Latest on Disney Genie rollout and Individual Attraction purchases lineup at Walt Disney World

Sep 28, 2021 in "Disney Genie"

Posted: Tuesday September 28, 2021 6:42am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney Genie appears to be remaining on track to go live at Walt Disney World during October 2021 - shortly after the start of the resort's 50th-anniversary celebrations.

Disney is yet to make an official announcement on a live date, but since our last update, sources tell us that the rollout of Disney Genie has been pushed back a couple of weeks, shifting from the first week to the third week of October 2021. Timings may shift further, and until officially announced by Disney, should be treated as speculation. For the west coast, the debut at Disneyland is expected a few weeks later.

In addition to the shift in start date, the lineup of Individual Attraction purchases for Lightning Lane access is now expected to be:

  • Disney's Hollywood Studios - Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Slinky Dog Dash
  • Magic Kingdom - Space Mountain, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
  • EPCOT - Frozen Ever After, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
  • Disney's Animal Kingdom - Expedition Everest and Avatar Flight of Passage

As a reminder, the attractions above are likely not included as part of the $15 per day Disney Genie+, and will require an individual attraction purchase to access the Lightning Lane. Pricing for this option will vary by date, attraction, and park and is still to be announced. We have heard reliable speculation that puts pricing between $4 and $24 depending on date, attraction, and demand.

You can learn more in our Disney Genie FAQ.

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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? 😉

Nottamus4 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 :)

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.

DCBaker6 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.

Splash4eva13 days ago

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

DisneyDreamer0815 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.

Purduevian16 days ago

Remy sometimes has a 1:48pm drop time. It's not every day but it's your best shot if Remy is sold out for the day