Your Disney World Trip Will Be SO Much Better if You Take Advantage of This App

It is always a bit disappointing when you are heading for a ride only to get there and realize it is temporarily closed. Maybe you walked across the park for it, or you gave up prime seating to make your way over. Or it took your family forever to decide what ride to do next, and now you have to choose all over. What if there was a way to avoid the disappointment in the first place?

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train entrance

If you were in the parks this morning, quite a few attractions were temporarily closed. Around 9:30AM, six attractions were listed as closed on the My Disney Experience app. The good news is that by 12PM, it was down to only three attractions. However, we want to ensure you know about the My Disney Experience app and all the information it holds for your Disney World trip!

Ride closures happen a fair amount at Disney World, but with the My Disney Experience app, you can avoid some of the disappointment of a ride being temporarily closed. If you are heading to Disney World soon, you will want to have the My Disney Experience app downloaded. On the app, you can navigate to the wait times section to see wait times for all the attractions. If you scroll all the way to the bottom, you will find any rides that are temporarily closed.

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You can also see when attractions are closed on the map view. If an attraction is temporarily closed, you will see a star instead of a wait time. The My Disney Experience app is also a great tool for knowing when a ride has reopened! The star will disappear, and you will see a wait time for the attraction. No more having to “swing by” to see if an attraction has reopened, you can see it all on the app!

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In addition to viewing wait times and attraction closures, you can also view times for character meet and greets, join virtual queues, find restrooms and PhotoPass spots, Mobile Order food, join walk-up lists for table service restaurants, check out at select merchandise stores on your phone, view times for entertainment, and so much more. There really is a wealth of knowledge inside the My Disney Experience app, and we highly recommend downloading it ahead of time and playing around with it so you are familiar with the app.

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The app definitely packs A LOT in there, but the good news is that we have a complete guide to everything you need to know about the My Disney Experience app! We cover all the ways you can use this app to make your Disney World vacation easier.

Check out our guide to the My Disney Experience app!

And while you’re at it, check out our primer on EVERYTHING you need to know about Disney World in 15 minutes. Yep, we are taking the stress out of a Disney World vacation in just 15 minutes. With your knowledge of the My Disney Experience app and everything about Disney World, you are starting on a GREAT foot in planning your Disney World trip.

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