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There are many ways to connect or link someone's My Disney Experience account to yours, so it can get confusing. These step-by-step instructions will show you how it's done.

Connecting Someone to Your My Disney Experience – Where to Start

The My Disney Experience (MDE) app makes it easy to work on your Walt Disney World Vacation planning, but one of the questions we get most often is "how do I link someone's My Disney Experience account to mine?"

Connecting your My Disney Experience account to someone else's isn't always easy. During the initial development of the My Disney Experience service there were many glitches. In fact, we still have connections on our account that Disney won't allow us to delete!

Over the years, Disney has improved the process, so that there are now two options when connecting someone's My Disney Experience account to yours. The first allows you to add past travel companions listed on your MDE account to your current or new reservation. The second is for adding new travel companions or setting up and connecting your account for the first time.

To make the process easier for you, we've detailed the step-by-step instructions for connecting someone's My Disney Experience account to yours, starting with the instructions for connecting someone to your My Disney Experience account for the first time.

How Do I Connect Someone Else to My Disney Experience Account for the First Time?

1. To connect someone to your MDE account for the first time, you first have to know where to login to My Disney Experience. This can be done by going to Disneyworld.com and clicking on My Disney Experience in the upper right hand navigation.

Disney World home page with My Disney Experience login link

Clicking on the My Disney Experience navigation link circled above should take you to the My Disney Experience home page shown below.

home screen for My Disney Experience desktop

2. Hover over Family and Friends, and you should see two options:

View List
Add guest

Click on "add guest".

3. Next, you'll be given three options:

Find through your Disney Family and Friends list
Import from a Disney reservation
Enter name and age

You'll find that each option is best for a different set of circumstances, so let's discuss each below.

MY DISNEY EXPERIENCE IMPORT FROM A RESERVATION

This is the simplest option for connecting someone else to your My Disney Experience account, if they are NOT listed on your reservation. However, it does require that they stay at a Disney resort.

If others in your travel party are staying offsite, skip to the next section on entering name and age.

1. If they are staying at a Disney Resort and you wish to connect them to your My Disney Experience accounting using this method, make sure you have their confirmation number and the last name of the person under whom the reservation is booked.

2. Once you have the information gathered, check the second option on the drop-down list under "how would you like to add this guest?" More fields should be generated beneath the checkbox on the page and look like the screenshot below:

My Disney Experience connect a guest screenshot using reservation number

3. At this point, enter the reservation number and the last name of the person the reservation is under. Just keep in mind, that this might not necessarily be the name of the person you are trying to connect to your My Disney Experience account.

For example, if you have a friend who will be traveling with a separate group unrelated to you, and you want to connect for a day in the parks, this person may be listed on the reservation of the people with whom they are traveling. So, make sure to have both the name under which the reservation is booked as well as the confirmation number.

4. Last, enter the confirmation number and last name in the appropriate boxes, then click locate reservation. You should be served a list of everyone located on that reservation. At this point, you can check the box next to the name of the individual(s) you want to connect.

My Disney Experience will then generate emails to each individual, alerting them to the fact that you want to connect. Once the individual follows the instructions in the email, your My Disney Experience accounts will be connected.

LINKING SOMEONE TO YOUR MY DISNEY EXPERIENCE ACCOUNT BY ENTERING THEIR NAME AND AGE

If you don't have a confirmation number for the guest you want to connect, you can still add them to your account by allowing My Disney Experience to send an invitation via email on your behalf.

1. To do so, log into your MDE account following the instructions above. Hover over "family and friends" and select "add guest".

A drop-down menu will appear on a new screen.

Add a guest manually to my Disney Experience screenshot

2. Select the option to enter name and age. A new menu will appear directly below as shown above.

3. From here, enter the name and age of the individual with whom you are trying to connect.

4. As soon as you enter the age of the individual, a new field will appear, asking you to enter their birthdate. Make sure you enter accurate information as a mistake may interfere with the process going forward.

5. Then, click the check box that says, "invite this guest to connect".

6. After you have clicked the button, you will be asked to enter the email address for this individual. Once you do, an invitation will be sent to the person, asking for permission to connect your accounts.

7. The last step in this process requires action from the person with whom you want to connect your My Disney Experience account. Once they receive the auto-generated email from MDE, they will need to follow the instructions they receive.

If they already have an MDE account, they will need to log in and accept your invitation to connect by clicking on the "accept" button in the email.

Email received when someone wants to link their My Disney Experience account to yours

If they don't have a My Disney Experience account, they will be given the option to set one up after clicking the accept button in the email they receive.

Once your traveling companion has created their My Disney Experience account or clicked through to their account using the link in the email, the connection process is complete. You will now appear in their list of family and friends.

Screenshot of friends and family list when linking someone's My Disney Experience account to yours

Likewise, when you log into your My Disney Experience account, you will find the new connection in your list of family and friends.

Connecting your My Disney Experience Account to Travel Companions from Former Trips

If you've taken trips to Disney World in the past and used My Disney Experience to connect your travel companions, you can reconnect them to your current trip and reservation without having to go through the steps above.

1. To reconnect with former travel companions, log into MDE. You should see a screen that looks like this. Hover over Family and Friends.

You should see two options:

View List
Add guest

Since you're connecting travel companions from former trips, click the view list option. You'll be sent to a new screen listing all of your former travel companions as shown below.

Former friendsl list from My Disney Experience

2. To connect an individual to your new trip reservation, select "update" to the far right of the name of the person you're connecting.

3. A window will pop up beneath the name of the person you are connecting to your My Disney Experience account. You will see a different window depending on how the person was connected to your account the last time you traveled.

The individual had their own My Disney Experience account on your last trip

If the person you are trying to connect to your My Disney Experience account has their own MDE account, you will see a drop down that looks like the screenshot below underneath their name when you click the update link.

To remain connected for your current trip, decide whether the individual should have the ability to make or change any and all FastPass+ reservations or Advanced dining reservations. If you would like them to be able to do so, click on "All My Plans". If you want to grant this permission only for certain plans, click "Only Our Shared Plans".

Then click save. You are now connected for your current trip.

The individual did not have a My Disney Experience Account and does not plan to make one for this trip (You manage their plans)

1. If the individual you are connecting to your My Disney Experience account did not have their own MDE account on your last trip, a drop-down list will appear with the individual's name age and birth date as shown below.

If you allowed anyone else in your traveling party to make FastPass+ reservations or advanced dining reservations for the individual you are connecting, you will see their name listed under "Guests Who Can Manage Plans and Photos". For this trip, you will need to decide if these same people should continue doing so.

If you want the listed individual to continue to make and change plans for the individuals listed, check all plans.

Insert close up with this option circled

If you do not want one of the individuals on the list to manage plans for the individual you are connecting, then select the option titled "only plans they share". With this box checked, the listed individuals will only be able to change FPs and Advanced Dining Reservations, for the plans you share with them.

2. The last box is related to Disney Memory Maker. If you have purchased the Memory Maker, or plan to, check this option to allow the individual to view photos taken in the park through their MDE account. If you don't wish for this person to have the ability o view photos, then leave this unchecked.

3. The last option in this section, allows you to remove the individual. Use this if you don't plan to travel with this individual on this trip or any future trips.

5. If you will be managing the plans for the individual you are connecting to your My Disney Experience account and did so on the last trip you took together, the process is now complete.

We hope these instructions made it easier for you to connect someone to your My Disney Experience account. However, if you still have questions, feel free to contact us at info@secondstogo.net or leave a comment below.

How to Connect Someone to Your My Disney Experience Account: Step-by-Step Instructions