Updated Bullet points:
No Genie
- Show up, get in standby lines
- Can still use MDE
Genie
- The app that will plan your day 'for free' by guiding you to your preferred attractions (standby lines) throughout the day.
- Coming "this Fall" (no, no one knows when exactly, please don't ask)
Genie+ [G+$]
- Purchasing Genie+
- Costs $15 per day per guest per day at WDW; costs $20 at DL.
- G+$ can be bought on a day-to-day basis.
- If you purchase a multi-day ticket/package, you can add G+$ for the whole stay.
- APs can purchase G+$ per day on each day they attend.
- It is unknown at this time if Disney will have an option to pay one price to add G+$ to an AP for every visit (like a Park Hopper Pass can be added).
- Benefit: Lightning Lanes [LL]
- G+$ gives you access to Lightning Lanes (LLs, previously, FP Queues), which are available one-at-a-time throughout the day.
- In this way, you can schedule your LLs like Maxpass in DL or with the old paper passes.
- Shows you the next available scheduling slot for a slew of rides (with the exception of select 'tier 1' rides) and you pick one, and show up at the time.
- All guests can schedule their first LL at 7a at WDW. At DL, they can schedule their first LL once in the park.
- You don't have to be in the park in which your next LL is scheduled (so, you can chose your LL at the resort, e.g., or at another park and then hop)
- When can you grab your next LL? Book another LL when your return window opens for your current 'open' LL
- (Possibly: or a new LL in 2 hours [or 90 minutes], whichever is sooner, which is the current DL practice of Maxpass). This needs confirmation
- Benefits, Miscellaneous:
- at DL, Genie+$ gives you Photopass and audio tour tracks
- At WDW, G+$ doesn't give you photopass, but you get augmented reality lens and some audio tour tracks.
Individual Attractions Lightning Lanes $elect Experiences (LL$)
- Buy up to two Lightning Lane $elections (formerly, "fastpasses") for select rides, which are most likely the old Tier 1
- The select rides are most likely to be, but not fully confirmed, and can change with time are: Space, 7DMT, Test Track, Rat, RotR, Slinky, Kilimanjaro, and FoP (two from each park)
- OR... this will be the list: Space, 7DMT, FEA, Rat, RotR, MMRR, FoP, Everest
- Disney Resort Guests at WDW can purchase LL$ at 7am day-of.
- Non-resort-guests have to wait until the park opens to buy their LL$.
- You don't have to be in the park in which your LL$ is scheduled
- this way, you can chose your LL$ at the resort, e.g., or at another park and then hop
- You don't have to purchase Genie+$15 in order to buy your one or two LL$ (Lightning Lane $elect Experience). A person looking for rides on Genie (regular, not 'plus') will see a button to *purchase* a LL for select rides.
- Disney isn't sure what to call this. I guess we'll see which wording Disney will stick with. We've seen:
- Lightning Lane Select Experiences
- Individual Attraction Selections
- Individual Attractions
Virtual Queues
- Will be found under Genie (regular, not 'plus')
- RotR and Rat will have them.
- RotR will no longer have the 1 PM half-day lottery once Genie is active
- If you miss the VQ lottery:
- These attractions could possibly wind up with standby lines on slow days, or,
- you may be able to buy a LL$ for it under Genie (regular, not 'plus')
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See also...
Your most frequently asked questions about the new Disney Genie service coming to Walt Disney World.
www.wdwmagic.com
This might help:
For the new top tier rides (it seems to be 2 per park for now), like 7DMT, you have these options:
- Standby
- Purchase a LL$ (Individual Selection Lightning Lane) for some undetermined price for now
For the new top tier rides where are also a Boarding Group VQ (RotR, Rat) you have these options:
- Join the lottery at 7 AM (free)
- Purchase a LL$ (Individual Selection Lightning Lane) for some undetermined price for now
For almost all other rides (HM, BTMR, PPF, DINOSAUR, etc..), they have a Lightning Lane (previously called FastPass Queue), and your options are:
- Standby
- Purchase Genie+ for $15 per day per person, and you can schedule a LL one-at-a-time throughout the day
