Lightning Lane Premier Pass Coming to Walt Disney World

 

 

For years, Walt Disney World fans have been clamoring for a "skip the line" service that was similar to Universal's Express Pass and today that day has arrived ... with a price.  We're going to take a look at Disney's new service, compare it to Express Pass as well as other Walt Disney World offerings and try to determine who actually the audience for this new product is.

Let's start with the basics - the new service is called Lightning Lane Premier Pass (LLPP).  These acronyms are going to be tough to follow, so please pay attention as to whether I'm using this one or the other Lightning Lane offerings - Lightning Lane Single Pass (LLSP) or Lightning Lane Multi-pass (LLMP).  Disney loves a good acronym!

Ride Closures & Delayed Openings Report

Disney dropped a few bits of news recently concerning their upcoming renovations and new attractions.  While these things are exciting, there is often the downside, which includes attractions currently going down for maintenance or going away entirely.  Since these items are all at least tangentially related and I didn't think any one individually deserved its own post, we'll look at them all here.

I'll start with what I consider the least important of these, which is that the Little Mermaid Musical Adventure stage show at Hollywood Studios has been delayed.  I can't say this comes as much of a surprise, as the opening timeframe was supposed to be ... well, right around now, and there just hadn't been much word since it had been announced.