FastPass+ and MaxPass have gone away, and 2 NEW, paid services are taking over at Disney World and Disneyland.
Lightning Lanes Have Replaced FastPass+ Lanes
Disney Genie, Genie+, and Individual Attraction Selection have all officially debuted in Disney World. The services are available for all guests to use already, but if you’re staying at a Disney World Hotel, you’ll get an extra perk when it comes to one particular service!
Disney Genie+ is a new service through which guests are able to pay a set amount per day per ticket ($15 per day per ticket in Disney World, $20 per day per ticket in Disneyland) to choose the next available time to arrive at an attraction and use that attraction’s “Lightning Lane” (a.k.a. the old FastPass Lane). Essentially, this is a paid service that can help guests skip the lines at select attractions. Guests will be able to make 1 Genie+ ride selection at a time throughout the day (with some exceptions).
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Over 40 attractions are included in this service at Disney World and over 15 attractions will be included at Disneyland.
Click here to see our step-by-step guide to buying Genie+ in Disney World!
In addition to Genie+, Disney has introduced something called Individual Attraction Selection (or pay-per-ride). With this service, guests are able to pay a certain amount to utilize the Lightning Lane for a specific, individual attraction. In other words, the guest is paying to bypass the standby queue (or virtual queue) for a single ride.
Lightning Lane Rise of the Resistance
Guests can only hold up to 2 Individual Attraction Selections per day (across all 4 theme parks in Disney World and 2 theme parks in Disneyland).
Click here to see our step-by-step guide to buying pay-per-ride selections.
The rides that are available through Disney Genie+ are different than those offered through Individual Attraction Selection. Individual Attraction Selection is being utilized for those highly popular Disney rides. In Disney World, some of the rides included in this pay-per-ride service are: Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, and Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure.
Click here to see the full list of rides you can pay extra for!
The benefit for hotel guests comes in with relation to Individual Attraction Selection (pay-per-ride). All guests will have the ability to buy Individual Attraction Selections. Guests will be able to buy their first one when the park opens.
Disney’s Contemporary Resort
But, those staying at select hotels get a little bit earlier access. Disney has stated that those staying at Disney owned and operated hotels, The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, and Shades of Green at Walt Disney World Resort will be able to make their first Individual Attraction Selections at 7AM each day.
Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort
This can be a big deal especially considering that these rides are some of the most popular ones in the parks. Booking those popular rides earlier can (generally) give you a better selection in terms of available return times. Just a few days after Disney Genie’s debut in Disney World, one of our reporters tried to get a pay-per-ride selection for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at 9AM (when the park opened), and the next available return time wasn’t until 5:40PM. Just seconds later, the next available return time wasn’t until after 7PM. We’ve also seen the pay-per-ride selections for Rise of the Resistance selling out not too long after the park has opened for the day.
For many other rides, the pay-per-ride selections have generally stayed open for longer into the day, from what we’ve seen. But that could change, especially as the holiday season approaches and more guests enter the park and utilize these services.
Click here to see our thoughts on whether you NEED to stay at a Disney World hotel for the best pay-per-ride choices, based on what we’ve seen so far now that Genie+ is active in Disney World!
Keep in mind that the rules are a bit different when it comes to making Disney Genie+ selections. For Disney Genie+, your first selection can be made at 7AM on the day of your visit at Disney World (this is for all guests: those staying at Disney resorts and those who are not), but can only be made once a guest is in the park over at Disneyland.
Lightning Lane at Toy Story Midway Mania
We’ll continue to keep an eye out for more updates and details about Disney Genie+, Individual Attraction Selection, and more. Stay tuned for more updates on that!
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Jeff, in this video, around 12:30, it’s explained that Disney Resort guests will be able to schedule Individual Attraction Selections at 7AM. Everyone else will have to wait until Park opening. Genie+ is available start booking at 7AM for all guests.
I’m pretty excited to see all these people that aren’t going back because of this. It’ll clear out the park and make shorter wait times. More for me.
I’m not bothered by the extra fees. I don’t necessarily like the idea, but that’s the way it is right now. I’m a solo traveler, and if I can’t get on a ride, I’ll just find something else to do.
We have just booked for 2022 but we might cancel as one of the things we love is booking our rides 60 days in advance to be sure we have them and then we make reservations for meals at the same time, with this system not only will we not know what park we will be going to but we will probably not bother with staying for dining in the park either! All the enjoyment is being sucked out of Disney as is staying at a Disney resort by the constant increase in cost!
You are truly mad if you think that getting up at 7:00am while ON VACATION to pay even more fees for rides that used to be free to ride with park entry is a positive perk! You can stay at a deluxe at Universal and get an Express Pass AND early entry (if you want to). Now that is an inducement to stay on property.
You know who is happy with all of the changes at Disney? Their competition. I cancelled my 2022 Disney trip and will travel to a tropical island vacation. My 2021 Disney trip was changed, I cancelled my Disney resort stay and booked an Orlando vacation home with in a resort full of amenities. I shortened the number of visits to the Disney parks and added a visit to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure (with express pass and dining). Since I would have, had to, pick up my own luggage with Disney’s Magical Express – we decided to rent a van, allowing us the freedom and convenience of getting around more freely; and dining more inexpensively (since we will not be trapped on Disney property). After this trip to Disney, we probably won’t be back for a couple of years; when typically we visit yearly, sometimes twice a year. I will remember the good times and will make the best of our upcoming trip – even though I take issue with having to wake up at 7 am to reserve rides, the $15 surcharge for Genie+, and the additional up-charge for the Individual Ride Selection.
Why do you keep defending such a bad idea.
My family and I have over 25 trips possibly up to 30.
We are passholders, DVC and at least once a year for one to two week visitors.
I am having discussions with the kids on dumping our timeshare, especially before prices tank that’s to this Elimination of fast passes and replacing with Genie is REALLY a bad decision on Disney’s part.
Why not just allow Fastpasses to continue the way they were with only allowing on site to select three rides and all others two rides per day ahead of time. On site would include one hard to get ride per day, off site none unless they pay per ride for the hard to get rides.
To make more money (which is obviously what Disney is doing here), allow on site the ability to buy up to three more fastpasses per day (one of those being hard to get rides) and offsite pay per ride for fastpasses beyond the two.
Contnue to allow all to select additional rides on fastpasses for free if available at the day goes on once original passes are used up.
Not simple but at least it would be more workable than this cluster of an idea.
Or just do what Universal does exactly, free for on site and pay for all else.
First of let me start by saying I understand stand the frustration of everyone, especially season pass holders that were use to the free fastpass, and also the ones with large families this will be a cost that will add up. However, for just 2 of us, that makes it to Disney ever 10 years or so I am looking forward to the genie+. Don’t get me wrong I do wish the fast pass was still free, who doesn’t, and that the popular attractions were included with the Genie+ and you didn’t have to pay separately for them which by just guessing I think will be around $20 a pop. But for $15 a day for the Genie+, which I was surprised it was that cheap according to Disney’s standards which I thought would be $60-$80 a day, to cut out on average at least 3 to 5 hours a day standing in line, and heat, is worth it to us. When we have only a week, 6 park days, to get in as much as possible and we need all the help we can get to get as much done as possible. Will I pay the premium to ride the 2 rides we really want to do, star wars rise of the resistance and ratatouille, that will depend on the price. Hopefully I can get on them through the virtual queue and not have to have to use that option. Hopefully this opinion doesn’t upset everyone but for us that are on a tight schedule this works for us.
What does upset me is I am also doing the Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, and didn’t notice when I booked it…My Fault…, that even if Disney cancels it they won’t refund my money. So something beyond my control I am out that money. Where is the logic behind that?
Nicky, you don’t have to pay extra for Genie+ or Individual Attraction Selections if you don’t want to. You’ll just wait in the regular Standby lines instead — which some people don’t mind at all. 🙂
Claudia, yes for the Disney Springs Area Resorts.
Jeff, the info is in this video at about the 12:30 mark.
Hi, Kevin. Apologies if my clarification wasn’t clarifying. 😉 You can buy Disney Genie+ on its own, Individual Attraction Selections on their own, or both. For example, if you just want to purchase a Lightning Lane pass for Rise of the Resistance and wait in Standby for everything else, you absolutely can. If you want to go all in and pay for Disney Genie+ and your two Individual Attraction Selections per day, you can go all in. Does that help?
I don’t want to be worried about getting up at 7am and scrambling to get FPs. Especially if up later the night before. How is that a vacation, just more stress. Since I live in Florida and have AP we usually don’t stay at the resorts so there will be nothing left for the most popular attractions by the time we can use the service.
It is becoming more and more obvious that Disney was fed up with Annual Pass Holders and local fanatics who attend the park too much. The new systems are all being geared towards out of state travelers who spend multiple days staying on property. Good for them… it is about time. IMHO, it is the locals who have ruined WDW. They take up too much space, took all the fast passes, overloaded the boarding queue system, ransack special merchandise events…. really they put a black eye on the entire park experience. Glad Disney finally started pushing back. Out-of-State’rs spend 1000x more money in the parks anyway.
DFB Sarah, do you know when this program will start? I haven’t seen anything about a start date. I am heading there on 9/11 and was just wondering if it will be launched by then? Trying to budget for EVERYTHING right now!
I am 100% happy with the paid Genie+. Last time my family went to WDW, FastPass was basically useless for us because, due to work, we weren’t able to try to make FastPass selections until afternoon 60 days before. At that point, there were no more available for any of the rides we wanted to go on. It will be so much nicer being able to sleep in until 6:30, get up, and make a ride selection knowing that I’m not having to fight with everyone in 100 miles who go to Disney every weekend. An extra $60 per person ($15/park) when I’m already spending thousands is well worth it.
I understand why the every-weekenders are upset, but, Dude, get over it. Disney is making a better experience for those of us that a trip to Disney is a twice in a lifetime trip.
Your response to Sarah was disgusting. You said that you DO NOT have to pay extra to ride because you can wait in the regular STAND BY LINE like so many other people and they don’t mind. Who are you trying to fool. Pay over $120 to enter the park and wait on STAND BY LINE FOR FIVE RIDES DURING THE ENTIRE DAY. Five rides, heat and sweat and all for only $120. SO SAD
Ronald, I’m sorry my tone came across as dismissive. There are some who don’t mind waiting in lines, but — of course — I know everyone has their own perspectives and their own limitations. And because I’m in the comments every day, I know that most of the folks I hear from here are not happy about the change from FastPass+ to Genie+. I try to give information as accurately as I can, and sometimes that includes the less-popular and sometimes-controversial info as well.
Susan, I don’t envy you having to work out that budget. Disney has not yet released a date for when Disney Genie will start; they’re just saying “fall 2021” at this point.
So having already paid for a ticket, I can then pay top dollar to stay on site and get up at 7am to pay extra for some rides that were previously included.
Yeah, right 😁
Pop Century cancelled, Cabana Bay booked.
There is no way that my family is going to get up 7:00 am to do that and that is so wrong of Disney to expect that another one of their inconsiderate treatment of resort guest that r not allowed to b n the parks for the later hours we r so sick the unfair treatment of us guest they have ruined it for us and they don’t even care of course it’s a case of the have and have nots there r a lot more of us have nots that have supported Disney all these years with out us where would they b
All these rules are just exhausting. I’m tired before I even get to WDW just thinking about all the work I have to do to get into the parks and enjoy them. Disney acts like they are treating us when truth has always been that most families have to save few years before they can even think about.
We’ve been going to WDW every year for well over 20 years. We have a trip booked in Feb.2022. This will likely be our last unless things work out better than we expect in Feb. We went in May and it wasn’t bad but missed the dining plan and hated ordering online. Too many rules, too much phone use, no more Magic Express, guests being treated differently based on which hotels you stay in. Just not as fun and too much money.