Can you book lightning lanes for other people?

You are welcome to make a new reservation for any members of your party who were not included in the original reservation. If you would like to visit the attraction together, you would need to make the new Lightning Lane reservation for the same time window or a time window that overlaps with the original reservation.



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Can someone else use my Lightning Lane reservation? According to Disney, no, but in practice, yes. Disney says that Lightning Lanes aren't transferrable, but when you scan in using a ticket card, MagicBand, or MagicMobile, Cast Members do not check your ID.

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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.

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When it comes to the purchase of Genie+, as long as everyone is connected to the My Disney Experience app and sharing plans, you should be able to make the purchase of Genie+ for everyone. On the day you are going to make this purchase, you should be prompted on the members of your party you are purchasing for.

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That said, you'll absolutely be able to purchase this access for them the morning of their visit to Walt Disney World Resort, if they're all part of your “My Family & Friends” list and they've got a valid Theme Park Reservation for that day.

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Yes! You can reserve Genie+ or individual Lightning Lane selections for up to 12 people — you'll need to be connected in the My Family and Friends area of the My Disney Experience app.

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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.

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Once you've purchased the service, launch the Disney park app and log in. If multiple people in your party have the Genie+ service, make sure each person is linked to your account for your reservation date. This ensures you can book Lightning Lane experiences for the same attraction and time for your entire party.

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The Genie 120-minute rule says that you can make a new reservation at most 2 hours from when you made the last one, and this countdown timer doesn't change if you modify the reservation.

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Can you have more than one Genie+ Lightning Lane reservation at a time? Yes. The Genie 120-minute rule says that you can always make a new reservation if two hours have passed since you made the last one, or two hours since park opening if you made the reservation before the park opened.

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For those not staying at a Disney Hotel, an Individual Lighting Lane for an attraction can be purchased when that attraction's park officially opens for the day.

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As long as you and your husband have separate My Disney Experience accounts and both purchased Disney Genie+ Service, you can each log in and make selections. However, you would want to make sure one of you is booking the Disney Genie+ Lightning Lanes and the other is booking the Individual Lightning Lanes.

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If the entire party does not wish to experience a particular attraction, or if the party wishes to split up and experience two separate attractions, it is possible to select specific members of your party during the Confirm Your Party step of the Lightning Lane reservation process.

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Can Genie+ sell out? Yes. It can. Although it isn't common, we've seen it happen a few times during busier times of the year (like over the holidays and Spring Break).

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Technically, you could purchase Disney Genie+ for just one person while the other three in your party do not, however, this means they will not be able to make Lightning Lane selections and ride the attractions with that one person when they are using the Lightning Lane.

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Guests are able to select eligible Genie+ people from their Family and Friends list in the My Disney Experience app when making Genie+ (and Lightning Lane) reservations, instead of everyone having to do it individually.

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You do not have to be a resort hotel guest to use the Genie+ service. Let's review some of the basics! Any guest, regardless of where they are staying, can purchase Genie+ at 7 am that day and book a reservation for any of the 40+ attractions that the program covers.

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Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek said in an August earnings call that a significant number of visitors pay for the add-on service. He noted that now about 50% of the people that come through the gate actually buy up to that Genie product, which I think you can see the result of in our yields.

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So how many Disney guests actually use the service? In the Quarter 3 Earnings Call, Bob Chapek said that close to 50% of park guests purchase Genie+. “Even our Genie product, which we released short of a year ago, now about 50% of the people who come through the gate, buy up to that Genie product,” Chapek said.

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Let me describe the difference between Disney Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lanes. Disney Genie+ is a magical upgrade to your ticket that allows you to select Lightning Lane entrances at over 40 attractions throughout the theme parks. These Lightning Lane entrances allow you to skip the regular standby line.

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