The Disney FastPass+ service is an advanced reservation system for attractions, allowing users to pre-select three priority attractions and receive a 1-hour return window to ride via the park’s My Disney Experience app or online. However, FastPass+ has been replaced by the Disney Genie+ program, a new paid Walt Disney World FastPass program. Magic Kingdom is the only park at Walt Disney World that does not use FastPass tiers, allowing guests to select any three FastPass attractions they want.
Attractions that offer the FastPass+ option can be reserved by all guests, with 25 currently available. FastPasses are not available for attractions once the party officially begins at 7:00 p.m., but sometimes FastPasses can be obtained for 4:00-7:00 hours using just the app.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the FastPass system at Disney’s Magic Kingdom has been suspended. To save time in line, visitors can purchase Lightning Lane passes days in advance of their park visit. These passes allow guests to select up to three Fastpasses per day at one park per day and make reservations 60 days in advance. With Lightning Lane passes, riders can skip the standby line and join a shorter line for select attractions and experiences instead.
Wait times depend on the day’s busyness, with standby lines for every ride except the Guardians ride at Epcot.
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Can you skip queues at Disney?
Disney Premier Access allows visitors to bypass the regular queue for popular attractions, allowing more time to explore the parks. The Disney Premier Access Ultimate allows users to skip the queue for multiple popular attractions at once, with no time slots required. This service can be purchased in advance or on the day, and can be accessed via the official app. The Disney Premier Access One allows users to book a time slot for their chosen attraction and overtake the queue once, for one attraction at a time. Both options allow guests to enjoy the fast-track experience and save time on their next visit to the parks.
Are Disney fast passes worth it?
Disney parks provide an efficient method of reducing waiting times, particularly for families with young children. Nevertheless, the additional expense of the Lightning Lane and Genie+ options may be justified if the alternative is spending over an hour in line for a ride.
Does Disney do fast passes anymore?
Disney has replaced its free FastPass option with paid Lightning Lane and Genie+ add-ons that work through a phone app. These tools aim to help visitors bypass long queues at Disney parks by providing additional attractions and services. The Lightning Lane and Genie+ tools are designed to enhance the experience at the park, but they will cost extra. The “new FastPass” system, which is not actually called FastPass, allows visitors to skip lines and enjoy more time at the park. However, the cost of these add-ons will be higher than the free FastPass option.
Is there a way to skip lines at Magic Kingdom?
Lightning Lane is a paid service that allows guests to skip standby lines and use a quicker entrance at select attractions. Guests can book their first Lightning Lane selections in advance and try for more rides inside the park. Disney World resorts have the advantage of securing popular reservations in advance, while off-site guests have a shorter pre-booking window. Most Lightning Lane rides are bundled into a Multi Pass package, while the top one or two rides in each park are sold separately as a Single Pass. It is recommended to focus on popular Disney attractions with the longest lines.
How much is a Disney FastPass?
Disney’s new FastPasses, Genie+ and Genie, are based on artificial intelligence and can be purchased for a single day at Disney World or Disneyland. Genie+ starts at $15 per person per day and costs $25 per person per day. It uses predicted crowd levels and rides to provide a day plan and allows for ride reservations for later in the day. To maximize spending, consider using a card like the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card, which earns 2 miles per dollar spent on all purchases.
Are there any free fast passes at Disney?
FastPass, once free, is now paid at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and all international parks. This change reflects line-skipping costs at Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, California, Tokyo, and Paris. For late 2022 or 2023 vacations, free FastPass+ has been permanently retired and replaced by Genie+ and Lightning Lanes. Genie+, a bundled service, allows line-skipping reservations to be made one at a time over the day, costing $16 to $22 per day. It’s similar to the old FastPass+ or MaxPass systems but excludes the biggest attractions in each park. Lightning Lanes, for the most popular rides, are priced at up to $22 each.
Does Magic Kingdom do FastPass?
Magic Kingdom is unique in comparison to Disney World’s other parks due to its lack of a tiered FastPass+ availability system. All 25 attractions offer the FastPass+ program, but reservations can only be made three days in advance. If you don’t use the My Disney Experience app, you’ll need to know the FastPass+ kiosk locations in the park. There are six kiosks located near attractions like Mickey’s PhilharMagic, Pete’s Silly Sideshow, The Diamond Horseshoe, Jungle Cruise, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, and Tomorrowland Bridge.
How much to skip lines at Disney World?
Genie+ is a $30 daily skip-the-line service at Disney theme parks that allows visitors to skip multiple long lines and access favorite topics in a personalized feed. It is a time-saving feature for families and allows access to favorite topics in a personalized feed while on the go. By signing up, users accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, which can be unsubscribed at any time by visiting the Preferences page or clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email.
How much is Genie Plus per day?
The Disney Genie Plus price for Disney World in 2024 is $16 to $35, with an average daily fee of $20. This service, accessible through the My Disney Experience app, allows guests to pay a daily fee for Lightning Lane access at select attractions. The average price is around $20 per person per day, but may increase during peak periods or multiple park visits. For the best time to visit Disney World, check out the Disney Crowd calendar.
How is Genie Plus different than Fast Pass?
Both Fastas Plus and Genie Plus Services afford guests the opportunity to make reservations, thereby enabling them to circumvent the waiting period by making a specified number of reservations in advance.
Does Genie Plus sell out?
During periods of high visitor volume, the Genie+ option may become unavailable at some theme parks, and the multi-park option will no longer be available once a single park has reached capacity.
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Seems like it’s basically Fast Pass+ but with a charge and 7 days out vs 30 days. I’m one who hated Genie and we went twice during its time without buying it; however, I may consider this. I hate that they charge for it and I certainly would never buy an individual LL, but I do like that you can get it before your trip and that also doesn’t mess with trying to get a virtual spot at the same time.
While there are some advantages for the guest with this new system, as a business owner, I see that these changes were made for the benefit of Disney. With the Genie+ system, I could go to the parks for a day or two, get a feel for the crowds and decide if I wanted to purchase Genie or book ‘fancy rides’ on the fly. This is potentially a big savings for my family of six. Now, guests are incentivized/pressured into purchasing before they arrive at the parks because they are worried about what everyone else is doing. Sneaky Disney. Very sneaky or smart, depending on how you look at it.
The international guest thing really needs to be fixed. I can book advanced dining no problem, but not rides? Its nonsensical. Sure, we’ll book when we land and likely get none of the rides we want despite staying (on average) longer than US residents – and therefore spending more money. Make it make sense…
I just wanna add for anybody who’s feeling a bit intimidated by all this, I’m a Florida resident and we visit the parks frequently. We have never purchased these lightning lane passes and at a MINIMUM.. on a busy day, we’re able to get on at least five or six rides. We also stop to eat, shop and enjoy just walking around a little bit… etc. So without these passes, you’re still able to get a good amount of stuff done. Especially if you are coming on a slower day/time of year, you’ll be able to do accomplish even more rides! These passes aren’t 100% necessary to enjoy your trip to Disney.
Disney have so much land that they dont need to tear down rides and rre imagine the park .Disney have 60 percent of un used land .stocks are down to .thats why Disney numbers are down because the tear down rides people love. Disney have so much empty land to build new rides and not tear down other attractions
when i was a kid at epcot i would take all our passes and sprint to the sourin fast pass machine then i’d run back and meet my brother half way with the passes at the connections cafe area and he would run to test track and get those passes then we’d all meet at sourin and ride it while the line was 15 mins . great strategy because once you use your fast passes you can get new ones! (THIS IS THE OLD SYSTEM)
Hate how they always have to make things complicated and rack up all these extra fees when you are already spending a ton to be there. Why is it that lines are longer now post pandemic yet park attendance numbers were high pre pandemic. Pre pandemic we had free fast passes and now we have to pay for them. Seems like these crazy lines and forcing you to pay is something they had planned.
2nd question: say you’re taking a 5+ day trip to WDW. Under the old FastPass+ pre-book system, at 60 days you could make your 3/day ride reservations for your entire trip. Under Multipass, is this still the case? Or does it mean that 7 days before your trip, every day you’ll be online at 7am to book the LLs for the corresponding, subsequent 5+ days of your trip?
Disney just needs to create one pass that allows you to skip the line whenever and wherever for however many times you want. Other theme parks do it and it works so much better…..if everybody goes and stands in the “fast line” for seven dwarfs or pandora, then so be. Let everyone stand in line! All these times, reservations, different tiers, different prices, different stuff makes me need to keep a notecard in pocket to remember all of this!
In denmark we just had the debate regarding legoland after a parent overheard the answer another gave to his child: because we can afford it. After his complaining in the press, i wonder if his kid was actually happy for a trip at all & whether they would sacrifice the hot dog & buffet dinner to get fast pass. Because the green with envy & jantelov displayed over the choice others made. While he tried to teach a message that we are all equal at the amusement park to his child. Well 2 hours wait at every ride was what i learned at epcot in 2017 & that we are not created equal but make different choices.
Question: I am staying at disney resort and have park hopper. I should be able to book LL 7 days in advance at 7am. Our first park is MK so that will be the park I start booking LL first. Do I need to wake up 6 days before at 7 am also to book for our next park Epcot or is that not how it works? Do you book all park day LL on day 7?
Bit of a kick in the teeth that this really is only good for us/Canada😢.. hope this gets changed. Meant to be coming for 16 days for our honeymokn from scotland but our holiday starts first day from disney, we would be happy to get the fast pass but there isnt much point if they all get snapped up 😮💨
I’m wondering how y’all feel about this strategy. Were park hoppers and were rope droppers. We’re banking on lightning lanes probably be somewhat exhausted later in the day so we’re making our LL for later in the day at our 2nd park and rope dropping say at Epcot…hitting frozen, purchasing SL Guardians. And standby line the others that morning knowing we have some LL for say MK that evening and pre purchasing LL for Tron in evening as well as MP 3 selections. Strategy make sense or no? We will stay on property and be buying some 17 days out. I guess I figure if I did MP for the morning by the time I got to look at MK for evening time the top ones everyone loves could be gone? Mid and low tiers should still be accessible.
Regarding “stacking,” with MultiPass you get three rides and can keep it at threecall day. With Genie+ you got one ride and could stack if you do not use the ride and add more rides, you could stach a maximum of ?8? rides if you do not use any of them. With MultiPass you can always have three rides regardless of how may you have ridden.
Disney is taking the magic away slowly and replacing it with paywalls. This was not what Walt had in mind when he had the idea for all children to enjoy. I understand it cost to run the park but they have already raised prices for tickets so high and bow they want more money. I love but this is why i stopped buying season tickets.
I’m applying for the Disability access services this year and it’s amazing to hear that an allocation of lightning lanes are in fact specifically reserved for DAS users! I hope they don’t change that to prioritise those who pay for LL. As a star wars fan it would feel like getting bitten twice by the same dog.
Have you tried a strategy of booking some tier 2 “throw aways” & letting them expire to be able to book more tier 1 selections if not going to a park until the afternoon???? 1 article I saw it worked but they were resort guests not scanned into a park yet. 1 article I saw they said it only worked if you were scanned into the park???
Thank you for such an informative article. Quick question- You can book both Lightning Lane Multi-Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass at the same time. What if only 2 of 4 people want to do the Single Pass. Is it still possible to do it at all here same time, or if you choose all members for Multi-Pass, you must choose all members for Single Pass? TIA
Thanks for the article! I have one question that wasn’t covered in the article. You talked about using the multi pass option with park hopping, but what about single pass? Say I have a park hopper ticket and I want to start my day in Epcot and purchase single pass for Guardians of the Galaxy, can I also book a single pass for Flight of Passage in AK for later that day? Or when will I be able to do that?
Apologies if this was answered, but under the old FastPass system you could FastPass the same ride over and over again, although only one pre-book of that ride 60 days in advance (i.e. you had to be in the park to do repeated FastPasses). Then, with Genie+, you could only ever LL a specific ride once per day. Any repeated rides that day were regular line only. With Multipass, is it possible to do repeat LLs? Or is it still capped at one LL per ride per day?
I have booked a week in Disney resort later this year. Park Hopper for the entire stay. Sounds like you are saying I can only book LLMP in one park before I get there and I have to wait to book the rest after I arrive and have visited that one park. I originally thought I was going to be able to book all parks starting 7 days out.
I just got back from Disney world last week the system changed on Wednesday so used both. The new way was better than the Genie+ to me. It was broken up into basically 2 groups. You have 3 picks at a time, 1 pick from the popular rides and 2 picks for the others, or you could pick all 3 from others, on top of of the single buy passes for the few most popular rides. It worked, on my Epcot day, we stood in only 1 standby line the entire day, we park hopped to Hollywood using the Skyliner which was great. Advice pick a non prime ride earlier to be able to continue your picks, and you can only ever have 1 pick at a time for the prime rides. Had a large group so it was easier to coordinate using the new way.
I probably wasn’t paying attention in the article lol, but what would happen in the event that you book a Virtual Queue and the time overlaps one of your LL reservations? I noticed you can’t modify a time slot after it’s been chosen, it only allows an earlier time. Is the recommendation to cancel the booking that would interfere with the time? And rebook a different ride? Or skip it and pray that ride LL opens up later after the VQ ride? Ty!!! 🙂
Any recommendations on larger family groups utilizing the new system? I will have a total of 9 to book rides for over 3 different reservations. Are we still able to purchase the service at midnight? (Sorry if you covered this and I missed it.) I feel like trying to purchase the service for 3 different reservations and then trying to secure us all at the same times is going to be real tough if I have to do it all at 7am the day I am able to book.
Im on my way home from disney, the new lightning lane system ruined our experience. We come once a month and we stay off property and 3 day window leaves the scraps. We always ride every ride for under 38 inches at least once in our trip. This trip we couldnt get LL for Slinky, Snow white, Remys, Haunted Mansion, toy story mania. Also when you buy all your rides 3+ days in advance, i hope you dont decide at any point to change your plans and go somewhere else because youve already paid and you cant get your money back. It takes away flexibility and the hierarchy thats in place to book rides rather than putting everyone on an even playing field pretty much guarantees im SOL trying to have the same level of fun I used to.
You guys are so smart and well-organized. The changes are coming so fast my head is spinning! Thank you for figuring this new system out for us! Question: would you consider doing a article about the DAS changes? There are many people who are giving up on visiting because they can’t get DAS any more. Thanks!
So one thing I was hoping to maybe see on this was if you could only afford one upgrade, hopping or lightning lane, which is better? Obviously that’s going to vary by family and trip type but a discussion about that for people who are not new to WDW and are only going to the parks for a couple of days would be helpful. Or a breakdown of “if your trip looks like a, b, or c, only hoppers may be better, but if your trip looks like, x, y, or z, using lightning lane and staying in one park may be better for you.”