Disney's Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass, Explained

Disney's Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass, Explained

If you've ever considered a Disney trip, you've probably run across the terms Genie+ and Lightning Lanes. If you aren't familiar with these terms, here's a quick overview of how these work.  For this article, I'm going to speak only about Walt Disney World in Florida:  

• You can purchase these options as an enhancement to your base or Park Hopper ticket. 

•  Once purchased, you can select rides and attractions (based on availability), permitting you to skip the regular line queue.  

• When your designated time to ride arrives, return to the ride joining the "Lightning Lane" line where you bypass the standard line. 

Before it was Genie+ and Individual Lighting Lane, we had the good 'ol (FREE!) Fastpass system, different names but it's all the same idea minus the punch in your pocket book.

Starting this week, Disney has once again revamped the names and features.  Here is a little info about what's new and what's changed.  

• Lightning Lane Multi Pass (LLMP) instead of Genie+
• Lightning Lane Single Pass (LLSP) instead of Individual Lighting Lane

These features are available for purchase from your MyDisneyExperience app.  Your package (resort and tickets) or ticket must be linked to your account.  

• Walt Disney Resort guests can make their purchase and select experiences up to 7 days before their check-in, for up to 14 days.  

• Guests who have theme park tickets can make their purchase and select experiences up to 3 days before the active ticket date through the active ticket date.  

• Annual Passholders can make their purchase 7 days in advance if they have a resort reservation, if not, it's 3 days in advance.  

• This is far better than making your purchase the day of use.  

You can make three Lightning Lane Multi Pass selections and purchase two Lightning Lane Individual selections.  The LLMP experiences are divided into two groups (except for Animal Kingdom).   After you've redeemed your first multi pass experience, you can make additional selections, one at a time, based on availability.

Some other new features are:

• You can see the rides and attractions that are available before you finalize your purchase.

• You can make multiple Lightning Lane Multi Pass and/or Lightning Lane Single Pass purchases in one transaction from your MDE.  

• If you have Park Hopper tickets - you can only make selections in one park until you've redeemed your first experience.  After that, you can make selections in another park.

One feature that managed to stick around is the price.  Yep, Disney is still charging us to skip lines.  These prices are dynamic meaning they adjust up or down by date.  Below is a video of the prices we are seeing this first week of availability (July, 2024).  Clearly, this can add up as you tack on LLMP and LLSP purchases for your group. 

The LLMP/LLSP purchases are non-refundable.  If you cancel your resort package or ticket, any Lighting Lane selections associated with your MDE account are automatically cancelled, too.

If you don't want to purchase the Lightning Lane Single Pass for Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind, you can still opt to enter the virtual queue.  At select times, you can try to access the virtual queue.  If chosen, you are assigned a boarding group.  When your group is called, return to the attraction for your ride.  You can join the virtual queue at 7:00 am or 1:00 pm (but you must be inside the park in order to join the 1:00 pm slot).  Keep in mind, joining the virtual queue does not guarantee you'll experience the attraction.  Not an option for LLSP, but new to the virtual queue, is Tiana's Bayou Adventure.

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