Disney Introduces Lightning Lane Premier Pass

on October 16, 2024

The Walt Disney Company just announced its latest digital queuing option. While the headline-grabber is the price, this reveal is terrific news for Disney Vacation Club members. Yes, Disney has introduced Lightning Lane Premier Pass, and DVC members will have the easiest time using it.  What Is Lightning Lane Premier Pass? By now, you’re intimately […]

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Here’s What We’ve Learned about the Lightning Lane Multi Pass

on September 20, 2024

On July 24th, 2024, Walt Disney World implemented a new version of its digital queuing system. It’s the thing we called FastPass for many years, although we’d recently known the system as Disney Genie+ and Lightning Lane. The paid FastPass process confused fans since Disney Genie, Disney Genie+, and Lightning Lane were different products. However, […]

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How Does the New Lightning Lane Service Impact DVC Members?

on July 9, 2024

Disney shocked many fans when it announced in late June that its Genie+ service would be changed to the Lightning Lane Multi Pass, and Individual Lightning Lanes would become Lightning Lane Single Pass as of July 24, 2024.  Here’s why the changes can be both good and bad for DVC Members.   You Can Book Selections […]

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Disney Updating Star Tours Again

on May 30, 2022

Imagineers are feeling The Force these days, as Disney just announced a few Star Wars updates. The most important one involves more scenes coming to Star Tours – The Adventures Continue! Let’s talk about it. More Scenes = More Randomization Disney just hosted Star Wars Celebration 2022. So, most of what we’re discussing stems from […]

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Disney Announces Lightning Lane Pricing for Cosmic Rewind

on May 27, 2022

By the time you read this, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind will likely be up and running at EPCOT! So, we’ve got a few new details about how Disney’s latest roller coaster will work. Read on to learn more… Lightning Lane Pricing We had expected the Lightning Lane price for Cosmic Rewind to cost […]

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Disney Reports Massive Park Gains

on May 16, 2022

The Walt Disney Company announced its revenue for the fiscal second quarter of 2022. In this financial statement and the accompanying earnings call, we discovered a great deal about the status of the parks. Here’s what we learned. The Parks Are Making More Money Than Ever I don’t need to tell you about Disney’s financial […]

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Disney Unveils MagicBand+

on May 9, 2022

Disney theme parks don’t often experience merchandising snafus, but we witnessed a huge, hilarious one last week. Yes, Disney has unveiled MagicBand+…a few days after some of them went on sale at various theme park stores. About MagicBand+ During a media day event this week, park officials revealed the next generation of MagicBands, the wearables […]

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Connections Café Opens and Disney Pushes Back on Reedy Creek

on May 1, 2022

A new restaurant has opened, an airport terminal is opening soon, and Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris just showed us the future. Some of it’s good, and some isn’t. Here’s what you need to know. Now Serving Starbucks Again! Back when Disney announced the changes coming to EPCOT, we knew that Starbucks would reside in […]

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Everyone’s Hugging at Disney, and New Coasters Are Coming!

on April 25, 2022

After more than two cruel years of socially distant character interactions, normalcy has returned at Disney parks. Yup, you should probably plan your next trip, as the Disney you know and love has restored its status quo. About the Characters I track attraction wait times for a different Disney site. This past week included an […]

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Early Registration for Cosmic Rewind Comes and Goes

on April 18, 2022

Disney has screwed up again, and this one will bum you out if you’re visiting the parks in May. So, through clenched teeth, I’ll explain what has happened. Cosmic Rewind Previews Sell Out Yesterday, a weird rumor circulated. It seemed so unlikely that even the most respected name in DVC news didn’t trust the story. […]

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