Radiator Springs Racers: Single Pass or Single Rider?

By The SupaPark Team

Published November 10, 2026

At Disney California Adventure, Lightning Lane Multi Pass does not cover Radiator Springs Racers. You have three ways to ride it: standby, the single rider line or a paid Single Pass. Your choice there affects how you should use Multi Pass for the rest of the day. Several other headline rides also have single rider lines, so you can often avoid spending a Multi Pass selection on them.

Below is the Racers decision first, then a land-by-land guide and the order to follow. Times are Pacific, and operational details are as of November 2026.

Racers: single rider, Single Pass or standby

Racers has a 40" minimum height and lasts about 4 minutes. Here’s how the three options compare:

  • Single rider usually costs the least. You pay nothing extra, but your group splits up and each person rides with strangers. Single rider lines here sometimes open only on busy days, so check the sign at the entrance.
  • Single Pass costs money for each ride, and the price changes by date. Buy it in the Disneyland app after you enter a park, and check that morning’s price before you commit. You can buy one Single Pass per ride per day. Multi Pass is a separate purchase that starts at $35 per ticket per day, and it does not include Racers.
  • Standby costs nothing and keeps everyone together, but you pay for it with time.

My call: if your group doesn’t mind splitting up, use single rider. If it’s someone’s first ride and the point is riding together as a family, Single Pass is the one Lightning Lane purchase in this park I’d seriously consider. Use standby when you have neither the budget nor the willingness to split.

Before you walk in

Every guest age 3 and up needs valid admission (a ticket or Magic Key) and a theme park reservation for California Adventure on that date. A Disney hotel stay doesn’t guarantee a park reservation. California Adventure’s entrance faces Disneyland Park across a shared Esplanade.

How Lightning Lane works at Disneyland Resort:

  • Multi Pass gives you one entry per participating ride per day. You can buy it ahead as a ticket add-on or the same day in the Disneyland app. Either way, you can only make your first selection after you’ve entered a park. After that you hold one selection at a time. You can make the next one after you redeem the current one, or 2 hours after you made it.
  • Premier Pass is the only Lightning Lane sold before your visit. It goes on sale up to 7 days ahead, starting at 7:00 AM Pacific, and quantities are very limited.
  • Park Hopper is required if you want to use Multi Pass in both parks on the same day. Disney doesn’t post a hopping start time, so check the Disneyland app on the day.

Hotel-guest Early Entry ended in January 2026. Disney hotel guests still get one entry to one eligible Multi Pass ride on one day of their stay, but it can’t be used on Single Pass rides such as Racers.

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Buena Vista Street and Hollywood Land

Buena Vista Street is where you enter the park. It has the Citizens of Buena Vista Street street performers, Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream, Carthay Circle Restaurant and the Carthay Circle Lounge.

Hollywood Land’s headline ride is Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!, which is on Multi Pass. The rest of the land is shows and character meets:

Check the Disneyland app for the day’s times. Studio Catering Co. and Award Wieners are walk-up counter-service spots.

Avengers Campus

Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! has a 40" minimum, lasts about 2 minutes and is on Multi Pass. It doesn’t have a single rider line, which makes it a strong pick for a Multi Pass selection.

WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure is also on Multi Pass, and it has a single rider line. If your group can split up, use single rider here and spend your selection on another ride.

Check the app for times for Warriors of Wakanda: The Disciplines of the Dora Milaje, Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Dance Off! and The Amazing Spider-Man!. For food, there’s Pym Test Kitchen and Pym Tasting Lab.

Cars Land

Racers is the main draw. The other two rides here, Luigi’s Rollickin’ Roadsters (32" minimum) and Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree, aren’t part of Lightning Lane. For snacks there are the Cozy Cones, including Cozy Cone Motel 1 – Churros and Cozy Cone Motel 3 – Chili Cone Queso. For a meal, Flo’s V8 Cafe is counter service.

San Fransokyo Square and Grizzly Peak

San Fransokyo Square (formerly Pacific Wharf) has The Bakery Tour, which takes about 13 minutes, and several walk-up counters: Lucky Fortune Cookery, Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill and Aunt Cass Café.

Grizzly Peak has two Multi Pass rides:

  • Grizzly River Run: 42" minimum, about 7 minutes, with a single rider line.
  • Soarin’ Across America: 40" minimum, about 5 minutes, with no single rider line. That makes it a better Multi Pass selection than Grizzly.

The Redwood Creek Challenge Trail is a walkthrough. Smokejumpers Grill serves burgers at the counter.

Pixar Pier and Paradise Gardens Park

Pixar Pier has two Multi Pass rides: Incredicoaster, which has a 48" minimum and a single rider line, and Toy Story Midway Mania!, which has no single rider line. The rest of the pier doesn’t need planning: Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind, Jessie’s Critter Carousel and the Pixar Pal-A-Round. The Pal-A-Round has two queues. If anyone in your group gets queasy, choose non-swinging over swinging. Lamplight Lounge is the walk-up table-service option.

Paradise Gardens Park has:

World of Color – ONE plays here at night. As of March 2026, viewing it used the resort’s only virtual queue, so check the Disneyland app early on the day you want to see it. To book your viewing ahead of time, look at the World of Color Dining Package or the World of Color Dessert Party. Both take reservations.

How I’d order the day

  1. Decide on Racers first. If you’re buying a Single Pass, do it in the app as soon as you’re through the gate. If you’re using single rider, you don’t need to book anything. Just go when the line is open.
  2. Make your first Multi Pass selection right after entering. Choose a ride with no single rider line: Guardians, Soarin’, Monsters, Inc., Toy Story Midway Mania! or Little Mermaid. That’s where Multi Pass actually saves you time.
  3. Use single rider on WEB SLINGERS, Incredicoaster, Grizzly River Run and Goofy’s Sky School whenever those lines are open. Each one you ride that way leaves your Multi Pass selections free for other rides.
  4. Fit the free entertainment in between. The Avengers Campus and Hollywood Land shows fill the gaps while you wait for your next selection to open.
  5. Finish at Pixar Pier and World of Color.

If someone in your group is below a height minimum, ask for Rider Switch. The group splits, a Cast Member scans the waiting party’s admission, and up to two of them then ride without the standby wait.

The one thing to remember: use Multi Pass on rides that have no single rider line, and decide how you’ll ride Racers before you buy anything.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Radiator Springs Racers included in Lightning Lane Multi Pass?

No. Racers is a Single Pass ride. You can also ride it standby, or use its single rider line when that line is open.

Which California Adventure rides have single rider lines?

Radiator Springs Racers, WEB SLINGERS, Incredicoaster, Grizzly River Run, Goofy’s Sky School and Silly Symphony Swings. Some of these lines open only on busy days.

When can I make my first Multi Pass selection at California Adventure?

Only after you’ve entered a park that day, even if you bought Multi Pass ahead of time. After that you can make another selection once you redeem the current one, or 2 hours after you made it.

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