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When can non resort guests purchase Genie Plus?

All guests can make their first Genie+ selection at 7 a.m. As of June 8, 2022, all guests will need to purchase Disney Genie+ service this way, on a daily basis, dependent on availability. During busy times, Genie+ can sell out by park (and the multi-park option becomes unavailable once a single park sells out).



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For individual Lightning Lane purchases, guests of a Disney Resort hotel and other select hotels* may make their first purchase starting at 7:00 am on the day of their visit. All other Guests can make their first purchase during normal park opening hours.

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When it comes to the purchase of Genie+, as long as everyone is connected to the My Disney Experience app and sharing plans, you should be able to make the purchase of Genie+ for everyone. On the day you are going to make this purchase, you should be prompted on the members of your party you are purchasing for.

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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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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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Can Disneyland Genie Plus rides sell out? Genie+ rides are not guaranteed. The most popular rides can run out of available Genie+ Lightning Lane selections.

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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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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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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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Here are some important things to note at Disney Genie+ at Walt Disney World: There is no pre-purchase option. The earliest you can buy Disney Genie+ is at 12:00 am ET on the date of your visit in the My Disney Experience app.

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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.

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If you didn't add Genie+ for your entire stay when you purchased your park tickets, the easiest way to get it is to add it on each day of your visit. Until the day of your park reservation, when you try to purchase it on the My Disney Experience app, you'll see that you are not eligible.

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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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Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek said in an August earnings call that a significant number of visitors pay for the add-on service. He noted that now about 50% of the people that come through the gate actually buy up to that Genie product, which I think you can see the result of in our yields.

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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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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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