When you visit Disney World, you probably want to ride as many rides as possible!

With new attractions like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind in EPCOT and TRON Lightcycle / Run in Magic Kingdom, there are so many attractions that you probably want to ride! Unfortunately, there is that annoying thing called lines, and trust us, you don’t want to have to be stuck waiting all day. We have a trick that we use to get on more rides, and it involves Genie+.

For those who might not know, Genie+ is Disney’s paid skip-the-line service, available in the My Disney Experience app. It is kind of like FastPass+, except you can’t make your reservations in advance, and it is no longer free. This is not to be confused with Disney’s FREE Genie service, which creates personalized itineraries and gives you recommendations. 

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You and your party can purchase Genie+. Genie+ does not have a standard price, as it varies on demand, it currently averages between $20 and $35, but we’ve seen it go as high as $39 during holiday periods. You also have the option of choosing an individual park to use Genie+ in, or you can choose the multi-park option. This service allows you to pick attractions and times to enter the ride through Lightning Lanes (previously the FastPass+ line), and skip over the normal stand-by queue for a shorter wait!

Disney states that people who use this service, on average, can skip the line for two to three attractions. However, in our experience, we have used Genie+ and Lightning Lane on more than just three rides! We will say that this is different for each party.

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There are also Individual Lightning Lanes that you and your party can purchase as a la carte rides. Certain attractions are not included with the Genie+ base price and must be purchased per person if you want to skip the line. Rides that are not included in Genie+ and require an individual Lightning Lane are:

• TRON Lightcycle / RUN (free Virtual Queue is an option)
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
• Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind (free Virtual Queue is an option)
• Rise of the Resistance
• Flight of Passage

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Individual Lightning Lanes can only be bought twice a day, meaning you can only ride two of the rides listed above using Lightning Lane. But fear not—you can also wait in line for these attractions, use a virtual queue for attractions like TRON Lightcycle / RUN and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, or purchase Individual Lightning Lane the next day.

Just like Genie+, you need to pay per person who is riding the ride. Prices fluctuate, but on average, it will cost between $12 and $25 per person to ride attractions using Individual Lightning Lane.

Now that we got some background out of the way, let’s talk about how you can ride more rides in your day!

In order to use this hack, you must purchase Genie+. Genie+ has certain rules that you need to understand when booking attraction’s Lightning Lanes. Once you book a Lightning Lane, in order to book another, you must:

1. Use the first Lightning Lane that you booked
2. Be past your return time (this is if you missed it)
3. 120 minutes must have passed between booking your next selection

In the past, Genie+ rules allowed you to make your first selections at 7 AM (this still holds true). If the park opened at 9 AM, your two-hour window was up, and you could make another selection, meaning you could have two Lightning Lanes booked before even entering the park. 

Now, the two-hour timer no longer starts at 7 AM. Instead, it starts when the park opens. So if you were to grab a Lightning Lane right at 7 AM and the park opens at 9 AM, your two-hour timer would start at 9 AM, meaning you can book another Lightning Lane at 11 AM. If you ride an attraction before 11 AM, you can book another Lightning Lane, according to the rules we previously discussed.

While this rule has changed, you can still stack Lightning Lanes! Remember in order to book another Lightning Lane, you must do one of the following:

1. Use the first Lightning Lane that you booked
2. Be past your return time (this is if you missed it)
3. 120 minutes must have passed between booking your next selection

This means that you can continuously STACK Lightning Lanes throughout the day as long as you follow the 120-minute rule. Genie+ will let you book another Lightning Lane 120- minutes (2 hours) after reserving a previous Lightning Lane if the return time for the first Lightning Lane is more than 2 hours away.

For example, we will say that our imaginary guest books a Lightning Lane at 9 AM for Pirates of the Caribbean with a return time of 1 PM. This imaginary guest does NOT have to wait until 1 PM to book their next selection. Instead, they can book a selection at 11 AM (following the 120-minute rule.) At 11 AM, our imaginary guest books a Lightning Lane reservation for Haunted Mansion at 3 PM, meaning that they currently hold Lightning Lanes for two attractions at the same time! And at 1 PM, two hours after their 11 AM selection, they can book another Lightning Lane selection.

To sum things up, use the 120-minute rule to your advantage! You do not have to wait until your return time to book another selection! By stacking Lightning Lanes, you can enjoy other parts of the park or ride attractions that don’t offer a Lightning Lane, then, when your return time rolls around, you have a stack of Lightning Lanes ready to go!

We know that this can get confusing, but we have plenty of resources to help you navigate Genie+. Of course, we will continue to go to the parks, perfect our Genie+ methods, and update you!

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Have you stacked Lightning Lanes before? Let us know in the comments!