Ariel's Grotto added to the Lightning Lane line-up at Magic Kingdom

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Ariels Grotto overview

Posted: Sunday January 22, 2023 7:58am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Ariel's Grotto reopens today at Magic Kingdom, and the meet and greet experience has now been added to the park's Lightning Lane line-up.

Ariel's Grotto is now part of Genie+ at Magic Kingdom

"Meet Ariel at Her Grotto" is now included with Genie+, giving access to the Lightning Lane as part of the ride reservation service.

Ariels Grotto overview

Disney Genie+ is a purchase option within the Disney Genie service that makes the former FastPass line available at select attractions, now called Lightning Lane. Certain headline attractions are not part of Genie+, and Lightning Lane access at those attractions requires an Individual Attraction purchase which varies in prices.

Learn more about Disney Genie from our recent articles, including a Disney Genie FAQ, and Genie discussion on the WDWMAGIC Forums.

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Mr. SullivanApr 14, 2026

That is correct. You can only purchase it in the park and it will be a different set of available attractions each day.

dmc493Apr 14, 2026

Looks like Universal's rolling out a similar Single Pass-style option for Express called Express Now. It's hard to feel out the parameters of the new offering from the Reddit commentary, but looks like you can only buy in park and rides available vary based on queue demand?

MickeyLuv'rMar 30, 2026

On my recent visit just a few weeks ago, I actually had better pop-ups occur than I did on a slower day earlier this year. Early this year, on a very slow day: Frozen, Remy, and TT were all sold out before the park opened. A few weeks back, Remy was actually available until 10am or so and Soarin' was available much of the day, even though it was a much busier park day. The return times you list for Nemo, LwtL, Figment, and SSE are similar to what I saw for LL pre-book availability on the very slow day. Standby waits for those rides were almost all walk-on most of the day, except LwtL around lunchtime, and SE spiked up to about 15minutes mid-day for a little while.

PurduevianMar 30, 2026

Sold out LLMP day at Epcot ~11:50am Sold out LLs: Frozen, Remy, Soarin, Test Track Nemo 1:25pm Crush 1:40pm Living with the Land 1:45pm Figment 2:50pm SSE 4:55pm Mission Space 6:30pm Available now: Pixar Honestly not as bad as I thought

HauntedPirateMar 27, 2026

It still could be exactly that. :cautious:

Vegas Disney FanMar 27, 2026

I’m actually happy to see this, it shows they actually do limit it. Our first time using MP, before you could prebook 3, we only got 1 at HS before everything was sold out, it was a horrible first experience and we felt completely ripped off. We had a much better experience the second time we used it because we were able to pick 3 before paying for it. If they don’t restrict MP it’s just an expensive FP with the same capacity issues FP was supposedly cancelled over.

PurduevianMar 27, 2026

Just interesting what availability for a sold out day looks like: Sold out: Test Track and Soarin Remy: 5:15pm Mission Space: 4:50pm Spaceship Earth: 2:20pm Frozen: 1:15pm Figment: 11:40am Nemo: 11:30am The Land: 11:25am Pixar: 10:40pm

DisneyDreamer08Mar 27, 2026

So while I know it’s common for Single Pass to sell out, I’m not sure I’ve seen multipass sell out before the day of. Multipass for Epcot is sold out Monday March 30th.

Splash4evaDec 01, 2025

Yes some definitely are better than others especially your CM comment. I stopped going there for years it got so bad but it has been better of late but agreed nothing to write home about anymore

Splash4evaDec 01, 2025

See my comment regarding the Boathouse…

Splash4evaDec 01, 2025

Thats the crusher. My 11 y/o daughter being charged as an adult let alone the price they charge for kids…

SirwalterraleighDec 01, 2025

As are some of the family style locations

HauntedPirateDec 01, 2025

The Chef Mickey dinner is a shadow of its former self.

SirwalterraleighDec 01, 2025

Yeah…like trying to extract maximum yield through fomo tactics while having a general disdain for their customers at the top levels? That kinda thing?