Lightning Lane Availability 7 Days Out

[Tiggerific04]

Bear with me if this is covered somewhere else, but I have not tried to scroll through hundreds of pages of treads.

Has anyone been posting experiences about what kind of LL availability they are finding when they try to book right at 7 AM Eastern time on their first day of eligibility.

I’m especially interested in availability for the single attractions and the most popular Tier 1 Attractions (Tiana, Slinky, Ratatouille). Also the Safari at DAK where there is no tiering.

For example, if I planned to start a day at DHS, what kind of availability should I expect for Slinky and ROTR. Ideally I would like things before noon because my general plan (if it is feasible) is going to be to book things in the morning and then get things for later in the day at a second park after I use the ones booked in advance.

Thanks for any help.

I was online this morning right at 7am to book for next week. I had no problem getting things like Tiana, SDD, Remy, and Frozen from 8/16 on. Most of my times are before 1pm.

I’ve been trying to modify some of them to earlier times or overlapping times, but haven’t had much luck. I’ll keep trying.

 

[Davey Jones II]

Seven days out, which parks have the most availability?

 

[123SA]

.Animal Kingdom

 

[scrappinginontario]

I booked on 8/4

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Aug 11	Aug 12	Aug 13	Aug 14	Aug 15	Aug 16	Aug 17	Aug 18	Aug 19
VQ GOG		Tron VQ	GOG VQ		Tron VQ		Tron VQ
Epcot	DHS	MK	Epcot	AK - late start	MK	DHS	MK	AK
early night	F!	MNSSHP	DHS After Hours		MNSSHP
9:40 GOG	10:40 RNRC	9:30 HM	10:15 GOG	10:10 Safari	9:30 Tiana	9:10/9;15 TSM	9:05 Tiana	8:00 Navi
10:10 Land	2:10 Rise	10:20 Buzz		10:30 FOP	10:30 Pirates	9:00/9:05 Rise	10:05 POC	9:05 FOP
1:45 Remy	3:10 TOT	11:15 Tron	4:05 TSM	10:55 Navi	11:30 HM	11/11:05 Slinky		9:45 EE
2:30 MS	4:20 TSM		4:55 TOT	1:05 Kali	2:05 TRON	LUNCH	11:05 7DMT	4:00 Safari
		3:20 LTT	5:40 RNRC			12/12:05 TOT	12:05HM
		4:35 Tiana					8:40pm TRON
						6:10/15 GOG

I had no trouble Wednesday through Monday. I had no trouble with LLSP. You can see on Saturday, I messed up -- I forgot to select my whole group. We realized this about 1/2 hour after we finished. I was able to book for the reset of the group within 5 min. (Recommend you do a careful check after you are done booking) My original plan was for 3 of us to book different days in different accounts. It didn't work because the credit card wouldn't work in all of the accounts. So my order of booking was weird.

I did Tuesday MK, Friday MK, Sunday Epcot, Monday DHS, Wednesday DHS, Saturday DHS, Sunday MK, TRON for Friday and Sunday (separate because only part of our party), Thursday AK, Monday AK. Later I added the missing picks from Saturday and yesterday I modified TRON to the evening.

I'm happy with Wednesday - Monday. I'm hoping I can modify Monday DHS, I have been checking. (FYI Slinky was available on Monday & Wednesday) I'm just annoyed with Sunday at Epcot - -we had what we wanted, but lost it due to the credit card failure. I haven't been able to modify it.


I should note that I canceled all of my ADRs so that they wouldn't interfere. I only had 4, I could see plenty of openings, and I successfully rescheduled them all. I do not think I would have gotten Tiana on Tuesday if I hadn't done this. (MK closes at 6)


To answer your specific question, there was availability at 7am on my 7 day booking day for Slinky on days 2,4,7 of my trip. Remy was available on Day 1. Safari was wide open on days 5 and 9.

I purchased TRON, RISE, FOP, GOG on multiple days, 7DMT 1 day and there was plenty of options. This included day 1 & 2 of my trip.

Your chart says you booked VQs in advance? How is that possible?

Have they changed something? I didn’t think you could book a VQ until 7AM the day you wish to use a VQ.

 

[elvispursley]

Your chart says you booked VQs in advance? How is that possible?

Have they changed something? I didn’t think you could book a VQ until 7AM the day you wish to use a VQ.

Maybe he/she just has it listed in the hopes to get/use a VQ?

 

[scrappinginontario]

Maybe he/she just has it listed in the hopes to get/use a VQ?

I wanted to clarify both for myself and others. My 7 day window opens next week and I wanted to see if I had missed something.

 

[HeiHei2018]

I found Thrill Data super helpful: https://www.thrill-data.com/lightning-lane
Note that Disney may add availability, so there were better times when booking at 7 am than there were the night before at 11 pm. ( I was booking for 7+1 and 7+2.)

 

[emmabelle]

My next trip is going to be a short one, arriving on a Saturday with park days Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. So, availability for the more popular attractions might be pretty late in the day.

This will be me at the end of the month. I have to book HS for my first day there. My second day is the opening of F&W and my third day I bought tickets to MNSSHP.

I think I'll be able to get Slinky just pretty late at night.

 

[123SA]

Your chart says you booked VQs in advance? How is that possible?

Have they changed something? I didn’t think you could book a VQ until 7AM the day you wish to use a VQ.

Sorry. Yes these are notes. Reminders that on those days I’m trying for VQ

 

[DarthChurro]

I book our Multipass tomorrow, originally i was going to chip thorugh the list start to end but i'm thinking go from end of the trip to the start since less people will have access to those days already.

Anyone else try this or am i just over thinking

 

[OurLaughingPlace]

I found Thrill Data super helpful: https://www.thrill-data.com/lightning-lane
Note that Disney may add availability, so there were better times when booking at 7 am than there were the night before at 11 pm. ( I was booking for 7+1 and 7+2.)

Thank you for this link. It is easy to follow and is helping me see what might be available on my booking day (coming up on August 11th). Are you saying that more availability is added for the rides at 7:00am?

 

[GrumpyInPhilly]

I book our Multipass tomorrow, originally i was going to chip thorugh the list start to end but i'm thinking go from end of the trip to the start since less people will have access to those days already.

Anyone else try this or am i just over thinking

This is a good strategy and one that was suggested in the days of FP+

 

[fbb]

Thrill data has been helpful to me in formulating a plan. I haven’t booked yet so can’t speak to its accuracy but I feel a lot more confident in laying out a plan at least.
Link

This is great! Thank you for the link.

 

[scrappinginontario]

I book our Multipass tomorrow, originally i was going to chip thorugh the list start to end but i'm thinking go from end of the trip to the start since less people will have access to those days already.

Anyone else try this or am i just over thinking

I have been watching some YouTube videos as my booking date is in a few days. It appears this strategy still works but not as well as it did with FP+.

 

[EACarlson]

This is encouraging because we are planning on DAK as our first day and doing something similar to what you are describing in the morning.

We are going to the MNSSHP at MK that night so as we use our 3 at DAK I will be looking for things at MK to use between about 4 and the official park closing at 6.

This will only work if you have Hopper tickets. If you have a single park ticket you will not be allowed to book LLMP at MK.

 

[HeiHei2018]

Thank you for this link. It is easy to follow and is helping me see what might be available on my booking day (coming up on August 11th). Are you saying that more availability is added for the rides at 7:00am?

Some availability is definitely added overnight. Thrill data and anecdotal reports suggest it drops between 5 and 7 am.

 

[wisblue]

This will only work if you have Hopper tickets. If you have a single park ticket you will not be allowed to book LLMP at MK.

We will all have some form of hopper ticket.

 

[Gentry2004]

Any more recent data points? Either 7 or 3 days out?

 

[CarolynFH]

Any more recent data points? Either 7 or 3 days out?

Yes, I the main thread - https://www.disboards.com/threads/p...t-walt-disney-world-starting-july-24.3948850/

 

[wisblue]

I found Thrill Data super helpful: https://www.thrill-data.com/lightning-lane
Note that Disney may add availability, so there were better times when booking at 7 am than there were the night before at 11 pm. ( I was booking for 7+1 and 7+2.)

I wonder if anyone else has had recent experience with this.

I have been looking at Thrill Data to develop a plan for what I might expect.

We won’t be going to a park on our arrival day so I will be looking for 7+1 (MK), 7+2 (DHS), and 7+3 (DAK).

I am wondering if others have found the times listed on Thrill Data to be somewhat accurate, or even that available times when booking were in some cases even earlier than shown.