Hey Howdy Hey Joanna and welcome to planDisney!
I bet you all are super excited about your trip to visit the Most Magical Place on Earth, which is coming up really soon! Thank you for your question about the purchase of Lightning Lanes. It looks like as you will be on your holiday, this process is scheduled to change. I will be happy to review the current process as well as the upcoming changes.
The current process is in place for the purchase of
Lightning Lanes and
Individual Lightning Lanes from now until July 24th of this year. This requires the purchase of
Genie+ which will then allow you to book your Lightning Lane entries. The purchase of Genie+ can be made starting at midnight on the day of your park tickets. Guests can start to make Lightning Lane selections starting at 7:00 AM and then either 2 hours after the park officially opens or after redeeming their first selection.
Individual Lightning Lanes are only available for a select few attractions throughout each park. These Lightning Lanes can be purchased by Guests staying onsite with Disney Resorts Collection or other qualifying hotels at 7:00 AM. All other Guests can make their purchases starting at the time the park officially opens.
Starting on July 24th, this process changes as well as product names.
Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass are the new terms. Lightning Lane Multi Pass will be available for purchase starting on July 24th and looks like it will be applicable to your full holiday after that date. Guests can make purchases 7 days before their date of arrival if staying at a Disney Resorts hotel or other qualifying hotel. Guests staying offsite can book 3 days prior to their date of arrival.
The process will work a bit differently with Lightning Lane Multi Pass. Once purchased, you will have access to book 3 Lightning Lane entries. After your last redemption, you will have a rolling 1 that you can book and will get back after redeeming for the rest of the day thereafter. The Lightning Lane Single Pass works the same. You can purchase either 7 days or 3 days before your date of arrival depending on your hotel accommodations and you will book an experience for select attractions in each park.
Please bear with us as we make the change to the new product of Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass. These will ultimately help future parkgoers plan their trip in advance but the transition can be confusing! If you have any further questions don't hesitate to let us know, we are always happy to help!
See ya real soon,
Nick