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Disney Introduces NEW Lightning Lane ‘Premier Pass’

Disney will soon be introducing a new Lightning Lane Premier Pass which will allows Guests one-time entry to each Lightning Lane experience in a theme park—to enjoy at their leisure that day!

Beginning October 30, 2024, Disney will begin piloting the rollout of Lightning Lane Premier Pass with very limited quantities for Guests staying at Disney Deluxe Resorts, Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts and other select hotels.

Get one-time entry to each available Lightning Lane experience in a park for one day—including the most in-demand attractions. Ride the attractions you want, when you want. You don’t need to choose specific arrival times. Enjoy photo perks, including digital downloads of select attraction photos and videos. Plus, unlock Disney PhotoPass Lenses.

Prices for Lightning Lane Premier Passes vary by date and theme park.

Eligible Resort hotels:

Disney Deluxe Resort Hotels

  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
  • Disney’s Beach Club Resort
  • Disney’s BoardWalk Inn
  • Disney’s Contemporary Resort
  • Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
  • Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
  • Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
  • Disney’s Yacht Club Resort

Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts

  • Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
  • Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
  • The Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort – A Disney Vacation Club Resort (eligibility applies to Disney Vacation Club Cabins only)
  • Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
  • Disney’s Beach Club Villas
  • Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
  • Disney’s Old Key West Resort
  • Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
  • Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
  • Disney’s Riviera Resort
  • The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Other Eligible Hotels

  • Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel
  • Walt Disney World Swan Hotel
  • Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
  • Shades of Green Resort

Disney’s Lightning Lane Multi Pass Info and Tiers

The new ‘Lightning Lane Multi Pass’ and ‘Lightning Lane Single Pass’ allows guests to pay an additional fee to skip some of the lines at various attractions within Disney’s theme parks. If you are familiar with the old FastPass+ system then Multi Pass works in a very similar way except now it is no longer free.

1. Onsite guests can purchase and make their Lightning Lane selections 7 days in advance and offsite guests can purchase and make their Lightning Lane selections 3 days in advance.

2. Purchase of Multi Pass and Lightning Lanes are made using Disney’s App (My Disney Experience)

3. Currently you need to be within the U.S.A or Canada to purchase and make Multi Pass experiences.

4. You can choose up to 3 attractions to experience at select times

5. You can choose 1 selection from ‘Tier One’ and 2 selections from ‘Tier Two’, see below for the Tier attractions

6. You can choose your Multi Pass experiences with return times before you actually pay.

7. You can only hold a maximum of 3 experiences, you can make an additional selection once you have used your first experience.

8. If one of your selected experiences expires before you enter the park you will not be able to make additional selection until you have entered the park.

9. Parades, Fireworks and Character Meet and Greets are currently not available as Lightning Lane Multi Pass selections.

10. If you have your first Multi Pass experience in a park that is cheaper, once you have checked in to that park and used your first Multi Pass experience you can then select Multi Pass experiences for a different park, providing you have park hopping on your ticket. You will not be charged extra if the other park’s multi pass is more expensive. So for example on launch day Multi Pass at Animal Kingdom was $18 and Magic Kingdom was $29. If you purchased Multi Pass for Animal Kingdom at $18 used your first Multi Pass experience in Animal Kingdom then selected Multi Pass experiences for Magic Kingdom, there is no extra charge.

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Disney’s Lightning Lanes

Disney’s Lightning Lanes allow guests to bypass the standby queue and join a separate queue (for a shorter wait time) for select attraction and entertainment experiences. Guests can purchase a Lightning Lane Multi Pass which can be used for multiple rides and attractions or they can purchase a Lightning Lane Single Pass which can only be used for a single ride or attraction. Guests can purchase either or both types of pass. 

Lightning Lane Multi Pass 

When you purchase Lightning Lane Multi Pass, you may make up to 3 Lightning Lane selections in a theme park, in advance of your visit. You’ll also be able to choose available times as you make your selections.

On the day of your visit, once you use a selection, check the My Disney Experience app for availability to make an additional selection.

Lightning Lane Single Pass 

Lightning Lane Single Pass will work much like it does today, where you can secure a time to ride one of our most highly demanded attractions, but you’ll now be able to make your purchase and plan in advance.  

How to Plan Ahead

Guests staying at a Disney Resort hotel and other select hotels will be able to plan Lightning Lane passes up to 7 days in advance, for their entire stay (up to 14 days). All other guests can plan up to 3 days in advance.

These advance purchase windows will let guests secure some of their must-do rides and experiences after they’ve had some time to decide what dining reservations they want to book and any other plans they may need to consider.

Guests may purchase a Lightning Lane Multi Pass, a Lightning Lane Single Pass or both. The app will also be updated to make it quicker and easier to purchase and plan, with fewer steps and a new option to purchase Lightning Lane Single Pass and Lightning Lane Multi Pass in one transaction.

Lightning Lane passes will blend features from the previously offered Genie+ and FastPass+ services, giving guests the choice to plan ahead and removing the hassle of planning during their vacation.

Price

Prices are shown within the My Disney Experience APP. The cost for lightning lanes vary by date and theme park and are subject to limited availability. 

How to Purchase

  • In the My Disney Experience APP home screen select Lightning Lane Passes
  • Select a Theme Park and a Date
  • Choose Lightning Lane Multi Pass or Lightning Lane Single Pass or both
  • For Lightning Lane Multi Pass you can select up to 3 experiences with arrival time window in advance
  • For Lightning Lane Single Pass you can select an arrival time window in advance
  • Confirm and Complete Payment steps
  • On the confirmation page you can select “Plan Another Day” or “View My Day” to see your selections

Lightning Lane Multi Pass tiered system

Guests will be able to choose one attraction from the upper tier, and two other experiences or all three from the second tier.

Disney’s Theme Park tiers of attractions for Lightning Lane Multi Pass:

Magic Kingdom

Guests can choose up to one experience from this group:

    • Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
    • Jungle Cruise
    • Peter Pan’s Flight
    • Space Mountain
    • Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

Guests can pick their other two experiences — or all three — from this group:

    • 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
    • The Barnstormer
    • Tomorrowland Speedway
    • Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid

EPCOT

Guests can choose up to one experience from this group:

    • Frozen Ever After
    • Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
    • Soarin’ Around the World

Guests can pick their other two experiences — or all three — 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

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Guests can 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

Guests can pick their other two experiences — or all three — 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!

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

There are no tiers for Lightning Lane Multi Pass at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, so guests can choose three of the following attractions in advance:

    • DINOSAUR
    • Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
    • 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
    • Naʻvi River Journey

Lightning Lane Single Pass Attractions

Guests can purchase passes for each park’s most popular attractions, including:

Magic Kingdom

    • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
    • TRON Lightcycle / Run

EPCOT

    • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

    • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

    • Avatar Flight of Passage