Hello Lizbeth!
Welcome to planDisney! Your trip to the
Disneyland Resort is just around the corner so I hope you are getting packed and excited for your visit to The Happiest Place on Earth!
You may have heard of the new and exciting
Disney Genie and Genie+ service that is scheduled to arrive at the Disneyland Resort this fall. Disney’s Genie+ is an add-on service that allows you entrance to the Lightning Lane for select attractions throughout your day in the park, meaning shorter than typical waits for these attractions! Disney’s Genie+ service is a replacement for the now-retired FastPass and MaxPass. Currently, all attractions are available only via a traditional standby queue, or in the case of
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and
WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure, through the virtual queue.
While Disney’s Genie and Genie+ premiered at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida this past week, Mickey still hasn't given us a launch date for the Disneyland Resort. My family is also planning a trip this fall and I am crossing all my fingers and toes for it to go live before my trip. While we still don’t have a release date, typically Disney would give at least a little bit of notice of when it was coming so that Guests could plan accordingly. Since as of this writing we do not have a launch date, I think it unlikely that we will see Disney Genie at Disneyland by next week. But in the end, only Mickey knows what he plans to do. (Does he even tell Minnie? I'm not sure he does!) Stay tuned to the
Disney Parks Blog, for when Disney Genie comes to the Disneyland Resort, that is where you can expect to see the announcement!
Happy planning, Lizbeth, and I hope you have a wonderful visit to the Disneyland Resort!
- Kate