Thanksgiving Crowds Push Disney World Lightning Lane Premier Pass to All-Park Sell-Out

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Posted: Sunday November 24, 2024 3:25pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

For the first time since its debut, the Lightning Lane Premier Pass has sold out for all four Walt Disney World theme parks on the same day—November 25, 2024. The high-demand reflects the heavy crowds expected during the Thanksgiving holiday week and the increasing popularity of Disney’s newest add-on option for skipping standby lines.

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A First for the Premier Pass

The Lightning Lane Premier Pass allows one-time access to all available Lightning Lane attractions in a single park on a selected day. While specific parks have sold out on individual dates in the past, this marks the first time that all four Walt Disney World parks—Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom—have completely sold out the pass on the same day. November 25 is also the first time that Lightning Lane Premier Pass at Disney's Animal Kingdom has sold out.

If you were planning to purchase a Lightning Lane Premier Pass for November 25 and haven’t secured one yet, here are your options:

Use Other Lightning Lane Services: Consider the Lightning Lane Multi Pass or Lightning Lane Single purchases. These options require booking arrival windows for each attraction but may still be available.
Visit the Parks Without Premier: Though Premier Pass is sold out, standby lines remain an option. Arrive early, prioritize attractions.

This resort-wide sell-out highlights the growing popularity of the Lightning Lane Premier Pass among Disney guests. With holiday crowds ramping up, similar sell-outs could occur on key dates in December, particularly around Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

View current and upcoming Lighting Lane Premier Pass pricing

Stay tuned for updates on availability and tips for navigating the parks during the busiest time of the year.

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Ayla2 hours ago

My niece is arriving tomorrow for her first visit- with her 1 year old. She assured me it wouldn't be crowded, after I told her how slammed it was going to be. 😂 She also assured me she was seeing Harry Potter, but didn't need different tickets. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤪

SplashJacket3 hours ago

Disney is not going to suddenly stop being a corporation, so I actually prefer for them to do stuff like this (and the Star cruiser) where they try to drive revenue increases by charging way more for those who can afford it. Better than just raising tickets by x percent each year.

erstwo3 hours ago

Did anyone else check wait times today? I checked at 2pm eastern and MK and Epcot seemed calm/ no insane wait times. R& R seemed to be down at HS - Rise was 130 minutes standby and ToT nearing 120. AK was high waits but nothing insane in any of the parks. It will be interesting to check in later this week. Maybe today was the calm before the storm.

WDWhopper3 hours ago

It was $20,000 for a week at WDW in 2010 (including airfare, park tix and deluxe resort) Try closer to $35k+ now.

SplashJacket5 hours ago

You absolutely don’t, and I’d fully expect it to be a very small allotment, otherwise it risks messing with their very expensive and thorough crowd management schemes that work because of Genie+. DAS was basically this, but DAS is slightly reigned in by high wait attractions taking longer to provide a return time. If you have 50,000 people in MK on a busy day, and 1,000 people have this, that’s 2% of people. You’re already dealing with an income group that’s probably weighted mostly towards the top half of incomes, so top 2% of that is about the top 1% of earners, and that group takes in close to a million a year. This doesn’t account for the foreign guests (who also tend to be very wealthy). If you’re making a million a year, dropping $20,000 on a week long Disney trip ($6000 in Premier, $2400 on tickets, $7000 on concierge hotel, $4,600 on transport, food, souvenirs, etc) isn’t that crazy. That’s a much smaller fraction than most of us pay of our annual income on vacations. Anyway, this isn’t designed for the average person, or anyone close to that, so complaining about prices being unreasonable for the average person is silly. Is $20,000 for a week at Disney worth it? For me? No. But I value a dollar very differently from someone making a million a year. It’s all relative

Chi845 hours ago

How do you know who has Premier Pass? I haven’t been following this thread so ignore if it’s not a valid question.

WDWhopper6 hours ago

I don’t know, I don’t see a lot of CEOs in those lines. I see a lot of Missourians.

SingleRider6 hours ago

SplashJacket7 hours ago

Your family from Missouri isn’t buying this. Your CEO or business owner pulling in a a million a year is buying this. It’s likely an extremely small percentage of people buying this, but people very largely underestimate wealth inequality. Going to Disney in general is out of reach for most people, but within that gradient, there’s a group making an incredible amount of money. The star cruiser failed not because there weren’t enough people who could pay, but because there weren’t enough people within that group who wanted that experience.

WDWhopper8 hours ago

What is happening with prices and why are people not pushing back against this? Just 4 years ago, a family of 4 could get into a park and have a nice day for under $700. Now it’s closer to $2000. I’m sure most of this is going on credit cards or coming out of home equity, because incomes have went up, but not by 150%. I’m seriously beginning to worry about what happens when this crazy inflationary period busts. It’s going to be brutal and could make 2008 look like a walk in the park. (No pun intended)

Nottamus9 hours ago

I might have missed that day- but did Disney ever announce how many they WOULD sell per park per day?

DCBaker10 hours ago

Lightning Lane Premier Pass is now sold out for all parks tomorrow, November 25:

DCBaker1 day ago

Lightning Lane Premier Pass has now sold out at EPCOT on November 25. Here's a look at the dates and park locations that are currently sold out: Magic Kingdom: Nov. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 Hollywood Studios: Nov. 25, 26, 28 EPCOT: Nov. 25