Disney Genie to debut this month at Disney World

The service, first announced back in 2019, will officially launch at Disney World on Oct. 19.To get more latest news about disney, you can visit shine news official website.

Genie will be free and is built right into the My Disney Experience mobile app. It will offer many of the features already available in the app, such as wait times, mobile ordering, park hours, etc. But Genie will go beyond that, combining all of that information as well as guests' interests to create personalized itineraries.

Guests will input their interest, such as specific rides they want to experience, fireworks shows they want to see, or specific restaurants where they want to dine, and Genie will create a schedule for their day.

The service also includes a number of planning tools that can be accessed in one place, including forecasted wait times, a tip board and a virtual assistant. Without leaving the app, guests can see dining availability at restaurants, make a reservation or even chat with a Disney cast member is they have questions.

Pay to Skip the Lines
Probably the most buzzed about part of the new Genie service is Genie+, the paid service that will allow guests to skip the regular queue for a fee. The FastPass+ replacement will cost $15 per person per day at Disney World.

The flat fee will give guests access to Lightning Lanes at more than 40 attractions across Disney World four theme parks, including Big Thunder Mountain, Haunted Mansion and Jungle Cruise at Magic Kingdom; Mission Space, Spaceship Earth and Test Track at Epcot; Slinky Dog Dash, Rock n' Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror at Disney's Hollywood Studios; and Dinosaur, Kilimanjaro Safaris and Na'vi River Journey at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Guests will be able to make selections throughout the day, getting a return time for those attractions. There's no limit to the number of attractions guests can book per day with their $15 Genie+, but they will only be able to make one selection at a time. They can book another selection after redeeming one or after two hours have passed from the time of booking.

Genie+ will also include augmented-reality lenses for photo ops and park-themed audio experiences.

Some in-demand rides and attractions such as Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance or Flight of Passage will not be included with the Genie+ offering. To access the Lightning Lanes at those attractions, guests will have make separate individual purchases.

Each Disney World park will have what Disney is calling the Individual Lightning Lane attractions. The list includes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure and Frozen Ever After at Epcot, Rise of the Resistance and Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway at Hollywood Studios and Avatar Flight of Passage and Expedition Everest at Animal Kingdom.

The pricing for the individual Lightning Lane attraction will vary depending on the day and the attraction. On launch day, Remy's Ratatouille Adventure will be $9 per person. On Oct. 23, the price will be $11. For Rise of Resistance, the price will be $15 per person.