What to Pick With Lightning Lane Multi Pass
I presume that you’ve heard the big news by now.
Disney has overhauled its virtual queuing system, putting the power back in the hands of park guests.
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Magic Kingdom
As of July 24th, you may once again plan Walt Disney World park visits ahead of time.
That’s because the new Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass systems allow you to purchase and book in advance!
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Now that you have the power once more, let’s talk about the ideal ways to use it.
Here are the best options for Lightning Lane Multi Pass at Walt Disney World.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
I’m on record as saying that you need Disney Genie+ the least at Animal Kingdom.
Since Lightning Lane Multi Pass is basically the same thing, the same statement applies.
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Still, I realize that many of you are Park Hoppers and will use Animal Kingdom as the starting point for your park day.
As such, we’ll presume that you are either Park Hopping or ignore my advice and buying the Multi Pass anyway.
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Animal Kingdom
In that case, here’s what you need to know. At some parks, Disney has introduced a tiered system with Multi Pass.
When booking up to a week before your park visit, you can choose one attraction from the top tier and two attractions from the bottom tier.
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Lightning Lane
Animal Kingdom isn’t one of those parks because what would be the point? So, this park is the easiest place to plan ahead.
The choices are clear, assuming that you want to experience the best attractions while not standing in line excessively.
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Lightning Lane
Here’s the list of options under the new system:
- DINOSAUR
- Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
- Feathered Friends in Flight!
- Festival of the Lion King
- Finding Nemo: The Big Blue… and Beyond!
- It’s Tough to Be a Bug!
- Kali River Rapids
- Kilimanjaro Safaris
- Naʻvi River Journey
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Lightning Lane
Obviously, you should pick your favorites since they’re the ones you’ll enjoy the most.
From a visit efficiency perspective, I’d recommend these three, though.
- Expedition Everest
- Kilimanjaro Safaris
- Na’vi River Journey
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Expedition Everest
The only other attraction I’d consider is Festival of the Lion King, but not everyone does it during a park visit.
So, those are the three rides with the combination of longest average wait times and best reputation.
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Festival of the Lion King
In the summer, Kali River Rapids makes sense, too. Again, should you feel differently, pick something else instead!
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Woof. Here’s the hardest one of all, at least in my opinion.
This is one of the parks where Disney employs a top tier wherein you can only pick one attraction.
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Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Your options are:
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
- Slinky Dog Dash
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Slinky Dog Dash
Since Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster will have just reopened, it’ll be particularly popular now.
Still, I view this one as having an obvious choice. Slinky Dog Dash offers the fewest number of virtual queue bookings.
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Slinky Dog Dash standby wait time
Also, the attraction typically requires the longest wait at the park, including Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.
So, you should book Slinky Dog Dash no matter what. However, if that booking is sold out or unavailable, the choice is tougher.
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Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster requires the longest average wait as a rule, but Runaway Railway and Smugglers Run are better rides, in my opinion.
So, I’d suggest Runaway Railway, but Star Wars fans should pick Smugglers Run.
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Millennium Falcon
From the second group, your options are:
- Alien Swirling Saucers
- Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage
- Disney Junior Play & Dance!
- For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
- Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
- Muppet*Vision 3D
- Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™
- Toy Story Mania!
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Tower of Terror
Remember that you can pick two of these! Again, the best options strike me as obvious, though.
You’ll want Tower of Terror and Toy Story Mania, each of which required an average wait of an hour last week.
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At Hollywood Studios, you’ll benefit the most from purchasing Lightning Lane Multi Pass, especially under the new system!
EPCOT
Just last month, I was saying that you needn’t purchase Disney Genie+ at EPCOT.
However, Lightning Lane Multi Pass changes the calculus a bit.
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Spaceship Earth
You can choose one attraction from this list of three:
- Frozen Ever After
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
- Soarin’ Around the World
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Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
There’s a clear pecking order for these attractions. Frozen Ever After requires the longest or second-longest wait.
The Arendelle ride is also arguably the best in the park. So, it’s the top choice.
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Frozen Ever After
Meanwhile, Soarin’ and Ratatouille are both excellent rides you want to experience during your visit.
If Frozen isn’t available, I’d strongly encourage you to book Ratatouille, which averages a substantially longer wait.
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Soarin’
If you love Soarin’, feel free to ignore me, though!
Then, you can book any two of these attractions:
- Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival
- Journey into Imagination with Figment
- Living with the Land
- Mission: SPACE
- The Seas with Nemo & Friends
- Spaceship Earth
- Turtle Talk with Crush
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Journey into Imagination with Figment
I’ll level with you that you don’t NEED to book any of these, as they all require modest waits.
Still, two of them average longer wait times than the others.
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Mission: SPACE
So, I’d politely suggest Mission: SPACE and Spaceship Earth.
If Mission: SPACE is too rough for you, Living with the Land would be next, but it’s still rarely more than 20-25 minutes of line time.
Magic Kingdom
Finally, we have the most open-ended discussion at Magic Kingdom.
Due to the sheer volume of high-quality attractions available here, you may feel overwhelmed by your choices.
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Cinderella Castle
Thankfully, the oncoming system highlights the best options for you.
Here are the Magic Kingdom rides in the top tier of Multi Pass:
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Jungle Cruise
- Peter Pan’s Flight
- Space Mountain
- Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
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Peter Pan’s Flight
You can pick one of them. In terms of average wait times last week, Space Mountain, Peter Pan’s Flight, and Jungle Cruise were virtually tied.
All three averaged around an hour of line time. Meanwhile, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure just opened on June 28, 2024.
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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Since the attraction isn’t offering a standby queue, at least initially, it’s the no-brainer here.
Your only other way to experience the attraction is via the free virtual queue, which will likely book quickly.
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Virtual Queue
So, I’d strongly suggest that you buy a Multi Pass for a Magic Kingdom visit.
Then, at least for the next few months, you should book Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.
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Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
The massive throughput of this attraction will eventually reduce its wait times.
At that point, you should pick whichever of the four interests you the most since they’re all about the same.
More about Magic Kingdom
The other tier at Magic Kingdom includes:
- The Barnstormer
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Haunted Mansion
- “it’s a small world”
- Mad Tea Party
- The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic
- Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Tomorrowland Speedway
- Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid
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Haunted Mansion
There ARE a couple of right and wrong answers here. For instance, I’m a PhilharMagic superfan.
Even I wouldn’t recommend that you waste one of your advanced booking on that show.
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Mickey’s PhilharMagic
Similarly, you can usually find times when Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Journey of The Little Mermaid require short waits.
Conversely, Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean remain popular throughout the day since they’re classics.
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Also, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin lacks the throughput of other attractions. So, it’s a good option as well.
I’d strongly encourage you to choose between these three. Remember that you’ll get more chances later!
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Under the oncoming system, you can still book more Multi Pass attractions once you utilize your first three.
Similarly, nothing is stopping you from picking three attractions from the lower lists at the parks.
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I wouldn’t describe it as the best bang for your buck. Then again, only you know what makes you happiest!
Under the new system, Disney again empowers you to schedule the best vacation for you and yours.
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