Hi Holly,
Thank you so much for visiting the Disney Parks Moms Panel with your question. We on the panel love helping guests to plan magical vacations!
I am glad that you are using
My Disney Experience to manage your Walt Disney World vacation. It is such a great way to keep all of your reservations and plans in one place. Making your
Disney Dining reservations ahead of time is a great idea as well. Especially with a larger group like seven people, this will ensure that you get to experience the dining locations that are the most important to your group.
Yes, you can make dining reservations for your whole group. In fact, even if you were not linked to your friends in My Disney Experience, you could still make reservations for the whole group, you could just leave the guest information blank for the other guests. Making the reservation yourself through My Disney Experience, you would be the lead guest and your information is already there. The advantage to being linked as family and friends is that once you make the reservation, your friends should be able to see it in their My Disney Experience accounts as well.
I hope that this information is helpful for you, Holly. Have a wonderful time planning your vacation, and please do let us know if you have any further questions!