What has replaced FastPass at Disneyland?

You can read all about the new FastPass/MaxPass System, Genie+ here. UPDATED December 6, 2021: As of December 8, 2021, Disney's MaxPass and FastPass service have been replaced by Disney Genie and Disney Genie+. To learn more about this new offering, check out our in-depth article by clicking HERE.



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In the past, Disney offered a free FastPass option to skip the line at select rides by making an advance reservation with your park ticket. However, that option has been retired and replaced with paid Lightning Lane and Genie+ add-ons that work through a phone app.

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No. There is no more FastPass, and none of its replacements are free. There's no longer a free skip-the-line system at Disney World. Your only options are Genie+ (starting at $15+tax per person per day) and the individual Lightning Lanes.

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Although Disney's old FastPass is gone, its legacy remains today in the form of Genie+. This service provides priority access to a wide variety of rides and attractions throughout Disney's theme parks. However, unlike FastPass, Genie+ costs money.

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You do not have to purchase Genie Plus service to access them. I'll say it again in case it wasn't clear the first time: YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY GENIE PLUS TO PURCHASE INDIVIDUAL LIGHTNING LANES! Individual Lightning Lanes are sold separately for each attraction through the My Disney Experience app.

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Disney Genie+ is the paid version of the free Disney Genie planning service. It is very similar to FastPass+ in that you can skip the line at select attractions. What does Disney Genie do? Disney Genie is a free service inside the Disney app.

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Walt Disney World announced 2023 vacation packages, and with that, the end of the Genie+ ticket add-on. This post covers details about the length-of-stay prepaid Lightning Lane booking option, why it's being eliminated, and other thoughts.

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At Disneyland, the FastPass replacement cost starts at $25 per day and we have seen it go up to $30 per person per day. You can lock in the $25 per day when you add the service on to your tickets when you initially purchase them.

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How much do FASTPASSES cost? Nothing! Digital FASTPASSES are included in the cost of your ticket. MaxPass costs $20/day per person.

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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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Genie+ is a paid add-on to the free Genie service that gives guests front-of-the-line access to high-traffic attractions and shows, like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and the Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade. The price for Genie+ varies between parks, days and how busy the parks are on your reservation date.

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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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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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On the Disney Genie+ Service webpage that I linked, it does indicate that on average guests experience about two to three attractions per day with Lightening Lanes using Disney Genie+ Service. However, this is an average, and as long as you stay within the guidelines I mentioned above, you are good to go!

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Yes, the Disney Lightning Lane, which serves as the 'skip-the-line' queue, is incorporated into the cost of the standard Disney Genie+ rides. By opting for the Disney Genie Plus upgrade, guests can select from over 40 attractions. They can then schedule arrival times to access these rides via the Lightning Lane.

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You can only buy an individual Lightning Lane for each ride once per day. So each guest gets up to two distinct individual Lightning Lanes each day. That's not per park—it's total. So if you purchase Rise of the Resistance and TRON Lightcycle / Run, you can't purchase Flight of Passage as well.

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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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