With one small change, Disney World is reducing the overall cost families were needing to pay to ride attractions. It’s a big win for guests.
Walt Disney World is making a very consumer-friendly decision that will help guests save money and keep queue lines moving. I’m definitely a fan and would love to see this sort of positive guest-first attitude continue across more Disney Parks changes in the future.
After about a year of basically having two rides per park at Disney World feature a unique line-skip system that required fifteen dollars per person, Disney is cutting that number way back. Whereas lines for a ride like Space Mountain were very long because people were skipping the main queue in mass, for a cost, now the line will work just like all the other rides at Magic Kingdom. Sure, you still have to pay fifteen dollars to get Genie+, but at least now that fifteen dollars goes for the full day and as many attractions as you can use it on. This will significantly lower the cost families could expect to pay for a pleasant day at Magic Kingdom and other Disney Parks while still keeping the individual “Lighting Lane” payment for the very biggest and newest rides.
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Only Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (MK), Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (Epcot), Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance (DHS) and Flight of Passage (AK) will require an individual payment to skip their lines. The other attractions which were set up for the individual payment system are now all normal lines which can be skipped, if you so choose, using Genie+.
Overall, for a family of four that comes out to an approximate $240 saving for their Disney trip. This comes at a time when Disney is likely going to really be pushing to try to keep park revenues where they have been, so even more praise needs to be given to Disney for making this decision. This truly is a positive, consumer-first decision that only benefits guests and their quality of experience at the parks.
Very well done, Disney. Very well done.
