Disney Replaces Free FastPass With a Paid Line-Skipping System
Skipping the line at Disney World used to be free. Now it's a per-person, per-day, per-ride line item.
FastPass launched at Walt Disney World in 1999: free, included with park admission, a paper ticket that let visitors skip the standby line at a handful of attractions each day.
Disney suspended the program when its parks reopened after 2020 pandemic closures and never brought it back. In October 2021, it was replaced by Genie+, a paid add-on running roughly $15 to $30 per person per day depending on the park and date, plus a la carte "Individual Lightning Lane" pricing for the most popular rides on top of that.
A family of four visiting Disney World for a week can now pay several hundred dollars just for the privilege of skipping lines they used to skip for free.
Disney has described the change as adding flexibility for guests. The line for the free version has not gotten any shorter, because there no longer is one.
