First look at the Disney Genie app for Walt Disney World

Oct 19, 2021 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Tuesday October 19, 2021 6:24am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney Genie is now live after an overnight update to My Disney Experience for both iOS and Android devices.

Guests are now able to begin planning their day using Genie, purchase Genie+ to make Lightning Lane selections, and starting at 7am, make individual attraction purchases for headliner attractions.

Here is a look at the updated My Disney Experience app using Genie to plan a day.

Updating My Disney Experience to include Disney Genie

Before you get started, you may need to force an update to the My Disney Experience app. Go to the App Store, search for 'My Disney Experience' and you will see an update option.

App Store update details for My Disney Experience to enable Genie

Getting started with Disney Genie

On first start of the update My Disney Experience, the app offers a few tips on what Genie can do.

My Disney Experience intro to Disney Genie

Here is a first look at the new homepage with Disney Genie ready to begin planning.

My Disney Experience homepage with Disney Genie

My Disney Experience explanation of Lightning Lane

The new tip board shows what is available, wait times, and when Genie+ selections can be made.

My Disney Experience Disney Genie Tip Board

Genie Day Planning Process

Disney Genie begins by asking you a number of questions about your day to setup your personalized itinerary. It requires a Disney Park Pass to begin the planning process.

My Disney Experience Disney Genie planning your day

My Disney Experience Disney Genie Top Picks

My Disney Experience Disney Genie Dining Top Picks

My Disney Experience Disney Genie Choose Favorites

My Disney Experience Disney Genie Choose Interests

After gathering all the information about your interests and preferences, Genie then asks you to purchase Genie+ for $15 per person, per day. This potion gives you access to Lightning Lanes at participating attractions.

My Disney Experience Disney Genie sell page for Genie+

At this point, the planning process is complete for one park. You then have the option to setup a similar plan if park hopping to another theme park.

My Disney Experience Disney Genie Planning Complete

Keep checking back for more coverage of the first day with Disney Genie.

View our Disney Genie, Genie+, and Lightning Lane FAQ for Walt Disney World.

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Purduevian4 days ago

I was also there last week. Went to AK on 11/13. Didn't ride FOP, but under 5 min wait for Safari, Everest, dino, and triceratops. I waited 12 mins for Navi at the end of the night. MK of 11/14 (party day). I did LL for most attractions, but 10ish min wait for Buzz and small world. Finally EPCOT on 11/16 was actually busy, we LL everything but Frozen and remy were both posed over 70 mins when we rode and SSE and Soain were both 20+.

HauntedPirate4 days ago

You must be mistaken. We were just told by people in the parks 2 weeks ago that they were packed, lines were long, and dining reservations difficult to obtain. Are you sure Tron wasn’t 85 minutes and your rose-colored glasses aren’t altering your memories to push an agenda? 😉

Nottamus5 days ago

Yes, agreed! We were just there last week and ALL waits were pretty low. Low enough to where we didn’t pay anything ride related, but still managed to ride all we wanted - sometimes multiple times . The longest line in waited in was tron, which was 35 mins. Easy peasy.

Disstevefan15 days ago

Its good to see them adjust downward sometimes :)

wdwmagic5 days ago

Lightning Lane Single Pass for TRON Lightcycle Run Drops to Record Low Price https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/tron/news/20nov2024-lightning-lane-single-pass-for-tron-lightcycle-run-drops-to-record-low-price.htm

IanDLBZF6 days ago

JD806 days ago

I guess a little bit of that old money was spent. Wonder if they got a good interest rate.

DCBaker7 days ago

It appears Lightning Lane Premier Pass has sold out at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios for Monday, November 25:

Purduevian7 days ago

Just returned from the trip. If anyone is interested this is how it all went. We had a 21 month old with us and really had no interest in SM or Mission space for this trip MK: 11/14/24: Track 1: 8:30am HM>1:55 Peter Pan> noticed SM was broken, booked it x2 for ME passes while down(1 used for JC, 1 went unused)> 4:40pm Mermaid Track 2: 9:30am Pooh>11:15am Buzz> 12:30pm Big Thunder> Basically instant Pirates (kept pushing until we wanted to ride)> 4:20pm Barnstormer (didn't use) Track 3: 3:15pm Tiana>3:30 Carpets>4:40pm Dumbo Also Standby: Tiki room, Country Bears, Small World, people mover EPCOT 11/16/24: Track 1: 9:30am Nemo>Soarin was pretty instant, but pushed to 11:40ish> Track 2: 10:50am SSE>11:30am Living with the Land> noticed Figment was broken turned into ME (unused)> Keep moving figment back, to whatever time I wanted, but never ended up using it Track 3: 12:05 Frozen>5:30pm Remy Standby of Grand fiesta tour. Also, side note went to AK on 11/13, there was no need for LLMP. We didn't ride FOP, but our longest wait of the day was 11 mins for Navi.

wdwmagic10 days ago

EPCOT Lightning Lane Multi Pass Reaches New Peak Price for Start Of 2024 Holiday Season https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/disney-genie/news/15nov2024-epcot-lightning-lane-multi-pass-reaches-new-peak-price-for-start-of-2024-holiday-season.htm

Splash4eva14 days ago

Unless money was a make or break decision. Why would anyone want to wait in line willingly when there is another option?

DisneyDreamer0816 days ago

Yep been there 😂 I won’t say getting both LLs is impossible but you would likely have to try multiple times throughout the day. When my kids were younger, we would rope drop one and LL the other.

arich3516 days ago

We could but with a 5 and 4 year old, we try to avoid 45+ minute waits lol. We do have extra magic hours on Monday when we go next month so we will probably try to hit those two rides for sure.