Guests staying at Disney World hotels can now use their
MagicBand and the My Disney Experience app to skip the check-in line.
Guests with an active My Disney Experience account who have
paid for their rooms in full prior to entering the room are eligible for mobile
check-in at all Disney World hotels. They can check in up to 60 days in
advance. They will need to have a MagicBand bracelet sent to their home prior
to their arrival.
The hotel will send guests an alert on the day of their
arrival notifying them when their room is ready. Guests can then go straight to
their rooms and use their MagicBands to enter.
Guests may still stop at the front desk and check in the
old-fashioned way.
Also, Disney World has added restaurants that accept food
orders via smartphone. Disney launched the mobile ordering service in May at Satu'li
Canteen, a restaurant in the new Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal
Kingdom theme park.
The option is now available at Pizzafari, Flame Tree
Barbecue and Restaurantosaurus in Animal Kingdom; D-Luxe Burger in Disney
Springs; and Tomorrowland Terrace Restaurant, Cosmic Rays Starlight Cafe,
Pinocchio Village Haus and Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn & Cafe at the Magic
Kingdom. More restaurants will be added this summer.
At participating restaurants, guests can order food in
advance on the My Disney Experience app by tapping on the "order food"
icon. Food can only be ordered on the same day that it will be picked up. When
guests want to pick up their order, they mark themselves as having arrived at
the restaurant. They will be alerted when their order is ready.
Disney introduced the My Disney Experience app and the
MagicBand bracelets at Walt Disney World in 2013. Since then, the bracelets
have gotten a new look. Plus, the
technology now can be worn as a lanyard or toted as a keychain accessory.