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.

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Chip Chipperson9 days ago

So now that the changes to DAS have been announced, any idea on how far away we are from getting news about pre-booking G+ selections?

Disstevefan115 days ago

I think you are right. This is the new floor. Remember how low the prices were when it started

doctornick15 days ago

@tanc is talking about LL Bean's return policy that was changed a few years back.

aaronml16 days ago

What legendary return policy? Are you talking about for legacy paper FP many years ago? Or something else?

HauntedPirate16 days ago

I’m curious to see if Genie- prices drop further to the old minimums or if these become the new “floor”.

Brian16 days ago

If OP was referring to the mix ratio with the 80% figure, that determines how many LL guests pass through the merge point at any given time versus standby. There will still be the same number of guests who ultimately choose to experience the attraction via either standby or LL whether they let 20 LL guests through the merge point for every one standby or 50. If the suggestion is that 80% of a "popular" attraction's total guests throughout the day are LL guests, I don't know of any in which that is the case.

Purduevian16 days ago

But the ratio of people that get on the ride via Standby or LL throughout a day (on average) must be the same ratio of people that get in the line...

wdwmagic17 days ago

Individual Lightning Lane price drops alongside lower Genie+ cost at Walt Disney World https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/disney-genie/news/08apr2024-individual-lightning-lane-price-drops-alongside-lower-genie-cost-at-walt-disney-world.htm

Brian17 days ago

I believe the figures you are referring to are the mix ratios of LL vs standby guests at the merge point, which can fluctuate throughout the day. These ratios do not themselves determine the types of guests (Genie+ vs Standby) who will ultimately choose to get in line and experience a specific attraction.

DisneyDodo17 days ago

It took me a very long time to parse this post because my brain stubbornly insisted on reading “LL” as “Lightning Lane” every time, which made me assume “bean” was some sort of typo, and I could not for the life of me figure out what you were trying to say. Thankfully it eventually clicked.

SingleRider17 days ago

It’s been reported on this site and others that the LL entrance at any popular attraction accounts for 75-80% of that ride’s capacity because the LL is heavily favored. Having the other 20-25 percent scan at a separate entrance shouldn’t be much of an issue.

Brian17 days ago

It has been discussed several times already why that "solution" is wildly impractical. Don't believe me? Look at the LL entrance of any relatively popular attraction and you'll see clumps of guests struggling to get in because of various issues like finding and presenting their admission media, entitlements not being linked, and more. Now imagine every single guest in the park being forced to do that for each attraction.

MagicHappens197117 days ago

This is insane. I have stated it several times. It’s extended waits that is a problem 9 times out of 10. Not a 15 minute wait for Little Mermaid

SingleRider17 days ago

Disney really needs to come up with a system to prevent anyone with a DAS return time from standing in line for any other attraction. This would be easy to accomplish by having CMs scan tickets at the standby entrances.