3 Reasons Lightning Lane Multi Pass Isn’t the Hack You Think It Is

Lightning Lane, which was previously Genie+ (which was previously FastPass+, and before that just FastPass), is a paid service that can help you skip the line at Disney World. There are three versions of Lighting Lane — Lightning Lane Multi Pass is similar to Genie+, except it can be purchased in advance, and rides are now broken up into tiers.

Lightning Lane

And, while Lightning Lane Multi Pass can be a huge time (and life) saver when you’re in the parks — it isn’t always the hack you think it is. Here’s what we mean.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass is an optional paid service available through the My Disney Experience app which allows you to bypass standby lines and enter the Lightning Lane at select attractions in the parks by paying a base price for multiple attractions. 

Living with the Land Lightning Lane

When purchasing Lightning Lane Multi Pass, you can make up to 3 Lightning Lane Multi Pass selections in a park in advance of your visit. Additionally, you can choose available times as you make your attraction selections, and can continue to hold up to 3 Lighting Lane Multi Pass selections at a time.

It can be a huge time saver — but it’s not always the hack people think it is.

You Don’t Need It for Every Park

Lightning Lane Multi Pass can be seriously beneficial at certain parks — but at others, you might find you don’t even really need it. We typically recommend it for Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios since those are the parks with the highest number of attractions — meaning you’ll want to spend as little time in line as possible to get everything done. But, at EPCOT and Animal Kingdom, there are fewer rides.

Winnie the Pooh Lightning Lane

At these parks, you might find that purchasing Lightning Lane Single Pass makes more sense instead. The popular rides at these parks like Cosmic Rewind and Flight of Passage typically have the longest lines, and those are available with Single Pass anyway!

It Can Be Hard To Get the Rides You Want

Just because you purchase Multi Pass doesn’t mean you’ll be able to simply walk on to any ride you want, whenever you want (you need Lightning Lane Premier Pass for that!) and you’ll still be on your phone quite a bit, trying to pick your next selections. But, sometimes the rides you want to experience don’t have any available times until much later in the day. The times will continue to get pushed back as more people use Multi Pass, which doesn’t leave you room to ride a whole lot in one day.

TRON Lightning Lane

Of course, this isn’t always the case — we’ve had plenty of success being able to get on nearly every ride we wanted to on more than one occasion — so don’t let this discourage you. But, it does mean you’ll be on your phone quite a bit, trying to secure your next Lightning Lane.

Park Hopping Complicates Things

We love park hopping at Disney World — but it can certainly get complicated when you want to use Multi Pass in both parks. Luckily, you only have to purchase the service for one park, but remember what we said earlier about not getting all the rides you want as the times get pushed farther out? That’s especially true when you park hop, since you’re already starting behind the curve.

Mad Tea Party Lightning Lane

The folks who have spent all day in the park you choose to hop to have been refreshing that Multi Pass page all day and taking up the earliest Lightning Lanes — which means by the time you get to choose yours for that park, you might have to wait until late in the day to ride — or risk not riding at all.

Space Mountain Lightning Lane

We’ll be on the lookout for more updates about Lightning Lane Multi Pass and more at Disney World. Make sure you stay tuned to the Disney Food Blog for the latest Disney news!

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