Latest on Disney Genie rollout and Individual Attraction purchases lineup at Walt Disney World

Sep 28, 2021 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Tuesday September 28, 2021 6:42am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney Genie appears to be remaining on track to go live at Walt Disney World during October 2021 - shortly after the start of the resort's 50th-anniversary celebrations.

Lightning Lane sign at "it's a small world"

Disney is yet to make an official announcement on a live date, but since our last update, sources tell us that the rollout of Disney Genie has been pushed back a couple of weeks, shifting from the first week to the third week of October 2021. Timings may shift further, and until officially announced by Disney, should be treated as speculation. For the west coast, the debut at Disneyland is expected a few weeks later.

Lightning Lane sign at Under the Sea - Journey of the Little Mermaid

In addition to the shift in start date, the lineup of Individual Attraction purchases for Lightning Lane access is now expected to be:

Disney's Hollywood Studios - Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Slinky Dog Dash
Magic Kingdom - Space Mountain, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
EPCOT - Frozen Ever After, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure
Disney's Animal Kingdom - Expedition Everest and Avatar Flight of Passage

Lightning Lane signage at Star Wars Rise of the Resistance

As a reminder, the attractions above are likely not included as part of the $15 per day Disney Genie+, and will require an individual attraction purchase to access the Lightning Lane. Pricing for this option will vary by date, attraction, and park and is still to be announced. We have heard reliable speculation that puts pricing between $4 and $24 depending on date, attraction, and demand.

You can learn more in our Disney Genie FAQ.

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Purduevian7 days ago

Learned a new G+ tip the other day and I thought I would share. If you are refreshing looking for a better time on a single ride... Don't pull down to refresh then click the ride once you see a better time come up. Often times you will be too slow and someone else will have gotten that better time. Instead of refreshing that main page, simply click the ride on whatever time it does to move on to the confirmation screen. The time will automatically shift to the latest time available (which might be different that the tip board screen). If it is not the time you want, click back and do it again. This way if you see a time, you are holding that time as soon as you see it.

allgiggles7 days ago

I've seen many people say they don't like having to be on their phone all day. I didn't experience that. I'd book a LL, set an alarm for a few minutes before the next booking time, and then put my phone away. Lather, rinse, repeat. I don't remember spending more than about 5 (*maybe* 10) minutes on my phone every time I was scheduling another LL. My husband spent *way* more time than that on his phone and he didn't schedule *any* LLs. It was no worse than it was with FP+. And it sure beats having to walk to the ride you wanted to ride to get a FP for it or walking to a kiosk and standing in line to schedule a FP+ before you could do it on the app. I'd venture to guess that I spent more time in the FP/FP+ kiosk days walking back and forth across the parks to get the rides we wanted compared to the amount of time I was on my phone for G+. At least I can parallel process when using my phone -- doing the scheduling while eating a snack or meal or while standing in line somewhere.

GhostHost10008 days ago

Well I’ve had decent luck using it as well after learning the tricks but I spend an enormous time on my phone all day playing the game which I don’t like

allgiggles8 days ago

Didn't need fixing. I'm ok paying for it, I just don't want it to be $35/day. I felt like $15-20 was a good price. We were FP+ power users, but we had even better success with G+/ILL.

GhostHost10008 days ago

Fixed your post

allgiggles8 days ago

Oh how I wish these would be the prices when we're there next month.

DCBaker8 days ago

Here's a look at pricing for Genie+ today - the last time prices were at this level was February 25, 2024.

Splash4eva11 days ago

& to pre pay before the trip for its entirety

Fido Chuckwagon11 days ago

Lol, how I long for the days when it was $15…

capndave12 days ago

Doesn't include the more popular attractions. You have to pay even more to access the lightening lane per ride for those attractions. Total money grab! Disney is pricing themselves out of existence .