Will legal name vs preferred name on MDE be an issue?

[ajsamett]

Hopefully soon to be member: Reading about various verification with DVC cards and am wondering how the name on my MDE account affects the name on a contract. My MDE account uses a preferred name (my initials) and I have never had any issues with CMs when I show my ID (with my full legal name) and my AP (with my initials). I'm assuming and DVC contracts will have my legal name, but will it affect my ability to merge the information with MDE?

 

[sethschroeder]

MDE I dont think looks at your DVC contract information at all. It simply is a connection you set up manually.

 

[davidhr]

Can’t say if it’s going to be an issue, but they use a single log in and can be an issue if you have different accounts with different emails. I had a similar situation and to avoid issues created an account for DVC to avoid using my MDE one. A few months later without notice they merged my accounts and that created a ton of issues for me, as I wasn’t able to checkout online for any kind of purchase.

I spent hours with them trying to solve it and they could never figure it out. I had that issue for years. Last year by accident I fixed it when I changed my account email to a new one that I had never used with Disney.

So I strongly suggest to use the same account even if you need to fix the name (which I don’t think will be an issue, but who knows with Disney IT).

 

[Matty B13]

Might want to call Disney IT about this one, and just make sure your account all work together.

 

[CarolynFH]

Hopefully soon to be member: Reading about various verification with DVC cards and am wondering how the name on my MDE account affects the name on a contract. My MDE account uses a preferred name (my initials) and I have never had any issues with CMs when I show my ID (with my full legal name) and my AP (with my initials). I'm assuming and DVC contracts will have my legal name, but will it affect my ability to merge the information with MDE?

I agree with @sethschroeder that MDE won’t look at your DVC contract. As long as you use the same email address for both MDE and your DVC member account, you should be fine.

When we bought our DVC contracts, I used my maiden name, which was my professional name, because all my financial history was in that name as opposed to my married name. It has never been an issue with MDE or with anything else to do with Disney e.g. when showing photo ID to check in for a member event, etc.

 

[ajsamett]

Thanks everyone! I love this forum

 

[PolyRob]

Disney uses single sign-on so you would use the same email and password to login to the DVC website as My Disney Experience. You would just add your Club ID and Activation Code after purchasing.

The contracts list full, legal names, but you can override the lead guest name on the contract when booking. For example I can change mine from Robert to Rob if I wanted to. It actually defaults to all caps which really annoys me so I would always change the name.

If you didn't change the lead guest name from legal to preferred at time of booking you could just link your legal name reservation booked on the DVC website to MDE and match it to the profile with your initials when the system can't automatically find a match.

As for the Magic Mobile Pass it only shows last initial from the profile in your wallet. If anyone questioned you about first name, you could always show the temporary membership card which would have your full, legal name. I know the mobile pass is the official method, but the temporary cards still generate on the DVC website and are good for one month from date of creation.

Additionally, you can change your My Disney Experience name to your legal name if you wanted/had to. It just changes it across all the Walt Disney company websites (including Disney+, Hulu, etc) because of the single sign-on.