Disney World’s New Lightning Lane Single Pass and Multi Pass Program

By Dave Shute

In late July 2024, Walt Disney World replaced its Genie+/Individual Lightning Lane approach to saving time otherwise spent waiting in lines with Lightning Lane Single Pass and Lightning Lane Multi Pass.

This was the fourth change to Disney World’s skip-the-line approach in a decade:

• FASTPASS were free with your ticket, were only available the day of a visit, had no advantages for those staying in a Disney World hotel, and could not have specific times targeted. These were fully replaced in 2014 by…
• FastPass+, which were free with your ticket. Up to three per day could be booked beginning 60 days ahead for Disney resort hotel guests (and guests at a few other hotels*) and 30 days ahead for -everyone else. Tiering was common—only one ride could be pre-booked from among the most popular rides. Specific times could be targeted. These were replaced in 2021 by…
• Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lane, each of which had a charge in addition to your ticket. Like the original FASTPASS, rides could only be booked on the day of a visit. Genie+ times could not be targeted, but Individual Lightning Lane times could be targeted. Disney resort hotel guests had a slight advantage in booking Individual Lightning Lane rides. Genie+ had no tiers, but some rides being only available for their own charge as Individual Lightning Lane rides created de-facto tiers. These were replaced in July 2024 by…
• Lightning Lane Single Pass and Lightning Lane Multi Pass.

LIGHTNING LANE SINGLE AND MULTI PASS AT WALT DISNEY WORLD

Disney World’s new Lightning Lane Single Pass (LLSP) and Lightning Lane Multi Pass (LLMP) These continue to have additional charges on top of your ticket.

Disney resort hotel guests (and guests at a few other hotels*) can purchase these and book up to two LLSP and three LLMP per day beginning seven days before their arrival date, for the entire length of their stay (up to 14 days). That is, you can book all your days at once, as soon as 7a seven days before arrival has rolled around. (Note: at launch, guests must appear to Disney’s IT systems to be physically present in the US or Canada to purchase LLSP or LLMP.)

Everyone else can begin pre-booking three days before their first ticket day.

Tiers are implicit in all parks because some rides can only be pre-booked via a special purchase as LLSP; in addition, Multi Pass tiers are present in all the parks except Disney’s Animal Kingdom. One can only pre-book one Tier One ride. If you do so, you can book two more Tier 2 rides. If you don’t book any Tier 1 rides—as will be the case at Animal Kingdom, and as you may choose to do at the other parks—you can book three Tier 2 rides.

Specific times can be targeted for all LLSP and LLMP rides—subject to availability, of course.

Every single ride remains available for no additional charge. For almost all, this means waiting in the “standby” line, but for three rides—Rise of the Resistance in Hollywood Studios, and TRON Lightcycle Run and Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in Magic Kingdom—you access them for free by winning what is in effect a virtual lottery by successfully joining a “Virtual Queue” on the day of your visit. For more on virtual queues, see this.

For a draft Disney World itinerary using LLMP and LLSP, see this.

(Note that many LLSP and Tier 1 LLMP rides are also available during Early Entry, which happens every day at every park.  Early entry is a great way to see especially a Tier 1 ride.)

MAGIC KINGDOM LIGHTNING LANE

Lightning Lane Single Pass: Both Seven Dwarfs Mine Train AND TRON Lightcycle Run

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 (pre-pick at most one per day):  Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan’s Flight, Space Mountain, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 2 (pre-pick two or three per day): The Barnstormer, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Haunted Mansion, it’s a small world, Journey of the Little Mermaid, Mad Tea Party, The Magic Carpets of Aladdin, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Party, Mickey’s PhilharMagic, Monster’s Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tomorrowland Speedway,

EPCOT LIGHTNING LANE

Lightning Lane Single Pass: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 (pre-pick at most one per day): Frozen Ever After, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, Soarin’ Around the World

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 2 (pre-pick two or three per day): Disney-Pixar Short Film Festival, Journey Into Imagination with Figment, Living with the Land, Mission: SPACE, Spaceship Earth, The Seas with Nemo & Friends, Turtle Talk with Crush

DISNEY’S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS LIGHTNING LANE

Lightning Lane Single Pass: Rise of the Resistance

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 (pre-pick at most one per day): Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, Rock’ n’ Roller Coaster, Slinky Dog Dash

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 2 (pre-pick two or three per day): Alien Swirling Saucers, Beauty and the Beast, Disney Junior Play and Dance, Frozen Sing-Along Celebration, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, Muppet*Vision 3D, Star Tours, Toy Story Mania, The Tower of Terror,

DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDOM LIGHTNING LANE

Lightning Lane Single Pass: Flight of Passage

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 1 (pre-pick at most one per day): none

Lightning Lane Multi Pass Tier 2 (pre-pick two or three per day): DINOSAUR, Expedition Everest, Feathered Friends in Flight, Festival of the Lion King, Finding Nemo: The Big Blue… and Beyond, It’s Tough to Be a Bug, Kali River Rapids, Kilimanjaro Safaris, Na’vi River Journey

*Swan, Dolphin, Swan Reserve, Shades of Green

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