Thoughts on the Lightning Lane Premier Pass
It's not official, but word on the street is that a premier version of Lightning Lane is coming (https://blogmickey.com/2024/09/rumor-walt-disney-world-lightning-lane-premier-pass-universal-express-style-skip-the-line-offering/) similar to Universal Express.
If it is modeled after Universal's version, it will be $200 per person per day and require no bookings. You would just walk into any lightning lane any time, but not the same LL more than once in a given day.
I think it makes sense that they introduce something like this. However, I wonder how they would keep it from hurting Disney resort bookings. If this new LL pass is what I think it is, I might cancel my resort booking, book off property and use the savings to pay (partially) for the premier pass. There's no need for early entry or 7-day pre-booking if you have the premier pass.
But maybe they'll only make this available to resort guests, or only to deluxe resort guests, for exactly this reason.
Thoughts?
I don't really have a problem with it as they've made it so expensive that it really will be just a few people who use it. If I were to spend that amount of money I think I'd be a bit disappointed that it only allows you to use each lightning lane once rather than unlimited.