Well, today is the day! Disney Genie has officially launched in Disney World!

The service, which is offered through the My Disney Experience app, will help guests plan their days at Disney World in a way that hasn’t been possible through the app before. But it also offers a new paid service, Disney Genie+.

Guests who purchase Disney Genie+ will have the opportunity to book a return time to skip the standby line and go through a ride’s Lightning Lane (a.k.a. the FastPass+ lane) at select rides throughout the four theme parks. The service costs $15 per day per ticket. But how exactly do you buy it?

Here’s what you need to know:

Step 1: Update Your My Disney Experience App

The first thing you’ll want to do is update your My Disney Experience app in order to access Genie and its related services.

If the update doesn’t automatically get prompted to you, be sure to visit your mobile device’s app store, select the My Disney Experience app, and download the update from there.

Step 2: Log Into My Disney Experience

Next, you’ll want to log into your My Disney Experience account in the app.

Step 3: Go to the Section All the Way to the Right of the My Disney Experience App

Then, you’ll head to the section all the way to the right of the app (the one that has the 3 lines).

Step 4: Select “My Day”

You can see this marked in the photo above with the Genie’s lamp.

Step 5: Select “Get Disney Genie+ Service”

You’ll want to click on the portion in purple that says “Get Disney Genie+ Service.”

Then you’ll be prompted by another screen all about Genie+.

You’ll once again click “Get Disney Genie+ Service.”

Step 6: Select the Members of Your Party You Want to Purchase the Service

Next, it’s time to confirm your party. You can select who you want to purchase Genie+ for.

Step 7: Review Details

After that, you’ll review the details about the purchase and make any edits you need to.

Step 8: Confirm All of Your Information and Pay

Then, it’s time to confirm your information, contact info, etc…

…and pay. The total for Genie+ at Disney World is $15.98 ($15 per ticket per day plus $0.98 for tax).

At the moment, it appears Disney is accepting Disney Gift Cards, Rewards Redemption Cards, and Credit/Debit Cards.

Step 9: Confirm Your Purchase

Finally, you’ll get an order confirmation screen with information about your order and you’ll be able to hit “continue” to see more information.

This is the most standard way to purchase Genie+. So if you’re looking to skip those standby lines and get on rides faster, now you know how!

Important Things to Keep in Mind About Genie+

At this time you will NOT be able to re-ride attractions through Genie+. That means, if you select a Genie+ return time for The Barnstormer and ride the attraction, you won’t be able to later make ANOTHER Genie+ Lightning Lane selection for The Barnstormer.

If you want to ride that specific attraction again, you’ll have to use the standby line.

You can only make 1 Genie+ Lightning Lane selection at a time throughout the day. There are some exceptions though. Specifically, if your ride reservation is more than 2 hours away, you should be able to make another reservation for a closer time.

But, it appears you won’t be able to make that next Genie+ Lightning Lane selection until 120 minutes after the park opens.

For example, one of our reporters was able to book a Genie+ selection for Slinky Dog Dash right at 7AM, but the return time was for 4-5PM. They then attempted to make a second Genie+ selection for an earlier time (since that 4-5PM return time is more than 2 hours away), but the app informed them that they would not be able to make that second selection until 11AM.

We’ll be keeping an eye out for updates on this.

Genie+ includes access to the Lightning Lanes of over 40 rides in Disney World. But, don’t forget that select attractions only have Lightning Lane access through the Individual Attraction Selection (pay-per-ride) option, which doesn’t require guests to purchase Genie+.

Click here to see what rides you’ll have to pay EXTRA for in Disney World.

We’ll keep sharing our best Disney Genie tips and tricks, so stay tuned for more!

Here Are 5 Ways Disney Genie+ Will Surprise You. 

Will you be using Disney Genie+ during your next Disney World trip? Let us know in the comments!

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