2024 is bringing some serious changes to Disney World.
The best part? 2024 is only a few days away! While most of these changes won’t actually go into effect until January 9th, we’re excited nonetheless. One of the biggest changes taking place is the removal of park pass reservation requirements for most ticketed visitors. After the 9th, you’ll no longer need a park pass reservation to enter a park — with the exception of Magic Kingdom on Saturdays and Sundays. With that update comes another HUGE update hidden inside — and a lot of folks might not know about this yet.
Starting January 9th, when park pass reservation requirements are officially removed, you’ll have MUCH more freedom when it comes to snagging virtual queues for TRON: Lightcycle/Run and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, as well as the parks you visit in general.
Previously, you had ONE SHOT when trying to book a virtual queue in the mornings. You could only book a virtual queue if you had a park reservation at 7AM or were in that park at 1PM. If you missed a virtual queue, you were out of luck. Then, you’d still have to go to the same park and be sad while other folks flocked over for their virtual queue.
Starting January 9th, however, you’ll have a second opportunity to grab a virtual queue in the mornings, since you’re able to book a virtual queue in any park where you have valid admission. For example, if you were attempting to grab a virtual queue for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind in EPCOT, but they sold out before you could, you’ll be able to attempt grabbing a virtual queue for TRON: Lightcycle/Run in Magic Kingdom at 7:01.
With the removal of park pass reservation requirements, you’ll be able to try to snag a VQ from either park — since there will no longer be restrictions on where you can go on most days. Now, you can just swap which day you visit each park depending on what ride you were able to get a virtual queue for.
An important thing to note is that you can still only grab one virtual queue per day, per ride, though. You can’t book one for TRON and then book another for Guardians a minute later. You’ll have to book a virtual queue for one and an individual Lightning Lane for another if you’re hoping to ride both in one day, OR you can park hop before 1PM to the other park to try to snag that second virtual queue.
Another thing to note is that Cast Members and Annual Passholders who still need valid park reservations will still need to have a reservation for the park they’re hoping to ride in.
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