One MDE for our group, or every adult with their own account?

[Mel522]

Is it better to have our whole group on one MDE, or should the adults each (or some adults) have their own and friend each other?

A little background. There are 6 of us, myself, my mom, my brother, his wife, and their two daughters. My mom was generous enough to purchase tickets for my brother and his group (we were given one number to link all 5 tickets to MDE). I purchased a Gold Annual pass partially for memory maker. We are starting our trip in a two bedroom before switching to two studios. I am the primary planner, but my brother has expressed interest in booking BBB for his girls while I book dining. It wouldn't be a huge issue if I had to do both. Nothing has been linked to anything at this point. It is unlikely that any of us will be back to WDW in the next 10 years.

Will the fact that my mom purchased tickets for my brother's group be a problem if we have more than one account? What will be the least likely to cause problems with memory maker and booking fast passes? Which we be least likely to cause problems in general? Is there something I don't know about that will make one option better than the other?

 

[hiroMYhero]

One MDE is much easier.

You can screenshot the FP and ADR info and text/email it to everyone in your group.

BBB isn't booked through MDE. It won't even show on your MDE plans unless you add it as a Note.

 

[DavidNYC]

No question - you want everyone booked under one MDE. (But remember that people can have their own accounts and give someone planning permissions if down the road people will want to have their own planning abilities.)

 

[Mel522]

Thanks for the advice.

This whole mde thing (and WDW in general) is stressing me out. We are Disneyland people. Our idea of planning is deciding if we want to head left or right after we get through bag check.