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98. Disney Tech Talk · Mom Street USA

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Welcome everybody to Moms for USA.
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My name is Jackie AKA Wishes Mama.
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And for today's episode we are talking about Disney tech.
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So we are going to be going over the My Disney Experience app for
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Disney World and a little bit about the Disneyland app for
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West Coast friends out there. But we're going to be focusing
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on using the app on your trip, before your trip and focusing on
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things that will help parents with kids being at the parks and
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using the app at the parks. So that is the plan for today.
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The episode is going to focus on using, like I said, the Disney
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World app, which is called My Disney Experience and a few
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other resources we'll throw in there as well to help make the
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most of your Disney trip. So just do keep in mind that
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like I said, we are going to be talking about both coasts.
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I am going to focus a little bit more more on Disney World just
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because that is my comfort zone, but I am going to be making some
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notes about Disneyland as we go. If you are someone who is
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looking for Disneyland information, it will be in this
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episode. However, there will be several
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things that I talk about today that are different from between
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Disney World and Disneyland and there'll be a lot of things that
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are the same. The apps are completely
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separate, so keep that in mind as you are listening so that you
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don't get confused. I will do my best to clarify as
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we go. So you know which apps I'm
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talking about and when, but the primary focus is going to be
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that My Disney Experience app. So obviously let's talk about
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before your trip. And the very first thing you're
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going to need to do is download that app.
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The the important thing about downloading this app and signing
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in and getting logged in is that you need to use the same e-mail
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that you have used for any other Disney reservation things that
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you have done up to this point. So if your trip is booked, even
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if you booked through a travel agent or if you booked on your
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own, whatever e-mail address you are using to book that trip
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needs to be the same e-mail address that you use whenever
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you log into the app. So download the My Disney
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Experience app and use that same e-mail address.
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The same thing goes for Disneyland.
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So no matter which side you're logging into, Disney now has
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streamlined. So all of their accounts,
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whether it's Disney World, Disneyland, your Disney Plus
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account, anything that you log in under the Disney umbrella is
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all going to be under the same e-mail.
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So that is super important because otherwise you'll
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accidentally create duplicate accounts and you won't be able
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to see any of your stuff on the app.
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So don't do that. Use the same e-mail that you
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used if you are, if you already have booked or if you already
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have a Disney account. If you don't have any of those
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things, you you don't have Disney Plus or you haven't
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already used, haven't already made your reservation yet,
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whatever e-mail you want to use is fine, but make sure you write
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down that username and password or make sure you save it.
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Because everything else in the future Disney wise that you log
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into, you want to make sure that you keep it all under the same
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account. So that way Disney knows who you
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are and you can access all of your stuff.
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So that's kind of step one is setting that up, making sure
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that you have the ability to to log in and view all of your
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everything. Because in theory, once you log
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in, as long as you've done your reservation for your trip
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already log in with that same e-mail, everything should kind
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of prepopulate for you. So it shouldn't be a big deal to
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add your reservations on or be able to find all your stuff.
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It should already be there for you.
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So that's kind of the basics of setting up your account.
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And we're going to kind of walk through this step by step after
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that, talking about things to do before your trip.
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And then we'll also talk about during your trip, some really
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helpful things that you could do on your app as well.
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So the next thing that I want to talk about is kind of goes hand
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in hand with creating your account and that is creating
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your the the accounts for the other people that are going to
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be in your travel party. So let's talk about this.
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Now keep in mind what I'm going to talk about first.
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This has to do with Disney World.
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Disneyland is separate in this particular aspect.
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OK? So for Disney World, you are
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going to set up what they call the family and friends list, and
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this is part of your profile under your Disney account.
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So the people in your travel party, once you've already made
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your reservation, should automatically load into your
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account. You should automatically be able
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to see them. So the way that you can double
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check that is on your My Disney Experience app, when you just
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load the home screen, make sure you're logged in, make sure it
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says welcome and then your name. On the home screen, in the
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bottom right corner, there is that three line menu, also known
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as a hamburger menu because it looks like you got a bun and
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then a Patty and then a bun, right?
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3 lines. So you'll hear me refer to that
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as your hamburger menu because I like that term and I think it's
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fun. So if you click that hamburger
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menu, scroll almost all the way down to the bottom, you will see
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your profile option. Click on that and then there
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will be two tabs at the top of your screen.
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One will say profile, one will say your family and friends.
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When you click into that, you should be able to see everybody
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in your travel party. They should already be pre
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loaded because when you made your reservation, whether you
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did it through a travel agent or you did it yourself, you would
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have had to enter their names and their ages.
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So that should already be pre populated for you.
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If it's not, then that is something that you need to
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contact Disney about because you do not want to create duplicate
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accounts for people. It's very, very tricky when that
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happens. So if you do not see them, go
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back to that hamburger menu and there's going to be a box option
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along the top. You're going to have like 7 or 8
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boxes along the top. One of them is going to say like
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chat with us or something like that.
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Do that. Talk to to the Disney
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representative. They should be able to help you
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get that going. But again, do not add people if
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they should already be on your reservation in your travel party
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because we don't want duplicate accounts.
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Things get very complicated when that happens, especially when it
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comes to booking dining and Lightning Lanes and things like
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that. So we'll get to that in a little
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bit. If you want to be in charge of
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everybody else's plans for your travel party, let's say it's
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you, another adult and two kids. Let's say that, you know, that's
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what my family makeup is. It's me, my husband and my two
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kids. If you want to be the one that
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is in charge of everybody's plans, they do not need to
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create their own Disney account. They can just live and exist
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under yours and you will be able to do everything for them that
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needs to be done. When it comes to, again, dining
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reservations, Lightning lanes, tapping into the park, all of
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those things. For example, my husband Andrew
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does not have his own login for my Disney experience.
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He does have the app on his phone.
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He just uses my login and he has access to everything.
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So he doesn't have his own account.
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We just both login and use my account and it works perfectly
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well that way. He's still able to do mobile
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orders, dining, all, you know, all of those things.
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So it's not necessary. Now, if you're traveling with a
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friend group, you may want to consider having your friends
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also log into the app on their own because then you will be
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able to split up and pay for things separately and kind of do
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your own thing. You don't have to.
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Again, you can all use a shared login if you choose to.
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It just depends on your preference with that.
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So if you want to add somebody and they do not already have a
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My Disney Experience account, they do not already have that
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set up. You need to send them the invite
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first before they create an account.
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Again, this will help not create duplicate accounts for you.
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So from your friends and family list, as long as they are over
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the age of I believe it's 16 but it might be 18.
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I'm not 100% sure on that. You will see the option to if
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you click on to their profile, you will see the option to like
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invite them to plan or something along the lines of that.
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So you will use that option to send them an e-mail request to
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invite them to create an account using the e-mail that you send
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it to. So ask them what their e-mail
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preferences, type that in, send that to them.
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Then they will go through the prompt and they will log in and
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create their account using that e-mail and it will then auto
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link you guys together. Now if that person that you are
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planning with already has a My Disney Experience account, the
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same thing can be done, but you have to make sure that whatever
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e-mail you're sending it to is the e-mail that they have set up
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under their My Disney Experience app.
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Or again, you're going to create duplicate accounts.
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O if I'm planning with our good friend Stevie, who is one of our
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hub Co hosts over here on Mom Street, if I'm planning with her
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and we're not linked together yet, we are linked together.
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We've been linked together for forever on our accounts because
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we do a lot of trips together. But when we were starting out
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and we needed to get linked together, we both had our
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separate accounts. So we just had to confirm with
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each other. Hey, what's the e-mail on your
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account? I'm going to send you a request.
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And then once we did that one way and went through and clicked
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all the yeses and accepting buttons, then we were linked
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together. We were good to go.
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But you have to just make sure that those e-mail addresses link
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and match with what people already doing or else you'll
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you'll run into issues there. Now, the one situation and the
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one kind of anomaly to not needing separate accounts is if
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you have a very large travel party, you may need and likely
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will need a second account in order to do dining reservations.
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For example, I did a big family trip back in at Memorial Day.
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There were ten of us. Finding a dining reservation for
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10 is a lot harder than finding a reservation for 5:00 and 5:00
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because of the way that restaurants make up their
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tables. Because they have limited large
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party spaces. It was nearly impossible to find
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a reservation for 10. But a reservation for 4-5 or six
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is a lot easier to do so because you would have to split your
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party. You have to have two separate
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emails to be able to do that because Disney will not allow
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you to book conflicting dining reservations.
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So let's say we're trying to book something like Cape May
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Cafe at 6:00 PM for dinner. I can't hold a reservation for
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5:00 and 5:00 at the same time because Disney will view that as
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a conflicting reservation. They won't let you do that.
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But I can hold a reservation for five and my sister's account
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could hold a reservation for five and then all ten of us were
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covered. So that's the only time where
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you may run into issues of not having a second account on your
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for your travel party. But if you're a party of 6 or
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less, you probably won't need it any more than six.
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I would suggest looking at maybe splitting up or seeing what you
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can do for as far as dining goes because it will just be a lot
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easier to find your dining reservations with a smaller
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party just just the way it is. So other than that, there is no
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reason that the other adults in your travel party need to have
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their own My Disney Experience login.
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Again, all of that is exclusive to Disney World.
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So all of the friends and family that I just talked about and the
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linking in the emails and all of that applies to Disney World.
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If you are doing Disneyland, your process is different and
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more simplistic. Setting up your account is the
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same. Exactly the same as what it was
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that we talked about earlier when it comes to the emails and
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downloading the the app and everything.
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The Disneyland app is different than the My Disney Experience
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app. So My Disney Experience app is
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for Disney World. The Disneyland app is just
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called the Disneyland app. So easy enough to remember and
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to figure out when it comes to that.
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But now with the Disneyland app for West Coast, there is no
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friends and family list on that app.
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So it's not something that you have to even worry about like
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adding people and making sure everybody's there to add people
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to your Disneyland app. If you want to do dining,
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lightning lanes, things like that together, what you have to
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do is add their ticket or their pass to the parks to your app by
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scanning it. So completely different, totally
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not the same as what we just talked about.
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You don't have to worry about emails.
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You just have to be able to load their pass onto your Disneyland
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app. And then from there you'll have
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access to be able to make plans together.
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So a little bit different, more simplistic, not as many steps
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involved when it comes to that. And that's simply because
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Disneyland has way more locals. And we've talked about this
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before. There are so many more locals
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there that people don't need as many hoops to jump through with
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their travel party because typically it's just people in
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their household or like friends that they go to the parks with
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frequently. They're not traveling with this
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group that also needs to have, you know, access to a resort
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room and this and that and the other.
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So it's just different when it comes to that aspect of
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everything. So Disney World, go through all
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those steps with friends and family.
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Disneyland, you just have to load their ticket or pass onto
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your account and you'll be able to do that again in your in in
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the app through that hamburger menu.
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You'll be able to see the ability to add passes to your
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account from there. So that's kind of the gist of
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setting everything up again. If you have issues with any of
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that or you feel like you are not finding what I'm saying or
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you're you're worried about creating extra people, the chat
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function on the app is really, really good.
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The cast members there are super, super helpful.
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They are able to 9 times out of 10 fix what is going on.
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You don't even have to get on the phone if you're like me and
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you don't have time to sit on the phone waiting for Disney to
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answer or don't want to. The chat function is really
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good. Now if you're someone who wants
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to do a phone call, you can also call them.
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Either way is good, but the chat feature on your app is really,
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really good. You'll get in direct contact
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with the cast members that way as well.
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One of the other things that you might do before your trip is
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booking dining reservations. So I've already mentioned this a
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couple times in today's episode, but booking dining reservations
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is something that you will want to make sure you have this app
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and your account all situated and set up beforehand because
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you will need it in order to be able to book those dining
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reservations. So there are two ways that you
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can book dining reservation. And this applies to both Disney
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World and Disneyland that reservations are available 60
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days ahead of the date at 6:00 AM local time.
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So if you're booking Disney World at 6:00 AM Eastern, if
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you're booking Disneyland, it'll be 6:00 AM Pacific there.
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And the process as far as how you book is, is pretty identical
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when it comes to that. So two ways to book.
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You can book on the app directly, which is what we were
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just talking about. You can also use the website to
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book. My biggest suggestion is to have
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both available to you. Sometimes the app is super slow
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and doesn't load dining reservations.
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Sometimes the website is super slow and doesn't want to load
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dining reservations. I would always suggest having
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both available and both logged in and that's what I do whenever
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I am booking because typically one works better than the other.
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I do typically find that the website tends to work better for
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me and doesn't have as long of a buffer time and I'm able to
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click through the screens a little bit quicker to get what
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I'm looking for. You always want to be sure
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before you start your dining reservations like the day before
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at the very latest, you want to make sure your payment method is
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already saved on your account. And you can do that under your
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profile and you can do that online on the website or you can
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do it on your app. If you're doing it on your app,
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again, you're going to click that three line hamburger menu.
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You're going to Scroll down to where it says profile, and one
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of the options on your profile is going to be like manage
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payment accounts or things like that.
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And you will be able to pre to save credit cards in there.
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Unfortunately, they don't let you save gift cards in there.
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So you want to make sure you have a credit card available.
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And the reason for that is Disney keeps your card on file
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in case of no shows. Disney does charge a fee if you
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no show and don't go to your dining reservation and don't
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cancel it. So that is what the credit card
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is for unless you are going to an experience that requires you
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to prepay, which would be Cinderella's Royal Table and the
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Hoop Dee Doo Review at Disney World.
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Both of those are prepaid. So you want to make sure that
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whatever card you're using, you're OK with pre paying for
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those two experiences. If you're going to book either
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of those, all of your other dining experiences at Disney
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World that you book, that card just exists for you to be able
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to have that hold in case there is a no show situation that you
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have. Again, they don't charge
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automatically except for the exception of Cinderella's Royal
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table. And who did you review?
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Now keep in mind that as far as the 60 day window goes, we
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talked about that your dining will open at 60 days.
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If you are staying at a valid Disney Resort hotel, you will be
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able to make your reservation 60 days in advance of your arrival
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for your entire length of stay, up to 10 nights.
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So you'll be able to log on at your 60 day from your check in
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and book for up to 10 days out based on the length of your
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stay. Other guests, if you are not
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staying on property at Disney, you will be able to make
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reservations 60 days in advance. So you'll have to do it
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day-to-day. If you are not staying on
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property again, at approximately 6:00 AM Eastern, it could be
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530, it could be 615. Around 6:00 AM Eastern daily,
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the new reservation booking windows will become available.
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If you are someone that needs further guidance on dining and
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is like, I don't even know what's available.
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I don't know what's good for my kids.
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I don't know what options there are or there are too many
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options. I'm overwhelmed.
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Way back in our archives, Kate and I did some episodes on AD Rs
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Advanced dining reservations. So episodes 5152 and 53.
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We covered all four Disney parks and both California parks.
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So if you need advice and suggestions on dining, take a
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look at those. We talked about the restaurants
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in depthly and we talked about menu options, theming, all of
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that. So if you need more guidance on
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what to book, go there. But let's talk about how to book
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those dining reservations. So if you are doing it on the
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app, you're going to click the plus button at the bottom of the
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screen and then you're going to select Check dining
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availability. From there you will select your
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party size, the date to the time, and then the restaurant.
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Again, we talked about if you have a party larger than about
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6. Splitting your party into two
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groups will help you find better availability.
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Like I mentioned, I had 10 in my last group.
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We frequently did four and six for our dining reservations
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instead of 10, and we were able to get everything we wanted.
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And even then some of our windows were maybe 10 or 15
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minutes apart, but we all went and checked in together at the,
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at the Hostess stand and let them know like, hey, we're all
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together. And they were able to make that
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work. So that way we could sit near
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each other or at some places they were able to make it work.
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And we were all able to sit at one big table.
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It just really depended on what was available.
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And we were willing to wait a few extra minutes for them to
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to, you know, do what they could to help accommodate our larger
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party. So that was nice.
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If availability is not there when you book two different
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websites that you can look into, one is called Mouse Dining and
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the other is called Stakeout. And both of those are have some
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free and some paid that you are able to sign up for alerts for
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specific restaurants. So you can set an alert for a
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specific day, specific time, a number and what the restaurant
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is and they will notify you of those if something becomes
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available. So it kind of internally tracks
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the reservation system for you, which is a really nice thing to
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do. And a lot of the reservations
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that are really hard to get, things like Topolinos Terrace
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especially is one that we that I've used it before for.
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It's really nice because like week of a lot of those
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reservations will become available and it's really nice
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to not have to constantly monitor the reserve, the dining
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reservations while you're also like in the parks trying to
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enjoy yourself. So like I said, those those do
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allow several free alerts. You can also pay to have more
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depending on what your needs are.
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With that, I will just mention briefly if you're planning to do
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dining on the website, they make it fairly easy and
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straightforward. It's very similar to what I just
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explained on your app, but straight from the home screen of
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the Walt Disney World website. You want to make sure you're
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logged in. So then across the top you're
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going to go to the Things to Do tab and then you're going to
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click on the Make Reservations option under there.
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From there, you'll be able to again do the same thing.
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Click your day, your time, your party size, and the restaurant
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that you want and go from there. So that's kind of how making
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your dining reservations work. Again for Disneyland, same
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process. All of that is identical.
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Where you find things on the app is very similar.
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So all of that should work. If you're planning to do
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Disneyland again though, remember 6:00 AM local time.
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So 6:00 AM Pacific Time for Disneyland, 6:00 AM Eastern Time
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for Disney World. And I know I've got friends that
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are further W that like to visit Disney World, that always are,
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are not thrilled about having to get up in the middle of the
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night to make their dining reservations because it is 6:00
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AM Eastern Time for that. Another thing that you might
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book ahead of time are your Lightning Lanes.
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Now, we're not going to get super in depth into Lightning
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Lanes. I just did an episode like, I
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don't know, six or seven ago reviewing the Lightning Lane
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process at Disney World. That's episode 90, so not too
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far back in our archives. That is a great resource where I
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went through tutorials on how to book, what to book, showed you
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how to modify, clicked through all of the screens.
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So that is a really great resource if that is something
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that you're looking for. I am going to go over just
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briefly the process, but if you need more in depth, that is the
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episode to go to because I went as in depth as I possibly could
24:26
on that episode. So that being said, if you are
24:30
wanting to book your lightning lanes ahead of time, resort
24:33
guests plus Swan Dolphin and Shades of Green guests are able
24:37
to preselect your lightning lane rides seven days out from your
24:43
check in day and you can book for the entire length of your
24:47
stay up to 14 days. So this one is a little bit
24:51
different than dining. Dining was 10, your Lightning
24:54
lane up to 14 days. You are able to book for the
24:57
entire length of your stay. You do have to be staying that
24:59
long in order to book that long. Non resort guests can preselect
25:04
3 days out from your first park day and you can book for the
25:08
amount of days that are eligible on your ticket that is linked to
25:13
your account. So if you've got a four day park
25:16
ticket, you can book for four days.
25:18
If you've got a five day park ticket, you book for five days.
25:21
You get the idea on the app when you become eligible.
25:25
Now this is Disney World only. Let me emphasize that again,
25:31
this is Disney World only when it comes to this Lightning Lane
25:37
little spiel, OK, And everything that I already said to Disney
25:42
World, Disney World on the app, when you become eligible, you're
25:47
going to click that three line hamburger menu.
25:49
It's like we like that menu a lot.
25:51
And then you're going to click Lightning Lane passes.
25:54
It's going to be like the top right box on that screen when
25:57
you open that. From there, after you click
26:00
that, you're going to select from their options.
26:03
You have to do a little bit of research ahead of time about
26:05
what the different options are and what falls in what category
26:08
and what price point is what. Again, episode 90, go back and
26:12
listen to that, but you're going to select then either multi
26:16
pass, single pass, or premiere pass depending on what it is
26:19
that you're looking for. From there you will select the
26:23
date, the park, your travel party and then you will select
26:27
your attractions if that applies.
26:29
If your premier pass, you don't have to select your attractions,
26:32
but if you are single pass or multi pass you will select your
26:34
attractions from there. After that, you will select the
26:38
times you want and then you will click continue to go through and
26:42
pay and confirm your choices. Again, episode 90, I walk
26:47
through step by step. I show you on a screen exactly
26:50
where to go for those lightning lanes.
26:52
So that is really your end all be all full resource for
26:56
lightning lanes if you need it. Just a couple notes again about
27:00
Lightning lanes. If you want to view your
27:02
previously booked or previously purchased rides again, you can
27:06
find those under the hamburger menu.
27:08
You're going to Scroll down to the first section under the
27:11
boxes and you're going to click the future plans.
27:15
And then from there you can adjust the date at the top of
27:17
there and you can click through your different days that you
27:19
have available that you have booked.
27:22
And if you're trying to view day of plans, two different places,
27:25
you can find them. One, you can actually find them
27:27
just on the home screen view of your My Disney Experience app.
27:31
So when you open that app, it's going to, you're going to Scroll
27:34
down just a little, but it's going to show you lightning
27:36
lanes and dining reservations. Any notes that you've put in for
27:39
your planning aspect, it's going to show you there.
27:43
The other place that you can find it is if you go back to
27:47
that hamburger menu, Scroll down just below.
27:50
Just actually just above the future plan aspect will be the
27:54
today's plan. So that will give you the same
27:58
rundown where it'll show you in a list of you kind of what you
28:01
have planned, what reservations you've made, whether it be
28:04
rides, dining, things like that. So that in a nutshell is kind of
28:09
your walkthrough with lightning lanes again, extensively went
28:12
through this just a few episodes ago.
28:14
Now Disneyland lightning lanes are 100% different.
28:20
They are still functioning under the previous system, which we
28:23
knew as genie plus. The name is the same.
28:26
They still consider them lightning lane multi pass,
28:28
lightning lane single pass, but it functions as the previous
28:32
system. There is no pre booking.
28:34
It is just day of you book when you get into the park, but where
28:38
you to find things is very similar on the app.
28:42
We also did information about that.
28:44
I did not update a ton of that in the most recent Lightning
28:47
Lane episode we did because nothing has really changed out
28:50
there since we talked about it last.
28:52
But episode 63 in our archives is Lightning Lanes and and you
28:58
want to folk if you want to focus on the Disneyland version,
29:02
if you're looking for Disney World, again, Episode 90 is your
29:04
most up to date. But Episode 63 will give you
29:07
Disneyland and we'll talk through exactly how to book,
29:09
what to book and what order and all that good stuff.
29:12
OK, so that is kind of your dining and lightning Lanes
29:17
again, in a nutshell. Not going into super detail
29:20
because we have done that before.
29:22
A couple more things that you can talk about before your trip
29:27
and the last kind of category before we talk about what to do
29:30
during your trip, I mean that is online check in.
29:33
So Disney gives you the option to check into your resort room
29:39
on your app before your trip. You can make basic room requests
29:43
and select if you will arrive before or after the 3:00 PM
29:48
check in time. This option is a really, really
29:52
good option. If you do not have very specific
29:56
needs and you are arriving close to check in time, I would
30:00
definitely go ahead and do that because that will allow you to
30:03
skip the front desk and they will just text you updates about
30:06
your room and the the status of whether it's ready or not.
30:11
Now if you are someone who has specific room needs, adjoining
30:16
rooms, handicap rooms, certain locations, top floor, bottom
30:21
floor, those types of things, or you will be arriving very early
30:27
in the day prior to check in time, I highly suggest checking
30:31
in at the front desk when you get there.
30:34
The lines usually look long, but they usually move fairly
30:38
quickly. So I do not suggest doing online
30:41
check in. If you are someone that has
30:42
specific room needs or will be arriving super early in the day.
30:46
Disney is not going to. It's going to be easier for
30:49
Disney to accommodate your needs if you are someone that goes to
30:54
the front desk rather than just relying on the text updates from
30:58
the My Disney Experience app. And that's my experience that
31:02
I've had. And as far as that goes, it it,
31:05
it's hit or miss whether or not Disney has rooms available
31:08
early. It's hit or miss whether or not
31:11
they can accommodate what you are requesting in your room
31:14
request. But that is kind of the way that
31:17
that works. Now at Disneyland, same process,
31:20
you do have the ability to check in early if you're staying at a
31:23
Disneyland resort. Remember there are very few of
31:26
those. They are all in that deluxe
31:27
category. So if you are staying at one of
31:30
the three Disneyland resorts, you do have the ability to check
31:34
in early on your app before your trip.
31:37
Same process. You can make basic room
31:39
requests, things like that as well.
31:42
And again, if you are someone that has more extensive
31:44
requests, you have questions, you have, you're planning to
31:47
arrive super early, I would just go to the front desk and check
31:50
in there because it's more likely that they're going to be
31:54
able to accommodate you if you go and chat with them first.
31:57
So that kind of wraps up the what you need to do about
32:01
everything before your trip when it comes to Disney tech and the
32:05
app. But let's talk about what you
32:07
can do with your app during your trip.
32:10
So there are lots of functions that you can use the My Disney
32:14
Experience and the Disneyland app for during your trip.
32:17
The majority of what we are going to talk about now is going
32:21
to be the same for Disney World and Disneyland.
32:25
So a lot of the differences are pre trip right before you go to
32:29
the park, setting up your account, getting everything
32:31
linked and connected and all of that.
32:34
But kind of once you do all of that and once you actually get
32:36
to the parks, a lot of this is really, really similar.
32:40
So that is what we are going to look at next.
32:44
The first thing that we are going to talk about is setting
32:46
up your Magic mobile account on your Disney app.
32:50
So the term magic mobile refers to the electronic version of
32:55
your park ticket. So in your app, you will be able
32:58
to view your tick your park ticket under the My tickets and
33:02
passes. But that is not an option for
33:05
you to be able to scan into the Disney park for Disney World.
33:09
Disneyland, it's a little bit easier for them to do because
33:12
it's kind of preloaded that way because they're used to that.
33:15
But Disney World has tap styles. You can't just tap that QR code
33:19
looking banned on those tap styles.
33:22
So in order to use your park ticket on your phone at the tap
33:27
styles, you have to set up this Magic mobile feature.
33:31
So to locate this in your app, you're going to click that
33:34
hamburger menu. I told you I love that hamburger
33:37
menu. You are going to Scroll down
33:39
under the profile option and you are going to click set up magic
33:43
mobile entry. What that is going to do is then
33:47
bring up all of the passes that you have on your account.
33:51
You're going to select the ones you want to save and then you're
33:54
going to follow the directions because you get to like
33:56
personalize it and pick up a cute little card design that you
34:00
want. And then from there, once you've
34:03
done all of that, it will give you the option to save it to
34:06
your mobile wallet. So I have an iPhone.
34:09
It gives me the option right on the screen to add to Apple
34:11
Wallet. Again, you have a lot of options
34:15
for entry to the park. You can use your phone, you can
34:17
use a magic band. You can get a key card from
34:20
either Guest Relations or the front desk of your Disney
34:23
resort. All of those options are good
34:26
options to use, but if you want to use your phone, that is what
34:29
you have to do in order to save it to your mobile wallet.
34:31
So it's one extra step that you have to do in between loading it
34:35
on your phone and saving it to that mobile wallet to be able to
34:38
use. Once you've done that Magic
34:40
Mobile, it lives on your phone in that in your Apple wallet or
34:44
your digital wallet to your mobile wallet.
34:47
And you can use that to tap into the front of the park.
34:50
You can use that to tap in for Lightning lanes, all those types
34:54
of things. So that is the Magic Mobile.
34:56
It's pretty straightforward. If you're especially if you're
34:58
familiar with using a mobile wallet, it's really, really very
35:02
simple to set up. Something else that you can
35:04
utilize your Disney apps for is resort room entrance.
35:08
So this is a really nice feature that has been introduced in the
35:11
last several years on the Disney apps.
35:15
If you are staying on Disney property.
35:17
So that's any Disney resort at Walt Disney World and one of
35:21
three at Disneyland. Your phone can function as your
35:25
resort room entrance. So because you have the ability
35:27
to do that magic mobile, you don't ever need a key card.
35:32
You can use your phone for everything.
35:34
So after you have checked in, this option will auto populate
35:39
on the home screen of your My Disney Experience app.
35:42
So it will say right underneath like the welcome screen, it will
35:48
say like unlock room. And you'll be able to click into
35:51
that and you'll click that unlock room option when you're
35:55
standing at your door. And then you're going to move
35:57
your phone close to the little Mickey head card scanner on your
36:01
door. And just like magic, it will
36:04
open and unlock your door for you.
36:07
This is really nice if you don't have magic bands and you don't
36:12
necessarily have hands to be able to, you know, if you're
36:14
carrying stuff because your strollers fold it up or
36:16
whatever. This is really nice to have as a
36:18
backup option. I used it a couple times on our
36:21
last trip. I did use this feature which was
36:23
nice because then I could unlock it from my phone and tell my
36:25
oldest, hey, when you hear it click open the open the door for
36:28
us and hold it so we can all get into the room.
36:31
So again, that will auto populate on your home screen of
36:34
your app if you're staying on Disney property.
36:37
Another option for during your trip that you can use your app
36:41
for is a very popular one and that is Mobile Order.
36:44
This is such a nice feature to use.
36:48
I will say this tends to be utilized way more at Disney
36:51
World than at Disneyland, but they do still have this option
36:55
at Disneyland. There are just not as many
36:57
people that tend to use it out there.
37:00
Don't know why, it's just probably habit of a lot of the
37:02
locals that they just don't use it, they just go and stand in
37:05
line instead. But Mobile Order gives you the
37:08
ability to order your food ahead of time on your My Disney
37:12
Experience app or your Disneyland app.
37:14
This applies to many quick service restaurants and
37:17
locations across all of Disney property, including parks and
37:20
resorts. But it's not everyone.
37:22
So you do want to take a quick look at if you've got a list of
37:26
places you want to go, just take a quick look to see whether or
37:29
not they do mobile order so you can give yourself enough time.
37:32
If you have to wait in line, you want to make sure you get there
37:34
a little bit earlier so you don't get hangry while you're
37:37
waiting in line for your food. In order to do the mobile order,
37:42
you're going to press the plus sign at the bottom of your
37:44
screen and you're going to select the order food option.
37:47
From there, you'll select your restaurant and then you will go
37:50
through the menu options and place your order by adding
37:53
different things to your cart and then checking out at the
37:56
end. Now after that, it will say like
38:00
it will prompt you to like let the system know when you've
38:03
arrived at the restaurant. So you can do this from anywhere
38:06
in the parks and then make your way over to that restaurant.
38:10
It'll give you a return time window that you'll be able to
38:12
come back during and then when you arrive there or a minute or
38:16
two before, because usually it takes them a few minutes to get
38:19
it ready. I will tend to do it when I'm a
38:21
few maybe 3 or 4 minutes from walking in.
38:25
You can click the I'm here, prepare my order option on the
38:28
app and then it will let you know when your food is ready by
38:31
sending you a push notification and your screen, if you leave
38:34
your screen just open on that page, it will change and then it
38:38
will let you know which window to pick up your food from as
38:42
well. So that is a really, really nice
38:45
option, especially if you've got kiddos and those kiddos cannot
38:49
wait in another line and they're hungry.
38:52
If you've got multiple adults, you can divide and conquer.
38:54
You guys can find a table, sit down, wait for your food, one of
38:58
you can go up and grab your food, one of you can grab the
39:00
napkins and utensils and condiments and all that kind of
39:03
stuff. You guys know when it comes to
39:04
eating out at like fast food, quick service places, kind of
39:08
how that works Now for Disneyland, everything that I
39:11
just talked about is all the same.
39:12
So Mobile Order works the same. It functions the same again.
39:15
It's utilized a little bit less at Disneyland than at Disney
39:18
World, but it is still out there.
39:20
The Magic Mobile and Resort entrance all function the same
39:24
at Disneyland. Another way that you can save
39:29
some time and not stand in line is using the merchandise mobile
39:34
checkout. This is one of the newest
39:36
features on the Disney app. It is fairly new in the last,
39:41
I'd say two to three years. And what this does is it gives
39:45
you the ability kind of like the scan and go option at Sam's
39:50
Club, if you're familiar with that, where you can use your app
39:54
to check out in some of the merchandise stores.
39:58
So what you'll do is you're going to again click the plus
40:01
button at the bottom of your screen and you're going to
40:03
select the merchandise mobile checkout.
40:06
From there you're going to select your location, you'll
40:08
scan your items, it'll add them to your cart, and then you will
40:12
pay in the app and you will show the cast member your QR code
40:16
that it will populate at the mobile checkout exit.
40:19
So you still have to touch base with the cast member before you
40:23
walk out so they can just confirm what you've got there.
40:27
If you're looking for what locations do this, it's not
40:29
every location across Disney property.
40:32
It is fairly limited right now, but they do seem to be expanding
40:35
it. I think it's just, you know,
40:37
it's a lot of it is dependent on the flow of the store.
40:40
Do they have the ability to have kind of that mobile check out
40:44
counter at the exit, those types of things?
40:47
If you are at Magic Kingdom and Disney World, the Emporium *
40:51
Traders and Tomorrowland Launch Depot all have this merchandise
40:55
mobile checkout option. If you are at Epcot, Creations
41:00
and Treasures of Zandar all have that option.
41:04
At Hollywood Studios, only Mickey's of Hollywood has that
41:07
option and at Animal Kingdom, the Discovery Trading Company
41:11
and Island Mercantile both have that option.
41:13
And if you're at Disney, Springs World of Disney has that, which
41:16
that is a huge one because that story, if you guys have ever
41:18
been in there is massive and the lines can get really, really
41:22
long. So that's a really good one to
41:24
use it at as well. At Disneyland, the same process
41:29
that I just talked about is what you do.
41:30
So scan your items, add them to your cart, check out and then
41:33
show your QR code. But just two options at
41:37
Disneyland. Oh, no, sorry.
41:39
Three options at Disneyland. Elias and Co, the Emporium and
41:43
World of Disney at Disneyland as well.
41:45
So all of those locations are the ones that currently offer
41:49
the merchandise mobile check out on your app.
41:52
Again, not every option or not every, not every merchandise
41:56
store has that option yet. Hopefully that's something that
42:00
Disney continues to expand on because I do think it is a
42:03
really nice option, especially when you are someone who has
42:08
been waiting in lines all day with your little kiddos and they
42:11
need a break. Something else that you might
42:14
utilize your My Disney Experience app or Disneyland app
42:18
for is modifying Lightning Lanes.
42:20
So we talked a little bit about Lightning Lanes earlier.
42:23
Again, all of this I went through extensively in those two
42:26
other episodes that I referenced earlier.
42:29
But this is what you will do if the app does not give you a time
42:33
that you want for a Lightning Lane or if you need to change
42:36
something due to running late or you know, things happen in the
42:40
parks, right? So if you don't like the time
42:42
that you have, you can modify those lightning lanes and you do
42:46
that on your app. So in order to do this, you need
42:50
to locate your my day page, which is under the hamburger
42:54
menu. Click on the My Day and then
42:57
you're going to click on the attraction time that you need to
42:59
modify. And then you're.
43:01
So you'll click into that attraction and then you'll click
43:03
Modify Time option. The app will give you other
43:06
times available to modify it to if there are other times
43:11
available. If no times populate, then
43:13
nothing else is currently available for that particular
43:17
attraction. You can also modify attractions
43:21
for other attractions. Let's say you got a lightning
43:25
lane for Haunted Mansion, but you got over to Haunted Mansion
43:28
and it was a walk on. Well, you may not want to use
43:31
your remote lightning lane. You may want to modify it for
43:33
another ride. That's also an option under the
43:35
modify screen as well. So either way, you can do that.
43:39
If no times pop up for a ride, that means that it is quote UN
43:42
quote sold out for the time being.
43:44
Now times do become available throughout the day for most
43:49
attractions, not all some of the most popular big E ticket
43:53
attractions, they do not become available.
43:56
But if it's like a midline and you're not seeing anything pop
44:00
up, refresh that page periodically kind of as you're
44:04
maybe as you're sitting and eating lunch or as you're
44:08
waiting in line. If you can kind of you know from
44:10
time to time refresh by pulling down that that screen, you may
44:14
find something pop up again. The best course of action is to
44:17
pull down to refresh the modify screen and then click the time
44:20
that you want when it pops up. After you have selected your
44:23
time, be sure to confirm it. There's one extra confirmation
44:26
page you have to click at the bottom of the page to fully
44:30
click out of and confirm that time.
44:33
So don't just click the time and think you're good.
44:35
Click the time, hit confirm and that it then it will kick you to
44:38
another page that says like you have selected and it'll give you
44:41
the time and the ride from there.
44:44
Now Disneyland is not the same again, their lightning lanes are
44:48
not the same. So modifying their lightning
44:50
lanes are not the same. If you need Disneyland help with
44:54
lightning lanes, you need to go back to that episode I talked
44:56
about earlier, which is episode 63 of Mom Street where we talked
45:01
about Disneyland and listen to what we had to say over there
45:06
about modifying because their system is the old Genie Plus
45:09
system. It functions completely
45:11
separately. Again, not getting into it now,
45:13
but just keep that in mind. So their system does not
45:16
function like our system does over here.
45:19
I say our because I'm used to going to Disney World as an
45:22
annual pass holder over there, but Disneyland, Disney World
45:25
completely separate, so don't let that confuse you.
45:28
A couple more things to talk about on your trip that you may
45:32
use the app for is the search function.
45:35
This is a function that exists on both versions of the app.
45:40
It is right on the home screen at the bottom.
45:42
They have a little magnifying glass and you can search for
45:45
things using that search function.
45:47
You can search for attraction shows, characters dying,
45:51
bathrooms, water fountains, all sorts of stuff on there that you
45:55
can search for. So you just click that little
45:57
magnifying glass, type it in and then you can go from there.
46:00
It's not a it's not a super comprehensive search.
46:05
It won't all it's not very intuitive, let me put it that
46:08
way. It won't always guess what
46:11
you're looking for, but if you know specifics, then it's a
46:15
really good function to use. So this search feature will
46:18
allow you then to click whatever it is you're searching for.
46:21
You can then view details about it.
46:23
So if you're looking for a particular ride, you can see the
46:26
wait time. You can click.
46:28
There's a find on map option which is really helpful so you
46:31
can see where it is on the map. And the other option that it
46:33
will give you that's really helpful is the Get directions
46:36
option. So let's talk about how we get
46:40
directions on the app. There are two ways that you can
46:43
get walking directions on the app.
46:46
The one is using the search feature just mentioned.
46:49
So let's say you're standing outside of Space Mountain.
46:52
You want to know the best way to get to Pirates of the Caribbean.
46:55
It's all the way across the park.
46:57
You want to make sure you know the most efficient way to get
46:59
there. I'm standing at Space Mountain.
47:01
I'm going to search using the search function Pirates of the
47:04
Caribbean. I'm going to click on that
47:06
option on my app. When it pops up, I'm going to go
47:09
to get directions, and then I'm going to to make sure that
47:13
everything looks right. It'll look just like a typical
47:15
map, like an Apple map or a Google Map where it'll give you
47:18
starting point, ending point. And then you're going to click
47:21
go essentially, and it will show you with a little blue line the
47:25
way that you can navigate through the park.
47:26
That's one way to get directions.
47:29
The other way is using the map feature on your app.
47:32
So along the bottom, one of the other buttons that we haven't
47:36
talked about yet is the map button.
47:39
And that map will show you wait times.
47:41
It'll show you all sorts of other things.
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We're not going to get into total detail about that map
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option, but it looks like a little pin, right?
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It looks like a little kind of pointy Oval that you will find.
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And when you click on that, it's going to auto default to Magic
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Kingdom. You may need to scroll around
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and use some filters to figure out where you are and find
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yourself on the map. But the way to find directions
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from the map is to click on something from the map.
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So again, you're standing at Space Mountain, you want to get
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to Pirates of the Caribbean. You're going to click that map.
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You're going to zoom out a tiny bit.
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You're going to find the little white bubble that is Pirates of
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the Caribbean. You're going to click on the
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bubble to and then the little name will pop up and you click
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on the name and it'll bring up your full page of information,
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same page that you would have found if you would search.
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So they both end in the same place.
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From there, you click get directions, make sure everything
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looks right, and then you hit go and it will tell you where to
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go. This is a great way to find the
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shortest route from where you are to whatever attraction or
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place it is that you're trying to get to.
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I've even used this when I'm getting to new places and I want
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to see the fastest way to go. So I was trying to walk one day
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from the Yacht Club to International Gateway over at
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Epcot and I wasn't sure which door to go out of because I've
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never been over to Yacht Club. It was my first time exploring
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over there. I used it for that just to see
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oh, that's where it goes. OK, cool now I know where I'm
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going, right. This will also show you this
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feature for the get directions. We'll show you transportation
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options that you have. So if you are trying to get from
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Hollywood Studios to Epcot and let's say you're standing at
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Guest services at International Gateway of Epcot and you're
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trying to get to the front of Hollywood Studios, you can use
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either the search function or the map function.
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You can type in what you're trying to get to Hollywood
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Studios, select that, click Get Directions, then right
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underneath where it's going to list your, your starting
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location and your ending location right underneath there.
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It's going to give you transportation options.
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It's going to show you, do you want to know how to walk there?
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Do you want to know how to take the boat there?
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Or do you want to know how to take the sky liner there?
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And you can click those different options to help you
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navigate to where you're going. It'll even also give you an
50:04
approximate travel time for that as well.
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So that can be really helpful if you're not sure if you have
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other transportation options to get where you're trying to go.
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So that is another thing that is really helpful because it is an
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option on that direction page. Now, if you're using the
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Disneyland app, that all functions exactly the same other
50:27
than the fact that Disneyland you're, you're going to be
50:30
walking, right? They're not going to show you
50:32
boats and buses and all that kind of stuff.
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Because at Disneyland you can walk from one side to the other
50:37
very, very easily. So, but it will show you the
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most direct paths to get there. And you still can use the search
50:42
function and the map function to be able to find those
50:45
directions. Something else that you can do.
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And we're winding down. We've got just two more things
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to talk about for your during your trip app use one of them is
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dining reservation check in. So if you are someone who made
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dining reservations before your trip, like we talked about just
51:05
a little bit ago, when the time for your dining reservation gets
51:08
close on your app, you will be prompted to check in online for
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that upcoming dining reservation.
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It will send you a push notification that you'll be able
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to click into and then the process from there is very
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straightforward and very easily. You will basically check in by
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confirming your party size. You will confirm any
51:28
accessibility or high chair needs and you will confirm any
51:32
allergy concerns. A lot of that you have already
51:35
put in when you made your reservation, but this is just
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like a a double check and a confirmation that all your
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information has stayed the same and no party sizes have changed
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or things like that. After that, after you've checked
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and you will receive the text that will say something along
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the lines of like, thank you for checking in, Please wait while
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your table is being prepared. And then typically at most
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places, then a cast member will come out into the lobby area,
52:00
wherever that may be, whether it's indoor, outdoor for the
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location you're checking in for, and we'll call your party's name
52:06
when your table is ready. So a very, very easy process to
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do that check in for your dining reservation that will start to
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prompt you about 15 minutes before your dining time.
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And we'll let you check in once you are located close enough to
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your location that you're going to be dining in.
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So if you're trying to dine at Epcot and you're in Magic
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Kingdom, it's not going to let you check in because you're too
52:35
far away. So you do have to be closely
52:37
located and it does have to be within.
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It's about a 1520 minute window that you will be able to to do
52:44
that early check in for the last thing that I do just want to
52:47
mention that you are able to utilize your your Disney app for
52:52
and that is memory maker and photo pass.
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So this is something we did an episode on a few back.
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If you want more information about what is photo pass and
52:59
memory maker. But essentially this gives you
53:01
access to your park photos on your app.
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And this is through your My Disney experience or your
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Disneyland app. So to find the photos, you will
53:10
click on that hamburger menu menu again, the three lines in
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your bottom corner, and then you will Scroll down to the option
53:16
that says Photo Gallery. Your photo gallery will just be
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all of the photos that you have taken on your trip, whether it's
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ride photos or photos that are photo Pass cast members have
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taken, they will all be listed there.
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If you have not purchased your photos for your trip, you will
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see the Photo Pass watermark across it.
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If you have not activated your Photo Pass Memory Maker yet, you
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will still see those watermarks across it.
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But if you have activated it and it's fully functioning, then
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you'll be able to download your photos and all that kind of
53:56
stuff. You can also access really fun
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Photo Pass lenses. Those are like think like
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Snapchat filters, but all Disney themed, right?
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And your memory maker options, which are like different things
54:10
you can order based on your photos in that same menu area.
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So that's all going to be kind of right in line on that under
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that hamburger menu right in that photo section for you.
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And just a quick note about tech and tips for Photo Pass.
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I highly suggest if you have a lot of photos that you wait
54:32
until you get home to download those photos on a computer.
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Otherwise you are going to be clicking one at a time.
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Click the picture, hit download, select the size, weight, Hit the
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picture, hit download, select the size.
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Wait, it takes forever. It's fine if you just want a few
54:53
right that you're pulling off of your app in the meantime,
54:57
because it's fun to have them downloaded.
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You can share them with friends and family or post them or
55:02
whatever. You know, we live in that age
55:04
of, of sharing things digitally. But if you are planning to
55:08
download all of your photos, I highly suggest you wait and you
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do it on the Disney Photo Pass website.
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Now do keep in mind that the Disney Photo Pass website is
55:19
different than the Disney World website or the Disneyland
55:23
website. Photo Pass has their own
55:24
separate website, so you may have to do like a quick Google
55:28
search and I would just put in Disney Photo Pass and it should
55:32
take you to that location. Again, same e-mail login that
55:36
you've used everything should pull up for you there.
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You will also be able to see your friends and family photos
55:42
as well, as long as they're they don't have like privacy settings
55:46
on because you do have the ability to decide whether or not
55:48
you want to share photos with your friends and family list,
55:51
which is a nice feature. So if they have stuff privated,
55:54
you won't be able to see it or like if you accidentally have
55:57
stuff privated, they won't be able to see yours if you want
55:59
them to, you know, so you'll have to look at your settings
56:02
for that. But I really, really suggest
56:04
waiting because it is so much faster because you'll be able to
56:08
like do a select all option and it'll download it into a zip
56:11
file for you. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
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So that is my suggestion with photo pass.
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I will say I have been guilty of going through one at a time to
56:20
download a couple things, but it's usually not not, you know,
56:24
50 or 100 photos when it comes to that.
56:27
And Disneyland, if you're looking for photos and memory
56:29
maker and photo pass out there, it all functions the same.
56:33
So I think that is kind of a basic rundown of all of the tech
56:39
type things that you may need on your Disney trip.
56:44
There are a ton of other features of these apps that I
56:47
didn't go over today because I just wanted to give you kind of
56:51
that overview and rundown and highlight of the different
56:55
things that I think you might utilize on your trip.
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If you are someone that is trying to find something and
57:02
you're like, I cannot find this on my Disney app anywhere, send
57:05
me a quick message. I'm happy to walk you through
57:08
it. I have a lot of experience using
57:10
this app, especially for Lightning Lanes because I have
57:13
such a history of helping friends and helping our
57:17
community and helping pocket Fam with Lightning Lanes.
57:20
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57:25
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57:51
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57:54
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57:58
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