The time has come! An all new way to experience Disney theme parks in both California and Florida is coming this fall and it will be a personalized experience. So, lets dive into the details.

Disney Genie is a complimentary service that will help guests create their best Disney day. This will be integrated directly into the My Disney Experience and Disneyland apps. Disney Genie is set to maximize park time so guests can have more fun. This all new feature will include a personalized itinerary feature that will seamlessly map out your entire day. Suggestions will include specific attractions, dining and entertainment or even general interests like Disney princesses, villains, Pixar, Star Wars, thrill rise and more.

• Get Itinerary Updates from Morning to Night: Disney Genie will continue to update your itinerary throughout your day, so you can be more spontaneous and go with the flow.
• Find Your Favorites at a Glance: Create your very own personal tip board to instantly see your favorites. It will display current AND forecasted future wait times, helping you predict when you might experience quicker entry to attractions.
• Enjoy More Flexibility and Fun: Disney Genie brings existing planning features together in one place. Join a virtual queue at certain attractions, make dining and experience reservations, mobile order food at many locations, get help from a virtual assistant and more.

So, that is just Disney Genie. This is included in park admission and with the My Disney Experience or Disneyland app. There are even more options for an additional cost though!

• Disney Genie+ service (available for purchase): For the price of $15 per ticket per day at Walt Disney World Resort and $20 per ticket per day at Disneyland Resort, choose the next available time to arrive at a variety of attractions and experiences using the Lightning Lane entrance. You can make one selection at a time, throughout the day – from classics like Haunted Mansion to thrill rides like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and newer favorites like Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run (attractions subject to limited availability). This convenient option is the next evolution of the fan-favorite Disney MaxPass service from Disneyland Resort. Disney Genie+ will also include Disney parks-themed audio experiences and photo features to capture your memories – augmented reality lenses for those visiting Walt Disney World Resort and unlimited Disney PhotoPass downloads from your day if you are visiting Disneyland Resort.
• Individual attraction selections (available for purchase): Schedule a time to arrive at up to two highly demanded attractions each day using the Lightning Lane entrance – like Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom Park and Radiator Springs Racers at Disney California Adventure park (subject to limited availability; attractions not included with Disney Genie+). Pricing for this option will vary by date, attraction and park and will be announced closer to launch.

Lightning Lane selections will be made on the same day of your visit. This will also be available across multiple parks so available for park hopping. Attractions will continue to offer standby queues and virtual queues at select attractions like Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. FASTPASS, FastPass+, and Disney MaxPass services will be retired. Disney Genie takes these offerings to the next level and offers more flexibility.

For Annual Passholders at Walt Disney World and Disney Magic Key Members at Disneyland, they will be able to add Disney Genie+ at launch by the day like other guests. More enhancements for these guests will come in the future. Disney will roll out these services in phases beginning this fall. Guests staying at Walt Disney World Resort Hotels will be able to reserve Lightning Lane spots beginning at 7:00 a.m. on the day of their visit.

This is just the start for Disney Genie. Disney will announce more details on the rollout as we get closer. And with all things expect changes over time. FastPass+ changed as it debuted and guests presented feedback.

To break things down further friend of the CLC and co-host of the DBC Pod podcast Phil Schoen shared a graphic on options guests will have with attractions when Disney Genie rolls out.

We know you will have more questions and we certainly do ourselves. Not all of the answers are available yet either. We will be sure to share more when we do. Let us know what questions you do have and we will be discussing Disney Genie further on our YouTube channel.

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