It switches over in the middle of our trip 😅. I miss the old school walk up to the fast pass ticket machine, it prints out a ticket with a return time, and then you go along your merry way.

They need to bring back classic fastpass and add new rides and attractions asap 😅

Visiting DisneyWorld in January, staying in a deluxe Disney Hotel for 2 weeks, spending £9,000+. It’s incredibly unfair that visitors from the UK and overseas can’t book lighting lanes until we arrive in the USA. If Disney are saying it’s because of cross border rules that’s nonsense. We were able to book fast passes for years whilst still in the UK!

Why am I the only one who hates the idea of pre booking rides? I’m going to have to wake up at 4 am pacific time and decide a week in advance what rides I’m going to want to ride at which park and at what time for my entire week stay. That’s not how I roll. I just want to go with the flow and see where the day takes me. Sure, I could just wait, but I’d be afraid that all the good lightning lanes would be gone. I don’t even know which days I’ll be in the parks. I’m there seven days, but I only bought a four day park hopper ticket so I could take a rest day whenever I needed. I really hate this need to plan everything at Disney World. This will be my first trip and it’s just so much more complicated than going to Disneyland.

This almost forces people to buy Lightning Lanes in advance for the rides with virtual queues. Right now, you can try for a virtual queue, and if you don't get it, you can buy a Lightning Lane, and still ride. Now all the Lightning Lanes will be sold out in advance, so if you don't get a virtual queue, you can't ride.

I remember wh3nwe used to print the fastpast tickets at thr parks FREE😢

Internation guest here - I'm devastated about this news! We've saved for 6 years for this once in a lifetime trip, and the possibility of missing out on big attractions because of this new system is terrible. It also seems like poor planning on Disney's part, and international visitors tend to stay longer and therefore spend more on Disney property, so disadvantaging us seems ill advised. Just an idea, has anyone tried using a VPN with the Disney website? Perhaps there's a way around the system...

Certainly seems like they want to make it hard to hit all the Tier 1 rides in one day, especially via the LL

Please make sure when you do your first day test you also test how it is for someone staying off property and show the ride choice options/difference between on property guest vs off property guest.

Really hope that international rule changes....worried UK person here

I love spending a dozen hours learning how and when to book rides only to find out I have to forget all that and play it by ear since I start my trip on the first day of the change. 🤣

So basically, it’s like Fast Pass except with a big charge and instead of 60 days out, only one week out.

Thank you so much to the dfb team for working so hard on these videos that you guys post literally every single day! We love you so much and appreciate all your hard work!!

Defunctland did a fantastic breakdown on exactly how and why this system stunk. Disney basically going back to the Fastpass+ system is going to make standby lines much worse, just in time for peak season. I dont like it.

Man, disney trips have always been expensive, but arguably worth it in the past when they had free fast passes, airport transportation if you were staying on site, and overall focused on truly making it a a magical experience. I feel like in the last 5-10 years that has all gone away.

What are they thinking?? They must literally be brainstorming ways to extort as much money as possible from people. NO-ONE can genuinely think this is better for guest experiences than the pre-Genie+ system.

If you are an international guest I would suggest raising a complaint with guest services as soon as possible. Maybe if enough people complain they will change the unfair policy.

I understand why people like this system, but I think I’m in the minority here. When they had this system years ago, all the fastpasses for popular rides were sold out, so when you went to get another fastpass, the only available options were ones that did not necessarily need one (shows, character interactions, etc). I will say, one of the silver linings of genie+ was that popular rides didn’t sell out as quickly, if at all. Maybe that will change now that you have to pay for it.

Just want to thank you for these videos. You also recommended small world travel agents and she had been an amazing help in getting our trip booked and answered any other questions we had. I haven't been to Disney in over 30 years and so much has changed but excited to go in a few months

I’m going to Disney the weekend this rolls out and I am WORRIED

Thank you for keeping us up to date as the situation changes!

International Australian here. Never been to WDW - going in Oct Thank you DFB for all the help & videos massively appreciated I have complained to Disney about the International issue. I would like to see a few scenario's tested 1. Book 2 returns times late in the day - if available & then just use the 1 ride to keep using & rebooking 2. Should you have 1 morning, 1 midday, 1 evening - interested to see whats available 3. How crowd numbers in the morning are then impacted - given potentially ppl will turn up earlier now they can't stack LL 4. If all 3 rides have to booked in the morning- granted wait to see whats available - is that better than the above options 5. Interested to see if Disney release a new set of LL 3 days out and then day of or would the rides just get booked out 6. Park hopping - this video did seem yo coverv it - as in you can change but subject to availability & potentially cost involved. Just as Disney gets rid of reservation - this comes in. DAS has also changed as of 20th May - no longer can book preselection and this seems to be why. That and a heap of ppl are no longer being approved for DAS. 7. The cost will be interesting. While Disney seem to be cheaper than Unicersal express - when you add it all up - LL & ILL not much difference. 8. Why are character meet & greets no longer on the lists - trying to tell a young kid to just keep waiting 40min plus for 1 character and then potentially multiple times - is just not fair. Are character dining the best way now? 9. Shows - again where are Disney trying to direct the traffic. Why take away shows? 10. Parades - how bigbof a deal is not having parades as an option for selected areas? Thank you for the extremely helpful videos. When its your 1st visit and you want to make it as easy as possible and have a fun day - learning these things is a massive help.

It's not fair for internacional guess to not have the possibility of this service before arriving to Disney. We usually pay for airplane tickets, so our vacasions are already more expensive. I hope this change soon

This whole business makes me not want to go to Disney anytime soon. I wish folks would also stop going to stop rewarding this behavior.

The International rule makes me switch my next travel to a Universal Orlando Vacation. *runs to watch rhe DFB videos about Express Pass and Epic Universe* 😂

The update I needed! We check into our resort on July 24th and our first park day is July 25th...I feel like the guinea pig here getting the trial and error 😂

Omg these people are so good at researching they are so good at this

The real issue is going to be once your 7 day window opens what times will be available? If people are logging on and seeing times in the afternoon over busy days and your first LL doesn't start until 1pm or later that will not be ideal.

Never been to Disney before and already booked a non-resort hotel for Sept/October. As in in the UK I now can’t book until 3 days before (resort guest will have already booked everything 7 days before for their entire trip), and I won’t be in USA until Monday as I wanted tickets to MK on the Wednesday. So now I’m going to have to waste weds and Thursday in Orlando because I won’t get on any rides without multi pass or single pass both of which will be already booked 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ Already wishing I hadn’t bothered.

For those outside of the USA and wanting to book your lightning lanes beforehand, you should either be able to use a VPN or you can get a free address spoofer (on android, not sure about iphone) to change your location to inside of the USA. I doubt they will be able to detect you are doing that, they certainly didn't when I used a spoofer to order food at a quick service for later in the day via the app while in another park a couple of years ago.

Very clear explanation not only on this channel but all over social media...no need to overwhelm WDW phone queues with questions

Very unfair system and not equal opportunity for international travellers. We’re going August and feel like we’re now shoved to the back of the queue/line. 😳

Good chance the rides you want will already be sold out in advance for your park days

lightning lane releases on my birthday!!

I have another question for when Disney makes things clearer. If I book my three multi-pass rides in advance and can’t book another one until I use one of them, if my first ride of the day is from tier-two (meaning my remaining two pre-booked rides include one from tier-one and the other from tier-two) does that mean the next ride I would be able to book has to also be from tier-two or will it fully open the available rides for the day regardless of the tier? Can I only hold on to one ride from tier-one at any given time and wouldn’t be able to book another tier-one ride until I physically use the pre-booked tier-one ride, even if that ride isn’t until 7:00 at night if that’s the earliest ride time I wanted was available in advance?

I love your voice, AJ. And thanks for the tips.

We just got back from Disney. Your Genie + information was very helpful. We used Genie for Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios.

Bring back Fastpass!!

Any current DAS navigation tips would be great.

What I find bizarre is that the general consensus over the last few years was that most people hated the park reservations requirements. I saw so many complaints that it took the spontaneity out of it. They rejoiced when it was removed. Now lets be real - this new version of fast pass is just park reservations dressed up as Genie with rides as the side dish. By prebooking your rides in advance, you are committing to a park. Yes, they can be amended. But so could reservations. I know I will be on the minority, but I actually liked Genie. It was fair for everyone, we were all at the same starting line.

Came here for all the information, but then AJ helped me remember a word I’ve been trying to think of for two days now. The word fruition! My ADHD brain dropped that word from my dictionary apparently and I’ve been trying to remember it for days. Been describing it animatedly and everything. So, thank you AJ! I can now move on with my life!! 😂😅

Hi DFB team. Have been following your updates and videos since the past 3/4 months in preparation of visit to WDW with my family. We just finished the 4 parks a few days back and thanks to your tips, we had a very memorable experience including riding Tiana’s Bayou adventure on opening day. Thank you again and keep up the good work.

Awesome info! Can I book 2 individual lightning lanes before hand or just 1?

They should bring back the classic paper fast pass system

If the system does not work fairly for all of their guests then Disney should not have changed it. More than happy to take thousands of our hard earned pounds to book holidays at their resorts though. Very disappointed for our upcoming trip (from UK), it will still be the same charge for us when we land in the US but as a service with less options and availability, so unfair. Instead of looking forward to our trip I’m dreading it. Wished we’d booked at Universal now

The Bob Iger Company really does hate its customers doesnt it?

I need to know what days are the extended evening for November

We’ve gone to Disney four times since 2022 and never has finest genie plus not changed. 😭. Hope this is the last time for our September trip 🫶🏽

Booked for early December from the UK, clearly another money grab to capitalise on FOMO. I was super excited when I booked and got into all my planning. It seems so much has changed. Perhaps I'll stick with EuroDisney and Orlando can be a Universal only visit in future

I really hope they can work this out for international guests soon. My grandparents are visiting in October from the UK and it will most likely be their last time so I was hoping to pre book and plan everything for them ahead of time since they're not quite as savvy with the MDE app :(

Also, is it 3 passes total? Or 3 passes for each park day for early booking

What's the point if paying for tickets to the parks when you have to pay for rides, this is ridiculous

Thank you so much for the video! We are arriving on July 27th and it is our very first trip. We are coming from British Columbia, Canada and picked the Polynesian Resort- Club Level. Super excited and also wanted to thank the DFB team for all the videos and information. Question: how far apart should you book your first 3 rides?

I’ll be in the parks too as the 24th falls smack dab in the middle of our trip. If you see me crying in a corner somewhere, please send help!

Lots of hate on the new system for sure, but i am sure once its understood more it will be fine. It makes sense that they would allow resort guests to book first over non-resort guests. As they took away some perks for resort guests, its nice to give some perks back to those who are staying on disney property. Although that does cause some stress for those that arent resort guests. I am sure it will make more sense once its out though because its just a lot of speculation at this point. Also, it doesnt matter what the change is, people are always going to complain. Thanks for explaining everything you know so far in this video!

How many passes will be left when you’re not arriving in the USA until the day before your first park day ?

At Universal if you stay in one of their top resorts Fast Pass is FREE.

Pfff…. I love genie +, much more than fast pass+. (Well, I like the price of fast pass+, of course) I feel like the multi pass will be simpler than fast pass+. But international travelers will be so disadvantaged by this. I live in Canada and I was relieved when Disney annnonced that Canadians could prebook , cause I was seeing my self crossing the border to sit on the us side of custom to prebook. I feel like the custom agent would have many questions for me.

I’m so sad my husband and I loved genie + and used it on our trip to get everything we wanted done and more!!

We just got back from doing WDW and Universal. I think WDW is way behind in technology and are only interested in making money and not providing service (it’s a a corporation and is supposed to make money but it is supposed to provide service also). Our whole family agreed that Universal will be our go to place now! Tron was a complete disappointment. Once Universal’s new park opens, I think WDW will be in big trouble.

Most of all I’m happy about the name change. Trying to explain Genie, Genie+, Virtual Queue, Individual Lightning Lane to family/coworkers who don’t follow this like I do was a nightmare.

The fact that disney is making a not terribly popular free system now a paid system shows how little this company now cares about its customer. Thank you dfb for helping any planning i may have to do for what will probably be my last disney trip for the foreseeable future be much less stressful and managable you all rock!

Still requires a smartphone. We do our vacations phone free! We use radios & cameras!!!

I am really happy that as a Canadian, I can book in advance.

Just bringing back the Fastpass+ feature of several time options makes me happy.

Disney Lynx PawPass. Saw this update on your video and got very excited… my daughter and I are doing, 36 hrs in Disney and we thought it would be a great opportunity to try it out. Exited the airport, found the bus terminal, got on the bus to only find out there are about 60 or so different bus routes!!!! If you want to use this service make sure you take the 56 bus or the 311…. Luckily our bus driver was so sweet and helped us out!

Is there still a max of 2 single passes per day?

I’m curious how pre-booking will work with split stays. I really hope I won’t have to wake up multiple days at 4am to book rides before my trip. I have to do that now or call for dining reservations.

This happens in the middle of my trip. My first full day will be on the 23rd, so I am definitely concerned the service will break or I’ll mess it up, lol/oh noes.

I am wondering if the attractions will sell out as fast as Genie +. We are only going for one day. However, if people can book up to two weeks in advance of their trip, there might not be anything left by the time I can book at 7 AM. I am interested to see how it works in real time.

Between this and the DAS changes in so glad I don’t have a Disney trip planned anytime soon.

I know it will be a learning curve and people are saying how confusing it is, BUT thanks to DFB and other resources including Disney travel agents, if you do enough research and prep, it’s not too bad and will be WELL worth it. They make it complicated for a reason, so you can basically walk right onto a ride. Have you ever been to universal with a fast pass you pay extra for? Nothings complicated about it, but when you go to use the line, you have to wait almost 20+ minutes.

I still think a decent mobile vpn will make this work, im in universal for 7 days before my disney trip this year, so not going to be the big issue for us

Are they getting rid of virtual queues with this new system?

Thanks for clearing up the park hopper question. I was confused about that.

So confused!!!! The thing I’m most confused about is the Lightning Lane single pass. Single to me means you can only buy it one time. But you can buy it twice? Could I buy two magic kingdom rides on it? Or does it have to be different parks. Also, Cosmic Rewind is my favorite ride. It looks like it’s only offered on Single pass and not Multi? Does that mean I can only ride this ride once per day? I was hoping I could ride it multiple times in a day. It still doesn’t have a standby line. Help!

Ok so I’m guessing if you pre-purchase Multipass you have to have it for each day of your trip? I liked Genie+ and would purchase on a day by day basis, we’re doing a 3 day park hopper pass this trip (short trip, only 4 days) and have MNSSHP tickets for that missing day…I think I may wait and see how the chaos unfolds before planning on this, but I do love the thought of booking our fancy rides in advance!! Thanks for the great info!

On TOP of everything costing A LOT MORE (Disney will lose money as people will not adhere to this, and people will stay in the queues, lose time in lines = less sales in F&B and Shops so less money for Disney), this is ONLY for US and Canadian citizens who have access to the APP. As this APP is not available to European and LATAM CUSTOMERS (by the way, the same issue applies to the D23 APP), this means A LOT OF PEOPLE won't have access to these Lightning Lane purchases in advance even if staying at Disney Hotels.... So please put pressure on Disneyworld Orlando to change this issue, as it is complete nonsense (it is even total discrimination against foreign Disney customers who are also a considerable part of their revenue). We cannot imagine it is a technical issue... "New" Disney at its best! I regret the time Mr. Walt Disney wanted his parks to be available to ALL families... If he's looking at what happens now, I can imagine his happiness!

Once you get the hang of one system and you’re ok with it, it changes. 😩 I can’t remember, did the “system” change so frequently before covid?

I’m going to Disney with my family in 3 weeks. We can only use the new system for the last two days of our trip I wish it was free like the old fast passes.

This summary sounds like it's really just Genie++.

Here are my questions: QUESTION 1) If we have five park days, does this mean that we will be able to pay for ALL 5 days of Multi-passes in advance but only select three multi-pass rides in advance, or can we only purchase 1 multi-pass day in advance which includes three rides from different tiers for that one day in the one park? Or does it mean that we can pre-pay for up to 3 multi-pass days and select one multi-pass ride from potentially 3 different parks for your entire trip, in advance, and then purchase the remaining 2 days when we are there? QUESTION 2) Are the three advanced multi-pass ride selections for 3 rides in the same park on the same day? 3 selections for your entire trip, again, potentially from different parks on different days? Or 3 rides per park day / per multi-pass day? QUESTION 3) Are the three multi-pass selections only one ride per tier (Multi-Pass ride selection # 1 must be from tier 1, Multi-Pass ride selection # 2 must from tier two, and Multi-Pass ride selection # 3 must be from tier 3) ? QUESTION 4) Am I correct in my understanding that we can purchase literally ALL of the Individual Ride Passes for all of our park days in advance (up to two per day and assuming they aren't sold out or times we don't want)?

Its just disappointing because I've gone on two vacations with a friend using Genie Plus. They were both perfect vacations because we got on so many rides whilst being able to just enjoy ourselves in the parks.

These are my thoughts in no particular order: Early mornings will occur because to get on more rides, rope drop would be necessary I will miss stacking 5 rides for evening

When you book a ride with the new system, do all members of your party have to be included, or can you select just a few members of your party. For example: only 2 of our 4 want to ride Tron. I saw on a different VLOG that you can't subdivide your ride party.

Will lightening lane booking be available if just purchased “Mickeys not so Scary” ticket since can enter at 4pm?

Stoppp the switch is literally on the first day of my trip!! 😂

Any speculation as to why Character Meet & Greets have been excluded? I know there weren’t many but it was so helpful especially in MK. Thanks for all that you do!!

Our first day is on the 24th...............😅

Wondering if you can hold only 2 single pass lighting lane per day like it currently is?

So AJ how will virtual queue work? Will it be the same? You still get up before 7 am to book?

Not to polish the brass on the Titanic, but couldn't they make the Lightning Lane logo at least have some semblance to Lightning McQueen?

We arrive on the 25th of July for our trip, staying at a Disney resort hotel. Will we be able to reserve our LL’s 7 days ahead (18th), even though the change doesn’t happen until the 24th?

not being able to book from outside de the US... that hurts 😵 and will it make sense to buy it on the day of your trip? 🧐

Can you book the same ride for the second time (same day) after you used the original 3 'lightning lanes' with the new system?

I’m visiting Disney on 7/24. Will this impact my trip on that day or on future days of the trip?

I'm having issues watching videos using US Cellular. I'm not sure if it's youtube wanting me to pay for a subscription or the signal from cell phone that is causing the issue. I can watch with wifi, so I'm thinking it's US Cellular issue.

Can we do it from outside of the USA, like in the UK. Be good if we can get someone to check if they can book in UK when it goes live and of not can they do it with a VPN

I'm going in January with 3 other families. Am I going to have to purchase multi-passes and single-passes for everybody in my party, so I'll be able to book everybody for the same return times for rides?

I’m curious what the price point is going to be. Right now there’s a different price for each Park unless you do the multi park. I’m not sure how they’re going to sort that out when this new system goes live so I’m curious how the pricing tears are going to work