Posted: Tuesday July 23, 2024 9:07am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff
A new version of the My Disney Experience app has been released just ahead of the July 24 launch of Walt Disney World's new Lightning Lane Pass system.
Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass in My Disney Experience
Version 8.01 of My Disney Experience is now available to download from the app store. In the release notes, Disney says, "Starting July 24, 2024, Lightning Lane Multi Pass will replace Disney Genie+ service and Lightning Lane Single Pass will replace individual Lightning Lane entry-and add some exciting new benefits. You can purchase these Lightning Lane passes and start choosing arrival times for experiences days in advance (subject to availability)."
Alongside the support for Lightning Lane Passes, Disney says, "We also fixed bugs and improved overall app."
For more details see:Guide and FAQ to Disney World's Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass
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lightningtap3473 minutes ago
The inventory is less. Rides that were previously in inventory from Fastpass (FoP, Dwarfs, Rise) remain in their own pay solution. That's what he's saying, and he's correct.
Doberge6 hours ago
Before the rollout there was a popular expectation that guests would be able to pre-book in times close to one another earlier in the day (at least for resort guests). The idea was that crisscrossing a park would be reduced. As it stands today this is very difficult to do before noon. It's great to have flexibility to pick times, but when realistic groupings are early afternoon to early evening (depending on popularity of the tier 1), tradeoffs are created as hours tick by before able to book new attractions (when first booked a the afternoon). G+ put a burden on same day guests to work through the system and continue refreshing, and success stories for new multi LL have often included similar stories about modifying and refreshing. We've been checking every few hours to see what pops up for booked days 9 and 14 day, and we'll continue to do so. I suspect eventually we'll find better times to fit into our schedule but its going to be more burdensome, for us, than just doing it same day with G+. Sounds like there will still be much modifying and refreshing so I'm not imagining being on my phone less during the trip. More pre-trip work without significantly reducing day-of burden is, imo, a net loss.What I'm talking about might be easier to see here, for we what we have for HS on August 5.:First I note thatbwe have these because my kids have different HS interests and that's why we end up with +3 reservations. Anyway, 9 days out the best we could do with Slinky was 5:55. Our choices were then to either group things closer together after 2 for a plan to make more sense, but the tradeoff would be not starting to use reservations earlier (here Runaway Railway, Swirling Saucers, ToT) and booking better replacements later. Can this be cleaned up? Probably, but it's going to be a real pain.
Chi846 hours ago
I can only speak for my own experience. When we visited with my elderly mom, we would either skip the rides with long wait times or she would find a shady spot to sit and wait for us. I remember Splash routinely having 90-minute waits, a lot of it in the sun.
easyrowrdw6 hours ago
FP+ worked really well for us visiting with young kids. But I can see how adding an ILL and potentially a VQ would be difficult. A schedule was nice but 5 set times (one of which you have very little control over) could be too much. But not doing those reservations might mean you don’t get to do certain (desirable) rides. That’s not an easy choice.
easyrowrdw6 hours ago
If I’d been made to guess how ride-skipping options would attract certain demographics I would not have guessed older visitors. It makes sense though. What did older folks do before FastPass? I guess that’s been a while. Maybe people have become so accustomed to it at this point that removing it is just unrealistic.
doctornick7 hours ago
See I would argue the opposite. I think having some semblance of a plan is much easier with families than having to do stuff on the fly. And times can be changed in the app if needed.Seems more like a feature than a bug to me. I don't think "flexibility" is the big issue with G+ or LLMP - I think it is dissatisfied guests not feeling like they are getting enough value and clogging up Guest Services. I firmly believe that they settled on 3 advanced bookings so they can be assured that everyone purchasing got three attractions each day. That's more important to Disney IMHO than flexibility or day of availability or superusers getting 7+ rides.I legitimately don't understand what you are saying here. Outside of no longer having M&Gs as options, the inventory is the same. The tiering doesn't change that and it's certainly possible to get additional attractions from either tier once you redeem.
Chi847 hours ago
FP+ worked fine for a lot of people; Genie+ got horrendous guest satisfaction scores, which is why pre-booking is coming back. No system is going to make everyone happy. There have been some pretty good reports from people using the new system.
RSoxNo17 hours ago
Not everyone can lock in three separate one hour windows that are largely immovable objects. Disney World is a vacation that involves children and children can't always be scheduled. Advanced bookings of 3 attractions + Lightning Lane Single Pass has dramatically reduced the same day flexibility. It's the same problems that plagued Fastpass+ but exaggerated even further. The overall inventory for the 3 Lightning Lane Multi Pass is reduced because attractions that would otherwise be Tier 1 are essentially in their own Single Pass tier.This system is unsustainable in its current form.
TheMaxRebo9 hours ago
Thanks for sharing. Pretty clear they are holding quite a bit of capacity for day of and even drops throughout the day, perhaps based on actual crowds and ride performance, etc Sounds like do you best with your preselections and then try to be flexible and keep refreshing day of
Splash4eva9 hours ago
No way Disney would have a “glitch” they could fix but chose not too… can this be the new version of inflated wait times?
Doberge10 hours ago
There's also a frustrating tech issue after booking when modifying that when time shows as available it's not really available when clicking through but is updated to what is actually available. If it was a matter of unavailability because someone else eat to the punch, that's fine. But I've been looking at reservations for many hours today and keep seeing the same "available as early as..." times and then running into the same issue. In the past I believe someone described the system like as operating like a shopping cart in the background and that times qould become available after some determined time.
lightningtap34713 hours ago
Looking at touring plans, they dropped Tiana FPs every hour at :48, I got really lucky as I didn't know that. I didn't see any other noticeable behavior from the other attractions.
GoofGoof14 hours ago
Good stuff. Thanks for the update :)I like the tinfoil hat theory it’s actually not that tinfoily;). This system is so new they are almost certainly not running it at optimized capacity. A few other things for us to consider. Touring Plans was listing DHS as an expected 6 crowd level and MK only 4 so that could explain some of the disparity in available rides. I also wonder if maybe the drop schedules are different for in day drops. You were booking DHS rides between 10 and 11:25AM so maybe another drop happened later in the day. Hopefully someone comes up with a secret decoder ring for when the drops happen and shares it with all of us :).
EricsBiscuit14 hours ago
What’s going on rn with so many outdoor but indoor rides too being closed?
