Oops yes, thank you for that lolThe math is a little off. $60 a day for a family of 4 but the point is still valid.
Oops yes, thank you for that lolThe math is a little off. $60 a day for a family of 4 but the point is still valid.
Wow, I can't even imagine a future like thiseveryone will be walking around on their phones
I would imagine rides like Rise and Flight of Passage will get "booked" up quickly. I think I'd only pay for Rise at the moment, just because its so annoying to get a boarding pass.
But, from what I understand after reading it over and over and *still* trying to wrap my brain around this newest cash grab, you’re still gonna have be ready on the app at 7:00 AM (IF you’re staying onsite, park opening if not) to attempt to pay for your ride on Rise which is still subject to availability, meaning it can sell out just as quickly (if not faster, IMO, during peak seasons) as it would if you were attempting to enter a Boarding Group.
Well they said both Rise and Ratatouille are going to be Virtual Queue, I don't think they mentioned either of those rides would be LL eligible.
Another point to make that no one knows yet, do you have to pay the $15 before you have the ability to purchase the a la carte options?
I have questions. (and opinions)
1. If you buy Genie plus, can you literally go all day from attraction to attraction using the lightning pass? Or will it be "one per hour" or something like that? I assume as soon as you get off one attraction you can schedule another? But let's say you get off Haunted Mansion at 11:20am? Will you be able to schedule Pirates of the Caribbean right away at 11:30am or will you have to wait until the next open block at 12 or 12:30? I foresee a lot of people standing in walkways staring at their phones waiting for their next available lightning pass.
2. So I'm assuming that Rise will sell out at 7am since its lightning lane and virtual queue only? So this still doesn't fix that issue.
3. What's to stop them from upping the price every year like they do with parking and ticket prices?
4. I'm hoping that Universal takes the opposite approach with Epic Universe and advertises it as less thinking, more enjoying. I don't want to spend my entire vacation on a phone.
1. From the way I understood it, no. It’s whatever is available (that are covered with the $15-$20 option) just like the same way as the old Fast Pass, whatever’s available on the app when you finish your first Lightning Lane purchase is what you can take. Also, again, from what I understand, you can only have 1 Lightning Lane option at a time?? Which would mean, if you already booked (example) Rise, you have to go on that ride before you wanna try for a Lightning Lane at Slinky Dog. Idk off the top of my head if that also includes the $15-$20 options, so hopefully someone with a better understanding of this mess can help.
2. That’s how I’m understanding it, but, I could still be wrong.
3. Nothing at all, and they’ve stated as such—everything is subject to change, availability and demand. I believe it to be meaning, just like ticket prices change depending on the time of year, so can these.
4. Same.
Also, again, from what I understand, you can only have 1 Lightning Lane option at a time?? Which would mean, if you already booked (example) Rise, you have to go on that ride before you wanna try for a Lightning Lane at Slinky Dog. Idk off the top of my head if that also includes the $15-$20 options, so hopefully someone with a better understanding of this mess can help.
Lightning Lane+I don't know that I have that much better an understanding, but the a la carte ride access seems to be completely separated from Genie+, since it's been reported that anybody can buy the a la carte access without also purchasing the Genie+ service.
So unless I missed some fine print, a person should be able to hold a la carte purchases (I wish Disney had actually named this, because I don't like having to keep typing out "a la carte" all the time!) and their first Genie+ Lightning Lane slot at the same time.
According to what was posted above, and from the official Disney Parks Blog post yesterday, you can purchase up to two Lightning Lane passes at once in the morning, at the same time. (Not including whatever you reserve using Genie+, just from the ala carte ones.)
16. When can I purchase Individual Attractions for Lightning Lane access?Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests can purchase up to 2 individual attraction selections for Lighting Lane access at 7am on the day of visit. Non-resort hotel guests can make a purchase when the park opens.
Too many plusses can sometimes equal a Negative. O:Too many plusses!
Yea, the more I learn the less confident I feel I know anything at all anymore!Shows just how much I can read about this scheme and still not fully comprehend it. My condolences to the average general public day guest when this goes live.
Because fast pass was free and this is not. The product changed so the name changed too, to avoid confusion.I apologize if this has been brought up before, but why change the name to "Lightning Lane"? Why not keep "FastPass"? FastPass is pretty universal across theme parks. When I'm at any other SeaWorld, Six Flags, or Cedar Fair park, I do generally hear the phrase, "Oh that's the FastPass line" instead of Quick Queue, Flash Pass, or Fast Lane. I'm still going to be saying FastPass forever, but was just curious on why the change
Shows just how much I can read about this scheme and still not fully comprehend it. My condolences to the average general public day guest when this goes live.
Because fast pass was free and this is not. The product changed so the name changed too, to avoid confusion.
I agree and that’s definitely why, but, I don’t think they’re ultimately succeeding on that front overall lol…to avoid confusion.