NEW Disney Lightning Lane: Everything You Need to Know

Once upon a time, Disney World had Fastpasses. These fastpasses allowed guests to skip the traditional queue for some of the more popular rides. Then fastpasses changed to Disney+ with a LIghtning Lane option allowing guests to pay to skip the line. Now, Disney Lightning Lane Multi Pass has replaced Disney Genie+ service, and Lightning Lane Single Pass has replaced individual “à la carte” Lightning Lane entry.

If you have no idea where to start with Disney Lightning Lane, we have all the details you need to know.

Disney Lightning Lane Services

There are two ways guests at Disney can experience getting to a jump on riding their favorite Disney rides.

Guests staying at a Disney Resort can purchase passes up to 7 days in advance of their stay.

Other guests can purchase passes up to 3 days before their park visit.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass

When you purchase the Lightning Lane Multi Pass you can choose up to 3 multi pass experiences and arrival times prior to your day at the park.

Once you’ve enjoyed your first multi pass experience, you can make additional selections.

With this pass guests also get photo perks. Guests will receive digital downloads of select attraction photos and videos captured with Disney PhotoPass Service.

Lightning Lane Single Pass

Lightning Lane single passes act as they previously did.

Guests are able to purchase up to 2 single Lightning Lane passes per day on the same day as the visit.

These can be used on rides that are not on the Lightning Lane Multi Pass which means that guests can purchase both the multi-day and the single passes.

If you have a ticket with the Park Hopper option, guests can choose a multi-pass experience in a different theme park.

How Much Does Lightning Lane Cost?

Pricing for Lightning Lane passes varies by date and theme park or attraction. Availability is also not guaranteed.

Guests can check the prices for Lightning Lane in the My Disney Experience App.

Magic Kingdom Lightning Lane Multi Pass

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 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

Magic Kingdom Lightning Lane Single Pass

• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
• TRON Lightcycle / Run

EPCOT Lightning Lane Multi Pass

Choose up to one experience from this group:

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

Choose 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

EPCOT Lightning Lane Single Pass

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Hollywood Studios Lightning Lane Multi Pass

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 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!

Hollywood Studios Single Pass

• Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance

Animal Kingdom Multi Pass

Choose up to 3 of the following multi pass experiences

• 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

Animal Kingdom Single Pass

• Avatar Flight of Passage

Is the Lightning Lane worth it?

If you have ever been to Disney World during the most crowded times of the year (which is nearly all the time), you are going to find that you will need Lightning Lane to be able to ride the most popular rides.

Don’t be confused and think that Lightning Lane will keep you from having lines. That isn’t the case at all!

Lighting Lane pretty much means that you will have LESS of a line than you would without it. It is like waiting 30 min- 1 hour instead of 3-4 hours for the more popular rides.

So overall, yes, while I hate to say it, you probably should go ahead and pony up for one or both of the Lighting Lane options.

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