Walt Disney World Lightning Lane Prices Go Up Again with Second Hike in October

Sep 30, 2024 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Monday September 30, 2024 7:10am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Just days after the last price adjustment, Walt Disney World has announced another increase in pricing for Lightning Lane Single attractions, effective October 21, 2024.

The following attractions will see their highest prices yet:

  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $14 (currently $11, $12 on October 18)
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $22 (currently $20, $21 on October 18)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $19 (currently $16, $17 on October 18)
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $18 (currently $14, $17 on October 18))

This second wave of price hikes in October comes amid continued high demand for these popular attractions, especially during peak times. The new prices reflect Walt Disney World's continued use of dynamic pricing, where Lightning Lane costs fluctuate based on expected crowd levels, holidays, and other high-demand periods.

In new pricing made available over the weekend, October 18 will see the first round of price rises. On that date, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train rose to $13 (from $12), TRON Lightcycle / Run increased to $21 (from $20), and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind went up to $18 (from $17). 

Notably, Disney appears to be more willing to adjust pricing on the new Lightning Lane Single service than it did on its predecessor. TRON Lightcycle Run remained at a fixed price of $20 for its entire period on the original Lightning Lane service.

Star Wars Rise of the Resistance has not seen any price increase, which remains at $25.

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Purduevian1 day 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+.

HauntedPirate1 day 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? 😉

Nottamus1 day 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.

Disstevefan11 day ago

Its good to see them adjust downward sometimes :)

IanDLBZF3 days ago

JD803 days ago

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

DCBaker3 days ago

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

Purduevian3 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.

Splash4eva10 days ago

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

DisneyDreamer0812 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.

arich3513 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.

Purduevian13 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