Genie+ (the paid service that lets you skip certain ride lines) has reached a RECORD-high price in Disney World today.
Tower of Terror Lightning Lane
Disney announced earlier this year that the service would have surge pricing, meaning it would get more or less expensive depending on the day. Disney Genie+ used to be $15 per person, per day, but with the new surge pricing, it reached up to $22 per person, per day. Now, that price has jumped by a LOT.
With the start of Thanksgiving Break, Disney Genie+ has increased to $29 per person, per day. This price can change each day, depending on demand and crowd levels, but it’s possible that Genie+ will remain at this price (or higher) for the holiday week.
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This price is $7 more than the previous high we saw of $22 per person, per day, which is a huge jump.
Disney Genie
The individual Lightning Lanes have also reached new high prices, although they didn’t jump by quite as much. The Lightning Lane pass for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (in Magic Kingdom) cost $12 per person today, when its previous high was $11.
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Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind reached $17 per person, and its previous high was $15.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Over in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Avatar: Flight of Passage hit $16 per person today when its previous high was $14.
Flight of Passage
These prices could remain this high or even increase as the holiday season continues and crowds surge to the Disney World parks. Remember that you don’t have to purchase Disney Genie+ — you can choose to use the standby lines instead, although the wait times will likely be long this season.
Fantasyland
For the best chance of getting on your favorite rides with lower wait times, get to the parks well before opening time (we recommend at least a half-hour early!) and head straight to the most popular rides when they open. Sometimes ride wait times also drop in the evening, just before the parks close. By staying later, you might get on more rides with shorter wait times, too.
Magic Kingdom entrance
Don’t forget that everyone staying at a Disney World hotel can enter the parks a half-hour early, too! Not all of the rides are open for this Early Entry perk, but many of the popular ones are. See a full list of what’s OPEN during Early Entry here.
Art of Animation hotel
If you do choose to buy Genie+ for your trip, check out these posts to make the most of your purchase:
- The Ultimate Guide to Disney Genie and Disney Genie+
- A Step-By-Step Guide to Using Disney Genie+
- The 5 Most Important Disney Genie+ Tips to Know Before You Go to Disney World
- How To Avoid the Biggest Genie+ Mistakes in Disney World
- Genie+ Tips for the Most Crowded Days in Disney World and Disneyland
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I don’t think Disney will discontinue Genie+ as they invested way too money in to it. But I do hope with Iger’s return, they stop charging for it. Just let it be an updated digital FastPass that worked like FastPass did , only digital. Instead of going to a kiosk, just get them on your phone instead without charging for it. But to be fair to those who aren’t phone savvy, keep a few kiosk open for them. Also, changing the name back to FastPass will comfort guest with a well known product they recognize and are familiar with.
There is no way n this world we r going to pay this greedy genie+ and how much more r people going to do the bidding of greed as long as people do it this will never stop and to pay for people to walk n the turnstiles to go on property is insane and my family is done no longer will we go there ever again iger is NO a better and we r sick of hearing about the stock holders and they don’t pay out of their pockets for Disney all the people r paying and we will not and yes my family is angry about the non stop greed
Gigi, if there are few cars in the parking lot and few people in the parks, how does Disney determine that the park is full that particular day? How then does Disney arbitrarily attach a cost to the Genie Plus for that day? Thanks
Hi Ron. Disney has not released that information so I have no way of answering that, unfortunately.