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August can be quite an interesting month in Disney World. Summer vacation has ended for many, but not all, so some families are still spending their last few weeks of freedom soaking up the Orlando summer sun.

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Tower of Terror Lightning Lane sign

That also means that crowds can be a bit all over the place, which is why we keep a pretty close eye on them. If you’re traveling to the parks this month and want to skip the lines using Disney’s Lightning Lane service, you’ll want to budget well in advance.

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Using Lightning Lane is a great way to make the most of your Disney World day if you don’t want to be waiting in line for so long, but it does cost a pretty penny, especially for a family. We’ve broken down what Lightning Lane will cost you day by day to help you plan, so without further ado, let’s dive in.

August 1st

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $16

August 2nd

  • Magic Kingdom: $29
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $24
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $12
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 3rd

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $24
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 4th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $19
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 5th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15
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Lightning Lane at “it’s a small world”

August 6th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $24
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $19
  • Rise of the Resistance: $24
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 7th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $19
  • Rise of the Resistance: $24
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $16

August 8th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $22
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $16

August 9th

  • Magic Kingdom: $29
  • EPCOT: $19
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $24
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $12
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 10th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15
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Kali River Rapids Lightning Lane sign in Disney’s Animal Kingdom

August 11th

  • Magic Kingdom: $29
  • EPCOT: $19
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $12
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 12th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 13th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $22
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 14th

  • Magic Kingdom: $29
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $12
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $24
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $16

August 15th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $22
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $16
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TRON Lightcycle / Run Lighting Lane

August 16th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $16

August 17th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $24
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $19
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 18th

  • Magic Kingdom: $29
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $12
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 19th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $21
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $19
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 20th

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $24
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $19
  • Rise of the Resistance: $24
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15
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Everest Lightning Lane

August 21st

  • Magic Kingdom: $29
  • EPCOT: $24
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $12
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $20
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $19
  • Rise of the Resistance: $24
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $16

August 22nd

  • Magic Kingdom: $32
  • EPCOT: $24
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $27
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $17
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $21
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $22
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $16

August 23rd

  • Magic Kingdom: $23
  • EPCOT: $19
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $22
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $19
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $22
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 24th

  • Magic Kingdom: $25
  • EPCOT: $19
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $24
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $19
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $22
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 25th

  • Magic Kingdom: $25
  • EPCOT: $18
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $22
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $19
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15
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Lightning Lane sign at Frozen Ever After

August 26th

  • Magic Kingdom: $29
  • EPCOT: $18
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $22
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $13
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $19
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 27th

  • Magic Kingdom: $29
  • EPCOT: $18
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $22
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $12
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $19
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $18
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15

August 28th

  • Magic Kingdom: $27
  • EPCOT: $19
  • Disney’s Hollywood Studios: $22
  • Disney’s Animal Kingdom: $16
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: $11
  • TRON Lightcycle / Run: $19
  • Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind: $19
  • Rise of the Resistance: $20
  • Avatar Flight of Passage: $15
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Rise of the Resistance Lightning Lane

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