Welcome to planDisney, Jon! It's so exciting that the stars have aligned and some of your friends are going to be at Walt Disney World Resort at the same time you are. Linking up together in
My Disney Experience is a great idea if you want to make plans together, and I'm happy to walk you through it.
Fire up your
My Disney Experience app and tap on the main menu icon in the bottom right corner. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and tap on "My Profile" and then the "Family & Friends List" tab in the top right corner. You'll see a plus sign button that says "Add a Guest" and you can choose to add your friends through someone that is mutually connected to both of you or by entering their name and some more identifying information. This will send an email invitation to them to link up with you and once they've accepted you'll be able to see their plans in My Disney Experience, see each other's
Disney PhotoPass pictures, and make reservations together. It's especially important to link your accounts together if you want to ride
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance as a group at
Disney's Hollywood Studios. If all you want to do is enter the Theme Parks together and ride attractions and you have no plans to share photos or make reservations together, then there's no need to link up together in My Disney Experience. If you have your own separate
admission and
Disney Park Pass reservations, you're more than welcome to enter at the same time and spend as much time together or apart as you want to!
I hope this answers your question, Jon, and please let us know if there's anything else we can do to help you plan your magical vacation.
Jessica