Should I have adult child get their own MDE account?

[bcbmommy]

Or would it be better if he just logs onto mine from his phone? Just wondering if there's one way that's better than the other, or if it matters at all. My oldest daughter has her own account, and has her husband and child on that. I didn't know if too many accounts tied together makes things confusing or not. Thank you!

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

I would absolutely have each adult have their own MDE.
Then link through family and friends.

 

[WinterSolider]

I would strongly recommend that everyone who is old enough have their own account, linked to everyone else via Friends & Family. Not just your son but your son-in-law as well.

If you only visited Disney with the exact same group of people and did every single meal and ride together, it wouldn't really matter. But if 2 of you want to ride a ride while 4 of you make a dining reservation, or some subset of you takes a trip without the others for spring break in two years, everything is much much cleaner when everyone has their own account.

 

[bcbmommy]

I would strongly recommend that everyone who is old enough have their own account, linked to everyone else via Friends & Family. Not just your son but your son-in-law as well.

If you only visited Disney with the exact same group of people and did every single meal and ride together, it wouldn't really matter. But if 2 of you want to ride a ride while 4 of you make a dining reservation, or some subset of you takes a trip without the others for spring break in two years, everything is much much cleaner when everyone has their own account.

Thank you! I'll have him get his own account then, and will tell my daughter to have her husband get an account too. I so appreciate this group!

 

[bcbmommy]

I would strongly recommend that everyone who is old enough have their own account, linked to everyone else via Friends & Family. Not just your son but your son-in-law as well.

If you only visited Disney with the exact same group of people and did every single meal and ride together, it wouldn't really matter. But if 2 of you want to ride a ride while 4 of you make a dining reservation, or some subset of you takes a trip without the others for spring break in two years, everything is much much cleaner when everyone has their own account.

Okay, I'm running into an issue. I'm trying to make a new account for my husband, but since he was managed by me on previous trips, it now shows that he has duplicate accounts. I tried merging, but ugh, this seems like a mess. I'm thinking I need to have them do it tomorrow morning when we check in to the Boardwalk, but I really want to get to the park early! Any ideas that are simple?

 

[sam_gordon]

Okay, I'm running into an issue. I'm trying to make a new account for my husband, but since he was managed by me on previous trips, it now shows that he has duplicate accounts. I tried merging, but ugh, this seems like a mess. I'm thinking I need to have them do it tomorrow morning when we check in to the Boardwalk, but I really want to get to the park early! Any ideas that are simple?

Call Disney. We had the same issue with my mom, she had duplicate accounts. About 15 minutes on the phone, and it was all fixed. I think this is the number... 407-939-5277. We needed her email address, he street address, and sister's email and street address (sis was "managing" mom's account).

 

[hardcorestitch]

Much better to have all 18+ folks get their My Disney Experience accounts set up. It will definitely be much easier to make Lightning Lane and, if required, Virtual Queue reservations as they wish. I already have mine set up from last year.

 

[bcbmommy]

Call Disney. We had the same issue with my mom, she had duplicate accounts. About 15 minutes on the phone, and it was all fixed. I think this is the number... 407-939-5277. We needed her email address, he street address, and sister's email and street address (sis was "managing" mom's account).

Thank you! We called & she was so helpful.

 

[saraheliz]

The only issue you’re going to run into, or at least we did, is that the adult that manages the kids accounts will be the only one linked to them. My husband got an account for the first time last trip so we could make conflicting reservations at Space 220 but then he couldn’t make any plans for the two kids managed by me. Unfortunately we didn’t discover it until we split up and he was trying to make a LL for the 3 of them.
Perhaps there’s a workaround to this but we did not find it.

 

[_19disnA]

Our experience during a prior Disney trip was that everyone staying in the same room could be on one MDE account. We traveled with 2 other families (total of 3 rooms). We all setup everyone as 'family/friends' or whatever Disney calls it so that one person could schedule the ADR's for everyone.

If someone isn't good with computers or phone apps, you have to be VERY careful you don't delete things in error. Many of the screens aren't very user friendly and we noticed that some things are far easier to mess up then you might expect. Having every person on their own MDE account just creates more chances for things to go wrong.

If you have issues with setting up your MDE, call Disney is a good suggestion. Something on one of our accounts didn't work right even though everyone had setup things the same. The Disney phone person was able to quickly resolve the issue. Don't waste your time trying to figure out something that isn't right, just give Disney a call.

 

[CarolynFH]

The only issue you’re going to run into, or at least we did, is that the adult that manages the kids accounts will be the only one linked to them. My husband got an account for the first time last trip so we could make conflicting reservations at Space 220 but then he couldn’t make any plans for the two kids managed by me. Unfortunately we didn’t discover it until we split up and he was trying to make a LL for the 3 of them.
Perhaps there’s a workaround to this but we did not find it.

He needs to link to the kids through you. Have him open his MDE F&F list and tap Add a Guest, then Find Through My Connected Guests. If you run into problems, call Disney IT!

 

[saraheliz]

He needs to link to the kids through you. Have him open his MDE F&F list and tap Add a Guest, then Find Through My Connected Guests. If you run into problems, call Disney IT!

Thank you!!

 

[WinterSolider]

Okay, I'm running into an issue. I'm trying to make a new account for my husband, but since he was managed by me on previous trips, it now shows that he has duplicate accounts. I tried merging, but ugh, this seems like a mess. I'm thinking I need to have them do it tomorrow morning when we check in to the Boardwalk, but I really want to get to the park early! Any ideas that are simple?

Not for you since I think you're figuring it out, but for anyone who is reading this in the future...

THIS is why you want every adult to have their own account in the first place.