There are currently 12 EPCOT attractions and experiences with Lightning Lane access: 11 are included with Lightning Lane Multi Pass, while Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is available separately through Lightning Lane Single Pass.
If you just want to know which EPCOT rides have Lightning Lane, the complete list is below. Disney divides the initial Multi Pass choices into two groups, so you cannot simply choose any three attractions when making your advance selections.
This page focuses on the current ride list. If you’re trying to decide which ones you should actually book first, use my EPCOT Lightning Lane strategy.
EPCOT Lightning Lane Rides List
| Attraction | Lightning Lane type | Initial Multi Pass group |
|---|---|---|
| Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind | Single Pass | Not included with Multi Pass |
| Frozen Ever After | Multi Pass | Group 1 |
| Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure | Multi Pass | Group 1 |
| Test Track | Multi Pass | Group 1 |
| Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival | Multi Pass | Group 2 |
| Journey Into Imagination With Figment | Multi Pass | Group 2 |
| Living with the Land | Multi Pass | Group 2 |
| Mission: SPACE | Multi Pass | Group 2 |
| The Seas with Nemo & Friends | Multi Pass | Group 2 |
| Soarin’ Across America | Multi Pass | Group 2 |
| Spaceship Earth | Multi Pass | Group 2 |
| Turtle Talk With Crush | Multi Pass | Group 2 |
Disney can change participating attractions, so I would check the official Walt Disney World Lightning Lane list shortly before your trip.
EPCOT Lightning Lane Tiers: How the Groups Work
You will often see people refer to the EPCOT Lightning Lane tiers, although Disney currently calls them groups.
When you initially purchase Lightning Lane Multi Pass for EPCOT, you can choose up to one attraction from the first group and then choose your other two selections from the second group. You can also choose all three initial selections from the second group if you want.
Group 1: Choose Up to One
- Frozen Ever After
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
- Test Track
These are the three selections I pay the most attention to because you can initially choose only one of them.
If you’re deciding between them, my EPCOT Lightning Lane strategy guide goes into the advantages of choosing Test Track, Remy or Frozen first.
Group 2: Choose Your Other Two
- Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival
- Journey Into Imagination With Figment
- Living with the Land
- Mission: SPACE
- The Seas with Nemo & Friends
- Soarin’ Across America
- Spaceship Earth
- Turtle Talk With Crush
For your initial three selections, you can pick two from this group after choosing a Group 1 attraction, or make all three selections from this group.
Guardians of the Galaxy Uses Lightning Lane Single Pass
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is not included with EPCOT Lightning Lane Multi Pass.
Instead, Disney currently offers Guardians through Lightning Lane Single Pass. You choose and pay for an arrival window separately from Multi Pass.
This also means you can purchase EPCOT Multi Pass and purchase a Guardians Single Pass for the same park day if you want both.
Guardians now has a regular standby queue as well, so paying for the Single Pass is optional. The old EPCOT system that required a virtual-queue boarding group is no longer the current way the attraction operates.
What Happens After You Use Your First Multi Pass Ride?
The two-group restriction mainly matters when you make your initial selections.
Once you redeem your first Lightning Lane Multi Pass selection on the day of your EPCOT visit, you can check the My Disney Experience app for another available Multi Pass experience.
At that point, you are no longer limited to choosing from the same initial group. That means an attraction such as Test Track, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure or Frozen Ever After could potentially become another selection later in the day if availability remains.
This is one reason the distinction between a simple ride list and a Lightning Lane strategy matters. Just because a ride has Lightning Lane does not mean it is equally valuable to reserve.
Which EPCOT Lightning Lane Rides Are Usually the Most Important?
If I were narrowing the list down quickly, I would pay the most attention to Test Track, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure and Frozen Ever After because they occupy the first Multi Pass group.
From the second group, Soarin’ is usually the attraction I would look at first. Mission: SPACE or Spaceship Earth may also be useful depending on the available times and how the rest of my day is laid out.
I generally would not build my entire EPCOT day around a Lightning Lane for something such as Living with the Land, Journey Into Imagination or the Short Film Festival. Those can still be useful selections, but I care more about whether the reservation actually saves meaningful time and fits my route through the park.
For the full booking order and how I combine these selections with rope drop, see my EPCOT Lightning Lane strategy.
What EPCOT Rides Don’t Have Lightning Lane?
Not every EPCOT attraction or experience has a Lightning Lane entrance.
For example, walk-through experiences such as Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana are not part of the Multi Pass ride list, and most of the attractions, exhibits, shops and entertainment inside the World Showcase pavilions do not require Lightning Lane at all.
That’s another reason I wouldn’t judge the value of EPCOT solely by the number of Lightning Lane attractions you manage to reserve. A large part of the park is designed to be explored without a ride reservation.
Does EPCOT Lightning Lane Premier Pass Include All of These?
Disney also offers Lightning Lane Premier Pass. At EPCOT, Premier Pass currently provides one-time access to each available Lightning Lane experience in the park, including the attractions listed under Multi Pass and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind.
Unlike Multi Pass, Premier Pass does not require you to schedule an arrival window for each attraction. It is a separate, more expensive product, so I would not confuse it with the normal Multi Pass ride list when planning your initial selections.
For most visitors comparing EPCOT Lightning Lane rides, the key distinction is simple: Frozen, Remy and Test Track are your initial Group 1 Multi Pass choices; eight other experiences make up Group 2; and Guardians is the separate Single Pass attraction.
