Earlier this year, Disney announced that FastPass+ would be going away and new, paid FastPass-like systems would be taking its place.

The new, paid Genie+ service, along with Individual Attraction Selection, will become guests’ new ways to skip the lines at their favorite rides. We’ve already shared a bunch of information about these systems, but now we’ve got an update about how particular aspect of Genie+ will operate.

What is Disney Genie?

First, let’s go through a quick break-down of just what Genie+ is. Genie+ will let guests bypass the standby lines at select attractions in Disney World. The base price for Genie+ is $20 per day per ticket at Disneyland Resort and $15 per day per ticket at Disney World.

With Disney Genie+, you’ll be able to select return times for the attractions you want to visit, 1 ride at a time. Essentially, you will make your selection, wait for your return time for that ride to arrive, visit the attraction during the designated time — during which you’ll be able to use that ride’s Lightning Lane (a.k.a. the old FastPass+ lane) and skip the standby line. Again, you’ll only be able to make a Genie+ ride selection for 1 ride at a time.

So far, Disney has shared that over 40 attractions in Disney World will be included as part of Genie+. We previously heard directly from Disney via a media call that Genie+ would include attractions like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, and Haunted Mansion.

Select popular attractions will NOT be available through Genie+, however. Instead, to skip the standby lanes at those popular rides, you’ll have to pay to utilize each ride’s Lightning Lane individually through Individual Attraction Selection. Guests will only be able to make a maximum of 2 Individual Attraction Selections each day.

Attractions that Disney has indicated will be available through Individual Attraction Selection include Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom, Radiator Springs Racers at Disney California Adventure Park, Rise of the Resistance in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Web Slingers in Disney California Adventure park, and Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure in EPCOT.

Click here to see more about the difference between Genie+ and Pay-Per-Ride.

Re-Riding Rides

Alright, so that’s the basics of Genie+. Now, let’s get to the update. According to a Disney Cast Member we spoke to during a media preview event Disney held earlier today, guests will NOT be able to re-ride attractions through Genie+. 

This was specifically noted in relation to Genie+ — again, this is the service you’ll pay $15 for per day at Disney World to make return time selections at over 40 rides in Disney World, 1 at a time throughout the day.

Essentially, what this means is that you won’t be able to make more than 1 Genie+ Lightning Lane selection for a ride on any 1 day. If you want to ride Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Haunted Mansion, and then Buzz again, you’ll only be able to make a Genie+ selection for 1 of those Buzz rides.

You won’t be able to get a Lightning Lane Genie+ selection for Buzz twice during the same day. To ride it a second time, you’ll have to utilize the standby lane (of course, you can go through the standby lane as many times as you want, without any kind of limit).

Now, this is what the Cast Members indicated to us today during the media preview event we attended. But, it seems like this is a fluid situation. It is possible that things could change prior to the launch of Genie+. 

Right now, Disney Genie is set to launch this fall and we expect Genie+ and Individual Attraction Selection will launch with it. We’ll be on the lookout for more updates and we’ll let you know what we find.

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