Booking Lighting Lanes for two days

[Laura's Dad]

We are heading to WDW the first week of March. We will be doing 3 park days (no hopping) and an After Hours evening in DHS. WE wil be doing EE at AK and have decided not to get LL for that day. We will be booking MK and Epcot Our LL booking date is this coming Sunday. This is the first time that we have ever done the Lightning Lane system and have some questions.

1. Is it possible for two people in the party to book Lightning Lanes at the same time for different dates?

2. If purchasing LLMP and LLSP, do you try to get the time for the single pass first? Or will it matter?

3. The change to no Virtual Queue at Guardians and Tiana have us concerned. Do you think it will make making LL selection more difficult?

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

1- Yes, as long as you're linked and sharing plans/reservations, etc, that should work. Assuming you're staying onsite and can book 7 days, plus the length of your resort stay, not sure it's so time critical that you'll need to do that - but you can.

2- I'd probably go for Single Pass first (sounds like you'll be doing Guardians and perhaps Tron?), then do the LLMP reservations right after. Grab times closest to what you're looking for. You can go back later and modify to try and fine tune, and even overlap LL windows later.

3- Hard to say. Might make it slightly more difficult. Then again, people previously had to buy LL in advance and then hope for a VQ morning-of (for GOTG), so not clear how this will work yet. Maybe it'll be a really long standby line and LL won't be impacted that much.

Good luck with both your days of LL. You might already know this, but you'll book a day at a time, make your selections, and then pay for that day. Then you can move on to another day for selections there. Remember MODIFY can really help at times after you've booked. Also remember that after you tap into your first attraction, you then can look to book another attraction, no matter the tier.

Have a great trip - we'll be there early March, as well! Early that week appears quite busy, especially around Mardi Gras Tuesday!

 

[Dave006]

1. Is it possible for two people in the party to book Lightning Lanes at the same time for different dates?

Yes but don't plan to share the same MDE Account, and try to avoid using the same Credit Card if you have more than 1.

2. If purchasing LLMP and LLSP, do you try to get the time for the single pass first? Or will it matter?

I agree with @thanxfornoticin on grabbing your LLSP selections first in your case since you are going during Mardi Gras 2025 week. For other slower weeks I often suggest guests focus on grabbing better times for LLMP attractions.

3. The change to no Virtual Queue at Guardians and Tiana have us concerned. Do you think it will make making LL selection more difficult?

Yes many guests that often would normally grab a VQ may be just going for the LLSP for GotG. For Tiana's since it is a LLMP Tier 1 selection it will be interesting to show LLMP availability is.

Since you will be going shortly after the VQs end next Tuesday, you might have a couple of days to see what the Standby Queue wait times before you book your LLMP and/or LLSP selections.

Dave

 

[Laura's Dad]

Yes but don't plan to share the same MDE Account, and try to avoid using the same Credit Card if you have more than 1.


I agree with @thanxfornoticin on grabbing your LLSP selections first in your case since you are going during Mardi Gras 2025 week. For other slower weeks I often suggest guests focus on grabbing better times for LLMP attractions.


Yes many guests that often would normally grab a VQ may be just going for the LLSP for GotG. For Tiana's since it is a LLMP Tier 1 selection it will be interesting to show LLMP availability is.

Since you will be going shortly after the VQs end next Tuesday, you might have a couple of days to see what the Standby Queue wait times before you book your LLMP and/or LLSP selections.

Dave

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1- Yes, as long as you're linked and sharing plans/reservations, etc, that should work. Assuming you're staying onsite and can book 7 days, plus the length of your resort stay, not sure it's so time critical that you'll need to do that - but you can.

2- I'd probably go for Single Pass first (sounds like you'll be doing Guardians and perhaps Tron?), then do the LLMP reservations right after. Grab times closest to what you're looking for. You can go back later and modify to try and fine tune, and even overlap LL windows later.

3- Hard to say. Might make it slightly more difficult. Then again, people previously had to buy LL in advance and then hope for a VQ morning-of (for GOTG), so not clear how this will work yet. Maybe it'll be a really long standby line and LL won't be impacted that much.

Good luck with both your days of LL. You might already know this, but you'll book a day at a time, make your selections, and then pay for that day. Then you can move on to another day for selections there. Remember MODIFY can really help at times after you've booked. Also remember that after you tap into your first attraction, you then can look to book another attraction, no matter the tier.

Have a great trip - we'll be there early March, as well! Early that week appears quite busy, especially around Mardi Gras Tuesday!

We are huge PO fans and have done Mardi Gras there 3 different times in the past. We are actually doing a resort only day for Mardi Gras and the next day just doing HS After Hours. Thanks for all of the advice.