Hi Scott!
Welcome to planDisney! I'm Kristen, and I'll be your planEAR today. Thank you so much for sending this Disneyland Resort vacation planning question to us hEAR!
It sounds like you're ready to go on the ride of your life with your very own magic carpet ride to access the
Lightning Lanes of the whole new world of the
Disney Genie+ add-on option! At the time of this answer, the only two ways to access the phenomenal cosmic power in the itty-bitty living space of your
Disneyland Mobile App is to either purchase Disney Genie+ at the time of your Theme Park Admission Ticket checkout or by adding to your Disney days upon arrival to the theme parks each morning.
One of the things I like about how Disneyland is handling their
Genie+ Lightning Lane reservations is that no one can make a selection until they've entered the theme park. So even though you won't have
Genie+ right from the get-go, you'll only be like 3 minutes behind everyone else who's already entered the park that day. And, if I'm being honest, I'm actually a big fan of adding Genie+ to my theme park tickets this way; had you added
Genie+ at the time of your initial theme park ticket purchase it would have added on for each person in your party for all of your visiting days. This way kind of gives your crew a chance to sort of test drive the system to see if you even want to purchase it on your follow-up Disney Days; you now even have the choice of if only one or two in your party want it the others can opt-out. My dear friend and fellow Disneyland Panelist (and fellow Kristin) Kristin C. has a great answer on
walking through the steps of making this purchase when in the parks. Bonus Tip: Don't forget that Genie+ at Disneyland Resort includes all
Disney PhotoPass photo downloads captured each day, both your on-ride photos but also the ones that you take with a PhotoPass Photographer!
I hope that this helped to clEAR up your question, Scott! Be sure to follow the
official planDisney Instagram account for even more tips and tricks. And if you have any more Disneyland Resort vacation planning questions, We're All Ears!
~Kristen