Plan Ahead with Lightning Lane Entry at Walt Disney World Starting July 24

[gottalovepluto]

It’s one of my favorite HS attractions and is harder to get an early LL for since it’s a very popular tier 2, along with TSM

You can walk on it first thing in the morning.

I also walked on around half an hour before Fantasmic despite the listed wait time but it was a quiet park time in Sept.

What has everyone's experiences been with the single pass lightning lanes selling out? All the single pass rides are rides that I'm the only one in my family that will want to go on. However, I'm unsure what times exactly I'll be able to do them. Is there a big risk of the single passes selling out before the day off? If I at least know I'm going to ride something is it at least worth it to buy the pass now and then try to modify it the day off? I'm just worried if I don't buy a head of time I will lose any chance to ride at all.

Every time I’ve looked at booking GOTG day of it’s sold out. When I’ve looked at modifying my SPLL when I had one nothing was available.

Bottom line- book it as soon as you can. Say bye to the fam for half an hour to go enjoy it and re-join the group.

 

[jenna1212]

Wondering what to do as we are going during the busiest week of the year. We will buy the multipass lightning lane, visiting all 4 parks (we have hoppers), and plan to use EE. I'm considering hedging my bets a little on the premise that I think we can knock out a ride like Remy with EE and hopefully another, and then start the LL rides a bit later to carry us through as the wait times get worse. I am wondering whether we'll be able to book additional LL later in the day as we go on the days after Christmas. Am I worried for nothing? Or is there a real chance I won't be able to book more as we go on those days?

 

[Miffy]

Wondering what to do as we are going during the busiest week of the year. We will buy the multipass lightning lane, visiting all 4 parks (we have hoppers), and plan to use EE. I'm considering hedging my bets a little on the premise that I think we can knock out a ride like Remy with EE and hopefully another, and then start the LL rides a bit later to carry us through as the wait times get worse. I am wondering whether we'll be able to book additional LL later in the day as we go on the days after Christmas. Am I worried for nothing? Or is there a real chance I won't be able to book more as we go on those days?

There's certainly a chance you won't be able to get Tier 1 attractions as the day goes on, however, I'm a big believer in the refresh method, which worked well for me on the last trip. However, disclaimer, that trip was in September, and you're talking about the days after Christmas, which are far more crowded. But you should be okay with the attractions you book 7 days in advance.

 

[Miffy]

Help needed, please.

I just booked LLs for a few days for our upcoming trip and on one of those days, the app gave me times in the morning, but we wanted to have a late day that day.

Yet when I go to modify the times, it will show me only earlier times. How can I get to see and choose times later in the day?

I realize this must be described somewhere in this thread, but I cannot find it.

Thanks.

Ah. I figured it out. For anyone else who doesn't know this: You just select whatever time they give you on the Modify function, then they will let you modify that. I was able to fix to the times I wanted.

 

[Jrits]

We have about a month until our trip, but I see on the app LL opening up one day at a time each day. Tomorrow would be the first day of my trip to open up but will I be able to buy bc I had read 7 days in advance?

 

[Miffy]

We have about a month until our trip, but I see on the app LL opening up one day at a time each day. Tomorrow would be the first day of my trip to open up but will I be able to buy bc I had read 7 days in advance?

If you're staying on-site, you can purchase 7 days in advance and no sooner. It may look like you could, but when you get to the screen where you designate who the LLs are for, it'll say everyone is ineligible.

 

[Dave006]

Tomorrow would be the first day of my trip to open up but will I be able to buy bc I had read 7 days in advance?

As @Miffy indicated you can't purchase until 7 days before your resort arrival date. What you are seeing is the rolling 21 day window on the MDE LLMP and/or LLSP Calendar.

A quick way to remember your 7 day mark is exactly 1 week before your day of your resort arrival day. If you arrive on a Monday then you can begin booking your LLMP and/or LLSP initial selections the Monday before your arrival day.

Dave

 

[Jrits]

Can 2 people log in to MDE app at the same time using the same username & password to purchase? Trying to get multiple days quickly lol

 

[Dave006]

Can 2 people log in to MDE app at the same time using the same username & password to purchase? Trying to get multiple days quickly lol

Technically Yes but it is not advisable and it does not work as you might expect it to work.

The issue is with the 5 minute hold period for your LLMP and/or LLSP selections within the MDE app. Either use 2 MDE Accounts or just spend the few extra minutes making your selections from 1 MDE account. It is not worth the effort.

Dave

 

[Jrits]

So 2 accounts linked as traveling together would be able to purchase at the same time without hold period then and is the fastest way to purchase multiple days?

 

[Dave006]

So 2 accounts linked as traveling together would be able to purchase at the same time without hold period then and is the fastest way to purchase multiple days?

Yes and even when using 2 MDE accounts linked as Friends & Family, it is best to split your selections based on individual days. Also plan to have more than 1 payment option loaded in your MDE Account Profile if you are making purchases for a large group. Multiple large purchase over a very short time period may trigger Fraud holds.

Notes: You can have up to 6 different payment methods loaded in your MDE Account. While you can't preload Gift Card (GF) Numbers in your profile, you can store your GF numbers in a note on your smartphone to make it easier to cut / paste into the MDE LLMP and/or LLSP purchase step.

Dave

 

[Jrits]

Yes and even when using 2 MDE accounts linked as Friends & Family, it is best to split your selections based on individual days. Also plan to have more than 1 payment option loaded in your MDE Account Profile if you are making purchases for a large group. Multiple large purchase over a very short time period may trigger Fraud holds.

Notes: You can have up to 6 different payment methods loaded in your MDE Account. While you can't preload Gift Card (GF) Numbers in your profile, you can store your GF numbers in a note on your smartphone to make it easier to cut / paste into the MDE LLMP and/or LLSP purchase step.

Dave

I appreciate your help!