to stand in 1 60 minute line. I’m okay with 10, 10, 10, 60. Others hate the 60 so much they would rather do 10, 20, 30, 40. Even though their total is 100 min and mine is only 90.

I did Harry Porter at closing at Hollywood Studios my last trip and didnt wait at all

 

[Andrew C]

It is not different than FP really when it comes to making decisions...you got a FP for an attraction you thought was worth it. Sometimes the short queue didn't make it worth it. Difference is that you have to pay now...which hopefully means that LL queue won't be as long as FP queues, and won't destroy standby lines at the same time...

 

[Indy_UK]

I did Harry Porter at closing at Hollywood Studios my last trip and didnt wait at all

Now thats impressive

 

[TimeTrip]

LOL........Mr. Penguin, where are you?

Great job WDW!

who the heck would pay for this?

Someone who wants to save 30 minutes? In the quoted scenario, you don't have to "wait" at the LL entrance for 25 minutes. For some people they might consider it worth the price to do something else in the meantime.

 

[CJR]

The point is that you don't wait in line, you wait somewhere else more comfortable, like do shopping.

I would guess, most people are in a standby for another attraction. Some might use the time to grab lunch.

Outside of a few locations, there's no real point to shop since the same merchandise is mostly available everywhere, including at hotels.

 

[Ripken10]

Just thinking about how we keep seeing drops of inventory for the Genie+ selections, I am wondering if Disney is releasing inventory based on purchases, and everytime the total genie+ purchases reaches a predetermined level, a % of inventory is released that people can select from. If true, it is likely something we will see happen more often early on, and level off in the coming days. There is some reasons this would make sense and be beneficial, but certainly would look odd to us following on a day like today.

 

[rmclain73]

The point is that you don't wait in line, you wait somewhere else more comfortable, like do shopping.

I would rather wait in line than "do shopping".