FULL GUIDE to Disney World’s New Lightning Lane System
In case you missed it, Disney World just debuted a brand new Lightning Lane system — replacing Genie+.
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Lightning Lane
In order for you to experience your best Disney World trip ever, we’re here to give you a FULL GUIDE to Disney World’s new Lightning Lane system!
The Basics
There are two key elements to Disney’s new Lightning Lane system — Multi Pass and Single Pass.
The Multi Pass is kind of like a mix of Genie+ and FastPass+, while the Single Pass replaces the Individual Lightning Lane a la carte option.
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With the Multi Pass, guests can select up to three Lightning Lanes at a time — we’ll get into the eligible rides in a bit. This comes at a daily price, but with the new system, guests are also able to book Lightning Lanes in advance.
Disney World hotel guests can start booking Lightning Lanes 7 days in advance, while everyone else can start booking 3 days in advance.
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The Single Pass is not really that different from how it operated as the Individual Lightning Lane option, although the advance booking is a nice bonus.
Guests can book up to two Single Passes per person, per day. We’ll get into which rides qualify for the Single Pass in a bit!
Pricing
Like Genie+, the pricing for both the Multi Pass and the Single Pass will vary depending on the date.
On launch day, July 24, 2024, the pricing for the Lightning Lane Multi Pass was as follows:
- Magic Kingdom: $29
- Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $26
- EPCOT: $21
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $18
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The Lightning Lane Single Pass rides were priced as such:
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $12
- TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance: $25
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $17
- Avatar Flight of Passage: $16
So far, the pricing for Magic Kingdom varies between $25-$29, Hollywood Studios ranges from $22-$26, EPCOT varies between $18-$21, and Animal Kingdom ranges from $16-$18.
Click here to read more about Lightning Lane pricing!
Rides
Multi Pass rides are divided into two different tiers per park, with the exception of Disney’s Animal Kingdom. You can select up to one experience from tier one and up to two (or choose all three) in tier two.
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When it comes to the Single Pass, guests can select and purchase up to two Lightning Lanes per day. And yes, you can purchase both the Multi Pass and up to two Single Passes daily.
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Note that NO character meet-and-greets are participating in the new Lightning Lane system.
See the qualifying Lightning Lane attractions below.
Magic Kingdom
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Tier One:
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Jungle Cruise
- Peter Pan’s Flight
- Space Mountain
- Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Tier Two:
- 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
Single Pass:
- Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
- TRON Lightcycle / Run
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
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Tier One:
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
- Slinky Dog Dash
Tier Two:
- 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!
Single Pass:
- Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
EPCOT
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EPCOT
Tier One:
- Frozen Ever After
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
- Soarin’ Around the World
Tier Two:
- 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
Single Pass:
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
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Animal Kingdom
Note that Animal Kingdom features a single tier of eligible Multi Pass Lightning Lanes.
- 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
- Na’vi River Journey
Single Pass
- Avatar Flight of Passage
When You Can Book
As we mentioned earlier, one of the biggest changes to come with Disney’s new Lightning Lane system is allowing guests to plan and purchase in advance.
With Genie+, you had to purchase it daily AND set an alarm for 7AM, when you could start booking Lightning Lanes.
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The new system gives you a little more flexibility and it comes with a huge perk for Disney World hotel guests.
If you’re staying in a qualifying Disney World hotel, you can begin making Lightning Lane reservations 7 days before the first day of your hotel stay, beginning at 7AM. You can book Lightning Lanes for your entire stay, or up to a total of 14 days.
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For everyone else, you can start making Lightning Lane reservations up to 3 days before your visit, beginning at 7AM. This means that guests NOT staying in Disney World hotels may have a harder time finding Lightning Lanes for popular rides, but it’s still an advantage to be able to plan your days out in advance.
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However, it’s important to note that you MUST be in the United States to book Lightning Lanes in advance. International guests are not able to purchase Lightning Lane passes or any advance reservations until after arriving in the United States, even if they’re staying in a Disney World hotel.
Booking & Modifying
Once you’re eligible to start booking, all you have to do is log into the My Disney Experience app. Make sure you have your tickets, Annual Pass, and/or hotel reservation linked to your account.
For the Multi Pass, you select your park of choice, and you can also indicate whether you’d like to purchase a Single Pass at the same time. You CAN make these purchases separately, should you choose to.
The app will separate the tier one and tier two rides, so you don’t have to worry about committing anything to memory.
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You can see what times are available, which makes your planning process a lot easier.
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The app will give you the first available time. If that time doesn’t work for you, tap Modify Time to change it!
There were times we picked a time and then changed our minds before checking out. No worries! We were able to modify the time slot while checking out.
You can’t overlap your initial Multi Pass Lightning Lane selections, but you can later modify and the app will allow some overlaps. Multi Pass Lightning Lanes and Single Pass Lightning Lanes can overlap at any time.
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Note that when you make your initial Lightning Lane reservations, you cannot swap tier two rides for tier one, but you can swap tier one for tier two. However, once you scan into your first Lightning Lane of the day, the tier level distinctions are essentially irrelevant, and you can hold multiple tier one rides at a time.
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When purchasing the Single Pass, you can purchase up to two Lightning Lanes per day. If you purchase your Single Pass selections in two different parks, the app will ask you what park you plan to visit first.
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Most importantly — REFRESH, REFRESH, REFRESH! We saw many Lightning Lanes come and go throughout the day, with two reporters’ phones even displaying different time slots at the same time. You never know what time slot may pop up!
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While we’ve seen some concern that this process will result in you being on your phone all day, it’s really not that different from the old FastPass+ or Genie+ systems. If you plan ahead and strategize well, you should only be on your phone for a minimal amount of time.
If you visit on an extremely busy day, frequently modify your reservations, or find yourself searching for specific times, however, you may be on your phone more often. It’s definitely one of those “your mileage may vary” kind of situations.
Watch our video below to see how the process works!
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Click here to learn more about booking and modifying Lightning Lanes!
Scanning In
With the Multi Pass, as soon as you scan into a Lightning Lane, you can book another (depending on availability), with a general maximum of three Lightning Lanes at a time, and/or two Single Passes.
Note that when we tried to scan into a Lightning Lane reservation about 10 minutes early, a Cast Member informed us that 5 minutes is the allowed grace period.
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Also, note that when we had a Multi Pass Lightning Lane window for one ride from 5:25PM to 6:25PM, we arrived at 6:44PM and were able to scan in with no issues.
Yhis will ultimately be at the Cast Member’s discretion, so don’t bank on this being a guarantee if you happen to be late to your reservation.
What If….?
There are a few caveats we have to mention.
If all three of your Lightning Lane reservations do not begin until, say, 5PM, you will be unable to book any more Lightning Lanes until you scan into your first booking at 5PM.
This is regardless of when you enter the park — meaning you could be in the park all day, unable to book more Lightning Lanes.
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If you miss your Lightning Lane reservation, aka your booking time window expires, we found that it stayed visible on the tip board.
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We were not able to modify the time slot once the Lightning Lane window expired. We could, however, cancel the expired Lightning Lane and rebook a new one.
While this may not be an issue for some of Disney’s less in-demand rides, you probably don’t want to miss your Lightning Lane window if you have a popular ride booked.
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Also, if a ride goes down while your Lightning Lane time slot is open, you’ll receive a “Select Experiences” option.
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We were prompted to select a new Lightning Lane, although some rides were not eligible for rebooking, so your experience may vary.
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Park Hopping
Yes, you CAN park hop with the new Lightning Lane system! It’s a little tricky but there are a few ways to make it work.
First, if you’re booking your Lightning Lanes in advance, you must book all three initial Lightning Lanes in the same park, even if you plan to park hop later that day.
Once you scan into your first Lightning Lane of the day, you can start reserving a Lightning Lane in your second park. You could also choose to modify your remaining two Lightning Lanes to your second park, if you desire.
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One park hopping strategy would be to only book one Lightning Lane initially. Why would you do this? Because once you scan into your first Lightning Lane, you can book your next Lightning Lane(s) in any park.
Note that we do not recommend this for most guests. There is no guarantee of Lightning Lane availability, so you may not even get the Lightning Lanes you want in the next park.
However, if you’re getting breakfast in one park and only want to ride one ride, or maybe you just want to stop in your first park for a single attraction, this may work for you if you’d prefer to avoid modifying your second two Lightning Lanes.
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One strategy we would recommend for Park Hoppers is to focus on getting EARLY times for your Lightning Lanes in the first park. After you scan into each Lightning Lane, you can then book a Lightning Lane in your second park. Basically, the sooner you can book, the more likely you’ll secure the rides you want in the second park.
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On one day, we were able to book and ride Tower of Terror, Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, and Slinky Dog Dash in Disney’s Hollywood Studios — all before noon.
Each time we scanned into those rides, we started booking for Magic Kingdom, and we ended up with Lightning Lanes for Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Space Mountain, and Haunted Mansion in the evening. Once we arrived at Magic Kingdom and scanned into Buzz, we then booked Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, so there were still desirable Lightning Lanes available even after 5PM!
This strategy is ideal for people who like to take midday breaks, whether you prefer to take a nap in your hotel, go for a swim to cool off, or whatever!
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In our experience, park hopping to Magic Kingdom seemed more challenging than the other parks — but as you can see above, we were still successful!
We will caution you, however, that if you’re not booking Lightning Lanes in a timely manner, you may have slim pickings as the day goes on, which means your favorite rides might already be sold out by the time you park hop. But — don’t forget to keep refreshing! You never know what might pop up.
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Changes Made in Advance
As we tested out the new system, we chose Animal Kingdom for our park on a future date. We purchased our Lightning Lane Multi Pass and made our reservations — only to later decide we should visit Magic Kingdom that day instead.
So are you stuck with your choice, or can you change it? After all, many of us change our minds in the throes of Disney World planning!
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Thankfully, you’re not chained to your park and Lightning Lane reservations — but there is a slight catch. If you remember the pricing we talked about above, each park has a different cost for the Lightning Lane Multi Pass, with Animal Kingdom having the lowest cost.
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It’s fairly easy to change our pre-selected parks in the app, but note that if you’re swapping Animal Kingdom for Magic Kingdom you will be prompted to pay the price difference. In our case, it was a $10 upcharge per person.
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We were then able to make our Lightning Lane reservations but keep in mind that there were far fewer time slots available than there would have been had we made our reservations sooner.
In our case, we could not find any available time slots before 4PM.
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But since modifying time slots can be done, we plan to keep refreshing our selections to find better, earlier time slots that day.
Overall
Disney World’s new Lightning Lane system is essentially what you make of it, just like with FastPass+ and Genie+. We actually prefer the new system over Genie+, as the advance planning, increased flexibility, and varying booking window opportunities are a huge plus.
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In terms of strategy, we recommend making your initial Lightning Lane reservations as soon as you are eligible and targeting time slots early in the day. The sooner you can scan into your Lightning Lanes and subsequently make new Lightning Lane reservations, the better!
We found that morning and mid-morning were the best times to find available Lightning Lane time slots. If you can’t find the time slots you want when booking in advance, we recommend refreshing the app on the morning of your visit.
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We also recommend having three Lightning Lane reservations at any given time. This maximizes your chances of using multiple Lightning Lanes without worrying about whether certain rides will “sell out.”
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Lightning Lane
If you want to make the most out of your trip and purchase, you may want to prepare and plan to be on your phone at times in the parks. However, if you’re a more casual user, there are still plenty of benefits to be enjoyed.
@mickeyblog_ We’re testing out Disney’s new skip the line service, The Lightning lane Multi Pass and Single Pass system. #disney #disneyworld #disneyparks #waltdisneyworld #orlandoflorida #disneynews #disneytiktok #magickingdom #lightninglane #multipass #singlepass ♬ Cruel Summer – Taylor Swift
Have you had a chance to give the new system a try yet? Tell us what you think!
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