Magic Kingdom Lightning Lanes Strategy 2024 [New System]

In this post we discuss how to use Lightning Lanes successfully at Magic Kingdom in 2024 under the Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass systems. This includes our Magic Kingdom Lightning Lane priorities and the best rides for Multi Pass at Magic Kingdom. We also discuss Lightning Lane Single Pass access and how to make sense of virtual queues, Lightning Lanes, and standby lines at Magic Kingdom!

REMINDER: GENIE+ IS GONE

Disney World’s Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lane systems had their last day of operation on July 23. Genie+ has been replaced by Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Individual Lightning Lanes have been replaced by Lightning Lane Single Pass. This post focuses entirely on the new systems.

Outline of This Post

This post is pretty large and covers a lot of information (all of it necessary, in my opinion) about Lightning Lanes at Magic Kingdom. It’s going to be helpful to quickly outline it so you know what to expect.

The Basics of Magic Kingdom and Lightning Lanes. A quick introduction to Lightning Lanes.
Purchasing Lightning Lane Multi Pass for Magic Kingdom. When, how much it costs, and whether it’s worth it.
Lightning Lane Single Pass Purchases at Magic Kingdom. When, how much they cost, and whether they’re worth it.
Magic Kingdom Lightning Lane Tiers. A quick breakdown of the Magic Kingdom rides on Multi Pass and how they’re tiered
Magic Kingdom Multi Pass Planning. How to actually use Multi Pass during your day at Magic Kingdom
A Sample Visit to Magic Kingdom With Multi Pass. A quick itinerary showing how this all looks when it’s put together.

The Basics of Magic Kingdom Lightning Lanes

Again, you’ll want to check out our Walt Disney World Lightning Lanes Strategy Guide to make sure you really understand Lightning Lanes, but we want to give those of you who are just looking for the basics a quick intro.

Click here to jump past the intro if you’ve read it before.

Lightning Lanes Allow You To “Skip The Lines” At Walt Disney World

“Lightning Lanes” are the way to “skip the line” at Disney World, and there are two paid services to access them—Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass (sometimes just “Multi Pass”) is a paid (expected roughly $15 to $35 per person, plus tax, depending on the day) skip-the-line system at Walt Disney World. By purchasing Multi Pass for the day of your visit to a Disney World park, you’ll be able to make bookings to access “Lightning Lanes” which are shorter lines than the regular “standby” lines that most rides have.

We’ve put “skip the lines” in quotes because you’ll usually still have some wait in a Lightning Lane, it’s just much shorter than the regular wait. A typical wait in a Lightning Lane is 5 to 10 minutes. A long wait in a Lightning Lane might be a 20 minute wait for a ride that has standby waits of 100+ minutes.

Not all attractions are included in Lightning Lane Multi Pass. Some attractions don’t have Lightning Lanes and some attractions with Lightning Lanes aren’t included in Multi Pass.

At Magic Kingdom, TRON and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train have Lightning Lanes but are not part of Lightning Lane Multi Pass. To access those Lightning Lanes you’ll have to make a separate Lightning Lane Single Pass purchase. We discuss the included attractions at Magic Kingdom later in this post.

You can make three advance reservations in Multi Pass. The advance booking windows vary based on whether you are a guest of a Disney resort (or select partner resort) or not. Guests of Disney resorts and select partner resorts can purchase Multi Pass for any day of trip (up to the first 14 days) beginning 7 days in advance of their check-in date at 7AM. Other guests can book 3 days in advance of their park visit at 7AM.

At Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and Epcot, you can only make one advance reservation from the “tier 1” rides. The remaining two (or all three, if you so choose) will have to be from the “tier 2” group. Animal Kingdom will not have tiers when the system debuts.

Tier and park restrictions only matter for initial bookings. Once you tap into your first Lightning Lane of the day, you’re able to pick new reservations and modify existing reservations in any Tier and at any park.

You can make new Lightning Lane reservations as you use them. You have three slots for Lightning Lanes to keep filled throughout the day. Once you use one, you can book a new one.

You can choose / modify your Lightning Lane time. You can pick a time slot from a limited selection (usually up to 3 times in any hour, subject to availability) when you book your Lightning Lane. As always, you can also modify the time, which will usually be an important part of fitting as many rides into your day as possible.

Lightning Lanes Not Available During Special Events

Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass are only available during regular park hours at Magic Kingdom. They are not available for special events held before or after regular park hours, like the Magic Kingdom After Hours events (which offer very short lines without the added hassle of Lightning Lanes, but for a price), or similar events:

Lightning Lanes also aren’t available during Early Theme Park Entry of Extended Evening Hours.

Park Hopping With Lightning Lane Multi Pass

Your advance reservations have to be in a single park. Once you use a Lightning Lane on the day of your visit, it sounds as if you’ll be able to make your next pick in any other park. Whether you can also modify the other two pre-bookings to another park is unclear as this time.

Generally we recommend all guests dedicate a full day to Magic Kingdom. There is plenty to do and you’ll get a lot of use out of Lightning Lane Multi Pass at the park.

We have posts on two-day Disney World trips and three-day Disney World trips.

Purchasing Lightning Lanes for Magic Kingdom

Before we get to strategy, let’s talk about how you get Lightning Lanes to begin with.

When can I purchase Multi Pass?

Guests of Disney resorts and select partner resorts can purchase Multi Pass for any day of trip (up to the first 14 days) beginning 7 days in advance of their check-in at 7AM. Other guests can book 3 days in advance of their park visit at 7AM. (Note there is an exception for international guests.)

How much does Multi Pass Cost?

Lightning Lane Multi Pass pricing varies by the park you book your initial three Lightning Lanes in. Here’s an example pricing lineup:

Magic Kingdom - $29
Hollywood Studios - $26
Epcot - $21
Animal Kingdom - $18

Everyone in your group needs to have Multi Pass if they plan to use the Lightning Lanes for the Multi Pass attractions. If someone in your party isn’t going on the rides via Multi Pass, then of course they don’t need Multi Pass.

Is Multi Pass at Magic Kingdom Worth It?

Because of Magic Kingdom’s size, Multi Pass is going to be worth it basically any day at Magic Kingdom. On a busier day, it’ll ensure you get plenty done without any awful waits. On a slower day, you’ll have a good shot at experiencing nearly the entire park in a single day, something that’s very hard to do.

If crowds are low, you could have a very enjoyable day at Magic Kingdom without Multi Pass, you just won’t be able to do as much as if you had Multi Pass. This is in contrast to, say, Animal Kingdom, where it is often the case that the full park can be seen on a slow day without Multi Pass.

There are a handful of situations that might reduce your need for Multi Pass at Magic Kingdom. If you can attend Magic Kingdom Extended Evening Hours (for guests of deluxe Disney hotels), and do so strategically, you can avoid needing Multi Pass the rest of the day. (It’s worth noting, though, that these hours can be as late as 11PM to 1AM—be realistic about whether you’ll actually want to be rushing around the park squeezing rides in at those hours.)

If you’re attending a ticketed event it depends on your approach and what event. Something like Magic Kingdom After Hours—which is purely about the rides—will eliminate the need for Multi Pass. But if you’re at one of the holiday parties, where you might be focused more on entertainment than rides, you might still wind up needing Multi Pass during the day.

If you can plan two full days at Magic Kingdom, you should do fine without Multi Pass (but with the caveat that you will have to wait in a few lines). You certainly wouldn’t need it both days, and I usually find that even an afternoon at Magic Kingdom with Multi Pass combined with a morning at Magic Kingdom without Multi Pass is sufficient.

We don’t think having Early Entry (as a guest of a Disney hotel or select partner hotel) is enough to impact your Multi Pass decision. At only 30 minutes and with your focus probably on Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Early Entry isn’t going to move the needle much.

If you don’t fall into any of those categories—i.e. you’re not a guest of a Disney hotel and you have one day, no ticketed events, at Magic Kingdom—you probably need to consider getting Multi Pass. Additionally or alternatively, you’ll need to consider Single Pass Lightning Lanes. Let’s talk about those purchases before moving onto Lightning Lane strategy.

Lightning Lane Single Pass Purchases at Magic Kingdom

In case you forgot, there are some rides at each park that are not a part of Multi Pass and that require you to buy access to their Lightning Lanes separately, through “Single Pass.” Magic Kingdom has two Single Pass Lightning Lanes—TRON and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train—which we’ll talk more about next.

If you decide to purchase Lightning Lane Single Pass access for either of these, you’ll make your purchase at the same time you can purchase Multi Pass.

TRON Lightcycle Run Update

Beginning September 9, TRON will no longer use a virtual queue—it will switch to a traditional standby queue. This means you no longer have to worry about joining the TRON virtual queue, but you do have to figure out when to fit it into your day.

Because we expect this to be a fluid situation for the first 1-2 weeks, we’ve got separate post where we address how this change impacts Magic Kingdom touring. Once things settle down, we’ll update our core Magic Kingdom content to reflect the change.

Is It Worth It To Buy A Lightning Lane for TRON?

Since its debut, the Lightning Lane for TRON has been priced at or around $20, with the Multi Pass at or around $25 and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, the other Single Pass Lightning Lane at Magic Kingdom, at or around $12.

It’s a challenging situation over at Magic Kingdom. The TRON Single Pass often sells out in advance of the date, meaning you won’t have a chance to buy it if you fail to get into either the 7AM or 1PM virtual queue. On the other hand, the 1PM virtual queue in particular has had decent availability recently. But there’s no standby queue—if you don’t get the Single Pass or the virtual queue, you just don’t ride. You can’t walk up and wait in line.

When you consider that we think Lightning Lane Multi Pass is a must-buy at Magic Kingdom and that Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is good value at its relatively low price point (more below), we’ve already got you spending close to $40 per person on Magic Kingdom Lightning Lanes…can we really tell you to spend another $20?

Let’s start here—I personally don’t think TRON is worth $20. I think Multi Pass ($30ish, let’s say), Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ($12 recently), and Flight of Passage (at Animal Kingdom, $16 recently) are all better value than TRON at $20. (As for Rise of the Resistance—at Hollywood Studios, $25 recently—I tend to think you can find the right time to wait in that line rather than paying such a high price.) If you’re trying to find the right places to spend money, I don’t think TRON is it.

But this is a hugely subjective analysis. I don’t even think it’s the best coaster at Magic Kingdom (Big Thunder Mountain Railroad). Lots of people will disagree with me, and your only chance to see who’s right might be to spend the $20 per person. If you’re spending over $6000 on a trip, and additional $80 for a family of four to ride the newest ride at Walt Disney World is maybe not something to be stressing over at this point.

Is it worth it to buy a Lightning Lane for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train?

Prices for Single Pass Lightning Lanes range from about $10 to $25 per person per ride, with Seven Dwarfs Mine Train being near the lower end of that. As it still draws some of the highest wait times at Walt Disney World, it feels a little silly to argue too hard that it isn’t worth $12. When it comes to Lightning Lanes, it’s the only option that doesn’t totally burn a hole in your pocket recently.

If you have multiple days at Magic Kingdom, you won’t need to pay for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. If you have one day and have Early Entry, I’m usually going to recommend buying Multi Pass and starting your day with a Mine Train rope drop. In these cases, the Single Pass Lightning Lane probably isn’t worth it.

If you don’t have Early Entry, there’s a stronger case for buying the Single Pass Lightning Lane. With Multi Pass you should do fine covering most of the park, but you’ll have the high waits at Seven Dwarfs Mine Train looming over you much of the day. I tend to think there’s enough fun to be had at Magic Kingdom that it isn’t necessary to pay for Mine Train. If you can fit it into your day, which you should try to, then great. If you really can’t make it work, then I assume you kept busy with plenty of other excellent things.

Magic Kingdom Lightning Lane Tiers

There are eighteen attractions that are a part of Lightning Lane Multi Pass at Magic Kingdom. The Magic Kingdom Multi Pass Lightning Lanes are broken into two tiers (Tier 1 and Tier 2). When making your three advance bookings, you can book up to 1 ride from Tier 1 and the remaining 2 (or all 3) from Tier 2. Here are the Magic Kingdom Multi Pass Lightning Lanes (by Tier, in alphabetical order):

Magic Kingdom Tier 1 Lightning Lane Group (up to 1 advance booking)

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Jungle Cruise
Peter Pan’s Flight
Space Mountain
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

Magic Kingdom Tier 2 Lightning Lane Group (other 2, or all 3 advance bookings)

The Barnstormer
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Haunted Mansion
“it’s a small world”
Mad Tea Party
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Mickey’s PhilharMagic (show)
Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor (show)
Pirates of the Caribbean
Tomorrowland Speedway
Under the Sea ~ Journey of The Little Mermaid

Notably missing from these lists are Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and TRON which instead have the Lightning Lane Single Pass option. Moreover, Astro Orbiter, Prince Charming Regal Carrousel, and PeopleMover don’t have Lightning Lanes.

Magic Kingdom Lightning Lane Multi Pass Planning

Now that we’ve covered the Magic Kingdom Multi Pass Tiers, we need to talk about how to actually put together a day at the park.

This is a good time to remind you to check the height requirements at Disney World when booking Lightning Lanes, as you want to make sure you don’t wind up with any disappointed littles. While you’re at it, read about visiting Magic Kingdom with a toddler if it applies to you.

Low Priorities for Multi Pass at Magic Kingdom

Let’s start with some rides that are low priority most days—putting these rides in the back of your mind should simplify your analysis for the time being.

“Low Priority” is a bit tougher to sort out at Magic Kingdom than at other parks. At Magic Kingdom, you’re trying to use up to 18 Multi Pass reservations. That’s a real challenge most days, and probably impossible some days. This leaves a lot of wiggle room between grabbing a few really popular rides or a lot of less popular rides.

For starters, we’re not going to spend any time on the two shows in this post. It’s rare that they require Lightning Lanes, and when they do they probably aren’t worth the effort it takes to get a decent time. That leaves us 16 more attractions.

Next, here are the six rides I’m considering “low priority” Lightning Lanes at Magic Kingdom: Barnstormer, Dumbo, “it’s a small world,” Mad Tea Party, Magic Carpets of Aladdin, and Under the Sea.

Importantly—“low priority” doesn’t mean you should just ignore these. In fact, just given how popular the high priority rides are, there’s a good chance you’ll wind up using Multi Pass more for the low priority rides than the high priority rides (particularly if your rope drop strategy helps you get through the high priority rides). The point is simply that you need to make sure you have a plan for the rest of the rides, while the low priority rides you can more or less just let fall into place as you go about your day.

This leaves us with ten attractions, five in each of the two tiers, that form the core of your planning:

Tier 1: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan’s Flight, Space Mountain, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Tier 2 “high priority”: Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Haunted Mansion, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Tomorrowland Speedway

With that in mind, let’s talk about which to pre-book and how to use Multi Pass throughout the day at Magic Kingdom.

Best Tier 1 Lightning Lane to Book at Magic Kingdom

As of this update, the best Tier 1 Lightning Lane to book at Magic Kingdom is going to be Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. But we can say something for each ride in that tier at this point…

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. As long as it’s using a virtual queue, you should feel comfortable grabbing whatever time you can get for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. If you luck into the virtual queue at 7AM day-of, you might consider modifying this to something else, particularly if you’re booked into a late time.

Peter Pan’s Flight. If you don’t have Early Entry, or if you have Early Entry and are planning to use it to rope drop Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, you should be comfortable booking Peter Pan’s Flight for any time you can get it. (Note: Peter Pan’s Flight reopened from a refurbishment on August 16, having not been open since the new system debuted. It’ll be a few days before its Lightning Lane demand normalizes.)

Jungle Cruise and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Ideally, if you can’t book Tiana’s Bayou Adventure or Peter Pan’s Flight, you’ll have a Jungle Cruise time in the first two hours of the day. This allows you to trace a rope drop route that starts with Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and contains some mix of Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion, and Magic Carpets of Aladdin before tapping into Jungle Cruise.

If Jungle Cruise isn’t available that early, then you can do the same thing but with the Big Thunder and Jungle Cruise swapped. The downside to this approach is just that Jungle Cruise is a longer ride, so by the time you’re off it at rope drop you might find longer waits for Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion.

If you can’t get either of these in the first two hours of the day, booking Jungle Cruise at any other time of day is worth considering, but you have one more Tier 1 option…

Space Mountain. I’d take a 9AM Space Mountain over a 9PM Jungle Cruise. I’d take a 12PM Jungle Cruise over a 9AM Space Mountain. In between…I’m just not sure. If you wind up booking an early Space Mountain, I think the best approach is going to be to book two early Tier 2 times on that side of the park, too. Then spend your entire morning using short waits and Lightning Lanes to get through as much of Fantasyland and Tomorrowland as possible.

Best Tier 2 Lightning Lanes to Book at Magic Kingdom

I noted five rides as “high priority” in the Tier 2 group: Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Haunted Mansion, Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Tomorrowland Speedway. Let’s start with how we think about these rides before discussing how important times are.

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is usually the most popular of the Tier 2 rides, by a small amount. It makes sense to pre-book this one, particularly given its central location.

Haunted Mansion is another good, popular, centrally-located pick. But you might instead opt for Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin (in Tomorrowland) or Pirates of the Caribbean (in Adventureland) if you can grab an early time and expect to be spending your mornings in the areas nearby.

Tomorrowland Speedway probably doesn’t make sense for a Tier 2 pre-booking unless it’s your only decent option. It can be slow to load, it’s a long ride, and it can be slow to unload. Best not to waste early morning time on this one.

Now, the trouble with going after the top picks is that you’ll maybe find there are only late times available when you get around to booking. This leaves you with the common dilemma of picking popular rides or picking good times.

At Magic Kingdom, our rule of thumb is that you should have two Lightning Lane times that start in the first three hours of the day. Ideally, one of these will start in the first hour of the day. This means that if you can only get Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at 7PM to 8PM, we think your two Tier 2 picks have to start within the first three hours of the day, even if this means you don’t book either Haunted Mansion or Winnie the Pooh.

What Multi Pass reservation should I grab Fourth, Fifth, etc. at Magic Kingdom?

Getting the most out of Multi Pass at Magic Kingdom requires a lot of work. It’s a balancing act. Every late Lightning Lane you book is one less Lightning Lane slot to work with earlier in the day. But the more “easy” rides you squeeze into the day early on, the more time you’ll be refreshing the app later in the day trying to get the popular rides you’ve missed out on.

Beyond that, you’ve got several options for rope drop. If you have Early Entry, you’ve got a chance to ride two Tier 1 rides—Space Mountain and Peter Pan’s Flight. With or without Early Entry, you’ve got the chance to rope drop either Jungle Cruise or Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. And top Tier 2 picks Haunted Mansion and Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh can carry short waits for the first hour of the day—might you squeeze them in via standby?

So yes, let’s look at those lists of “high priority” rides I gave before:

Tier 1: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan’s Flight, Space Mountain, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Tier 2 “high priority”: Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Haunted Mansion, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Tomorrowland Speedway

These are the ones you need to keep an eye on. Book a good time if you can, consider a bad time if you must. But along the way…

…Think geographically. Picking Lightning Lanes that are close together keeps you from exhaustion in the Florida heat, but it also saves time. Whenever possible, I try and book Lightning Lanes that are batched together in a single area.

Barnstormer and Dumbo are the only rides in the Storybook Circus area of Fantasyland, for example. I always try and ride those back-to-back. That area is pretty close to Under the Sea and Mad Tea Party, too, and Tomorrowland isn’t far, either.

On the west side of the park, you’ve got Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, and Pirates of the Caribbean lining the far west side, with Jungle Cruise and Magic Carpets of Aladdin near Pirates of the Caribbean.

A Sample Visit to Magic Kingdom With Lightning Lane Multi Pass

Here’s a schedule from an actual day I spent at Magic Kingdom using Multi Pass and an Single Pass Lightning Lane for TRON. Peter Pan’s Flight was under refurbishment, and I opted to leave early rather than wait in line for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train after it broke during Early Entry.

Lightning Lane Multi Pass activity is bolded. Actual wait times vs. posted wait times are given.

Initial Lightning Lane Bookings (after some modifications)
- 9:10AM - The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
- 10:00AM - Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
- 10:50PM - Haunted Mansion
- 1:45PM - TRON (Single Pass)
8:30AM - Start of Early Entry
(Seven Dwarfs Mine Train broke, no progress during Early Entry)
9:00AM - Park Open
9:04AM - Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
9:14AM - Magic Carpets of Aladdin (2 via LL vs. 5 posted)
(Book and Modify to 12:10PM Jungle Cruise)
(Modify Haunted Mansion to 11:20AM Space Mountain)
9:28AM - Pirates of the Caribbean (9 via standby vs. 5 posted)
10:10AM - Tiana’s Bayou Adventure (15 via LL)
(Book and Modify to 11:10AM Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin)
10:30AM - Adventure Friends Cavalcade
11:08AM - Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin (3 via LL vs. 35 posted)
(Book 1PM Dumbo the Flying Elephant)
11:28AM - Space Mountain (12 via LL vs. 65 posted)
(Book and Modify to 12:55PM Barnstormer)
Lunch at Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen
12:21PM - Jungle Cruise (4 via LL vs. 50 posted)
(Book 12:40PM Mad Tea Party)
12:49PM - Mad Tea Party (6 via LL vs. 20 posted)
(Book 12:50PM Under the Sea)
1:04PM - Under the Sea (4 via LL vs. 15 posted)
(Book 2:20PM Tomorrowland Speedway)
1:23PM - Barnstormer (5 via LL vs. 35 posted)
(Book and modify to 3:45PM 'it's a small world')
1:41PM - Dumbo (15 via LL vs. 30 posted)
(Book 7PM Haunted Mansion)
2:08PM - TRON (12 via LL)
2:28PM - Tomorrowland Speedway (8 via LL vs. 35 posted)
(Book 6PM The Many Adventure of Winnie the Pooh)
3PM Coffee and Festival of Fantasy Parade
3:31PM - Liberty Square Riverboat
4:02PM - 'it's a small world' (8 vs. 40 posted)
4:20PM - Philharmagic (used LL, but not necessary)
4:47PM - Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor (used LL, but not necessary)
5:30PM - Country Bear Musical Jamboree
5:55PM - Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room
6:19PM - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (5 via LL vs. 35 posted)
6:36PM - Prince Charming Regal Carrousel (9 via standby vs. 10 posted)
7:07PM - Haunted Mansion (12 via LL vs. 45 posted)

And of course, we have a full post dedicated to our one-day Magic Kingdom itinerary.

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