Hi Jeanette,
Thanks for making planDisney part of your Walt Disney World Resort vacation planning team. You're arriving at The Most Magical Place on Earth this month, which is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! The summer season has already delivered big thrills with the opening of
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT. Summer also brings us the
EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, which kicks off July 14. I may or may not have already made a Top 10 list based on the newly released
Foodie Guide.
Disney Genie+ service ensures less time waiting and more time doing by giving Guests access to
Lightning Lane entrances at over 40 attractions throughout the four theme parks. You can purchase Genie+ anytime after midnight each park day and book your first Genie+ Lightning Lane attraction at 7:00 a.m. Both are accomplished on the Tip Board of your
My Disney Experience mobile app (three small lines at the bottom right of the home screen --> Tip Board).
When you book a Genie+ Lightning Lane attraction, you are assigned a one-hour window that begins with the next available arrival time. If the Genie+ Lightning Lane arrival time you're given at 7:00 a.m. is for 3:00 p.m., you can make your next Genie+ Lightning Lane reservation two hours after park opening. If a subsequent Genie+ Lightning Lane arrival time is more than two hours after the booking time, you can book your next Genie+ Lightning Lane attraction two hours after the booking time. In both instances, I recommend setting a timer on your phone so you don't forget. There will also be a reminder in your My Disney Experience app, though it is not a push notification.
If your Genie+ Lightning Lane arrival time is within two hours of park opening or booking, you can make your next Lightning Lane reservation as soon as you tap in at your first attraction. My goal is typically to book my next Lightning Lane attraction before experiencing the first one.
Summer is a great time to experience Disney magic because Disney Genie+ service is granting even more wishes. From now until August 7 Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Frozen Ever After and Remy's Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT, Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom Park and Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain are available as Genie+ Lightning Lane attractions. Popular attractions like these have been known to run out of arrival times so I recommend booking them early in your day.
I hope you have a wonderful vacation, Jeanette. Just give planDisney a little whistle if we can be of further assistance.
Choose magic,
Jennifer