What happens if ride is closed during lightning lane window?

If you have a Lightning Lane reserved for an attraction and notice it is closed during your redemption window and have not already scanned in at the queue entrance, you will receive a “multi-experience pass.” A multi-experience pass is basically a free Lightning Lane reservation that can be redeemed on one of many ...



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Get In Line at Closing Disney's usual policy states that as long as you are in line for an attraction by the time the Park closes, you'll get to ride it. That means if you get on line for Test Track at 8:59 p.m., you may walk off it at 9:30 or later, meaning you'll walk through the Park after it closes.

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Pricing for Individual Lightning Lanes varies by date and attraction, and once you purchase an Individual Lightning Lane, it is non-refundable. To help ensure your grandson doesn't change his mind after you've made a purchase, you might try having him watch guest ride videos posted on social media channels.

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Once you make a Lightning Lane selection you will be able to make your next one two hours later or after you've redeemed that Lightning Lane, whichever comes first.

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Is there a grace period for Lightning Lane reservations? Typically, guests are able to tap in 5 minutes ahead of time or 15 minutes after the window has closed.

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If you miss your window and did not successfully cancel or modify it, you will not be able to make another reservation for that attraction.

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Now, if the last Lightning Lane reservation you made is used because you tapped into the ride, canceled it or it expired then you can book another one. You can also book another one if two hours have passed since you made your last Lightning Lane reservation.

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For Individual Lightning Lanes, guests are limited to 2 Individual Lightning Lane purchases per day. With Genie+ Lightning Lanes, guests may not reserve the same ride twice in one day, and there are limits on how frequently you can reserve.

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Guests visiting any of the four Disney Parks are permitted to get into line for a park attraction up until the final minute prior to park closing! For example, if Magic Kingdom Park is scheduled to close at 6:00PM, Guests may get in line up until 5:59PM!

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Guests visiting any of the four Disney Parks are permitted to get into line for a park attraction up until the final minute prior to park closing! For example, if Magic Kingdom Park is scheduled to close at 6:00PM, Guests may get in line up until 5:59PM!

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The stores will stay open for as long as there are people buying things. They don't ever kick you out. We've gotten some great pictures later at night by waiting around, but we've never stayed to be the last people in the park.

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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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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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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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Open your Tip Board and scroll down to the attraction you have a Lightning Lane for. Click the three dots next to the Lightning Lane details and select “Modify Plan.” This will take you to a page with the time you can modify it to.

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Selling Out & Hardest to Get Most Individual Lightning Lane attractions will sell out at some point during a given day. This depends on the date you are visiting and how crowded the theme parks are that day. The most popular attractions will sell out first, sometimes within minutes of reservations opening up.

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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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Is Disney Lightning Lane Worth it Conclusion. As a general rule of thumb we do find the Disney World Lightning Lane to be worth it if you can find a way to save 60 minutes per attraction at a cost of under $11.00 per attraction.

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There are different ways to get to the booking screen, but my preference is just to find the ride I want on the “Tip Board” in Disney Genie (within the My Disney Experience aka Disney World app) and tap into it there. You can only use Genie+ for each ride once per day.

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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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