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DISNEY 101: Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass At Walt Disney World

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Summary of all of the "get in line" systems at WDW, including the new Lightning Lane Single Pass and Multi Pass RIP Genie+ This past week, Disney announced their long awaited overhaul of their "skip the line" system. Replacing Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lanes will be Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass! The new system is scheduled to go into effect on July 24th 2024. After that day, you can pretty much ignore everything that we had previously written about Genie+. This article's goal is to introduce the new system, how it works. As always, Buster will…

EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

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This past week, Disney dropped a whole bunch of new information about Tiana's Bayou Adventure, coming to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. Because the amount of information that is now out there on the inter webs, we at Buster and the Banshee thought that we would do everyone a solid by consolidating all of that information in one place. If you have any questions about the ride, keep reading because you are bound to find the answer! Also, in true Buster and the Banshee fashion, we will also include our own commentary on some the announcements, as we love to…

BUSTER THE MYTHBUSTER: Genie+ Edition

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As you probably know, Genie+ is Walt Disney World's latest iteration of its "select an attraction return time" service. When you buy Genie+, you can reserve return times for select attractions throughout the day. When your retune time comes, instead of waiting in the regular standby line, you get access to the ride through the "Lightning Lane". This allows you to get onto the ride faster. While that description sounds simple, Genie+ is anything but simple. It has all sorts of different rules and restrictions which can make the head spin of even the most seasoned WDW guest. It's no…

Best Genie+ Ride Selections For Each Park

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Throughout its history, Walt Disney World has had a number of different "skip the line" schemes. First it was "FastPass", where you had to retrieve a paper pass at the ride entrance to get a return time. Then, the next iteration was "FastPass Plus", where you could reserve your return times in advance online. Now we have Genie+. Each scheme brought with it its own strategies for maximizing their benefit. I still remember how people "rope dropped" the Toy Story Mania FastPass ticket machines at Hollywood Studios, since they ran out of return times so quickly. If you were to…

DISNEY 101: Virtual Queue vs Genie+ vs Individual Lightning Lane

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As Walt Disney World park frequent travelers, there are a lot of things that we just take for granted: terminology, policies, procedures, and so forth. We regulars sometimes forget that many people (most people) visiting WDW don't visit quite so often. They might even be on their first trip. For those people, there can be a steep learning curve when it comes to planning their trip. To help the newbies out there, I thought I'd start a new series of articles called "Disney 101", which explains what some of these common things are in a (hopefully) clear way. For my…

Park Hopping Strategies at Walt Disney World

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In our previous article about buying Walt Disney World tickets, we touched upon the Park Hopper option, which allows you to visit multiple parks per day (with some restrictions which I will touch upon below). Today we will talk about some strategies to make the most use of this add-on feature. What is Park Hopping? The Park Hopping option allows you to visit multiple WDW parks in a single day. In the past, there were no restrictions to park hopping. You could go to the Magic Kingdom for rope drop, head to Epcot for lunch, bounce over to Animal Kingdom…

Genie+ and WDW: Strategies

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In our introduction to Genie+, we talked about what Genie+ is and how it works. In this installment of our series on Genie+, we will discuss some strategies to make the most of your Genie+ purchase. But First, Disclaimers Obviously, it is difficult, if not impossible, to come up with a park strategy that will work for everyone in every situation. There are so many variables that could disrupt even the best laid plans of the Mouse and men (and women): Changes to what rides are and are not eligible for Genie+ Ride closures Time of year Weather Changes to…

Genie+ at WDW: An Introduction

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In this article, we will talk about Genie+ (also known as Genie Plus, if you prefer to spell out the "+"): What is it? How does it work? Should I use it? What is Genie+? Genie+ is a paid service that allows ticket holders to reserve their ride times. When your reservation time comes, you can enter through what is known as the "Lightning Lane" which has a much shorter wait that the regular standby line. You can think of it as an advanced dining reservation, except for rides and attractions. If this sounds familiar, it is! Back in the…