5 Tips We Just Found Out About the Disney World App

The MyDisney Experience app is an essential part of your Disney World vacation.

Cinderella Castle

This app is home to everything you will need on your Disney vacation. It holds your hotel reservation and park tickets, can help you make dining reservations, Mobile Order food, and so much more. We really recommend downloading the app before your vacation and learning it so you are prepared! We’re bringing you 5 new changes that the app has seen recently and how it could affect your trip.

1. Changing the Language

Back in May, Disney promised a Spanish-language version of My Disney Experience, and it has finally been rolled out. Before the rollout of this feature, most Spanish-language speakers had to use tools like Google Translate to navigate around the app.

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Right now, most pages of the app are available in Spanish, but both Mobile Order and Mobile Checkout are still only available in English. It’s probably only a matter of time before Disney updates those pages, too, though. The feature is rolling out to phones, so you might not see it yet, and the app will only be translated if your phone settings are set to Spanish. However, it’s another app update that plenty of folks have been waiting for, so navigating both Disney World and Disneyland just got a little bit easier.

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2. Always Check Walk-Up Options

Recently, we noticed that both GEO-82 and the Beak and Barrel finally added walk-up lists to each lounge! This means it would be easier to experience each dining option, which previously required reservations to experience. Sadly, it was short-lived. Disney quickly removed the option from the app. This leads us to believe that this feature is coming in the future, but it wasn’t quite ready to be launched.

The Beak and Barrel

3. Save Gift Cards to MDE

Previously, if you wanted to use a gift card to pay for something through the My Disney Experience app, you’d have to manually add in the gift card number every time you wanted to use it. That’s why we’ve previously suggested saving the gift card number in a notes app so you can copy and paste it into My Disney Experience.

Gift Card!

Now the app allows you to add Disney gift cards as your default payment method. Here’s how it works:

Click on the three lines on the far right bottom of the My Disney Experience app screen.
Scroll down and choose MyDisney Wallet under “Account”
Click on “Add a Payment Method”
Choose Disney Gift Card
Type in the 16-Digit gift card number and details
Click on “Save payment card information to MyDisney Wallet”
Click on “Confirm.”

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4. More to Come This Year

Disney and AccuWeather are teaming up to launch the Disney Weather Check powered by the AccuWeather mobile app.” This new app addition allows access to real-time weather updates and location-specific notifications. The integration is available to those visiting Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, Aulani, a Disney Resort and Spa, Disney’s Vero Beach Resort, and Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort.

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The app’s search feature will be improved via AI, which will allow guests to interact with it using conversational tones and wording, as opposed to simply typing in searchable keywords. This can be especially helpful for first-time guests who may not be explicitly familiar with official names and terminology.

My Disney Experience app ©Disney

5. Be Aware Before Mobile Ordering

The My Disney Experience app has restricted mobile ordering at certain locations. There are now four popular Disney World restaurants that don’t allow mobile ordering unless you’re physically at the restaurant! Here’s the full list:

Gasparilla Island Grill at the Grand Floridian Resort
Capt. Cook’s at the Polynesian Village
Contempo Cafe at the Contemporary Resort
Geyser Point at Wilderness Lodge

Capt. Cook’s

Currently, if you try to mobile order using the My Disney Experience at these four restaurants, the app shows an error message that says “You’re too far away,” and prompts you to move closer to the restaurant to place a mobile order. Once you’re near the restaurant, usually around the resort in general, you can still place a mobile order like normal. You can still mobile order like usual in all four theme parks and at other resort quick-service spots not listed!

Geyser Point Bar & Grill

We monitor these changes to the Disney World app — big and small so that you can use them on your next vacation. For more tips, news, and all you need to know about Disney World, be sure to follow us at DFB!

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