Hey there, hi there, ho there, Colin! Thank you for stopping by planDisney with your question!
From all of us at planDisney, thank you for your son's service! I hope you all have a wonderful Walt Disney World Resort visit next week. Your son can purchase
Disney Military Salute tickets for everyone in advance, he can buy up to six per year. I suggest he purchases them as soon as possible. He has to link everyone's tickets on the My Disney Experience mobile app and make
Theme Park Reservations. When he buys the tickets, he will have a Disney Reservation # on his receipt that he needs to link to everyone. When you all arrive at Walt Disney World, he must stop at Guest Relations at one of the theme parks or the
Disney Ticket Center at Disney Springs to activate the tickets using his military ID. Since your other son is arriving later, he can activate that ticket once he arrives. If your son is purchasing Magic Your Way tickets, this ticket doesn't need an activation at Guest Relations, these are already "active". He will need to make Theme Park Reservations for this ticket type though.
The My Disney Experience mobile app is a one-stop shop to keep all of your advanced dining reservations, Disney Resort hotel reservations, and any Enchanting Extras you may have booked organized. With Disney Genie Service, you can view attraction wait times and walk-up times for table service restaurants. If you are not a fan of waiting in long lines, consider purchasing
Disney Genie+, which gives you access to
Lightning Lane queues! You can listen to fun Disney facts with Audio Tales, and unlock magical AR backgrounds with
Disney PhotoPass Lenses too! For attractions like Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind or TRON Lightcycle/Run, you need to reserve a Virtual Queue or purchase an
Individual Lightning Lane.
Colin, I hope all of this information was helpful! Thanks again for stopping by planDisney!
Do As Dreamers Do,
Frances