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I spent an extra $44 on Disney World’s new Lightning Lane system. I don’t know how you can visit without it.

The Little Mermaid is one of the lesser tier rides, according to Disney World.

Each park’s Lightning Lanes are differently priced, and they change depending on the day of the week.

For an upcoming Tuesday (the day of the week I went), prices are as follows: $27 for Magic Kingdom, $18 for Epcot, $22 for Hollywood Studios, and $16 for Animal Kingdom.

I opted for Hollywood Studios, since that had the most rides I wanted to experience. When I went, a Multi-Pass for Hollywood Studios was $24.

The big change with this new system is that, before, you were only able to schedule your Lightning Lanes on the day of your visit at 7 a.m.

Now, if you’re staying at one of the resorts on Disney property, you can do it up to a week in advance. Everyone else can do it three days in advance.

So, what’s a Single Pass?

Remember when I said some rides are top-tier? Well, some rides have been deemed even more exclusive than those rides, and you can only purchase a Lightning Lane for those separately.

The biggest rides around the parks — Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, TRON Lightcycle, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, and Avatar Flight of Passage — only have Lightning Lane Single Passes.

These range from $11 to $20 each.

That means if you want to ensure you get on these rides, you’ll have to purchase an additional pass. I wanted to go on TRON, which was another $20.

You used to get an actual ticket to tell you when to come back.

If you’re doing Disney on a budget, the Multi-Pass might not be for you, but I’d strongly recommend springing for at least one of the single rides. Those are the best attractions in the park, and you could waste hours trying to get on them without a Lightning Lane.

But if you’re already willing to spend thousands of dollars — which seems more and more likely these days — adding the Multi-Pass is a must.

Read the original article on Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-new-lightning-lane-system-isnt-cheap-but-worth-it-2024-9