Can you use lightning pass early?

Well, the good news is that you're given an automatic grace period of 15 minutes AFTER your Lightning Lane time has passed to scan into the Lightning Lane. Even better? If you arrive at a ride early, you can tap into the Lightning Lane five minutes BEFORE your window.



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To make an Individual Lightning Lane reservation, start on the Tip Board and select the experience you would like to book. For an ILL reservation, you can select the time, so browse to find a time that's convenient for you.

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And no matter how many theme parks you visit, you can only purchase two Individual Lightning Lane passes per day. In addition, like standard Genie+ rides, you can't buy passes more than once for the same ride.

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Guests that wish to reserve Lightning Lanes during their magical stay will be able to do so beginning at 7 AM ET on each day of their theme park visit. So don't forget to set that alarm!

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Yes, on the day that you check in to a Disney Resort Hotel, you are allowed to book Individual Lightning Lane attractions at 7 am. I just did this recently, and it worked like a charm! It is one of the great tools available via your My Disney Experience App.

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No. Genie+ is a same-day ride reservation system and selections can be made starting at 7 am for everyone, regardless of whether you're on-site, off-site, Annual Passholder, DVC, etc. The inability to pre-book any ride reservations has been one of the most common complaints we've heard from readers.

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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 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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All guests, regardless of where they stay, are limited to a maximum of two pay-per-ride attractions per day and can only book a particular ride once per day. What about Annual Passholders? Annual Passholders will need to purchase Genie+ on the day(s) of their visit.

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Genie Plus is definitely worth it for Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios, and if you don't like early starts, you might consider it for Epcot and Animal Kingdom. If you are park hopping, Genie+ is even better value as it maximises the number of rides you have access to.

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You can only use the Lightning Lane for an attraction once a day. Unlike with Fastpass, you are only allowed access the Lightning Lane once per day per attraction. So if you wanna ride an attraction multiple times, you'll be using that standby line for all but one of your turns.

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Missing a Lightning Lane entirely will result in you not being able to book another one for the same ride. However, once the appropriate time elapses you can book another ride. My suggestion is to be strategic with the Lightning Lane bookings and aim to keep modifying to a time you know you will make it.

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As soon as you use your first reservation you'll be able to make your next. Overall, we think adding Disney Genie+ to your tickets is worth the money. Lightning Lane passes are related to Disney Genie+ but it's a separate expense entirely.

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A Lightning Lane entrance is a queue available at select attractions and experiences through options Guests can purchase to save time in line. To use a Lightning Lane entrance, a Guest must select an arrival window through the My Disney Experience mobile app before embarking on the attraction or experience.

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Genie+ is an add-on to the Genie service. With Genie+, you can reserve a spot in a ride's Lightning Lane, a shorter line available only to Genie+ users. You can only book one Lightning Lane at a time, however you can use it throughout the day.

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According to Disney, Club 33 is simply named after its address at 33 Royal Street in New Orleans Square at Disneyland.

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You do not need to run the Castaway Cay 5K; you can absolutely walk it! I have done this course a couple of times, I have the medals to prove it, and I certainly walked more than I ran!

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You can only book two Individual Lightning Lanes per day. No matter how many parks you plan to visit in one day, you are only allowed to book two Individual Lightning Lanes. For example, you're planning to start your day in Hollywood Studios, but want to park hop over to Magic Kingdom in the afternoon.

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Yes, regardless on where you are staying, you can start making Disney Genie+ attraction reservations at 7 am. It does not matter if you can't check in until 4 pm, or when you get your room, everyone can start booking in the morning.

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When can I buy Disney Genie+? Whether you have an Annual Pass or multi- or single-day ticket, you may only purchase Genie+ on the day of your visit via the app, one day at a time, “subject to availability,” per Disney. You can do so on the day of your park visit, starting at 12 a.m. EST.

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