3 families going-separate accounts at MDE?

[anonymousegirl]

3 families traveling together for first ever trip to WDW. Should each family make an account at MDE or have one tech-savy dad do it and link everyone under that account?

I have no idea because this is the first time I am traveling with someone and using MDE.

Thanks!

 

[MakiraMarlena]

If your plan is to do everything together you are probably going to want to be linked so you can coordinate fast passes.

However, once you link somebody I understand it's pretty hard to get rid of them later.

 

[anonymousegirl]

That's what I was thinking.

 

[flatlandcycle]

With three families there are too many variables to go wrong if one person tries to coordinate all FP+s and ADR's. There are all sorts of subtleties like an adult must make a FP+ when a child is too young to ride/experience alone. You are likely to run into all kinds of problems. The system isn't so friendly to multiple emails, multiple rooms and multiple credit cards.

I would never link three accounts in MDE. It would be too easy for someone to wipe another families' FP+ reservations.

 

[anonymousegirl]

With three families there are too many variables to go wrong if one person tries to coordinate all FP+s and ADR's. There are all sorts of subtleties like an adult must make a FP+ when a child is too young to ride/experience alone. You are likely to run into all kinds of problems. The system isn't so friendly to multiple emails, multiple rooms and multiple credit cards.

I would never link three accounts in MDE. It would be too easy for someone to wipe another families' FP+ reservations.

Interesting! Thanks

 

[Mikie]

When my family went recently, we had 4 different rooms with one adult in each room having an MDE account because they wanted to see the plans and also make their own payments. I basically acted as the family travel agent and made all the hotel reservations over the phone but gave each of the other adults' info as "owner" of each account. We were all linked in MDE as Family and Friends, which made it possible for us to share a memory maker, which was a great purchase for a family group.

I admit I was worried a bit that if anyone chose to change their own FPs, they might mess up other people's, but in the end everyone just wanted to barely touch base with me on it and let me make the plans.

If you have a disney fanatic (or control freak) in your group, I think separate but linked accounts worked well for multiple families together.

Edit: we were all extended family. . . I don't know if being just a group of friends strengthens or weakens the case for separate accounts!

 

[MrInfinity]

3 families traveling together for first ever trip to WDW. Should each family make an account at MDE or have one tech-savy dad do it and link everyone under that account?

I have no idea because this is the first time I am traveling with someone and using MDE.

Thanks!

It's a catch-22. If you link them all so you can book everyone, then everyone can do more damage. But if you keep everyone separate, then you won't end up with fast passes that align.

Keep in mind every adult with a smartphone is going to want the app. Really comes down to do you trust them... and if so, you just have to be clear to them... DO NOT CHANGE THE A&E FASTPASS. DO NOT DO THE PICK-3. And so on, cuz these can wipe out your prize bookings.

Also matters if you're managing all the hotels, or if everyone is paying separate, and how you want magic bands linked for charging to the rooms. Is each family paying their own room and bill? Dining plan could complicate matters too.