Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

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GhostHost1000 said:
It’s supposed to be a paid skip the standby line pass into a “lightning” lane between a select timeframe to get on the attraction sooner.

Just like the free fastpass used to be but oh well
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No, it is not a paid skip the line system nor were FastPass and FastPass+ skip the line systems. The paid skip the line offering is the VIP tours.
 
GhostHost1000

GhostHost1000

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lazyboy97o said:
No, it is not a paid skip the line system nor were FastPass and FastPass+ skip the line systems. The paid skip the line offering is the VIP tours.
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It’s a skip the standby line for a shorter “lightning” line which isn’t always as advertised. We are saying the same thing just in a different way
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

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Trauma said:
So I’m currently in the FP+ line for big thunder mountain.

The wait for the “lightning lane “ is currently 30 minutes and backed up all the way to Tom Sawyer island.

Magic!
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So the lightning lane was 30 min. What was the standby wait time at that moment?

So here we are. Unless you want to pay the insane prices of the guided tours, best case when it’s a busy day is to pay for Genie+ or ILL to wait only 30 minutes.

I am sure glad they are limiting capacity to the parks 😉

It seems they were overly optimistic when they came up with the name “lighting” lane.

It’s more like “shorter waits than the poor folks in the standby” lane.
 
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Trauma

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Disstevefan1 said:
So the lightning lane was 30 min. What was the standby wait time at that moment?

So here we are. Unless you want to pay the insane prices of the guided tours, best case when it’s a busy day is to pay for Genie+ or ILL to wait only 30 minutes.

I am sure glad they are limiting capacity to the parks 😉

It seems they were overly optimistic when they came up with the name “lighting” lane.

It’s more like “shorter waits than the poor folks in the standby” lane.
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The posted standby time at that point 130 minutes.

Maybe it’s a MK thing? I just finished Guardian's and Remi who both have a 2+ hour wait time but the lightning lanes both where short and smooth.
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

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Trauma said:
The posted standby time at that point 130 minutes.

Maybe it’s a MK thing? I just finished Guardian's and Remi who both have a 2+ hour wait time but the lightning lanes both where short and smooth.
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Since guardians and Remi had 2+ hour standby wait lines, it’s sounds like they were letting in more lightning lane folks in and less standby compared to what they were doing at Thunder.

And I guess as it should be. You want to get on an attraction, you gotta pay the price.
 
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Trauma

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I have to say after the opportunity to use genie on some of the busiest days of the year it defiantly makes the day smooth as long as your willing to “abuse” the system a bit.

But hey, if your paying for it mine as well.

I’ve done everything I’ve wanted to do with zero waits. However it’s constant on your phone and that sucks.
 

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