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Is Disney Genie Plus worth it with kids?

Some of these attractions can have significant wait times throughout the day so it may be worth it if those are some of your child's favorite attractions. If you think your child will be more interested in attractions that don't have Lightning Lanes, then you could probably skip purchasing Disney Genie+ for them.



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Not all attractions are a part of the Disney Genie+ service, so it just depends on your toddler's thrill-seeking level and how tall they are to see if there are enough rides to make Disney Genie+ worth it for your visit.

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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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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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No, Genie+ and the individual Lightning Lane selections are only available during normal park hours. Can I book for multiple people? 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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Some of these attractions can have significant wait times throughout the day so it may be worth it if those are some of your child's favorite attractions. If you think your child will be more interested in attractions that don't have Lightning Lanes, then you could probably skip purchasing Disney Genie+ for them.

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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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You want to avoid wasting time in line, as much as possible If your goal is to maximize the number of attractions you ride on, purchasing Genie+ might be worth it. Although guests typically get to access front-of-the-line privileges about two or three times with Genie+, the total time saved could be significant.

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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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Or their birth certificate. Can you lie about a child's age at Disney? Sure, ages two and under get in free so you could always say a just turned three year old is still two and get in free.

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Our answer is: YES, Disney Genie+ is worth it, but not for everyone. If you have room in your budget and you are a family who likes to do many attractions per day, then yes, you will probably find some value in the Disney Genie Plus service.

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Can You Really Only Go on 2-3 Rides With Genie+? Disney added this language to their Genie+ website recently: “On average, guests can enter 2 to 3 attractions or experiences per day using the Lightning Lane entrance if the first selection is made early in the day.”

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One possibility is that the company has found the “sweet spot” for pricing during popular tourist seasons, and it's $35. Another is that price points have been “reset” and $35 is now the baseline for busier days, with the number only going higher when we enter the next big holiday season.

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In fact, usually the most popular rides are excluded for Genie+ guests. For example, Lightning Lanes aren't available through Genie+ for Disney World's Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, TRON Lightcycle/Run, Avatar Flight of Passage, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.

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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. If you made it at, say, 11 a.m., then your two hours will be up at 1 p.m. even if you modify the reservation at noon.

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There are about 50 Genie+ Lightning Lane attractions across the four parks.

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1. You can only book Lightning Lanes one at at time. Unlike with the old Fastpass system, Genie Plus Lightning Lanes can only booked one at a time. You must badge in to the attraction before you can book your next one.

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