Disney World has a lot planned for the new year.

From new restaurants and new rides to the return of the Disney Dining Plan, 2024 is going to be a big one for Disney World. In January, five new rule changes will hit the parks…are you ready for them?

All-Day Park Hopping

Back in October, Disney announced that all-day park hopping would be returning!

Beginning January 9th, 2024, anyone who has a park ticket with Park Hopper capabilities or an Annual Pass can visit another theme park at any time of day during park hours.

Currently, park hopping is limited to after 2PM each day, and it’s been that way since it returned in 2021. With the new rules, visitors will be able to have a more flexible park experience — and likely get more value out of a park hopper ticket!

Park Pass Reservations

In another exciting update this year, Disney announced that Park Pass reservations would be going away for most guests in 2024.

Starting January 9th, those who purchase date-based tickets will no longer need a reservation! While the rules are changing for these types of tickets, keep in mind that other types of ticket holders, like Annual Passholders, will still be required to make reservations on most days to enter the parks.

“Good to Go” Days

Although Park Pass reservations are not going away for Annual Passholders just yet, starting on January 11th, new “Good to Go” days will start to appear on the calendar.

Currently, Disney has Bonus Reservations for Passholders, which are reservations that they can make on top of their reservation limit. While they don’t count against their reservation limit, Passholders still have to make them to enter the park.

With Good to Go days, that’s changing! On select days throughout the year, Passholders can simply enter the park without a reservation.

Virtual Queues

With all-day park hopping returning, another rule change will hit Virtual Queues. Starting on January 9th, guests who do not need a Park Pass reservation to enter the park will not need one to book a Virtual Queue at 7AM.

At present, Disney World offers Virtual Queues for two rides: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind and TRON Lightcycle / Run. The two standard Virtual Queue drops are at 7AM and 1PM. Currently, in order to get a Virtual Queue at 7AM, you must have a Park Pass reservation for that ride’s park.

With this rule change, however, those with date-based tickets will be able to book a Virtual Queue without reservation. Keep in mind that you will only be able to book one Virtual Queue at a time, however, so you’ll have to choose either Guardians of the Galaxy or TRON for the 7AM booking.

Lightning Lanes

Lastly, Lighting Lane rules will be changing as well. Currently, if you want to book a Lightning Lane for a ride at a park you are planning on hopping to, the 2PM park-hopping rule currently limits your selections. This applies to both Genie+ selections and Individual Lightning Lane selections.

Since you can’t park hop until 2PM at the moment, you can’t make a Lightning Lane selection for a ride in your second park until all of the Lighting Lanes leading up to 2PM have been booked.

Once all-day park hopping returns, however, you’ll be able to book Lighting Lanes for whichever times are available!

There you have it — 5 rules that are changing in 2024. As always, stay tuned to DFB for all the latest Disney news!

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 Which rule change are you most looking forward to in 2024? Let us know in the comments below!

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