Plan Ahead with Lightning Lane Entry at Walt Disney World Starting July 24

[Haley R]

Do you think that, for now, they've actually set it in the system as 10 minutes early? So it will turn green if you scan in 10 minutes before the start of your window?

They had to let us through, it didn’t scan green. It was blue but they turned it green for us

 

[Haley R]

Love your finishing move!

Riding BTMR during the fireworks is always our tradition. I love that ds loves riding as much as I do. The longest we waited was maybe 10 minutes the first time we rode at 9 pm and then after that it was a walk on.

 

[gottalovepluto]

They had to let us through, it didn’t scan green. It was blue but they turned it green for us

Ah, ok so the programming is still 5 mins.

 

[jimandami]

Today my 7 day window opened for just a 2 day trip next week, and Tiana's was already sold out at 7:00 AM on the dot, and as of now, at least ToT and TSM are both intermittently showing as sold out and even when I booked at 7:00, return times were late afternoon. The app has also been super glitchy. Now, I get we only have 2 park days with a one night stay, so are at a disadvantage, but so far I am pretty frustrated. Spent $535 (5 people and bought both multipass and every single pass except Seven Dwarves), and it's just been a headache. Will obviously keep trying to modify, but at this moment, prefer the old genie + system (then again, we are early risers).

 

[CoasterGT24]

Is your trip the 6th and 7th? If so, there was already no availability even before 7 AM according to these:

https://www.thrill-data.com/lightning-lane/wdw/tianasbayouadventure/8/6/2024

https://www.thrill-data.com/lightning-lane/wdw/tianasbayouadventure/8/7/2024

The 8th still has some availability at the moment.

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

Do you think that, for now, they've actually set it in the system as 10 minutes early? So it will turn green if you scan in 10 minutes before the start of your window?

We were not able to do this. 5 min before return time was when it turned green. SDMT ride attendants would not let us go 7 min before return time. Made us wait. RoTR ride attendants let us go on 10-12 min early, and GOTG as well.

 

[ML_LovesDisney]

Here now and did not pre-book anything for today because it's a "chill day". I went on to look to see if I could get anything for Epcot if I did buy LLMP; all the top rides are gone so I did not purchase. Standby for Living with the Land and Figment are usually low wait so I wouldn't waste money on LLMP for 6 people today.

I am curious about day of availability going forward. I don't really care, I'm fine not to ride "fancy" rides today, but if you are thinking you can plan day of, it may not work out. And it's summer, so crowds aren't that bad.

 

[Perdita&Pongo]

Data LLMP for Magic Kingdom 7/29 reported as a 3/10 crowd day.

Hope this data helps!

Princesswahooey -

I wanted to say Thank You for all of your wonderful, detailed battleground reports direct from the parks! I think I speak for most of us here that your info and the way you present it is invaluable to future park goers. For us to be able to get the detail of your on-the-fly LL experiences is just so wonderful. I am amazed at what you have booked, rearranged, refreshed, etc for a whopping group of 21 - that’s almost jaw dropping in my book.

Thank you again for all you do - we appreciate you!!!

 

[ST1TCH]

It feels like, and I could certainly be wrong, that so far Disney has used this opportunity to also combat a common complaint that LL's drastically increase wait times. It seems, based on multiple reports and Youtuber how-to videos, that the number of LL passes per ride are much more limited. Time will tell if they keep it this way or continue to release more as they get this dialed in. During the Genie+ days, LL lines were very long. Now they're being reported as literal walk ons (minus rides where it joins with the standby, like MMRR).

 

[jimandami]

Is your trip the 6th and 7th? If so, there was already no availability even before 7 AM according to these:

https://www.thrill-data.com/lightning-lane/wdw/tianasbayouadventure/8/6/2024

https://www.thrill-data.com/lightning-lane/wdw/tianasbayouadventure/8/7/2024

The 8th still has some availability at the moment.

It is, yes.

 

[StarCruzer]

It feels like, and I could certainly be wrong, that so far Disney has used this opportunity to also combat a common complaint that LL's drastically increase wait times. It seems, based on multiple reports and Youtuber how-to videos, that the number of LL passes per ride are much more limited. Time will tell if they keep it this way or continue to release more as they get this dialed in. During the Genie+ days, LL lines were very long. Now they're being reported as literal walk ons (minus rides where it joins with the standby, like MMRR).

Yes, it seems like they did a bit of an overcorrection. My thought is that once the holiday season (Halloween and Christmas) ramps up, they may slowly start to drop more day-to-day availability. Seems like they summer may be their beta test period to work out some of the bugs.

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

3. No re-rides on the same day - Yeah, sad that we could not go on Everest and TSMM over and over again. But, it does keep the waiting down with a pass.

Do keep in mind that standby lines for those rides get very short toward the end of the day and you can reride to your hearts content with no LLMP required.

Even when Toy Story was new, we would have late-night tournaments and could almost always ride 4 times during the last hour of operation while most guests were waiting for the first showing of Fantasmic. Fortunately, a former poster here Robo gave me some good tips on how to not wear yourself out on that one with multiple rerides.

Everest gets shorter even earlier in the day, and the kids like to ride it 5 or 6 times before leaving the park. I get tired after about 2 trips and just sit on a bench watching them run by every few minutes.

Just be aware that the posted wait times are intentionally inflated in the evening to discourage late riders and you'll be good to go.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

We were able to scan in as early as 10 minutes before our time started

They had to let us through, it didn’t scan green. It was blue but they turned it green for us

What attraction did you try to enter at 10mins ahead? Was it multiple ones you tried this at and only 1 they let you through?

I'm wondering if to an extent it's ride-specific and crowd specific like it's not as big of an issue to alter it to allow you through for X attraction with crowds at Y (or maybe even time of day) but another time not.

 

[godfather927]

It feels like, and I could certainly be wrong, that so far Disney has used this opportunity to also combat a common complaint that LL's drastically increase wait times. It seems, based on multiple reports and Youtuber how-to videos, that the number of LL passes per ride are much more limited. Time will tell if they keep it this way or continue to release more as they get this dialed in. During the Genie+ days, LL lines were very long. Now they're being reported as literal walk ons (minus rides where it joins with the standby, like MMRR).

Exactly what I was afraid of. Paying for Genie+ used to be such a no-brainer. Now it's questionable whether it's worth the cost.

 

[DLRExpert]

What attraction did you try to enter at 10mins ahead? Was it multiple ones you tried this at and only 1 they let you through?

I'm wondering if to an extent it's ride-specific and crowd specific like it's not as big of an issue to alter it to allow you through for X attraction with crowds at Y (or maybe even time of day) but another time not.

Letting you scan in early ot later is based on the CM at the scanner to let you through.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Letting you scan in early ot later is based on the CM at the scanner to let you through.

Um yes this I know...

I was asking if they had it on a specific attraction or not. Obviously I'm talking about the CM's discretion and looking at are they (the CM) considering X attraction in that decision as well as crowd level. I'm not talking about Disney, as a company, using an overreaching policy that applies uniformly.

 

[Haley R]

What attraction did you try to enter at 10mins ahead? Was it multiple ones you tried this at and only 1 they let you through?

I'm wondering if to an extent it's ride-specific and crowd specific like it's not as big of an issue to alter it to allow you through for X attraction with crowds at Y (or maybe even time of day) but another time not.

It was at Haunted Mansion that we showed up 10 minutes early. We also showed up about 7-8 minutes early for ROTR and they let us through

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

It was at Haunted Mansion that we showed up 10 minutes early. We also showed up about 7-8 minutes early for ROTR and they let us through

HM not too too surprised about but Rise that's quite interesting

 

[focusondisney]

It seems, based on multiple reports and Youtuber how-to videos, that the number of LL passes per ride are much more limited. Time will tell if they keep it this way or continue to release more as they get this dialed in.

Or, this was how many LLs there were supposed to be all along. And there are really that many less people using it with Disney’s reworked DAS access.

 

[Tbiafore]

I have not seen this answer anywhere....

Can someone confirm that you can book LLMP for a large party all at once (not needing multiple accounts)? We are a party of 15.