Lightning Lanes are one of the best ways to save time by skipping the lines at your favorite rides at Disney World. While you have to pay for the passes, time is money in Disney World, and you can get even more bang for your buck on your vacation.
Kali River Rapids
We love using Lightning Lanes, but there’s one park we’ve always struggled to see the need for the extra upcharge. While we love visiting Animal Kingdom, there aren’t very many attractions with Lightning Lane options. If you’ve been debating whether you should get Lightning Lanes on your Animal Kingdom day, this might persuade you to save some money.
In Animal Kingdom, there are usually 8 attractions that you can skip the line on with the Lightning Lane Multi Pass. The attractions include:
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- Expedition Everest
- Feathered Friends in Flight!
- Festival of the Lion King
- Finding Nemo: The Big Blue… and Beyond!
- Kali River Rapids
- Kilimanjaro Safaris
- Na’vi River Journey
Expedition Everest
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIGHTNING LANE MULTI PASS
If you want to skip the line on Avatar Flight of Passage, you’ll need to purchase a Lightning Lane Single Pass, which lets you skip the line at a single attraction.
You can skip this line at Flight of Passage
Right now, one of the eight attractions you can get a Lightning Lane Multi Pass for is closed! Ah! Kali River Rapids closed on October 6th for its yearly refurbishment and is expected to reopen in December.
Kali River Rapids Lightning Lane sign in Disney’s Animal Kingdom
The price of the Lightning Lane Multi Pass in Animal Kingdom ranges from $17 to $22, with a few days jumping higher. Even though the number of attractions is increasing to seven, the price is not decreasing. Prices are determined by demand, so on days Disney expects to be busier, prices will be higher, while on quieter days, prices may be lower.
Kali River Rapids
On October 4th, when all eight attractions were open, the price was $22. Later in the month, on October 19th, the price was $25 for only seven attractions. We’ve found that with some attractions, there isn’t really a need to skip the line either. Shows like Feathered Friends in Flight! and Finding Nemo: The Big Blue… and Beyond! have large seating areas, and we rarely have to wait for the next showing once we hop in line.
Lightning Lane Entry
While there’s plenty of animals and trails to walk in Animal Kingdom, as well as some experiences like Rafiki’s Planet Watch, where you can take animation classes that you won’t see listed as an attraction, most days you won’t have a problem riding the seven attractions, plus Flight of Passage. You might not even want to enjoy all seven attractions, especially all the shows. Your Animal Kingdom day might be a great opportunity to take the parks more slowly and enjoy more relaxation time.
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We would probably skip on the Lightning Lane Multi Pass for Animal Kingdom right now and put that money towards the Lightning Lane Single Pass for Flight of Passage or for the Multi Pass at other parks. In the meantime, make sure you keep following Disney Food Blog for more tips and tricks for your next Disney trip.
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I agree with not purchasing Animal Kingdom Multipass EXCEPT if your park hopping. I often buy it so I can knock out a few things in AK and start stacking for other parks. AK often has the lowest lightning lane prices so you can get a great price for Multipass for say, Studios or Magic Kingdom stacking by starting at AK.