Category: Lightning Lane

Lightning Lane Premier Pass Expands Again

Premier Pass

Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, Walt Disney World will expand the Lightning Lane Premier Pass pilot to all Disney World guests.

The booking window will be consistent with Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass, allowing guests to purchase this option in advance of their visit. Guests can purchase Lightning Lane Premier Passes for days they have valid theme park admission starting at 7:00 AM Eastern Time on their first day of eligibility. The pass continues to be offered in very limited quantities.

Guests staying at a Disney Resort hotel or other select hotels can purchase Lightning Lane Premier Passes starting 7 days before the first day of their Resort stay, for their length of stay (up to 14 days). This early-planning benefit is available to registered guests staying at:

  • Disney Resort hotels
  • Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel  
  • Walt Disney World Swan Hotel  
  • Walt Disney World Swan Reserve  
  • Shades of Green Resort 

Guests not staying in a Disney Resort hotel can purchase Lightning Lane Premier Passes 3 days in advance. See additional details below, which vary based on admission type:  

  • Guests with date-based theme park tickets (which require the Guest to choose a start date at the time of purchase) can purchase 3 days before the first day of their ticket, for the total number of valid admission days on their ticket.  
  • Guests with other ticket types can purchase 3 days before their park visit.  
  • Annual Passholders can purchase 3 days before their park visit.  

For more details about the Premier Pass, please visit my Lightning Lane Premier Pass post.

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Lightning Lane Premier Pass Expands

Premier Pass

Beginning today, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, Walt Disney World will expand the Lightning Lane Premier Pass pilot to all Disney Resort hotels.

Guests staying at Disney Deluxe and Deluxe Villa, Moderate, Value Resorts, and other select hotels will be eligible to purchase up to seven days before the first day of their Resort stay – for their entire length of stay (up to 14 days).

For more details about the Premier Pass, please visit my Lightning Lane Premier Pass post.

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New Lightning Lane Service Starts Today

Lightning Lane Guide

Today, July 24, 2024, the Disney World Genie+ service will be renamed to Lightning Lane, with a few major changes. I’ve created a guide with all of the details you need to know.

View Lightning Lane Guide

I’ll update the guide as new details emerge. Check back often and Subscribe to my site to get notified of new posts.

Please contact me if you have any questions or if I can help plan your next Disney trip.

Have a magical day!

Breaking News: Genie+ Changes Announced!

Genie+ Changes

Big News! Disney just announced changes to Genie+ starting July 24, 2024 in an effort to make it less confusing and more user friendly.

First, to make it explicitly clear what you’re buying, they’ve renamed the two types of passes. Disney Genie+ service will become Lightning Lane Multi Pass, while individual Lightning Lane will now be known as Lightning Lane Single Pass.  

Second, at Disney World in Orlando, you can now select rides in advance so you don’t have to wake up at 7am each day of your trip anymore! Yay!

You can select up to 3 rides using your multi pass and/or 2 single pass rides. You’ll also be able to choose specific return window times when you make your selections, so you can plan around dining reservations and other plans.

Selections can be made as soon as 7 days before your trip for each day of your trip if you’re staying at a Disney resort or 3 days if you’re not.  On the day of your visit, once you use a selection, you may check the My Disney Experience app for availability to make additional selections. 

At Disneyland, Genie+ must still be booked the day of. Everything will work the same as it does now except for the name changes.

If you’re familiar with the old FastPass system when it used to let us pick 3 rides in advance, it’s basically returning back to that paradigm. There are some nuances to be aware of, such as picking rides from a tier system, and how all this effects your strategy of which rides to get first now. I’m sure more will be clarified in due time too.

I’ll update my Disney World Lightning Lane page with all of the details as it gets closer. For now, I just wanted to give you a quick heads up incase you have an upcoming trip soon after July 24th. If you do, feel free to ping me if you want to chat more about this.

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