Get a First Look at Lightning Lane Standing Area at Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
If you’ve been following along with MickeyBlog this morning, you’ll know that afternoon performances of Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade are NOW including as the $15 optional Disney Genie+ service at the Magic Kingdom.
Guests opting to pay the $15 per person per day can now choose as one of their selections a premium viewing location.
The premium location is located in the Plaza just to the right of Cinderella Castle.
If you opt to use this as your Genie+ selection, you are encouraged to look for the cast members before the parade to be let into the special viewing area.
The viewing area is quite nice and offers beautiful views of Cinderella Castle.
The sidewalk area just in front of the East gardens are roped off and patrolled by cast members.
This means that if you don’t have a Lightning Lane Pass, you are unable to view from this area.
As you can see from the image below Lightning Lane viewing does take up quite a sizeable area in front of the castle.
Those planning on checking out the parade but who don’t want to pay the premium pricing will want to steer clear of this area.
While we were waiting for the 12pm Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade to start, we did notice a handful of guests showing their Lightning Lane passes and entering the area.
However, we don’t think the word is out about this paid-for option as of yet as there was still plenty of room to be had.
This is a story that we’ll continue to monitor closely.
The Lightning Lane access does set a precedent for the return of other Disney World entertainment offerings and I would suspect we’ll see something similar when the Festival of the Fantasy Parade returns to the park.
Ultimate this may also be an option for fireworks viewing or stage shows. It remains to be seen but we’ll be keeping an eye out!
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