Family and Friends at DL

[mmackeymouse]

I am aware that "Family and Friends" is not a thing like it is at Disney World.

I could just use some help in figuring out how this will work with our family trip.

My parents, like many, are not really technophiles. They don't use apps. Heck, my Dad still uses a flip phone. Neither of them have a My Disney Experience login. As such, I have always managed their profiles via My Disney Experience during our Disney World trips. So, tickets, magic bands, reservations....all that, I take care of.

But, Disneyland is a different beast.

So, I guess my first question is....what do I need to do to make sure my parents' tickets are applied correctly, their magicbands are linked correctly, all that?

My next question would be....how will Lightning Lane work? Will I be able to sign up for Lightning Lanes for all 3 of us?


THEN.

My sister will have her own reservation for her family. Is there a way to link all her tickets with all our tickets, so that we can make lightning lane reservations for all of us? I guess another question about that is....how is she able to set it up so that she has control over her kids? As far as tickets and magic band and all that?


We are about 2 months out, and now I feel way behind on getting things in order. So....here I am.

 

[Pamela M]

Hi- I think it’s actually easier to link everyone. In the Disneyland app
Go to tickets and passes
Then just scan the bar code of everyone’s ticket. Then when you do lightening lanes you can buy everyone’s at once and then make LL decisions for everyone.

Same goes for Magic’s bands. You can add magic bands and link them to any ticket. Example I was able to link my friends ticket to one of my magic bands for our trip.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

It’s super easy. I have lots of people’s tickets/Magic Keys added to my account (family and friends). You can easily do everything for them as long as you just add their ticket to your account in the app. The only thing you can do (or if you can’t I haven’t figured it out) is make/manage dining reservations for other people.

 

[auntyjenn]

Hijacking.. sorry. I just went to my disneyland app online and it says, "link up to 5 tickets or passes" there are 11 of us, and the child in our party has two separate tickets because the kid ticket deal starts the day after we get there. I thought you could link at least 10 tickets? I also read you could make LL selections for 12?

 

[mmackeymouse]

So will tickets show up on both accounts then, if I am understanding correctly? If I add all of my sister's tickets to my Disneyland account....she would still be able to add those tickets to her account as well?

Another question I just thought of....our tickets are digital tickets. If someone doesn't have a Magic Band+, how do they get in to the park? Is there a way to get physical tickets?

Or does the person whose account it is (mine, for example) just have to stand there with their phone app open showing them to the cast member?

 

[twodogs]

Yes, with digital tickets, you have to scan everyone in on a phone, both to enter the parks and again to enter the LL if you are using LLMP. We just have our teens sign in as me on the DL app, and then they can access their own tickets to scan into the parks and to scan in for LLs on their own phones also.

Disney does not give out paper tickets any longer (you may be able to get one from GS, but it takes time to do this).

You could also screen shot each person’s ticket and text them the image. They can use that to scan themselves into the parks or into each ride for the LL.

The tickets should show up in both your and your sister’s apps once you link all the tickets to both accounts.

 

[twodogs]

Hijacking.. sorry. I just went to my disneyland app online and it says, "link up to 5 tickets or passes" there are 11 of us, and the child in our party has two separate tickets because the kid ticket deal starts the day after we get there. I thought you could link at least 10 tickets? I also read you could make LL selections for 12?

I don’t see a ticket limit when I look at that section of the app? Maybe your app version needs an update or maybe I am not looking in the same places (I am looking under “My Tickets and Passes” and then “Link Tickets and Passes)?

I know I have had 6 park tickets and 6 OBB tickets all in my account at one time, no problem. I have made LLs for all 6 people, no problem. I am not certain what the max number is.