New Lightning Lane System Launches Today at Walt Disney World: What You Need to Know

Jul 24, 2024 in "Disney Genie"

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Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass in My Disney Experience

Posted: Wednesday July 24, 2024 6:45am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Starting today, Walt Disney World's updated Lightning Lane system is officially live, bringing significant changes to the way guests can plan and experience high-demand attractions.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass in My Disney Experience

Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass

The rebranded services, Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass replace the old Genie+ and individual Lightning Lane services. This new system integrates elements from the former FastPass+ service, offering more flexibility and advance planning options.

Key Features of the New Lightning Lane Passes

Advance Planning: Resort guests can now make their Lightning Lane selections up to 7 days in advance, while non-resort guests can plan 3 days ahead. This change allows guests to secure their preferred experiences without the stress of last-minute decisions.

Multiple-Day Booking: Guests have the convenience of booking Lightning Lane passes for multiple days in one go, making vacation planning more streamlined.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass

With the Lightning Lane Multi Pass, guests can make up to three selections per day in advance from groups of attractions. These selections can be scheduled at specific times, adding a layer of predictability to the park visit. On the day of the visit, once a pass is used, guests can check the My Disney Experience app for additional availability.

Attractions by Tier

Lightning Lane Multi Pass will have 2 tiers of attractions at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and EPCOT. There are no tiers at Disney's Animal Kingdom. You can choose one selection from the first tier, and two selections from the second tier.

Magic Kingdom:

Tier 1: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan's Flight, Space Mountain, Tiana's Bayou Adventure
Tier 2: Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, "it's a small world", Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Mad Tea Party, Mickey's Philharmagic, Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club, The Barnstormer, Magic Carpets of Aladdin, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Tomorrowland Speedway, Journey of the Little Mermaid

EPCOT:

Tier 1: Remy's Ratatouille Adventure, Frozen Ever After, Soarin' Around the World
Tier 2: Journey Into Imagination with Figment, Living with the Land, Mission: SPACE, Spaceship Earth, The Seas with Nemo & Friends, Turtle Talk with Crush, Disney-Pixar Short Film Festival

Hollywood Studios:

Tier 1: Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, Rock' n' Roller Coaster, Slinky Dog Dash
Tier 2: The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror, Toy Story Mania!, Alien Swirling Saucers, Star Tours: The Adventure Continues, Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage, Disney Junior Play and Dance!, Frozen Sing-Along Celebration, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, Muppet*Vision 3D

Disney's Animal Kingdom

At Disney's Animal Kingdom, all attractions are available under a single tier.

Lightning Lane Single Pass

Like the former Individual Attraction Purchase, this pass continues to offer access to the most sought-after rides, with the added benefit of advance booking. Attractions include TRON Lightcycle Run and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Hollywood Studios, AVATAR Flight of Passage at Animal Kingdom, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT.

Planning Ahead

Disney Resort hotel guests and select hotel guests can plan Lightning Lane passes for their entire stay, up to 14 days, starting 7 days in advance. Other guests can plan up to 3 days in advance.

The My Disney Experience app has also been updated to facilitate quicker and easier planning, including a new option to purchase both Lightning Lane Single Pass and Lightning Lane Multi Pass in a single transaction.

Using Lightning Lane Passes

To use the Lightning Lane Multi Pass, guests can choose up to three attractions in advance for a particular park. Once they enter the park and use their pre-booked passes, they can check for additional availability on the app. This feature adds flexibility, allowing spontaneous plans based on real-time attraction availability.

For the Lightning Lane Single Pass, guests can book a time for high-demand attractions well before their visit, ensuring they don't miss out on must-see experiences. This advance booking option helps in better planning and managing park time.

Lightning Lane Pass Purchase Screen

The complimentary features of the Disney Genie service continue to be available in the My Disney Experience app. This includes personalized itineraries and real-time tips to optimize park visits.

For more details on how to make the most of the new Lightning Lane system, be sure to check out the latest Disney Genie news and our Lightning Lane Pass Guide and FAQ.

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Purduevian16 hours ago

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/lightning-lane-drop-times.984387/ This is what I've come up with so far (haven't looked in awhile, maybe I'll check again soon). If you are willing to pay, people have stated touring plans has a list as well. If you do pay for touring plans, don't share any of the information that is behind the payway! Good luck!

DisneyCane16 hours ago

My favorite thing to do with legacy FP, was to start the day in Epcot and, right before we left around 11:30, grabbed another TT FP with something like a 6:25 to 7:25 return time. Then go to another park and return to Epcot in the evening and get a "bonus" ride of TT with barely any wait. Those were the good ole days! With FP strategy we once took my sister-in-law to WDW for a single day and were able to ride all of the headliners at all 4 parks on a moderately crowded day.

nickys17 hours ago

You can but you will have the same restrictions as if you’d pre-booked them. Same park, little overlapping etc. A strategy for just booking one would be a very early return time so that once you tapped in you could then book any tiers in any park.

osian21 hours ago

Quick question - we know you can have three rolling LLs with MP, but you can only book a new one when you've used one up. So can you only get three rolling LLs if you've booked your three in advance? For example, if you've only booked one in advance then on the day when you're in the park can you book another two before you've used the first one?

arich3523 hours ago

Are there known drop times for Epcot rides day off?

wdisney90001 day ago

In Legacy FP days my brother and I did the same at Epcot rope drop (sans breakfast at Sunshine Seasons). We'd average 2 or 3 rides on TT and Soarin, SSE and usually 1 or 2 rides on El Rio Del Tiempo (now Gran Fiesta Tour) and head out of the park after getting lunch. And we loved getting an extra FP each before getting lunch (usually at Electric Umbrella) and handing them to a random couple on our way out.

MickeyLuv'r1 day ago

Right, and since we don't know when our BG will be called, and we have so little control over our LL return times, WDW has to allow a significant amount of grace. The day I was there Tiana's had some down time, so when it reopened we got in line, but we also had LL passes for 3 other rides. When we got in line for Tiana, according to the posted wait, we should have been okay to use our next LL, but then Tiana's took so stinking long, that we missed our next LL window entirely (SpaceMtn.?) By the time we got off Tiana's, we were well into the time window of our NEXT LL, which I think was Pirates, so we used Pirates first. It was afternoon in August, so plenty hot outside, and we had planned to take an afternoon break. Crossing the park twice wasn't going to happen. This is just one example when something beyond our control caused us to miss a LL window entirely. Early on, I tried to change some of the LL times, but it isn't feasible because there's a dearth of availability.

MickeyLuv'r1 day ago

I don't really see how they can close the loophole of allowing late LL use, at least not while: 1. they are still using BG 2. rides are unreliable 3. TS meal lengths are variable in a way that is unpredictable 4. we don't control our LL times. When booking the 3 initial passes, users don't get to choose return times, they are assigned. users are allowed to shuffle the times, and you can make them a bit later if you want, but as soon as you try to change them MDE shuffles the return times in a way that is somewhat random, and gives you later/worse return times with every shuffle. Once you are in the parks, you have no control over return times. Again, users can refresh, but the times assigned are random. The earliest time I could get for Tiana's was 3:30pm, and that was booking LL's exactly at 7am at 7days out. I would have much preferred an earlier time. I really wanted to be out of MK. After agreeing, I attempted (7days out at 7:01am) to refresh for an earlier pass, and all I got was much worse times, like 7:45pm, and even late PM options dried up within a few minutes.

MisterPenguin2 days ago

FP and Genie+ has always been 5 minutes early and 15 minutes late. The same for VQs and ILL. EXCEPT... GotG:CR stopped caring how late you were for ILL or VQ. 2 hours. 5 hours. They didn't care. Even if other VQ rides did care. Especially TRON, which was super strict. Unless you started to cry in front of the CM. Now?!... who knows. It's cats and dogs living together.

co100642 days ago

Used the new system today at DHS and have surprisingly been able to redeem all the multi-pass rides by now (1:45pm local time). I definitely prefer this to system to Genie+, but I may have had a different experience if I was staying off-property.

Purduevian2 days ago

Gottcha, I did a quick google search and lots of planning sites give the 15 mins, but I couldn't see anything on it from Disney. So: Officially official: Be on time Unofficially official: 15 min grace period In practice: 2 hour grace period Reality: Unlimited grace period at CM discretion

nickys2 days ago

That’s what CMs will tell you. Or what Plan Disney might say. 😁

Purduevian2 days ago

What does "Officially" even mean then if the light turns green after 2 hours?

nickys2 days ago

Officially it’s a 15 minute grace period. In practice though, the 2 hr grace period after the end time was in effect for G+ and is still in effect for LLs. And yes, the light turns green.