Is Disney getting rid of Genie Plus at Disneyland?

Guests are officially no longer using any ticket that included Genie+ ticket add-on ahead of time. Disney previously was selling the add-on, but this stopped earlier last year and all tickets that could be purchased for 2023 at Walt Disney World Resort no longer allowed the add-on to be purchased ahead of time.



Technically, Disney has already "retired" the name Genie+ and replaced it with a revamped system. As of July 24, 2024, the service was renamed Lightning Lane Multi Pass. While the core functionality remains similar—allowing guests to skip the regular "standby" lines for a fee—the rebranding was designed to simplify the confusing terminology and better align with the new Lightning Lane Single Pass (formerly Individual Lightning Lane) and the ultra-premium Lightning Lane Premier Pass introduced in late 2024. At Disneyland in 2026, the Multi Pass still includes digital PhotoPass downloads and allows you to make your first selection only after you have scanned your ticket and entered the theme park. The "Genie" name still exists, but it refers specifically to the free, AI-powered itinerary planner within the Disneyland app that provides predicted wait times and recommendations, rather than the paid skip-the-line service that most people were used to calling Genie Plus.

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Genie+ Changes Coming in 2024 Earlier in 2023, Disney said, “We have heard from guests that they would like ways to plan with Disney Genie+ service and individual Lightning Lane selections before the day of their park visit, and we want you to know we are working on ways guests may do this for visits in 2024.”

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With this change, as of June 27th, 2023, guests in Disney World will be able to buy Genie+ based on what (and how many) parks they want to visit. In other words, Genie+ pricing will actually be PARK SPECIFIC and your purchase will either be for a single park or multiple parks.

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Underneath that you'll see LL Disney Genie+ Not Currently Offered. This means that all of the available Lightning Lanes have been booked. Now, it is possible that a few will become available as guests' plans change and they cancel Lightning Lanes, but getting one of those takes a lot of luck and pixie dust.

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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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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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Back in 2023, Disney announced during Star Wars Celebration that there would be more stories and characters and all new adventures coming to Star Tours in 2024. And now we know at least one of those new stories and characters will be Ahsoka, as seen in the new Disney+ series bearing the same name.

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Purchasing the Disney Genie+ gives guests access to book the Lightning Lane for Genie+ rides at Disney World in the My Disney Experience app. That means shorter wait time with access to a separate lane than standby guests. This is the replacement for the Disney Fastpass 2023, but with a fee.

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The sell-out days of Disney Genie Plus likely helped to motivate this change. Even on the most crowded Disney Genie Plus days there were still open return times at the less in demand parks (Epcot and Animal Kingdom).

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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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In general, yes: we recommend using Genie+ at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom, in conjunction with a touring plan. That depends on how long the standby lines are and how large your party size is. Passes are sold per-person, and guests are limited to two purchases per day.

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You can make selections, one at a time, all day up to regular park closing, subject to availability and limited to one Lightning Lane selection per attraction per day.

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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.

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Genie+ has been a controversial service since it debuted in the Disney parks. Now, there have been some changes announced for the skip-the-line service in Disneyland. Disney just announced that Genie+ will now be priced at $30 per day if you buy pre-arrival.

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Genie+ has been a controversial service since it debuted in the Disney parks. Now, there have been some changes announced for the skip-the-line service in Disneyland. Disney just announced that Genie+ will now be priced at $30 per day if you buy pre-arrival.

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Purchasing Genie+ is something you do on the day that you want the service. It is not something you can purchase days or weeks in advance. You can buy for just select days of your trip or for each park day of your visit, it is totally up to you.

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You can purchase Genie+ day by day on each day of your trip using the My Disney Experience app. Genie+ is available for purchase when the clock strikes midnight on the day of your visit, but you don't need to stay up late (instead, just wake up about 15 minutes early to secure it before the 7 a.m. selection process).

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In 2020 we saw the pause, and then eventual retirement, of the Walt Disney World FastPass+ and Disneyland FASTPASS and MaxPass line-skipping programs. In October 2021, the replacement, Disney Genie, was launched — with mixed reviews. What is Disney Genie?

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You may be out of luck for purchasing Individual Lightning Lanes for any attraction if you're staying offsite on high crowd days. Rise of the Resistance used to be the clear winner of the popularity contest here, and that doesn't hold true anymore either. At all crowd levels, Flight of Passage sells out first.

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