Walt Disney World Announces Major Changes to Genie+ and Lightning Lane Including Advance Selections

Jun 25, 2024 in "Disney Genie"

Posted: Tuesday June 25, 2024 2:00pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has announced significant changes to its Genie+ service at the Walt Disney World theme parks, which will take effect on July 24, 2024.

Disney is launching multi-day advance Lightning Lane selections and other changes to its Genie service

On July 24, Walt Disney World will introduce new, simpler names. Disney Genie+ service will become Lightning Lane Multi Pass, while individual Lightning Lane will now be known as Lightning Lane Single Pass. Lightning Lane passes will blend features from current services and the previously offered FastPass+ service, which Disney says will give "guests the choice to plan ahead and removing the hassle of planning during their vacation."

New Lightning Lane Pass features:

Guests can make Lightning Lane plans ahead of arrival - 7 days in advance for resort guests, and 3 days in advance for non-resort guests.
The ability to choose experiences and times prior to purchasing.
Book Lightning Lane passes for multiple vacation days, all in a single day.

Here's how Lightning Lane passes will work beginning July 24, 2024.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass in My Disney Experience

Lightning Lane Multi Pass

When you purchase Lightning Lane Multi Pass, you may make up to 3 Lightning Lane selections in a theme park, in advance of your visit. You'll also be able to choose available times as you make your selections.

On the day of your visit, once you use a selection, check the My Disney Experience app for availability to make an additional selection.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass will have 2 tiers of attractions at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and EPCOT. There are no tiers at Disney's Animal Kingdom. You can choose one selection from the first tier, and two selections from the second tier.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 Attractions

Magic Kingdom:

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Jungle Cruise
Peter Pan’s Flight
Space Mountain
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

EPCOT:

Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
Frozen Ever After
Soarin’ Around the World

Hollywood Studios:

Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster
Slinky Dog Dash

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 2 Attractions

Magic Kingdom:

Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
Haunted Mansion
Pirates of the Caribbean
“it’s a small world”
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Mad Tea Party
Mickey's Philharmagic
Monster's Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club
The Barnstormer
Magic Carpets of Aladdin
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Tomorrowland Speedway
Journey of the Little Mermaid

EPCOT:

Journey Into Imagination with Figment
Living with the Land
Mission: SPACE
Spaceship Earth
The Seas with Nemo & Friends
Turtle Talk with Crush
Disney-Pixar Short Film Festival

Hollywood Studios:

The Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror
Toy Story Mania!
Alien Swirling Saucers
Star Tours: The Adventure Continues
Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage
Disney Junior Play and Dance!
Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Muppet*Vision 3D

Lightning Lane Single Pass

Lightning Lane Single Pass will work much like it does today, where you can secure a time to ride one of the most highly demanded attractions, but you'll now be able to make your purchase and plan in advance. Lightning Lane Single Pass attractions include TRON Lightcycle Run at Magic Kingdom, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney's Hollywood Studios, AVATAR Flight of Passage at Disney's Animal Kingdom, and Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT

How to Plan Ahead Using Lightning Lane Pass

Guests staying at a Disney Resort hotel and other select hotels will be able to plan Lightning Lane passes up to 7 days in advance, for their entire stay (up to 14 days). All other guests can plan up to 3 days in advance.

These advance purchase windows will let guests secure some of their must-do rides and experiences after they've had some time to decide what dining reservations they want to book and any other plans they may need to consider.

Lightning Lane Pass Purchase Screen

Guests may purchase a Lightning Lane Multi Pass, a Lightning Lane Single Pass or both. The app will also be updated to make it quicker and easier to purchase and plan, with fewer steps and a new option to purchase Lightning Lane Single Pass and Lightning Lane Multi Pass in one transaction.

Lightning Lane Pass Selection Screen

Disneyland Resort will also use the new Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single pass names beginning July 24. Based on the different ways guests visit Disneyland Resort, the way guests purchase, select and redeem Lightning Lane passes at Disneyland Resort will remain the same.

Disney says that the complimentary features of Disney Genie service will continue to be available in the My Disney Experience and Disneyland apps.

Find Out More

For more details see: Guide and FAQ to Disney World's Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass

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AidenRodriguez73114 days ago

Just purchased my lightning lanes for my trip. Got all the rides I wanted :) (some are a bit later but gonna keep refreshing). Seemed like a pretty decent experience, everything worked the way i thought it would atleast

Fido Chuckwagon14 days ago

If I was a local AP holder I would not purchase LLMP, because, yeah, you’re right, you can duck in and out whenever you want and ride the occasional ride when waits are low. But as an out of stater who is paying thousands for flights, hotels, rental car, etc, you better believe I’m shelling out the extra $30ish per person per day so that I don’t spend my (limited) time in the parks standing in line.

Disgruntled Walt15 days ago

No, if I felt we needed the LLMP for MK, I would have bought it. But we're visiting the park so many times, especially at night, that it seemed like we were likely to make it on everything.

AidenRodriguez73115 days ago

This also ignores that many people will simply just... not ride a line after a certain wait time? Like yeah, it might be a miniscule shorter line, because it doesn't have the same amount of guests going through the line anyway. There's many reasons to attribute to a relatively minor increase and even if that, if the FP increases lines by 5-10 minutes or less but allows certain people to complete their day while the people that don't pay MAY have to wait 5 minutes more, what is the problem? They have the option to wait still...

Splash4eva15 days ago

To me Genie knowing the drops times made it so much easier which im assuming most vets on this board knew about & it didnt even require a true early rope drop.

easyrowrdw15 days ago

That is similar to our situation when we started going. We got so much done with FP+ and early arrivals. The kids were so spoiled almost never waiting in line. We didn’t get as much done with Genie or the current setup but that’s because Disney won’t allow repeat rides anymore.

Splash4eva15 days ago

May i ask a question and feel free to tell me to mind my own business. But is passing on paying for LLMP or ILL a money or principle issue? Listen i agree i hate to pay for anything that use to be free and im a man of principle more than anything but im also not going to bite my nose to spite my face.

Tony the Tigger15 days ago

We’ve never had a bad trip going that way, but we are a much smaller party of two. Again, your best bet is to take advantage of early morning and late night hours. Get up early, get to the parks when they open, take a nice break in the afternoon back at the room when the parks are busy and hot, go to dinner, and enjoy the cooler and less crowded evening hours, especially during parades and fireworks if you like. If you are staying at a luxury resort, you will have an extra advantage of certain exclusive hours throughout the week. For one person, it’s difficult to justify the price increase from a value or moderate resort to a deluxe for that perk, but it becomes easier to justify when you have more people staying in the room.

Disgruntled Walt16 days ago

I've got LLSP for Tron, so that's covered. We'll just have to take our chances, I guess.

Dranth16 days ago

We haven't had to buy it for MK, but we do go a different time of year so not sure how well in translates over.

Tony the Tigger16 days ago

Everything except Tron (not included in MP anyway, averages 1 hour wait.)

Disgruntled Walt16 days ago

I didn't buy MK LLMP for any day of our trip, but we're spending 1 day and 3 nights at MK, so I figure we'll have plenty of chances to get on everything...am I wrong?

Splash4eva16 days ago

Rope dropping to me still holds if you are looking to avoid wait times and avoid paying for any services Disney offers. Same pretty much holds true towards end of night as well. Its about one of the fee constants at the world over the years…

JD8016 days ago

Sitting in MCO right now. Went to the parks with my daughter for a day to see TSI for the first and last time. We purchased MK LLMP but had hoppers and arrived at the park at 10am. Because of an extra $60 purchase we did: SM Tron (Standby) Pirates HM TSI JC RnRC MMRR ToT Falcon (Could have done Midway Mania) Remy (Could have done SSE and Soarin) TBA Pan Buzz CoP We chose not to do any of the other rides (we decided to eat or have snacks or watch fireworks) but they were short waits. Could have done Mine Train standby. Point being is that the extra $60 afforded us the ability to maximize the hoppers, have a great day and also have a sit down meal at Shiki Sai. Never had to wait more than 10-15m for a ride. I say that has incredible value.