$400 Lightning Lane Premier Pass at Disneyland
Lightning Lane Premier Pass is the top-tier line-skipping option at Disneyland and California Adventure, similar to Universal Studios Hollywood’s Express Pass. Here are full details and our commentary about how pricing compares to the Walt Disney World version once you get past the sticker shock, and whether it’s “worth it” from a guest perspective…or even the company’s perspective. (Updated February 25, 2025.)
There’s a lot of ground to cover here, so we will very quickly recap what has happened in the last few months with Lightning Lanes. As you might recall, Disneyland recently renamed the Genie+ service as Lightning Lane Multi-Pass (LLMP). Along with that, a la carte or Individual Lightning Lanes became Lightning Lane Single Pass (LLSP).
The key distinction between Walt Disney World and Disneyland is that there are no substantive changes. It’s literally just a name change at Disneyland for the sake of continuity between the coasts. If you were already familiar with Genie+ at Disneyland, all you really need to know is that it’s now called Lightning Lane Multi-Pass and Single Pass.
Frankly, the new names make more sense and are less confusing to casual guests than pairing Aladdin and Cars characters for no reason in particular. Disneyland’s LLMP and LLSP offer no way to pre-book ride reservations, a fact that remains true with the launch of the new Lightning Lane Premier Pass (LLPP).
There’s a lot more to the new Lightning Lane Multi-Pass and Single Pass, all of which is beyond the scope of this post. If you have more questions about the basics of using Lightning Lanes at Disneyland or how this line-skipping system works, see our Guide to Lightning Lanes at Disneyland & DCA. It’s a lot easier at Disneyland–and is basically just paid FastPass that you use an app to purchase and use (or in other words, MaxPass).
The important thing to know is that Lightning Lane Multi-Pass and Single Pass continue to exist at Disneyland. Lightning Lane Premier Pass is distinct from both, and is an alternative line-skipping product offering for guests who don’t want to hassle with LLMP or LLSP. Again, Lightning Lane Premier Pass does not introduce pre-arrival ride reservations (contrary to some rumors). Instead, it’s basically just the tech-free version of Lightning Lanes for those who don’t want to spend time on their phones making ride reservations.
Here’s everything you need to know about Lightning Lane Premier Pass at Disneyland Resort…
Lightning Lane Premier Pass allows one-time entry to each available Lightning Lane experience in both of the Disneyland Resort theme parks to enjoy at your leisure that day (valid park admission required). As of 2025, Disneyland is still piloting the rollout of Lightning Lane Premier Pass with very limited quantities available.
Lightning Lane Premier Pass includes one entry to each Lightning Lane entrance in the theme park guests are visiting that day, which can be used anytime throughout the day at their convenience – without needing to book an arrival time in advance. In a nutshell, Lightning Lane Premier Pass is Disney’s answer to Universal’s Express Pass.
Some of the added perks of Lightning Lane Premier Pass include:
- All attractions from Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass.
- Guests can ride the attractions that they want–when they want.
- Lightning Lane Premier Pass will include PhotoPass photo and video downloads.
- Eligible for Park Hopping
Lightning Lane Premier Passes can be purchased via the Disneyland app up to 7 days in advance of your park visit, starting at 7:00 AM Pacific Time (subject to very limited quantities). This is a change as of February 25, 2025. Previously, Lightning Lane Premier Pass was available 2 days in advance.
What’s notable about this change is that guests who purchase a vacation package directly from Disneyland Resort that includes tickets are at a disadvantage. Those guests do not receive park tickets until 3 days before arrival. With those packages, you won’t be able to purchase Lightning Lane Premier Pass until you have your tickets.
Between this and Lightning Lane Premier Pass being available in very limited quantities (and subject to selling out–which does happen on busier dates), those who purchase packages run the risk of not being able to buy LLPP. We anticipate this will change somehow as it frankly makes zero sense that a family of high-rollers going all out by spending $1,000+ per night on Veranda Club Level at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel (the best way to stay if money is no object) could get shut out of buying Lightning Lane Premier Pass.
As for logistics of buying Lightning Lane Premier Pass at Disneyland, before you begin, make sure that everyone in your party has valid theme park admission and park reservations for the same date, linked to your MyDisney account. All of this is necessary in order to purchase Lightning Lane Premier Passes–otherwise, people in your party may not appear to be eligible.
From there, open the Disneyland app and search for “Lightning Lane Premier Pass.” It should also appear in a banner on the home screen. Tap “Purchase” to get started. Follow the prompts to complete your purchase—and receive a confirmation.
The price of Lightning Lane Premier Pass varies by date and demand, but is typically priced between $300 and $400 per person, per day. Prices will be displayed in the Disneyland app up to 7 days in advance of your park visit. Purchasing is subject to limited availability.
Make the most of your Lightning Lane Premier Pass:
- Start Your Day Early: We recommend getting to the theme parks early—as soon as they open. Check the park calendar and operating hours before you go.
- Start at Disneyland: Do Disneyland before DCA.
- Do Standby Lines First: Many attractions at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure do not offer Lightning Lanes. Start with standby lines while their wait times are shortest. Fantasyland, in particular, is a good place to begin.
- Buy Park Hopper Tickets: You can use your Lightning Lane Premier Pass for one-time access to each available Lightning Lane entrance at both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park—for one day, during regular park hours. Just be sure your park admission includes the Park Hopper benefit. If you don’t have Park Hopping privileges, you’ll need to buy two days of LLPP to use it at both parks, which is far more costly than just upgrading to the Park Hopper option for a single-day.
This is unlike Walt Disney World, where Lightning Lane Premier Pass gives guests one-time entry to each available Lightning Lane entrance in one theme park for one day. Walt Disney World has per-park pricing as a result, and offers no Park Hopper option for LLPP.
The price range is also far more variable for Walt Disney World, starting at $129 and maxing out at $449 plus tax during peak season dates (think the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve). Since there’s no Park Hopper option, you’d have to add the cost of two parks together for an equivalent offering at Walt Disney World–making the actual maximum over $800 after tax.
So really, once you get past the sticker shock of the $400 Lightning Lane Premier Pass at Disneyland versus the $129 base price at Walt Disney World, the latter actually ends up potentially/theoretically costing much more when it’s most useful or “necessary.”
Turning to commentary, I want to start by directing your attention to our post covering the announcement of Lightning Lane Premier Pass at Walt Disney World, which discusses comparisons to Universal’s Express Pass at length. I’m not going to rehash those here, but they’re more or less applicable to Disneyland vs. Universal Studios Hollywood–minus Express Pass being included in on-site hotel stays at USH.
We’ll instead focus on the wrinkles that are unique to Disneyland Resort, starting with the static $400 price point for Lightning Lane Premier Pass during the final few months of the year. I’m honestly quite surprised by this. It’s true that there’s more variance to Walt Disney World crowds, which is already reflected in the wider range of Lightning Lane Multi-Pass prices.
Walt Disney World can bottom out at $16 for Animal Kingdom during the off-season, or cost as much as $39 during peak season dates at Magic Kingdom. That’s a way wider range than Disneyland, where prices for Lightning Lane Multi-Pass tend to vary by only around $10 between lows and highs. So from that perspective, a $100 range on the premier product does make some degree of sense.
It does not make a complete degree of sense, however, especially during the final two months of the year! If anything, Disneyland’s approach to Lightning Lane Multi-Pass pricing is what didn’t make sense to begin with. The line-skipping service is not worth “only” $10 more during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve or, conversely, it’s not worth “only” $10 less during the winter doldrums of January and February. Same idea here.
This is evident throughout the year, but especially during December. Last year, the slowest days during that month had 1/10 crowd levels with average wait times of 18-21 minutes. Later in the month, crowds peaked at 10/10 crowd levels with average wait times of 42 minutes. If we dug a little deeper and excluded all attractions that don’t have Lightning Lanes, I’m pretty confident the spread would be even greater. (I’m not going to do that math, though.)
The bottom line is that Lightning Lane Premier Pass won’t offer the same value on December 4 as it does on December 28, 2025. On the former date, you could “get away with” purchasing Lightning Lane Multi-Pass and probably still get as much done as someone who buys Lightning Lane Premier Pass. During the busiest dates leading up to New Year’s Eve, you definitely could not.
Personally, I won’t be buying Lightning Lane Premier Pass on any day, but I’m also not the target demographic for such a luxury product. When viewing this offering at arm’s length, I actually do see the value in purchasing a single-day of Lightning Lane Premier Pass if I were visiting during peak travel dates.
In fact, I think Lightning Lane Premier Pass makes sense as a splurge, especially if I had to choose between…let’s say…staying a couple nights at Pixar Place Hotel for the sake of the Early Entry perk or staying across the street at our new #1 hotel at Disneyland and buying one day of Lightning Lane Premier Pass. In that hypothetical, I’m choosing the latter. (In actuality, I’m choosing neither–just to be clear.)
Setting aside the sticker shock, this is why I think Lightning Lane Premier Pass can be more compelling at Disneyland Resort than Walt Disney World. Line-skipping would also be very useful during that peak week at Walt Disney World. But the difference is that there are four parks (three where you need it), making the cost $1,047 (plus tax!) as opposed to $400 (no tax!). And I’m betting even then, the two parks at Disneyland Resort still have more worthwhile Lightning Lanes than the 3 at Walt Disney World.
Even then, that is not an apples to apples comparison since you cannot trade down in resorts and still purchase Lightning Lane Premier Pass at Walt Disney World. You have to be staying Deluxe or DVC! So there’s really no scenario in which LLPP represents a singular splurge at Walt Disney World. The time of year you’d need it most, you’re already paying peak season resort rates for the most expensive hotels on property. It’s thus narrowly targeted at guests for whom money is no issue.
In all likelihood, that’ll largely be the core audience at Disneyland Resort for Lightning Lane Premier Pass. There’s the perception that Disneyland is a playground for local Annual Passholders. And, as discussed in our companion post about Lightning Lane Premier Pass at Walt Disney World, we park regulars are “unfavorable” attendees. While true, that’s only part of the story.
It’s also true that the collective population of Los Angeles and Orange Counties is approximately 14 million. Once you throw the Inland Empire, San Diego and other areas into the mix within a reasonable driving distance of Disneyland, you have around 25 million potential guests. These local numbers mean there’s a huge guest pool for Disneyland–and I can assure you, Disneyland does not have 25 million Annual Passholders (or anywhere close to that number).
All of this is to say that there’s a lot of potential local demand for Disneyland outside of Annual Passholders, even before you consider the demand from other states in the West. While most Disneyland Resort guests come from somewhere in California, people travel from other states, as well. Utah and Nevada are chief among these, with Oregon, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Washington also heavily represented.
It’s probably not going to shock anyone, but there’s a tremendous amount of wealth in Southern California, to say nothing of those other states. There’s probably no shortage of locals who aren’t quite in the market for VIP tours but would buy something like Lightning Lane Premier Pass for a whirlwind day at Disneyland. Some might even prefer the self-guided nature to a VIP tour.
Ultimately, my perspective is that Lightning Lane Premier Pass could be “worth it” as a splurge for some guests in some scenarios, even if it’s definitely not for me. My expectation is that LLPP will be a huge success when judged by sales. When judged by sentiment, it’s potentially a different story entirely.
As a longtime fan, one of my fears for a while has been that Disney is inflicting long-term brand damage for short-term gain. We’ve seen this with the elimination of free FastPass, entertainment cuts, nickel and diming, catering to the affluent, crowds and long lines, and a laundry list of other complaints. Not to mention Disney’s falling reputation, which is based on all of the above plus other issues. We’ve discussed all of this at length–no sense in belaboring the point here.
Beyond that, there are examples of very niche product offerings that are clearly aimed at the wealthy. Most notable of these is the abandoned Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser. Same goes for the $100,000+ private jet Disney Parks worldwide “adventure” and the new Cotino Storyliving by Disney communities. Starcruiser was a colossal failure, but I’ve long wondered whether–even assuming it were a financial success, was it worth all of the negative headlines? All of the aforementioned offerings cater to a small handful of guests, but have an outsized digital footprint. Is the monetary gain worth the brand damage and loss of goodwill?
I can’t help but wonder the same thing about Lightning Lane Premier Pass. Disney has stressed that this new line-skipping product offering will be sold in very limited quantities each day. I’d expect that to be true, but also that it’ll be more mainstream than Galactic Starcruiser, Cotino, or the Adventures by Disney jet thing.
Nevertheless, I’d also expect that the number of people who read about Lightning Lane Premier Pass on the day it’s announced and feel alienated or annoyed will dwarf those who ever purchase it. Most consumers will quickly conclude the answer is “no” when asking themselves whether it’s worth it. Disney would be well-served to ask themselves the very same question when it comes to this and other such affluent offerings. I’ll bet the answer would be the same if they looked beyond the immediate impact to this quarter’s balance sheet.
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YOUR THOUGHTS
What do you think of Disneyland launching Lightning Lane Premier Pass? Do you wish they’d also roll out the substantive pre-planning system, or do you prefer the more relaxed approach of the California parks? Still confused by how Lightning Lanes work at Disneyland and DCA? Think this is an adequate replacement to the FastPass and MaxPass systems, or do you wish Disneyland would’ve just left those alone? Do you agree or disagree with our assessments? Other thoughts or concerns? Any questions we can help you answer? Hearing your feedback–even when you disagree with us–is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
Well, I would never buy the Premier Pass but I also don’t care for LLMP. We were at Disneyland in early October and purchased Lightning Lane Multi Pass for the first day. We also rope dropped. After spending most of the day reserving rides, setting an alarm, etc. we decided not to buy LLMP for the two additional days. We rope dropped every day and rode everything we wanted without the hassle of LLMP. Much more relaxing and fun! I would won’t buy the LL single pass and am especially irritated with it for Radiator Springs Racers. The mix in line for Rise of the Resistance was not particularly noticeable but on RSR the people who paid walk right in front of the people barely moving in the switchback line so it definitely feels like the haves and have nots. I couldn’t believe how slow the standby line moved and how the wait time increased as they sold more single passes. Then when it went down once, a preteen boy in front of us sat down and cried. Never again without a better strategy!!
What a temptation. Going to Disneyland and skipping lines. Disney Dream come true — or is it? I practically grew up in Disneyland and the novelty has never worn off. So when we were in Europe this summer we HAD to try Disneyland Paris, and I was surprised they had a similar offer called Disney Premier Ultimate. The price of the pass was $170 Euro ON TOP OF the dynamically priced park ticket that day of 120 Euro – Grand Total: 290 Euro. We decided to splurge and went all-in and had a fantastic day with a few observations: 1). You literally cut lines, like promised. It saves a ton of time. 2). I was shocked how many FAMILIES were coming through with us. At 290 Euro per person I was doing high math in my head. 3). We banged out all the rides available that day in about 6 hours. No kidding. We were done. 4). We definitely felt “elite” that day. People were eyeing us as we slipped past long lines down a special entry. We might have even felt a tinge of guilt – maybe once. 5). While we were overall happy we did this (we could only be there for one day) we left the park strangely feeling a little empty, because we missed our usual camaraderie talking with people in line. Indeed, there is something to this “shared experience” we all have at a Disney Park that is eliminated by “going elite.” If the prices quoted hold, the Disneyland cost per person could be in the neighborhood of $500 US. People will pay it. If you had the disposable income, you might, too. It’s a dream come true for many. But it comes at some cost of a lesser overall experience, IMHO. We are planning a Disneyland trip in 2025, but won’t do the Lightning Pass. We’ll take that money and extend our trip and enjoy the park (and talking with people) one or two days longer.
I’ve paid equally as high prices at Universal getting their express unlimited pass for myself and my family. The difference is that at Universal that pass lets you ride the rides as many times as you want. It seems Disney is asking too much for this new pass given you can only ride each attraction once.
Is the $400 in addition to the obscene ticket prices they’re charging to get into the parks? Or, is it $400 per day, park entrance included? I’m a MK holder and will not be renewing next year. I remember paying $10 per day for Max Pass and you could ride the same attraction multiple times per day. Like many have mentioned. Disney is pricing out lower income or fixed income families. Pretty soon, the only people who’ll be visiting are the uber wealthy, elitist class. That is so far removed from Walt’s dream. JMHO
If it included seating for the fireworks and Fantasmic, then I would absolutely do it for one day of the trip.
So $400 lets one person enter the LL on every ride all day whenever that person wants at both DCA and DLand? The ticket includes the cost of the actual entry tickets too? No add-ons? For one or two people this could be doable. For a family or going on multiple days the cost would be extraordinary. But right now with an entry ticket plus park hopper plus different lightning lane purchases some could be well over $200 and close to $300 per person per day. $400 isn’t much of a jump from there
It does not include admission. It is an add-on to the cost of the ticket so, as Tom pointed out, if your base ticket doesn’t include park hopping, then this doesn’t either.
The $400 is in addition to your ticket. And my understanding is it’s not for every ride, just those currently on LL multi pass. So, that includes rides like Autopia and the submarines. And also just one time on those rides. Hard pass for me.
I’m not going lie, I could see doing this once. As Tom pointed out, the cost of this for me and my wife is comparable to “downgrading” from an on-site to one across the street. We’re Magic Key holders, but live far enough away that we typically get a hotel, occasionally splurging for the Grand Californian or DLH. We normally take a more leisurely approach to the parks, focusing on ambiance, eating, and drinking, and will typically only go on a few rides per day, partially because we don’t want to deal with lines or paying for/juggling Lightning Lanes via the app. I could see this being a one-off luxury purchased instead of a nicer hotel stay, taking a whirlwind trip through the two parks without having to think about it and doing everything in the order that’s most convenient for us. I have a long-term ankle injury too, so being able to move around in my preferred order without traipsing back and forth across the parks or standing for long periods would be a pretty nice perk.
That being said, I also get Tom’s point about optics and pricing folks out. I also understand why this has to be so expensive. Per his past posts, they basically have to price this out of most people’s comfort zone for it to make any sense or everyone would buy it, thereby defeating the point (or it would sell out instantly every time it went on sale if they limit purchases to a sensible degree). While it’s something I might take advantage of, I also understand the argument that having this option at all could add on to some long-term brand damage. As Tom sometime points out, two things can be true at the same time.
My main interest in this is how it will affect the Lightning Lane’s as I might be about to get a bannana company (to use your phrasing) but am still unlikely to buy that package as i try to stay frugal. Will there be less pass options available for intstance in the morning or will it mean that pases are pushed later in the day with the people going in and out on them?
I suspect this is maybe a 1-5% of those buying lightning lane so its not *That* likely to move the needle on a given day but id still be interested in the effect it has on the crowds.
I grew up at Disneyland so I probably will never buy this – I can leverage the Multi-pass system and enjoy the game of rope drop, planning rides, and pushing myself (and family lol) all the way until midnight.
BUT, I can 100% see the value in this.
Say I was in town on a business trip and have ONE free day, with business work the day before and an early flight the next day. I can’t rope drop, go hard all day, and stay until midnight – I’ve got life to live. And at that point, I don’t know all the ins and outs of the system. I’d totally drop $400 on this for myself.
If my fiancee and I honeymoon with very limited vacation days and a full itinerary, we could get the full Disneyland experience at a relaxed pace in one day by buying this and not even have to rope drop or stay on/near the property. Totally worth it in that scenario!
Say I’m on an international trip and am a huge Disney fan and have ONE free day, maybe 1.5 aside from other activities to hit the parks. I’d absolutely buy this. (If Tokyo Disney offered this product, I’d FOR SURE buy it when I get over to Japan on business or personal travel – I can’t spend 3-4 days at the parks, have other things on my itinerary, but would still REALLY want to have 1-2 great days there)
Also, ever since I was a kid, the VIP tour has been a bit of a bucket list dream for me. Now that this exists, I probably won’t ever book a VIP tour… I’d way rather have the self-guided experience if I’m giving my fiancee, boss, or best friend the royal treatment at DL…
So yeah, not for everyone. But depending on how you value your time and money, it’s really cool that this exists and has valuable use cases. From a business perspective, it’s a very low risk thing for them to do – all they did is create a new button in the app. Another Galactic Starcruiser write-off situation won’t come of this. Will it hurt a bit of their goodwill/brand? Probably, but that’s not really a huge concern (attendance is still fine after like a decade of this same routine…) and it’ll quickly just become a “Yeah that exists but it’s too expensive for us” option that won’t overly bug people.
So thumbs up from me, even though I might only ever use this once or twice.
Great comment with excellent points–thanks for sharing your perspective!
A couple of things:
1) Tokyo Disney Resort has an indirect equivalent, albeit with a 1-2 night hotel stay. We cover the Fantasy Springs version here: https://www.disneytouristblog.com/strategy-guide-entering-fantasy-springs-experiencing-rides-free-versus-paid/ There’s another for all attractions and given their trajectory, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a ticket version without the hotel stay in the next year or two.
2) Is attendance still fine? At Disneyland–definitely, at least for now. Walt Disney World has had a fairly rough year plus, and with no new attractions between now and 2027 and a new theme park opening down the road, the landscape feels very different there. They’ll probably be fine in 2028 and beyond, but negative news like this isn’t exactly great for WDW.
I saw the Fantasy Springs ticket but didn’t know about the all attractions equivalent! Writing this down for my eventual Tokyo trip lol…
On attendance, just DL is doing fine, but WDW is definitely losing steam quickly. I made this comment about Disneyland in a vacuum. I can see how the goodwill and image would seriously be a negative at WDW with all the vacation planners hyping everything up online for a long time in advance. I grew up in so cal and was thinking along the lines of that culture… we all would go to DL as a fun day or two out. Having an expensive add-on is just part of the way California entertainment does business, the parks still seem to be quite busy and show no signs of slowing, especially if they keep strategically leveraging a few discount tickets here and there.
IF I were to say $400 to skip lines for one day….I would expect it to be for ALL rides ALL day as many times as I would like. I already refuse to pay for the current Genie (or whatever they call it now). We just ride the more popular rides first thing in the morning or late at night. I rarely wait more than 30 minutes for anything!
I would also like to say that as a DL pass holders of almost 40 years I am not renewing for the 1st time ever. Disney has finally priced me out. I will still visit a few times a year but not as much as I normally do and will just buy a ticket when I do. The value just isn’t there anymore. For me anyhow.
Another “perk” at the expense of people waiting in line which only slows things down more vs single rider lines. Lines get longer while snarky live streamers and gen-z boppers walk past you as you sit in the Cars Line for another 1 hr 45 minutes not moving.
you have got to be kidding, disney. all i can do is laugh at this point.
Amazing how Disneyland went from a free FastPass system to $400 lightning pass in less than a decade.
Man I can’t lie I was tempted for a second. We’re going to Disneyland for 3-days in May, but given that’s hopefully a slower season (relatively) the regular Lighting Lane Multi-Pass should be good enough for us. Planning a vacation is stressful enough, it sucks Disney is preying on people’s desire to throw money at making things easier. I feel the same way as you do Tom and while it would be nice to see this fail, I fully expect it to always sell out.
To me, the biggest frustration with this is that it is basically indirect confirmation that Disneyland will not be reverting to a MaxPass-style system where you can book rides more than once a day.
Honestly, what Disney should do (if it were up to me, in an opinion that I’m sure will be unpopular) is phase out LLSP & LLMP as they currently exist and pivot to ONLY the $400 LL model. This would cut down on the number of people using it significantly and thus push more people into the standby line. That sounds bad, BUT there would be far fewer LL users, so standby would move much faster. This would also take people off of walkways and limit the problem of people effectively being in two places at once, which has been an issue from free FP and onward into the current system, and especially at Disneyland Park, that walkway space is precious, limited commodity.
If the price is too low, raise it to the stratosphere. That way, Disney gets its upcharge money while the impact to day guests and/or people not using the system is greatly reduced. Everybody wins, or should if it’s implemented correctly.
No, I think this is a GOOD thing even though most of us won’t buy it. It makes us all imagine a day in which we could stroll from ride to ride, showing up when we want with nary a line in sight. It’s a lovely dream. Would I ever actually do it? Well…for $127…but that’s per person…eh. it’s still a fun dream! Gotta say, we are currently planning a Universal trip and we looked at the price of the hotels with the free express pass vs the hotels without it, and whether to then buy it separately. We then looked at which rides accept the express pass and calculated the cost per ride we’d ride. And you know, it’s not worth the money. But again, fun to consider.
I got so much done with genie + at Disneyland that I’ll chalk it up to a bargain at $30 a day and consider I saved $370
I was at Disneyland during this year’s D23 convention. being retired on a fixed income. Disney has pretty much priced me out of the Disney Parks in the future.
Absolutely ridiculous! They already have VIP tours for the super rich they don’t need another perk like this. I’ve never seen Disney so blatantly offer a park experience targeted directly to the super wealthy. Based on what this offers I thought it would be priced around $125….still quadruple LLMP. Pricing it TWELVE times higher than LLMP is astounding and it speaks volumes about who Disney prioritizes.
Family of 4, once in a lifetime trip. VIP tour. 10 hrs, $600/ hr. those 10 hrs also include the times you are eating. or resting, or traveling bet parks or seeing a show, if that’s your thing. So 6,000 + tip + admission tickets
Family of 4, most expensive Premiere Pass- 440 × 4. plus admission tickets. You’ll lose a little of time without the private transport between parks. but if you’re a park open/rope drop to close family, that’s not a big deal. You don’t get rerides, but is that a big deal? Especially if you are doing a multi day trip.
So that’s “only” $1600. It’s cheaper than the VIP. It gets you a guarantee that you can do your must dos. You could do this on Day one of your trip, sample the parks, and do the other Lightening lanes options
on your other days.
So it’s a splurge, sure. But for many I can see it being worth it. Not for people who visit yearly or more.
I can also see this being utilized by people who legimately used to get DAS and now are being screened out ( which is it’s own discussion)
The post was very good, I appreciate how you explain it, Keep the posts coming! Very good talent.