Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

[matt9112]

My friends used this system these past few days. They absolutely hated it. Left a bad taste in their mouth, ruined the experience, and worst of all they said it made everything more complicated and stressful.

If Disney want more money (it's a business after all) then just raise the bloody ticket prices, not this nonsense.

They want more levers.....tickets...food....merch...hotels and now this it allows them to mathematically speaking. Fine tune profit and perception.

 

[threvester]

In January (Passholder & resort) I was able to purchase G+ before 7AM. Wasn't able to do that in November. Guess they fixed it.

I am here now..ap staying at coronado..it would not let me purchase before 7 the first 2 days. I did the guest services thing, went back and forth with IT and it still didnt fix it. I decided to keep trying and this morning it worked. The difference was i did not preselect any park or rides for genie ahead of time. I had an 8 day trip and missed setting up day 7 from home. I have epcot and the tip board set up for tomorrow ( my last day) . If it wont let me purchase, ill know what the problem is

 

[threvester]

Was able to book it early again this morning. It appears the problem has been fixed for me, hopefully for all

 

[threvester]

Update: just recieved a message from disney IT that they have released a new version of the app (7.2) that should fix the ap issue

 

[HauntedPirate]

Update: just recieved a message from disney IT that they have released a new version of the app (7.2) that should fix the ap issue

That version is available via the Apple App Store.

 

[threvester]

That version is available via the Apple App Store.

I have an android and it was not available last week on play store.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

I have an android and it was not available last week on play store.

I think it just rolled out. Mine appears to have updated automatically yesterday.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I have an android and it was not available last week on play store.

It was released today for iOS. Check Google Play, it may be there now. I would check myself but I’m not at home to check in my Bluestacks install.

 

[threvester]

It was released today for iOS. Check Google Play, it may be there now. I would check myself but I’m not at home to check in my Bluestacks install.

My phone updated to it yesterday. Stephanie from IT emailed me today to let me know they released it and it should fix my issues. I was letting others know this should fix the AP issue

 

[HauntedPirate]

My phone updated to it yesterday. Stephanie from IT emailed me today to let me know they released it and it should fix my issues. I was letting others know this should fix the AP issue

Appreciate that! I know it's a definite PITA for a lot of people.

 

[Purduevian]

So it seems like we've had enough time to drop attractions into tier lists. What does everyone think of this list?

Park	S tier	A Tier	B tier	C tier	D tier
Magic Kingdom	Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan	Big Thunder, Splash, Haunted Mansion	Pirates	Buzz, Pooh, small world, Mermaid	Dumbo, Meet and greet, Barnstormer, Tea Party, Aladdin, Monster Inc, Speedway
EPCOT	Test Track	Soarin	Mission Space, Spaceship Earth	Living with the Land	Imagination, Nemo, Crush, Pixar
DHS	Slinky	Smugglers Run	RnRC, ToT	TSMM, Alien	ST, Olaf, BatB, Disney Jr. Frozen, Indy, Muppet
AK	Navi, Kilimanjaro	Dinosaur	Kali	Bug, Animation, fotLK	Feathered Friends in flight

 

[Jeff4272]

So it seems like we've had enough time to drop attractions into tier lists. What does everyone think of this list?

Park	S tier	A Tier	B tier	C tier	D tier
Magic Kingdom	Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan	Big Thunder, Splash, Haunted Mansion	Pirates	Buzz, Pooh, small world, Mermaid	Dumbo, Meet and greet, Barnstormer, Tea Party, Aladdin, Monster Inc, Speedway
EPCOT	Test Track	Soarin	Mission Space, Spaceship Earth	Living with the Land	Imagination, Nemo, Crush, Pixar
DHS	Slinky	Smugglers Run	RnRC, ToT	TSMM, Alien	ST, Olaf, BatB, Disney Jr. Frozen, Indy, Muppet
AK	Navi, Kilimanjaro	Dinosaur	Kali	Bug, Animation, fotLK	Feathered Friends in flight

What does S Tier stand for?

 

[Purduevian]

What does S Tier stand for?

I honestly had to google it. I've seen it used on a lot of Tier lists in the past, so I included it in this one. Apparently it stands for super or superb and is generally the highest ranking. Sometimes people put SS or S+ above S. Not sure why the lists don't just start with A.

 

[TheGuyThatMakesSwords]

I honestly had to google it. I've seen it used on a lot of Tier lists in the past, so I included it in this one. Apparently it stands for super or superb and is generally the highest ranking. Sometimes people put SS or S+ above S. Not sure why the lists don't just start with A.

I think we should go for "E Ticket", etc. After all, that's where WDW is headed... back to the past.

 

[disneygeek90]

I honestly had to google it. I've seen it used on a lot of Tier lists in the past, so I included it in this one. Apparently it stands for super or superb and is generally the highest ranking. Sometimes people put SS or S+ above S. Not sure why the lists don't just start with A.

The "tiers" are used commonly when rating video games, specifically character abilities in fighting or shooting games etc. The "S" may originate from academic grading in Japan which makes sense it could have branched from Nintendo games.

 

[Muffinpants]

So it seems like we've had enough time to drop attractions into tier lists. What does everyone think of this list?

Park	S tier	A Tier	B tier	C tier	D tier
Magic Kingdom	Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan	Big Thunder, Splash, Haunted Mansion	Pirates	Buzz, Pooh, small world, Mermaid	Dumbo, Meet and greet, Barnstormer, Tea Party, Aladdin, Monster Inc, Speedway
EPCOT	Test Track	Soarin	Mission Space, Spaceship Earth	Living with the Land	Imagination, Nemo, Crush, Pixar
DHS	Slinky	Smugglers Run	RnRC, ToT	TSMM, Alien	ST, Olaf, BatB, Disney Jr. Frozen, Indy, Muppet
AK	Navi, Kilimanjaro	Dinosaur	Kali	Bug, Animation, fotLK	Feathered Friends in flight

I would have to hard disagree on your S tier rides for Mk and Epcot. I would swap BtM and Hm to S and and jc and pp so C tier. For Epcot Soarin S tier TT D tier for me lol.

 

[James Alucobond]

I would have to hard disagree on your S tier rides for Mk and Epcot. I would swap BtM and Hm to S and and jc and pp so C tier. For Epcot Soarin S tier TT D tier for me lol.

I assumed this tiering was in relation to how “valuable” or worthwhile Genie+ purchases were for these attractions in terms of time saved. Don’t think it has to do with the actual attraction experience.

 

[Muffinpants]

I assumed this tiering was in relation to how “valuable” or worthwhile Lightning Lane purchases were for these attractions in terms of time saved. Don’t think it has to do with the actual attraction experience.

I mean if the ride has no value to the rider than LL value also changes. was just giving my alterations

 

[James Alucobond]

Right, but I think it’s just meant to say, “Genie+ really helps on the higher-tiered rides shown here, but not the lower-tiered ones.” Then, you can overlay your own thoughts about ride value and decide whether or not Genie will improve your experience.

 

[nickys]

So it seems like we've had enough time to drop attractions into tier lists. What does everyone think of this list?

Park	S tier	A Tier	B tier	C tier	D tier
Magic Kingdom	Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan	Big Thunder, Splash, Haunted Mansion	Pirates	Buzz, Pooh, small world, Mermaid	Dumbo, Meet and greet, Barnstormer, Tea Party, Aladdin, Monster Inc, Speedway
EPCOT	Test Track	Soarin	Mission Space, Spaceship Earth	Living with the Land	Imagination, Nemo, Crush, Pixar
DHS	Slinky	Smugglers Run	RnRC, ToT	TSMM, Alien	ST, Olaf, BatB, Disney Jr. Frozen, Indy, Muppet
AK	Navi, Kilimanjaro	Dinosaur	Kali	Bug, Animation, fotLK	Feathered Friends in flight

Depends what it’s rating.
Difficulty to get one? Then Slinky has to in a tier of its own since it sells out PDQ. And BTMRR is available quite late into the day.
What you should prioritise in booking? I’d have JC on its own in MK since you can’t ride it during early entry whilst you can get to PPF
Saving time in queues? Touring Plans have data on this, showing what order it is best to book them in.

And now that some meet & greets are being included that could change things too.