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.

Cosmic Rewind Lightning Lane will reach a nice high price of $19 on October 21, 2024

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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Dranth2 hours ago

Sure, technically they could have done anything but getting FP+ usage to drop to the current levels of LL would have required a massive reduction making it essentially useless without massive changes to how it worked (number of selections, re-rides, additional selections post using three, etc.). I would say it was both. FP+ was a problem that had to be fixed. It needed to change so that it wasn't eating so much capacity. Charging for a skip the line service is one way to accomplish that goal. That it also created a new revenue stream just made it the obvious best choice from a business point of view.

Purduevian1 day ago

I mean obviously Standby and Rope drop are options. However, the quantity/frequency that I am able to get on attractions will get worse if they move to a LLPP/Standby only system.

Disstevefan12 days ago

I have also see posts here saying families were able to get on attractions without having to purchase LLMP so there are ways.

Purduevian2 days ago

I sure hope not... I don't have the money for LLPP and I can typically do everything I want to do in a day with LLMP. And before someone comes in to tell me that the standby lines would be so short if they got rid of all the skip the lines I would still be able to do everything I wanted with a minimal wait... My "worst" trip to Disney was in October 2021 right before G+ launched and there was no skip the line (still had a great time, just not as good of a time). If the options were LLPP or standby online, I would visit a lot less.

Disgruntled Walt2 days ago

For sure. They've basically looked at all aspects of their parks and resorts and said, "Why aren't we profiting from _____?" Then they made it so they are.

nickys2 days ago

Hang on, is this why you think they introduced G+ rather than free FP+? That there were too many people using it that they decided it didn’t work. I think they simply decided this was a way to get some new revenue. Paid versions were already in place at DLP and at least one of Tokyo and Shanghai (possibly both) before WDW. When it was first rumoured the discussion included variations of all existing options. So they saw good sales in the other parks and wanted the revenue.

Jrb19792 days ago

I personally think they need to get rid of LLMP and just have the Premier Pass. Keep that limited.

Purduevian2 days ago

How would reducing the number of passes help the people buying LLMP? Wouldn't that just make rides sell out faster, causing people to get less lightning lanes per day, thus devaluing the upcharge? Disney for sure wants people to feel like LLMP is worth it so they buy it next time/tell their friends they should buy it.