UPDATED October 7, 2025

Disney Genie is a complimentary service within Disney World’s My Disney Experience app and the Disneyland app. Disney Genie provides on-the-go planning tools and customized itineraries to help guests maximize their time in the Disney World theme parks: Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

PLEASE BE AWARE: The skip-the-line service that was previously Disney Genie+ is now Lightning Lane Multi Pass, and Disney World also offers two additional Lightning Lane programs: Lightning Lane Single Pass and Lightning Lane Premier Pass. You can click any of the links to learn about the current “skip-the-line” services. On this page, we cover the FREE Disney Genie features that remain in the My Disney Experience app. 

Disney Genie — FREE Customized Itineraries

While the My Disney Experience app provides plenty of tools for advance planning (along with several features for use while in the parks and resorts), the Disney Genie — which is available within the app — provides customized itineraries with just a few taps on your smartphone.

Disney Genie is comprised of two major sections: My Day and the Tip Board.

You can access these features when you “Summon Disney Genie” from the home screen of the My Disney Experience app. 

Pre-Planning Using Disney Genie

Guests can use the Disney Genie Tip Board in the park without accessing the pre-planning features; however, you can customize your preferences before you visit a Disney World park to have a more personalized experience. Before you can access Disney Genie’s pre-planning features, there are a few things you need: 

1. A free My Disney Experience account and the latest version of the My Disney Experience app on your smart phone;
2. A valid Disney World theme park ticket (and Park Pass reservation, if applicable).

Once you log in and “Summon Disney Genie” from the home screen of the My Disney Experience app, you’ll have the opportunity to look through a brief Disney Genie primer: 

To begin crafting your day in the park, select “Start Now.” From here, you will select the date of your park visit first:

Then will will choose the park you will visit on that date.

Next, you will confirm all your party members. Make sure your entire group is linked in My Disney Experience so everyone can access your shared plans!

From here, you can “tell the Genie your wishes” — or your Top Picks — when it comes to three major categories: Attractions, Entertainment, and Dining! In our example, we have chosen EPCOT as the park we are visiting. You can scroll through the entire list under the Attractions icon and add a check to all of your Must-Rides. 

Ditto goes for Entertainment options. Be aware that Character Meet-and-Greets fall under the Category of Entertainment, along with fireworks spectaculars, live music, and more. 

You can also check out all of the eateries in the park and select your top choices under Dining!

Next, you can inform the Genie of additional preferences under My Interests. These include more general headings such as Disney Favorites (which include Character Groups such as Disney Princesses or film franchises like Star Wars).

Use Park Interests to identify specific types of experiences that apply to or are of interest to your group, such as Experiences for Little Ones, Thrill Rides, Parades, and Seasonal Offerings.

Finally, Dining Interests let you select restaurant service styles and experiences that are of interest to you, which is especially helpful if you don’t have any specific restaurants in mind yet. Choose from categories including Character Dining, Fine/Signature Dining, Quick Service, and more.

Disney Genie will make personalized recommendations based on which park you’re visiting, nearby experiences, and personal preferences, using the information you’ve provided to evaluate thousands of options and build a plan just for YOUR traveling group.

And if your day changes — or as the day changes regarding what’s going on in the parks — the Genie can change, too! You’ll be able to receive a new itinerary whenever you need. Real-time tips, updates, and recommendations are provided, and the Disney Genie is even able to assist with any needed reservations for your whole group!

Ultimately, the itinerary pairs with a personalized tip board that delivers the information to you. The Tip Board displays things like current AND future attraction wait times, showtimes as well as information about Virtual Queues, dining availability, Mobile Order, and more (including where you should go next)!

Let’s dig a little deeper into some of the features:

Customized Itinerary and Updates

As discussed above, you’ll receive a customized itinerary which takes into account your priorities (be they specific like a must-ride attraction or broad like your child’s love of Disney Princesses) to build the perfect itinerary for your group.

And the customized itinerary will update throughout the day! It will change depending on what happens on that day in the park, and can even change depending on the weather.

Tip Boards

Along with your full-day itinerary, you also have access to a tip board built right into your smartphone.

This keeps you in the loop on attraction status, showtimes, dining availability, and current standby wait times and forecasted attraction wait times.

It even tells you where you should head next!

Dining Tools

You can even get guidance from at-a-glance dining information, with easy access to dining features such as Mobile Order, Dining Reservations, and Restaurant Waitlists!

The Dining Tip Board helps guests quickly find where to eat and help them place a mobile order, make a dining reservation, or join a walk-up waitlist.

Essentially, the Dining Tip Board combines several of the existing features of the My Disney Experience app and the Disneyland Resort app into one spot where you can see all of the next windows for Mobile Order Pick-Up Times, Walk-Up Waitlist waiting times, the next available reservation time for each restaurant, and more.

Click HERE to find out how the Disney Genie can help you HACK Disney Dining!

Feel free to visit any of the links below where we discuss the FREE features on Disney Genie in even greater detail:

• How Smart is the FREE Genie Planning Service in Disney World?
• Click here for our complete guide on using the FREE Disney Genie service. 

All of the above? It’s available for FREE.