How Can You STACK Multiple Disney Genie+ Reservations?

The Genie+ system in Disney World can be pretty confusing — but we’re here to help you!

Genie+ is the paid replacement for Fastpass+ and offers Lightning Lane (skip the line) access to over 40 attractions across Disney World. Usually, you can only book one Lightning Lane at a time, but is there actually a way to stack them?

There is a way to end up with multiple Lightning Lane attractions in your plans at once! And no, we’re not talking about paying extra to book the Fancy Rides (Individual Lightning Lane Attractions).

One of the most complicated aspects of Genie+ is the two-hour cool-down rule. When you book a Lightning Lane with Genie+, you can book a new one when:

1. You’ve used the first one.
2. It’s been 120 minutes since you booked the first one (note that if you make your first Genie+ selection before the park opens — like at 7AM when they first become available, the 120-minute timer starts once the park opens).
3. Your return window for the first Lightning Lane you booked is over (a.k.a. you missed the window and didn’t ride the ride).

(Whatever happens first)

This two-hour rule probably won’t go into play except with high-demand attractions. Let’s use an example to illustrate our point.

For instance, say you wake up at 7AM and book a Genie+ Lightning Lane for Slinky Dog Dash. It’s a popular attraction, though, so your return time isn’t until 7PM. Luckily, that doesn’t mean you’re locked out of Lightning Lanes all the way until you use that one at 7PM.

Instead, this is where the 120-minute rule kicks in. In our example, you made your selection at 7AM (before the park opened), and let’s say the park opens at 9AM. So, 120 minutes after the park opens — a.k.a. 11AM — you’ll be able to make your next Genie+ Lightning Lane selection.

If you made your 7PM Slinky Dog Dash selection after park open, your cool down begins at selection time. So, if you booked at 9:32AM, you’ll be able to book a new Lightning Lane at 11:32AM. Either way, you’re going to wait 120 minutes.

Now, let’s say at 11AM you book a Genie+ selection for a ride that’s coming up immediately. So at 11AM, you book a Genie+ Lightning Lane for Star Tours for 11:15AM. At that point, you’d be holding TWO Genie+ Lightning Lanes at once — that’s what stacking enables you to do!

Let’s say you go ride Star Tours at 11:20AM. Then, after stopping by the bathroom and regrouping, by 11:30AM you’re on the hunt for your next Lightning Lane return time. This time you decide to book a reservation for something later — you snag a Tower of Terror return time for 5PM.

Then, another 120 minutes from 11:30AM — at 1:30PM, you’ll be able to book your next Genie+ selection. Remember that throughout this entire time, your Slinky Dog Dash reservation for 7PM is still hanging out and waiting for you to use it.

When 1:30PM hits, you will still have your 7PM Slinky Dog Dash return time, AND that 5PM Tower of Terror return time to use. And you’ll be able to book a THIRD Genie+ selection. You can make a reservation to use immediately or book another one for later in the day; the process will work the same way!

Keep in mind that having two reservations active doesn’t really give you any huge advantage. The Slinky Dog Dash reservation can’t be used until 7PM, so the two-hour rule just helps people get their money’s worth when they want to book high-demand attractions — it’s not necessarily getting you on more rides than you otherwise would.

But, if you do want that hard-to-get Slinky Dog Dash reservation, you won’t be stuck with no other Lightning Lanes while you wait for it. Keep an eye on AllEars for more information about Genie+!

Got Genie+ questions? Ask them in the comments! 

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