Jambo, Cody, and welcome to planDisney!
Have you heard the fantastic news? You can start booking your 2024 Walt Disney World Resort hotel stay or vacation package as early as May 31, 2023!
I just can't wait! And there's a lot of other cool news where that comes from via the
Disney Park Blog. So, let's get into how to
be prepared for those daily Disney Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lane selections, too.
As a super planner, I love being able to plan everything for my family's vacation from theme park rope drop (beginning of the day) to the nighttime fireworks. Unfortunately, at the moment, there is no way for you to make pre-vacation reservations for
Lightning Lanes (similar to the former FastPass queues). But
Hakuna Matata! You can purchase Disney Genie+ and make your party of 3's selections on the same day the morning of each of your theme park days. You can purchase it starting at midnight of the day of your
theme park reservation, and you can make your first Lightning Lane selection at 7 a.m. Throughout the day, either once you've checked into the queue of your reserved attraction or once two hours have passed since your last selection was made, you can make the Lightning Lane selection for the next attraction.
Disney Genie+ is not the only way you can access the Lightning Lane. Some higher-in-demand attractions require an
Individual Lightning Lane purchase on the day of. This is totally separate from Disney Genie+, so you wouldn't need to purchase both unless you want to. Some examples that utilize Individual Lightning Lane are the brand new
TRON Lightcycle / Run at Magic Kingdom Park and
Avatar Flight of Passage at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park.
AN EXTRA GEM: By the way, another reason to keep an eye on
Disney Parks Blog is that there's more news coming soon about how you CAN do something related to Disney Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lane selections before your vacation starts. We haven't gotten any details yet, but perhaps by the time of your trip, you'll be able to pre-plan a bit more than we can now.
Cody, please
revisit us here at planDisney if you have any other questions about next year's wild adventure! We're here to help you from beginning to end like the
circle of life itself. I hope that you enjoy every second of planning for and exploring the Disney Parks!
Magic always,
LeAndra