Lightning Lane Single Go Costs Improve at Disney World for October 2024

Walt Disney World has raised prices of Lightning Lane Single Go, efficient instantly for pre-booked experience reservation dates beginning in October 2024. Moreover, Multi-Go pricing patterns will go up for EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom. This covers the earlier than/after costs together with our commentary.

Let’s begin with transient background. Lightning Lane Single Go (LLSP) points of interest are the person headliner rides that aren’t included within the multi-ride Lightning Lane Multi-Go (LLMP) service. With LLMP, you’ll be able to pre-book 3 experience reservations per day, and what number of you get whole relies upon upon crowds and the way environment friendly you’re at making the rolling experience reservations after getting into the park.

LLMP excludes the most well-liked experience (or two) per park, that are the LLSP points of interest. Lightning Lane Multi Go now makes use of per-park and date-based pricing, that means it will possibly value as little as $16 or as a lot as $39 per individual, per day. Ranges for LLSP are at the moment $10 to $25 per experience. See our Information to Lightning Lanes at Walt Disney World for every thing it is advisable to know.

Right here’s a take a look at present excessive and low value factors we’ve seen for Lightning Lane Single Passes previous to October 2024:

• Seven Dwarfs Mine Prepare: excessive $12, low $10
• TRON Lightcycle Run: $20
• Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind: excessive $17, low $14
• Star Wars Rise of the Resistance: excessive $25, low $15
• Avatar Flight of Passage: excessive $17, low $11

Listed below are the brand new maximums for LLSP costs:

• Seven Dwarfs Mine Prepare: $13
• TRON Lightcycle Run: $21
• Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind: $18
• Star Wars Rise of the Resistance: unchanged
• Avatar Flight of Passage: unchanged

This value will increase are efficient for dates beginning October 18, 2024. All dates on the calendar thereafter (to this point) are these new maximums.

Moreover, there’s a change to the Lightning Lane Multi-Go pricing cadence. Listed below are the costs as of October 19:

• Magic Kingdom: $29
• EPCOT: $21
• Hollywood Studios: $27
• Animal Kingdom: $19

Listed below are the costs as of October 20, 2024:

• Magic Kingdom: $29 (unchanged)
• EPCOT: $24
• Hollywood Studios: $29
• Animal Kingdom: $22

Word that none of those LLMP costs are new all-time data, whereas they’re for LLSP. The Lightning Lane Multi-Go modifications are, for lack of a greater time period, new value permutations. Usually, Magic Kingdom is costlier than DHS by a couple of {dollars}, and generally $10 (or extra) larger than Animal Kingdom. Beginning October 20, the spreads between the opposite parks and Magic Kingdom are narrower than regular.

I don’t assume that is notably noteworthy (but), and if this had been occurring with out the corresponding Lightning Lane Single Go improve, we wouldn’t even be reporting on it. That reality is, Walt Disney World has experimented with a number of Lightning Lane Multi Go (or Genie+ earlier than that) value combos. This might be nothing in any respect–a check that’ll be undone inside a pair days.

It’s however been fairly uncommon for this little of a distinction between Magic Kingdom and the opposite parks, which leads me to suspect we’d see larger Magic Kingdom costs quickly (dates past October 20 have but to be launched). I might not anticipate a brand new all-time excessive for Magic Kingdom till Thanksgiving (on the earliest), however it appears very probably than the $40 barrier might be damaged after so many dates offered out final December. Walt Disney World making an enormous leap–all the way in which to $49 for peak late December dates–wouldn’t shock me within the least.

Turning to commentary, these Lightning Lane value will increase and modifications struck us as value reporting on for a couple of causes. The primary is the self-evident one which Walt Disney World elevating costs is newsworthy. It’s particularly notable with Lightning Lane Single Passes, which seldom see their costs raised. It hasn’t occurred with wherever close to the frequency of Genie+ or Lightning Lane Multi-Go.

Actually, TRON Lightcycle Run has by no means diverse in value. It has all the time been $20. Personally, I believe it is because the curler coaster is so quick, and Walt Disney World fears complaints or backlash about larger costs not being “value it” for such a brief experience.

Then once more, perhaps that is projection on my half. I just like the coaster nicely sufficient, however can’t fathom paying even $20 for ~90 seconds. I don’t purchase any LLSPs, but when I had been to purchase one, TRON would actually be my final selection. To every their very own, although.

Additionally value mentioning is that this is applicable to dates in October 2024. As we lately coated in Value Will increase Seemingly Coming Quickly at Walt Disney World & Disneyland for 2024-2025, the corporate elevating charges on parking, admission, meals, upcharges, and extra across the begin of the brand new fiscal yr is probably going. It’s really much less of a prediction and extra of an inevitability.

As famous there, Disney has traditionally elevated costs across the begin of the brand new fiscal yr for some time and on October 11, particularly, for each of the final two years. Regardless of that, we felt/really feel that that is extra more likely to happen on October 8 or 9, 2024 than October 11, because of the latter being a Friday.

Properly, October 18 can also be a Friday. Personally, I don’t assume that’s notably significant as a predictor for when the remainder of the will increase will roll out, as a result of Lightning Lane Single Go costs aren’t going up on that date. The rise has already occurred (efficient instantly)–that’s simply the primary impacted date.

With that mentioned, I’m stunned by the October 18, 2024 timing. That’s the weekend after Columbus Day, which is usually the most well-liked weekend for fall breaks. To make certain, each lengthy weekends–and the whole week in between–are busy.

As coated in our record of the 10 Finest and 10 Worst Weeks to Go to Walt Disney World in 2024 & 2025, we anticipate October 11-19 to be one of many busiest stretches of the yr. So why not begin the rise on the front-end of fall break reasonably than the bottom?

At the same time as fall break has gotten busier and busier, it nonetheless has nothing on the November and December peak week holidays, that means that it’s fully attainable that these Lightning Lane Single Passes nonetheless haven’t hit their highest highs for 2024. Not suggesting I’d wager on additional value will increase for Thanksgiving, Christmas or New 12 months’s Eve–as Walt Disney World has been slower to lift costs on the a la carte rides–however I wouldn’t wager in opposition to it, both.

As for why Lightning Lane Single Go costs are growing, the only clarification is demand.

Even in low to average crowd ranges, Lightning Lane Single Go is promoting out far more typically than Particular person Lightning Lanes did. The probably causes for this are past the scope of this put up, however it’s one thing we deal with at size in Lightning Lane Single Go is Promoting Out FAST!

The title there actually says all of it, however suffice to say, a number of of those LLSPs are actually totally booked up prematurely or have restricted same-day availability. For what it’s value, we’re seeing one thing comparable with larger demand for Lightning Lane Multi-Go. The transfer to pre-arrival reserving has clearly been a wise one for Disney from a monetary perspective.

Talking of which, that is most likely a good time to plug our current put up: When You Ought to Skip Lightning Lane Multi-Go. Whereas good for Disney’s backside line, unlucky byproducts of pre-arrival Lightning Lanes from a visitor perspective are heightened FOMO and FUD–two of my favourite “facronyms.” Because you’re now not shopping for Lightning Lanes same-day, it’s tougher to evaluate the necessity for them and modify accordingly throughout your trip. That put up will assist you decide when LLMP is probably not “crucial” for you.

On a considerably comparable observe, however barely extra speculative, I wouldn’t be stunned if Walt Disney World is elevating costs on Multi-Go and Single Go in anticipation of launching Lightning Lane Premier Go, which we totally anticipate to be Disney’s reply to Common’s Specific Go (however not with an infinite possibility).

Elevating costs on ‘common’ Lightning Lanes could assist enhance the perceived worth proposition of the upper finish providing. Since that new system will undoubtedly be controversial, I might additionally see Walt Disney World launching it on the very same day that the remainder of the value will increase hit. Ripping the band-aid off and consolidating the damaging information right into a single day reasonably than drawing it out can be in Disney’s greatest pursuits. Once more, pure spitballing hypothesis on my half, however it could make sense.

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YOUR THOUGHTS

What do you consider the Lightning Lane Single Go value will increase? Is $20+ for a 90 second curler coaster an excessive amount of or affordable if it means bypassing a 2-hour wait? Ideas on the probability that Walt Disney World will increase charges across the begin of the brand new fiscal yr? Assume Lightning Lane Multi-Go will break the $40 barrier this yr? Count on a $49 value level, or one thing decrease? Any predictions about Lightning Lane Premier Go? Do you agree or disagree with our assessments? Any questions we will help you reply? Listening to your suggestions–even once you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!