Disney Genie+ is no more. The premium line-skipping service is changing its name to Lightning Lane Multi Pass at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. The current individual Lighting Lane pass, which has guests pay an additional price for one specific attraction, will now become Lightning Lane Single Pass. The updated system will operate as it does now at Disneyland (albeit with a new name), but there’s some big changes coming to Disney World.
Beginning July 24, Disney World guests with Lightning Lane Multi Pass will be able to make three Lighting Lane selections before the day of their visit. Guests staying at a Disney resort will be able to make selections seven days before their visit, and other guests can book three days in advance.
Attractions at Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be split into two tiers. Guests will only be able to select a maximum of one attraction from the top tier (the most popular rides) and then the rest must be from the second tier (less popular rides). Disney’s Animal Kingdom won’t have any tiers.
Here’s a complete look at the different Lighting Lane Multi Pass tiers.
Magic Kingdom Lighting Lane Tiers
Choose up to one experience from this group:
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
- Jungle Cruise
- Peter Pan’s Flight
- Space Mountain
- Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Choose your other 2 experiences—or all 3—from this group: - The Barnstormer
- Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
- Dumbo the Flying Elephant
- Haunted Mansion
- “it’s a small world”
- Mad Tea Party
- The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic
- Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Tomorrowland Speedway
- Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid
TRON Lightcycle Run and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train will remain Lightning Lane Single Pass attractions.
EPCOT Lightning Lane Tiers
Choose up to one experience from this group:
- Frozen Ever After
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
- Soarin’ Around the World
Choose your other 2 experiences—or all 3—from this group: - Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival
- Journey into Imagination with Figment
- Living with the Land
- Mission: SPACE
- The Seas with Nemo & Friends
- Spaceship Earth
- Turtle Talk with Crush
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind will remain a Lighting Lane Single Pass attraction.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios Lightning Lane Tiers
Choose up to one experience from this group:
- Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
- Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
- Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
- Slinky Dog Dash
Choose your other 2 experiences—or all 3—from this group: - Alien Swirling Saucers
- Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage
- Disney Junior Play & Dance!
- For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
- Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
- Muppet*Vision 3D
- Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
- The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™
- Toy Story Mania!
Rise of the Resistance will remain a Lighting Lane Single Pass attraction.
Is This FastPass+?
Does this sound familiar? It should to frequent Disney World guests who remember the old FastPass+ system. This new system is very similar to FastPass+ with the exception that guests have a smaller booking window (maximum of seven days versus 60) and now have to pay for the service. Beyond that, it’s very similar to what Disney abandoned in 2021.
We welcome the change that will allow guests to make plans in advance and not have to spend quite as much time on their phones at the parks. And, we welcome anything that removes the silly 7am wake-up call. However, FastPass+ still sits in many guests’ recent memory. It’s hard not to compare the formerly included FastPass+ perk to the now very similar upcharge Lightning Lane Multi Pass.
As Disney World changes their systems once again, guests may run into more confusion. The shift from FastPass+ to Genie+ to Lightning Lane Multi Pass in just a handful of years makes finding reliable, trustworthy information difficult. Thankfully, our good friends over at Royal Carriage Vacations are available to help.
