Magic Kingdom's Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Lightning Lane Pricing Update

Dec 07, 2024 in "Disney Genie"

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Posted: Saturday December 7, 2024 7:15am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Update 11:00am ET: Lightning Lane Pricing Correction for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

Disney has announced a correction to this morning's Lightning Lane pricing for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. The maximum price has been reduced back to its original $14, instead of the previously stated $19. Guests who were charged the $19 price this morning will receive a refund.

Original Article:

The cost of Lightning Lane access for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom is set to reach a new record high of $19, up from the previous maximum of $14. This price hike, effective December 28, 2024, represents a 35% increase from the prior maximum.

Lightning Lane at Seven Dwarfs Mine Train wills soon cost as much as $19

Details of the Price Increase

New Maximum Price: $19
Previous Maximum Price: $14
Effective Date: December 28, 29, 30, 2024

This new pricing reflects continued demand for Lightning Lane access to one of the park's most popular attractions, especially during peak seasons like the holidays.

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: A Guest Favorite

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train remains a must-do for many Magic Kingdom visitors due to its mix of family-friendly thrills and its location in Fantasyland, near other high-demand attractions. The price adjustment is part of Disney's dynamic pricing strategy, which adjusts Lightning Lane costs based on expected crowd levels and demand.

What to Expect Moving Forward

Guests planning visits during peak times should prepare for higher Lightning Lane costs for popular rides, with prices often hitting their maximum limits during the busiest days.

For more updates on Lightning Lane pricing trends, stay tuned.

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nickys2 hours ago

Agreed. Touring Plans users have tested this to breaking point. So far, there has been a consistent 1 hr, 59 minutes leeway after the end of the return period. And that is without any CM interaction, just the light. Could it be changed? Absolutely. Is there a good reason to change it? Not really.

Purduevian2 hours ago

Trying to move this discussion out of the DAS thread and into the proper thread... If you are outside of the "grace" window for a LL, the little mickey will light up blue and then it is up to the cast member if they will let you in or not. I've only done this on the front end (arriving like 10 mins early). It is certainly up to the CM in that case. However, the claim from influencers (up to 2 hours late) and my own personal experience (~30 mins late) is the Mickey will light up green and there is no reaction or interaction from the CMs. It's as if you met the window/15 min grace period. I saw a similar thing with arriving hours late to a GOTG VQ awhile ago.

Disstevefan13 hours ago

This is great to hear! And its great you saved money not using LL! And I suspect the rest of 2025 and possibly 2026 will be easier to go without LL. Just speculation on my part but I am hopeful.

UberMouse3 hours ago

I have interesting info. We just got back from 8 days at WDW (DVC Member). My family consisted of My wife(43), Daughters (13 and 7), Son (13) and myself (47). We challenged ourselves not to use lightning lane, and we didn't, not even once. (Rode Tron twice), Rode EE probably 12 times). We did use Virtual Queue for Tiana once, and for GOTG twice, as it was necessary and of course free. We had one of the best trips since Genie and LL was released. We rode everything at all of the parks, many multiple times, and had a blast. I don't think we will ever pay to get through a line a little faster again. It slowed things down and we got to spend more time just talking instead of rushing around.

MisterPenguin4 hours ago

Nooo.... I was arguing against a model that assumed an hour's worth of people all showed up at once. *That* is a moment in time. My modeling very clearly laid out a continuous function over time and checked in on an hourly schedule to see what's happening. And like many *rate* problems, it starts at the initial condition, which, for a theme park, is a ride that is "on" and the beginning of the day when no one is in line yet and then progresses from there. You can't check in on a ride at noon and see a long line and understand how it got there unless you start from the beginning. The overflow from one hour to the next will build up. So, you have to watch that and see what happens when the ride's capacity hits its tipping point and the knock-on effects from there on.

flynnibus13 hours ago

It is how ride throughput is calculated and the steady state of the line is what people focus on. Not the transistion state that is invalidated within a short amount of time. It is the opposite of what you say - they do want ghe steady state

flynnibus13 hours ago

Your hypothetical is basically one moment in time… the time when the line starts. Guest demand will never continuously match the exact ride throughput. It’s not a real world scenario and why no one bothers with it when talking about operations over a period of time… not some artificial constrained example. If the rider has zero line and zero wait, the guest feedback loop will create a spike is demand for that ride, causing the ppl entering the queue per minute to increase. Your hypothetical dies within minutes of its birth…. Rides will not operate with zero queues unless there is no demand .. and the whole talk about queuing is pointless since there isn’t enough demand to generate a queue

MisterPenguin4 days ago

Now there's a line to get into line...

larryz4 days ago

Except at rope drop...

Chi845 days ago

Or people who prefer not to stand in lines and don’t mind paying.

JD805 days ago

I suspect people that say you have to get LLMP are people who haven't used it or gone to the parks in quite some time.

Dranth5 days ago

Similar to what we saw when we went in November. Our longest wait the whole trip was around 30 minutes with the overwhelming majority being less than that. I know some of the busiest days can still be bad but most of the time, people seriously overestimate how long the lines are these days.

JackCH5 days ago

My first trip back in about 3 years was in November, I was surprised how moderate the waits were for major attractions. Only got LL for Cosmic Rewind to make sure we could do it.