9 Dates to AVOID Buying Disney World Lightning Lanes in April

Who’s heading to Disney World in April? What’s the countdown for your trip?

The beginning of the month can be particularly busy due to Easter and Spring Break for many folks. Because of this, Lightning Lane prices get pretty high on those busy days! We’ve rounded up all the Lightning Lane prices we know so far for the month, and we’ve got a warning.

If your primary objective is to save money on your trip, you’re going to want to avoid buying Lightning Lanes on the most expensive days of the month. To see what those days are, we’ve pulled the pricing data for Lightning Lane Multi Pass, Lightning Lane Single Pass, and Lightning Lane Premier Pass for April 2026. Pricing isn’t available for the entire month yet, but we’ve got data through April 21st so far.

Starting out with the most expensive day of the month, you’re going to want to avoid buying Lightning Lanes on April 3rd if you want to save money. That day is actually Good Friday, so it’s Spring Break for many folks, and if not, lots of people get the holiday off of work or school anyway. On that day, these are the Lightning Lane Prices:

Lightning Lane Multi Pass for Magic Kingdom is $45 per person
Lightning Lane Multi Pass for EPCOT is $32 per person
Lightning Lane Multi Pass for Hollywood Studios is $39 per person
Lightning Lane Multi Pass for Animal Kingdom is $32 per person
Lightning Lane Single Pass for Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is $22 per person
Lightning Lane Single Pass for Avatar Flight of Passage is $19
The other Lightning Lane Single Pass options are already sold out
Lightning Lane Premier Pass is sold out

But that isn’t the only pricey day of the month. Here are some other days you may want to avoid spending the extra money, and how much Lightning Lane Multi Pass costs each day:

April 1st — $29-$42 per person
April 2nd — $32-$42 per person
April 4th — $32-$39 per person
April 6th — $25-$39 per person
April 7th — $22-$42 per person
April 9th — $25-$42 per person
April 10th — $25-$39 per person
April 18th — $25-$39 per person

Throughout the month, the peak Lightning Lane Single Pass price is $25 for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance on select dates. Second most expensive is TRON Lightcycle / Run with a high of $23, followed by Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind with a high of $22. Keep in mind that all these Lightning Lane prices are per person, pre-tax.

Lightning Lane Premier Pass is already sold out at Magic Kingdom for the first week of the month, but it’ll hover at $449 per person for most of April, dropping to $429 on the less-crowded dates. Premier Pass peaks at $249 for EPCOT, $349 for Hollywood Studios, and $199 for Animal Kingdom throughout the month.

Of course, the main problem with skipping purchasing Lightning Lane on the most expensive days is that these are often the days you wish you had it most. It can save you a LOT of time when the wait times are high and the crowds are heavy. But if you use rope drop time wisely, stay until park close, and have a strategy going into your park day, you can still conquer Disney World with success!