Hey there, hi there, Steve! Thanks so much for stopping by planDisney with your question.
If you have already purchased your tickets, you will be able to purchase
Disney Genie+ and/or Individual Lightning Lanes as soon as you have scanned your tickets and entered your starting park for the day. Disney Genie+ can only be added at the time of ticket purchase or on the day of your park day once you are in the park.
To purchase Disney Genie+ once you have entered the park would be to first make sure you are logged in to the Disneyland app. Open the app, click the "+" at the bottom menu bar, and select "View My Genie Day and Tip Board". Now select "My Day" from the top menu bar and you will find a purple bar that says "Get Disney Genie+ for Today". This will take you through the checkout process to select every eligible ticket you want to add the service to and let you purchase the service.
My Pro Tips for Disney Genie+ is to make sure that if you are with a party of multiple people that at least one person has all of the tickets linked to their account. This makes Lightning Lane selections convenient as you can select all the participating tickets for your party and make the selection in one transaction.
There are a few attractions that have Lightning Lanes but are not attractions that are included with Disney Genie+. These are Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance in Disneyland Park and Radiator Spring. Racers and WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure in Disney California Adventure Park. These
Individual Lightning Lanes can be purchased separately, but you are only able to make two Individual Lightning Lane purchases per day per ticket.
Oh and don't forget that included in your Disney Genie+ purchase, you also get unlimited
Disney PhotoPass digital downloads! I love stopping at PhotoPass locations for a few pictures and being able to keep the memories alive with our hilarious attraction photos.
Phew, Steve. That's a lot of Disney Genie and Lightning Lane chatter. I hope I was able to get you your answer and explain the differences. If you have any other questions be sure to stop by again. We'd be happy to help!
Carrie