Greetings Thomas, and welcome back to planDisney!
It is a pleasure to have you bring your important planning question to us today. I see that you will be joining the
50th Anniversary Celebration of the Walt Disney World Resort in just a few days! I see you are putting the finishing touches on your vacation plans before you arrive.
It is always great when family and friends can join you while you enjoy your magical vacation. A great way to share the magic with your group. When it comes to making plans for everyone, you want to make sure that everyone is connected to you in My Disney Experience on your Family & Friends list. If the members of your offsite family are not connected, I suggest that you do that right away by either sending them an email invite to connect or by using your linking code in the
My Disney Experience mobile app. Your code is only good for 30 minutes, so you will want to make sure those you are connecting with can scan your code to connect while in the app.
Once everyone is connected, just double-check to make sure that everyone has a valid theme park ticket and
park pass reservation for the days that you will be using
Disney Genie+ together. If you have not already added Genie+ to your tickets, it can be done in the morning before you make your selections as early as Midnight.
All Guests with valid admission can make Genie+ Lightning Lane selections at 7:00 AM. So, yes you can make Genie+ plans for everyone in your group. Only Guests of select
Disney Resorts Collection Hotels can make the
Individual Lightning Lane selections at 7:00 AM, all other Guests must wait until the official park opening for the day. Individual Lightning Lane experiences are for the most popular rides and attractions in the theme parks like
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.
Since you will be making a lot of core memories with your family, you may want to consider purchasing a
Memory Maker to capture all your magical photos and memories during your magical vacation. You can download, print, and share your photos with your family from your Memory Maker account. I am wishing you all the fun and magic during your trip and good luck with your Genie+ selections.
See ya real soon,
Andrea