Hi Erin,
Welcome to planDisney! I see that you’re arriving at Walt Disney World very soon. How amazing! Let’s hop in and get you an answer to your question.
If you haven’t already, you may want to consider purchasing
Lightning Lane passes as an add-on for your trip. With Lightning Lane passes, you can skip the traditional standby queue at many attractions and join a shorter, dedicated queue. You can purchase Lightning Lane passes up to 7 days before your trip if you’re staying at a Disney Resort hotel, and up to 3 days before arrival if you’re staying elsewhere.
Be sure to review the options and select the pass that works best for you. The Lightning Lane Multi Pass system allows you to select up to 3 available attractions in one theme park before you arrive for each park day on your ticket while the Premier Pass allows you one-time entry to each available attraction in one park for one day. There’s also the Single Pass which will allow you to choose an arrival window for one in-demand attraction per pass. Attractions that are available as Single Pass options are not included as options with Multi Pass.
If you don't already have one, you might also want to consider purchasing
MagicBand+ for your trip when you get to your Disney Resort or to your first park. MagicBand+ will allow you to scan into attraction lightning lanes quickly without the use of your phone. You can also use your
My Disney Experience account to link your MagicBand+ to your preferred payment method and tap your band to pay for food and merchandise across the resort. MagicBand+ can also be used to enter the parks at the entrance gates. You can purchase MagicBand+ at any Disney Resort merchandise location in the parks, resorts hotels or at
Disney Springs.
Erin, you’ll be visiting Disney World during
Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, which is super exciting! If you’ll be running, I'm sending you an early congratulations and good luck! I'm from New York too, so just add me to your New York cheering squad. If you're not running and you’d like to watch the marathon, my friend and fellow panelist LeAndra provides some
really great locations where you’ll be allowed to watch as a spectator.
I hope you have a great time during your visit later this week, Erin. If you need any additional help with planning we’ll be here ready to help. We’ll see ya real soon!
Your pal,
Sakinah