Walt Disney World offers another paid option to reduce wait times for theme park rides. The resort will roll out the Lightning Lane Premier Pass on October 30, and buyers will be able to use each Lightning Lane within the park at once for one day.
The current version of Lightning Lane, available for a single attraction or in a pack of three, will be retained. It provides a timed cut to the bulk of Disney theme park rides and shows.
The new Premier Pass allows visitors to enter select attractions when they want, once each day. No reservations will be required for the attractions. It also includes Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom and Epcot’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, which operates on a virtual queue system and has no backup lines.
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There will be a limited number of new passes sold each day, and initially they will only be available to visitors staying at the luxury resorts at Walt Disney World. This tier includes the monorail resorts near Magic Kingdom and a few other locations such as the Animal Kingdom Lodge and Yacht & Beach Club resorts.
Permit prices will vary between parks and day. The lowest of these ranges would be Disney’s Animal Kingdom at $129. The highest price will be $449 at Magic Kingdom, with the least expensive Premier Pass costing $329 per person. New passes can be purchased seven days in advance of your stay at Disney World.
These prices are higher than regular theme park admission.
Disneyland will launch its version of the Lightning Lane Premier Pass on October 23. The pass will work at both theme parks in California, and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis to all guests holding park tickets and costs $400 per person when available. divorce.
Lightning Lane was introduced at WDW as part of Disney World’s Disney Genie planning service in 2021. The system replaced FastPass+, which was free but was suspended as Disney World emerged from its four-month pandemic closure in 2020.
This summer, Disney began allowing advance purchases of Lightning Lane and renamed the offers as Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass.
The concept of paying for ease of access is not uncommon at theme parks. Universal Orlando offers two different types of Universal Express, which range in price from $89.99 to $319.99. SeaWorld Orlando’s Quick Queue has posted daily rates between $24.99 and $79.99 for the rest of the year, according to its website. SeaWorld also offers year-round front-line access for $299.
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Originally published: October 16, 2024 at 6:00 am
