Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

[nickys]

Good question, I didn’t think to try and book anyway. Hopefully it was just a glitch on my end. We were still able to get LLs for every ride we wanted in World Showcase so it didn’t end up being that big of a deal.

The clue was actually in your original post.

Your next booking time is either when you tap in to your last booked ride or 2 hours have passed since you last booked a ride.

If it was 10am and you booked Soarin for 10:30, MDE would show your next window opened at 11:30am (end of your return window). If you then modified the return time to 11:30, then your next window would indeed open later, because you now have a return window of 11:30-12:30. Your next window would now be noon, 2 hours away.

If at 10am you had booked Soarin for 1pm your next booking window would be noon, 2 hours from when you booked. If you had pushed that back to 2pm, your next booking window would not have changed.

It was because you were booking within the next 2 hours that your window reset. You still have to meet one of the two requirements, so it became the earliest of 2 hours from now or the end of your new return window.

Therefore there is no change to the system.

 

[DisneyDreamer08]

The clue was actually in your original post.

Your next booking time is either when you tap in to your last booked ride or 2 hours have passed since you last booked a ride.

If it was 10am and you booked Soarin for 10:30, MDE would show your next window opened at 11:30am (end of your return window). If you then modified the return time to 11:30, then your next window would indeed open later, because you now have a return window of 11:30-12:30. Your next window would now be noon, 2 hours away.

If at 10am you had booked Soarin for 1pm your next booking window would be noon, 2 hours from when you booked. If you had pushed that back to 2pm, your next booking window would not have changed.

It was because you were booking within the next 2 hours that your window reset. You still have to meet one of the two requirements, so it became the earliest of 2 hours from now or the end of your new return window.

Therefore there is no change to the system.

I found the video. It happens around the 7 minute mark. This is what I am talking about.

 

[DisneyDreamer08]

The clue was actually in your original post.

Your next booking time is either when you tap in to your last booked ride or 2 hours have passed since you last booked a ride.

If it was 10am and you booked Soarin for 10:30, MDE would show your next window opened at 11:30am (end of your return window). If you then modified the return time to 11:30, then your next window would indeed open later, because you now have a return window of 11:30-12:30. Your next window would now be noon, 2 hours away.

If at 10am you had booked Soarin for 1pm your next booking window would be noon, 2 hours from when you booked. If you had pushed that back to 2pm, your next booking window would not have changed.

It was because you were booking within the next 2 hours that your window reset. You still have to meet one of the two requirements, so it became the earliest of 2 hours from now or the end of your new return window.

Therefore there is no change to the system.

I just reread this and I think I understand what you are saying
But I stand by my earlier statement that the system shouldn’t be this complicated

 

[nickys]

I just reread this and I think I understand what you are saying
But I stand by my earlier statement that the system shouldn’t be this complicated

I don’t think anyone could disagree with that!

 

[ThemeParkJunkee]

Going back to WDW June 5-7 with no park tickets. Haven't gone since 2018. They have to change a lot. Just staying at POFQ and enjoying some restaurants with free Disney Reward dollars.

 

[DCBaker]

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train will reportedly remain an Individual Lightning Lane after TRON Lightcycle / Run opens.

 

[Touchdown]

Between GotG and SDMT I don’t like that Disney is going away from their one VQ ride, one ILL per park rule. It’s not guest friendly.

 

[Trauma]

Between GotG and SDMT I don’t like that Disney is going away from their one VQ ride, one ILL per park rule. It’s not guest friendly.

Don’t forget Bob really cares about the guests and the parks being to expensive.

Everything will be better soon. Trust them

 

[GhostHost1000]

Of course they will keep Mine Train and ILL. I mean why would they make Genie+ more usable while Splash is out when they can charge extra for not 1 but 2 rides

No worrie$ though, they $aid they are li$tening to the fan$ about high pricing

 

[arich35]

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train will reportedly remain an Individual Lightning Lane after TRON Lightcycle / Run opens.

Such a dumb decision. With Splash down, Genie+ is not as good at MK as before.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Such a dumb decision. With Splash down, Genie+ is not as good at MK as before.

Not to worry, I’m sure Tiana’s Navi River Journey will be well worth the wait!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

But that’s too nuanced: if you pay to ride an old junior coaster in mine train…or buy a $150 ticket to cut the wait down some as they close the park and reopen it at 7 pm…
…and then call it “an experience”…

…you ARE the problem. And you're actually destroying the park. Because there’s no end to the nosedive once you start feeding the greed machine with no boundaries.

…but feel free to self justify…they’re counting on it

 

[MisterPenguin]

Remember, you can join multiple VQs, but you can only purchase one two [edit] ILL per day. Choose wisely.

 

[Touchdown]

Remember, you can join multiple VQs, but you can only purchase one ILL per day. Choose wisely.

Which is why this is stupid, oh well SDMT standby will move faster.

 

[UNCgolf]

Not to worry, I’m sure Tiana’s Navi River Journey will be well worth the wait!

If it's Na'vi River Journey on an E ticket scale -- i.e. longer and more AAs but with NRJ's attention to overall place-setting and detail -- it will absolutely be worth the wait. That would mean they built an awesome attraction.

 

[Tha Realest]

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train will reportedly remain an Individual Lightning Lane after TRON Lightcycle / Run opens.

Can we all agree this man is a liar who only cares about the perception that Disney is expensive rather than the reality of the fact they nickle and dime at every chance they can get?

Moving SDMT off of ILL would be one way to demonstrate an eagerness to reign in the price hikes.

Don’t listen to what he SAYS - watch what he DOES.

 

[DisneyDreamer08]

Remember, you can join multiple VQs, but you can only purchase one ILL per day. Choose wisely.

You can purchase two per day.

 

[MisterPenguin]

You can purchase two per day.

My bad. I misremembered or they changed it. Sorry!

 

[GhostHost1000]

Is it still possible to do an attraction that you had booked on G+, book the next after you scan in, and then after the first attraction go in and keep trying to modify the 2nd attraction until you get a time close to the time you want (or sooner)?

I still wish they would just let everyone book the times they want like Fp+

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

If it's Na'vi River Journey on an E ticket scale -- i.e. longer and more AAs but with NRJ's attention to overall place-setting and detail -- it will absolutely be worth the wait. That would mean they built an awesome attraction.

You got a lot of hope for a shoehorned/mismatched overlay for a movie that frankly was never that popular…