Linking Family and Friends to MDE/MDX

[DexLabDeeDee]

I am sorry if this has been answered in the past but I tried to do a search and I couldn't find the answer.

I am going to be traveling in a group with 5 adults (including me) and we all have smart phones. I trust the people in my group.

They do not have Disney accounts, though we could set them up with one. Right now, I am the gatekeeper and controller of the reservations and MB preferences/tickets, etc. We are not within our FP+ window yet.

Would it be beneficial for me to pick at least one other person to have sign up and link the account so that they can make changes if necessary - esp if the app isn't working? OR is this going to create more problems down the road, ie. Disney's system will get confused if more than one person is adjusting FP+ times?

I have a Samsung and my sister has an iPhone, so I thought there may be some benefit in terms of the app's functionality if we both had different operating systems. That way, maybe if one of us is having trouble, the other might have luck.

I understand that this has no any bearing on whether or not Disney loses our tickets/reservations but I was curious as to whether or not people had more a more positive app experience with two (or maybe more) people with access to the FP+ reservation system.

 

[ParrotBill]

Will you generally keep together or go off on your own in smaller groups?

It would be beneficial if you may split up.

If you are the "tour guide" and they will just want you to do everything then I would not complicate it.

 

[Jennasis]

Same for us. Traveling with another adult couple who will be sharing or DVC villa. I thought about making them create an account and then linking...but then I remembered how dicey the site and app are. Plus we will be touring together all the time. So I decided to just manage them on my account (as if they're our.kids lol).

Simplify!

 

[TillyMarigold]

I told my group that they could either create their own accounts or I could manage theirs, but please don't create anyone *else* in the group as their dependents. Like my BIL doesn't have a smart phone but my sister has an account, but I told her to let me manage his account if he doesn't want to create one.

 

[linzbear]

If they're planning on going again without you and want to be able to reuse their magic bands, they'll want their own account. Or if they want to separate and choose their own FPs. I would be sure to select the "I don't visit often with this person" though, so it doesn't default to putting them in your party for a future trip.

 

[DexLabDeeDee]

The five adults are my two parents, my two sisters (well, hopefully - my one sister is on the fence due to work), and me.

So, we're sort of a family with kids; if by "kids" you mean larger versions of children ages 28-33. We can certainly act like it, which is part of the Disney draw for us. We can let our inner child run free and it doesn't look too weird.

We'll most likely be staying together the whole time - all of our interests coincide, except for M:S; my DMom can't handle that one and my DDad often chooses to sit out with her. We weren't going to make that one a FP+ choice anyway.

My parents may go to Disney on their own in the future - but I assume I can link their MB to their account at a later date if I don't do it for this trip. I would rather not have my DDad grumbling into his phone about MDE/X while accidentally cancelling all our FP+ reservations because he bumped a key. My sister and I are much calmer about issues like that.

It sounds like it might be best for me to just manage everyone's stuff - thanks for all of your input!