Disney updated the My Disney Experience app today to make it easier for guests to link together their Disney World accounts. When you link your Disney World account to a family member or friend, it makes it so their account shows up in your Family and Friends within the app. There are a few advantages to this, like being able to see each other’s plans and share PhotoPass photos. But a major advantage is that you can book Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lane reservations together when your accounts are linked. This is a crucial step for being able to manage a traveling party at Disney World. Instead of trying to get overlapping Lightning Lane reservations, you can just have one person make a single reservation for the entire party if all the accounts are linked. We highly recommend linking the Disney World accounts for everyone in your party before you head to the parks.
Before this update, linking Disney World accounts involved entering the email of the person you want to add to your Family and Friends. They would receive the email and have to click a link to confirm. This new update gives you a QR code or manual code that someone can scan or enter within the app in order to link accounts. This has a few advantages, mainly that you don’t have to wait on an email to arrive in order to link accounts. It also removes some steps.
How to link Disney World accounts with the new QR code feature
In order to link Disney World accounts, you need one person to show their code, and one person to scan the code.
Where to find your Disney World Linking Code
Step 1: Open the My Disney Experience App. Make sure you are logged in.
Step 2: Tap the bottom right menu button that looks like three lines stacked on top of each other
Step 3: Scroll down and tap “My Profile”
Step 4: Tap “Show My Linking Code”
Step 6: Now you will see your QR Code (where the black box is on the screenshot below), as well as a manual code which expires within 30 minutes of you generating it.
How to scan the Disney World Linking Code
Step 1: Have the person you want to link with pull up their Disney World Linking Code using the steps above.
Step 2: In your My Disney Experience app (make sure you’re logged in), tap the bottom right menu button that looks like three lines stacked on top of each other.
Step 3: Scroll down and tap “My Profile”
Step 4: Tap the “Friends & Family List” tab towards the top of the screen.
Step 5: Tap “+ Add a Guest.” If you’ve linked other accounts before, this will be at the bottom of the Friends & Family List.
Step 6: Select “Scan their linking code” and press the blue “Scan Linking Code” button.
Step 7: Line up the QR code using your phone’s camera to scan the linking code. Alternatively, press the “Manually Enter Code” and type in your friend or family member’s code.
Once you’ve scanned the code, your accounts will be linked!
Stay tuned for more tips on how to use the Disney World app to get the most out of your vacation.
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