How does Disney Lightning Lane Work?

Lighting Lane is Disney’s new way of booking rides for return times. Lighting Lane does cost extra outside of tickets and is not required to ride attractions. It just helps your family to plan your day and wait less in long lines. Let’s learn more about how you purchase the Lightning Lane, when you purchase and what attractions fall under the different categories. 

When to Purchase Passes

Guests of Disney Resort hotels and other select hotels can
purchase passes up to 7 days in advance of their stay—and other Guests can
purchase passes up to 3 days in advance of their park visit.

Guests can purchase Lightning Lane passes for days they have
valid theme park admission* starting at 7:00 AM Eastern Time on their first day
of eligibility.

What is the difference between Multi Pass vs Single Pass Lightning Lane

Let’s understand what the difference is between Multi Pass vs a Single Pass Lightning Lane. Multi Pass allows you to book one tier 1 attraction and two from the tier 2 attraction of each park. You can continually book more rides as soon as you use one of your current 3. This includes being able to book a ride in another park with a valid park hopper ticket. The Single Pass Lightning Lane is 1 to 2 main attractions in each park that you must pay separately for outside of the Multi Pass. You can also purchase either/or you do not have to buy one to get the other. They are completely separate from each other. 

Single Lightning Pass Experiences

Magic Kingdom

• • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

• • TRON Lightcycle / Run

Hollywood Studios

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance

Epcot

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Animal Kingdom

Avatar Flight of Passage

Multi Pass Experiences

 Once you redeem a selection on the day of your park visit,
you can choose another multi pass experience from either group (subject to
availability).

If you have valid admission with the Park
Hopper option, you could even choose a multi pass experience in a different
theme park (subject to availability).

Magic Kingdom:

• • Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

• • Jungle Cruise

• • Peter Pan’s Flight

• • Space Mountain

• • Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

Tier 2 Choose your other 2 experiences—or all 3—from this group:

• • The Barnstormer

• • Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin

• • Dumbo the Flying Elephant

• • Haunted Mansion

• • “it’s a small world”

• • Mad Tea Party

• • The Magic Carpets of Aladdin

• • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

• • Mickey’s PhilharMagic

• • Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor

• • Pirates of the Caribbean

• • Tomorrowland Speedway

• • Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid

Single Pass Attractions You must purchase separate from Lightning Lane Passes
A Lightning Lane Single Pass can be purchased for:

TRON Lightcycle / Run

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

Hollywood Studios:

• Mickey
  & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
• Millennium
  Falcon: Smugglers Run
• Rock
  ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith
• Slinky
  Dog Dash

Choose your other 2 experiences—or all 3—from this group:

• Alien
  Swirling Saucers
• Beauty
  and the Beast Live on Stage
• Disney
  Junior Play & Dance!
• For
  the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
• Indiana
  Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
• Muppet*Vision
  3D
• Star
  Tours – The Adventures Continue
• The
  Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™
• Toy
  Story Mania!