Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

[DCBaker]

It looks like they actually force a tier 1 selection.

Your first 3 can all be from Tier 2.

 

[surfsupdon]

Can I guess that groups, like Senior Class Trips, will be treated as offsite Guests (even though we stay onsite- Pop or CBR), because the dumb MDE does not recognize us and is not able to link a resort reservation to the Guest.

More and more, I really cannot stand this company. Pay our prices but don’t receive the benefits.

Can anyone confirm?

 

[Marionnette]

No one has mentioned the most important group of all and how it will affect them.

How are the influencers going to film their 'perfect day' etc videos if all the good pre selects are gone before 3 days out?

Take a minute to keep these people in your thoughts, they must be hurting right now.

They will most likely get one of those DVC rental companies to comp them a stay in one of their hard-to-unload confirmed reservations in exchange for a 30-second plug during their "how to" video.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I just saw this. Pre-books? Looks like they did come back after all.

…for a modest fee

3 and outs have returned! Praise be

 

[IanDLBZF]

Also, a tidbit I’d like to share: character meet and greets will no longer be included in lightning lanes whatsoever, effective 7/24. No LLS, no LLM.

List of Experiences Losing Skip-the-Line Status with New Lightning Lane Multi Pass Offering

Check out a list of experiences that will lose their skip-the-line status when the Lightning Lane Multi Pass rolls out July 24th

blogmickey.com

 

[Disney Glimpses]

Maybe. What if you cancel one at park open or refresh it?

I have no idea. I thought I understood how it worked and now I'm not sure

 

[JD80]

Time for math!

Assuming 4 park day vacation for a family of 4. Getting MP for every day.

With one SP $188 per day, with two SP $268

Your bill one week before your vacation: $752 or $1,072

How much do you think Disney will lose because of that price tag?

Assuming $27 a day for MP and $20 per SP (ILL)

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I’m glad it’s math class…because it’s surely not common sense or dignity time

 

[Disney Glimpses]

How much do you think Disney will lose because of that price tag?

I think many folks will get sticker shock but not nearly enough. Remember, they removed advanced purchases of Genie+ because it was taxing the system too heavily.

 

[JD80]

I think many folks will get sticker shock but not nearly enough. Remember, they removed advanced purchases of Genie+ because it was taxing the system too heavily.

Yeah but that was at $15. It's now double that.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

Yeah but that was at $15. It's now double that.

Good point but also a much, much bigger incentive now. I guess we'll see. I suspect inventory at 3 days will be light. I hope not.

 

[Goofnut1980]

No one has mentioned the most important group of all and how it will affect them.

How are the influencers going to film their 'perfect day' etc videos if all the good pre selects are gone before 3 days out?

Take a minute to keep these people in your thoughts, they must be hurting right now.

They will get DAS

 

[phillip9698]

Yeah but that was at $15. It's now double that.

People are paying $6k and up for a vacation, an extra 100 a day on tickets is not a barrier.

 

[wdwmagic]

Disney's New Lightning Lane Multi Pass: Which Genie+ Attractions Are Being Removed​

Disney's New Lightning Lane Multi Pass: Which Genie+ Attractions Are Being Removed

Disney's New Lightning Lane Multi Pass: Which Genie+ Attractions Are Being Removed

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[JD80]

Hey @PREMiERdrum I'd like to hear your opinion.

Since this system is now a pre-purchase (again), at what point does Disney start offering MP as a perk for booking a package? It's cheaper than offering free Hoppers ($90 per ticket vs. $20-30). If you package free hoppers and MP ($120ish value) it's about the same as a 30% discount at a moderate $400 rack rate room.

Now they can offer Rack Rate discount, Free Dining Discount (full price hoppers/rack rate), Free hopper/mp discount. They are all roughly the same "cost" depending on the number in your party.

 

[JD80]

People are paying $6k and up for a vacation, an extra 100 a day on tickets is not a barrier.

Maybe but they spend $6k already. 7 days before their trip they are asking to pony up $1k. Very different than spur of the moment the morning of a park day when you impulse buy.

 

[DisDude33]

Yeah but that was at $15. It's now double that.

Makes you wonder if they expanded the system’s capacity or if they just waited until the cost was keeping enough people away.

 

[lentesta]

Scott Gustin says otherwise on twitter.

I asked Media Relations, who said no re-rides.

 

[Goofnut1980]

Ya know what would make this better? When they open up the park 30 minutes early for
resort guests, open up the entire park

I would rather have the old one hour early on select days. You could actually knock out a lot in that time.

 

[JD80]

Good point but also a much, much bigger incentive now. I guess we'll see. I suspect inventory at 3 days will be light. I hope not.

I'm willing to bet that the full inventory of LL slots are not going to be available to prebook. They will drop them in pools throughout the day. The question for folks like @lentesta is how many are available pre book and how many are dropped and when throughout the day.