Hi Lauren, thanks for visiting planDisney with your question!
When you purchase
Lightning Lane Multi Pass or Single Pass, you will first select the date and theme park you are planning to visit. Next, you will select your party from any eligible members of your Family & Friends List, and then choose your experiences. Once you confirm your Lightning Lane times, you will complete your purchase. The total price will include all members of the party you selected, and the payment used will be the payment method linked to your account. You cannot split the payment methods through the My Disney Experience app. The only way to use each family’s saved payment method is to have each party purchase their own Lightning Lane Passes. If each party purchases their own Lightning Lanes, there is a chance you will not have the same Lightning Lane experience times.
A Cast Member informed me that you can
call in and speak to a Cast Member when your Lightning Lane purchase window opens and use more than one payment method to purchase Lightning Lanes. However, they would not be able to use payment methods linked to another guest’s account.
If you do not want to use your payment method to purchase your party’s Lightning Lanes, my suggestion is to look ahead and estimate the cost of Lightning Lane Passes for each party. Then, the other families can give you Disney gift cards in the amounts they owe. You can combine the gift cards on
DisneyGiftCard.com and use one gift card to purchase all the Lightning Lane passes. You’ll have to get a gift card for your amount as well because you can only use one form of payment in a transaction.
I hope this helps, Lauren. I think you’re on the right track to have one designated person purchase Lightning Lanes for everyone, especially if you’d like to ride attractions together. If you’re staying at a Disney Resort, your
Lightning Lane purchase window will open 7 days before your arrival. If you’re not staying at a Disney Resort, you can purchase your Lightning Lanes 3 days before your park visit. If you have any more questions as you prepare for your family vacation, please come back and see us at
planDisney!
Kaitlin