Hi Jackie, welcome to planDisney!
Your Walt Disney World Resort vacation is just two weeks away - hot diggity dog! Traveling with a large party guarantees a load of magical memories. Have you considered a
Memory Maker - Advance Purchase? Purchasing at least three days before your first park day offers a savings and unlimited downloads of your
Disney PhotoPass photos and videos. Matching shirts are optional but highly recommended.
Disney Genie+ service gives Guests access to
Lightning Lane entrances at over 40 attractions throughout the four theme parks. Genie+ is granting even more wishes this summer as Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT, Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom park, and Expedition Everest - Legend of the Forbidden Mountain at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park are being offered as Genie+ Lightning Lane attractions through August 7.
You can book your first Genie+ Lightning Lane attraction at 7:00 a.m. in the Tip Board of the
My Disney Experience mobile app (three small lines at the bottom right of the home screen --> Tip Board) by scrolling to your desired attraction and clicking the box with "LL Disney Genie+" and the next available arrival time. The next step in the process asks you to confirm your party. You can make a Genie+ Lightning Lane reservation for up to 12 members of your
Family and Friends list at a time. By the time you repeat the process to make a Genie+ reservation for the other 12, Jackie, the arrival window for the same attraction will likely have changed. As such, I recommend having at least two Lightning Lane captains in your party. Divide your large party into smaller groups and assign specific people to each captain. When booking Genie+ Lightning Lane attractions, the captains will be able to simultaneously select similar arrival windows, which will ensure your large party gets to experience attractions together.
I hope you and your cast of characters have a wonderful time experiencing the
50th Anniversary Celebration together. Hope to see you at planDisney again soon!
Choose magic,
Jennifer