Hello, Alan! We love assisting international travelers here at planDisney. You've come to the right place!
Adding
Disney Genie+ Service to your
Disneyland Resort vacation is a great way to maximize your time since it gives you access to the Lightning Lane entrances available at various
Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park attractions. Currently, there are two ways to get it:
1. As an add-on when you make your ticket purchase.
2. After your ticket is scanned in during park hours on your theme park reservation date.
Unfortunately, since you already have your theme park tickets, you won't be able to go back and add on Genie+ ahead of time. However, besides the convenience, there's no real advantage to buying it in advance since all guests need to wait to make their first selection until after they have entered the park. I'm happy to explain how to purchase it once you are there!
Disney Genie+ service can be added through the
Disneyland Mobile app (make sure to download it before getting to the parks) by selecting the center button in your navigation button in the middle of the screen. From here, select "View My Genie Day and Tip Board," move to the "My Day" on the right side of the screen, and scroll down to where it says in dark purple, "Get Disney Genie+ for Today." From here, you can follow the purchase flow ONLY when your party is scanned into the parks.
Alan, the Disneyland website has some
short videos about Genie Service that I think would be very helpful before your trip. If you have any other trip-planning questions, please feel free to write us back. Have a magical time!
Eean