Hi Robert, welcome to planDisney!
You've found the right place to bring all of your questions about planning a magical Walt Disney World Resort vacation. You arrive in just a few short days so let's cut straight to the magic.
Disney Genie+ service gives Guests access to Lightning Lane entrances at over 40 attractions throughout the four theme parks. A person can purchase Disney Genie+ service and book Genie+ Lightning Lane attractions for anyone that appears on their
Family and Friends List in My Disney Experience. Let me illustrate how this worked for my family this week.
My family visited Magic Kingdom Park on Friday. At 6:45 a.m. that morning, I purchased Disney Genie+ service for my party of six via the Tip Board of the
My Disney Experience mobile app (three small lines at the bottom right of the homepage --> Tip Board). At 7:00 a.m. I made our first Genie+ Lightning Lane reservation for Peter Pan's Flight. My Tip Board Banner then showed the time I could book my next Genie+ Lightning Lane attraction. When that time came, my husband booked our next Genie+ Lightning Lane reservation for The Haunted Mansion. After experiencing this attraction, three members of our party split off for a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Magic Kingdom Park reservation. Over the next two hours, my husband continued to make Genie+ Lighting Lane reservations for the other group of three. The timing worked out so that they could head straight from one attraction to the next. After dinner, we joined together for one last Genie+ Lightning Lane attraction,
Jingle Cruise!
When you book a Genie+ Lightning Lane attraction, the first step of the booking process asks you to confirm your party. This is where you can select anyone on your Family and Friends List with valid admission, a
theme park reservation, and Disney Genie+ service linked to their My Disney Experience account. You don't even have to include yourself in the reservation!
Here's my
direct line for any other questions about maximizing the magic on your upcoming park days, Robert.
Plan magic; planDisney.
Jennifer